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A Short History of Drunkenness
- How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
- De: Mark Forsyth
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 142
Almost every culture on Earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. Making stops all over the world, A Short History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De SEB24 en 10-30-24
- A Short History of Drunkenness
- How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
- De: Mark Forsyth
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Double Whammy!
Revisado: 04-13-21
Awesome author, Awesome narrator, Awesome content...
Win, win!
Listen to this audiobook. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a humorous, honest and lighthearted listen.
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Short Stories: The Thinking Man's Collection
- De: Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Charles Dickens, y otros
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas, Martin Jarvis, Jonathan Firth, y otros
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
This fine collection of intelligent, unabridged short stories about intriguing, interesting and sometimes inspirational men is an audio treat for young and old, male or female. A carefully compiled anthology featuring timeless tales from classic authors including Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anton Chekhov, read by a cast of acclaimed and respected actors, including Stephen Fry, Martin Jarvis and Kerry Shale; this compilation will be enjoyed by the whole family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mixed
- De Linda en 11-18-12
A Point of Detail By Sapper
Revisado: 08-05-20
It's too bad Jonathan Firth didn't read every story, as his voice is absolutely perfect. But, he did Sapper's, which is a story I listen to repeatedly.
I liked the combination of different types of stories, good narration, good listen overall for sure!
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The Damnation Game
- De: Clive Barker
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 16 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 743
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 652
Marty Strauss, a gambling addict recently released from prison, is hired to be the personal bodyguard of Joseph Whitehead, one of the wealthiest men in the world. The job proves more complicated and dangerous than he thought, however, as Marty soon gets caught up in a series of supernatural events involving Whitehead, his daughter (who is a heroin addict), and a devilish man named Mamoulian, with whom Whitehead made a Faustian bargain many years earlier, during World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Damned If You Do
- De Wag The Fox en 04-05-14
- The Damnation Game
- De: Clive Barker
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Creepy and provocative
Revisado: 09-30-17
One of the very best narrators around, a mind bending storyline, and of course, Clive Barker ar his best. Definitely a must listen if you're a fan of horror and/or Simon Vance. ♥️
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The Psychopath Whisperer
- The Science of Those Without Conscience
- De: Kent A. Kiehl
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 981
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 862
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 863
We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment - how they were raised - or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience?
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4 out of 5 stars
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An autobiography with splatter of neuropsychology.
- De DORIS H. en 08-16-14
- The Psychopath Whisperer
- The Science of Those Without Conscience
- De: Kent A. Kiehl
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
If you dig good storyteller who knows stuff.
Revisado: 08-05-16
Where does The Psychopath Whisperer rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The mid to high range.
What other book might you compare The Psychopath Whisperer to and why?
Can't say.
What does Kevin Pariseau bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Kevin Pariseau is a wonderful narrator who has never let me down so far.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
Any additional comments?
Buy the book, the read is very much worth it.
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You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- De: David McRaney
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,326
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,720
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,707
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK - delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Based on the popular blog of the same name, You Are Not So Smart collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Covers a lot of old territory
- De Sarah Dumoulin en 07-19-12
- You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- De: David McRaney
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
Very Entertaining!
Revisado: 07-23-16
What made the experience of listening to You Are Not So Smart the most enjoyable?
The Narrator really nailed it, I love Don Hagen.
What about Don Hagen’s performance did you like?
His voice and timbre are absolutely perfect for this type of book, he is legendary.
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Drood
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 480
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 362
Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens' life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens' friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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ordered an abridgment by mistake!
- De Dolina en 05-01-14
- Drood
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
You can't go wrong with Simmons.
Revisado: 03-23-16
I am a die-hard Dan Simmons fan, and could likely never be dissatisfied by one of his books. However, I read in one of the previous reviews up there that this is "Dsn Simmons at his best"; to which I can only say, "no, not quite."
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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
- Best Stories Ever Told
- De: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrado por: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
- Duración: 24 h y 58 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 204
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 203
A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very mixed review
- De Michael Mayer en 08-05-15
- The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
- Best Stories Ever Told
- De: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrado por: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
Same ol', same ol'...
Revisado: 03-09-16
If you've heard one, you've heard 'em all...great classics that have been told a few too many times, already.
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The Suicide Club & Other Stories
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrado por: Jimcin Recordings
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7
Three interrelated stories make up the plot of The Suicide Club. They each stand on their own, but there is an overall plot that brings them together. It centers around the hero, Prince Florizel of Bohemia. He attempts to solve the mystery of a strange club that turns out to have a very different purpose than its name suggests.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
- De Americana en 03-09-16
- The Suicide Club & Other Stories
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrado por: Jimcin Recordings
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
Revisado: 03-09-16
One of the most awesome consolidations in history; a must read for any fan of this genre and/or author.
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A Tale of Two Cities [Tantor]
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,530
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,570
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,613
A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years without trial by the aristocratic authorities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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it's the singer not the song*
- De Maynard en 11-09-13
- A Tale of Two Cities [Tantor]
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
New Favorite Reader!
Revisado: 02-29-16
The story is a classic in every way; the reader is amazing and the message is unchanged by time or culture.
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