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Dreamer of Dune
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Everyone knows Frank Herbert’s Dune.
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An award-winning historian and author, Paul Hendrickson here turns his attention to one of America’s most cherished literary icons, Ernest Hemingway. Drawing on previously unpublished material, Hendrickson focuses on Hemingway’s life in its twilight, just prior to his suicide, and the seemingly singular constant in the man’s life: his boat, Pilar. On this vessel, Hemingway would entertain and travel, but it would also be the scene of some of his greatest tragedies.
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A Hemingway biography for the 21st Century
- De George en 09-16-14
De: Paul Hendrickson
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Draft No. 4
- On the Writing Process
- De: John McPhee
- Narrado por: John McPhee
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Draft No. 4 is an elucidation of the writer's craft by a master practitioner. In a series of playful but expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he's gathered over his career and refined during his long-running course at Princeton University, where he has launched some of the most esteemed writers of several generations. McPhee offers a definitive guide to the crucial decisions regarding structure, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces and presents extracts from some of his best-loved work, subjecting them to wry scrutiny.
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McPhee is the Craft
- De Darwin8u en 09-19-17
De: John McPhee
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So We Read On
- How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
- De: Maureen Corrigan
- Narrado por: Maureen Corrigan
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Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover extraordinaire, points out, while Fitzgerald's masterpiece may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power.
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- De Mark en 10-06-14
De: Maureen Corrigan
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Flesh Wounds
- De: Richard Glover
- Narrado por: Richard Glover
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A mother who invented her past, a father who was often absent, a son who wondered if this could really be his family...Richard Glover's favourite dinner-party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?' It's a game he always thinks he'll win. There was his mother, a deluded snob who made up large swathes of her past and who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed toy collector.
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Such a Meaningful Reflection
- De Awarenessing en 11-28-15
De: Richard Glover
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Daring
- My Passages - A Memoir
- De: Gail Sheehy
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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Candid, insightful, and powerful, Daring: My Passages is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared - to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution; to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire; to seek out Egypt's president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with Israel.
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Enjoyed unexpectedly
- De Corinne O'Rourke en 09-06-23
De: Gail Sheehy
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Salinger
- De: David Shields, Shane Salerno
- Narrado por: Peter Friedman, January LaVoy, Robert Petkoff, y otros
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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Shields and Salerno illuminate most brightly the last 56 years of Salinger’s life: a period that, until now, had remained completely dark to biographers. Provided unprecedented access to diaries, letters, legal records, and secret documents, listeners will feel they have, for the first time, gotten beyond Salinger’s meticulously built-up wall. The result is the definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century.
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Ingenious novel or biography? Hard to tell....
- De Melinda en 09-05-13
De: David Shields, y otros
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The Ambulance Drivers
- Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War
- De: James McGrath Morris
- Narrado por: Dean Temple
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After meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense 20-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a "lost generation" shaken by war. Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps.
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- De NMwritergal en 04-08-17
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If the Devil Had a Wife
- De: Frank Mills
- Narrado por: A.T. Chandler
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Once upon a time. Happily ever after. Such are the classic promises of fairy tales. Yet in Texas we find a twist to the familiar storyline. In If the Devil Had a Wife, there is still the battle of Good vs. Evil, a beautiful maiden, a wealthy suitor, a kingdom of riches and the wicked witch, but any similarity with Cinderella and Snow White ends there. With the help of her life partner and an attorney (always necessary in these modern times), Nelda Stark executes a devious plan that elevates fraud and theft to a new high.
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What a Tale!!
- De Texas Native en 09-28-16
De: Frank Mills
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10:04
- De: Ben Lerner
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child, despite his dating a rising star in the visual arts. In a New York of increasingly frequent super storms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water.
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A novel worth reading
- De Bradley Paul Valentine en 01-29-15
De: Ben Lerner
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Jack London
- An American Life
- De: Earle Labor
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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Jack London was born a working class, fatherless Californian in 1876. In his youth, he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast - an oyster pirate, a hobo, a sailor, and a prospector by turns. He spent his brief life rapidly accumulating the experiences that would inform his acclaimed best-selling books The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf.
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- De SherryH en 04-14-19
De: Earle Labor
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Because Our Fathers Lied
- A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
- De: Craig McNamara
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright, Craig McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late '60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing memoir offers an intimate picture of one father and son at pivotal periods in American history. Because Our Fathers Lied is more than a family story—it is a story about America.
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Title Does Not Reflect Scope of the Book
- De Amazon Customer en 07-15-22
De: Craig McNamara
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Fire in the Belly
- The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz
- De: Cynthia Carr
- Narrado por: Cynthia Barrett
- Duración: 25 h y 26 m
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David Wojnarowicz was an abused child, a teen runaway who barely finished high school, but he emerged as one of the most important voices of his generation. His circle of East Village artists moved into the national spotlight just as the AIDS plague began its devastating advance, and as right-wing culture warriors reared their heads. Fire in the Belly is the untold story of a polarizing figure at a pivotal moment in American culture - and one of the most highly acclaimed biographies of the year.
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- De Wendell Ricketts en 12-11-18
De: Cynthia Carr
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The Dosadi Experiment
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war - this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to exact their dreadful revenge on the Universe that created them....
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The wrong narrator...again....
- De Stephen Hickman en 01-01-18
De: Frank Herbert
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The White Plague
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 19 h y 49 m
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A warm day in Dublin, a crowded street corner. Suddenly, a car-bomb explodes, killing and injuring scores of innocent people.From the second-floor window of a building across the street, a visiting American watches, helpless, as his beloved wife and children are sacrificed in the heat and fire of someone else's cause.
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Great book and not a rip off
- De Randall en 11-09-17
De: Frank Herbert
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The Dragon in the Sea
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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In the 21st century, the United States has all but used up its oil supply. A new source must be found. Our atomic subtugs begin stealing oil from underwater deposits in enemy territory. But none of the last 20 tugs sent to bring back the desperately needed mineral have returned. Ensign John Ramsey of the Bureau of Psychology is planted aboard the Fenian Ram S1881 as an electronics officer. His assignment: find the saboteur in the four-man crew and bring back the oil.
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Decent story
- De Chris en 12-18-08
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune: House Atreides: House Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 26 h y 26 m
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Capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original, this prequel to the Dune series weaves a new tapestry of betrayal, passion, and destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
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- De Robert en 04-25-13
De: Brian Herbert, y otros
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Destination: Void
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three organic mental cores - disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions - go insane. The emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: build an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer that can guide them to their destination - and hope it doesn't destroy the human race.
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For Devotees Mostly
- De John Strange en 07-25-15
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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- De Matthew Salvo en 07-01-21
De: Frank Herbert
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The Dosadi Experiment
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war - this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to exact their dreadful revenge on the Universe that created them....
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The wrong narrator...again....
- De Stephen Hickman en 01-01-18
De: Frank Herbert
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The White Plague
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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A warm day in Dublin, a crowded street corner. Suddenly, a car-bomb explodes, killing and injuring scores of innocent people.From the second-floor window of a building across the street, a visiting American watches, helpless, as his beloved wife and children are sacrificed in the heat and fire of someone else's cause.
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Great book and not a rip off
- De Randall en 11-09-17
De: Frank Herbert
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The Dragon in the Sea
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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In the 21st century, the United States has all but used up its oil supply. A new source must be found. Our atomic subtugs begin stealing oil from underwater deposits in enemy territory. But none of the last 20 tugs sent to bring back the desperately needed mineral have returned. Ensign John Ramsey of the Bureau of Psychology is planted aboard the Fenian Ram S1881 as an electronics officer. His assignment: find the saboteur in the four-man crew and bring back the oil.
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- De Chris en 12-18-08
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune: House Atreides: House Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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Capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original, this prequel to the Dune series weaves a new tapestry of betrayal, passion, and destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
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- De Robert en 04-25-13
De: Brian Herbert, y otros
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Destination: Void
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three organic mental cores - disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions - go insane. The emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: build an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer that can guide them to their destination - and hope it doesn't destroy the human race.
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For Devotees Mostly
- De John Strange en 07-25-15
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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This classic deserves better
- De Matthew Salvo en 07-01-21
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
- De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 23 h y 41 m
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Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Now Herbert's son, Brian, working with Kevin J. Anderson and using Frank Herbert's own notes, reveals a pivotal epoch in the history of the Dune universe: the Butlerian Jihad, the war that was fought ten thousand years before the events of Dune - the war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines."
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Full of Sound and Fury....signifying nothing
- De William en 02-01-03
De: Brian Herbert, y otros
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Hunters of Dune
- De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. Hunters of Dune is the exotic odyssey of the crew as it is forced to elude the diabolical traps set by the ferocious, unknown Enemy.
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- De James en 09-14-06
De: Brian Herbert, y otros
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The Santaroga Barrier
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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Santaroga seemed to be nothing more than a prosperous farm community. But there was something...different...about Santaroga. Santaroga had no juvenile delinquency, or any crime at all. Outsiders found no house for sale or rent in this valley, and no one ever moved out. No one bought cigarettes in Santaroga. No cheese, wine, beer, or produce from outside the valley could be sold there. The list went on and on and grew stranger and stranger....
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The Republic of Holy Prayer
- De James Douglas Wingate en 07-07-17
De: Frank Herbert
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Dune: The Duke of Caladan
- The Caladan Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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Leto Atreides, duke of Caladan and father of the Muad’Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner, Jessica. Or how a duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor’s favor, the ire of House Harkonnen, and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story. Through patience and loyalty, Leto serves the Golden Lion Throne. Where others scheme, the duke of Caladan acts. But Leto’s powerful enemies are starting to feel that he is rising beyond his station.
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I keep hoping they will measure up...
- De Josh Steenson en 10-19-20
De: Brian Herbert, y otros
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Whipping Star
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species - and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern between the species. After suffering under a tyrannous pure democracy that had the power to create laws so fast that no thought could be given to the effects, the sentients of the galaxy found a need for the Bureau of Sabotage (BuSab) to slow the wheels of government, thereby preventing it from legislating recklessly.
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Zero Star
- De Planetary Defense Commander en 12-11-13
De: Frank Herbert
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The Dune Audio Collection
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Frank Herbert
- Duración: 3 h y 23 m
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Read by the author, this compilation of key excerpts from the brilliant Dune trilogy is melded with connective text written by Frank Herbert specifically for these recordings. Includes selections from Dune: The Banquet Scene, Sandworms of Dune, The Battles of Dune, and The Truths of Dune: Fear Is the Mind Killer.
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- De The Jay en 07-12-18
De: Frank Herbert
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Hellstrom's Hive
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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America is a police state, and it is about to be threatened by the most hellish enemy in the world: insects. When the Agency discovered that Dr. Hellstrom's Project 40 was a cover for a secret laboratory, a special team of agents was immediately dispatched to discover its true purpose and its weaknesses - it could not be allowed to continue.
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An Old Friend
- De DJM en 05-08-08
De: Frank Herbert
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The Green Brain
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his coworkers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso. But somehow those areas that had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales were coming out of the jungles - tales of insects mutated to incredible sizes, of creatures who seemed to be men but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects....
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Very interesting story
- De Katie Taylor en 07-09-24
De: Frank Herbert
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The Eyes of Heisenberg
- De: Frank Herbert
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Public Law 10927 was clear and direct. Parents were permitted to watch the genetic alterations of their gametes by skilled surgeons...only no one ever requested it. When Lizbeth and Harvey Durant decided to invoke the Law, when Dr. Potter did not rearrange the most unusual genetic structure of their future son, barely an embryo growing in the State's special vat---the consequences of these decisions threatened to be catastrophic.
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More In So Few Pages Than Most Entire Book Series Contain!
- De Anonymous User en 07-21-23
De: Frank Herbert
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The Godmakers
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne has landed on Hamal. His assignment: To detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet's population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of "gods" on this planet - and the people here place certain expectations on their gods.
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- De Jim "The Impatient" en 07-20-16
De: Frank Herbert
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The Wounded Land
- The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 1
- De: Stephen R. Donaldson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
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Four thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. The monstrous force of Evil has regained its power, once again warping the very fabric and balance of the Land. Armed with his stunning white gold, wild magic, Covenant must battle not only terrifying external forces but his own capacity for despair and devastation. His quest to save the Land from ultimate ruin is as exciting and heroic as ever.
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A Fantasy Must Read
- De Jhirst en 03-04-23
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
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When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde.
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- De Jim "The Impatient" en 04-26-16
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Dreamer of Dune
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- Rodney Burk
- 08-05-22
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Great Biography of a wonderful author. His legacy lives on with his son. Enjoyed listening to Scott read all the Dune books.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-22-24
must read for all Herbert enjoyers
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it's more of a memoir than an autobiography, but still it contains loads of interesting information on influences and inspirations for most of Herbert's work, DUNE and most other books
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- Bonnie Bess Wood
- 12-26-22
Dreamer of Dune
This biography is an interesting and yet disappointing audiobook. There’s a lot of minute detail about Frank Herbert’s life, but sadly not a lot of insight into his novels. Perhaps, this is an inescapable flaw in having the son as biographer. Especially irritating was the obsessive and excessive focus on the father’s flaws as a parent, while the son as biographer skims over the relationship of the father to his other two children.
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- Christopher J. Decicco
- 08-18-22
A deeply moving real-life story
There is a technical distraction in this recording—the alternating timbres of the reader’s voice between different sets of recordings. This is very weak, and should be entirely re-recorded with a single microphone location. Otherwise, this is a deeply moving biography, as much the author’s autobiography as his father’s story. I’ll be relistening at some point.
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- Shawn Goodell
- 07-12-22
very insightful
for being my first biological audio book, I was very impressed with the telling and amount of detail.
Scott Brick's performance was stellar as always.
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- Jake
- 08-06-22
Frank Herbert is an Inspiration
I loved listening to this. Dune (1-6) is my all time favorite work of fiction. Perfect if you want to be able to better understand Frank Herbert better.
It was so insightful yet heart breaking. It took some self control not to tear up hearing about the pain of losing Bev. I was not expecting to be so emotionally moved.
It’s amazing how much Brian was able to recount. He kept a journal which made it very specific. The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was it felt a bit repetitive towards the later half. Brian made it a lot about himself, which is okay because he is part of the story. However it felt like a little bit too much about Brian at some points and probably could have gone without some details.
Overall it was a great listen. Will definitely buy the book to have in my collection.
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- mike s.
- 01-11-23
Highs and Lows of a Creative Life
One of the better biographies I have read. Told from a very personal point of view, that never gets in the way of being a well written biography. Warts and all, it never shies from the highs and lows of a creative life.
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- 07-14-24
What an incredible man
It’s always sad to read a biography of a favorite person because you know the end of a life of an accomplished person will end. Frank Herbert’s stories changed my world and that of so many we are blessed to have him in as part of the human race. Brian Herbert did an exceptional job bringing his father’s life to the reader. Excellent book.
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- Gilbert M. Stack
- 07-15-22
Herbert Was a Not a Nice Man
Sometimes I think it’s a mistake to read a biography of an author you really like because sometimes it happens that the man behind the fantastic stories is not a very nice person. That’s what I discovered when I read this biography of one of my favorite science fiction writers, Frank Herbert. The book has all the wonderful details regarding how and when Herbert’s great novels and stories came out and how success affected him and his family. If it were just that, I would have loved everything in it. Unfortunately, it also tells us a lot about the dark side of Frank Herbert. He spent a considerable amount of effort hiding from his ex-wife so she couldn’t collect child support payments from him. He was an overly strong (the word abusive comes to mind) disciplinarian of his children. He was an obsessively reckless driver routinely terrifying and risking the lives of his passengers. (In fact, the famous jump the bridge scene in The Santaroga Barrier appears to have been based on his decision to do exactly that with his wife and friend in his vehicle). He got friend Jack Vance to co-sign a car loan and then purposely didn’t make the payments so he could focus his money on other bills—stiffing Vance for years until he finally made enough to pay him back. In short, Frank Herbert wasn’t a nice man, even though apparently he had a gift for making people like him. And I find that sad, not that it changes how I feel about his stories.
As a biography, this is a pretty fine endeavor, but Brian Herbert also spends more than a small portion of it talking about his own life and his own writing career. To a certain extent, this is fine as he is Frank Herbert’s son and it shows his father’s influence, but often it seemed gratuitous to me. On the other hand, Brian Herbert is pretty honest with his own feelings toward his dad and how they changed for the better after he became an adult. Perhaps the nicest part of the biography is the picture he paints of his mother, Frank’s second wife, and a loving and dedicated spouse. If you enjoy Frank Herbert’s books, you’ll probably want to read this tribute, but be aware, Herbert is a complex man with a dark side.
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- Clayton Ogilvie
- 07-10-22
The Morar Between Books
This book is the motor between the Frank Herbert books. It enhances the legacy of the Frank Herbert legacy.
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