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The Speechwriter
- A Brief Education in Politics
- De: Barton Swaim
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 124
Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Using his experience as a speechwriter, Barton Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A well-written complainers guide
- De Kindle Customer en 08-03-15
- The Speechwriter
- A Brief Education in Politics
- De: Barton Swaim
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
A Discreet Memoir of a Despicable Man
Revisado: 07-28-15
Perhaps too discreet. The protagonist is such a predictable bore., that the book itself is hardly riveting.
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Venice
- Pure City
- De: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
The Venetians' language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island people, linked to the sea and to the tides rather than the land. This latest work from the incomparable Peter Ackroyd, like a magic gondola, transports its listeners to that sensual and surprising city. His account embraces facts and romance, conjuring up the atmosphere of the canals, bridges, and sunlit squares, the churches and the markets, the festivals and the flowers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An endless droning list.....
- De jack en 03-15-11
- Venice
- Pure City
- De: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
I'm Reading this for the 2nd Time
Revisado: 04-12-15
The history of Venice and the people world wide who were attracted to that fragile vibrant port is so rich in drama and cultural fascination that I couldn't absorb it suffciently in one sitting. A rare and absorbing pleasure.
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The Brothers
- John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,818
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,609
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,604
John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives against the backdrop ofAmerican culture and history. He uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does in the world?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A duel biography
- De Jean en 09-26-14
- The Brothers
- John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
Riveting
Revisado: 01-03-15
Stephen Kinzer puts together fragments of history that I lived through but didn't understand. It is like watching a movie backwards. He is a compelling writer, and this is a fascinating, well documented account of power and its lethal companion arrogance.
It's a good thing to be reminded that we all go through life, dancing or plodding,
with lead feet.
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This Is How You Lose Her
- De: Junot Díaz
- Narrado por: Junot Díaz
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,498
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,305
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,320
The stories in This Is How You Lose Her, by turns hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts. They capture the heat of new passion, the recklessness with which we betray what we most treasure, and the torture we go through - "the begging, the crawling over glass, the crying" - to try to mend what we've broken beyond repair. They recall the echoes that intimacy leaves behind, even where we thought we did not care.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Yes, he lost her. So deservedly.
- De McSue en 10-16-12
- This Is How You Lose Her
- De: Junot Díaz
- Narrado por: Junot Díaz
Junot Diaz Reads As Well As He Writes
Revisado: 11-30-12
If you could sum up This Is How You Lose Her in three words, what would they be?
Brilliantly written moving
What did you like best about this story?
The humanity and richness of each of his characters.
What about Junot Díaz’s performance did you like?
He didn't perform. He read his story as if he was telling you about it. One on one.
If you could take any character from This Is How You Lose Her out to dinner, who would it be and why?
The narrator, because he looks at life all around him, (not just at his own belly button), with understanding and compassion.You can feel the icy, treacherous shards of ice under the feet. The Promised Land comes at great cost, if it comes at all.
I read to learn, and in his cool, wry way Diaz delivers on every page.
Any additional comments?
I send this book over and over as a thank you note. Also, it is wonderful because when have to, you can pick it up and put it down. There is no catch up time. You hear his voice and you are right there.
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The Third Reich
- De: Roberto Bolano, Natasha Wimmer - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 64
On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of locals—the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemado—and to the darker side of life in a resort town. Late one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udo's well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval; while Ingeborg and Hanna return to their lives in Germany, he refuses to leave the hotel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What just happened? :D
- De Amazon Customer en 08-17-16
- The Third Reich
- De: Roberto Bolano, Natasha Wimmer - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
A gripping, fascinating mystery
Revisado: 01-02-12
What did you love best about The Third Reich?
The way it pulls you right in, and keeps you in a place you may never have been.
What did you like best about this story?
Atmosphere, characters, plots and how it sticks with you for days after you have finished it. And maybe parts of it, for the rest of your life.
What about Simon Vance’s performance did you like?
He never intrudes himself into the narrative.
If you could take any character from The Third Reich out to dinner, who would it be and why?
The Burned Man. And why? We can't talk until you've read the book.
Any additional comments?
Bolano is unpretentious, a fine story teller. If you like Graham Greene, Colm Toibin or Marques, you most likely wont want to miss Bolano.
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