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The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
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Learn the fascinating history and trivia behind the everyday items we take for granted — from the host of the popular podcast The Story Behind, Emily Prokop!
Many of us learn about the major inventions that shape our world. But we too often overlook the objects we use every day. In The Story Behind, Emily Prokop, creator of the Webby Award nominated podcast, explores the who, how, and huh? of everything from Band-Aids to bubble gum; hypnosis to Hula Hoops; and lullabies to lead pipes. Along the way, she demonstrates how the major events of history - from wars, plagues and revolutions to historic achievements and discoveries - have influenced some of the world’s most pervasive inventions. From food, fashion and games to transit and modern technology, The Story Behind offers a closer look at the things closest to us.
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 673
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 584
Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, The Best Minds explores the ways in which we understand—and fail to understand—mental illness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Overwhelming Tragedy of Mental Illness
- De Elephants Matter en 12-30-23
De: Jonathan Rosen
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Interesting Stories for Curious People
- A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think Of
- De: Bill O'Neill
- Narrado por: Robin LaRose
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 50
Want to impress your buddies at the bar? Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, true crime, and the paranormal? Listen to Interesting Stories for Curious People, the ultimate guidebook for a plethora of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics. A quick listen packed with information.
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1 out of 5 stars
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no...not again...not for me
- De Still here...still en 09-23-20
De: Bill O'Neill
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
- A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
- De: John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,021
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,752
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,743
One night in 1967, 26-year-old John Donohue - known as Chick - was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war protesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired - some would call it insane - idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer. It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really a good book. Brings back memories
- De Bruce en 06-21-21
De: John "Chick" Donohue, y otros
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- De: A. J. Baime
- Narrado por: Tony Messano
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,317
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,011
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,003
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- De Jean en 11-14-17
De: A. J. Baime
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The Cloudbuster Nine
- The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
- De: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
- Narrado por: Anne R. Keene
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but kind of disjointed.
- De Tom Beeson en 01-06-25
De: Anne R. Keene, y otros
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,889
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,695
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9,660
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Lee is GREAT!
- De David en 09-21-18
De: Ben Macintyre
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The Way I Heard It
- De: Mike Rowe
- Narrado por: Mike Rowe
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,198
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8,996
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8,937
Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s number-one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights. It’s a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-have. Mike Rowe’s The Way I Heard It collects 35 fascinating stories “for the curious mind with a short attention span”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could listen to Mike read all day. And I am!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-15-19
De: Mike Rowe
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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
- De: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrado por: Morgan Hallett
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,074
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,071
Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary—awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears—seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage's stepfather, Alan, resents being burdened by a responsibility he never wanted.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive
- De Damaris Ward en 09-03-23
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,009
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 900
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 896
Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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The Demon of Unrest
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,831
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,575
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,575
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vividly Told History of the Start of the Civil War
- De WLC en 05-01-24
De: Erik Larson
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When Breath Becomes Air
- De: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29,573
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25,967
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25,903
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal book!
- De A. Potter en 01-16-16
De: Paul Kalanithi, y otros
So fun!
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Fun, Short, and Quirky Factoids
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Very good book
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Slightly interesting
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In first part of book she states that all she knew about inventions was that “white men invented them”. Perhaps a little history lesson about the massive contributions Asian, Arabic and African cultures made in the early history when white people were scratching out a life in Europe…
Glad it was free
One third of the book is repeated after initial description of subject under “TLDR” ..?
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