Katelynn Robinson
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Special Episode: Kate Zernike & The Exceptions
- Duración: 56 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted in 1999 that they had discriminated against women on its faculty, it sent shockwaves throughout institutions of higher learning across the country. In this TPWKY book club episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kate Zernike joins us to discuss her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science, which details the sequence of events that led sixteen scientists to demand the equality that had been denied to them for so long. Zernike, who was one of the reporters to break the story in 1999, centers this ...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Objectivity
- De Katelynn Robinson en 02-08-25
Objectivity
Revisado: 02-08-25
I have no idea if this review is going on the episode I'm listening to or the podcast as a whole, but this comment is for the one about women in science bringing discrimination to light in 1999. The author said something to the effect of 'if any field would be merit based, it would be science'--and I think this is the whole problem. Although we should aspire to it, no one can be totally objective. Scientists think they're objective, so they're far less likely to recognize bias in themselves or others. We need to stop holding science up as a bastion of objectivity and truth--because, as this podcast shows all the time, it's not. Everything is a humanity. Science needs to recognize its bias before it can move forward--a historian.
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The Dead of Winter
- Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures
- De: Sarah Clegg
- Narrado por: Hannah Curtis, Sarah Clegg
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
When you think about Christmas, you likely picture mangers, glowing fireplaces, sweet carolers, and snow-blanketed hills. But behind all this bright magic, there’s something much darker lurking in the shadows. In The Dead of Winter, Cambridge-trained historian Sarah Clegg delves deep into the folklore of the Christmas season in Europe, detailing the way its terrifying and often debaucherous past continues to haunt and entertain us now in the twenty-first century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Maglcal
- De Karin Conti en 12-23-24
- The Dead of Winter
- Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures
- De: Sarah Clegg
- Narrado por: Hannah Curtis, Sarah Clegg
A popular history of folklore
Revisado: 11-17-24
It's not boring, but it's also not kids' stories. If you're looking for fiction, this isn't it. It's a popular history of Christmas folklore, going back to pre-Christian practices. It uses plenty of examples of surviving practices, too. It's very good.
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Death at Wentwater Court
- De: Carola Dunn
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,328
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,872
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,861
This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wentwater Death
- De Gareth Morgan en 09-10-05
- Death at Wentwater Court
- De: Carola Dunn
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
Very good mystery in the tradition of classics
Revisado: 10-10-23
Good mystery that follows traditions of classic mysteries. Can't wait to read another. I'm expecting more experience with the characters to take the series from good to great.
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As the Pig Turns
- De: M. C. Beaton
- Narrado por: Penelope Keith
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,963
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,949
The picturesque Cotwsold village of Winter Parva has decided to warm the post-Christmas season by roasting a pig in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals and the pig is carried toward its final resting place, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem... Stop!" she screams suddenly. The "pig," in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the good people of the village. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Who wrote this book?
- De nancy en 10-14-11
- As the Pig Turns
- De: M. C. Beaton
- Narrado por: Penelope Keith
Serious continuity errors
Revisado: 04-26-23
The performance is good as usual. The writer, though, forgot several plot points from previous books and totally changed one character's back story and personality.
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For Whom the Book Tolls
- An Antique Bookshop Mystery, Book 1
- De: Laura Gail Black
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 648
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 645
Fleeing some unsavory doings in her hometown of Charlotte, Jenna accepts her uncle's gracious invitation to stay with him in small-town Hokes Folly, North Carolina. In exchange, she'll help him out in his antiquarian bookstore. But soon after she arrives, Jenna finds her uncle's body crumpled at the base of the staircase between his apartment and the bookstore. Before the tragedy even sinks in, Jenna learns that she's inherited almost everything her uncle owned...which adds up to more than a million dollars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Wish There Were More
- De hutchinre en 10-02-20
- For Whom the Book Tolls
- An Antique Bookshop Mystery, Book 1
- De: Laura Gail Black
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
OK but wouldn't recommend
Revisado: 01-17-23
There is potential in this book. Some of the characters and places are interesting as a setting for cozy mysteries. However, several characters are awful stereotypes, including the murderer, and some of the plot feels forced. The love interesr has zero character development. The performance is fine except that the narrator sounds like a computer voice pretty often; her reading style is very flat.
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The Affair of the Mutilated Mink
- De: James Anderson
- Narrado por: Cornelius Garrett
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 186
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
The Earl of Burford can't believe his luck. Rex Ransom, his favourite star from the 'talkies', and his hot-shot producer, Haggermeir, want to film their next feature at Alderley, the family's seventeenth-century country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the Countess, who finds herself hosting an impromptu house party for the incoming Hollywood crowd.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More James Anderson please!
- De paula en 04-03-13
- The Affair of the Mutilated Mink
- De: James Anderson
- Narrado por: Cornelius Garrett
Better than the first
Revisado: 01-04-23
Liked this better than the 1st in the series. Performance was good except for the Italian woman verging on a cheesy Dracula accent.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
- Life in the Cradle of Civilization
- De: The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Amanda H. Podany PhD
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,581
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,364
Mesopotamia is the ancient name for the region that is now Iraq, a remarkably advanced civilization that flourished for two-thirds of the time that civilization has existed on Earth. Mesopotamians mastered irrigation agriculture; built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast regions through warfare and diplomacy. While civilizations like Greece and Rome have an unbroken tradition of written histories, the rich history of Mesopotamia has only been recently rediscovered, thanks to the decipherment of Mesopotamia's cuneiform writing less than 200 years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Time with a great scholar & fantastic lecturer
- De jgmegill en 07-14-18
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Life in the Cradle of Civilization
- De: The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Amanda H. Podany PhD
Women also do history
Revisado: 08-20-22
Excellent history. Nice to hear a female historian from the Great Courses for once.
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The Tomb of the Chatelaine
- A 1920s Country House Murder Mystery (Heathcliff Lennox, Book 6)
- De: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrado por: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,587
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,428
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,424
A suspicious accident, a dead man's gun and a lost tomb. Strange events disturb the peace of Lanscombe Park, the magnificent country seat of Lord Godolphin Sinclair....
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5 out of 5 stars
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My prediction: Karen Baugh Menuhin’s work will become a classic mystery series
- De JAJ en 09-23-21
- The Tomb of the Chatelaine
- A 1920s Country House Murder Mystery (Heathcliff Lennox, Book 6)
- De: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrado por: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
Excellent story and narration
Revisado: 08-09-22
I'm really enjoying this series. Best book yet. Both the narration and story are excellent. I'm not a huge Percy fan, but this book didn't focus on her excessively. I like the English setting best--Lennox feels more at home and more natural there. Can't wait for the next book.
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Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
- A Jane Austen Society Mystery, Book 1
- De: Elizabeth Blake
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,104
Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Where was the editor??
- De Kelly Garland en 05-04-21
- Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
- A Jane Austen Society Mystery, Book 1
- De: Elizabeth Blake
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
Solid first in series
Revisado: 01-18-22
This was a good mystery with interesting characters. The Austen thing was a little forced, but not too bad. The bugger problem is that the romance feels forced. Everyone in the village is on the prowl constantly for some reason. However, it's a good enough book that I'll give the next one a shot.
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Deadhead and Buried
- English Cottage Garden Mysteries, Book 1
- De: H.Y. Hanna
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 835
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 708
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 704
City girl Poppy desperately wants to pay off her debts, quit her dead-end job, find her father...oh, and keep a plant alive. But she knows that these are just hopeless dreams - until the day a letter arrives. Suddenly, Poppy is on a train heading deep into the English countryside to claim a mysterious inheritance. And the last thing she expects to receive is a cottage garden nursery - complete with romantic climbing roses, scented herbs, a bossy, talkative ginger cat...and a dead body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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English cozy comfort
- De cstardancer en 08-02-19
- Deadhead and Buried
- English Cottage Garden Mysteries, Book 1
- De: H.Y. Hanna
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
Not a Poppy fan
Revisado: 01-01-22
This was a fairly enjoyable light read. The performance was excellent. I didn't like Poppy, though. She's unwilling to stand up for herself unless the situation is desperate. She also makes weird choices, like buying a sandwich for lunch when she can't afford a coffee on the way to work. Why not pack a lunch if she's that desperate? Not sure I'll be reading the next book just because of the main character.
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