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Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 774
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 659
Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No more accents, please!
- By Ned Gulley on 08-30-18
- Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
I cannot finish due to the accents
Reviewed: 09-02-20
The narrator has a nice and clear speaking voice, but he constantly forces these awful accents on the listener; they are bad and distract far more than the value that the narrator apparently thinks they add. It's too bad, the content of the book is interesting.
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Drifters' Alliance, Book 1
- By: Elle Casey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Phillips
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
Cass Kennedy finally gets what she's been dreaming of for the past 10 years: a drifter ship to call her own. All the sim time and battle training is going to pay off in spades as she sets her course for the future. She'll be living on her own terms, not those of her father. But drifting through deep space with a crew of nutty strangers on the DS Anarchy carries a lot more surprises than she bargained for.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh, unoriginal
- By Amazon Customer on 02-14-20
- Drifters' Alliance, Book 1
- By: Elle Casey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Phillips
Meh, unoriginal
Reviewed: 02-14-20
I wish the narrator had spent a few minutes looking up how to pronounce German since there are many German words. Besides that, her narration was fun. The main character was a bit too quickly an expert at everything for someone so inexperienced.
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,634
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,898
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" - literature, epic traditions, private letters, and accounts - to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Historic Achievement
- By Ellen S. Wilds on 04-25-14
- The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
I love it!
Reviewed: 06-10-16
What made the experience of listening to The History of the Ancient World the most enjoyable?
I really enjoyed this book, a great overview of the ancient world, with enough detail to make each chapter fascinating.
Any additional comments?
The main thing I miss was that chapters should have useful names, even something simple like "Gilgamesh", rather than Chapter 1, 2 etc. so I can easily go back to re-listen to chapters I am interested in.
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