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Foreign Agent
- Scot Harvath, Book 15
- De: Brad Thor
- Narrado por: Armand Schulz
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,609
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,575
Terrorism in Europe has spun out of control. The United States has decided on a dramatic response. Now, the CIA needs a very special kind of operative. Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former U.S. Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Typical Brad Thor novel (absolutely great)!
- De Wayne en 06-15-16
- Foreign Agent
- Scot Harvath, Book 15
- De: Brad Thor
- Narrado por: Armand Schulz
Thor Lays the Hammer Down Again!
Revisado: 06-19-16
I was late to the Scot Harvath series, as I read all of the Mitch Rapp books first, but this series is very entertaining and Brad Thor has really developed Harvath into a great character. Of course, Armand Schulz does another masterful job narrating.
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Wooden
- A Coach's Life
- De: Seth Davis
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 26 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 265
No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s, capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writer, revered for his "Pyramid of Success." The portrait that emerges from Davis's remarkable biography is of a man in full, whose life story still resonates today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wooden: A Man Who Transcends Sports
- De Rob - Audible en 08-20-14
- Wooden
- A Coach's Life
- De: Seth Davis
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
Great Coach...Great Book
Revisado: 10-27-14
If you could sum up Wooden in three words, what would they be?
Tough, Tenacious, Tainted?
What did you like best about this story?
The intricacies of each season and the personal stories
What aspect of Stephen McLaughlin’s performance would you have changed?
Learn how to pronounce Adolph Rupp
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
A Coach for All Time
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Showtime
- Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,045
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 923
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 920
Best-selling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost 300 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic end - marked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIV - Showtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Offended at the style used to voice black characters.
- De NP en 01-15-22
- Showtime
- Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
MAGIC-al!
Revisado: 03-29-14
Where does Showtime rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Clearly the best sports book I have read and in the top 10 of all the books I've listened to
Who was your favorite character and why?
Magic Johnson
Which character – as performed by Malcolm Hillgartner – was your favorite?
Kurt Rambis
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Flying High
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Pete Rose
- An American Dilemma
- De: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrado por: Ben Bartolone
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 121
Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question "Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, not so good production.
- De david d. en 05-01-14
- Pete Rose
- An American Dilemma
- De: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrado por: Ben Bartolone
Worth the Gamble (Pun Intended)
Revisado: 03-25-14
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
A great athlete with a great flaw
What did you like best about this story?
This was a great back story and a great current story of Pete Rose
What didn’t you like about Ben Bartolone’s performance?
It is really grating in books about sports when the narrator mispronounces pretty famous names. For instance, the narrator calls Leo Durocher (correctly pronounced Doo-ro-sher) Doo-Rosh-Shay. It is not french. I don't blame the narrator, I blame the producer. There are numerous mispronunciations of names. Not the first time in a sports book, and certainly won't be the last.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes- It is a quick read.
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The Skies Belong to Us
- Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
- De: Brendan I. Koerner
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 427
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 385
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 385
A shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague protest against the war. Through a combination of savvy and dumb luck, the couple managed to flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom, a feat that made them notorious around the globe. Koerner spent four years chronicling this madcap tale, which involves a cast of characters ranging from exiled Black Panthers, to African despots, to French movie stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very entertaining and engaging audiobook
- De S. Perry en 07-13-13
- The Skies Belong to Us
- Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
- De: Brendan I. Koerner
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
This Story Was Great
Revisado: 01-05-14
Would you listen to The Skies Belong to Us again? Why?
Yes - very engaging
What other book might you compare The Skies Belong to Us to and why?
none
What three words best describe Rob Shapiro’s voice?
Great Engaging Melodic
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
I don't blame the reader on this, but there were 5-6 mispronunciations of words or Countries - wouldn't the producer catch this?
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Separation of Power
- Mitch Rapp Series
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Ken Kliban
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,629
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 9,638
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,604
Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race - something Israel has vowed to stop. With the haunting specter of World War III looming, the president calls on his secret weapon: top counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp. But with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against a ticking clock - and impossible odds.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narrator turns Rapp into a snooty, cranky man
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-11
- Separation of Power
- Mitch Rapp Series
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Ken Kliban
What an awful narration
Revisado: 08-18-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No, poor narration
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Ken Kilban?
Nick or George
Was Separation of Power worth the listening time?
Somewhat
Any additional comments?
Shouldn't the narrator have read the other books? It's pronounced Anna Really not Riley
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Eleven Rings
- The Soul of Success
- De: Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
- Narrado por: Matt Walton
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,829
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,827
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. This is the story of a preacher's kid from North Dakota who grew up to be one of the most innovative leaders of our time. Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal: the NBA championship - six times with the Chicago Bulls and five times with the Los Angeles Lakers. This book is full of revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listener Beware
- De Robert S. Wegener en 07-12-13
- Eleven Rings
- The Soul of Success
- De: Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
- Narrado por: Matt Walton
A-W-F-U-L Narration
Revisado: 07-15-13
What did you love best about Eleven Rings?
The history was great and the stories were fabulous. I really enjoyed the leadership tips from the book
Who was your favorite character and why?
None
How could the performance have been better?
Learn how to pronounce the names. When John Salley was said to be on the Pistons, his name was pronounced "Sa-lee" but was pronounced correctly when he was with the Lakers. Also, in Robert Horry's name, the 'H' is silent. There were other things as well. I fault the producers in this, because it has happened in sports books before.
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The Big Miss
- My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
- De: Hank Haney
- Narrado por: Hank Haney
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,249
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,252
The Big Miss is Hank Haney's candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. He was with Tiger 110 days a year, spoke to him over 200 days a year, and stayed at his home up to 30 days a year, observing him in nearly every circumstance....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Mixed Feelings
- De Ed Robertson en 03-28-12
- The Big Miss
- My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
- De: Hank Haney
- Narrado por: Hank Haney
Haney Wrote a Great Read, but can't Read Great
Revisado: 02-25-13
If you could sum up The Big Miss in three words, what would they be?
Good not great
What other book might you compare The Big Miss to and why?
A Good Walk Spoiled
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Hank Haney?
Anyone - Edward Hermann, Scott Brick, Dan Hicks, David Feherty
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, it was best broken up into sections
Any additional comments?
Writers should write, Narrators should narrate
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Unbroken
- A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- De: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 51,124
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 42,575
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42,622
Why we think it’s a great listen: Seabiscuit was a runaway success, and Hillenbrand’s done it again with another true-life account about beating unbelievable odds. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Indescribable
- De Janice en 12-01-10
- Unbroken
- A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- De: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
Spectacular
Revisado: 11-01-12
If you could sum up Unbroken in three words, what would they be?
Uplifting. Inspiring. Breathtaking.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Unbroken?
Through harrowing and heartbreaking experiences, the story takes you in and welcomes you.
What about Edward Herrmann’s performance did you like?
Edward Hermann's personal touch is the highest art of storytelling.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Heroes are made...not born.
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