Mark D. Jones

An interesting premise

Revisado: 09-29-18

Some interesting implications. A satisfying, light hearted read. A good diversion. And five more words to make it acceptable.

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This author shows promise

Revisado: 06-23-18

While the story was not perfect, it was coherent, enjoyable, and most of all believable. I'd be willing to listen to more from this author.

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Quite a good listen

Revisado: 11-01-16

There is some sensationalism in the writing that is a bit off-putting, but the story makes up for. Listened to it while driving thru Mexico on a vacation.

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I'm glad I got to know this quirky girl.

Revisado: 09-14-16

Wasn't sure that the book would be any good, I had enjoyed The Guild, but that seemed like too little to justify a memoir. This was way more than a story about making the guild. one of the best audio performances I've ever heard.

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A book that brings great sadness

Revisado: 07-20-16

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It is sad that someone so bound up in religion could find themselves failing to stand up for those that were so clearly abused. It also shines a light on a particularly nasty part of America; that our lofty claims and aspirations to take the moral high ground are a cover for actions that make us despised by all those whose freedoms we have trampled, discarded, or destroyed.

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What they did was amazing in more ways....

Revisado: 03-04-16

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Being a sailor, knowing what they did goes almost into the realm of fantasy, yet they did it and this tells the story in an edge of the seat narrative. You can at times feel that you are watching them from the safety of a nice warm bubble, but what you are seeing in your minds eye is beyond belief.

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What a sad and tragic tale.

Revisado: 05-10-12

The story of Alexandria is far larger and richer than I had imagined. This book could have gone on for 22 hours and still not felt too long or too detailed. Well told, complete with the back stories and sidebars, the personalities and history.

It is interesting to hear how even in 177AD was talking about how low brow (intellectually) Christianity was. How it seemed to seek out those least disposed to reasoning, something we see today with the Republican party and the religious "Right".

If we could only learn from history, maybe we wouldn't have to destroy our country like the Romans and Christians destroyed Alexandria.

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Very enlightening

Revisado: 12-16-10

There were large parts I already knew, but this connected some of the dots with the why some of those things happened (or at least plausible reasons they happened).

Organization of the work was good as well, clustered around concepts rather than just chronological accounting.

The inability to create logical paragraphs while giving reviews is really a PITA.

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Very nicely done, and nicely delivered

Revisado: 09-17-10

It certainly filled in some gaps that I had in the history of that time period. The narrative is very well written, and the reader is quite good.
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It is sad to think that the current mid-east crisis is now nearly 100 years old, and while she may be off by a year or two in either direction, the turning point in the incident seemed to be when both sides decided that to negotiate some kind of peace was not in their best interest. That that one point in the whole history, deciding they had nothing to talk to each other about could lead to so many deaths and so much suffering sort of points out the Buddhist belief that attachment leads to suffering. Both groups feel some kind of attachment to that particular land, and both groups now thoroughly hate each other.
This would be a good lesson for others to hear and learn from. That avoiding the painful issues when they are new is not always a good thing to do.
-----------------------I would like to add that the inability of Audible to have a decent review system is very disappointing, considering the parent company (Amazon) was one of the early leaders in web sales, and makes you wonder at the ineptitude of the current management.

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Excellent book about someone I knew nothing about

Revisado: 06-19-10

Humboldt to me was a someone I had never heard of. Now, I am amazed at the things this man accomplished in his life. How much richer the whole world would be if we had more men like this.

Things like: Humboldt Current, Humboldt's Penguin now have new meaning, knowing the man behind them.

The book is nicely narrated as well.

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