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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,140
The extraordinary Siddhartha Mukherjee has written a biography of the gene as deft, brilliant, and illuminating as his extraordinarily successful biography of cancer. Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a Wonderful Book
- By JKC on 06-02-16
- The Gene
- An Intimate History
- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Splendid, but you also need the print.
Reviewed: 06-13-16
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This is a splendid book, superbly read--better than his excellent history of cancer--with only one reservation. That is: it is too compact to be absorbed in audio only. I started off without text and changed my mind about a third of the way in. I absorbed much more once I downloaded the Kindle although it is rich enough---and good enough--that it would easily reward a second read/listen. Highest marks for the audio but also get the Kindle (or paper).
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The War Lovers
- Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, yellow newspapers such as William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal whipped Americans into frenzy by claiming that Spain's "secret infernal machine" had destroyed the battleship. Soon after, the blandly handsome and easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops not only to Cuba but also to the Philippines.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Rather Poor History
- By Paul C. White on 08-17-10
- The War Lovers
- Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
Ooh, but the accents...
Reviewed: 11-04-13
Would you listen to The War Lovers again? Why?
Yes.
What other book might you compare The War Lovers to and why?
McCulloch, Mornings on Horseback; any good biography of Hearst.
How could the performance have been better?
Good overall reading, but the attempt at a New England accent (chiefly for Tom Reed) yielded a travesty. I grew up there; I can't speak it any more now, but I sure know it when I hear it and this wasn't even close. For a sense of a real New England accent, listen to Marilyn Roach discuss the Salem witch trials, here: http://goo.gl/HJEJTD
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No.
Any additional comments?
No.
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