Will Cathcart
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The Book of Elsewhere
- A Novel
- De: Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner, Asia Kate Dillon, China Miéville, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 329
There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s known simply as “B.” And he wants to be able to die. In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself. One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Confusing at first but quite amazing
- De Brett en 07-27-24
- The Book of Elsewhere
- A Novel
- De: Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner, Asia Kate Dillon, China Miéville, Edoardo Ballerini, Joshua Manning, Lily Rabe, Michiel Huisman, Keanu Reeves
Perfection
Revisado: 08-23-24
Those inclined to criticize this work are bitter because they sense its greatness and hate that they do not understand. I would feel the same had I not the patience and aptitude to enter the world of this novel and remain there until the end. I look forward to returning, for it is a fine and timeless work of ambition, intellect, and a message that is truly divine and mortal as it gets. This is not some pretentious puzzle, though it is remarkable in its scope of knowledge. It is a product not of ambiguity, but masters at the peak of their game. Most of all, this audiobook is a hell of a lot of fun. I thank all of those involved in its creation and production. I hope such collaborations continue. Clearly, those involved knew they had stumbled upon something special. Their execution is flawless. And somehow, just by listening, I feel a part of something special.
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The Passenger
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews, Julia Whelan
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,511
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,338
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,337
It is three in the morning when Bobby Western plunges from the Coast Guard tender into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the site are the pilot’s bag, the plane’s black box, and the tenth passenger. A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit—by men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s a new Cormac McCarthy
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-22
- The Passenger
- De: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews, Julia Whelan
Perfection
Revisado: 11-06-23
This is CM’s farewell to the world. He has a lot to say and the greatness of the work is secondary to its message. Travel light and enjoy.
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A Bright Ray of Darkness
- A Novel
- De: Ethan Hawke
- Narrado por: Ethan Hawke
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 285
Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying - and narcissistic - Falstaff's of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Powerfully written dissection of an Actor’s Soul.
- De Tom en 02-14-21
- A Bright Ray of Darkness
- A Novel
- De: Ethan Hawke
- Narrado por: Ethan Hawke
Perfection
Revisado: 10-28-23
He writes about what he knows. And he knows it remarkably well. He always has been more than an actor. I hope he keeps writing novels.
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The Man with the Golden Arm
- De: Nelson Algren
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 14 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm recounts the life of Francis Majcinek, "Frankie Machine," who returned from World War II with a Purple Heart and a morphine habit. He relies on morphine to numb the pain of a war injury and the guilt he feels for a drunken spree that put his wife Sophie in a wheelchair. Frankie, a card-dealer in an illicit poker game, has now come back to Chicago's West Side after detoxing in the federal prison for narcotics addicts, being exposed again to all the pressures, anxieties, and temptations that put him there in the first place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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...but it's "paul-I-nah"!
- De Andrew en 11-20-10
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- De: Nelson Algren
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
Beneath this stylized period piece is a universal truth
Revisado: 07-10-23
A forgotten tragic masterpiece recommended by Bukowsky. Jazz as prose. The story of Frankie the Machine is one that if more people had read, they might have understood what was to come in the 50s, 60s, and 70s in America. Beneath this stylized period piece is a universal truth about how society breaks men and then tosses them aside.
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Active Measures
- The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
- De: Thomas Rid
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 317
We live in the age of disinformation - of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national security, was one of the first to sound the alarm, even before the 2016 election. But this is not new. The story of modern disinformation begins with the clash between communism and capitalism after the Russian Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grounding book for COVID 19 Media
- De fjness en 05-12-20
- Active Measures
- The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
- De: Thomas Rid
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Perfection
Revisado: 06-24-23
A Masterful work. Author knows his topic, and he m takes it to the 21st century.
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The Guest
- A Novel
- De: Emma Cline
- Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 555
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Historia2.5 out of 5 stars 491
Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world that is, at first, closed to her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We’ve known an Alex
- De Will Cathcart en 06-20-23
- The Guest
- A Novel
- De: Emma Cline
- Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan
We’ve known an Alex
Revisado: 06-20-23
When it comes to finding serious literary fiction, I’ve begun to look for the negative reviews of angry baffled readers complaining about endings, disliking characters, or the lack of something happening. That’s how I know it will be good. That this book has only 3 stars is a badge of honor. It fulfilled its purpose. Sometimes it’s hard to look in the mirror. This isn't a Netflix documentary nor is it an episode of Black Mirror wrapped up with a clever twist to make you feel insightful. This is more The Stranger circa 2020, and it has a lot to say about our world and the vacuity that gathers around wealth in particular. Cline is unflinchingly honest without judging or pitying her protagonist. We’ve all known an Alex. Many of us have been an Alex in some way. And we are all surrounded by Alexes. That’s the point. This young woman and the world she’s lost in is an embodiment of 21st-century America. If you didn't like this novel, if it made you uncomfortable, then the problem is not the novel.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- De: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 52,241
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 47,921
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 47,844
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- De Christine T en 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- De: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Masterpiece
Revisado: 03-27-23
This was was better than I could have imagined. Ignore then negative reviews. This is literature.
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- De: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrado por: Merlin Sheldrake
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,087
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,469
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,461
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mycology for Everyone
- De Cephalopods Revenge en 05-12-20
- Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- De: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrado por: Merlin Sheldrake
a transformative read
Revisado: 01-27-22
This is the best book I’ve heard in a very long time. It was a transformative reading experience.
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When We Cease to Understand the World
- De: Benjamin Labatut, Adrian West - translator
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 758
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 752
When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger - these are some of the luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the listener, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the true heir w.g. sebald
- De Thomas en 12-23-21
A Melange of Dark Genuis
Revisado: 01-08-22
This brilliant book shows the arrogance of those who think they understand science. It tells the story of the greatest geniuses in the last two centuries and how when gazing into the hearts of their creation, they pulled back realizing the darkness that lay ahead as a result. Ironically, the only way forward is to interrogate the nature of mankind and the science we have created.
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Termination Shock
- A Novel
- De: Neal Stephenson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 22 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,421
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,011
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,008
One man—visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.—has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Men Who Shoot at Feral Hogs
- De Kindle Customer en 12-02-21
- Termination Shock
- A Novel
- De: Neal Stephenson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Perfection
Revisado: 12-02-21
His best and most fun book in years. Parallels Snow Crash in so many ways.
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