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The Tangled Tree
- A Radical New History of Life
- De: David Quammen
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,047
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,047
In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. For instance, we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived not through traditional inheritance from directly ancestral forms, but sideways by viral infection - a type of HGT. In The Tangled Tree David Quammen chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Enjoyable and Readable
- De Dennis en 08-18-18
- The Tangled Tree
- A Radical New History of Life
- De: David Quammen
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
Interesting book, horrible narration
Revisado: 03-01-20
The amount of research that went into this book must be incredible. I am NOT a scientist, but the material was described in ways just about graspable for me. I found there was too much talking about biographical stuff of the scientists for me but it might have been necessary.
The narrator attempts to use the accents of the many people he quotes in this book and it is so bad and so cringe-inducing that I began to hate the book and be afraid for the next time it would happen.
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The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
- Duración: 24 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,069
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,651
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,651
It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures, and religions, and it was the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the emergence of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols, the transmission of the Black Death, the struggles of the Great Game, and the fall of Communism - the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Western history, but no more
- De Aaron Taylor en 07-18-16
- The Silk Roads
- A New History of the World
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Laurence Kennedy
Incredible global history centered on Silk Road
Revisado: 02-19-19
Note this book goes right up to today which I wasn’t expecting. It has more about Europe in particular but the west as a whole than I was expecting, but it offers an attempt to tie together most of the large scale events and currents to trading networks, particularly those over Central Asia.
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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
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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
Very good writing
Revisado: 10-22-18
The writing is great and sort of saves the book from a few lengthy meanderings.
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The Politics of Resentment
- Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
- De: Katherine J. Cramer
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square, he was subsequently reelected. How could this happen? How is it that the very people who stand to benefit from strong government services not only vote against the candidates who support those services but are vehemently against the very idea of big government?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important, but shallow
- De Catherine Spiller en 12-11-18
- The Politics of Resentment
- Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
- De: Katherine J. Cramer
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
Worthwhile but not super enjoyable
Revisado: 01-19-18
First off I didn’t really like the narrator. She had an annoying way of speaking which ranged from way too annunciated to sounding like she needed a sip of water.
The book itself is irritating in a sense because the author seems to be overcompensating and buying into the false perceptions her subjects have. Naturally anyone listening to this will wonder “are they right?” about some basic stats that are repeatedly referenced by the “rural” people, specifically that they don’t get their “fair share” of government expenditures. It takes many chapters before she addresses this question and seems to kind of tap dance around it and find a way to say they’re not totally wrong, then give the facts and, in fact, they’re totally wrong. Since this is a key premise of the book, I saw it as the whole meaning of the book should be “how do we get the rural people to understand that the injustice is not anyone else’s fault and in fact they are the ones being disproportionately helped” but instead she frames it as a legitimate concern along the lines of “the rural people are angry because they feel they don’t get their fair share so how do we accommodate them?” I was hoping to come away understanding their surprisingly well argued valid concerns and instead came away angry at them and resenting them for not caring to know any correct facts and being racist, lazy and narrow minded.
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Leonardo da Vinci
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina
- Duración: 17 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,983
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,491
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,414
Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- De Chris M. en 11-13-17
- Leonardo da Vinci
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina
Pretty good, narrator doesn't bother me
Revisado: 11-01-17
Lot of reviews complaining about his pronunciation of, among other things, Leonardo, which I (Italian speaker) did not mind.
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