David Benson
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Only Yesterday
- An Informal History of the 1920s
- De: Frederick Lewis Allen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 304
In this span between armistice and depression, Americans were kicking up their heels, but they were also bringing about major changes in the social and political structure of their country. Only Yesterday is a fond, witty, penetrating biography of this restless decade, a delightful reminiscence for those who can remember and a fascinating firsthand look for those who've only heard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book
- De Matthew M. Kayes en 06-11-07
- Only Yesterday
- An Informal History of the 1920s
- De: Frederick Lewis Allen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
keeps the reader engaged
Revisado: 04-23-21
It is a everyman's view of history among other unique factors. Well read, interesting objective perspective.
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Paddling North
- A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
- De: Audrey Sutherland
- Narrado por: Mapuana Makia
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii and Paddling My Own Canoe begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland's first two (of more than 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. In 22 years, she encountered more than 30 bears, four wolves, and hundreds of whales.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An extraordinary trip not an extraordinary story
- De David Benson en 12-28-20
- Paddling North
- A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
- De: Audrey Sutherland
- Narrado por: Mapuana Makia
An extraordinary trip not an extraordinary story
Revisado: 12-28-20
This is a story of a remarkable accomplishment, but is told in a more or less pedestrian and often repetitive and uninteresting manner. There is too much attention to details such as intricacies of her equipment, and a repetitive motion injury, the recipes she uses for her meals and other such matters. (I can't unhear her description of Tang as an alcoholic drink mixture.) There is relatively little attention given to her personal philosophy, history or what motivates her to paddle a slow rubber boat 850 miles over three months. Also missing is a more vivid sense of nature, the feel of the sea or environment. It sounds like, and she sometimes says it is, a long, painful, wet slog. Largely because she obviously was highly competent and an excellent planner, all went generally smoothly on a potentially dangerous and too long journey.
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Those Who Fall
- De: John Muirhead
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 665
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 605
As a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber pilot, John Muirhead led missions into northern Italy, Germany, and Bulgaria during World War II. Ultimately, he was shot down and taken prisoner. John Muirhead's re-creation of those years is a breathtaking mingling of ravaging horrors and silent, surreal images; of raw, tumultuous memory and elegantly paced narrative; of lightening humor and measured reflection. Seldom has a listener been made to feel terror so viscerally. Rarely has a listener ascended the skies so thrillingly.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- De Amazon Customer en 12-18-18
- Those Who Fall
- De: John Muirhead
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
Excellent WWII airwar history
Revisado: 11-27-20
As has been suggested by literary reviews, this book deserves to be regarded among the best of war time personal histories. The writing is excellent as is its unromanticzed portrayal of the life of a airman in brutal combat.
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Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- De: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 20,851
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18,121
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17,987
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- De GM en 08-05-20
- Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- De: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
Good book, should have been better edited.
Revisado: 08-30-20
Like many books, this book could have been one fourth its length and a better book for it. I wanted to finish it, and did, but found myself skipping parts of sections. It has unique and important insights.
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