Lee McGlothlin
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- De: Jennifer Wright
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,045
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,012
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- De Kindle Customer en 02-09-17
- Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- De: Jennifer Wright
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
Surprised by a great book and performance
Revisado: 08-11-17
WOW!! I am a fan. I downloaded this book because it was on sale and I have am interest in both medicine and history, but I never expected a book on plagues to be so captivating and entertaining. I was expecting to spend the day with fairly dry lectures. Jennifer Wright gives great information weaving together both the history and the science, but her style is so upbeat and relatable that I couldn't take my attention off the book if I tried. Despite her introduction to the book, she must a hoot at a cocktail party.
And Gabra Zackman! She didn't just read the book, she performed it. Her tempo and emphasis was so exact to the subject and to Jennifer's style that she must have gone through the book several times to anticipate what comes next at each step.
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Exit Right
- The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century
- De: Daniel Oppenheimer
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
In Exit Right, Daniel Oppenheimer tells the stories of six major political figures whose journeys away from the left reshaped the contours of American politics in the 20th century. By going deep into the minds of six apostates - Whittaker Chambers, James Burnham, Ronald Reagan, Norman Podhoretz, David Horowitz, and Christopher Hitchens - Oppenheimer offers an unusually intimate history of the American left and the right's reaction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very insightful book and historical analysis.
- De Lee McGlothlin en 02-11-16
- Exit Right
- The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century
- De: Daniel Oppenheimer
- Narrado por: John Pruden
Very insightful book and historical analysis.
Revisado: 02-11-16
This is a very serious book! Daniel Oppenheimer is the intellectual equal to any of the political and literary giants whose lives and thoughts he reviews. He obviously read and researched deep and wide to prepare for this book. I suspect he had enough information to write a separate biography on each of the six gentlemen he uses as examples. I just finished the book and would recommend it to anyone who wishes to understand how political alliances are created and destroyed. More than that, Oppenheimer reveals how history, circumstances, ambitions, egos, and social longings are weaved together to form a personal destiny for each individual. I cannot call it entertaining, but, for anyone who is intrigued by history and wants to gain insights and understanding of the 20th century, this book is essential. Oppenheimer gives a very detailed history of the personal lives of his subjects up to and leaning to their "exiting right," but not much after their exit. I would liked to have read more of his explanation on how their lives progressed after they had "left the left," but that was not the purpose of his thesis in "Exit Right."
The narration performance is excellent, excellent, excellent.
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Whistling Past the Graveyard
- De: Susan Crandall
- Narrado por: Amy Rubinate
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,054
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,636
In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home. Starla hasn't seen her momma since she was three - that's when Lulu left for Nashville to become a famous singer. If she can get to Nashville and find her momma, then all that she promised will come true: Lulu will be a star. Daddy will come to live in Nashville, too. And her family will be whole and perfect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank You Baby Jesus!
- De tooonce72 en 11-20-13
- Whistling Past the Graveyard
- De: Susan Crandall
- Narrado por: Amy Rubinate
Great American Novel. !!
Revisado: 03-31-15
Excellent story! Especially if you lived in the South during the 1960's. Very balanced by characters, personalities, and attitudes.
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