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The Royal Succession
- The Accursed Kings, Book 4
- De: Maurice Druon
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d'Artois. Her plan is simple - to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law, Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her unborn child. As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he willing to go to clear his path to the throne and become King in his own right?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can't find this author's next book fast enough..
- De Tabitha en 06-11-19
- The Royal Succession
- The Accursed Kings, Book 4
- De: Maurice Druon
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
Another great historical novel in the series.
Revisado: 03-01-25
The narrator’s mispronunciation of French words, and especially French names, made the listen a bit unnerving.
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Drowning
- De: T. J. Newman
- Narrado por: Steven Weber, Laura Benanti
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 636
Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside. More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- De Adanna H en 05-30-23
- Drowning
- De: T. J. Newman
- Narrado por: Steven Weber, Laura Benanti
Too formulaic
Revisado: 09-30-23
This book might as well have been written by AI. It took the story of The Poseidon, made it about a plane crash instead, tweaked some details, updated the position of women in society and the work force to the XXI century, and delivered a neatly finished super formulaic story. The characters were stereotypical, the phrases might as well been written by a robot. I knew exactly who was going to live or die and how the story would end. I only listened to the whole thing because I hate to leave books unfinished.
Also, the female reader was over the top, too dramatic, IMO.
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Infidel
- De: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Narrado por: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,693
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,794
This New York Times best-seller is the astonishing life story of award-winning humanitarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A deeply respected advocate for free speech and women's rights, Hirsi Ali also lives under armed protection because of her outspoken criticism of the Islamic faith in which she was raised.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tough, Candid Assessment
- De Paul Mullen en 02-18-08
- Infidel
- De: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Narrado por: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Compelling and objective
Revisado: 05-16-18
Someone I know said (without ever reading this book, of course) that Ayaan Hirsi Ali was just a biased North African Muslim who is badmouthing Islam because she’s angry for being circumcised as a child. It is a hateful, reductionist dismissal of her book and her intentions, but I think it was caused mainly by the fact that too many reporters and talk show hosts who spoke to her brought up the subject of female circumcision above all other issues, and she indulged them by talking about it.
I was amazed at the physical and intellectual journey this lady took, from her beginnings as a child in Somalia, then as an eager devout Muslim in Kenya, until her complete intellectual awakening as an adult in Holland, a tolerant, progressive, peaceful country where she fully understood the meaning of equality, civility and individual integrity.
She bares it all, her hardships, her mistakes, her “backwards” origins, the troubled, complicated relationships within her family, and most of all, her painful relationship with her faith. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a thinker and the opposite of a hothead. Her departure from religious dogma was a slow, debated and thoroughly thought through process, which she shares with the readers (listeners) so articulately that eventually you cannot help but see her point: just like Christianity had gone through reforms (and needs more), it is time for Islam to be reformed. Its 1500 years old dogmatic precepts of society and practicing faith are not fit for today’s world anymore. I commend her for having the courage to speak up, and continue to speak up even when her life was in danger. The world needs more people like her.
Listening to the book in her voice, her accent and with her slight mispronounciations makes one feel more immersed in what she is sharing with us.
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