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The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- De: John Wood Sweet
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah’s and her assailant’s lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for history buffs!
- De LibertyHillbilly en 02-09-23
- The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- De: John Wood Sweet
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
Well researched & interesting!
Revisado: 05-08-24
Could not put this very interesting book down. Will be thinking about it for quite a while.
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Our Moon
- How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
- De: Rebecca Boyle
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Many of us know that the Moon pulls on our oceans, driving the tides, but did you know that it smells like gunpowder? Or that it was essential to the development of science and religion? Acclaimed journalist Rebecca Boyle takes listeners on a dazzling tour to reveal the intimate role that our 4.51-billion-year-old companion has played in our biological and cultural evolution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but with annoyances
- De J. Pegg en 04-13-24
- Our Moon
- How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
- De: Rebecca Boyle
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
The most amazing journey!
Revisado: 03-15-24
A terrific book in every way! Great writing telling a fascinating story from a different perspective!
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The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, David Grann
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,678
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,676
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Gasping for Air
- De Jean Engle en 04-19-23
- The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, David Grann
Excellent Read! Thanks
Revisado: 06-11-23
A book that really takes you through history to experience time & place!
This was a lived experience through a well written book!
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Knowing What We Know
- The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Colorful anecdotes but tiring after a while.
- De reader en 05-03-23
- Knowing What We Know
- The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
Fabulous Book!
Revisado: 06-01-23
I was excited the whole time reading! So many aha! moments, I was giddy!
Thank you for this experience! I actually have a copy of Enquire Within Upon Everything coming from Amazon!
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The World and All That It Holds
- A Novel
- De: Aleksandar Hemon
- Narrado por: Aleksandar Mikic
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his estimable father. It’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it’s nothing a dash of laudanum from the high shelf, a summer stroll, and idle fantasies about passersby can’t put in perspective. And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Epilogue and interview changed my mind
- De Tim en 04-13-23
- The World and All That It Holds
- A Novel
- De: Aleksandar Hemon
- Narrado por: Aleksandar Mikic
An experience as much a a great novel!
Revisado: 04-04-23
Hemon somehow brought me into the characters and all of the places they went! A great book!
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The Night Watchman
- De: Louise Erdrich
- Narrado por: Louise Erdrich
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,200
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,629
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,597
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, DC, this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- De Melanie en 03-09-20
- The Night Watchman
- De: Louise Erdrich
- Narrado por: Louise Erdrich
Excellent in every way!
Revisado: 12-05-22
It was an education and a joy to meet such interesting people!
Recently I was introduced to the Doctrine of Discovery and was also infuriated as it seemed to still be moving things.
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Utopia
- De: Sir Thomas More, Gilbert Burnet - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
Sir Thomas More's Utopia has spurred debate, reflection, and critical thinking since its original publication in the 16th century. More's fictional island of Utopia provides an exploration of issues that shook him and his contemporaries and that continue to be problematic in the modern day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good re-enacment of a Classic!
- De oscar en 01-17-12
- Utopia
- De: Sir Thomas More, Gilbert Burnet - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Wow..500 years ago...
Revisado: 09-09-19
This is brilliant and very readable! It sounds like wonderful values and it is VERY TIMELY:
“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant you to devote your energies to making their lives more comfortable, and protecting them from injustice. So your job is to see that they're all right, not that you are - just as a shepherd's job, strictly speaking, is to feed his sheep, not himself.”
“Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.”
The whole book is full of such ideas!
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Plato at the Googleplex
- Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
- De: Rebecca Goldstein
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 16 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 190
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 164
Is philosophy obsolete? Are the ancient questions still relevant in the age of cosmology and neuroscience, not to mention crowd-sourcing and cable news? The acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy, revealing its hidden role in today’s debates on religion, morality, politics, and science.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Was looking forward to it, can't bear it
- De ARG en 04-08-14
- Plato at the Googleplex
- Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
- De: Rebecca Goldstein
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
Once Ms. Goldstein has blown me away!
Revisado: 05-07-18
When I was young and in college, Plato filled my heart and head with thoughts & ideas that would guide my entire life. I had forgotten just how much. And, now, at age 73, this terrific book was an “oh, that’s where this all comes from” reminder. Dejavue all over again. At the same time, the book is also very timely..it shines a light on many things that we are just not getting right today. And she has illuminated the notion that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato. Placing Plato in current settings makes you realize that his genius has never faded. Thank you for a terrific book.
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The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature
- De: Marc C. Conner, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Marc C. Conner
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 383
Many political and cultural events sent shock waves through the Irish world in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Ireland gradually shook off the shackles of British rule. Alongside a long and painful political process arose one of the greatest flourishings of literature in modern times - a spirited discourse among those who sought to shape their nation's future, finding the significance of their bloody present intimately entwined with their legendary past.
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1 out of 5 stars
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More Literature with a little history thrown in.
- De Dana Payne en 08-23-16
Terrific!
Revisado: 10-16-16
A wonderful blend of Irish history, literature, theater, politics and the people who lived through it all. Professor Conner is an excellent narrator and I was sorry when it came to an end! I enjoyed his Shakespeare course, too. More, Please!
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60,830
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54,354
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54,256
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- De Cynthia en 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
A rather boring autobiography...
Revisado: 09-11-16
Expected to gain some insight into the people who are referred to as Hillbillies...nothing...just one boring episode after another about Mawmaw and Pawpaw... I rarely find a book without any redeeming value...this, unfortunately, was one.
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