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Rebel
- Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles Book I
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 488
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 314
A powerful and evocative story of the Civil War's first battle and the men who fought it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Historical Fiction
- De Kindle Customer en 09-11-04
- Rebel
- Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles Book I
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
The Starbuck series
Revisado: 03-23-11
The parallels to the Sharpe series are blatant, which is good if you're a fan of Sharpe, as I am. Truslow is to Starbuck as Patrick Harper is to Sharpe, from the way they met through their working relationship. Cornwell even introduces a lesser character in Col Lassan, war observer for the Government of France who turns out to be Sharpe's son. If you like the Sharpe series you'll like the Starbuck series and vice versa. Similar characters, different war.
Wrapping a history lesson around the exploits of likeable, fictional characters is no simple task. A few do it, fewer still do it well. The Aubrey Maturin series is one available here on Audible. My personal favorite is the Flashman series though, unfortunately, it's not (yet) an Audible offering. Cornwell does a great job and Tom Parkers read is just great. It feels odd routing for the South, knowing the outcome, but you will and the Starbuck series is a great way to get a history lesson you'll not forget.
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The Genius Factory
- The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
- De: David Plotz
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice, nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank, opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor from its roster of Nobel-laureate scientists, mathematical prodigies, successful businessmen, and star athletes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting stories, but not what I expected.
- De Z en 08-11-05
- The Genius Factory
- The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank
- De: David Plotz
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
A good read
Revisado: 11-03-09
As has been said, the book goes somewhat astray of it's title but that's OK. The characters are real and interesting. Oddly, there are few if any super brain stories here. The Nobel babies struggle to decide what happens now that their "gift" is out, then life happens, pure and simple. Ditto the donors who run the gamut from hoping to someday meet their offspring to those who have all but forgotten they donated at all.
The authors spin on the larger picture represented here is balanced and his first person account is endearing. The book sneaks up on you, it's a good one. I liked the reader a lot as well. I'd definitely recommend this one.
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Shooter
- The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
- De: Jack Coughlin, Casey Kuhlman, Donald A. Davis
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 601
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 337
Now Coughlin has written a highly personal story about his deadly craft, taking readers deep inside an invisible society that is off-limits to outsiders. This is not a heroic battlefield memoir but the careful study of an exceptional man who must keep his sanity while carrying forward one of the deadliest legacies in the U.S. military today.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great...if you want another book about Iraq.
- De james en 11-09-05
- Shooter
- The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
- De: Jack Coughlin, Casey Kuhlman, Donald A. Davis
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
Just OK
Revisado: 10-23-09
The author has an ego, a big one, but I suppose that's a mandate given the job. Not much here about actual sniping, mostly the set up. Entertaining anecdotes are few. The book is OK. The reader has a thick Boston accent which wears me out for some reason. I can take most readers but this one has me close to giving up.
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