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Shadows of the Workhouse
- Call the Midwife, Book 2
- De: Jennifer Worth
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,712
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,446
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,439
When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood';s most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice followup to "Call The Midwife"
- De Blue en 02-20-14
- Shadows of the Workhouse
- Call the Midwife, Book 2
- De: Jennifer Worth
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
Love this 2nd book of the series of 3
Revisado: 06-18-19
This book brings the reader a more in-depth understanding of how life was in London a decade after WW2. The details and the information brings the characters to life in a way that make them memorable forever and leaves you wanting to know so much more. Cant wait for the 3rd and final book of this series.
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Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End
- Book 3
- De: Jennifer Worth
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,147
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,918
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,912
When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as "powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage" in the face of dire circumstances.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hated to see it end...
- De Blue en 02-20-14
- Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End
- Book 3
- De: Jennifer Worth
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
Revisit Jenny Lee and let her finish it for you...
Revisado: 06-18-19
The last book of 3 in a series that recounts the trials, loves and tribulations of midwives and nuns in the decade after WW2. In this last book she wraps up and finishes her marvelously spun tales of life in London in the East End during this fascinating time period.
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The Sugar Girls
- Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End
- De: Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi
- Narrado por: Penny McDonald
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories. On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of the Thames. Looking up at the giant gates, Ethel felt like she had been preparing for this moment all her life. She smoothed down her frizzy hair, scraped a bit of dirt off the corner of her shoe and strode through. She was quite unprepared for the sight that met her eyes …
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4 out of 5 stars
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An ifascinating snaoshot
- De M.C.Garcia Jones en 10-21-15
- The Sugar Girls
- Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End
- De: Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi
- Narrado por: Penny McDonald
If you like Call The Midwife
Revisado: 06-18-19
This story centers around the lives of the girls and women that worked in the sugar plant in London mainly during world war 2. I love it and it fits right in perfectly with the time spans of Call the Midwife. the characters are well developed and you fall in love with them and enjoy reading about their lives and loves. Highly recommend this tale for anyone that loves British history.
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The Terror
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Tom Sellwood
- Duración: 28 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,383
The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear there is no escape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very good then, NOT
- De Randall en 07-24-18
- The Terror
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Tom Sellwood
Takes you right into the heart of the arctic
Revisado: 06-02-18
This book is a little dry in the beginning but will grab you and suck you into the story in no time. A must read for anyone interested in arctic exploration.
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,513
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,191
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,185
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
- In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
Great read of arctic exploration
Revisado: 06-02-18
This book is a slow starter but once the voyage has set off it is extremely interesting and hard to put down.
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Slow Burn: Torrent
- Slow Burn, Book 5
- De: Bobby Adair
- Narrado por: Jason Damron
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 268
Following his none-too-soon reunion with his friends at the safe house, Zed is hoping things can finally fall into a stable routine, but in post-virus Austin, things are far from stable. On a mission to raid the ammunition bunkers at Camp Mabry, Zed, and Murphy spot a group of the newer, naked infected, who are exhibiting some sophisticated and disturbing new behaviors, such as scouting and hunting - for them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why Half A Book?
- De Andrew Wilson en 11-18-14
- Slow Burn: Torrent
- Slow Burn, Book 5
- De: Bobby Adair
- Narrado por: Jason Damron
Can't wait for more!?
Revisado: 11-04-15
Loved this fast moving segment of the slow burn series and can't wait to hear the rest!
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Surviving the Evacuation, Book 1: London
- De: Frank Tayell
- Narrado por: Tim Bruce
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 553
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 507
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 502
The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked and infected, and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead. As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalized. Martial law, curfews, and rationing were implemented. It wasn't enough. An evacuation was planned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome zombie story
- De Karen Reese en 06-29-15
- Surviving the Evacuation, Book 1: London
- De: Frank Tayell
- Narrado por: Tim Bruce
Fascinating Perspective From a British View Point
Revisado: 10-13-15
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would highly recommend this audiobook to any friend that enjoys Zombie and Apocalypse stories. It is very different from most of the Zombie books I've heard or read. Starts a little slow but it is very realistically portrayed.
What did you like best about this story?
What i liked the best was the fact that the writer infused common sense when writing this story. Very realistic actions that the character displays. Things that are left out of so many Zombie stories. For example, when the character was having to go through empty apartment units utilizing the attic space, this was very realistic and exactly what a thinking person would do. Breaking through sheetrock, checking boilers (water heaters to us Yanks) for water to drink, and going to the gym to find supplies was ingenious. Doing it all with a broken leg in a cast. Genius! The added fact that the character is injured really makes this story interesting. To see how he deals with such a terrible event while layer up and nearly crippled really brings the story home and makes you feel a lot of sympathy and empathy for the character. If I were a writer, this is the way I would like to tell a story. You begin to feel like this really happened.
What does Tim Bruce bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
At first I thought that because this was a story by and about Brits that the narrator would be Britishly Boring, but he absolutely was not boring and I really enjoyed the way he truly makes you feel like he wrote this journal and lived through these experiences. Even the little nuances are interesting and realistic. This is like listening to a play. Can't wait to listen to the other books in this Series.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
One Broken Man's Trials to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.
Any additional comments?
I enjoyed this story very much. Not too much blood and gore and violence, and just a practical and common sense approach this writer took with dealing with this subject, which can sometimes be boring and corny, but not with this writer.
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The Gate
- De: Jason Brant
- Narrado por: Robert Martinez
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
Bryan Armstrong and Kyle Detwiler, two college students on the cusp of graduation, are the lucky winners of a contest to become interns on the paranormal television show The Specter Slayers. Their excitement turns to jubilation when they discover that they'll be aiding in the investigation of The Danver Church, one of the most haunted places in America. Nestled in the remote mountains of Pennsylvania, the church is world renowned for the massacre that occurred there forty years earlier.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Weak version of a story that has already been done
- De Heather E. Kent en 08-13-13
- The Gate
- De: Jason Brant
- Narrado por: Robert Martinez
A little let down at the end but still interesting
Revisado: 05-29-15
What started off as great potential left me a little disappointed at the end. Not quite as up to par as Jason's other books that I find very exiting.
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