Akos Szilvasi
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Bursts
- The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
- De: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
- Narrado por: Richard McGonagle
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudo scientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, astonishing new research is revealing patterns in human behavior previously thought to be purely random. Precise, orderly, predictable patterns.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very few Bursts of actual science
- De Charles Floading en 05-17-10
- Bursts
- The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
- De: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
- Narrado por: Richard McGonagle
Great book, low volume recording
Revisado: 04-11-25
Like all Dr Barabasi’s work it is superb. The narration was also excellent but the recording volume was way too low for listening on a walk.
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The Middle Kingdoms
- A New History of Central Europe
- De: Martyn Rady
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 22 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marred by the errors in the modern section
- De Paul Boothroyd en 10-20-23
- The Middle Kingdoms
- A New History of Central Europe
- De: Martyn Rady
- Narrado por: John Curless
Monumental work
Revisado: 03-07-25
Outstanding history book. High quality research (I am Hungarian and could verify its history). The narrator is fantastic. Interesting and animated reading. The pronunciations are as close is one can master in so many languages. I very much enjoy the book even though the amount of information is overwhelming. Thank you.
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The Spice Ports
- Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade
- De: Nicholas Nugent
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General2 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:2 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 1
We may think of "globalism" as a recent development but its origins date back to the fifteenth century and beyond, when seafarers pioneered routes across the oceans with the objectives of exploration, trade, and profit. These voyages only became possible after certain technical innovations—improvements in ship design, compasses, and mapping—enabled navigation across unprecedented distances.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A timeline of events
- De Akos Szilvasi en 02-13-25
- The Spice Ports
- Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade
- De: Nicholas Nugent
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
A timeline of events
Revisado: 02-13-25
The book was a great promise but after listening to the monotonous reading for a few hours I was bore by the list of assured and events. The book has no story, just years and historical facts.
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Desperate Deadly Widows
- A Novel
- De: Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, y otros
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,154
Set in neon-drenched Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1987, just two years after a plane carrying four mafia-affiliated law-firm partners exploded over the Atlantic along with the cushy lives of their once wealthy wives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ah… I can just smell the Aqua Net!
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 03-19-24
- Desperate Deadly Widows
- A Novel
- De: Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel Blake
Colombo meets telenovella
Revisado: 06-11-24
As at the first version of this series I loved the New England scene. I live in Massachusetts. The story would make a great Colombo episode. I enjoyed that part. But the end morphs into some Brazilian telenovella that was rather …. well, a telenovella. The presentation was superb.
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Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,914
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,553
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,520
On the last night of 1937, 25-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society - where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bright Young Things in a Dark World
- De Michele Kellett en 08-13-12
- Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
A memorable romantic book
Revisado: 05-05-24
For the first time I read this book years ago. The audio version is perfect. I cannot imagine anyone could read this better than Ms Lowman.
The story reminded me of a hundred years old Hungarian book by Antal Szerb ( Journey by Moonlight).
I wanted to refresh my memory of Eve Ross after I read Eve Goes to Hollywood.
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- De: Douglas Brunt
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,526
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,386
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,386
September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just a girl and an audio book.
- De Lori Rhodes en 09-26-23
- The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- De: Douglas Brunt
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
A fascinating history book
Revisado: 03-19-24
The history of the ubiquitous diesel engine and the mystery of his inventor is a well researched and exciting book. One of the most important technological advancement for the 20th century.
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Slightly Out of Focus
- De: Robert Capa
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 5 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
In this book, Capa recounts his terrifying journey through the darkest battles of World War II and shares his memories of the men and women of the Allied forces who befriended, amused, and captivated him along the way. His photographs are masterpieces - John G. Morris, Magnum Photos' first executive editor, called Capa "the century's greatest battlefield photographer" - and his writing is by turns riotously funny and deeply moving.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Perfectly Named
- De J.Brock en 08-24-21
- Slightly Out of Focus
- De: Robert Capa
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
Great war photographer’s diary
Revisado: 02-23-24
As his fellow Hungarian and (amateur) photographer I very much enjoyed the war photographer’s memoir. A first hand account of “being there”. I looked up the photos in my Capa books. They told me more now than before.
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The Nazi Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
- De: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 919
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 814
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 811
In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous book!
- De Luke Einfeldt en 01-18-23
- The Nazi Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
- De: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Never heard details from the Teheran conference
Revisado: 02-07-24
Fascinating, well researched history and perfect presentation, combined with a large picture of that terrible war.
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- De: Julian Barnes
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of life: its inevitable extinction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- De Mitzi en 09-01-23
- Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- De: Julian Barnes
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
For everyone over sixty 😉
Revisado: 09-21-23
I am about the same age as JB when he wrote this book and I also started contemplating mortality.
The narration couldn’t have been better.
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The Art Thief
- A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- De: Michael Finkel
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Michael Finkel
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 952
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 952
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A book that's steals your attention!
- De samy en 07-23-23
- The Art Thief
- A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- De: Michael Finkel
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Michael Finkel
Fascinating story
Revisado: 08-16-23
More psychology than anything. Well researched, written and presented. I read books about how poorly art museums and private collections are protected. But even well secured museums, like the Gardner in Boston, still can be rubbed.
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