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My Attainment of the North Pole
- Being the Record of the Expetition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909
- De: Frederick Albert Cook
- Narrado por: Andre Stojka
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
A wild epic journey by an American with two Inuit companions, struggling to be the first humans to reach the North Pole. After reaching the Pole, the struggle continued with a year-long, near death journey back to civilization, without supplies, competing with animals of the wild without defensive weapons, crossing a shifting sea of ice and struggling for life during the long winter night.
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1 out of 5 stars
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horrible
- De Frank fisher en 04-09-24
- My Attainment of the North Pole
- Being the Record of the Expetition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909
- De: Frederick Albert Cook
- Narrado por: Andre Stojka
horrible
Revisado: 04-09-24
terrible book.
the author spends the first 4 chapters whining about how his competitor, the news media, the british geographical society all conspired to tell lies and deny he was first to the pole.
and he falls back on occasions in other chapters on the same whine.
he constantly wants to describe his thoughts and observations with references to the stars/colors/events/ ugh... the ice berg rose like a giant clear silver ........ and he does it about every 3rd sentence.
i could not get further than chapter 9.
better reads of polar exploration are "alone on the ice" and "in the kingdom of ice" and "race for the south pole".
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Born in Blackness
- Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
- De: Howard W. French
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
- Duración: 16 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 210
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 184
Born in Blackness vitally reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in the West, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe's dehumanizing engagement with the "dark" continent. In fact, French reveals, the first impetus for the Age of Discovery was not—as we are so often told, even today—Europe's yearning for ties with Asia, but rather its centuries-old desire to forge a trade in gold with legendarily rich Black societies in the heart of West Africa.
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5 out of 5 stars
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American History World History Our History
- De Bill en 06-13-22
- Born in Blackness
- Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
- De: Howard W. French
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
maybe its the way i listen
Revisado: 05-17-22
some good factual narrative.
but i listen to the book on my commute.
maybe if i sat with a map in front of me it would have been a better experience.
i found it hard to follow because they keep naming places where events are occurring and i was unable to link the event place to the previous or next happening some place else.
i hope your experience will be better.
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