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Spying on the South
- An Odyssey Across the American Divide
- De: Tony Horwitz
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins, Tony Horwitz
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 355
In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times. For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman", the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. Tony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great final story from a talented author
- De Ericka en 06-29-19
- Spying on the South
- An Odyssey Across the American Divide
- De: Tony Horwitz
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins, Tony Horwitz
Great final story from a talented author
Revisado: 06-29-19
Tony Horwitz was at his best when he blended history and journalism to tell us of our country’s past and present. He excels at in his final journey: “Spying on the South,” which was published just weeks before his death. The book is a mix of history lesson and travelogue as Horwitz follows in the path of landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted’s journeys through antebellum south. Each chapter includes part of Olmsted’s trip followed by Horwitz’ 21st-century journalism. There are plenty of interesting characters he meets across the south, particularly in Texas, which accounts for the second half of the book.
I am sad this is Horwitz’ final journey but think it was a fitting finale for the talented author. I thought the narrator did a great job of capturing Horwitz' personality during the first-person travelogue accounts.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Elijah Wood
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,032
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13,327
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13,272
Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant. In this new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Narration
- De Michael Balzoa en 03-11-11
Amazing performance by Elijah Wood!
Revisado: 07-03-16
Elijah Wood nails the variety of dialects. It takes the hard work out of trying to interpret the phrases and lets you focus instead on the characters, and truly appreciate this incredible and entertaining story by Mark Twain.
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Emperors and Idiots
- The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, from the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse
- De: Mike Vaccaro
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently, and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the history of the greatest rivalry in sports, and the two stunning American League Championship Series that define a century of baseball.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best rivalry in sports, solid listen (Go Sox!)
- De Dan en 04-17-05
- Emperors and Idiots
- The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, from the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse
- De: Mike Vaccaro
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
A must-read for Sox fans!
Revisado: 06-24-16
Great narration, even better storytelling. It will bring you back to the turbulent ALCS matchups of 2003 and 2004 -- and take you even further back to 1978, 1948, and 1904. By the end you really feel you understand what makes the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry so special.
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Breakfast of Champions
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: John Malkovich
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,377
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,941
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,932
Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions. His recurring cast of characters and American landscape was perhaps the most controversial of his canon; it was felt by many at the time to be a disappointing successor to Slaughterhouse-Five, which had made Vonnegut's literary reputation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kurt Was Right to Grade This a C
- De Dubi en 01-10-16
- Breakfast of Champions
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: John Malkovich
5 stars for Malcovich
Revisado: 03-02-16
This is a good, fun read. Don't expect it to be on the same level as Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five and you will still enjoy it a lot. Also, there's images throughout the book that the reader misses out on; Malcovich does a good job of describing them and keeping it going. In fact, if it was anyone other than him I'd probably recommend skipping the audiobook and sticking with physical copy but he does such an awesome job. An enjoyable 6.5 hours.
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