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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
- A Life of Louise Arner Boyd
- De: Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrado por: Kate Mulligan
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era. After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her lifestyle as a society woman.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Rich lady pays for exotic vacations.
- De Michael en 08-24-21
- The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
- A Life of Louise Arner Boyd
- De: Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrado por: Kate Mulligan
Rerecord with a new narrator
Revisado: 08-21-21
Interesting story, but HORRIBLE narrator. She wildly overennunciated. While I could see this (maybe) for the foreign names, she sounded like she was reading the book to toddlers (however without any kind of engaging inflection) or auditioning to be a GPS reader. It got in the way of the story.
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The Color of Love
- A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl
- De: Marra B. Gad
- Narrado por: Marra B. Gad
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 295
In 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight - but they quickly realized the world wasn’t ready for a family like theirs. Marra’s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father was Black. While still a child, Marra came to realize that she was “a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn”. In Black spaces, she was not “Black enough” or told that it was okay to be Christian or Muslim but not Jewish.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, honest , heartfelt
- De dave block en 09-16-21
- The Color of Love
- A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl
- De: Marra B. Gad
- Narrado por: Marra B. Gad
Anyone can write a memoir...apparently.
Revisado: 03-14-21
What could have been an interesting story was instead someone, a wannabe actress, acting her own story. None of her emotion felt real. Her tremulous voice when describing her father's death is so overwrought and fake, as evidenced by her immediate dropping of the "emotion" as she moves to the next sentence. And the story itself is incredibly haphazard. I'm glad she gained self confidence but she doesn't need to hit you over the head with her specialness. Did we really, truly need to know her exact "genius" IQ (putting aside the validity of IQ as a measurement of intelligence)? A disappointing experience overall.
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Harley Merlin 9: Harley Merlin and the Mortal Pact
- De: Bella Forrest
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 778
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 671
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 665
Without magic, Harley knows the odds of defeating Katherine are stacked against them. Yet a sliver of hope survives in the pages of her parents’ Grimoire. The final, mind-boggling spell entails making a deal with a Child of Chaos. But what must be offered in return? Finch wants to be the one who ends Katherine. Mother Dearest brought him into the world, and he wants to take her out. He will give anything for that chance - even his life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dragged out way too long...
- De LCL en 11-05-19
- Harley Merlin 9: Harley Merlin and the Mortal Pact
- De: Bella Forrest
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
Done
Revisado: 07-27-20
This was really the last straw for me with this series. Katherine could easily have been ended in the previous book, and when she was in this one, there was an obviously place to end the book but it just. kept. going. I'm mildly curious about the next steps for Harley, but the next book is from Finch's point of view, which has less appeal, not least of which because Finch got way less interesting as the series went on, no longer snarky but sappy and all sunshine. Speaking of which, the huge, soppy, everyone is crying and hanging on each other before the big fight because they might die scene was disgustingly melodramatic and hackneyed. Even Finch was sobbing? You see my point. And while I had somewhat liked the narrator at first, she's terrible, and I mean terrible at male voices, and she completely lost the vaguely unique voice she used for Finch and others became indistinguishable from each other. She can do some accents but not others.
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Blind Descent
- Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
- De: Brian Dickinson
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Former Navy Air Rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson was roughly 1,000 feet from the summit of Mount Everest, also known as "the death zone", when his Sherpa became ill and had to turn back, leaving Brian with a difficult decision: Should he continue to push for the summit or head back down the mountain? After carefully weighing the options, Brian decided to continue toward the summit, alone. Four hours later, Brian solo summited the highest peak in the world. But the celebration was short lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing true story of courage, faith and perseverance
- De Rabid Reader en 06-02-16
- Blind Descent
- Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
- De: Brian Dickinson
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
Not for me
Revisado: 10-20-19
Too religious. Not interested. Returned it. Didn't love the narrator either, but didn't listen past the first Psalm.
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Left for Dead
- My Journey Home from Everest
- De: Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 404
In 1996, Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. In this powerful memoir, Weathers describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed eight climbers but the journey of his life. This is the story of a man's route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bait-and-switch
- De Reggie en 05-07-19
- Left for Dead
- My Journey Home from Everest
- De: Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
Into Thin Air is a better Everest story.
Revisado: 09-29-19
At first I disliked the narrator, but I got used to him. The story was frustrating -not that much actually on Everest. I didn't really need his whole back story. It only served to prove the main thing I got out of this book - that Beck Weathers is a pretty significant asshole, regardless of his Everest epiphany. His wife should have divorced him, or he should have died on Everest, except for the toll it would have taken on his family. Then again, he had already exacted a heavy toll.
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