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Energy
- A Human History
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 774
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 659
Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No more accents, please!
- De Ned Gulley en 08-30-18
- Energy
- A Human History
- De: Richard Rhodes
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
Encyclopedic in scope
Revisado: 11-05-18
I always enjoy Rhodes extensively researched books and his perspective on the history. This begins with wood burning in England and ends with current debates about fossil fuels, nuclear power, and the alternatives. I think a broader and more independent perspective is needed on energy issues today. I wish Rhodes had written a whole book on part 3. He doesn't seem to shrink from controversy.
As for the accents, I thought they were pretty well done and spiced up the narration a bit. I was more irked by his pronunciation of giga- and Willamette, but, overall, I thought it was professional and well done.
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Moby Dick
- The Whale
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Alan Munro
- Duración: 26 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 262
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 251
Moby-Dick is widely considered to be the Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story details the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whale ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. And Ahab intends to take revenge.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Heed the advice
- De Agnes Crow en 08-17-14
- Moby Dick
- The Whale
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Alan Munro
Yes, bad narration
Revisado: 08-24-14
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Ha! Well, I'd tighten up the writing some, maybe add a boy wizard... That captain is really a downer.
How could the performance have been better?
The narrator has a lovely resonant voice, but he seems to be coming upon the words for the first time as he reads them. He mispronounces some fairly common words as if he doesn't quite know where the story is going from one phrase to the next.
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The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,370
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,199
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,188
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A mostly successful and interesting history
- De A reader en 02-24-09
- The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
History of Finance
Revisado: 04-22-12
What made the experience of listening to The Ascent of Money the most enjoyable?
It's a fascinating history well told by Ferguson. The narration, while well done, is a little disconcerting in that the narrator's accent is so different from Ferguson's. I wonder how my impressions would change if the author had narrated it himself.
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