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The Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics
- The Pirates!, Book 5
- De: Gideon Defoe
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 4 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
While visiting the shores of Lake Geneva to restore their spirits and their finances, the Pirate Captain and his crew encounter some surprising fellow adventurers, literary giants of their age: the swaggering Lord Byron, the shifty Percy Shelley, and his smart attractive fiancée, Mary. Together the poets and pirates embark upon a journey that leads from the curiously adventureless Switzerland into the darkest bowels of Oxford, and finally to the forbidding heart of eastern Europe. Amidst haunted castles and early feminism, the Pirate Captain will confront some important questions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as previous installment
- De ciniminis en 05-10-18
- The Pirates!: In an Adventure with the Romantics
- The Pirates!, Book 5
- De: Gideon Defoe
- Narrado por: John Lee
Not as good as previous installment
Revisado: 05-10-18
Not as good as previous installment, and not suitable for kids. My son and I loved listening to the first 2 books of this series (highly recommended), and I was excited to find this one - but am glad that I listened to it by myself first.
The narration by John Lee is still first-rate, but he has much less of a story to work with, so it's also nowhere as funny. And where the earlier books may occasionally make a mention of mildly racy topics, in this book the line is no longer drawn at an acceptable place for me to let my young son listen to it. I don't mean there's anything shockingly violent or sexual - it's just adult humor plus some promiscuous behaviors that I'd rather not have to explain during a car ride.
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition)
- An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab
- De: Gideon Defoe
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 22
Not since Moby-Dick.... No, not since Treasure Island.... Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a group of seafarers to rival The Pirates! and their leader, the greatest ocean-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months at a time on the bounding main, somehow manages to keep his beard silky and in good condition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious
- De S. Goss en 04-20-12
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition)
- An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab
- De: Gideon Defoe
- Narrado por: John Lee
As fantastic a reading as the captain's beard
Revisado: 05-10-18
John Lee's performance absolutely brought the story and characters to life - much better than the movie version of the first story in this collection. There is an art to telling a humorous story with just the right amount of seriousness to make it even more hilarious, and it is achieved here to the highest level. This is an audiobook that my son wants to listen to over and over (and over), and that I really enjoy too.
I took off one star for Audible's "story" rating because the plot dragged a bit in the second story, but the writing is great all throughout and we were never bored listening to it (even for the Nth time).
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Garlic and Sapphires
- The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
- De: Ruth Reichl
- Narrado por: Ruth Reichl
- Duración: 4 h y 57 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and then as she was coddled and pampered on her visit there as Ruth, New York Times food critic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Way too abridged!
- De ciniminis en 07-11-06
- Garlic and Sapphires
- The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
- De: Ruth Reichl
- Narrado por: Ruth Reichl
Way too abridged!
Revisado: 07-11-06
This is a good book. I picked the abridged over the unabridged this time, because the abridged version is read by the author. But so much is missing! In the book, chapters of narratives end in Ruth's newspaper column, which serves as a conclusion for each story. Those are cut out (so the stories are left to dangle, without the readers knowing how her article turned out). The entire "umani" sushi experience is gone, as well as other great segments.
Stay with the unabridged! I am very sorry that I didn't.
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