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Conquerors
- How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 749
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 652
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 651
Conquerors tells the almost forgotten story of how Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India, and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully balanced
- De Nigel Roberts en 05-08-16
- Conquerors
- How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
- De: Roger Crowley
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Great treatment of a fascinating subject!
Revisado: 08-25-18
This is one of the greatest stories of all time, told perfectly here with just the right amount of intriguing detail. Loved it and will seek out more of Roger Crowley's work now! Reading was so-so.
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Infinity Born
- De: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrado por: Corey Gagne
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 833
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 729
When DARPA's billion-dollar program to create artificial superintelligence is sabotaged, US operative Cameron Carr is tasked with finding the culprit. He's been on high-stakes missions before, but this time the stakes are nothing less than the future of humanity. Because the race to evolve a superintelligent computer is on, and power players around the world will stop at nothing to get there first.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent ScoFi Mystery Thriller...
- De shelley en 08-14-17
- Infinity Born
- De: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrado por: Corey Gagne
Is it a parody?
Revisado: 08-25-18
This book offers nothing interesting about the fascinating topic of AI. Characters and dialogue are trite. Plot is marginally interesting. Overall I would say it seems like it was written by a 6th-grader for 4th- and 5th-graders. What a disappointment. But perhaps worst of all is the reading - replete with dopey Russian accents and whiny, breathy feigned female 'voices' that are straight out of a Saturday Night Live skit. All in all the book, and its reading, made me have to wonder whether this is in fact a parody of the genre.
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- De: Lorri Glover, Daniel Smith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great !
- De Cheryl en 05-02-10
- The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- De: Lorri Glover, Daniel Smith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
The WORST reader I have EVER heard
Revisado: 09-06-17
What disappointed you about The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown?
This is a great story not served well by the mediocre writing of this book, but rendered a much graver disservice by the incredibly HORRIBLE reading - by far the worst I have ever heard, almost un-listenable. The reader has an almost comically bad monotone - where (and why, why, WHY?) did Audible find such a terrible reader?
Would you be willing to try another book from Lorri Glover and Daniel Smith ? Why or why not?
Maybe, but ABSOLUTELY NOT if same reader
How did the narrator detract from the book?
See above - monotone so poor and so difficult to listen to that I was wondering for a moment if it was a joke. Listen to the opening scene of the stereotyped boring reader in the movie 'Good Morning Vietnam' and you will get the idea. In the movie it is used nicely for comic effect. Here it is (inexplicably) for real, and terribly annoying.
What character would you cut from The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown?
None in particular (except the reader!)
Any additional comments?
This is my first ever review of an audiobook and I very, very rarely write online reviews of anything. But this was so far off the charts and so inexcusable that I have to warn people as a public service. Excuse my strident tone but it is truly exasperating and wrong to allow such poor quality to be offered. That is not to say I am not happy with Audiobooks as a whole- I am, very much so. Books range from good to excellent writing and readers range from good to superb - with this one GLARING exception.
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