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Cave of Bones
- De: Lee Berger, John Hawks
- Narrado por: Lee Berger
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 226
In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. Lead researcher Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and interesting but may trigger claustrophobia
- De M en 09-03-23
- Cave of Bones
- De: Lee Berger, John Hawks
- Narrado por: Lee Berger
Great adventure story
Revisado: 03-22-24
I enjoyed it very much and appreciated that the author stayed in his lane of expertise and did not pontificate on subjects not in his field.
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,702
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48,469
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48,148
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading
- De Blue Zion en 12-22-18
- Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Just a few interesting bits
Revisado: 03-22-24
Honestly besides the few instances of real stories of discoveries most of the book just left me sad. I hope most don’t believe that the human race had such sad beginnings and has a future devoid of the divine after reading this. Want an exciting book on early Homo discoveries then pick up the book Cave of Bones.
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Most Delicious Poison
- The Story of Nature's Toxins―from Spices to Vices
- De: Noah Whiteman
- Narrado por: Noah Whiteman
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Off topic
- De Stewart en 12-26-23
- Most Delicious Poison
- The Story of Nature's Toxins―from Spices to Vices
- De: Noah Whiteman
- Narrado por: Noah Whiteman
I thought I was getting a book about plant science.
Revisado: 03-15-24
The information about botany was okay but I was totally turned off by the personal family trauma and only made it through a few chapters.
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The Strangest Way
- Walking the Christian Path
- De: Robert Barron
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 138
Is Christianity a bland, domesticated religion, unthreatening and easy to grasp? Or is it the most exotic, unexpected, and uncanny of religious paths? For the mystics and saints - and for Robert Barron, who discovered Christianity through them - it is surely the strangest way. "At its very center", writes Barron, "is a God who comes after us with a reckless abandon, breaking open his own heart in love in order to include us in the rhythm of his own life." What could be more compelling?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Timely Message
- De Steve L. en 06-16-19
- The Strangest Way
- Walking the Christian Path
- De: Robert Barron
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
Counter cultural
Revisado: 02-05-24
Clear think by Bishop Barron. Easy listening and helpful way to live a Christ centered life. Stay weird. Love and peace
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In a Lonely Place
- De: Karl Edward Wagner
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) has earned a reputation as one of the finest horror writers of the modern era, but his work has been out of print and nearly unobtainable for many years. His seminal volume In a Lonely Place collects eight of his best tales, including "In the Pines," a classic ghost story evocatively set in the Tennessee woods, "Beyond Any Measure," an original take on the vampire story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Soooo good
- De Amazon Customer en 01-07-23
- In a Lonely Place
- De: Karl Edward Wagner
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
Great collection horror shorts
Revisado: 10-08-23
I enjoyed this collection very much and wish there were more of Karl Edwards Wagners tales. Each story keeps you interested in the characters and the plot.
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Cities of the Plain
- The Border Trilogy, Book Three
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,438
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,293
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,288
In his novels, best-selling author Cormac McCarthy creates a western landscape filled with characters that are both mythic and authentic. Cities of the Plain, the stunning conclusion of his award-winning Border trilogy, brings together John Grady Cole and Billy Parham—the two lifelong friends who began their adventures in All the Pretty Horses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read to us always, won't you, Frank?
- De B. H. Taylor en 02-09-16
- Cities of the Plain
- The Border Trilogy, Book Three
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
Lives well lived and story well told.
Revisado: 09-15-23
I laughed I cried and I wept like a baby. The story of Billy and John Grady is a story I fell in love with. There’re a couple of goodin’s. The story is superb and the narration is perfect. The border trilogy is worth the time.
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The Taint and Other Novellas
- Best Mythos Tales
- De: Brian Lumley
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
The very best of Brian Lumley's works in the Cthulhu Mythos sub-genre, including such recent tales as "The Hymn" and "The Taint", are collected and presented for the first time in audio format.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unbiasedly and unabashedly fantastic!
- De Kevin Potter en 09-22-19
- The Taint and Other Novellas
- Best Mythos Tales
- De: Brian Lumley
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
Stories worthy of the cosmic horror category
Revisado: 09-10-23
There are 2 stories
that are worth the price of the book. The rest is just icing on the cake. Saxon is a perfect teller of these type tales.
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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
- De: Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer - foreword
- Narrado por: Jon Padgett, Linda Jones
- Duración: 21 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible!
- De Erik McHatton en 02-27-23
I tried twice
Revisado: 09-08-23
I bought the book twice. I returned and then bought it again thinking maybe I just have not gotten to the good stuff. All the wonderful reviews made me want to try again. Just goes to show you, you have to judge for yourself. Supernatural and cosmic horror are my go to genre but these stories only touch on that genre . I think it’s the style of prose that keeps me from enjoying. It’s like listening to a one sided conversation with a lunatic. Give it a go your mileage may vary.
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All the Pretty Horses
- The Border Trilogy, Book One
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,882
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,386
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,365
Sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole's grandfather has just died, his parents have permanently separated, and the family ranch, upon which he had placed so many boyish hopes, has been sold. Rootless and increasingly restive, Cole leaves Texas, accompanied by his friend Lacey Rawlins, and begins a journey across the vaquero frontier into the badlands of northern Mexico.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful writing
- De LMS en 05-21-15
- All the Pretty Horses
- The Border Trilogy, Book One
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
It was a better but harsher world.
Revisado: 09-08-23
John Grady and Lacey are couple of good ole boys. It was a pleasure to ride along on their journey. I read the Crossing before this one and the crossing is still the better in my opinion but not by much.
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The Crossing
- The Border Trilogy, Book Two
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,575
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,413
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,411
In the late 1930s, 16-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat lightning - a world where there is no order "save that which death has put there".
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOW WE MAY SPEAK OF MADNESS
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-15-16
- The Crossing
- The Border Trilogy, Book Two
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
A story of living and dying and living again
Revisado: 09-02-23
A great story well told and we’ll read. I felt like I was riding along with Billy and Boyd and felt what they were feeling. You can’t ask more from a story than that. The sections of spanish dialogue makes you yearn to know the language but it makes the story more authentic for the telling.
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