Headwaters
The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman (Patagonia)
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Dylan Tomine
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Christmas Island. The Russian Arctic. Argentine Patagonia. Japan. Cuba. British Columbia.
Dylan Tomine takes us to the far reaches of the planet in search of fish and adventure, with keen insight, a strong stomach, and plenty of laughs along the way. Closer to home, he wades deeper into his beloved steelhead rivers of the Pacific Northwest and the politics of saving them. Tomine celebrates the joy - and pain - of exploration, fatherhood, and the comforts of home waters from a vantage point well off the beaten path. Headwaters traces the evolution of a lifelong angler’s priorities from fishing to the survival of the fish themselves. It is a book of remarkable obsession, environmental awareness shaped by experience, and hope for the future.
©2022 Dylan Tomine (P)2022 Random House AudioLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, and more, share stories of fly fishing and life on the river. This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers about one of the world’s most solitary and satisfying sports: fly fishing. For the first time, the stories of thirty-one acclaimed writers including Kim Barnes, Walter Bennett, Russell Chatham, Guy de la Valdne, Robert DeMott, Chris Dombrowski, Ron Ellis, Jim Fergus, Kate Fox, Charles Gaines, Bruce Guernsey, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Michael Keaton, Greg Keeler, Sydney Lea, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Craig Mathews, Thomas McGuane, Joseph Monninger, Howard Frank Mosher, Jake Mosher, Craig Nova, Margot Page, Datus Proper, Le Anne Schreiber, Paul Schullery, W. D. Wetherell, and Robert Wrigley come together in one collection. Fly fishers and non-fly fishers alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of the appreciation of nature, the necessity of conservation, and the joy and knowledge that come from time spent on fresh and salt water. This is a delightful, handsome volume that captures the allure and spirit of fly fishing and those that love it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Flowery nonsense
- De 964a5 en 05-10-13
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Still Life with Brook Trout
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 68
John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he meditates on the importance of good guides, the challenge of salmon fishing, and the zen of fishing alone. On a more serious note, he ponders the damaging effects of disasters both natural and man-made.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A problem with casting
- De GrayKnight en 01-18-19
De: John Gierach
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Bright Rivers
- Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
- De: Nick Lyons
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters. A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright Rivers, Lyons recounts the sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious experiences of his expeditions to the Delaware, Beaverkill, Madison, Big Hole, and Yellowstone rivers, sharing reminiscences of trout taken, released, and sometimes lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First Nick Lyons Book and Quite Satisfied
- De Brian Kurtz en 04-21-22
De: Nick Lyons
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Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?
- A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors
- De: Bill Heavey
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 306
For more than 20 years, Heavey has staked a claim as one of America's best sportsmen writers. In feature stories and his Field & Stream column A Sportsman's Life, he has taken audiences across the country and beyond to experience his triumphs and failures as a suburban dad who happens to love hunting and fishing. This new collection gathers together a wide range of his best work - tales that are odes to the notion that enthusiasm is more important than skill and testaments to the enduring power of the natural world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best storytellers of all time!
- De Adam en 12-16-17
De: Bill Heavey
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Wild Men, Wild Alaska
- Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
- De: Rocky McElveen
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 265
In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes listeners directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too Much Religion
- De Chris D. en 06-05-18
De: Rocky McElveen
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Ghost Wave
- The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
- De: Chris Dixon
- Narrado por: Chris Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Rising from the depths of the North Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just 15 feet below the surface of the ocean. Rumors and warnings about Cortes Bank abound, but among big wave surfers, this legendary rock is famous for one simple (and massive) reason: this is the home of the biggest rideable wave on the face of the earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Surfing Classic of Monster Waves
- De Susie en 01-03-13
De: Chris Dixon
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If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?
- Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia
- De: Bill Heavey
- Narrado por: Ian Patrick Williams
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Whether he is accidentally cooking his brain with hand warmers or yanking his lure away from a trophy fish just before it takes the bait, Bill Heavey can do no right. For almost a decade, he has chronicled his incompetence on the back page of Field & Stream, where his hilarious dispatches about life as a hapless outdoorsman who lives in suburbia have earned him legions of fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Jon Hiltz en 07-21-18
De: Bill Heavey
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Time Bandit
- Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
- De: Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, Malcolm MacPherson
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
The Time Bandit is the fishing vessel that Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand use to hook the "deadliest catch", Alaskan king crabs and opilio crabs, in the Bering Sea, a dangerous body of water that can steal years from a fisherman's life. In pursuit of their daily catch, the brothers brave ice floes and heaving 60-foot waves, gusting winds of 80 miles per hour, unwieldy and unpredictable half-ton steel crab traps, and an injury rate of almost 100-percent.
There are fewer than 400 fishermen of this kind in the U.S., and early death is a common fate. But the Hillstrand brothers are drawn to the drama and adventure of life on the high seas - this is their world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much Better Then I Had Expected
- De Andrew H. Hochheimer en 09-04-08
De: Andy Hillstrand, y otros
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The Habit of Rivers
- Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing
- De: Ted Leeson, John Gierach - foreword
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
Originally published in 1994, this book was a fly-fishing phenomenon in the way Howell Raines' Fly Fishing Through the Mid-Life Crisis was. Taking his fishing hobby to near metaphysical levels, Ted Leeson tells about his passions: rivers, trout, and fly fishing. With wry humor and rare insight, he explores questions that engage most fishermen: What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited response?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatest Book I've Ever Listened To.
- De Travis en 03-17-18
De: Ted Leeson, y otros
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The Hungry Ocean
- De: Linda Greenlaw
- Narrado por: Linda Greenlaw
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
In his number-one best seller The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30 day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick. The excitement starts immediately, even before Greenlaw and her five-man crew leave the dock.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Listen and Enjoyable Listen
- De S. Perry en 12-10-08
De: Linda Greenlaw
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Canoeing with the Cree
- A 2,250-mile voyage from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
- De: Eric Sevareid
- Narrado por: John Farrell
- Duración: 3 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
In 1930, two novice paddlers - Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port - launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe from the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor or good maps, the teenagers made their way over 2,250 miles of rivers, lakes, and difficult portages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Seems like an abridged version
- De Angela en 12-31-09
De: Eric Sevareid
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Almost Anywhere
- Road-Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, Recovery, and Nonsense
- De: Krista Schlyer
- Narrado por: Marisa Vitali
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 66
What do you do when your world ends? At 28 years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her - one a grumpy, grieving introvert, the other a feisty dog - and together they sought out every national park, historic site, forest, and wilderness they could get to before their money ran out or their minds gave in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No a travelogue - its a diary
- De Jonathan en 12-29-20
De: Krista Schlyer
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The Founding Fish
- De: John McPhee
- Narrado por: John McPhee
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Few fish are as beloved, or as obsessed over, as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the spring and swim upstream heroic distances in order to spawn, then return to the ocean.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read and released.
- De Darwin8u en 11-14-14
De: John McPhee
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Visit Sunny Chernobyl
- And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
- De: Andrew Blackwell
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth - Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better than I predicted
- De Paul Luthi en 08-23-13
De: Andrew Blackwell
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The Lobster Chronicles
- Life on a Very Small Island
- De: Linda Greenlaw
- Narrado por: Linda Greenlaw
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
After 17 years at sea, Linda Greenlaw figured it was time to take a break from her career as a swordboat captain. She felt she needed to return to Isle au Haut - a tiny island seven miles from the Maine coast with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom were her relatives. She would pursue a simpler life; move back in with her parents and get to know them again; become a professional lobsterman; and find a guy, build a house, have kids, and settle down. But all doesn't go as planned.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Was this narration sped up?
- De Linda Vanaman en 10-12-15
De: Linda Greenlaw
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Downriver
- De: Will Hobbs
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Fifteen-year-old Jessie is angry with her father for sending her on an outdoor survival program for troubled teens. Confused about her life back home and unsure of herself, she is drawn to the powerful personality of a teammate, the charismatic Troy. At their first opportunity to rebel, she and her six companions "borrow" their instructor's gear and attempt the dangerous Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book!
- De Emily DeVocht en 02-28-24
De: Will Hobbs
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Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island
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My Hijacking
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On September 6, 1970, twelve-year-old Martha Hodes and her thirteen-year-old sister were flying unaccompanied back to New York City from Israel when their plane was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and forced to land in the Jordan desert. Too young to understand the sheer gravity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martha coped by suppressing her fear and anxiety. Nearly a half-century later, her memories of those six days and nights as a hostage are hazy and scattered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Childhood memories…a puzzle to solve.
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The Good Virus
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I Dread the Thought of the Place
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The memory of the Battle of Antietam was so haunting that when, nine months later, Major Rufus Dawes learned another Antietam battle might be on the horizon, he wrote, "I hope not, I dread the thought of the place." In this definitive account, historian D. Scott Hartwig chronicles the single bloodiest day in American history, which resulted in 23,000 casualties.
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Into Unknown Skies
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- De: David K. Randall
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 11 h
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Now on the race’s centennial, award-winning author David K. Randall tells the story of this riveting, long-forgotten race. Through larger-than-life characters, treacherous landings, disease, and ultimately triumph, Into Unknown Skies demonstrates how one race returned America to aviation greatness. A story of underdog teammates, bold exploration, and American ingenuity, Into Unknown Skies is an untold adventure tale showing the power of flight to bring the world together.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ok.
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Continental Reckoning
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- De: Elliott West
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In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation. In the 1840s, by which time the United States had expanded to the Pacific, what would become the West was home to numerous vibrant Native cultures and vague claims by other nations.
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Great Historian, Worth Listening
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As the ongoing Flint water crisis marks its tenth anniversary, Chariton reveals shocking new evidence of the major government cover-up that resulted in the poisoning of Flint—and shatters what you think you know about what caused the water crisis.
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I thought I had learned what I could, until now
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The Blazing World
- A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
- De: Jonathan Healey
- Narrado por: Oliver Hembrough
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The seventeenth century was a revolutionary age for the English. It started as they suddenly found themselves ruled by a Scotsman, and it ended in the shadow of an invasion by the Dutch. Under James I, England suffered terrorism and witch panics. Under his son Charles, state and society collapsed into civil war, to be followed by an army coup and regicide. For a short time—for the only time in history—England was a republic. There were bitter struggles over faith and Parliament asserted itself like never before. There were no boundaries to politics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Been looking for this book for a long time
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The Embarrassment of Riches
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- De: Simon Schama
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- De Noe en 12-05-24
De: Simon Schama
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The Cat's Meow
- How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa
- De: Jonathan B. Losos
- Narrado por: Jonathan B. Losos
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you’d be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting and fun
- De Jylene Livengood en 06-02-24
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Lethal Tides
- Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Catherine Musemeche
- Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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In Lethal Tides, Catherine Musemeche weaves together science, biography, and military history in the compelling story of an unsung woman who had a dramatic effect on the U.S. Navy’s success against Japan in WWII, creating an intelligence-gathering juggernaut based on the new science of oceanography. When World War II began, the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan. Anticipating tides, planning for coral reefs, and preparing for enemy fire was new ground for them, and with lives at stake it was ground that had to be covered quickly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You can't land on a beach if you can't find one
- De Aubible Book Ernie en 12-18-22
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Regenesis
- Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
- De: George Monbiot
- Narrado por: George Monbiot
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticize urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across 30 times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased, ignores science
- De Soil Enthusiast en 04-25-23
De: George Monbiot
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The Earth Transformed
- An Untold History
- De: Peter Frankopan
- Narrado por: Peter Frankopan
- Duración: 29 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, Peter Frankopan argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Thoughtful History of A Complex Phenomenon
- De Lucy A. Pithecus en 04-21-23
De: Peter Frankopan
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Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- De: Mark Miodownik
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
In Stuff Matters, Miodownik entertainingly examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper. He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Might be a good pick for a young teen
- De Ross en 03-26-25
De: Mark Miodownik
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- De: Islam Issa
- Narrado por: Islam Issa
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7
Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades, and violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than a city history
- De Ramsey S en 12-11-24
De: Islam Issa
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What an Owl Knows
- The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
- De: Jennifer Ackerman
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ackerman
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls? Jennifer Ackerman illuminates the rich biology and natural history of these birds and reveals remarkable new scientific discoveries about their brains and behavior.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The dedication and fierce commitment of the author
- De Michael G. T. Thompson en 12-17-24
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Headwaters
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- Josetsu
- 04-04-24
Held my interest
I’m not a fly fisherman nor do I plan to be, but I appreciated the quality writing and well placed humor. The book also educated me on conservation problems of which I was not aware.
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- Steve Killian
- 10-22-22
Wonderful stringer fishing adventures
A must read for those of us who love the fishing, the outdoors, and who want to make a difference in our natural world by making it little better for our kid and grandkids! Thank you for the book!
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- Kate
- 02-05-23
Great perspective, encouragement for action
This was helpful in finding my way through my own conservation journey. Loved to way it was organized.
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- Jimmy
- 02-25-23
Moving
This book truly brings the world of fishing and conservation together. A must read for any angler or conservationist
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- Bachina
- 11-06-23
I’m not a fisher person, but
this book is amazing - an extraordinary lens for seeing the beauty of the natural world and a powerful message about what must be done to preserve it. I don’t think I’ll take up fishing, but definitely will join the fight for conservation. Thank you, Dylan, for the inspiration and education!
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- Zachary J. Millimet
- 10-10-24
Beautiful essays on fishing, conservation and humanity
Can’t recommend this book enough - whether you fish or don’t fish. These are deeper musings and meditations of the world, humanity and our place in nature. Also deep insights into what it means to care, love and grow as humans.
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