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Full Tilt
- Ireland to India with a Bicycle
- De: Dervla Murphy
- Narrado por: Emma Lowe
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes, and cultures she encountered along the way. The route takes her through the valleys and snowy mountain passes of Europe and India to the scorching deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the metal of her bicycle, Rozinante (named after Don Quixote's steed), becomes too hot to touch.
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Prejudice personified
- De Steve en 09-27-20
- Full Tilt
- Ireland to India with a Bicycle
- De: Dervla Murphy
- Narrado por: Emma Lowe
Mispronunciation of Cities
Revisado: 01-28-23
I was prepared to overlook the antiquated and problematic terminology and viewpoints, given when it was written, but the ridiculous mispronunciation of Kabul and Peshawar x 100 sent me over the edge. Anybody who rode a bike through Afghanistan and Pakistan would have learned to pronounce those city names as locals do.
I can’t continue listening to this nonsense - I will have to read it if I want to finish.
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The Color of Lightning
- De: Paulette Jiles
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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A soaring work of the imagination based on oral histories of the post - Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American history.
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Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.
- De Merrilee R en 02-20-17
- The Color of Lightning
- De: Paulette Jiles
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
Truth and Fiction
Revisado: 08-06-18
I found The Color of Lightening to be less-tight as a narrative than Jiles' "News of the World", but the interweaving of real events, real people, with fictional imaginings was perhaps more interesting. I was born in Young County and know many of the places in the story. I've also read about many of the captives mentioned in the story, sometimes in passing, sometimes in depth. It's a fascinating point in Texas history, between worlds, and the author captures the confusion of the times, the identity crisis of several ethnic groups and people in the middle of a changing world. Her descriptions of nature are some of the best. In that sense, the title of the book is a prelude to the way her voice evokes the land. I would read it again. I've recommended it to several history buffs. It's also just a darn good read.
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Bring Up the Bodies
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down.
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Mantel Pulls the History out of the History
- De Darwin8u en 11-22-12
- Bring Up the Bodies
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Marvelous
Revisado: 05-21-17
Wow what a story. Hilary Mantell is a marvel. The audible performance is fantastic. But do read wolf hall first.
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