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Presto!
- How I Made over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
- De: Penn Jillette
- Narrado por: Penn Jillette
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,199
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,013
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,008
Legendary magician Penn Jillette was approaching his 60th birthday. Topping 330 pounds and saddled with a systolic blood pressure reading over 200, he knew he was at a dangerous crossroads: If he wanted to see his small children grow up, he needed to change. And then came Crazy Ray. A former NASA scientist and an unconventional, passionate innovator, Ray Cronise saved Jillette's life with his wild "potato diet". Outspoken, frank, and bitingly clever, Presto is an incisive, rollicking listen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just Make Sure You Really Like Penn...
- De C. Brown en 10-04-16
- Presto!
- How I Made over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
- De: Penn Jillette
- Narrado por: Penn Jillette
Great motivator for losing weight
Revisado: 12-06-19
If you need a pep talk... supercharged...this is it! Pull the mask off your denial.
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The Industrial Revolution
- De: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick N. Allitt
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,593
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,382
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,372
From electric lights to automobiles to the appliances that make our lives easier at work and at home, we owe so much of our world to the Industrial Revolution. In this course, The Great Courses partners with the Smithsonian - one of the world's most storied and exceptional educational institutions - to examine the extraordinary events of this period and uncover the far-reaching impact of this incredible revolution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The story of human progress through technology
- De Jacobus en 11-05-14
- The Industrial Revolution
- De: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick N. Allitt
Gain appreciation for modern niceties
Revisado: 11-21-14
If you could sum up The Industrial Revolution in three words, what would they be?
There was a lot of ground work done to get where we are today...some of the canal works and the affects on commerce were very interesting...it's funny but this section asks for three words but requires a minimum of 15 words...perhaps there is a machine to scrunch them down...
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Olympos
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 36 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,338
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,199
Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before 21st-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy, Hector, and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Second volume is good but not quite as great
- De David en 03-27-16
- Olympos
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
A truly mind boggling enjoyable listen!
Revisado: 11-21-14
Would you listen to Olympos again? Why?
I have listened to it twice already and will again...the interweaving of historical fiction with scifi is just so tasty to have only one helping...
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The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1
- De: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 22 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,791
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,448
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,447
The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel - self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void. Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intersection of the Void and Commonwealth - Super
- De C. Hartmann en 10-30-14
- The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1
- De: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrado por: John Lee
Another amazing story
Revisado: 11-21-14
What made the experience of listening to The Abyss Beyond Dreams the most enjoyable?
Having read his previous commonwealth series I experienced the more lengthy character development in this series as a kind of jazz quartet improvising on some familiar history from the commonwealth series but with a brand new problem to solve
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Fall of Giants
- Book One of the Century Trilogy
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 30 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,663
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,605
Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it and learned alot.
- De Louis en 10-19-10
- Fall of Giants
- Book One of the Century Trilogy
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
Epic tale great characters
Revisado: 11-21-14
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes...I tend to like epic sci fi books like Time enough for love by Heinlein...this book/series has a similar scope but weaving through a narrower time period
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The Bourne Legacy
- De: Eric Van Lustbader
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 18 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,772
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,027
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,026
Jason Bourne, international assassin of deadly repute, was an identity assumed by covert agent David Webb. Retired from the CIA and now a professor at Georgetown University, Webb's life is finally his own—until he becomes the target of an assassin and is framed for the murder of his two closest associates. Fighting for his life against unseen assailants, the Bourne identity asserts itself, leaving Jason Bourne in control. Barely a half-step ahead of his nemesis and the CIA, who believes he has gone rogue, Bourne finds himself a pawn in a larger, far deadlier game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It sure reads like a Ludlum book!
- De Linda en 07-21-04
- The Bourne Legacy
- De: Eric Van Lustbader
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Action Packed with twists
Revisado: 07-23-12
Would you consider the audio edition of The Bourne Legacy to be better than the print version?
Just listened...
What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?
Carries the story well
Any additional comments?
Reading or listening to the book one can imagaine Jason Bourne as still being Matt Damon...in the movie of course one could not..
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The Windup Girl
- De: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 6,932
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,942
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,968
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good and also Frustrating
- De txkimmers en 11-16-09
- The Windup Girl
- De: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Starts off gradually and winds up to a great end
Revisado: 07-23-12
What did you love best about The Windup Girl?
The narration is good, the cast of characters vivid and believable; a plausible world situation...
What other book might you compare The Windup Girl to and why?
Nueromancer , Blade Runner...because the worlds are affected by corporate motivations and interests foremost and the rest of the populations live in reflex to this environment
Have you listened to any of Jonathan Davis’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes Genghis Kan and the making of the modern world, Count Zero and Snow Crash...Enjoyable voice in all.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When the Windup girl overcomes her conditioning...
Any additional comments?
Very enjoyable
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Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125,147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107,974
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107,863
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This classic deserves better
- De Matthew Salvo en 07-01-21
Masterful
Revisado: 09-23-07
I've re read the Dune series several times and listened to the recent Dune download. Can hardly wait for more Audible productions of the other books.
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The Janson Directive
- De: Robert Ludlum
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 20 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,335
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,285
Peter Novak, one of the world's greatest men, has been kidnapped! Running out of time and hope, Novak's people turn to Paul Janson, legendary covert operative and assassin. Janson is retired, and nothing could lure him back - nothing except Peter Novak, who once saved Janson's life. " Ludlum's best since The Bourne Identity," raves Kirkus Reviews.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivated me from the beginning
- De A Grady Williams en 01-14-03
- The Janson Directive
- De: Robert Ludlum
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
Bourne Dilution
Revisado: 09-23-07
A weaker version of the Bourne series. A few good twists and turns but not as much gritty detail as other works.
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A Scanner Darkly
- De: Philip K. Dick
- Narrado por: Paul Giamatti
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,426
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,889
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,881
Bob Arctor is a dealer of the lethally addictive drug Substance D. Fred is the police agent assigned to tail and eventually bust him. To do so, Fred takes on the identity of a drug dealer named Bob Arctor. And since Substance D, which Arctor takes in massive doses, gradually splits the user's brain into two distinct, combative entities, Fred doesn't realize he is narcing on himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Drugs are bad
- De Randall en 04-25-09
- A Scanner Darkly
- De: Philip K. Dick
- Narrado por: Paul Giamatti
Dark Humour
Revisado: 09-23-07
A sad tale: but only sad as an after thought. While the characters are victims of the drug culture and seem funny at the time their tragic endings makes this a tragic comedy.
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