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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative
- De Paul en 01-30-23
De: Capt. Charles Moore, y otros
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Sex in the Sea
- Our Intimate Connection with Kinky Crustaceans, Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep
- De: Marah J. Hardt
- Narrado por: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
Forget the Kama Sutra. When it comes to inventive sex acts, just look to the sea. There we find the elaborate mating rituals of armored lobsters; giant right whales engaging in a lively threesome while holding their breath; full-moon sex parties of groupers; and daily mating blitzes by blueheaded wrasse. Deep-sea squid perform inverted 69s while hermaphrodite sea slugs link up in giant sex loops.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How to laugh while learning/ learn while laughing
- De Miamigrrl en 07-27-16
De: Marah J. Hardt
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Atlantic
- Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 752
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 562
Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors, and continues profoundly to affect our character, attitudes, and dreams. Spanning the ocean's story, from its geological origins to the age of exploration, from World War II battles to today's struggles with pollution and overfishing, Winchester's narrative is epic, intimate, and awe inspiring.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Starts Better Than it Finishes
- De Ray en 12-18-10
De: Simon Winchester
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When Life Nearly Died
- The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
- De: Michael J. Benton
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much greater catastrophe took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: at least 90 percent of life on earth was destroyed. When Life Nearly Died documents not only what happened during this gigantic mass extinction, but also the recent renewal of the idea of catastrophism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Obscurity to Enlightenment - A Mystery Revealed
- De Dipam en 03-18-21
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The Most Perfect Thing
- De: Tim Birkhead
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
How are eggs of different shapes made, and why are they the shapes they are? When does the shell of an egg harden? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colours and patterns of eggshells created, and why do they vary? And which end of an egg is laid first - the blunt end or the pointy end?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book about eggs!!
- De Timothy en 03-24-21
De: Tim Birkhead
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 478
The Log from the Sea of Cortez is the exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts. Drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, it is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Book
- De Stuart en 10-07-17
De: John Steinbeck
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The Gulf
- The Making of an American Sea
- De: Jack E. Davis
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 20 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 363
When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as America's sea - bound by geography, culture, and tradition to the national experience - and yet, there has never been a comprehensive history of the Gulf until now. And so, in this rich and original work that explores the Gulf through our human connection with the sea, environmental historian Jack E. Davis finally places this exceptional region into the American mythos in a sweeping history that extends from the Pleistocene age to the 21st century.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Decolonize gulf history
- De Jesse Carr en 05-02-18
De: Jack E. Davis
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What a Fish Knows
- The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
- De: Jonathan Balcombe
- Narrado por: Graham Winton
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 445
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 444
An underwater exploration that overturns myths about fishes and reveals their complex lives, from tool use to social behavior. There are more than 30,000 species of fish - more than all mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians combined. But for all their breathtaking diversity and beauty, we rarely consider how fish think, feel, and behave.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Title misled me
- De Margaret Weidemann en 08-12-17
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How to Read Water
- De: Tristan Gooley
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
A must-have audiobook for walkers, sailors, swimmers, anglers and everyone interested in the natural world, in How to Read Water, Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares knowledge, skills, tips and useful observations to help you enjoy the landscape around you. From wild swimming in Sussex to wayfinding off Oman, via the icy mysteries of the Arctic, Tristan Gooley draws on his own pioneering journeys to reveal the secrets of ponds, puddles, rivers, oceans and more to show us all the skills we need to read the water around us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reasonably Interesting, Perhaps Better in Print
- De Alex Angel en 12-05-22
De: Tristan Gooley
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Paleontology
- A Brief History of Life
- De: Ian Tattersall
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 72
Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great summary of where we are with understanding
- De david en 06-25-11
De: Ian Tattersall
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The Secret Life of Lobsters
- De: Trevor Corson
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the listener onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Uninteresting and poorly written
- De Alexandra DuSablon en 01-10-20
De: Trevor Corson
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The Nature of Nature
- Why We Need the Wild
- De: Enric Sala
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense.
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1 out of 5 stars
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mediocre
- De Anthony Dimaggio en 01-16-24
De: Enric Sala
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- A New History of a Lost World
- De: Steve Brusatte
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,350
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,908
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,888
In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering 10 new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork - masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"The Rise of the Scientists Who Study Dinosaurs"
- De Daniel Powell en 09-16-18
De: Steve Brusatte
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The Book of General Ignorance
- De: John Mitchinson, John Lloyd
- Narrado por: uncredited
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 424
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 319
Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British best seller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more, The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting.
- De A. Hawkbird en 12-07-08
De: John Mitchinson, y otros
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The Last Fish Tale
- The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Fishing at sea, an ancient trade and a way of life that has defined coastal towns throughout history, may be coming to an end. The culture and traditions of coastal Britain and of seagoing nations everywhere are now threatened with extinction. Celebrated author Mark Kurlansky explores the fate of our oceans and the decline of our most ancient coastal enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love me some Kurlansky!
- De Eric Walden en 09-08-15
De: Mark Kurlansky
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Pacific
- Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 726
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 719
Best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature. Winchester's personal experience is vast and his storytelling second to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable, making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and imagination that is transforming our lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Political Asides Have Become Bombastic Didactic
- De Mark Patterson en 12-25-15
De: Simon Winchester
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Do Whales Get the Bends?
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Total3 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia3 out of 5 stars
- Jonathan
- 02-14-14
Interesting in short bites
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Not really, the information is interesting but it has no narrative
If you’ve listened to books by Tony Rice before, how does this one compare?
First
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First
Was Do Whales Get the Bends? worth the listening time?
yes
Any additional comments?
good if you listen in 15 minute chunks
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