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The Aeronauts
- Travels in the Air
- Narrado por: Antony Ferguson
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In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before to establish his groundbreaking research.
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For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great account, might be better in hard copy
- De Error9312 en 05-24-22
De: Roland Huntford
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
- De: Jules Verne, Frederick Amadeus Malleson - translator
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 396
In the midst of examining an ancient Icelandic manuscript, professor and mineralogist Otto Liedenbrock and his nephew Axel make an astonishing discovery.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great narration, tedious story.
- De oseedee en 04-20-19
De: Jules Verne, y otros
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Wilderness Essays
- De: John Muir
- Narrado por: Steven Brand
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Part of John Muir's appeal to modern audiences is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here collected are some of Muir's finest wilderness essays, ranging in subject matter from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the High Sierra.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful writing, but fairly shallow narrative
- De Lauren en 07-26-20
De: John Muir
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At the Mountains of Madness [Blackstone Edition]
- De: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 4 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,905
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,506
This Lovecraft classic is a must-have for every fan of classic terror. When a geologist leads an expedition to the Antarctic plateau, his aim is to find rock and plant specimens from deep within the continent. The barren landscape offers no evidence of any life form - until they stumble upon the ruins of a lost civilization. Strange fossils of creatures unknown to man lead the team deeper, where they find carved stones dating back millions of years. But it is their discovery of the terrifying city of the Old Ones that leads them to an encounter with an untold menace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for everyone
- De Jeffrey en 11-17-13
De: H. P. Lovecraft
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From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon
- De: Jules Verne
- Narrado por: Bill Homewood
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
Bored with inactivity following the end of the Civil War, the fanatical members of the American Gun Club in Baltimore look for a project to fulfill their passion for rearms. Their distinguished President, Impey Barbicane, proposes an exciting new endeavor - one that will cement their names in history: They will build the largest projectile ever known to man and shoot it at the moon! The bullet will be hollowed to accommodate Barbicane and two bold companions, along with their dog, and they will claim the moon as America's 37th state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Earth to Moon
- De PJL0815 en 04-15-20
De: Jules Verne
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The Worst Journey in the World
- De: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
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This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What a story!
- De A. Massey en 05-25-04
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Island on Fire
- The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
- De: Alexandra Witze, Jeff Kanipe
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 6 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
Laki is Iceland's largest volcano - and its most fearsome. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and Pertinent Topic!
- De Catherine Puma en 01-23-22
De: Alexandra Witze, y otros
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Seeing in the Dark
- How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
- De: Timothy Ferris
- Narrado por: Timothy Ferris
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Anyone can get started in astronomy, just by going outside on a dark night with a star chart and learning their way around. Timothy Ferris tells us what's been seen out there - the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, the Virgo supercluster, and how to find them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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About astronomy as well as astronomers
- De Gary en 04-09-03
De: Timothy Ferris
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South
- De: Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding author and narrator - best version
- De Stephen en 12-17-19
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Falling Upwards
- How We Took to the Air
- De: Richard Holmes
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Significant Factual-Interpretative Error
- De William P. Mitchell en 04-01-20
De: Richard Holmes
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Surface at the Pole
- The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
- De: James Calvert
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world. This mission, however, was not just about completing a seemingly impossibly feat of Arctic exploration. It also had huge implications for military strategy during the height of the Cold War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Re: A Great True Story and my review
- De David D. en 05-05-24
De: James Calvert
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The Smoky God or A Voyage to the Inner World
- Esoteric Classics: Occult Fiction
- De: Willis George Emerson
- Narrado por: Shea Taylor
- Duración: 2 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 130
The Smoky God is a classic tale from the genre of hollow Earth or subterranean literature. A once-favorite tale of Amazing Stories publisher Ray Palmer, The Smoky God is the (purportedly true) tale of two Norwegian fishermen Jens and Olaf Jansen, who sailed their fishing vessel into the inner Earth in the year 1829. While in the center of the Earth, they find an entire society and meet a race and of advanced giants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Rodney C Kilgore en 07-25-21
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The Man Who Walked Through Time
- The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
- De: Colin Fletcher
- Narrado por: Matthew Josdal
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
In 1963 Colin Fletcher became the first man to walk the length of Grand canyon, below the Rim. It began with a dream, when he and a friend detoured from a cross-country trip to take a hurried look at the great natural wonder. Standing on the Rim, surrounded by the profound and almost mystical silence, Fletcher knew that something had happened to the way he looked at things. He also knew that the Canyon, with its depths and distances, cliffs, buttes, and hanging terraces, beckoned to him, calling him on a journey that would challenge both his body and his mind.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Eloquent
- De Bill J en 07-20-20
De: Colin Fletcher
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The Planets
- De: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 467
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 400
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 399
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.
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3 out of 5 stars
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baroque and flowery verbiage
- De Chris en 01-14-20
De: Professor Brian Cox, y otros
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The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
- De: Nikola Tesla
- Narrado por: Ryan Jarvis
- Duración: 2 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Written in 1900 by Nikola Tesla, this book gives great ideas on automation, agriculture, energy, and increasing human output to improve the human condition.
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2 out of 5 stars
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boring
- De Amazon Customer nutbutter en 09-10-17
De: Nikola Tesla
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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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Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- De: Julian Sancton
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 657
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story
- De Ginger 3701 en 05-23-21
De: Julian Sancton
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Aeronauts
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Total3 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Kayla Hunter
- 01-11-20
More like a document than a story
I slogged through this book after watching the recent movie by the same name. It was like reading a document instead of being a story. there were occasional fun tidbits but it's a dry read. Not a total waste of time, but don't expect drama or excitement.
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