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Resurrection Walk
- De: Michael Connelly
- Narrado por: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,279
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,802
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,798
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn’t add up, and a sheriff’s department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly written, explicitly performed
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 11-07-23
- Resurrection Walk
- De: Michael Connelly
- Narrado por: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
Connelly at his best
Revisado: 01-18-24
Mickey Haller and Bosch team up. Fast paced, interesting investigative drama, great court scenes. Haller more rounded than Bosch
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The Boxing Kings
- When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
- De: Paul Beston
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 128
The Boxing Kings tells the story of the heavyweight title in the days when it was a defining institution in the United States. Author Paul Beston places special emphasis on those champions who held a central place in American culture beyond just in the boxing ring, including John L. Sullivan, who made the title a commercial property; Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black man to claim the title; Joe Louis, whose contributions to racial tolerance and social progress transcended even his greatness in the ring; and many more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An outstanding book on heavyweight champions
- De LSmith en 02-01-18
- The Boxing Kings
- When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
- De: Paul Beston
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
Great history
Revisado: 09-20-23
Clear-eyed and exciting from beginning to end. I can’t imagine anyone attempting a history of boxing in the 20th century after this one. Remarkable, and the reader is terrific.
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The Shadows We Hide
- De: Allen Eskens
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,252
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,449
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,426
Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter for the Associated Press in Minneapolis, he stumbles across a story describing the murder of a man named Joseph Talbert in a small town in southern Minnesota. Full of curiosity about whether this man might be his father, Joe is shocked to find that none of the town's residents have much to say about the dead man - other than that his death was long overdue....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like Minnesota winters: long, dark, depressing.
- De Richard Delman en 08-23-19
- The Shadows We Hide
- De: Allen Eskens
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
Good follow up
Revisado: 04-22-20
Liked the first book in this series more, but this is very good. Complicated but comprehensible plot. Good characters. Excellent narrator. I'd give the story 3.5 but not possible. The only problem I had was with the resolution. Not of the mystery==that was fine. But Joe is just a bit too good of a guy
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Eight Perfect Murders
- A Novel
- De: Peter Swanson
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,914
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,669
Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack - which he titled "Eight Perfect Murders". But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok...
- De shelley en 03-04-20
- Eight Perfect Murders
- A Novel
- De: Peter Swanson
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
Very enjoyable!
Revisado: 03-23-20
A little bit too much exposition at the end to get 5 stars, but an enjoyable semi-cozy mystery, especially for old film noir fans. Strangers on a Train, And Then There Were None, Double Indemnity all play a part.
Narrator read clearly and at a perfect pace. At times, though, I just didn't think his voice was a good match for the first person narrator.
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Malcolm and Me
- De: Ishmael Reed
- Narrado por: Ishmael Reed
- Duración: 1 h y 38 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,550
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 3,943
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,915
In 1960, Ishmael Reed, then an aspiring young writer, interviewed Malcolm X for a local radio station in Buffalo, and the encounter cost Reed his job and changed his life. In Malcolm and Me, Reed, the author of such classic novels as Mumbo Jumbo and the winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, reveals a side of Malcolm X the public has never seen before, and explores how the civil rights firebrand influenced his own views on working and living and speaking out, and left a mark on generations of artists and activists.
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1 out of 5 stars
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You and Who?
- De Kimberly B. en 02-04-20
- Malcolm and Me
- De: Ishmael Reed
- Narrado por: Ishmael Reed
Production values low
Revisado: 03-18-20
This is more about Ishmael Reed than Malcolm X, which is fine. The problem is understanding the narration. Reed reads his own book . . . way too fast. It's muddy too, almost as if he taped it at home and mailed it in. Not to Audible's standards.
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Ham on Rye
- A Novel
- De: Charles Bukowski
- Narrado por: Christian Baskous
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,511
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,215
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,206
In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years, and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, women, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D. H. Lawrence, Ham on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Men's version of Virginia Woolf
- De Lucca ate your Lunch! en 12-09-13
- Ham on Rye
- A Novel
- De: Charles Bukowski
- Narrado por: Christian Baskous
Prose with a punch
Revisado: 08-05-19
Novel with a no-nonsense writing style that rings true. Some very funny moments. The author-substitute grows up in depression LA with war looming. Poverty, brutal parents, class structure, sex, power--all taken on.
I'd have given this 5 stars but I found the post high-school section, the last section, a step down in power.
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Matthew Blaney
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,381
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,405
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,355
Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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On a par with I'll Be Gone in the Dark, plus...
- De Grace O'Malley en 03-01-19
- Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Matthew Blaney
The "Troubles"
Revisado: 08-03-19
Whether you are Irish or not, this investigation of the murder by the IRA of a widowed mother of 12 kids is riveting. Keefe uses the murder to delve into many of the key figures of the IRA and their despicable (no other word for it) actions.. He's meticulous in his research and clear-eyed in his conclusions. Scholarly in the best way. Really an amazing book. Blaney's reading is excellent as well. This is not one for the beach. I got the book from the library so that I could go back when necessary.
The book does not go into the criminal activities of the British or the NI protestants in any depth, but it is not a one-sided indictment of Catholics. On the contrary. Keefe makes it clear repeatedly that he followed this story with full knowledge that other stories are out there. Horrible people did horrible things on both sides, and both sides claimed they were doing it for good motives. Keefe explodes that line of reasoning.
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Memory Man
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30,976
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27,919
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27,807
Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not the usual production quality
- De Maris en 05-01-15
- Memory Man
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
Writing is terrific; plot falls short
Revisado: 01-20-19
First 75% is great, but the resolution stretched my willing suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. I'll definitely read another Baldacci, though. He just got himself into a plot that there was no getting out of.
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Bellevue
- Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
- De: David Oshinsky
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 996
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 991
David Oshinsky, whose last book, Polio: An American Story, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 12-14-16
- Bellevue
- Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
- De: David Oshinsky
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Medical history and a history of NYC
Revisado: 01-20-19
This shatters a lot of myths that I had regarding Bellevue, most from Hollywood and Nellie Bly's reporting. In a nutshell, it's a great public hospital with a long history. Some things to be proud of, some to be ashamed of--but always open to the poor of NYC. Book works as a history of medicine, or at least of medical puzzles and breakthroughs. Antibiotics, antiseptics, Lister, Prohibition, AIDS, Winter Storm Sandy.
A remarkable accomplishment. This is what scholarship should look like
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In Harm's Way
- The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
- De: Doug Stanton
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,218
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,678
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,663
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 317 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Clarence Sparks en 10-22-16
- In Harm's Way
- The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
- De: Doug Stanton
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
Respectful history
Revisado: 01-10-19
Doug Stanton does an incredible of telling a tragic story without pointing fingers or indulging in sensationalism. Just a remarkable about a terrible tragedy. Not a "fun" listen, but one of the most worthwhile.
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