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The Vanishers
- De: Heidi Julavits
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 56
Julia Severn is a student at an elite institute for psychics. Her mentor, the legendary Madame Ackermann, afflicted by jealousy, subjects Julia to the humiliation of reliving her mother's suicide when Julia was an infant. As the two lock horns, and Julia gains power, Madame Ackermann launches a desperate psychic attack that leaves Julia the victim of a crippling ailment. But others have noted Julia's emerging gifts, and soon she's recruited to track down an elusive missing person who might have a connection to her mother.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I should have listened to the reviews
- De marie en 06-12-12
- The Vanishers
- De: Heidi Julavits
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
annoying narrator
Revisado: 03-27-14
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator of this book sort of drifts off with each sentence. It's an affectation that I found very irritating.
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The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- De: Deborah Blum
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,598
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,972
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,961
In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book marred by production errors
- De Reagan Kelly en 03-02-10
- The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- De: Deborah Blum
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
Interesting content, distracting reader
Revisado: 04-22-10
I was interested in this book because of an interview with the author on the Scientific American podcast. I really enjoyed the way she spun history and chemistry into a very interesting narrative. The way things were in the big cities of America during that time are often a dark history that we don't learn about in high school history class. It is shocking but terribly interesting.
The book itself was great, but I was a little distracted by the woman reading it. I wish it had been the author, since I know from her interview she has a decent speaking voice and is knowledgeable on the content. The woman who read the book on the other hand would pronounce the more scientific words awkwardly at times. She also did these really silly character voices. The main character was supposed to be this really educated guy, and she made him sound like a Brooklyn dockhand. Maybe I missed the part where he had a more modest upbringing, but it was comical, and I found it very distracting.
Other than that EXCELLENT book.
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