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Gideon's Spies
- The Secret History of the Mossad
- De: Gordon Thomas
- Narrado por: Theodore Bikel
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 358
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 253
In the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be surrounded by myth and mystery as does the Mossad. Created in 1951 to ensure the future of an embattled Israel, Mossad is responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination. To some, Mossad is the precise and at times lethal instrument of Israel's will, a fiercely dedicated group of men and women: an elite intelligence arm.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hatchet Job?
- De despinne en 07-02-03
- Gideon's Spies
- The Secret History of the Mossad
- De: Gordon Thomas
- Narrado por: Theodore Bikel
Waste of time
Revisado: 08-20-19
Poorly written with no discernible organization. The narrative jumps from the 70s to the 2000’s to the 60s to the 2010 back to the 80.
Plans and plots are started and then either abandoned or reappear an hour later with no connection to what happened in the middle
The only saving grace is that it’s relatively short
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Lilac Girls
- A Novel
- De: Martha Hall Kelly
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati, Kathrin Kana, y otros
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21,953
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,879
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19,824
New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The cover is a bit misleading, but...
- De Joy Easton en 05-18-16
- Lilac Girls
- A Novel
- De: Martha Hall Kelly
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati, Kathrin Kana, Martha Hall Kelly
A slow start but stick with it
Revisado: 09-28-18
A story I should have known but didn’t. You’ll get sucked in s love every minute of it
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Angels and Demons
- De: Dan Brown
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 18 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,525
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,151
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for fans of The Da Vinci Code
- De Geoffrey en 04-14-04
- Angels and Demons
- De: Dan Brown
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
Enjoyable but could have used an editor
Revisado: 09-28-18
Every once in a while you should go for the abridged version...this is one of those times
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Mossad
- The Stories You Haven't Heard Of Israel's Most Effective Secret Service
- De: Peter Russo
- Narrado por: Johnny Robinson Of Earthwalker Studios
- Duración: 57 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 10
Since their formation in 1949, the Mossad has continually lived up to the name given to them, the godfather of all spy agencies. They combine intellectual leadership with a ruthlessness that has impressed both allies and foes alike. Their willingness to use extreme tactics like kidnapping and assassination to track their enemies is something out of a fiction book. It is because of these methods that the nation of Israel has been able to hold its ground in such an unstable area of the world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Skip it
- De Jessica en 08-09-18
- Mossad
- The Stories You Haven't Heard Of Israel's Most Effective Secret Service
- De: Peter Russo
- Narrado por: Johnny Robinson Of Earthwalker Studios
Skip it
Revisado: 08-09-18
For a book that barely skims the surface the least the author could have done is get basic fact right.
The narrator might have correctly pronounced words...
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The East India Company
- The History of the British Empire's Most Famous Mercantile Company
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: William Crockett
- Duración: 1 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 23
The British East India Company served as one of the key players in the formation of the British Empire. From its origins as a trading company struggling to keep up with its superior Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish competitors to its tenure as the ruling authority of the Indian subcontinent to its eventual hubristic downfall, the East India Company serves as a lens through which to explore the much larger economic and social forces that shaped the formation of a global British Empire.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't bother
- De Ellen H. Story en 08-04-18
- The East India Company
- The History of the British Empire's Most Famous Mercantile Company
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: William Crockett
Awful, truly awful
Revisado: 07-24-18
Don’t waste your time. The reader is dreadful and somehow the story of a fascinating company and era was reduce to a few hours of mind numbing boredom
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The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann
- The History of Israel's Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust's Architect
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Tom Lennon
- Duración: 1 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
A serial killer in earth-gray uniform and polished jackboots, Eichmann found an unprecedented opportunity for unleashing his homicidal impulses during the Final Solution from 1942-1945, at the height of the Nazi Third Reich's rule in Germany.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Detail well done
- De Matt en 07-28-15
- The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann
- The History of Israel's Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust's Architect
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Tom Lennon
Waste of time
Revisado: 12-09-17
What would have made The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann better?
Nothing could save this book. Poorly written and horrible reader.
If you know anything about the capture and subsequent trial of Eichmann, don’t bother with this book. It’s the cliff note version...and badly done cliff notes at that
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Tom Lennon?
Anyone...it sounded as if he was using an electronic voice distorter
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
It was short
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The Shadow Land
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Kostova
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 733
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 671
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 672
A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi - and realizes too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers that she is holding an urn filled with human ashes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mysterious and Beautiful
- De Mel en 04-23-17
- The Shadow Land
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Kostova
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
Good story made better by a fabulous narrator
Revisado: 05-13-17
What did you love best about The Shadow Land?
Barrie Kreinik was amazing! I actually thought there were multiple readers.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Shadow Land?
The descriptions of the labor were hard to hear, but I could feel the cold and despair
Which scene was your favorite?
I like the scene when we are introduced to Irene and Lenka
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. I needed a little break after the scenes in the work camp
Any additional comments?
None
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The Boy in the Suitcase
- A Nina Borg Mystery
- De: Lene Kaaberbøl - author/translator, Agnete Friis
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,053
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,833
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,838
Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is trying to live a quiet life. The last thing her husband wants is for her to go running off on another dangerous mission to help illegal refugees. But when Nina's estranged friend, Karin, leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, and begs her to take care of its contents, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous case yet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not recommended
- De Sarah C en 06-18-12
- The Boy in the Suitcase
- A Nina Borg Mystery
- De: Lene Kaaberbøl - author/translator, Agnete Friis
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
Wanted to like it...but didnt
Revisado: 05-02-17
What would have made The Boy in the Suitcase better?
A solid editor to cut the plot
What could Lene Kaaberbøl (author and translator) and Agnete Friis have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Nothing...it needed an editor
What didn’t you like about Katherine Kellgren’s performance?
It was fine
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Relief that it was over
Any additional comments?
Nothing
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Homicide in Hardcover
- A Bibliophile Mystery
- De: Kate Carlisle
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 744
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 660
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 657
The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn't be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration. With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless - and supposedly cursed - copy of Goethe's Faust for safekeeping.
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5 out of 5 stars
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NICE TYPICAL COZY mystery
- De CarmelaC en 02-06-17
- Homicide in Hardcover
- A Bibliophile Mystery
- De: Kate Carlisle
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
Not sure which was worse, the writing, story or reader
Revisado: 07-08-16
Just dreadful.
Obviously the author was or is a Romance writer. Nothing wrong with that, but that didn't belong here
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The Black Monastery
- De: Stav Sherez
- Narrado por: Chris Pavlo
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 32
People used to come to the small Greek island of Palassos for the historic ruins. Now they come to take drugs and party all night. But the horrific ritual murder of a boy in the grounds of an old monastery brings back memories of two similar deaths in the mid-1970s, and of a mysterious cult who once dwelt in the island's interior, memories the island has tried hard to forget. As Nikos, the police chief who has been persuaded back to his home island for the final years of his career, begins his investigation...
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to like this book but I didn't
- De Jessica en 03-18-16
- The Black Monastery
- De: Stav Sherez
- Narrado por: Chris Pavlo
I wanted to like this book but I didn't
Revisado: 03-18-16
Would you try another book from Stav Sherez and/or Chris Pavlo?
I liked A DARK REDEMPTION, but I couldn't get through this book...I gave it 3.5 hours before I gave up. I might try the next book in series but I'll have to think about given how dreadful THE BLACK MONESTRY
What do you think your next listen will be?
Cobra by Deon Meyer
What didn’t you like about Chris Pavlo’s performance?
Accent....awful
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. I'm going to return it
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