A Trucker's Tale
Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road
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Ed Miller
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Wit, wisdom, and revelations from 60 years of life on the road.
Driving one highway after another at sunrise, winding through the mountainside, hearing the call to rise of the roosters, or simply exchanging "fishing stories" with the other guys at the truck stops. Like that one about the trucker who stopped along the highway and helped a little old lady who had a flat tire. By the time the trucker had told his tale a dozen times, the simple tire change story turned into one where an old lady was accompanied by her gorgeous, blond, and 21-year-old granddaughter - you know how that ends. Imagine the story traded from one driver to the next. Each time, a more outrageous yarn is spun.
They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, and the trials and tribulations of life as a trucker. His tales are often funny, sometimes sad, cringeworthy, or unbelievable. Many are the results of what he calls "just plain stupidity." Together they paint a compelling portrait of a vibrant but little-known industry, and reveal why he just kept on truckin'.
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People who have read my books, particularly “The War of Art” and its cousins, have a vague idea of the odyssey of a particular solitary guy, wracked with guilt and riven by self-doubt, as he struggles toward his destiny as a writer. But they have only the scantiest conception of the particulars of that journey. These particulars I’m hoping may be of use to others as they wrestle with their own version of that same odyssey. So let me try to strip it down. Let me tell the parts I normally leave out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Work by a great storyteller
- De Vales Tales en 12-11-22
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King of the Road
- True Tales from a Legendary Ice Road Trucker
- De: Alex Debogorski
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road Truckers. The highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north. Alex Debogorski here shares tales of his adventures - and misadventures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Book.
- De Anonymous User en 10-28-19
De: Alex Debogorski
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Auto Biography
- A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
- De: Earl Swift
- Narrado por: Greg Itzin
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift’s wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw-genius auto mechanic as he painstakingly attempts to restores a classic 1957 Chevy to its former glory - all while the FBI and local law enforcement close in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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epic story of man and machine.
- De D.Streeter en 07-01-22
De: Earl Swift
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Uncommon Carriers
- De: John McPhee
- Narrado por: John McPhee
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
From Pulitzer Prize-winner John McPhee, author of The Founding Fish, comes the fascinating story of an often overlooked, yet vitally important part of America. This first-hand account of the transportation sector features evocative portraits of the men and women who deliver our consumer and industrial goods.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Geologist's Curiosity/Patience and a Poet's Pen
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De: John McPhee
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Heartshot
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- De: Steven F. Havill
- Narrado por: Rusty Nelson
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- Versión completa
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New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big-time crime, including drug gangs, into Posadas County.
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De: Steven F. Havill
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Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse
- A Novel of the Coming Collapse (Coming Collapse, Book 2)
- De: James Wesley Rawles
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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America is in the thrall of a full-scale socioeconomic breakdown. The stock market plummets, hyperinflation destroys the value of the dollar, and the population, unprepared for hardship, panics. Practically overnight, the high technology infrastructure and chains of supply collapse and wholesale rioting and looting grip every city. Law enforcement, transportation, electricity, fuel, and medical supplies are all in the past now, as the country staggers beneath its own weight.
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3 out of 5 stars
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like the story line
- De Alan en 10-05-11
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To Dakar and Back
- 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle
- De: Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Recounting the three weeks of blood, sweat, and tearsthat make up a 7,000 mile journey from the glitzy streets of Paris to the hinterland of northwestern Africa, this incredible tale highlights the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Since its inception in 1979, the rally has attracted more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great tale, not great narration
- De Catherine Perkins en 07-12-16
De: Lawrence Hacking, y otros
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Zen and Now
- On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- De: Mark Richardson
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that was the basis for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has inspired generations with its searching personal and philosophical narrative. After rereading the book at the onset of middle age, reporter Mark Richardson tuned up his old Suzuki dirt bike and became a "Pirsig Pilgrim".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
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De: Mark Richardson
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Saltwater Cowboy
- The Rise and Fall of a Marijuana Empire
- De: Tim McBride, Ralph Berrier Jr.
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In 1979, Wisconsin native Tim McBride hopped into his Mustang and headed south. He was 21, and his best friend had offered him a job working as a crab fisherman in Chokoloskee Island, a town of fewer than 500 people on Florida's Gulf Coast. Easy of disposition and eager to experience life at its richest, McBride jumped in with both feet. But this wasn't a typical fishing outfit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great made even better by the fact it's non fictio
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Tomorrow War
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- Narrado por: Jay Snyder, Kevin T. Collins
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In the not-too-distant future, during an unacknowledged mission inside the Syrian border, a government operative unwittingly triggers an incredible event that alters the course of society. A terrible weapon has been unleashed - a weapon that, left to run its course, will destroy the moral fabric of humanity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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STUD FINDER
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De: J. L. Bourne
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Chasing Catastrophe
- My 35 Years Covering Wars, Hurricanes, Terror Attacks, and Other Breaking News
- De: Rick Leventhal
- Narrado por: Rick Leventhal
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General5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 29
From the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and other conflict zones to the base of the burning Twin Towers on 9/11 to the eye of countless hurricanes, Rick Leventhal chronicles some of the most amazing stories he’s covered in his thirty-five years as a news reporter, anchor, and Senior Correspondent—with some life lessons thrown in along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- De Laura N. Rains en 05-18-23
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Wildlife Wars
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- De: Terry Grosz
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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In Wildlife Wars, Terry Grosz serves up fascinating stories - alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heart-wrenching - from his 30-year struggle to protect wildlife in America. A natural storyteller, Grosz writes about the remarkable characters he met - on both sides of the law - as he matched wits with elk poachers, salmon snaggers, commercial-market duck hunters, and a host of other law-breakers. Best of all, though, these stories are so remarkably entertaining you won't want to put them down.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Title should be: "reckless egomaniac tells lies"
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De: Terry Grosz
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Ingenious
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- De: Jason Fagone
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
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In 2007, the X Prize Foundation announced that it would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that could travel one hundred miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas. The challenge attracted more than one hundred teams from all over the world, including dozens of amateurs. Many designed their cars entirely from scratch, rejecting decades of thinking about what a car should look like.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.
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Wild Escape
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- De: Chelsia Rose Marcius
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On June 6, 2015, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York State's largest maximum security prison. The media was instantly obsessed with the story: aided by a prison seamstress who smuggled hacksaw blades, chisels, and drill bits inside the facility via a vat of raw hamburger meat, the two convicted murderers sliced their way through steel cell walls, meandered through a maze of tunnels, climbed out of a manhole, and walked off into the night.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
- De VT Lady en 07-23-18
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Just Add Water
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- Narrado por: Beth Richmond
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Hetta Coffey is a globe-trotting civil engineer with attitude who is working on coming of age, a little late. Pushing forty and still single, Hetta is the epitome of the "B" word: bold, bossy, brassy, breezy, and brash. After leaving a lifelong swath of failed multinational affairs in her jet stream, it is no wonder Hetta prefers living with her dog, R.J. But old habits die hard, and trolling for triceps is Hetta's hobby....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed bag. The dog dies.
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De: Jinx Schwartz
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Under a Graveyard Sky
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- De: John Ringo
- Narrado por: Tristan Morris
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Zombies are real. And we made them. Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? The Smith family is, with the help of a few marines. When an airborne "zombie" plague is released, bringing civilization to a grinding halt, the Smith family, Steven, Stacey, Sophia, and Faith, take to the Atlantic to avoid the chaos. The plan is to find a safe haven from the anarchy of infected humanity. What they discover, instead, is a sea composed of the tears of survivors and a passion for bringing hope.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sorry to say....not so good. :(
- De Chris en 03-07-14
De: John Ringo
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Way of the Wolf
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- De: E. E. Knight
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Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Its what you expect, and thats not a bad thing.
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De: E. E. Knight
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Teeming with unsuspected life, an extraordinary, interconnected ecosystem deep below the waves has a huge effect on our daily lives, influencing climate and weather systems, with the potential for much more—good or bad, depending on how it is exploited. Currently, the fantastic creatures that live in the deep—many of them incandescent in a world without light—and its formations capture and trap vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise poison our atmosphere, and novel bacteria as yet undiscovered hold the promise of potent new medicines.
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Amazing facts about the deep
- De Austin F. en 11-18-22
De: Helen Scales
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Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 161
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In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is "[A]n acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Familiar places and familiar characters of any fisherman’s experience
- De BearheartRaven en 07-21-20
De: John Gierach
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When You Find My Body
- The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
- De: D. Dauphinee
- Narrado por: Traci Odom
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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When Geraldine "Gerry" Largay first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern. When she was not found, the family, the wardens, and the Navy personnel who searched for her were devastated. The Maine Warden Service continued to follow leads for more than a year. They never completely gave up the search. Two years after her disappearance, her bones and scattered possessions were found by chance by two surveyors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sincere and Respectful
- De Bethany Carter en 07-30-19
De: D. Dauphinee
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The Climb
- Tragic Ambitions on Everest
- De: G. Weston DeWalt, Anatoli Boukreev
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger, Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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In May 1996, three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women—including expedition leaders Scott Fischer and Rob Hall—were caught in a ferocious blizzard.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No Hype. Pure facts.
- De P. Grech en 07-29-15
De: G. Weston DeWalt, y otros
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Thirst
- 2600 Miles to Home
- De: Heather Anderson
- Narrado por: Heather Costa
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail - a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains. In her new memoir, Heather shares her distinct message of courage - her willingness to turn away from the predictability of a more traditional life in an effort to seek out what most fulfills her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great accomplishment, flat story
- De Travis M. Smith en 07-11-19
De: Heather Anderson
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Left for Dead
- My Journey Home from Everest
- De: Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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In 1996, Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. In this powerful memoir, Weathers describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed eight climbers but the journey of his life. This is the story of a man's route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bait-and-switch
- De Reggie en 05-07-19
De: Beck Weathers, y otros
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers
- De: Brion McClanahan Ph. D.
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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Here to rescue the reputations of our Founding Fathers from the plague of modern political correctness is The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. Author and Professor Brion McClanahan shows how patriots like Franklin, Madison, and Hamilton laid the foundations of American civil liberty and had a better understanding of the problems facing us today than our current Congress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommended
- De Colleen H. en 08-13-09
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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- De: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrado por: George Spelvin
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Is there such a thing as funny war genre ??
- De dax en 11-04-18
De: Nick Brokhausen
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Trucker's Tale
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- M. Varner
- 06-05-23
A cute, relevant story about a life spent driving
Even a four-wheeler ought to appreciate the candor and wisdom this author shares about a life spent on the road, the things we see, and the experiences we have. Very solid representation of the facts, told from a personal perspective across a few different job types.
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- Tammy
- 07-15-23
Interesting
My husband is an owner/operator since 1982. We’ve been married since 1986. This book is very detailed In maintenance, loading and destination. If you know trucking, you can picture every detail. If you don’t, you’ll want to learn.
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- Rob
- 07-17-23
Trucking
I lived the experience. When you explain to people what do and all the things you’ve seen 😇😇😇
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- FRANKIE KEITH
- 07-24-23
Great book
I am also a trucker. Great life this guy Ed is living. I can see Ed being an inspiration to other truckers. Respect from Alabama, keep truckin!
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- melissa r
- 07-15-23
From the heart!
This book comes from the heart of the writer and you will look at truckers in a new light as they pass you in the daily.
Unexpectedly an awesome book!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-23
AMAZING 👏
Story is so entertaining and well written and contains subject matter that I did not expect! The narrator was also exceptional!
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- Joseph Smith
- 09-03-24
Excellent story for a long drive!
I’m not a trucker- but enjoyed this story ! Learned a few things too! Recommend for a long road trip !!
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- curtis ticknor
- 05-18-23
Well done
really appreciated this book! everything in it kept me entertained... narrator was phenomenal in every way.
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- Zachary A Bourk
- 07-15-23
Truckers have a long day.
Got to see the underbelly in a nice way.
Narrator had a great mellow voice!
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- Moani
- 06-10-23
Unexpected filler btwn fiction
This was a fun detour into non-fiction for me. The stories were intriguing and thoughtful. There is quite a stretch of Vietnam stories too. Overall, a welcome diversion
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