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Floating City
- A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy
- De: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrado por: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 179
Sudhir Venkatesh, acclaimed sociologist at Columbia University and author of Gang Leader for a Day, returns to the streets to connect the dots of New York's divergent economic worlds and crack the code of the city's underground economy. Based on Venkatesh's interviews with prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high end drug bosses and street-level dealers, Floating City exposes the underground as the city's true engine of social transformation and economic prosperity - revealing a wholly unprecedented vision of New York.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointed
- De Anonymous User en 05-29-19
- Floating City
- A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy
- De: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrado por: Sudhir Venkatesh
A weak follow up
Revisado: 08-24-23
I loved his Gang Leader for a Day book. This one feels way to personal and fullnof his own bitterness leaking in to his objectivity. This felt more like a diatribe than a study in sociology.
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Light Bringer
- Red Rising, Book 6
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 30 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,724
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,986
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,984
The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The blight of ensemble voice cast are gone!
- De azwildcat en 07-28-23
- Light Bringer
- Red Rising, Book 6
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Every book is a masterwork.
Revisado: 08-20-23
I can't recommend this series highly enough.
The 1st book came out about 10 years ago. It was originally a trilogy and if you stop after the 3rd book you will be completely satisfied with the narrative arc.
But Brown revived the series. I was honestly worried it was a cash grab and he was going ruin a good thing. The 6th bookin the series, Light Bringer, came out.
a few weeks ago and I'm halfway through it. Brown has not disappointed me yet!
This isn't just some fantasy sci-fi schick either. Each book is a masterwork in drama, sacrifice, love, betrayal coupled with graphic war scenes, blood, guts, and assholes.
I guess the best way to describe it is if the Harry Potter houses competed in the Hunger Games and was set in the War Hammer 40k universe with the lore depth of Lord of the Rings.
I have listened to them all on Audible and believe it's a must to fully appreciate the characters. Tim Gerard Reynolds really brings them to life. With such a large cast of characters the voice help keep them straight.
Don't let the synopsis fool you. There's something in here for every one. Even Monni read the original trilogy.
If someone would develop this in to movies/series it could be a huge success.
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I Hate the Ivy League
- Riffs and Rants on Elite Education
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 5 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,607
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,425
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,414
Malcolm Gladwell has long relished the opportunity to skewer the upper echelons of higher education, from the institution of U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings to the LSATs to the luxe Bowdoin College cafeteria. I Hate the Ivy League: Riffs and Rants on Elite Education, upends the traditional thinking around how education should work and tries to get to the bottom of why we often reward the wrong people.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great content but don’t bother purchasing if you have heard the podcasts
- De katieKo en 10-23-22
- I Hate the Ivy League
- Riffs and Rants on Elite Education
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
Meh
Revisado: 08-01-23
I've read every book Gladwell has written.
This one doesn't even belong on the list.
First off, it's just a repackaging of freely available podcasts.
Secondly, it feels more like an apology tour for the under performing than a look at the education system.
Finally, Gladwell's bias is always at the forefront of these stories. It comes off more like he's trying to prove his opinions rather than show a complete picture.
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- De: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrado por: Bruce Wagner
- Duración: 27 h y 20 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,241
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,225
The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Could be shorter
- De Evan Snow en 01-03-22
- The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- De: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrado por: Bruce Wagner
Play this at 1.5x
Revisado: 07-02-23
The book has great content but the narrator is atrocious. He sounds like he's reading an instructional manual at half speed.
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Billy Summers
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Paul Sparks
- Duración: 16 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33,229
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29,736
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29,585
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely amazing
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 08-03-21
- Billy Summers
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Paul Sparks
King is obsessed with Trump
Revisado: 08-15-21
He mentions Trump/MAGA over a dozen times in the book. It's awkward because it feels so forced and out of context.
Trump is living in his head rent free and it's obvious in his recent books.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- De: Robert O’Brien
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,901
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,442
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,455
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narration felt a bit slow, but otherwise was good
- De Adam Shields en 12-15-15
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- De: Robert O’Brien
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
Slow narration
Revisado: 08-15-21
I had to speed up the playback because of the annoying long pauses after every sentence.
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Black Klansman
- Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime
- De: Ron Stallworth
- Narrado por: Ron Stallworth
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,972
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,774
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,768
This program is read by the author. When detective Ron Stallworth, the first Black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a PO box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a White man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting and interesting, I enjoyed hearing historic details throughout the story.
- De Amazon Customer en 07-18-18
- Black Klansman
- Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime
- De: Ron Stallworth
- Narrado por: Ron Stallworth
Black detective talks on phone alot
Revisado: 08-06-18
Boring story with equally boring narration. The author/narrator sounds like he's on the verge of falling asleep at times and slurs his words. The story is very anticlimactic.
The black 'Klamsman' literally only talks to suspects on the phone. Others are sent in to do any actual face to face work. In the end all he managed to accomplish was derail a couple cross burnings by low-level KKK members.
The afterword is used to bash Republicans and Trump and really politicizes an already lackluster story.
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Lost in the Jungle
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival
- De: Yossi Ghinsberg
- Narrado por: Pat Young
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 390
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 353
Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. But when a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story, awful narrator.
- De Adrian Bardue en 02-17-16
- Lost in the Jungle
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival
- De: Yossi Ghinsberg
- Narrado por: Pat Young
Narrated by MICROSOFT SAM
Revisado: 04-06-18
this is possibly the worst narration I have heard in an audiobook. The story is good but the narration makes it almost unfinishable. The narrator enunciates his words very strangely with hard t's and ing's. it is bad to the point of almost feeling like it is a joke. it literally sounds like someone copied the entirety of the book and pasted it into a Microsoft Sam prompt and hit play.
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Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95,529
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87,405
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 87,203
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A ferrari with no motor
- De will en 11-18-17
- Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
Not The Martian
Revisado: 03-14-18
Loved The Martian but just couldn't get in to this one. This one sets up a sequel I'm not interested enough to look in to in the future.
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Beyond Exile
- Day by Day Armageddon, Book 2
- De: J. L. Bourne
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,274
The first book of Day by Day Armageddon took us deep into the mind of a military officer and survivor as he made a New Year's resolution to start keeping a journal. The man kept his resolution and brought to us the fall of humanity, day by day. We see the man transition from the life that you and I live to the prospect of fighting for his very survival against the overwhelming hordes of the dead. We see him bleed, we see him make mistakes, we witness him evolve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun new story direction
- De Joshua en 07-15-10
- Beyond Exile
- Day by Day Armageddon, Book 2
- De: J. L. Bourne
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
Caddo Lake?
Revisado: 11-12-17
This author has clearly never seen or researched Caddo Lake. Sail boats? Rocky Shores? The majority of the lake is probably 6' or less deep.
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