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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64,212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57,760
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57,649
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreakingly Disappointing and Insulting
- De Marcus Haynes en 11-28-20
- Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
A very fine sequel
Revisado: 02-26-21
I do not understand the poor reviews this sequel is receiving. The book has tons of elements of the first book - immersion quests in movies, music, books. It also has great character development of the main figures from the first book esp taking into consideration how they would be affected winning the first quest.
So if you liked the escapism of the first, that’s in here. If you want to see how the characters become adults, that’s in here. How could the oasis be abused? Here too.
Don’t bring your politics with you to the Oasis. Just let the story guide you.
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- A Novel
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: Joan Walker
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17,531
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,841
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,820
Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is 77 years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus crazy. She is also Elsa's best and only friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply splendid.
- De B.J. en 07-27-15
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- A Novel
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: Joan Walker
Horrible attempt to be Lady in the Water
Revisado: 04-16-18
This book is horrible. It is a convoluted mess with no direction and a ridiculous fantasy fairy tale background that you can’t follow. The author clearly lost his way mid way through writing and it just falls flat. So disappointing following Uve.
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- De: Douglas Preston
- Narrado por: Bill Mumy
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,919
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,245
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Still Lost...
- De Mel en 01-12-17
- The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- De: Douglas Preston
- Narrado por: Bill Mumy
75 pages of suspense - 200 pages of boredom
Revisado: 03-24-17
Wanna read about 100 pages of precolombian Honduran history?
Wanna read 50 pages on the science of parasites?
No? Then don't read this book.
The problem is you have all this buildup about what they might find and dangers etc from the first chapter and then it just loses itself. There's no explanation of who the monkey god was. There's little discussion of what they actually find cuz they can't even tell. There's way way too much speculative reporting here. Way too much discussion on parasitic treatment. It's just not a good read. It's a 275 page cluster of things.
Lost city of Z is much better!
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The Arm
- Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Thing in Sports
- De: Jeff Passan
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 666
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 589
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 588
Yahoo's lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports - the pitching arm - and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST READ for every youth baseball parent and coach
- De Casey Fitzsimons en 05-29-16
- The Arm
- Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Thing in Sports
- De: Jeff Passan
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
Noncohesive wreck of a book
Revisado: 09-22-16
Like the UCL when it splits, this book is all over the place. It is a noncohesive 250 page diatribe against pitching with no solutions suggested. Intermingled throughout the book are random interviews with random ppl along a narrative of two pitchers you never heard of and don't care about. Two UCLs down.
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The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Daniel James Brown
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 43,155
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 39,020
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 38,902
The number one New York Times best-selling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race. Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dear Publishers of Audio Books
- De Lynn en 08-04-14
- The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Daniel James Brown
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
Excels through each stroke
Revisado: 08-19-15
One of the best stories you've never heard of. Each step, each race, gets more and more intense. And the narration was wonderful! Puts you right in the crowd and in the boat.
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,535
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,511
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- De Sara en 03-05-16
- Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Hook, line, and sinker
Revisado: 08-19-15
A Great War drama plays out here. You almost start rooting for the enemy sub! Wonderful pace, just enough details. The back stories of the people aboard gives you great connection and emotion to the action.
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,042
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,530
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,493
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright's Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The Age of Flight had begun. How did they do it? And why?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
- The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
Soars
Revisado: 08-19-15
This book makes you wonder why you were never taught this stuff in school. It soars with drama, mystery, humor, wonder. Plays out like a novel.
One critique would be lack of history of failed flight before.
Narrated by McCullough who seemed tired in spots but overall good.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
- De: Garth Stein
- Narrado por: Christopher Evan Welch
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,535
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18,747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,721
The New York Times best-selling novel from Garth Stein - a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope - a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 3000
- De Roger en 02-23-10
- The Art of Racing in the Rain
- De: Garth Stein
- Narrado por: Christopher Evan Welch
Races with your heart
Revisado: 08-19-15
This is a great story with a great narrator - the family dog. It is heavier than A Dog's Purpose but it works. Using racing analogy for real life was unique angle. A great weekend story.
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The Martian
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: R. C. Bray
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 175,855
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 161,658
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 161,478
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Macgyver on Mars
- De Michael G Kurilla en 06-21-13
- The Martian
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: R. C. Bray
Possibilities don't match reality
Revisado: 08-19-15
Why all the hype for this book? It's Dances with Wolves meets Castaway meets Low Rider. Way way too technical in many many parts. Yes the heroine is funny but that doesn't depart from little drama.
Saving grace was narrator's performance.
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Little Demon in the City of Light
- A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris
- De: Steven Levingston
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
A delicious account of a murder most gallic - think CSI Paris meets Georges Simenon - whose lurid comibation of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world. Little Demon in the City of Light is the thrilling - and so wonderfully French - story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress and the international manhunt, sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power that ensued.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Narration - so so story
- De Elizabeth en 08-02-15
- Little Demon in the City of Light
- A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris
- De: Steven Levingston
- Narrado por: John Lee
Great Narration - so so story
Revisado: 08-02-15
I was hoping this book would live up to the premise of discussing more the two sides of the early debates of Hypnotism's role in crime. There is certainly discussion of this but it's really only about 10% of the book. The book is more just a murder story - and not a good one at that. "Murder of the Century" was vastly better.
I will say, on an audiobook level, the narrator was fantastic. Great French accent, great differentiation in tone and pace at the right times.
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