John M. Barry has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 113 ratings. The most-rated is The Great Influenza.
The Great Influenza
Summary
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza weaves together multiple narratives, with characters ranging from William Welch, founder of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, to John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, this crisis provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
©2004, 2005 John M. Barry (P)2006 Penguin Audio
The Handwriting on the Wall
Summary
Find comfort in God’s specific and powerful promises for the future as New York Times best-selling author Dr. David Jeremiah explores the book of Daniel. The book of Daniel offers some of the most vivid and descriptive portions of prophecy in all of God’s word. And through the instruction of world-renowned Bible teacher Dr. Jeremiah, Daniel’s visions come alive like never before. In The Handwriting on the Wall, Dr. Jeremiah uses his clear and approachable style to help listeners: See Daniel’s incredible accuracy in prophesying about events in human history that have already come true. Find comfort in God’s specific and powerful promises for the future. Place their trust in the reliability of God’s word rather than the instability of today’s headlines. Be assured that evil is on a leash and God is in control. And much more. For Christians of every generation, understanding the truth of biblical prophecy offers confidence and hope for the future. But that’s not all - to know the book of Daniel is to open a pathway for dynamic, faithful living today.
©1992 Dr. David Jeremiah and C. C. Carlson (P)2019 Thomas Nelson
Rising Tide
Summary
An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known, the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.
©1997 John M. Barry (P)1998 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division.
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul
Summary
This is a story of power, set against Puritan America and the English Civil War. Williams's interactions with King James, Francis Bacon, Oliver Cromwell, and his mentor Edward Coke set his course, but his fundamental ideas came to fruition in America, as Williams, though a Puritan, collided with John Winthrop's vision of his "City upon a Hill.
©2012 John M. Barry (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC