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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,483
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,465
Author of the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy is one of the most provocative American stylists to emerge in the last century. The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful nightmare
- De Ryan en 07-11-11
- Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
Surreal, vivid, not for the feint of heart
Revisado: 08-14-14
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This being my first McCarthy book, it caught me somewhat off guard. I won't rehash the storyline here, but I will say that it is a journey through a landscape and time told in vivid detail, through a series of events that are vicious and relentless. Its descriptions of the southwestern landscapes are breathtaking. The accounts of events are masterfully told. The brutality of it all is not for the feint of heart. If you think you've heard stories about roving bandits in the Wild West, this book will offer a whole new perspective.
I would just add that the narration is excellent and effectively buttresses the story. Poe speaks with a cadence that brings the text to life and almost lets you chew on each sentence.
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The Worst Hard Time
- The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor, Ken Burns (introduction)
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,700
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,840
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,843
The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating History
- De Sara en 02-02-14
- The Worst Hard Time
- The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor, Ken Burns (introduction)
Amazing story; A little longer than necessary
Revisado: 10-09-12
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Amazing story about a little known slice of American history. It's also a great insight into one of the biggest environmental disasters in US history, and Egan brings us right up close to the families and farmers on the front lines. His narratives on the dust storms and the impact they had on the people of the great plains are top notch.
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The Bloody Ground: Battle of Antietam, 1862
- The Starbuck Chronicles: Volume Four
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Ed Sala
- Duración: 14 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 234
Nate is given command of a battalion of undesirable soldiers—including deserters and murderers —and sent to join the action at Antietam Creek. There, during the bloodiest single day of the entire war, Nate and his men must find the courage to survive the brutal horrors of combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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hope Cornwell decides to re vist this series
- De Amazon Customer en 02-09-19
- The Bloody Ground: Battle of Antietam, 1862
- The Starbuck Chronicles: Volume Four
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Ed Sala
Excellent!
Revisado: 09-05-12
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Great read. Strong story, good character development and solid plot - all placed seamlessly and full of detail into historical context. Excellent narration is the cherry on top. A great way to obtain a riveting first-person account (albeit fictionalized) of the Civil War. This is the first Starbuck book that've I've read, and I definitely plan to pick up the other three.
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In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,555
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,864
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,860
The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819 the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with 20 crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than 90 days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, and disease and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audio must have been fixed
- De Amazon Customer en 02-11-18
- In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Gripping
Revisado: 06-29-10
Great story and engaging narration. A detailed and well-researched - though entirely accessible - account of the great whale-ship tragedy. Not for the faint of heart. Highly recommended.
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