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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Suburbia Jeremiad with poor narration
- By Skyler Chaney on 10-28-20
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21. The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-08-19
- Language: English
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The Gardner Heist
- The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
- By: Ulrich Boser
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4 out of 5 stars 111
Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Amanda D. on 05-21-19
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22. The Gardner Heist
- The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-21-18
- Language: English
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The Plaza
- The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
- By: Julie Satow
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New York's place....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't need your politics, Julie
- By Debra Noe on 03-29-20
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23. The Plaza
- The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-04-19
- Language: English
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- By: Carlos Moreno, Martha Thorne - afterword, Jan Gehl - foreword
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
In The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet, Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A text-book review on the concept
- By Sean Clark on 09-19-24
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24. The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-18-24
- Language: English
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- By: William E. Wallace
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- By Marco on 09-16-20
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25. Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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Genius of Place
- The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
- By: Justin Martin
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ponderous yet incomplete
- By John F. Caffrey on 01-23-19
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26. Genius of Place
- The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 02-18-14
- Language: English
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The E-Myth Architect
- Why Most Architectural Firms Don't Work and What to Do About It
- By: Michael E. Gerber, Norbert C. Lemermyer
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber, Norbert C. Lemermyer
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
The E-Myth Architect gives you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful firm from scratch or maximizing an existing firm's performance....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard to listen to
- By Anonymous User on 03-27-24
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27. The E-Myth Architect
- Why Most Architectural Firms Don't Work and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber, Norbert C. Lemermyer
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-20-20
- Language: English
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A Natural History of North American Trees
- By: Donald Culross Peattie
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good review of NA silva
- By Euler2.71828 on 08-29-15
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28. A Natural History of North American Trees
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-10-14
- Language: English
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Walkable City Rules
- 101 Steps to Making Better Places
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story5 out of 5 stars 87
Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent compendium for pro and enthusiast alike
- By Ostyn on 02-23-19
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29. Walkable City Rules
- 101 Steps to Making Better Places
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-15-19
- Language: English
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The Timeless Way of Building
- By: Christopher Alexander
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
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30. The Timeless Way of Building
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Series: Center for Environmental Structure
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-24-24
- Language: English
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Everybody Behaves Badly
- The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises
- By: Lesley M. M. Blume
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Lesley Blume tells the full story behind Ernest Hemingway’s legendary rise for the first time, revealing how he created his own image as the bull-fighting aficionado, hard-drinking literary genius, and expatriate bon vivant....
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31. Everybody Behaves Badly
- The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- By: M. Nolan Gray
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling....
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5 out of 5 stars
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End Zoning
- By Vance V. Ginn on 04-03-24
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32. Arbitrary Lines
- How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-06-22
- Language: English
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Water 4.0
- The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource
- By: David Sedlak
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narration, good info
- By Danielle V. Dolan on 10-06-20
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33. Water 4.0
- The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-28-18
- Language: English
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Plagued by Fire
- The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
- By: Paul Hendrickson
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi - an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect....
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Very Nasty Biography of FLW
- By Conrad Hastler on 11-15-19
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34. Plagued by Fire
- The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-01-19
- Language: English
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The Ancient Egyptian Metaphysical Architecture
- By: Moustafa Gadalla
- Narrated by: Susie Hennessy
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
This book reveals the Ancient Egyptian knowledge of harmonic proportion, sacred geometry, and number mysticism, as manifested in their texts, temples, tombs, art, hieroglyphs, etc., throughout their known history....
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35. The Ancient Egyptian Metaphysical Architecture
- Narrated by: Susie Hennessy
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 09-30-19
- Language: English
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Humanize
- A Maker's Guide to Designing Our Cities
- By: Thomas Heatherwick
- Narrated by: Thomas Heatherwick
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
We are living through a global catastrophe. Buildings affect how we feel, moment by moment, day by day. They have the power to lift us up and make us feel awestruck, playful, safe, and inspired, just as they can make us feel alienated and sad....
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3 out of 5 stars
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It’s a bit boring
- By Mr. B. Loehnis on 10-27-24
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36. Humanize
- A Maker's Guide to Designing Our Cities
- Narrated by: Thomas Heatherwick
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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If Walls Could Speak
- My Life in Architecture
- By: Moshe Safdie
- Narrated by: Trevor Thompson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Over more than five decades, Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures. If Walls Could Speak takes listeners behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An interesting book, poor narrator
- By Meira Bet-El on 09-05-23
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37. If Walls Could Speak
- My Life in Architecture
- Narrated by: Trevor Thompson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-18-23
- Language: English
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Gropius
- The Man Who Built the Bauhaus
- By: Fiona MacCarthy
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the visionary philosophy and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible (if your a fan)
- By Ferrochie on 10-25-21
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38. Gropius
- The Man Who Built the Bauhaus
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Lost Plantation
- The Rise and Fall of Seven Oaks
- By: Marc R. Matrana
- Narrated by: Charles Henderson Norman
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Along the fertile banks of the Mississippi River, planter Camille Zeringue transformed a mediocre colonial plantation into a thriving gem of antebellum sugar production....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting details
- By Customer R on 08-10-22
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39. Lost Plantation
- The Rise and Fall of Seven Oaks
- Narrated by: Charles Henderson Norman
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Castles
- Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Marc Morris explores many of Britain's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- By B Hart on 06-21-18
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40. Castles
- Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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