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American Desperado
- My Life - From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset
- De: Jon Roberts, Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall, Erik Davies, Mark Deakins, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 40 m
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In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times best-selling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned, began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Those conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto “transportation chief” of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s, much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic.
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BEST First Person (realistic) Criminal Account
- De aaron en 12-05-11
- American Desperado
- My Life - From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset
- De: Jon Roberts, Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall, Erik Davies, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Thomas Vincent Kelly, Steve Kramer, Meredith Scott Lynn, Johnathan McClain, Christina Rooney
Extremely well-produced audiobook.
Revisado: 09-14-15
Is there anything you would change about this book?
It is overlong and has many redundant stories.
Have you listened to any of Mark Bramhall’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but this was a terrific production. The amount of voice actors, the quality of the reading, and the way it was put together felt cinematic, if that makes sense.
Did American Desperado inspire you to do anything?
I now deal drugs and kill for status.
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Nerd Do Well
- A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid
- De: Simon Pegg
- Narrado por: Simon Pegg
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
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The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: actor, comedian, writer and self-proclaimed supergeek Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times.
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WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE ABRIDGED?!
- De Weedarkone en 08-31-13
- Nerd Do Well
- A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid
- De: Simon Pegg
- Narrado por: Simon Pegg
Big Pegg fan, wanted a bit more.
Revisado: 09-14-15
Would you consider the audio edition of Nerd Do Well to be better than the print version?
Don't know, but it was read incredibly well by Pegg.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I wish he had covered more, in more detail. His childhood tales are really engaging, colorfully told, and they are just the right length. However, once we get to more present-day, he doesn't divulge a heck of a lot, it's more broad strokes detail and some anecdotes. The fictional side-story of the book was ambitious and risky, but it mostly pays off.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
You Have Him Pegged
Any additional comments?
Wish this was at least 8 hours! Pegg is a top notch narrator.
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Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- De: Nick Offerman
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman - who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking - he runs his own woodshop - Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois, to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.
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On the need to acknowledge the role luck plays
- De OpenMindedNotCredulous en 11-17-13
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- De: Nick Offerman
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
Hearty!
Revisado: 09-14-15
What did you like best about this story?
Offerman's reading is often casual and almost tangent-like, which is a great aspect of the storytelling. As a filmmaker and Parks & Rec fan, this was a very interesting and highly unique journey through the industry.
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A Few Seconds of Panic
- A 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
- De: Stefan Fatsis
- Narrado por: Stefan Fatsis
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Stefan Fatsis infiltrates a strikingly different subculture: pro football. After more than a year spent working out with a strength coach and polishing his craft with a gurulike kicking coach, Fatsis molded his fortyish body into one that could stand up - barely - to the rigors of NFL training. And over three months in 2006, he became a Denver Bronco.
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Living a dream.
- De Robert en 09-19-08
- A Few Seconds of Panic
- A 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
- De: Stefan Fatsis
- Narrado por: Stefan Fatsis
As a Broncos fan, this is a must-read.
Revisado: 09-14-15
What did you like best about this story?
It was frustrating in a good way, successfully depicting the Fatsis' follies. I'm a Denver Broncos fan and this is essential reading, the kind of behind-the-scenes look at one of my favorite Broncos years I'd always wanted but would never expect to get. He covers all the right details, from getting fitted for equipment to the human stories - he got it all.
Which character – as performed by Stefan Fatsis – was your favorite?
I'd say Jake Plummer.
Any additional comments?
Really any sports fan could enjoy this, a crazy journey of a laymen entering the complicated sports world we love.
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Easy Street (the Hard Way)
- A Memoir
- De: Ron Perlman, Michael Largo
- Narrado por: Ron Perlman
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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A classically trained actor who cut his teeth in the East Village's off-Broadway scene, Ron Perlman - a Golden Globe winner with starring roles in the Hellboy, Drive, Pacific Rim, and Sons of Anarchy - has traveled an offbeat path to showbiz success. His story involves rising from New York's tough Washington Heights neighborhood, enduring incredible hardships, and ignoring the naysayers who taunted him for his distinctive looks.
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Ron Perlman is an amazing man
- De Kindle Customer en 10-29-14
- Easy Street (the Hard Way)
- A Memoir
- De: Ron Perlman, Michael Largo
- Narrado por: Ron Perlman
Met The Perl on the day I finished it, legendary!
Revisado: 09-14-15
What made the experience of listening to Easy Street (the Hard Way) the most enjoyable?
Ron Perlman's honest and natural reading enhanced this tenfold.
What did you like best about this story?
It was frequently surprising and very earnest.
Any additional comments?
I read this book while traveling across the country, and it's the type of engaging material I yearned for on long drives. On the final day of my journey, I ended up in Long Island where Ron hosted a book signing, a truly fitting end!
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Under and Alone
- The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
- De: William Queen
- Narrado por: William Queen
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the chance, not realizing that he was kicking-starting the most extensive undercover operation inside an outlaw motorcycle gang in the history of American law enforcement.
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Exciting and Sad
- De Brenda en 12-30-05
- Under and Alone
- The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
- De: William Queen
- Narrado por: William Queen
One of the most memorable books I've ever heard!
Revisado: 09-14-15
If you could sum up Under and Alone in three words, what would they be?
Tantalizing, suspenseful, engaging.
Any additional comments?
How is this not a feature film or television show yet? Sons of Anarchy doesn't ever approach the kind of conflict/situation Queen faces in this book.
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