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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary 16th-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon - river of darkness, pathway to gold.
In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man". Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river.
Soon hopelessly lost in the swampy labyrinth, their numbers diminishing daily through disease, starvation, and Indian attacks, Pizarro and Orellana made a fateful decision to separate. While Pizarro eventually returned home barefoot and in rags, Orellana and 57 men, in a few fragile craft, continued downriver into the unknown reaches of the mighty Amazon, serenaded by native war drums and the eerie cries of exotic predators. Theirs would be the greater glory.
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- Sammi
- 02-17-18
Amazing!
Where does River of Darkness rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Definitely in the top ten - up there with 1491 (which I have listened to several times)....
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Conquistadors were people too. It was so interesting to hear the story of conquest from the perspectives of the people who became conquistadors. It reminded me of today's youth who join the military to get ahead financially. Also, the socio-economic context in Spain was interesting - it was not static as I used to think, but evolved. But above all it was an adventure story. Mainly about Orellana - but also focused quite a bit on the Pizzaro brothers. I had never heard the story of Pizzaro's turning on the authority of the king...
Really fantastic! I just wish it was longer - only 9 hours - could have easily been 29. The narrator was also one of the best I have ever listened too. I am starting Buddy Levy's other book Conquistador book tonight.
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- Emory
- 02-20-18
the Land of the Lost Treasure
the river of Darkness the greatest one in the world the Amazon just like its smaller cousin in Africa the Congo has generated dreams of lost fortunes and Cities The wealth of the new world didn't all come from a few mines that were easily found by The Conquistadors when they conquered the Inca and the Aztecs for these people must have gotten much of their gold from other places cities like El Dorado pachakuti lost city of Z King Solomon's Mines the river of darkness is a must-have book for anybody who's searching for any of these or dreaming about discovering one of them it's entirely possible that two or more of them are really the same place and considering that much of the gold that comes from Brazil has been found in the Deep Jungle it makes you wonder if we have maybe already found them by accident. the true wealth of the Amazon and the surrounding jungle in the mountains around it lies in its abundant ability to provide other valuable things. if the Conquistadors hadn't been so greedy for gold and had kept her eyes open and realized it the land they were traveling through was gold in itself all they had to do was stay there and develop it. I read this book years ago when it first was published in hardcover and I waited for years for to come out in Audible since I bought it I've already listened to it 4 times yes I'm one of the dreamers.
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- Shane Hensley
- 05-10-20
An incredible tale well told
A fascinating account of the first expedition to the Amazon by the conquistadors. Despite the evil that was done in the name of greed and fame, you can't help but recognize the endurance, will, and drive that propelled these explorers into some of the most amazing and dangerous places on Earth
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- Lance person
- 11-21-18
Loved it! Conquistadors survive the Amazon.
Great narration. Amazing journey! Poison darts! Incredible will and tough men struggled to survive the starvation and attacks.
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- Tom
- 02-24-20
Excellent but repetitive in parts
I found this to be an excellent account of Spain's conquest of Peru (a shortened version laying the groundwork for the Amazon story). The decimation of the Incas is a horrifying story that is painful to recall. The main focus is Gonzalo Pizzaro and Francisco Orellana's exploration of the Ecuadorian jungle and the latter's exploration of the Amazon. My only negative about this is that the author recounts, it seems, every confrontation Orellana has the indigenous people. These get repetitive.
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- Mark
- 12-18-21
Fascinating
Fascinating account of the first European expedition of discovery of the Amazon River. What began as a search for Cinnamin trees and El Dorado quickly devolved into a struggle to simply survive. The Spaniards superior technology in warfare allowed them to survive most of the military engagements but the Indigenous people’s ability to farm livestock and agriculture were the only means the Spaniards had of avoiding starvation. It is hard to imagine the difficulties that the survivors of the expedition were able to overcome – lack of food, biting flies and mosquitoes, poison arrows and the constant engagements with the various tribes that they came across during their voyage. The first hand descriptions of the Amazons was also fascinating. Excellent narration – well worth the credit.
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- Maria Panousopoulos
- 12-05-21
Great book!
Wonderful narration, and good to learn about the history of the amazon. So many things we don’t learn in school
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- John D
- 03-15-22
Awesome
I could not stop listening to this and I have listen to many books and read many things in my lifetime it was awesome
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- Ramona S Stirling
- 11-05-21
So engaging
I loved learning about this history of the world. I really had not heard this story before. The suffering and deprivation these Spanish explorers went through is unimaginable by modern standards. Fascinating.
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- 08-11-18
Amazing story!!
An incredible story of a most amazing journey and discovery. Such mystery and amazement of the people and places.
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In September 2001, the headless body of an elderly man washed ashore in Galveston, Texas. Also recovered were garbage bags containing the severed limbs of the victim - and a newspaper with a home delivery address that led arresting officers to the downscale apartment of Robert Durst, an unkempt transient who dressed in drag. Incredibly, his bail was posted the following morning. New York authorities were quick to make the unbelievable connection. This was the Robert Durst, the dashing real estate scion whose family's fortune was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Shocking but true
- By Liam A Striker on 12-07-21
By: Marion Collins
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Tip of the Iceberg
- My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
- By: Mark Adams
- Narrated by: Mark Adams
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university", populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet, John Muir. Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Using the state's intricate public ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway System, Adams travels 3,000 miles.
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Very engaging
- By rachel cartwright on 05-30-18
By: Mark Adams
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Don’t Go There
- The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass
- By: Svetlana Oss
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Nine wholesome university students mountaineering in the Urals go missing, and are later uncovered from the snows of a bleak forest's edge in the Siberian Taiga, in a series of grisly discoveries. Why were the climbers wearing no boots? Why were stout branches of the forest pines singed to a height of 30 feet? What were the mysterious markings in the bark of nearby trees? What was so-called "overwhelming force" that was capable of breaking eight ribs in a single blow without bruises?
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Finally a Russian view of the tragedy!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 12-09-21
By: Svetlana Oss
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Island of the Blue Foxes
- Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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The story of the world's largest, longest, and best-financed scientific expedition of all time, triumphantly successful, gruesomely tragic, and never before fully told. The immense 18th-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America, involved over 3,000 people and cost Peter the Great over one-sixth of his empire's annual revenue.
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Vivid History of Russia's First Contact In Alaska
- By Neil Ring on 09-01-18
By: Stephen R. Bown
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The Cause
- The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783
- By: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the “American Revolution”: Former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists’ consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783.
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Modest history primer, wished for more substance
- By Buretto on 10-21-21
By: Joseph J. Ellis
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No Man’s Land
- 1918, the Last Year of the Great War
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 25 hrs and 5 mins
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From freezing infantrymen huddled in bloodied trenches on the front lines to intricate political maneuvering and tense strategy sessions in European capitals, noted historian John Toland tells of the unforgettable final year of the First World War. In this audiobook, participants on both sides, from enlisted men to generals and prime ministers to monarchs, vividly recount the battles, sensational events, and behind-the-scenes strategies that shaped the climactic, terrifying year.
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Oddly biased, but worthy account of the period
- By Hellocat on 04-04-18
By: John Toland
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Without a Trace
- Inside the Robert Durst Case
- By: Marion Collins
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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In September 2001, the headless body of an elderly man washed ashore in Galveston, Texas. Also recovered were garbage bags containing the severed limbs of the victim - and a newspaper with a home delivery address that led arresting officers to the downscale apartment of Robert Durst, an unkempt transient who dressed in drag. Incredibly, his bail was posted the following morning. New York authorities were quick to make the unbelievable connection. This was the Robert Durst, the dashing real estate scion whose family's fortune was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Shocking but true
- By Liam A Striker on 12-07-21
By: Marion Collins
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Tip of the Iceberg
- My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
- By: Mark Adams
- Narrated by: Mark Adams
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university", populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet, John Muir. Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Using the state's intricate public ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway System, Adams travels 3,000 miles.
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Very engaging
- By rachel cartwright on 05-30-18
By: Mark Adams
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Don’t Go There
- The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass
- By: Svetlana Oss
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Nine wholesome university students mountaineering in the Urals go missing, and are later uncovered from the snows of a bleak forest's edge in the Siberian Taiga, in a series of grisly discoveries. Why were the climbers wearing no boots? Why were stout branches of the forest pines singed to a height of 30 feet? What were the mysterious markings in the bark of nearby trees? What was so-called "overwhelming force" that was capable of breaking eight ribs in a single blow without bruises?
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Finally a Russian view of the tragedy!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 12-09-21
By: Svetlana Oss
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Crucible of War
- The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
- By: Fred Anderson
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 29 hrs and 4 mins
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In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.
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A Detailed History
- By Daniel on 07-15-18
By: Fred Anderson
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Blaze of Light
- The Inspiring True Story of Green Beret Medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor Recipient
- By: Marcus Brotherton
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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After dawn the siege began. It was April 1, 1970, and Army Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch knew the odds were stacked against their survival. Some 10,000 enemy soldiers sought to obliterate the 12 American Special Forces troops and 400 indigenous fighters who stood fast to defend 2,300 women and children inside the village of Dak Seang. For his valor and selflessness during the ruthless siege, Beikirch would be awarded a Medal of Honor, the nation's highest and most prestigious military decoration.
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Hope for the future
- By Michael L. Jernigan on 04-09-20
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- By: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with each other not just in the bloody trenches - but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history.
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Well Written, Well Read, Well Done!
- By Matthew on 02-25-17
By: Robert Gaudi
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The Dragon Behind the Glass
- A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish
- By: Emily Voigt
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish realm of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator dating to the age of the dinosaurs.