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Fourteen Cities Seen Through the Eyes of Ian Fleming, the Creator of James Bond
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Barnaby Edwards
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Ian Fleming
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A CAPTIVATING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE CREATOR OF JAMES BOND
Ian Fleming’s world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches from the world’s most beguiling locales. The result was Thrilling Cities, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author’s Bond canon.
From Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys, abandoning tourist sites in favor of underground haunts, and mingling with celebrities, gangsters and geishas. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world from a twentieth century Western perspective.
Just like his most famous fictional creation, Ian Fleming was a well-traveled man of the world who knew where to go to find excitement, adventure…and danger. In Thrilling Cities, he takes us along on a journey of international intrigue worthy of James Bond.
©1959, 1960, 1962, 2009 Thomson Newspapers Ltd, Gildrose Productions Ltd, Jan Morris (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. To reconnect with the American wilderness and with the president who courageously protected it, acclaimed nature writer and New York Times best-selling author David Gessner embarks on a great American road trip guided by Roosevelt’s crusading environmental legacy.
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Ugh, Not at All What I'd Hoped For
- De Glenn R. Nelson en 11-20-21
De: David Gessner
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Finale
- Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
- De: D.T. Max
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove, Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 5 h y 13 m
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In 2017, New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max began working on a major profile of Stephen Sondheim that would be timed to the eventual premiere of a new musical Sondheim was writing. Sadly , that process – and the years of conversation – was cut short by Sondheim’s own hesitations, then the global pandemic, and finally by the great artist’s death in November 2021.
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That's happily ever after, Ever, ever, ever after For now
- De JoeGato57 en 11-02-24
De: D.T. Max
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Craigslist Confessional
- A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers
- De: Helena Dea Bala
- Narrado por: Full Cast
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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Helena Dea Bala was an exhausted and isolated DC lobbyist, suffocating under the weight of her student loan debt, when she decided to split her lunch with a man who often panhandled near her office. They chatted effortlessly as they ate; there were no half-truths, no fear of judgment. Helena felt connected and unburdened in a way she hadn’t in years. Inspired, she posted an ad on Craigslist promising to listen, anonymously and for free, to whatever the speaker felt he or she couldn’t tell anyone else. Emails from people desperate to connect flooded her inbox, and she listened.
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Depressing
- De Brett W. en 03-01-21
De: Helena Dea Bala
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
- Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
- De: Edward Wilson-Lee
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books tells the story of the first and greatest visionary of the print age, a man who saw how the explosive expansion of knowledge and information generated by the advent of the printing press would entirely change the landscape of thought and society. He also happened to be Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son.
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Erudite. Stimulating. Rewarding.
- De R. P. RIBEYRE en 10-26-20
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Walls
- A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
- De: David Frye
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed - to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone and with them effectively divide humanity: On one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves - rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America....
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Great Narration, Ok History, Unwelcome Opinions
- De jack a en 02-17-25
De: David Frye
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The Diamond Smugglers
- The True Story of an International Crime Ring and Its Downfall, Told by the Creator of James Bond
- De: Ian Fleming
- Narrado por: Barnaby Edwards
- Duración: 3 h y 38 m
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In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a respite from writing James Bond to craft a work of nonfiction every bit as tense as a Bond adventure. Aided by an ex-MI5 agent and International Diamond Security Organization operative going by the alias “John Blaize,” Fleming chronicled the IDSO’s infiltration of the “million-carat network”―the world’s most notorious diamond smuggling ring.
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Time capsule of diamond smuggling in the 50s.
- De Aaron C. Jones en 11-09-24
De: Ian Fleming
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Leave It as It Is
- A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
- De: David Gessner
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. To reconnect with the American wilderness and with the president who courageously protected it, acclaimed nature writer and New York Times best-selling author David Gessner embarks on a great American road trip guided by Roosevelt’s crusading environmental legacy.
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Ugh, Not at All What I'd Hoped For
- De Glenn R. Nelson en 11-20-21
De: David Gessner
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Finale
- Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
- De: D.T. Max
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove, Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 5 h y 13 m
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In 2017, New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max began working on a major profile of Stephen Sondheim that would be timed to the eventual premiere of a new musical Sondheim was writing. Sadly , that process – and the years of conversation – was cut short by Sondheim’s own hesitations, then the global pandemic, and finally by the great artist’s death in November 2021.
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That's happily ever after, Ever, ever, ever after For now
- De JoeGato57 en 11-02-24
De: D.T. Max
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Craigslist Confessional
- A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers
- De: Helena Dea Bala
- Narrado por: Full Cast
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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Helena Dea Bala was an exhausted and isolated DC lobbyist, suffocating under the weight of her student loan debt, when she decided to split her lunch with a man who often panhandled near her office. They chatted effortlessly as they ate; there were no half-truths, no fear of judgment. Helena felt connected and unburdened in a way she hadn’t in years. Inspired, she posted an ad on Craigslist promising to listen, anonymously and for free, to whatever the speaker felt he or she couldn’t tell anyone else. Emails from people desperate to connect flooded her inbox, and she listened.
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Depressing
- De Brett W. en 03-01-21
De: Helena Dea Bala
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
- Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
- De: Edward Wilson-Lee
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books tells the story of the first and greatest visionary of the print age, a man who saw how the explosive expansion of knowledge and information generated by the advent of the printing press would entirely change the landscape of thought and society. He also happened to be Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son.
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Erudite. Stimulating. Rewarding.
- De R. P. RIBEYRE en 10-26-20
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Walls
- A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
- De: David Frye
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed - to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone and with them effectively divide humanity: On one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves - rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America....
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Great Narration, Ok History, Unwelcome Opinions
- De jack a en 02-17-25
De: David Frye
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The Spy Who Was Left Behind
- De: Michael Pullara
- Narrado por: Michael Pullara
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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On August 8, 1993, a single bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central Intelligence Agency’s station chief in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Within hours, police had a suspect - a vodka-soaked village bumpkin named Anzor Sharmaidze. A tidy explanation quickly followed: It was a tragic accident. US diplomats hailed Georgia’s swift work. Yet the bullet that killed Woodruff was never found, and key witnesses have since retracted their testimony, saying they were beaten and forced to identify Sharmaidze. But if he didn’t do it, who did?
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great book needs a hires narrator
- De Blake Dahl en 11-17-18
De: Michael Pullara
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The Hunt for History
- On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures - from the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordings On-Board JFK's Air Force One
- De: Nathan Raab, Luke Barr
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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Nathan Raab, America’s preeminent rare documents dealer, delivers a “diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane” (The Wall Street Journal) that recounts his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts, questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity.
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I wished it was longer
- De NANAS en 04-15-20
De: Nathan Raab, y otros
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Dead Doubles
- The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold War’s Most Notorious Spy Rings
- De: Trevor Barnes
- Narrado por: William Gaminara
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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The astonishing but true story of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War—and the international manhunt that seized global attention as it revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB operatives. Based on new archival material and inside sources from around the world, Dead Doubles follows the hunt for the highly damaging Portland Spy Ring. This incredible narrative, layered with false identities, deceptions, and betrayal, crisscrosses from the UK to the USSR to the US and New Zealand, and brings to life one of the most extraordinary spy stories of the Cold War.
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For Spy Junkies
- De P.Adler en 08-30-21
De: Trevor Barnes
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Fight of the Century
- Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
- De: Michael Chabon - editor, Ayelet Waldman - editor
- Narrado por: an all-star cast
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization’s 100-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in - Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona - need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now.
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Outstanding
- De Nancy B en 10-06-20
De: Michael Chabon - editor, y otros
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The Forbidden Daughter
- The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
- De: Zipora Klein Jakob
- Narrado por: Robin Siegerman
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet, despite the fear of death, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife Tzila choose to bring a daughter into the world, a little girl they name Elida—meaning non-birth in Hebrew.
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Born in Fire, Died in Fire, Elida✡️ 💙🇮🇱🇺🇸💙✡️
- De michael petro en 11-10-24
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Run the Storm
- De: George Michelsen Foy
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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On October 1, 2015, the SS El Faro, a cargo ship tall as a hundred-story building that made a regular run between Jacksonville, Florida, and Puerto Rico, delivering everything from razor blades to new Chevrolet cars, disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 storm. The ship, her hundreds of shipping containers, and her entire crew sank to the bottom of the ocean, three miles down. The sinking was the greatest seagoing US merchant marine shipping disaster since World War II.
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Struggled to survive this book
- De Kindle Customer en 09-15-18
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The Eagles of Heart Mountain
- A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
- De: Bradford Pearson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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In the spring of 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona and sent them to incarceration camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base of Heart Mountain. Behind barbed wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, they established Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits. Kabuki performances drew hundreds of spectators — yet there was little hope.
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I wanted to like it
- De Happy Mountain en 06-04-22
De: Bradford Pearson
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Lightning Striking
- Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll
- De: Lenny Kaye
- Narrado por: Lenny Kaye
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
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Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated, capturing lightning in a bottle. Musician and writer Lenny Kaye explores ten crossroads of time and place that define rock and roll, its unforgettable flashpoints, characters and visionaries, how each generation came to be, how it was discovered by the world.
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Joy of music
- De Julie en 03-22-25
De: Lenny Kaye
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Blood Moon
- De: John Sedgwick
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
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Blood Moon is the story of the century-long blood feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and into the Civil War. While little remembered today, their mutual hatred shaped the tragic history of the tribe far more than anyone, even the reviled President Andrew Jackson, ever did.
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The Real Story
- De CLS en 04-17-18
De: John Sedgwick
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Rigged Justice
- How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man’s Life
- De: John Vandemoer
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.
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Everyone needs to know his story
- De jenine alftin en 12-10-21
De: John Vandemoer
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The Boy Who Reached for the Stars
- A Memoir
- De: Elio Morillo
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space.
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Such an inspiring story.
- De Anonymous User en 11-01-23
De: Elio Morillo
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Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons
- The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt
- De: Charlotte Gray
- Narrado por: Allyson Ryan
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
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Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano (later to become the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Jennie Jerome (later to become the mother of Winston Churchill) refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated much of their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicenter of political power on two continents.
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Dreadful reader
- De M.Beiny H. en 10-08-24
De: Charlotte Gray