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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,697
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,512
We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightfully simplistic!
- De Adrian en 03-30-16
- The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
What a pleasure.
Revisado: 08-17-17
A most interesting book, well researched and read
I would recommend it to all with an interest in nature and history.
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Broadbent
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,225
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,992
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,986
Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Walkabout
- De FanB14 en 07-01-13
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Broadbent
Sheer delight
Revisado: 09-13-16
This is a lovely book to travel on a journey with the characters. The plot is unexpected and filled without surprise intricacies.
The narrator is perfect as would be expected.
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Death on a High Floor
- Robert Tarza, Book 1
- De: Charles Rosenberg
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,826
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,613
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,617
On the 85th floor of a glittering high-rise in Los Angeles, Robert Tarza steps into the lobby of the Marbury Marfan law firm to discover his partner Simon Rafer lying in a pool of blood - an ornate dagger plunged into his back. Robert had worked with Simon for decades, and their relationship was fraught with conflict. But he never imagined he would wind up as the prime suspect for his colleague’s murder. As the evidence stacks up against him with frightening speed, he quickly falls from his respected position to that of a criminal dragged through the tabloids.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Mystery, Brilliant Narration
- De Chip Atkinson en 02-23-14
- Death on a High Floor
- Robert Tarza, Book 1
- De: Charles Rosenberg
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
A good listen
Revisado: 03-22-15
Thoroughly enjoyable and very well narrated. I would've liked the Kindle version as well to allay my curiosity.
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A Long Way Home
- De: Saroo Brierley
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,550
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,160
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,159
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard book to rate... 3 or 4?
- De Blue en 06-22-14
- A Long Way Home
- De: Saroo Brierley
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
Optional?
Revisado: 12-31-14
Well worth listening to. It is almost an incredible life story. Best wishes to Suri
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
- The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,441
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,270
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,271
Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: Wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents - and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. With the lucid, masterful explanations and razor-sharp wit his fans have come to expect, Kean explores the brain's secret passageways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detailed but not overly Technical
- De Michael en 05-06-15
- The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
- The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
Non fiction at its best.
Revisado: 12-27-14
A lovely listen brilliant research and perfectly read. Highly recommended.
I am ready for next Sam Kean.
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- De: Richard Flanagan
- Narrado por: Richard Flanagan
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 132
August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. This savagely beautiful novel is a story about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insert hyperbole here
- De Margaret M. Bell en 10-21-14
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- De: Richard Flanagan
- Narrado por: Richard Flanagan
A deserving winner
Revisado: 12-01-14
Where does The Narrow Road to the Deep North rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Maybe,off the cuff in my top 100
Who was your favorite character and why?
Dorrigan, he was a hero and a human being with flaws
Have you listened to any of Richard Flanagan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Still on my to do list
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The ripple effect of senseless war,
Any additional comments?
A difficult but very rewarding audiobook but not for the faint hearted.
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Leaving Time
- A Novel
- De: Jodi Picoult
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,660
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18,635
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,593
Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mother’s whereabouts. Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two unlikely allies in her quest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pickiest Reader Would Be Willing to Give 6 Stars
- De Jan en 10-18-14
- Leaving Time
- A Novel
- De: Jodi Picoult
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur, Mark Deakins
I expected more
Revisado: 12-01-14
Would you try another book from Jodi Picoult and/or the narrators?
Usually I am enthralled with Jodi Picoults story telling and research hard work
Would you be willing to try another book from Jodi Picoult? Why or why not?
Always
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Yes
Do you think Leaving Time needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Not for me
Any additional comments?
Maybe it is me,a septuagenerian>
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The Little Friend
- De: Donna Tartt
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 25 h y 53 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,180
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,004
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
The second novel by Donna Tartt, best-selling author of The Goldfinch (winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize), The Little Friend is a grandly ambitious and utterly riveting novel of childhood, innocence, and evil. The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard. Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved. So Robin’s sister Harriet - unnervingly bright and insufferably determined - sets out to unmask his killer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't put it down
- De Sam en 03-15-12
- The Little Friend
- De: Donna Tartt
- Narrado por: Karen White
Very dissapointing
Revisado: 11-27-14
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I loved the Goldfinch but this is not what I expected and the narrator just irritated me progressively so that I could not listen past 3 hours.
Would you ever listen to anything by Donna Tartt again?
Of course
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Whiney and irritating
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment in a big way
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Oaxaca Journal
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Duración: 4 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Oliver Sacks is well known as an explorer of the human mind - a neurologist with a gift for complex, insightful portrayals of people and their conditions. However, he is also a card-carrying member of the American Fern Society, and since childhood has been fascinated by these primitive plants and their ability to survive and adapt in many climates. Oaxaca Journal is Sacks' spellbinding account of his trip with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts to the beautiful, history-steeped province of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A gem
- De Daniela en 06-04-15
- Oaxaca Journal
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
A WONDERFUL LISTEN AND VIRTUAL TOUR
Revisado: 05-14-12
What made the experience of listening to Oaxaca Journal the most enjoyable?
I love Oliver Sach's medical writing and this is my first adventure with him. He is an erudite and knowledgeable man prepared to share his knowledge. Highly recommended.
Have you listened to any of Jonathan Davis and Oliver Sacks (Introduction) ???s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Unmisseable
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Cutting for Stone
- De: Abraham Verghese
- Narrado por: Sartaj Garewal
- Duración: 22 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Moving from the 1940s to the present, from a convent in India to a cargo ship bound for the Yemen, from a tiny operating theatre in Ethiopia to a hospital in the Bronx, Cutting for Stone is a thrilling epic of conjoined twins, doctors and patients, temptation and redemption, home and exile - and a riveting family story, irresistibly charged with strange happenings, humour and pathos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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RICH, DEEP, LAYERED, ABSORBING
- De Charmaine en 07-16-12
- Cutting for Stone
- De: Abraham Verghese
- Narrado por: Sartaj Garewal
Please get more of this brilliant authors work
Revisado: 12-28-11
Would you listen to Cutting for Stone again? Why?
Without hesitation. It has proved to be my best listen in 2011
What other book might you compare Cutting for Stone to and why?
A Suitable Boy boy by Vickram Seth. A book I loved and read with relish
Which scene was your favorite?
Rather which was the least ...... none
Who was the most memorable character of Cutting for Stone and why?
Gauche as he was memorable as a man and dr.
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