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This second part comes from English county guides first published by Cv Publications between 1999 and 2011, and includes Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Buckinghamshire.
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,417
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed—and what hasn’t.
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3 out of 5 stars
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No Bryson?? Alas, another disappointed fan
- De Rick en 01-25-16
De: Bill Bryson
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City
- A Guidebook for the Urban Age
- De: P. D. Smith
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
For the first time in the history of our planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - is now living in cities. City is the ultimate guidebook to our urban centers - the signature unit of human civilization. With erudite prose, this unique work of metatourism explores what cities are and how they work. It covers history, customs and language, districts, transport, money, work, shops and markets, and tourist sites, creating a fantastically detailed portrait of the city through history and into the future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Commuters companion
- De Anna en 05-19-13
De: P. D. Smith
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Kingdom by the Sea
- A Journey Around the Coast of Britian
- De: Paul Theroux
- Narrado por: Ron Keith
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 73
American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home. So, with a knapsack on his back, he set out to explore by walking and by short train trips. The result is a witty, observant and often acerbic look at an ever eccentric assortments of Brits in all shapes and sizes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Casting creates utter confusion
- De Susan en 09-01-09
De: Paul Theroux
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Broadway
- A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles
- De: Fran Leadon
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Broadway takes us on a mile-by-mile journey that traces the gradual evolution of the 17th century's Brede Wegh, a muddy cow path in a backwater Dutch settlement, to the 20th century's Great White Way. We learn why one side of the street was once considered more fashionable than the other; witness construction of the Ansonia Apartments, Trinity Church, and the Flatiron Building and the burning of P. T. Barnum's American Museum; and discover that Columbia University was built on the site of an insane asylum.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give My Regards To Broadway!
- De Steven en 08-20-18
De: Fran Leadon
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The Discovery of France
- A Historical Geography
- De: Graham Robb
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
A narrative of exploration - full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants - that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of the cultural formation of France
- De Scotty en 07-31-21
De: Graham Robb
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The Seine
- The River That Made Paris
- De: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrado por: Elaine Sciolino
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Nom de Guerre en 08-06-21
De: Elaine Sciolino
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Why the Dutch Are Different
- A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands
- De: Ben Coates
- Narrado por: Ciaran Saward
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
A personal portrait of a fascinating people, a sideways history, and an entertaining travelogue, Why the Dutch Are Different is the story of an Englishman who went Dutch. And loved it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Start, Then He Goes Dark
- De amazonnance en 12-17-21
De: Ben Coates
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The Marches
- A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to the rich history and culture of the region.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Uneven and unexpected, still worth it.
- De Nassir en 04-29-17
De: Rory Stewart
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Full Steam Ahead
- How the Railways Made Britain
- De: Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman brilliantly bring this revolution to life in their trademark style, which engages and captivates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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,,,,Hi,,,, Research,,
- De Richard Jones en 10-10-24
De: Peter Ginn, y otros
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City of the Century
- The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
- De: Donald L. Miller
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 24 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900. Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A STORY THAT TRIES TOO HARD....AND FAILS
- De The Louligan en 02-01-15
De: Donald L. Miller
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In Putin's Footsteps
- Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones
- De: Nina Khrushcheva, Jeffrey Tayler
- Narrado por: Kathleen Gati
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on Earth through their recreation of Vladimir Putin’s fabled New Year’s Eve speech planned across all 11 time zones.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Up to date assessment of Russia in 2019
- De Joseph C. Wilson en 04-10-19
De: Nina Khrushcheva, y otros