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The Odyssey
- De: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrado por: Ian McKellen
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,624
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,085
The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods - makes his tortuous way home to his faithful wife, Penelope. Shipwrecked numerous times, faced with apparently insurmountable obstacles, offered the temptations of ease, comfort, and even immortality, Odysseus remains steadfast and determined. Themes of courage and perseverance, fidelity and fortitude.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful recording marred by audio problems!
- De Arthurian Tapestry en 05-06-12
- The Odyssey
- De: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrado por: Ian McKellen
Poor audio quality
Revisado: 03-15-25
Really good sound reproduction tech has been around for decades — maybe the producers of this audio book were just too cheap to pay for it? No reason for the excellent performance by McKellen to be spoiled as it is here by bad audio quality.
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The Guns of August
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 19 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,732
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,596
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,574
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of Kings and Kaisers and Czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed...and how horrible it became.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Mike From Mesa en 10-28-08
- The Guns of August
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
Still magnificent
Revisado: 06-26-22
After all these years. Narration is also superb, and nicely brings out Tuchman’s elegant writing.
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Fire and Fury
- The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945
- De: Randall Hansen
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pilots dead. But the terrible truth is that much of the bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the Allied military leadership, leading to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, Fire and Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing campaign through the eyes of those involved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Illuminating for this general reader
- De david en 04-27-18
- Fire and Fury
- The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945
- De: Randall Hansen
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
Illuminating for this general reader
Revisado: 04-27-18
As a non-historian who has read extensively on WWII, I found this book to be a beacon of light on a critical aspect of the war in Europe that I had perceived only vaguely before. As historians surely know (as I had not), the entire air war war in Europe (not just the Battle of Britain) was critical to the outcome, as it was in the Pacific. The book’s commentary on the strategic and moral questions raised by civilian casualties of bombing is most insightful, raising issues that remain relevant today.
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When She Was Gone
- De: S. A. Dunphy
- Narrado por: Liam Hourican
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
The gripping, fast-paced thriller from best-selling author SA Dunphy. When criminologist David Dunnigan receives the shocking delivery of one of his niece Beth's shoes, it reignites the 18-year-old investigation into her disappearance - which Dunnigan has always blamed himself for. But is he ready for what he might find?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Silly Book
- De david en 03-29-18
- When She Was Gone
- De: S. A. Dunphy
- Narrado por: Liam Hourican
Silly Book
Revisado: 03-29-18
One defense of this book might be that it was written for young people, who have yet to gain understanding of how grownups talk and behave, and what kinds of events are just too laughably implausible to put in a book. But if that were the case, why would there be so many pointlessly gruesome scenes? Of course, any work of fiction can fairly ask the reader to suspend disbelief. I felt that this one was asking me to be a drooling idiot, and I just had to turn it off.
The reader had some good moments, but had a habit of starting chapters in a louder voice, then trailing off, then coming back louder, etc. If you are listening in a car, this means you are constantly adjusting the volume.
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