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Joseph Conrad
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An unsettling tale of plague, drift and terror, The Shadow-Line documents a young seaman’s coming of age after he is recruited to captain a ship for the first time. Bad luck and disease haunt the inexperienced hero and his crew, and the evil legacy of the previous captain overshadows them with a feeling of supernatural menace. Against all odds, the young captain must get his crew through the Gulf of Siam to safety in Singapore, before they succumb to malaria and the curse of his mad predecessor. Written in 1915 and based on Conrad’s own experiences 27 years earlier, The Shadow-Line is a gripping take on the lines between youth and maturity, sanity and madness.
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Treasure maps! Pirates! Double crossings and ships at sea! Treasure Island, the adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, is the swashbuckling tale of "buccaneers and buried gold", universally known for its atmosphere, characters, and action, mostly focused on the quintessential pirate, the unforgettable Long John Silver. You will love this story!
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great narroration, ok story
- De carissa v. en 08-16-17
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Billy Budd
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
On one level...Melville’s tale is an historical adventure telling the story of life aboard ship shortly after the mutiny at Spithead in 1797. Billy is taken from a homeward bound merchantman to serve on the ‘Seventy Four’ HMS Indomitable. He falls foul of Claggart, the ‘Master at Arms’, and the final confrontation results in death. Billy becomes an unwilling martyr - what passes for justice must be implemented because of the rebellious climate of the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done, a pleasure to listen to!
- De Kindle Customer en 10-17-18
De: Herman Melville
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The Mutiny of the Elsinore
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: John Bolen
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Life has lost its savor for Mr. Pathurst. New York, fame, women, the arts, have all become tedious. Searching for excitement, he books passage on a cargo vessel sailing from Baltimore to Seattle on a route that travels around the treacherous Cape Horn.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just can't listen
- De Michael en 06-25-05
De: Jack London
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Sacred Hunger
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 182
In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son, who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew, who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wise, Perceptive, Heart-breaking
- De S. Coldsmith en 04-16-16
De: Barry Unsworth
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A High Wind in Jamaica
- De: Richard Hughes
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 170
Set in the 19th century against a backdrop of island life and the vast surrounding seas, A High Wind in Jamaica is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them back to England following a hurricane in the postcolonial Caribbean they call home. Having set sail, the children quickly fall into the hands of pirates. As their voyage continues, things take an awful turn
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5 out of 5 stars
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Prose that reads like a Child's Fever Dream
- De Darwin8u en 01-02-17
De: Richard Hughes
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,341
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,749
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,719
This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, Royal Navy, and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the road of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Choice of Narrators
- De Frank R. Adams en 04-23-10
De: Patrick O'Brian
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36,063
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32,641
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32,551
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-05-15
De: Bram Stoker
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The Narrow Corner
- De: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meets good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool and beautiful Louise. A tense, exotic tale of love, jealousy, murder and suicide, which evolved from a passage in Maugham's earlier masterpiece, The Moon and Sixpence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunningly Great
- De SouthwestDude en 09-08-19
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
- De: E. W. Hornung
- Narrado por: Roy Macready
- Duración: 4 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
The first collection of the exploits of A.J. Raffles and his friend Bunny Manders was published as The Amateur Cracksman in 1899. The characters of Raffles and Bunny were possibly inspired by his brother-in-law's creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, although they are on the opposite side of the law.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The flip side of Sherlock Holmes
- De Kindle Customer en 10-06-17
De: E. W. Hornung
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Mr Midshipman Hornblower
- De: C. S. Forester
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,924
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,724
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,708
Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First rate historical fiction
- De Jason en 04-30-17
De: C. S. Forester
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The Jewel of Seven Stars
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 741
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 636
The warning was inscribed on the entrance of the hidden tomb, forgotten for millennia in the sands of mystic Egypt. Then the archaeologists and grave robbers came in search of the fabled Jewel of Seven Stars, which they found clutched in the hand of the mummy. Few heeded the ancient warning, until all who came in contact with the Jewel began to die in a mysterious and violent way, with the marks of a strangler around their neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mother of all Mummy-Stories
- De Dorothea en 03-15-08
De: Bram Stoker
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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
- Best Stories Ever Told
- De: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrado por: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
- Duración: 24 h y 58 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 201
A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very mixed review
- De Michael Mayer en 08-05-15
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The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Unabridged
- H.G. Wells' Classic Collection
- De: H. G. Wells
- Narrado por: Kevin Theis
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Presented is a two-volume collection of Wells' most celebrated classics of science-fiction and horror: The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. This audio-enhanced version - with sound effects and musical soundtrack - combines Wells' groundbreaking exploration of time travel with his "youthful blasphemy" tale of animal and human hybrids.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Stories - Refreshing Narration
- De Daniela Thelen en 12-28-18
De: H. G. Wells
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Lot No. 249
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 1 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 557
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 484
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 480
Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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YOUR AS WHITE AS A CHEESE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 01-12-17