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The Comeback
- Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
- De: Daniel de Vise
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 353
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 313
Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France in 1986, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback. In 1989, he once again won the Tour - by a narrow margin of eight seconds. It remains the closest Tour de France in history. The Comeback chronicles the life of this great American athlete, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of global fame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book. Flawed reading.
- De david savage en 07-23-18
- The Comeback
- Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
- De: Daniel de Vise
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
Very interesting
Revisado: 02-02-23
Followed the Tour de France in the 80’s and it was great to relive the good moments while learning new information
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The Sixth Extinction
- An Unnatural History
- De: Elizabeth Kolbert
- Narrado por: Anne Twomey
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,544
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,845
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,812
A major audiobook about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lifts you out of the ordinary
- De Regina en 04-28-14
- The Sixth Extinction
- An Unnatural History
- De: Elizabeth Kolbert
- Narrado por: Anne Twomey
Scary book
Revisado: 07-21-15
Scary book because it tells what we are doing to the planet and what we have already done
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The Invitation
- A Novel
- De: Anne Cherian
- Narrado por: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
When Vikram invites three of his college friends to his son’s graduation from MIT, they accept out of obligation and curiosity, viewing the party as a 25th reunion of sorts. Village genius Vikram, now the founder of a lucrative computer company, is having the party against his son’s wishes. Frances and Jay regret accepting: Frances, a real estate agent, hasn't sold a house in a year; Jay’s middle-management job isn't bragworthy; and their daughter is failing the eleventh grade. Lali plans to hide the fact that her once-happy marriage is crumbling because her American husband is discovering his Jewish roots.
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3 out of 5 stars
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If you can survive the fake and forced accents..
- De AnoopMM en 12-01-16
- The Invitation
- A Novel
- De: Anne Cherian
- Narrado por: Sanjiv Jhaveri
Interesting Novel
Revisado: 01-27-15
What did you love best about The Invitation?
Very well written novel about family dynamics and the relationships for immigrants from India and their family members back in India as well as between generations. Cherian wonderfully illustrates how quickly views and attitudes can change with immigration to America and the conflicts that can arise.
Kept my interest throughout and was quite entertaining. Highly recommend!
Any additional comments?
The cadence of the reader, Sanjiv Jhaveri, was less than ideal but the voices were good
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Deliverance
- De: James Dickey
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,724
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,716
The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"A river runs through it..."
- De karen en 11-01-13
- Deliverance
- De: James Dickey
- Narrado por: Will Patton
Even better than I remember with great performance
Revisado: 03-28-14
Would you consider the audio edition of Deliverance to be better than the print version?
Will Patton did a fantastic job
What was one of the most memorable moments of Deliverance?
Everyone who has seen the movie or read the book knows the most memorable moment.
Any additional comments?
Highly recommend this audiobook!
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Those Guys Have All the Fun
- Inside the World of ESPN
- De: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrado por: James Andrew Miller, Matt McCarthy, Joan Baker
- Duración: 27 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 785
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 647
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 640
ESPN began as an outrageous gamble with a lineup that included Australian Rules Football, rodeo, and a rinky-dinky clip show called Sports Center. Today the empire stretches far beyond television into radio, magazines, mobile phones, restaurants, video games and more, while ESPN's personalities have become global superstars to rival the sports icons they cover.
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3 out of 5 stars
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You wish this was SportsCenter!
- De Jason en 06-09-11
- Those Guys Have All the Fun
- Inside the World of ESPN
- De: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrado por: James Andrew Miller, Matt McCarthy, Joan Baker
People calling themselves genuises
Revisado: 08-10-11
I listened to the first 30 chapters and couldn't take it anymore. These guys talk about how great and smart they are and how they could drink as they spent millions of dollars of Getty Oil money. Let's see, does it take a genius to know that people like to watch sports? I think it would have been more tolerable if they had examples where they showed some creativity or broke down barriers. But to me, it seems like they would have to be idiots to fail with that much money at their disposal.
They talk like they were the only ones that could have accomplished this but I think that it could have been done quicker and better with a different approach.
ESPN had some great anchors and did think about putting drafts on TV but the behind the scenes people have the biggest egos and I quickly tired hearing their self-important comments.
Stuff like the intoxicated Getty Oil guy repeatedly opening up a helicopter door forcing the helicopter to land multiple times. They all just sound so narcissistic.
This is coming from a huge sports fan and I enjoy watching ESPN. Maybe it gets better but after hours of people continuing to talk about how amazing they are without any example of a particular accomplishment other than they were at ESPN, I had enough. I have listened to about 50 audiobooks and this is the first I could not finish.
One star is too many. Can I give it 0 stars?
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