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The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- De: Adrian McKinty
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,986
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,489
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,464
Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman’s suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things—and people—aren’t always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It’s no easy job—especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen to this book. You won't be disappointed.
- De Christopher en 01-21-12
- The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- De: Adrian McKinty
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
Good listen
Revisado: 11-27-23
McKinty does a fantastic job capturing the atmosphere of Northern Ireland in the pre-Good Friday Agreement years. He writes beautifully, and the story is fascinating. I knocked it down a star for a somewhat Grand Guignol denouement that was a bit over the top, but YMMV.
Gerard Doyle's narration is top-shelf. A very enjoyable listen, so much so that I immediately downloaded volume II in this series.
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Die Around Sundown
- De: Mark Pryor
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Summer 1940: In German-occupied Paris, Inspector Henri Lefort has been given just five days to solve the murder of a German major that took place in the Louvre Museum. Blocked from the crime scene but given a list of suspects, Henri encounters a group of artists, including Pablo Picasso, who know more than they're willing to share. With the clock ticking, Henri must uncover a web of lies while overcoming impossible odds to save his own life and prove his loyalty to his country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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really interesting
- De MomOf2 en 03-05-25
- Die Around Sundown
- De: Mark Pryor
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
Woeful narration
Revisado: 11-27-23
I gave up on this one an hour in. The protagonist is French, and all the other characters (at least in the first hour) are French and German. The narrator's French and German accents are... not good. But unlike all the other characters the main detective is presented without an accent, in a vaguely tough-guy, film-noir American English. The disconnect is incredibly jarring.
Some stilted writing in the first hour, combined with poor reading, and I was done.
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How 1954 Changed History
- De: Michael Flamm, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Michael Flamm
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 292
Every year has its share of notable events, but some years seem to capture the essence of a decade in a handful of months. The year 1954 is one such year. It began in January with a celebrity marriage heard round the world and then progressed through a series of major political, social, and cultural milestones that would echo through the next several decades. The years following World War II were a time of increased wealth and confidence, years that saw the rise of a solid, increasingly powerful middle class in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating history
- De TPM en 04-19-20
- How 1954 Changed History
- De: Michael Flamm, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Michael Flamm
Fascinating history
Revisado: 04-19-20
A series of 10 lectures, each about 30 minutes long, covering some of the major events and trends in the US that first emerged in 1954. I thought I knew a lot about these events, but Michael Flamm has managed to find fascinating anecdotes and important connections which added immensely to my understanding of the era.
Throughout Flamm finds ways to connect the strands of the story to each other, and to our own time. For anyone between the ages of 30 and 75 or so, Flamm's analysis makes it easy to see how the events of 1954 helped form the world in which we grew up, and also to see how many of the models created in that year are changing rapidly in the current century. The section on the development of the polio vaccine is particularly relevant for our COVID-19 historical moment.
In addition, Flamm has a pleasant, resonant baritone that makes the lectures a pleasure to listen to.
Strongly recommended.
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