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The Watermen
- The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that “bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America’s sports history” (The Wall Street Journal)
“Once or twice in a decade, one of these stories . . . like Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken [or] Daniel Brown’s The Boys in the Boat . . . captures the imagination of the public. . . . Add The Watermen by Michael Loynd to this illustrious list.”—Swimming World
Winner of the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Paragon Award and the Buck Dawson Authors Award
In the early twentieth century, few Americans knew how to swim, and swimming as a competitive sport was almost unheard of. That is, until Charles Daniels took to the water.
On the surface, young Charles had it all: high-society parents, a place at an exclusive New York City prep school, summer vacations in the Adirondacks. But the scrawny teenager suffered from extreme anxiety thanks to a sadistic father who mired the family in bankruptcy and scandal before abandoning Charles and his mother altogether. Charles’s only source of joy was swimming. But with no one to teach him, he struggled with technique—until he caught the eye of two immigrant coaches hell-bent on building a U.S. swim program that could rival the British Empire’s seventy-year domination of the sport.
Interwoven with the story of Charles’s efforts to overcome his family’s disgrace is the compelling history of the struggle to establish the modern Olympics in an era when competitive sports were still in their infancy. When the powerful British Empire finally legitimized the Games by hosting the fourth Olympiad in 1908, Charles’s hard-fought rise climaxed in a gold-medal race where British judges prepared a trap to ensure the American upstart’s defeat.
Set in the early days of a rapidly changing twentieth century, The Watermen—a term used at the time to describe men skilled in water sports—tells an engrossing story of grit, of the growth of a major new sport in which Americans would prevail, and of a young man’s determination to excel.
Reseñas de la Crítica
“For fans of the human stories of determination and personal triumph that emerge from each Olympic Games, The Watermen is essential.”—St. Louis Magazine
“This is a book about a revolutionary time in the sport of swimming and would make for an inspiring beach read.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Loynd combines Daniels’ life with a fascinating history of the early Olympic games and an America that gained interest in swimming.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- Narrado por: David Gessner
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his 20s to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of.
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Wonderful!
- De JoyHouseDad en 06-30-19
De: David Gessner
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Labyrinths
- Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
- De: Catrine Clay
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict rules of proper Swiss society at the beginning of the 20th century dictated that a woman of Emma's stature - one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland - travel to Paris to "finish" her education, to prepare for marriage to a suitable man. Engaged to the son of one of her father's wealthy business colleagues, Emma's conventional and predictable life was upended when she met Carl Jung.
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Carl plays center stage
- De Sparrowhawk en 12-23-16
De: Catrine Clay
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An Onion in My Pocket
- My Life with Vegetables
- De: Deborah Madison
- Narrado por: Deborah Madison
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer like an onion, recounting her own personal, culinary, and gardening experiences” (Lidia Bastianich). Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country's leading authority on vegetables.
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Excellent story about food and nourishment
- De Susan en 10-20-22
De: Deborah Madison
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Turner
- The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
- De: Franny Moyle
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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J. M. W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.
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Balanced biography of a complex artist
- De Thomas S. en 05-05-17
De: Franny Moyle
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Making It Home
- Life Lessons from a Season of Little League
- De: Teresa Strasser
- Narrado por: Teresa Strasser
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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When her brother dies from cancer, and then her mother just four months later, Teresa Strasser has no one to mourn with but her irresponsible, cantankerous, trailerpark-dwelling father. He claims not to remember her chaotic childhood, but he’s a devoted grandpa, so as her son embarks on his first season pitching in Little League, Teresa and Nelson form a grief group of two in beach chairs lined up behind the first base line.
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Life and Little League Integrated
- De AK en 07-10-24
De: Teresa Strasser
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Walk This Way
- Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever
- De: Geoff Edgers
- Narrado por: Geoff Edgers
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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Washington Post staff writer Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind "Walk This Way", Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music.
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A MUST LISTEN/READ
- De Aron Teo Lee en 05-17-19
De: Geoff Edgers
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Ultimate Glory
- Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
- De: David Gessner
- Narrado por: David Gessner
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his 20s to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of.
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Wonderful!
- De JoyHouseDad en 06-30-19
De: David Gessner
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Labyrinths
- Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
- De: Catrine Clay
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict rules of proper Swiss society at the beginning of the 20th century dictated that a woman of Emma's stature - one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland - travel to Paris to "finish" her education, to prepare for marriage to a suitable man. Engaged to the son of one of her father's wealthy business colleagues, Emma's conventional and predictable life was upended when she met Carl Jung.
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Carl plays center stage
- De Sparrowhawk en 12-23-16
De: Catrine Clay
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An Onion in My Pocket
- My Life with Vegetables
- De: Deborah Madison
- Narrado por: Deborah Madison
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer like an onion, recounting her own personal, culinary, and gardening experiences” (Lidia Bastianich). Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country's leading authority on vegetables.
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Excellent story about food and nourishment
- De Susan en 10-20-22
De: Deborah Madison
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The Blueprint
- LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA
- De: Jason Lloyd
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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June 19, 2016: the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals and broke the Cleveland Curse. It was the triumph fans had been waiting 52 years for, and it wasn't easy to get there - but thanks to LeBron James, an audacious plan to build a winning team, a couple of maverick GMs, and an incredible community of fans, it happened, and 2016 saw the birth of a new Cavaliers dynasty.
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Windy book is better
- De Lauren en 06-11-20
De: Jason Lloyd
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Nerves of Steel
- How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
- De: Captain Tammie Jo Shults
- Narrado por: Tammie Jo Shults - introduction, Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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Nerves of Steel is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults’ remarkable life—from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy’s first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the severely crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 and helping save the lives of 148 people.
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Impressive
- De Jean en 10-29-19
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The Brothers Mankiewicz
- Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
- De: Sydney Ladensohn Stern
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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Herman J. (1897-1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture's only Academy Award. Joe earned the second pair of his four Oscars for writing and directing All About Eve, which also won Best Picture.
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Golden age Hollywood comes alive.
- De Morton en 04-02-20
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The Supreme Commander
- The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 32 h y 48 m
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In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, best-selling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander's leadership during World War II. Ambrose brings Eisenhower's experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general's skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe and established him as one of the greatest military leaders in the world.
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Very Interesting of the politics of war
- De Timothy en 06-28-17
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Letters to the Sons of Society
- A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom
- De: Shaka Senghor
- Narrado por: Shaka Senghor
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
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Shaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated for second-degree murder, he experienced the regret of his own mistakes and the disconnection caused by a society that sees Black lives as disposable. With his second, Sekou, born after Senghor's release, he has experienced healing, transformation, intimacy, and the possibilities of a world where men and boys can openly show one another affection, support, and love.
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Vulnerable and Profound
- De Anonymous User en 01-19-22
De: Shaka Senghor
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All Together Now
- A Novel
- De: Matthew Norman
- Narrado por: Sophie Amoss
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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At just 35, reclusive billionaire Robbie Malcolm is a renowned financial prognosticator, a celebrated philanthropist, and a mathematical genius. Also, he’s dying, which is a fact he’s carefully concealing from the world. As he takes stock, Robbie realizes that his wealth means nothing if he can’t help the people who matter most. So he invites his oldest friends - Blair, Cat, and Wade - to their beloved Fenwick Island on the coast of Delaware to share his secret and to reveal plans for each of them that he believes will change their lives forever.
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🧡
- De Steph en 08-04-24
De: Matthew Norman
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All the Lives We Ever Lived
- Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf
- De: Katharine Smyth
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death - a calamity that claimed her favorite person - she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse, Smyth guides us toward a new vision of Woolf’s most demanding and rewarding novel.
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Surprised I Finished This
- De Amazon Customer en 03-25-22
De: Katharine Smyth
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Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
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Excellent
- De Msgr. John R. McGrath en 03-11-19
De: Adam Makos
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The House of Rothschild, Volume 1
- Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Alexander Adams
- Duración: 28 h y 11 m
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In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe.
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Great research, poor narrative
- De Amaze en 04-30-19
De: Niall Ferguson
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Love Unknown
- The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop
- De: Thomas Travisano
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Elizabeth Bishop's friend James Merrill once observed that "Elizabeth had more talent for life - and for poetry - than anyone else I've known." This new biography reveals just how she learned to marry her talent for life with her talent for writing in order to create a brilliant array of poems, prose, and letters - a remarkable body of work that would make her one of America's most beloved and celebrated poets. In Love Unknown, Thomas Travisano, founding president of the Elizabeth Bishop Society, tells the story of the famous poet and traveler's life.
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Good writing, bad narration
- De Chris Wilson-Simpkins en 03-07-21
De: Thomas Travisano
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The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- De: Dava Sobel
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true story of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
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But the seeing, which was everything, was better
- De Cynthia en 01-07-17
De: Dava Sobel
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Testimony
- De: Robbie Robertson
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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On the 40th anniversary of The Band's legendary The Last Waltz concert, Robbie Robertson finally tells his own spellbinding story of the band that changed music history, his extraordinary personal journey, and his creative friendships with some of the greatest artists of the last half century.
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Believable?
- De steve en 02-13-17
De: Robbie Robertson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Watermen
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- M. Berrios
- 06-06-24
Loved it.
What an inspirational story. The odds that Charlie Daniel’s overcame are truly remarkable. I highly recommend it.
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- 11-05-23
Wonderful story
Great narrative well tuned to the competitive swimming world mindset set against an intriguing social background.
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- Steve Adams
- 06-26-24
The OG of American Swimming
Michael Damron has written a fantastic book on Charlie Daniels, the first American to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics. It is also an interesting history of life in both America and Europe at the turn of the 20th history. It is hard to believe that once upon a time, the grand majority of Americans did NOT know how to swim. The book also gives a detailed history of the beginning of the modern Olympic movement. Will Damron does a top flight job of narrating this book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-31-22
Wonderful historical story
As swimmer this story of the birth of swimming was so wonderful and very entertaining
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- Roadrunner Turquoise
- 08-12-24
Excellent Study of Human Character
Enjoyed the history of the establishment of the modern Olympic Games and of swimming in the U.S. But more importantly, the portrayal of the human character of the people involved was center of the story.
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- Stephen P.
- 09-23-22
It threw me in the deep end
Loved it, I hope you drink it in...bath in the multi dimensions of the story...while watching the evolution of a great sport and the Olympics...Michael Loynd...thank you for this gift!
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- Marion
- 07-18-22
A fine distance of a book
The Watermen moves slowly but like water, fills its space fully.
The narrator gently submerges the listener into the complete, complex social, political, and economical context of the late 19th and early 20th century in order to more fully understand the evolution of Olympic sports, history and of course competitive swimming.
I loved this book so much because I love history, and swimming. As a former NCAA swimmer, consider this book like swimming an aerobic distance set or open water jaunt. If you’re a fan of details and history: enjoy. If you’re more of an action-action-action listener, you might not like this as much as I did.
PS. I would love to have another epilogue give homage to Michael Phelps.
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- Mother of 3
- 01-04-23
Great read for all swimming fans!
Great story! Wonderful performance!! Very interesting and informative, a must read for all fans of swimming
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- M Frawley
- 12-24-22
An American grit and success story
Very interesting story of the evolution of American swimming, the Olympics, international
Swimming and how grit and focus can overcome many obstacles.
A Michael Phelps story looong before Michael Phelps.
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