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The Billionaire and the Mechanic
- How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup
- De: Julian Guthrie
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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The America’s Cup, first awarded in 1851, is the oldest trophy in international sports, and one of the most hotly contested. In 2000, Larry Ellison, co-founder and billionaire CEO of Oracle Corporation, decided to run for the coveted prize and found an unlikely partner in Norbert Bajurin, a car radiator mechanic who had recently been named Commodore of the blue collar Golden Gate Yacht Club.
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Good but incomplete
- De Blaine en 01-29-16
De: Julian Guthrie
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Life on the Mississippi
- An Epic American Adventure
- De: Rinker Buck
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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Seven years ago, readers and listeners around the country fell in love with a singular American voice: Rinker Buck, whose infectious curiosity about history launched him across the West in a covered wagon pulled by mules and propelled his book about the trip, The Oregon Trail, to ten weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, Buck returns to chronicle his latest incredible adventure: building a wooden flatboat from the bygone era of the early 1800s and journeying down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
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Too Political and Divisive
- De Bill en 08-29-22
De: Rinker Buck
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The Patch
- De: John McPhee
- Narrado por: John McPhee
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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The Patch is the seventh collection of essays by the nonfiction master John McPhee. It is divided into two parts. It is an "album quilt", an artful assortment of nonfiction writings that have not previously appeared in any book.
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A thousand details add up to one impression
- De Darwin8u en 11-15-18
De: John McPhee
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The Perfect Mile
- Three Athletes. One Goal. And Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
- De: Neal Bascomb
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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In the tradition of Seabiscuit, critically acclaimed author Neal Bascomb reaches back to the golden age of sport and crafts an utterly captivating narrative of what may be the most remarkable athletic feat of all time.
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nailbiting, on the edge of your seat
- De Todd en 08-10-04
De: Neal Bascomb
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Into the Deep
- A Memoir from the Man Who Found Titanic
- De: Robert D. Ballard, Christopher Drew
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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The legendary explorer of the Titanic shares inside stories of danger, suspense, and discovery - plus previously untold stories about his own dyslexia and how it has shaped his life.
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A Study of the Ego
- De Thomas en 06-08-21
De: Robert D. Ballard, y otros
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As It Should Be
- Tales of Old Florida
- De: Lance Edwards
- Narrado por: Lance Edwards
- Duración: 7 h
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Comprised of vignettes from his own experiences of growing up in Central Florida, this native Floridian reveals "Old Florida" through its land, its people and their relationship to the times. This is not the Florida of the travel brochures or the concrete and glass glitz of the developers but rather the real Florida as known only by those who are proud to call themselves (or declare themselves) native Floridians. Laugh and cry with the exploits of these tough and proud people.
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Lots of boasting for a bit of History
- De Flo en 07-06-20
De: Lance Edwards
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14 Minutes
- A Running Legend's Life and Death and Life
- De: Alberto Salazar, John Brant
- Narrado por: Danny Pardo
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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14 Minutes is the memoir of Alberto Salazar, the most accomplished, charismatic, and controversial marathoner in history. The narrative follows Alberto's boyhood in New England, his rise to stardom at the University of Oregon, his dramatic victories in the New York City and Boston Marathons, his long malaise due to injuries, which resulted in a near-suicidal depression; his resurgence due to intense spiritual experiences and discipline; his close alliance with Phil Knight and the Nike corporation; and describes his numerous near-death experiences.
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Terrible and Distracting Narration
- De Mark en 06-04-14
De: Alberto Salazar, y otros
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Iron War
- Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
- De: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: Seth Michael Donsky
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
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The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles. Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman’s 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and 26.2-mile marathon. After 8 punishing hours, both men would demolish the previous record - and cross the finish line a mere 58 seconds apart.
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Fine Story....But the Narration!!!!
- De Gabriel en 01-15-14
De: Matt Fitzgerald
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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- De: Neal Bascomb
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
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Almost perfect, but lousy sound cuts and splicing
- De F. en 06-08-20
De: Neal Bascomb
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The Lost Boys of Montauk
- The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
- De: Amanda M. Fairbanks
- Narrado por: Cynthia Farrell
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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In March of 1984, the commercial fishing boat Wind Blown left Montauk Harbor on what should have been a routine offshore voyage. Its captain, a married father of three young boys, was the boat’s owner and leader of the four-man crew, which included two locals and the blue-blooded son of a well-to-do summer family. After a week at sea, the weather suddenly turned, and the foursome collided with a nor’easter. They soon found themselves in the fight of their lives. Tragically, it was a fight they lost. Neither the boat nor the bodies of the men were ever recovered.
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Little substance.
- De Mary Katherine doyle en 06-05-21
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The Great Quake
- How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
- De: Henry Fountain
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history - the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega - and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.
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Fascinating to hear the full story
- De Debby A Davis en 08-18-17
De: Henry Fountain
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The Secret Game
- A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph
- De: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrado por: Scott Ellsworth
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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In the wartime fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing the game forever. Within six months his Eagles would become the highest-scoring college basketball team in America, a fast-breaking, hard-pressing juggernaut that would shatter its opponents by as many as 60 points per game. The last student of James Naismith, basketball's inventor, McLendon had opened the door to its future.
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Could Have Been Great
- De Rich Hayami en 05-25-24
De: Scott Ellsworth
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Beyond the Mountain
- De: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrado por: Steve House
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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A life-changing book
- De barbudo en 05-02-18
De: Steve House, y otros
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Wreck of the Carl D.
- A True Story of Loss, Survival, and Rescue at Sea
- De: Michael Schumacher
- Narrado por: Gary D. MacFadden
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier - caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history - broke in two and sank in less than five minutes. Four of the 35-person crew escaped to a small raft, to which they clung in total darkness, braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the storm raged on, a search-and-rescue mission hunted for survivors, while the frantic citizens of nearby Rogers City, Michigan, anxiously awaited word of their loved ones' fates.
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A harrowing story of survival and loss
- De Ron T en 03-25-16