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A Man Named Doll
- De: Jonathan Ames
- Narrado por: Jonathan Ames
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 550
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 481
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 477
Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff drop beneath the Hollywood sign with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran of both the Navy and LAPD, Doll supplements his meager income as a P.I. by working through the night at a local Thai spa that offers its clients a number of special services. Armed with his 16-inch steel telescopic baton, biting dry humor, and just a bit of a hero complex, the ex-cop sets out to protect the women who work there from clients who have trouble understanding the word "no".
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3 out of 5 stars
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interesting writing, too brutal!
- De Lyn Relph en 05-13-21
- A Man Named Doll
- De: Jonathan Ames
- Narrado por: Jonathan Ames
I love LA Noir but
Revisado: 05-16-22
nothing Ames brings to this is new, except his gratuitous exploitation of the terror and brutality Noir style has always carried in more eloquent and far more morally challenging ways. This felt like a sadistic wallow. Glad I did not pay more for the experience than $2 on the daily deal.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 15 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,387
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,363
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book; didn't love the reading
- De Lily en 11-02-08
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Scott Brick is the worst reader
Revisado: 07-29-10
I could not listen to this book. I think Michael Pollan is amazing and the book is fascinating, timely and revelatory, but I cannot listen to Scott Brick. His delivery is wooden and formulaic with terrible tics of expression that do not correspond to or respect the cadence of the prose. I feel like he has a tin ear, and I will never buy a book read by him.
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jonathan Aris, Paula Wilcox
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,405
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,529
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,528
In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan’s outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good But Uneven
- De Trustme en 07-28-10
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jonathan Aris, Paula Wilcox
extraordinary
Revisado: 07-29-10
a totally satisfying historical fiction plot played out in prose that recalls Rabelais and DylanThomas. Terrific.
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The Astronomer
- A Novel of Suspense
- De: Lawrence Goldstone
- Narrado por: Robert Vaughn
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 46
Paris, 1534. A student at the Catholic Collge de Montaigu, serving as a courier for the Inquisition, is murdered by members of an extreme Lutheran sect for the packet of letters he is carrying. His friend and fellow classmate Amaury de Faverges, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Savoy and an expert in astronomy and natural science, is recruited as his replacement and promised a decree of legitimacy if he can uncover the secret that threatens to overturn Catholicism and the reign of Franois I.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointing
- De Yates en 05-27-10
- The Astronomer
- A Novel of Suspense
- De: Lawrence Goldstone
- Narrado por: Robert Vaughn
Ripened "man from uncle" voice
Revisado: 07-29-10
Robert Vaughn's voice, disparaged by some other listeners, may be the best reason to listen to this investigative procedural set in the reformation. The reading is sinuous, knowing and beautifully paced, a very mature, sexy voice. I recommend it highly.
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