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Dear Cary
- My Life with Cary Grant
- De: Dyan Cannon
- Narrado por: Dyan Cannon
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 186
With unparalleled honesty, Dyan Cannon shares the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of her magical romance and stormy marriage to screen legend Cary Grant.He was the ultimate star, defining Hollywood glamour as well as cinematic achievement. She was a bright new actress, beautiful and funny, who would one day prove her talent by being the first woman to receive Academy Award nominations for her work on-screen and behind the camera. When he asked to meet Dyan, she assumed it was for an acting part, but he had a different role in mind for her....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Wasted 10 Hours
- De NANCAN en 10-19-12
- Dear Cary
- My Life with Cary Grant
- De: Dyan Cannon
- Narrado por: Dyan Cannon
Reality; The Ultimate Trip
Revisado: 01-21-24
Dyan Cannon shares rarified memories of an exquisite lifetime and the horrors that can sometimes befall the best of us. What a gift to peer via starlight between dark shadows of an imperfect but irresistible romance. It isn't just any woman that would live this tale, Listen to this author's love in her own radiant manner. What remarkable human beings they were together and apart, and how very lovely Dyan's tender telling.
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Forever Young
- A Memoir
- De: Hayley Mills
- Narrado por: Hayley Mills
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 545
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 540
Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child star, trying to grow up in a world that wanted her to stay forever young.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Detailed Acct. of her Years to Mid-70s
- De Mary Burnight en 09-17-21
- Forever Young
- A Memoir
- De: Hayley Mills
- Narrado por: Hayley Mills
Memoir doesn’t get better than this….
Revisado: 12-01-21
Hayley Mills recalls in great detail an amazing life lived in a world gone-by, but no quite so long ago. She is a top rate memoir author and narrator non-pariel. I am so glad Ms. Mills took the time to craft this excellent window onto a remarkable life with luck and misfortune alike.
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The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 241
In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is one to get
- De Jeremy en 10-28-14
- The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
An achievement by any standard
Revisado: 05-05-15
Broad and deep with great vision,empathy,and intellect. A cut far above comparable novels in every sense. Skillfully read.
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The Rise of Rome
- The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- De: Anthony Everitt
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 503
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 437
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 429
Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world's preeminent power. Everitt fashions the story of Rome's rise to glory into an erudite book filled with lasting lessons for our time. He chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the politics of the Republic. He shows how Rome's shrewd strategy of offering citizenship to her defeated subjects was instrumental in expanding the reach of her burgeoning empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rome from the fall of Troy through Julius Caesar
- De Mike From Mesa en 12-11-12
- The Rise of Rome
- The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- De: Anthony Everitt
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
Great Insights Amid Details
Revisado: 07-09-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I read great insights in-between long stretches of filler text. I would have accepted more bottom line facts and less line item reporting. I got bored while listening to passages describing the political play-by-plays that didn't serve to make the insights any clearer. It would have been better to highlight the original content and annotate details that amount to [paraphrasing] "...so and so met but didn't have quorum".
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The reader is articulate with a marvelous voice. Still, he tended to report the text like it was in a teleprompter. His pace and narrow dynamic range disappointed my expectations for a new presentation of the rise of Rome. He was very understandable, quick, and authoritative but would like to have heard some more wonder in the storytelling.
Was The Rise of Rome worth the listening time?
Yes
Any additional comments?
Everitt's insights and original content is superb. The history goes in and out of scope and detail with some irregularity. Sometimes there were long sections of history that didn't seem necessary in such exhaustive detail. There is no detail too precise so long as it is followed with an insight that required that detail. I'm glad to have read it, though I might be wary of another long read by Chafer.
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