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The Desert and the Sea
- 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
- De: Michael Scott Moore
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 694
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 691
In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International, Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates for 977 days. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Jonathan en 08-04-18
- The Desert and the Sea
- 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
- De: Michael Scott Moore
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
Absolutely excellent. Written with heart acuity and great insight. Exploring the self realization from extreme sufferings
Revisado: 07-31-18
Narrator was captivating. He became the other characters. His accents were true to the pirate or prisoners. Well written
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Barkskins
- A Novel
- De: Annie Proulx
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 25 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,948
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,724
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,722
In the late 17th century, two young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters — barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a native woman and their descendants live trapped between two cultures. But Duquet runs away, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Annie Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over 300 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awe-Inspiring, Far-Reaching Epic
- De W Perry Hall en 06-30-16
- Barkskins
- A Novel
- De: Annie Proulx
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Great book!
Revisado: 02-23-18
If you could sum up Barkskins in three words, what would they be?
Warm, concise, adventurous
What did you like best about this story?
The description of the Indians - they're lives - their culture , their mysteriousness
Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have not heard other performances by him, but he is a phenomenal narrator - gifted with all the different accents!!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Both
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The Age of Anxiety
- McCarthyism to Terrorism
- De: Haynes Johnson
- Narrado por: Kristoffer Tabori
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of our citizens. In this masterful history, Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis. Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Parallels
- De Devo en 01-10-06
- The Age of Anxiety
- McCarthyism to Terrorism
- De: Haynes Johnson
- Narrado por: Kristoffer Tabori
Starts a little slow and then becomes riveting!
Revisado: 07-27-15
What did you like best about this story?
Going into incredible depth in depicting McCarthy in the hearings. Mesmerizing!
What about Kristoffer Tabori’s performance did you like?
All of it. Excellent reader,
What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?
The Red scare was incredibly pervasive in the American psyche in the early 1950s.
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The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Daniel James Brown
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 43,159
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 39,024
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 38,906
The number one New York Times best-selling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race. Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dear Publishers of Audio Books
- De Lynn en 08-04-14
- The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Daniel James Brown
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
Great audio book!!!
Revisado: 07-27-15
What made the experience of listening to The Boys in the Boat the most enjoyable?
The family story about the the main character Joe
Any additional comments?
Highly enjoyable and filled with depth and poignancy and historical relevance
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