Joshua R. Jacobs
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Moonbound
- A Novel
- De: Robin Sloan
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
It is eleven thousand years from now . . . A lot has happened, and yet a lot is still very familiar. Ariel is a boy in a small town under a wizard’s rule. Like many adventurers before him, Ariel is called to explore a world full of unimaginable glories and challenges: unknown enemies, a mission to save the world, a girl. Here, as they say, be dragons. But none of this happens before Ariel comes across an artifact from an earlier civilization, a sentient, record-keeping artificial intelligence that carries with it the perspective of the whole of human history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now one of my favorite books
- De Leif Hansen en 07-06-24
- Moonbound
- A Novel
- De: Robin Sloan
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
favorite book of 2024
Revisado: 01-18-25
how many science fiction books would you say are genuinely hopeful? I would say this one was.
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The Code of the Woosters
- Jeeves to the Rescue
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,262
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,736
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,726
Witty Wodehouses�s best-loved creation is the master-servant team of Bertie Wooster, the charming nitwit, and Jeeves, his effortlessly superior valet and protector. Newsweek says "they are at their best in The Code of the Woosters." Newsweek says "they are at their best in The Code of the Woosters."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Wodehouse narrator
- De Philip en 03-09-05
- The Code of the Woosters
- Jeeves to the Rescue
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
best narrator for wodehouse
Revisado: 05-08-22
I wish I could give 10 stars to the narrator. great book made better by great narration.
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Buzz
- The Nature and Necessity of Bees
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Brant Pope
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They've given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not just honeybees!
- De Joshua R. Jacobs en 11-28-18
- Buzz
- The Nature and Necessity of Bees
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Brant Pope
Not just honeybees!
Revisado: 11-28-18
I have really appreciated the previous two books by Thor Hanson. He has a great knack for finding the overarching story and interesting personal experiences with his topic. In this book, he takes a look at Bees and does a great job again. My previous knowledge of bees was mostly focused around honey bees. While these are covered, he also takes a look at a lot of other bees, such as the Alkaline bee, on which I had no previous knowledge. If you are interested in a narrative that switches between large overarching themes like colony loss and personal experiments like identifying huge colonies of bees by his house and capturing bees in fields, I recommend this book. It is a great blend of scientific concepts and natural history descriptions. It is also reads well and is both interesting and informative.
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
- De: Carl Zimmer
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 20 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 751
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 745
She Has Her Mother's Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer's lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Changed this strict genetic determinist's mind
- De Anonymous User en 06-11-18
- She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
- De: Carl Zimmer
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
it was different from the gene
Revisado: 06-27-18
I was worried when I bought this book that it would be very similar to Siddhartha mukherjee's the gene. I was thinking that this would be another summary of the things that I already knew about genetics. Instead Carl Zimmer wove together an incredible story on the Forefront and history of genetics and what it really means to inherit something. I would highly recommend this book even if you have already read the gene or other works that are more survey like in content about genetics.
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Dad Is Fat
- De: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrado por: Jim Gaffigan
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,620
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,364
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,316
In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children - everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers’ communication skills ("they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news"), to the eating habits of four-year-olds ("there is no difference between a four-year-old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor").
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads
- De Sean en 05-17-13
- Dad Is Fat
- De: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrado por: Jim Gaffigan
great!
Revisado: 11-27-15
I really really like this book made me laugh out loud more than once my wife enjoyed it too.
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