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Napoleon's Hemorrhoids…And Other Small Events That Changed History
- De: Phil Mason
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,219
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,082
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,078
Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason's many revelations, you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield.
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3 out of 5 stars
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They just throw the facts too fast
- De Concerned_llama en 12-11-20
Great Book, HORRIBLE Editing
Revisado: 12-02-23
This was a really great book, with a lot of very fun and interesting tidbits, the only problem is I had to repeatedly go back because I could not tell where one tale stopped and another one started. There are absolutely no pauses between them. It's like a computer with the voice of a really good narrator read this thing... without any punctuation. The narrators voice was great... I have a feeling this was all an issue with post production editing. Give us at least 2 full seconds between the different facts!
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City Manager Unfiltered
- De: Joe Turner
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
City Manager Unfiltered is a podcast by a city manager for city managers. I am your host, Joe Turner, and I’m on a mission to build a community for ambitious city managers. I want to provide you with the career tools and resources to help make you a better executive so you can rack up victories, polish your resume, dominate interviews, land your dream job, and win your contract negotiations. If you are a city manager looking to level up, check out my podcast, City Manager Unfiltered. Hit that subscribe button today so you don’t miss an episode.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Start to a Great Topic
- De Skippy the Okie en 06-14-23
A Great Start to a Great Topic
Revisado: 06-14-23
So glad that Joe has taken the time to start this podcast... I have been following Joe Turner on LinkedIn for about 8 months now, and I constantly find myself saying... finally, someone gets me! This is exactly what this career field needs, someone to reach into the depths of despair that many of our colleagues are in and help them all see that they are not alone! Good luck, Joe! You keep producing them, I will continue to listen!
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Galaxy's Edge
- De: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,586
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,060
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19,000
On the edge of the galaxy, a diplomatic mission to an alien planet takes a turn when the Legionnaires, an elite special fighting force, find themselves ambushed and stranded behind enemy lines. They struggle to survive under siege, waiting on a rescue that might never come. In the seedy starport of Ackabar, a young girl searches the crime-ridden gutters to avenge her father's murder; not far away, a double-dealing legionniare-turned-smuggler hunts an epic payday; and somewhere along the outer galaxy, a mysterious bounty hunter lies in wait.
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4 out of 5 stars
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bit of a disconnect between parts
- De Reign en 03-10-18
- Galaxy's Edge
- De: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
I guess I didnt "get" it...
Revisado: 01-25-21
RC Bray... a God amongst men... Master narrator!
Part 1, very good, cohesive, enjoyable story, wanted more of it!
Part 2, WTF? It was as if George Lucas met Quentin Tarantino in the twilight zone... and both of them were on LSD. I just didnt get it... If it wasnt for RC Bray, I would have dumped this right were it belonged, in a dumpster fire...
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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- De: Craig Alanson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 17 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31,238
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28,689
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28,602
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trouble on Paradise pt. II
- De Leonidas Karr en 09-27-18
- Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- De: Craig Alanson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Awesome!
Revisado: 10-15-18
Another awesome book in the Expeditionary Force Series! Some have complained about the side story taking place around the folks left behind on Paradise... I am enjoying every minute of it (just as long as you keep Nert in the story)!
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Trouble on Paradise
- Expeditionary Force, Book 3.5
- De: Craig Alanson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20,287
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18,688
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,622
While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should have been part of Book 3
- De Wiley Brooks en 07-11-17
- Trouble on Paradise
- Expeditionary Force, Book 3.5
- De: Craig Alanson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
A great gap filler for the ExForce universe!
Revisado: 08-27-18
While this is a departure from the merry band of pirates, it does a great job of answering the questions of what happened on Paradise between book 3 and book 4. What you will miss is the Bishop/Skippy banter, what you get in its place is Nert (which is every bit as entertaining)! RC Bray nailed this character so well that i cant wait to see if Craig Alanson continues this offshoot storyline. please please please Craig, give us more Nert!
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Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94,963
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86,911
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86,709
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A ferrari with no motor
- De will en 11-18-17
- Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
slightly disappointed
Revisado: 01-05-18
really wish I could say otherwise, after all... The Martian is one of my absolute favorite books. In my opinion the main character was completely un-likeable, I found myself struggling to get through the story because I couldn't find it in me to emphasize with her in any way... but I could tell the the goal was for you to like her... just didn't work for me.
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105,294
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 96,557
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96,320
There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ignore the Publisher's Summary! This is Amazing!
- De PW en 04-12-17
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Great Fun!
Revisado: 06-03-17
This book was a lot of fun, it has humor, action and enough geeky sci fi to make it cerebral. Starting the next book now!
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The Lightning Thief
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1
- De: Rick Riordan
- Narrado por: Jesse Bernstein
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32,832
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26,626
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26,642
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved the story - but.....
- De Julia en 02-28-10
- The Lightning Thief
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1
- De: Rick Riordan
- Narrado por: Jesse Bernstein
Enjoyed it
Revisado: 01-05-17
A great book, really good story, not a fan of Jesse Bernstein though. His voices were not that great, especially when voicing the Gods, made them sound a little rediculous not majestic as they should have been.
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Cataclysm
- Arisen, Book 9
- De: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,497
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,332
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,315
The battle to keep the undead tide from the walls of London is lost. Africa is a deadly hall of mirrors, leaving Alpha team riven with dissension and doubt. And the one man who might save the world is crashing to Earth half a world away. Only our greatest warriors can walk through this fire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book but...
- De Woody en 08-11-16
- Cataclysm
- Arisen, Book 9
- De: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Another great book in the series
Revisado: 08-15-16
Another great book in the series... exciting, suspenseful... you never know what happens yet, you just know that whatever happens... it's going to suck worse for the characters than the last 10 minutes. My one and only qualm with the book... I have to wait until the next one is released... grrr!
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- De: Douglas Adams
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55,344
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 47,534
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47,465
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HHTGH - Lightly Fried
- De J. Medany en 05-08-05
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- De: Douglas Adams
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
Great book, Great narration... Horrible production
Revisado: 08-03-16
Let me start by saying that this is one of my favorite books of all time... and that Stephen Fry does a great job narrating it... my critique is on the production. First, there are 33 or 34 chapters in the Hitchhiker's Guide... Stephen Fry read each of the chapters... but the audible version is set at 5 chapters, if you set your sleep timer to the end of the chapter (as I do every night) it will take you through an hour and a half of content, not easy to find your spot if you dose off 10 minutes into it. My second issue is the chapter pauses... or lack there in. The pause between the end of a chapter and the beginning of the next chapter is about 2 microseconds... like its in the same sentence. highly annoying.
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