maxwell milton
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Temporal
- By: Julian Simpson, Richard MacLean Smith, Bec Boey, and others
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jessie Mei Li, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,706
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,615
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,616
In the not-too-distant future, a 21-member crew launches from Earth. Their mission: to establish a temporary colony on Mars. Little do they know that colony will become permanent–and the last stand of the human race. Because, without warning, every single person left on Earth simply...vanishes. Now, a thousand years later, the resources needed to sustain life are running out, and the very existence of the Mars colony is threatened. Humankind has only one option–to return to its home planet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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crappy sound recording
- By Keith D Azevedo on 08-16-24
A true history of humanity?
Reviewed: 08-02-24
Very fun. Connecting a wide array of storylines. After On meets Three Body Trilogy Throw in Roswell, John Dee and the Roanoke colony and other mysterious threads. Great cast and storytelling.
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The Harrows of Spring
- The World Made by Hand Novels, Book 4
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 395
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 395
In the little upstate New York town of Union Grove, springtime is a most difficult season, known as "the six weeks want," when fresh food is scarce and winter stores have dwindled. Young Daniel Earle returns from his haunting travels around what is left of the United States intent on resurrecting the town newspaper. He is also recruited by the town trustees to help revive the Hudson River trade route shut down peevishly by the local grandee, planter Stephen Bullock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best series ever!
- By David on 08-23-16
- The Harrows of Spring
- The World Made by Hand Novels, Book 4
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
The storytelling. And the story
Reviewed: 02-01-24
It is an important and well crafted project to imagine a very possible future that awaits us if we don’t wake up to the seriousness of the time we live in.
A moving, fun, complex tale, not without anger, but also with affection for well developed delightful characters and the places that they and he call home.
This novel and the series of which it is a part attempts, and for me succeeds, to show us that we need to decide what we really value and to recognize what we may have to give up to leave a viable home for those who come after us.
But, too, a reminder to enjoy life as we find it when we can. And to grieve our loses.
A fine achievement.
Jim Meskimen is an excellent reader, giving each character his or her own voice. And tells the tale at a fine pace.
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Boston Tea Party | 5. A complex legacy
- Length: 32 mins
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Why does the Boston Tea Party still loom so large in the popular story of American independence today? Is it right that it holds so much significance? And what has been the impact of the protest in global history? In the final episode of our series, experts Benjamin Carp, Sarah Churchwell and Sarah Purcell weigh up the complicated legacy and discuss how we should regard the protest in the 21st century. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essential listening
- By maxwell milton on 01-12-24
Essential listening
Reviewed: 01-12-24
Putting the “destruction of tea” in a broader perspective, then and now, is missing in our strident clashes over how to teach American history.
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