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U.S. Grant
- American Hero, American Myth
- De: Joan Waugh
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Book, Weaker Audio
- De Erik en 01-22-10
- U.S. Grant
- American Hero, American Myth
- De: Joan Waugh
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
Good Book, Weaker Audio
Revisado: 01-22-10
Excellent study of how and why our view of national heroes changes over time. However, audio is very disappointing. Joan Waugh's reading is rushed (almost to the point of seeming to have been deliberately faster than "normal" for audio books). In addition, often seems to overlook punctuation or otherwise place emphasis in the wrong part of a long sentence, making the narrative harder to follow. Technical side of the recording also seemed deficient, with some clear editing mistakes and sound that, while acceptable, in some ways doesn't seem up to the standard of most Audible books.
Book rating: four to five stars
Recording/reading: two stars
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The Canal Builders
- Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal
- De: Julie Greene
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 17 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 14
In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis obscures a far more remarkable element of the canal's construction - the tens of thousands of workingmen and - women who traveled from around the world to build it. Drawing on research from around the globe, Greene explores the human dimensions of the Panama Canal story, revealing how it transformed perceptions of American empire at the dawn of the 20th century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Text; Frustrating Audio
- De Erik en 04-24-09
- The Canal Builders
- Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal
- De: Julie Greene
- Narrado por: Karen White
Interesting Text; Frustrating Audio
Revisado: 04-24-09
Julie Green offers a well written and engaging profile of the workers that built the Panama Canal and the issues of nationality, race and gender that directed their work and lives. Unfortunately Karen White's otherwise excellent reading was horribly marred by unforgivable errors in the pronunciation of key names. Worst of all are references throughout the book to George Goethals. His name (as anyone who lives in the NYC area knows from traffic reports about the bridge that bears his name) is pronounced "go-th-als" or "go-thulz". Instead -- (probably due to the similarity of the spelling of "Goethals" to the author "Goethe" (pronounced "Gerta") we are introduced to someone named "Ger-tals" (rhymes with "turtles"). This name appears frequently in every part of the book. Similar, but less irritating errors were made with Ferdinand de Lesseps and Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla. Every time key name was mispronounced was like fingernails on a chalk board. I don't understand how Tantor allows a production like this to proceed without even basic research into proper pronunciation. I'd rate the book **** and the audio only **. I'd stick with the print version of this one.
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Leni
- The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
- De: Steven Bach
- Narrado por: Henrietta Teifenthaler
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Known as “Hitler's Filmmaker,” Leni Riefenstahl directed two of the most innovative and effective propaganda documentaries ever made, Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1938), which glorified the Third Reich. In this definitive biography, Steven Bach illuminates the truths and lies regarding the self-proclaimed apolitical artist's involvement with Hitler and other Nazi leaders who financed and advanced her career. Probing the borders that divide art and beauty from truth and humanity, Bach untangles the past and gives an objective but unsparing appraisal.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book bad narrator
- De major en 06-13-07
- Leni
- The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
- De: Steven Bach
- Narrado por: Henrietta Teifenthaler
Disappointing Narrator
Revisado: 05-07-07
I was looking forward to this audio release after seeing positive reviews of the book. After several hours of listening, I find the book to be interesting but the quality of the narration to be terrible. The reader, Henrietta Tiefenthaler, is by a wide margin the single the weakest reader I've heard (and I've listened to more than a hundred titles). Her voice sounds entirely untrained, words are mispronounced, and it often sounds like the reader can't "get her mouth fully around the words". A big disappointment -- listen to an excerpt before purchasing if you can.
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Leni
- The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
- De: Steven Bach
- Narrado por: Henrietta Tiefenthaler
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
Leni Riefenstahl, "Hitler's filmmaker", remains one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century. Susan Sontag, though one of her severest critics, said that Triumph of the Will and Olympia, Riefenstahl's most noted films, "may be the two greatest documentaries ever made". Others see her story as an object lesson about opportunism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book bad narrator
- De major en 06-13-07
- Leni
- The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
- De: Steven Bach
- Narrado por: Henrietta Tiefenthaler
Disappointing Narrator
Revisado: 05-07-07
I was looking forward to this audio release after seeing positive reviews of the book. After several hours of listening, I find the book to be interesting but the quality of the narration to be terrible. The reader, Henrietta Tiefenthaler, is by a wide margin the single the weakest reader I've heard (and I've listened to more than a hundred titles). Her voice sounds entirely untrained, words are mispronounced, and it often sounds like the reader can't "get her mouth fully around the words". A big disappointment -- listen to an excerpt before purchasing if you can.
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