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Treasure Island
- An Audible Original Drama
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson, Marty Ross - adaptation
- Narrado por: Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37,343
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33,437
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33,256
Audible Originals takes to the high seas to bring to life this timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps and mutiny. When weathered old sailor Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins' parents, it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. When Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest, where X marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A reflective adventure
- De Tad Davis en 09-12-17
- Treasure Island
- An Audible Original Drama
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson, Marty Ross - adaptation
- Narrado por: Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, Owen Teale
Brilliant
Revisado: 09-22-19
Everything about this dramatization is excellent. Really great actors and production, and the story script is true to the novel.
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Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
- Duración: 27 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,438
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,977
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,946
Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ulysses (Unabridged)
- De Peter Deane en 01-22-09
- Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
An All-Time Great Audiobook and Novel
Revisado: 04-14-19
Absolutely brilliant. This is probably the only performance you’ll ever encounter that is worthy of Joyce’s masterpiece. The distinct diversity of voices that Norton manages to create is extraordinary. As for the text, this was my second time through with a 25 year gap between readings and I feared I would find it too clever by half. Instead, I was really touched by the deep humanity and compassion that are everywhere in the text. There’s a great deal of humor and poetry too that keep the narrative musical and lively. This is definitely well worth a listen/read.
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The Death of the Banker
- The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 4 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 712
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 636
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 641
Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century's end. As he traces the shifting balance of power among investors, borrowers, and bankers, Chernow evokes both the grand theater of capital and the personal dramas of its most fascinating protagonists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deep insights, wide comprehension, lively pace
- De Philo en 04-27-17
- The Death of the Banker
- The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
Amazed: Banking History is Fascinating and Amusing
Revisado: 11-13-17
It's a rare breed of historian who can take a subject as apparently dull as "the demise of bankers" and make it fascinating and entertaining.
Think you'll be glad when a book of this nature is over? Think again! Pressing "Play" and already counting your lucky stars that Michael Kramer's brilliant, wry voice gets this history over with in a paltry 4 hrs and 37 mins? You are, I suspect, in for a very welcome rude awakening... you are about to discover that you are an unapologetically passionate student of the history of bankers (and banking), and to those who doubt the sincerity of your conversion, you will wish for the voice of Kramer as you utter your full defense: "You must read Chernow's The Death of the Banker... then we can talk."
AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY
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The Master and Margarita
- De: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrado por: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,169
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,695
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,692
The Devil comes to Moscow, but he isn't all bad; Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world's great novels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Satisfying Satanic Satire
- De Jacob en 12-06-11
- The Master and Margarita
- De: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrado por: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Brilliant Performance - One of the Best I Heard on Audible
Revisado: 10-11-17
This is a hugely entertaining book. Inventive, imaginative and satisfyingly funny, I feel sure many people are going to enjoy it as much as me. Highly recommended.
That said, I think Julian Rhine-Tutt’s performance deserves even higher praise. I have read better books on Audible but I have never heard a better reading. It is genuinely superb. Definitely worth a listen.
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Zen in the Art of Archery
- De: Eugen Herrigel
- Narrado por: Ralph Blum
- Duración: 1 h y 20 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 869
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 731
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 729
It is almost impossible to understand Zen by studying it as you would other intellectual pursuits. The best way to understand Zen is, simply, to Zen. This is what author Eugen Herrigel allows us to do by sharing his own fascinating journey toward a comprehension of this illuminating philosophy. In Japan, an art such as archery is not practiced solely for utilitarian purposes such as learning to hit targets. Archery is also meant to train the mind and bring it into contact with the ultimate reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific!
- De Peter S. en 04-02-18
- Zen in the Art of Archery
- De: Eugen Herrigel
- Narrado por: Ralph Blum
Good reading; slightly abridged
Revisado: 03-06-16
Well read, but cuts some passages that are valuable from the written text. I'd recommend having both.
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The Good Earth
- De: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,666
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,679
This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- De Ryan en 05-08-10
- The Good Earth
- De: Pearl S. Buck
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
Brilliant Performance
Revisado: 11-07-15
The narration was brilliant. I think I would have found this book slightly boring if it hadn't been for Anthony Heald's great performance. He really brought affection and understanding to the characters.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrado por: John C. Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,719
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,938
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,916
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Scott en 08-03-12
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrado por: John C. Reilly
Excellent Performance and Novel
Revisado: 10-29-15
This is a really excellent reading. I was a little put off by the muted tone when I first started listening, but later realized that JC Reilly was setting the whole thing up perfectly. I've never seen the famous film to compare it to, but this reading is great, high-quality entertainment.
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The Rider
- De: Tim Krabbé
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
With The Rider, Tim Krabbé has created a book unique in the ranks of sporting literature. He describes one 150-kilometre race in just 150 pages. In the course of the narrative, we get to know the forceful, bumbling Lebusque, the aesthete Barthelemy, the Young Turk Reilhan, and the mysterious rider from Cycles Goff'. Krabbé battles with and against each of them in turn, failing on the descents, shining on the climbs, suffering on the (false) flats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ah, the beautiful words...
- De Sparkly en 08-15-13
- The Rider
- De: Tim Krabbé
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
Race a bike, Read this, You'll understand
Revisado: 07-10-15
Everything you've ever struggled to think during an amateur bike race, said with more articulacy than you could
manage in your yesterday moments. A classic.
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Catch-22
- De: Joseph Heller
- Narrado por: Jay O. Sanders
- Duración: 19 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5,011
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,820
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,835
Catch-22 is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever, even if he has to die in the attempt.)
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5 out of 5 stars
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Here's the catch...
- De Gregory A. Pless en 01-25-08
- Catch-22
- De: Joseph Heller
- Narrado por: Jay O. Sanders
Excellent Performance, Very Good Book
Revisado: 03-05-13
Where does Catch-22 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A top performance - really.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Catch-22?
Obviously discovering what Catch-22 is
Which character – as performed by Jay O. Sanders – was your favorite?
The all.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It's too long for that.
Any additional comments?
For the first 25% I was luke warm on the book. Then I sort of got into the groove of it and really loved it right to the end.
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Gulliver's Travels: A Signature Performance by David Hyde Pierce
- De: Jonathan Swift
- Narrado por: David Hyde Pierce
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,692
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,192
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,186
A Signature Performance: Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce delivers an air of lovable self-importance in his rendition of the classic social satire that remains as fresh today as the day it was published.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every minute
- De Rose en 01-16-11
Brilliant Performance of a timeless classic
Revisado: 01-01-13
Where does Gulliver's Travels: A Signature Performance by David Hyde Pierce rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is one of the best audiobook performances I have had the pleasure to listen to.
What did you like best about this story?
The story is timeless - and I've read it many times. All four of Gulliver's travels make for great reading.
Which character – as performed by David Hyde Pierce – was your favorite?
All of them. He does a really great job.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When he realizes that humans are closer to base animals than creatures of reason.
Any additional comments?
David Hyde Pierce's voice is perfect for the role.
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