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Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- De: Adam Cohen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
Nothing to Fear brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history - the tense, feverish first 100 days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important contribution
- De R.S. en 03-05-09
- Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- De: Adam Cohen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
It's all about the cabinet
Revisado: 04-29-09
This was a good read but really focused on Roosevelt's cabinet, not Roosevelt, himself. The author spent too much time on Perkins. Toward the end of the book, the author gets involved in a little Bush and Republican bashing which really is unecessary in what is supposed to be a historical account, not a political memoir.
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The Mephisto Club
- A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
- De: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,598
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
PECCAVI. The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell, Jane's professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- De Ramona en 10-07-07
- The Mephisto Club
- A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
- De: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
Amateur work
Revisado: 11-05-06
The characters are not believable. Story lines get started and never get finished. The narrator does an aweful job with the voices. Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28,093
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21,354
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21,251
Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science. Although he doesn't know anything about the subject (at first), he is eager to learn, and takes information that he gets from the world's leading experts and explains it to us in a way that makes it exciting and relevant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- De Andrew en 11-09-09
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
It's still a science book
Revisado: 11-05-06
This was a very enjoyable book but that's because I enjoy learning about science. Make no mistake about this book - it's still a science book and you have to be ready for it. Some of the reviews made it seem like it was more "trivial" info. It's definitely heavy on the science.
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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
- De: Julian Rubinstein
- Narrado por: Eric Bogosian, Demetri Martin, Tommy Ramone, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 816
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 579
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber tells the hilarious and improbable true story of Attila Ambrus, the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe. He's the onetime pelt smugger, goaltender (possibly the worst in the history of pro hockey), pen salesman, Zamboni driver, gravedigger, church painter, roulette addict, building superintendent, whiskey drinker, and native of Transylvania who's decided that the best thing to do with his time is to rob as many banks as possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DUH
- De Randall en 07-22-07
Truth is better than fiction
Revisado: 08-30-06
I loved this story. Each time I found myself thinking, "This is too farfetched," I remembered that it's actually a true story! The reader is great and even the music, which I usually find distracting, is very professional and adds to the feel of the story.
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Mayflower
- A Story of Courage, Community, and War
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,921
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,102
From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book about a little-understood time
- De John M en 02-04-07
- Mayflower
- A Story of Courage, Community, and War
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Poor Title
Revisado: 06-19-06
The book's title really only describes the first half of the book.
The first half of this book is interesing and right on point. It is the story behind the Pilgrims, their voyage and what drove them to take the risks they did. I was very pleased until, about half way through, the book turned into a drawn-out, detailed account of the wars with the Native-Americans that came several decades after the Pilgrims arrival. While the wars with the Native-Americans may be interesting to some, it was not the reason I bought this book and the accounts of the battles bored me.
If you're buying this because you want to hear the story of the Pilgrims, you'll be happy for the first half of the book. Unless you're really interested in the details of the Native-American wars and are ready to keep track of all the tribes and leaders, the second half will bore you greatly.
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Beautiful Lies
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Unger
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 696
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 395
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 395
If Ridley Jones had slept 10 minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect, with only the tiny cracks of an angry junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the otherwise flawless whole.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give it a chance
- De Linda Ann Howson en 05-01-09
- Beautiful Lies
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Unger
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Lee
Women are smarter than this
Revisado: 06-02-06
This book is such a dis-service to women. In real life, women aren't this naive and dim-witted. This book was frustrating and slow. I felt like jumping through my iPod and telling Ridley to "wake up"!
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30,863
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25,502
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25,491
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Rich Read!
- De D en 09-18-03
- The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Great story. Ends weak.
Revisado: 01-17-06
What a terrific story. The story was so captivating that I kept forgetting this was a true story. If you have any interest in architecture, landscape, pop culture, history, or crime, this book will grab you and you won't want to hit the stop button.
My only complaint is that the ending seemed forced and didn't quite fit with the flow of the rest of the book.
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