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Bleak House, Volume 2
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Robert Whitfield
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21
First published in monthly parts from March 1852 to September 1853, this novel follows the fortunes of three pedestrian characters - Esther Summerson, Ada Clare and Richard Carstone. The story they tell embondies Dickens' merciless indictment of the Court of Chancery and its bungling, morally corrupt handling of the endless case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, giving the novel its scope and meaning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazingly engaging
- De UU Ma en 01-08-03
- Bleak House, Volume 2
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Robert Whitfield
bleak house
Revisado: 06-08-09
I have read most of Dickens' works, but I could never quite get myself to read Bleak House. I was finally able to appreciate this great work by listening to it. This was an excellent example of the importance of audio books.
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Straight Man
- A Novel
- De: Richard Russo
- Narrado por: Sam Freed
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,362
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 981
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 984
William Henry Devereaux, Jr., spiritually suited to playing left field but forced by a bad hamstring to try first base, is the unlikely chairman of the English department at West Central Pennsylvania University. Over the course of a single convoluted week, he threatens to execute a duck, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, discovers that his secretary writes better fiction than he does, suspects his wife of having an affair with his dean, and finally confronts his philandering elderly father, the one-time king of American Literary Theory, at an abandoned amusement park.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Straight Man
- De Holly Abery-Wetstone en 10-17-03
- Straight Man
- A Novel
- De: Richard Russo
- Narrado por: Sam Freed
straight man
Revisado: 06-08-09
It's hard to imagine a funnier or more charming book. I laughed out loud even when I had my own similar car accident.
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The Eye of the World
- Book One of The Wheel of Time
- De: Robert Jordan
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Duración: 29 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68,414
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58,518
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58,429
When their village is attacked by trollocs, monsters thought to be only legends, three young men, Rand, Matt, and Perrin, flee in the company of the Lady Moiraine, a sinister visitor of unsuspected powers. Thus begins an epic adventure set in a world of wonders and horror, where what was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Your first step down a very long and winding road.
- De Lore en 06-29-12
- The Eye of the World
- Book One of The Wheel of Time
- De: Robert Jordan
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
the eye of the world
Revisado: 06-08-09
I'm not sure what age this book is written for, but I think even books for adolescents should have a certain timeless and universal quality about them. This booked felt much more like stereotypic teenagers who just happened to be thrust into a time and place of magic. I tried to place myself into this book, but time again was repulsed by the trivial nature of the characters.
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Fiasco
- The American Military Adventure in Iraq
- De: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 788
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 421
The American military is a tightly sealed community, and few outsiders have reason to know that a great many senior officers view the Iraq war with incredulity and dismay. But many officers have shared their anger with renowned military reporter Thomas E. Ricks, and in Fiasco, Ricks combines these astonishing on-the-record military accounts with his own extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to create a spellbinding account of an epic disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History not Politics
- De Scott en 08-10-06
- Fiasco
- The American Military Adventure in Iraq
- De: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrado por: James Lurie
fiasco
Revisado: 06-08-09
A first rate battlefield history. I confess to be disposed to read about the Bush administration's failure, but in spite of that I thought this was a balanced narrative. One wonders, with the relative current stability in Iraq, if the author's conclusions would still be the same. But, to me this remains a classic treatment of an ill-planned strategically dubious adventure somewhat reminiscent of Anzio.
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Sidetracked
- A Kurt Wallander Mystery
- De: Henning Mankell
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 990
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 710
While tracking a demented serial killer, Detective Kurt Wallander is beset with obstacles: a department distracted by the threat of cutbacks and the frivolity of World Cup soccer, a tenuous relationship with a widow, and an unshakably haunting preoccupation with a girl who set herself on fire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripped again...
- De Rebecarol en 02-10-08
- Sidetracked
- A Kurt Wallander Mystery
- De: Henning Mankell
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
sidetracked
Revisado: 06-08-09
This is my third Mankell book listened to and the tremendous humanism expressed in these books is what makes them of interest. The only tiresome part is the frequency with which Wallender forgets his phone or his gun. Please!
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Imperium
- A Novel of Ancient Rome
- De: Robert Harris
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,092
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,229
When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing read
- De Everett Leiter en 08-16-07
- Imperium
- A Novel of Ancient Rome
- De: Robert Harris
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
Imperium
Revisado: 06-08-09
This is, I think, the only books in many years as an audible subscriber that I was unable to listen to. I tried, but it didn't click with me
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Hannibal
- One Man Against Rome
- De: Harold Lamb
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,445
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 811
This is the breathtaking adventure of the great Carthaginian general who shook the foundations of Rome. In the world's first "global" conflict, Hannibal Barca marched up and down the Italian peninsula for 18 years, appearing well nigh invincible to a Rome which began to doubt itself for the first time in its history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating - not to be missed!
- De Karen en 04-29-03
- Hannibal
- One Man Against Rome
- De: Harold Lamb
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
Hannibal one man against rome
Revisado: 06-08-09
This book was an extremely lucid retelling of Hannibal and his campaign. It kept my attention, the battles were well described, and Hannibal became somewhat more of a person in spite of the limited direct information available about him.
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