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Moby Dick
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,747
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,226
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,208
"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and a mass of information about whaling through the ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, EXCELLENT reading!
- By Jessica on 02-18-09
- Moby Dick
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
Insanely good performance
Reviewed: 03-08-22
Great performance by the reader. The various character voices, the emotion. It added a layer to this classic that I would not have gotten had I read the text alone.
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Luckiest Man
- The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
- By: Jonathan Eig
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 284
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Story5 out of 5 stars 282
Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse, baseball's strongest and most determined superstar, struck down in his prime by a disease that now bears his name. But who was Lou Gehrig, really? Lou Gehrig is regarded as the greatest first baseman in baseball history. Shy and socially awkward, Gehrig was a misfit on a Yankee team that included drinkers and hell-raisers, most notably Babe Ruth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! What an amazing story!
- By M on 08-13-14
- Luckiest Man
- The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
- By: Jonathan Eig
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Wonderful
Reviewed: 01-26-22
An amazing story with brilliant writing and masterful narration. Only wish it would continue on; but I suppose that is the point.
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The Family That Couldn't Sleep
- A Medical Mystery
- By: D.T. Max
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 489
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 274
For 200 years, a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces raw before collapsing. What these strange conditions share is their cause: prions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great scientific mystery
- By David on 11-04-06
- The Family That Couldn't Sleep
- A Medical Mystery
- By: D.T. Max
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Objective and engaging
Reviewed: 05-17-21
I read Dr. Prusiner's book before this one. Prusiner is a brilliant scientist and his book is worth a read if you are interested in Prion diseases, but it becomes difficult to appreciate the science behind his ego.
This book, on the other hand is much more objective and engaging. The author is obviously a better writer and has done enough research to provide accurate descriptions of the science without feeling like a scientific paper. He gives credit where credit is due to numerous researchers, including Prusiner; but is also sure to mention their short comings both scientifically and personally (where appropriate). The added story telling and patient perspective gives another layer, providing emotional depth to the interesting science.
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Medieval Europe
- By: Chris Wickham
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,121
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period - one not easily chronicled within a single book. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book, and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! Outstanding Work on the Period
- By Dane Maralason on 01-15-19
- Medieval Europe
- By: Chris Wickham
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Can be dry, but better than most books on topic
Reviewed: 01-04-21
Like any other history book covering a large geographical area and period of time, this book can sometimes be a little dry. The author does, on the other hand, try to find points of commonality rather than get too bogged down in each individual detail. He also routinely notifies the reader (listener) when there are additional complexities that he is not going to cover in detail. This allows the reader to visualize the broad stories of the middle ages, while still learning about the particularly important players of the time.
Good book for a history hobbyist!
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Superlative
- The Biology of Extremes
- By: Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The world's largest land mammal could help us end cancer. The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery. The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change. The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms. For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers. Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see great value in studying plants and animals that exist on the outermost edges of the bell curve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating survey of amazing biology
- By Nerd's-eye view on 12-06-19
- Superlative
- The Biology of Extremes
- By: Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Very entertaining book of biology!
Reviewed: 06-16-20
This book was very entertaining and wonderfully written. Full of fun facts and funny quips. If you are looking for a detailed explanation of how superlative biology comes to exist, this may leave you wanting a little more. But if you want to learn some things you never knew in a fun and light hearted way, this is a great read/listen!
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