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London Bridge Is Falling Down
- Bryant & May, Book 18
- De: Christopher Fowler
- Narrado por: Tim Goodman
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Ninety-one-year-old Alice Hoffman died alone in her top floor flat. Social services say she slipped through the cracks in a failing system. But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their suspicions. Mrs. Hoffman was not as innocent as she appeared. A former government security expert, she had once worked for their own unit, but there's no one left who can remember her. When they uncover a link between her and a diplomat desperate to leave the country, it begins to look as if someone might have committed an impossible murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond
- De Dale Ossip Johnson en 01-11-22
- London Bridge Is Falling Down
- Bryant & May, Book 18
- De: Christopher Fowler
- Narrado por: Tim Goodman
John May will have bitter/sweet memories
Revisado: 02-21-23
Passionately impressed with the author and narrator of the B&M series. Have read entire opus. This last in the series is letter perfect. Never ever bored!
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Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris
- De: Ian Kershaw
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 28 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 530
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 526
Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the character of the bizarre misfit in his thirty-year ascent from a Viennese shelter for the indigent to uncontested rule over the German nation that had tried and rejected democracy in the crippling aftermath of World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The heart of evil
- De Mike From Mesa en 01-20-14
- Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris
- De: Ian Kershaw
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
Complexity made comprehendible
Revisado: 10-06-17
Graeme Malcolm is an extraordinarily fine narrator. He could read a cereal box and I'd be enthralled.
Ian Kershaw takes a remarkably complex subject, Adolf Hitler, anchors him in the contest of his time and place, and makes all the formidable currents and forces of history understandable and appreciable. This is particularly true right now in this time when democracy in the US is under such threat and comparisons are made between the rise of Hitler and the nationalism of the current president and his party. While it is convenient to see the parallels it is important to see the stark differences between Germany post WWI and America post-Obama.
What I have gleaned from the book is this: Had Stalin been born in Austria and Hitler born in Georgia, we would have never known of these men. True, they are extraordinary and terrible persons, but without the specific context into which they were sewn, they would not even be footnotes. This gives me hope that we may yet weather the awful storm that is buffeting our fragile democracy in 2017.
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Crime and Punishment
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
- Duración: 23 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Raskolnikov, a student in St. Petersburg, murders an old woman, a money-lender, to prove his theory that violence purifies the strong. But no sooner is the deed done than Raskolnikov begins to feel remorse. What follows is one of the greatest psychological studies in world literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Done
- De Louis en 02-14-07
- Crime and Punishment
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: Walter Zimmerman
Traded up
Revisado: 06-12-16
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
A deaf person
What did you like best about this story?
The story cannot be faulted
What didn’t you like about Walter Zimmerman’s performance?
Zimmerman's performance grew more cloying over time. I did not like the way he read the book from the beginning but I plunged on hoping his rendition would improve. It did not. I found myself downloading other books and listening to them instead. However, I found that there were other actors who read CRIME AND PUNISHMENT on Audible and now that I've gotten a version I like I have taken up listening again.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The story is compelling, the literary quality is magnificent, the character development is superb, and the plot all too human. Frankly, there is nothing to criticize in this audio book except the reading of it. In other words, the narrator's rendition.
Any additional comments?
I would like my money back on this one. I got it for one credit.
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