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Dark Predator
- Dark Series, Book 22
- De: Christine Feehan
- Narrado por: Erik Bergmann, Kristine Ryan
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,261
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,143
As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended. For his brothers, Zacarias had walked to the edge of madness, but with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is. The answer awaits him back home, in Peru, in the betrayal of a woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A little drawn out....
- De Amazon Customer en 09-17-11
- Dark Predator
- Dark Series, Book 22
- De: Christine Feehan
- Narrado por: Erik Bergmann, Kristine Ryan
Two Narrators Distracted from Story
Revisado: 09-23-18
I was initially happy to hear there would be two narrators. I naively thought she would do all of Margarita's lines/POV and he would do for Zacharias. Instead, they switched back and forth sometimes for no reason. That being said Dark Predator is one of my favorite books in the series. I love it.
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Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Niall Ferguson
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,352
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,009
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,991
The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey that had the look of world civilizations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful analysis of the ascendancy of the West.
- De Patrick en 05-25-13
- Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Niall Ferguson
Anglo centric arrogance
Revisado: 08-02-18
This book claims to set out a balanced view of the West and the rest. Unfortunately, the book is nothing but arrogance and an over estimation of the values of the Western system. I found the accents used by the narrator to be Annoying and at times almost offensive. I often don't actually review books but this by far was the biggest disappointment I've had in a while. There are much better books on the subject.
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The Age of American Unreason
- De: Susan Jacoby
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 267
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 154
Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon - one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, Jacoby surveys an antirationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudo-intellectual universe of "junk thought".
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but explanation by redescription
- De T. Andrew Poehlman en 07-15-08
- The Age of American Unreason
- De: Susan Jacoby
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Arrogance and Opinion without Substance
Revisado: 10-27-17
I am pretty reliably liberal in my views and a firm believer in hard science over opinion. That being said, this is a book of pure opinion. Jacoby spends much of this book insulting those that might otherwise agree with her and preaching to the converted. I'm forcing myself to finish, but she doesn't have any of the academic credentials to back up some of her analysis and falls into the same traps that she rails against in this book. Its not her atheism that turns me off, I was able to digest Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens without any problem. I wanted to agree with her on many points, but I couldn't get past her arrogance and opinions passed off as analysis. There are plenty of other books out there that treat this information with an even hand. The War on Science by Shawn Otto was a much better read.
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- De: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrado por: Wayne Pyle
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 760
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 656
What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest introspection required
- De Niki en 03-31-17
- A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- De: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrado por: Wayne Pyle
A Scary Indictment of My Parents Generation
Revisado: 10-19-17
I've long said the Boomers have bankrupted the United States with their shenanigans in the 80s and their obsession with Voodoo Economics, but this book takes it even farther. When discussing this book with my Mother, she immediately got defensive. As a younger boomer from an impoverished area, I'm inclined to be a little softer on her, but the generation as a whole are pretty much to blame for our current situation. I once saw a statement about my own generation, Gen X, we're paying for our parents and our kids can't afford to move out. That seems to be the future of this country as our parents retire footing us with the bill for their malfeasance and our kids will not be financially able to pick up the significant slack.
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The War on Science
- Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It
- De: Shawn Lawrence Otto
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 20 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
In every issue of modern society - from climate change to vaccinations, transportation to technology, health care to defense - we are in the midst of an unprecedented expansion of scientific progress and a simultaneous expansion of danger. At the very time we need them most, scientists and the idea of objective knowledge are being bombarded by a vast, well-funded, three-part war on science: the identity politics war on science, the ideological war on science, and the industrial war on science.
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5 out of 5 stars
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couldn’t be timelier
- De Midwestbonsai en 02-06-17
- The War on Science
- Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It
- De: Shawn Lawrence Otto
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
Terrifying and a Must Read
Revisado: 08-07-17
As a science lover, mother, and human being, I can't recommend this book enough. I'll be tracking down a physical copy for my library.
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