Tiny BlundersBig Disasters, Jared Knott
Tiny BlundersBig Disasters, Jared Knott
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Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever

Author: Jared Knott, Win Blevins

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 11 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2021

Synopsis

The small things that had great historical consequences …How often does a single tiny mistake cause an entire civilization to collapse? More often than you think! Listeners of Jared Knott’s book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters will be amazed at the little things that changed history in a big way. Here are a few examples:A single document poorly designed by one single clerk in one single county changed the outcome of a presidential election and led directly to a major war.A soldier accidentally kicked a helmet off of the top of a wall and caused an empire to collapse. A small mechanical device several inches long failed to function, which changed the outcome of WWII and led to the deaths of millions of people. A man failed to gather his army in time to defend against an attack because of the temptation of opium and a young slave woman. And many more!Hypnotic and addictive, these well-researched, factual stories will keep you listening far past your bedtime. Showing human weakness at its very worst in critical moments, this book is the “butterfly effect” in human history reviewed.

About Jared Knott

Jared Knott has had numerous articles published in the Mensa Bulletin and in graduate school textbooks on subjects ranging from Supreme Court reform to Arctic exploration. He was a decorated combat infantry officer in Vietnam in the First Air Cavalry Division. In his civilian career, he has served as a vice president of sales and marketing and marketing director in the home improvement industry.

About Stephen Bowlby

Stephen Bowlby has worked as a professional voice actor for more than forty years. His experience spans animation, character work, commercials, and narration. He has read numerous audiobooks throughout his career, including titles by Harold Robbins, Stuart M. Kaminsky, John Sculley, William P. McGivern, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

About Win Blevins

Win Blevins is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels, several volumes of informal history, and Dictionary of the American West. He has won the Western Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame. His works include the novel Stone Song, which won the Spur Award and a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Best Fiction. So Wild a Dream won the Spur Award for Best Novel of the West. In 2003, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers named him Writer of the Year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard J. Smith

Pretty disjointed and sophomoric. Not sure the stories are consistent with the thesis. The wrap-up was silly and again only tangentially relevant to the stories in the book. Toilet time reading at best.......more

Goodreads review by Diana R.

great read History is full of well remembered tragedies and this book highlights many of them with the details that caused them to occur. Hindsight is often 20/20 and this plays off of that thought. It was a great read and I recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Lina

I truly enjoyed the first half of the book. All of the facts there were presented in such an interesting and easy to follow way. Unfortunately, I can not say the same about the second half. Most of the chapters were quite boring. Stories were a bit to far fetched to align with the theme of the book.......more

Goodreads review by Lloyd

Sometimes all it takes for a book to reel me in is a great concept. And Jared Knott's Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters definitely has that. This book has it all: 1. Something for everybody - politics, the military, science, medicine, and loads of history, including one story from 2500B.C.! 2. Tremendous r......more

Goodreads review by Karen

I think I read this book twice, but it was more than worth the effort. I enjoyed Knott's point of view, in describing small mistakes that can lead to larger disasters. I was amazed at the amount of detail and research that Knott did for this book, and I dearly love good research! As someone with sev......more

Quotes

“Heart-stopping, compelling, and fun!” Win Blevins, New York Times bestselling author

Awards

  • #1 Amazon bestseller
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