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The Buried
- An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
- Narrado por: Peter Hessler
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
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Resumen del Editor
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Extraordinary.... Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time.” (Wall Street Journal)
From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change
Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011. He wanted to learn Arabic, explore Cairo's neighborhoods, and visit the legendary archaeological digs of Upper Egypt. After his years of covering China for The New Yorker, friends warned him Egypt would be a much quieter place. But not long before he arrived, the Egyptian Arab Spring had begun, and now the country was in chaos.
In the midst of the revolution, Hessler often traveled to digs at Amarna and Abydos, where locals live beside the tombs of kings and courtiers, a landscape that they call simply al-Madfuna: "the Buried". He and his wife set out to master Arabic, striking up a friendship with their instructor, a cynical political sophisticate. They also befriended Peter's translator, a gay man struggling to find happiness in Egypt's homophobic culture. A different kind of friendship was formed with the neighborhood garbage collector, an illiterate but highly perceptive man named Sayyid, whose access to the trash of Cairo would be its own kind of archaeological excavation. Hessler also met a family of Chinese small-business owners in the lingerie trade; their view of the country proved a bracing counterpoint to the West's conventional wisdom.
Through the lives of these and other ordinary people in a time of tragedy and heartache, and through connections between contemporary Egypt and its ancient past, Hessler creates an astonishing portrait of a country and its people. What emerges is a book of uncompromising intelligence and humanity - the story of a land in which a weak state has collapsed but its underlying society remains in many ways painfully the same. A worthy successor to works like Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, The Buried bids fair to be recognized as one of the great books of our time.
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2019
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An exuberant and insightful work of popular history of how streets got their names, houses their numbers, and what it reveals about class, race, power, and identity. When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class.
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Simply OK
- De CJFLA en 07-18-20
De: Deirdre Mask
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Eat the Buddha
- Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
- De: Barbara Demick
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the best-selling author of Nothing to Envy.
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TIBET
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 08-24-21
De: Barbara Demick
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The Cubans
- Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times
- De: Anthony DePalma
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, Anthony DePalma
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges that Cubans face: a moving snapshot of Cuba with all its contradictions as the new regime opens the gate to the capitalism that Fidel railed against for so long.
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The real Cuba
- De Tinkerbell en 10-11-20
De: Anthony DePalma
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- De: Michael Booth
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought-provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, the enmity is between these three "tiger" nations and what prevents them from making peace.
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Not much new here if you are already familiar
- De Anonymous User en 07-13-20
De: Michael Booth
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Balkan Ghosts
- A Journey Through History
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.
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Anti religious/anti catholic hit piece
- De Daniel Calvert en 05-04-21
De: Robert D. Kaplan
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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Great Book, except for the narration.
- De DMH en 11-09-10
De: Peter Hessler
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Between Two Fires
- Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
- De: Joshua Yaffa
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces listeners to some of the country’s most remarkable figures - from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians - who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise.
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Stimulating
- De Amazon Customer en 03-16-20
De: Joshua Yaffa
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The Nine Lives of Pakistan
- Dispatches from a Precarious State
- De: Declan Walsh
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis....
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A Fascinating Look at a Troubled Country
- De Dipam en 07-11-21
De: Declan Walsh
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India
- A Portrait
- De: Patrick French
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
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Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one of the most momentous transformations the world has ever seen. In this dazzlingly panoramic book, Patrick French chronicles that epic change, telling human stories to explain a larger national narrative. Melding on-the-ground reports with a deep knowledge of history, French exposes the cultural foundations of India’s political, economic and social complexities.
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An Epic Book by Award-Winning Author
- De morton en 10-31-11
De: Patrick French
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Age of Ambition
- Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
- De: Evan Osnos
- Narrado por: Evan Osnos, George Backman
- Duración: 16 h y 41 m
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As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. In Age of Ambition, he describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party’s struggle to retain control.
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Come back when you have a warrant!
- De Neuron en 11-06-15
De: Evan Osnos
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On the Plain of Snakes
- De: Paul Theroux
- Narrado por: Joseph Balderrama
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
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Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A 40-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of modern Mexico.
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A pedantic, poorly narrated, 20 hour lecture
- De Birdshot en 11-16-19
De: Paul Theroux
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The Great Successor
- The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
- De: Anna Fifield
- Narrado por: Olivia Mackenzie-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Anna Fifield reconstructs Kim's past and present with exclusive access to sources near him and brings her unique understanding to explain the dynastic mission of the Kim family in North Korea. The archaic notion of despotic family rule matches the almost medieval hardship the country has suffered under the Kims. Few people thought that a young, untested, unhealthy, Swiss-educated basketball fanatic could hold together a country that should have fallen apart years ago. But Kim Jong Un has not just survived, he has thrived.
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Great book
- De WPD en 06-26-19
De: Anna Fifield
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Stealing Home
- Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
- De: Eric Nusbaum
- Narrado por: David Owen Nelson
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
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Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.
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Once Upon a Time at Dodger Stadium
- De James Gamble en 03-06-21
De: Eric Nusbaum
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The Ground Breaking
- An American City and Its Search for Justice
- De: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Over the course of less than 24 hours in the spring of 1921, Tulsa’s infamous “Black Wall Street” was wiped off the map - and erased from the history books. Official records were disappeared, researchers were threatened, and the worst single incident of racial violence in American history was kept hidden for more than 50 years. But there were some secrets that would not die. A riveting and essential new book, The Ground Breaking not only tells the long-suppressed story of the notorious Tulsa race massacre.
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Excellent book on the Tulsa Massacre
- De vivabooks en 08-15-21
De: Scott Ellsworth
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The Spymaster of Baghdad
- A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS
- De: Margaret Coker
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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The Spymaster of Baghdad tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called “the Falcons” came together against all odds to defeat ISIS. The Falcons, comprised of ordinary men with little conventional espionage background, infiltrated the world’s most powerful terrorist organization, ultimately turning the tide of war against the terrorist group and bringing safety to millions of Iraqis and the broader world.
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Worth every penny
- De Michelle en 04-20-21
De: Margaret Coker
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Other Rivers
- A Chinese Education
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Hessler
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More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China’s economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan Province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s.
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The author’s compassion and love for China and his Chinese students.
- De Neil Miller en 10-21-24
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Strange Stones
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: George Backman
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Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.
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funny, entertaining
- De Katherine en 08-02-13
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River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
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In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.
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Peter Berkrot Again?
- De Abstraction en 07-10-11
De: Peter Hessler
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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Great Book, except for the narration.
- De DMH en 11-09-10
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Country Driving
- A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 16 h y 35 m
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In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China.
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Pass the white rice please
- De Nick en 02-18-10
De: Peter Hessler
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Palace Walk
- Cairo Trilogy Series, Book 1
- De: Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins - translator, Olive E. Kenny - translator
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
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A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, the first book of the masterful Cairo Trilogy introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.
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great book, not so great narration
- De Amazon Customer en 02-01-19
De: Naguib Mahfouz, y otros
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Other Rivers
- A Chinese Education
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Hessler
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
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More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China’s economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan Province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s.
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The author’s compassion and love for China and his Chinese students.
- De Neil Miller en 10-21-24
De: Peter Hessler
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Strange Stones
- De: Peter Hessler
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Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.
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funny, entertaining
- De Katherine en 08-02-13
De: Peter Hessler
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River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
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In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.
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Peter Berkrot Again?
- De Abstraction en 07-10-11
De: Peter Hessler
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
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A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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Great Book, except for the narration.
- De DMH en 11-09-10
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Country Driving
- A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
- De: Peter Hessler
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In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China.
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Pass the white rice please
- De Nick en 02-18-10
De: Peter Hessler
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Palace Walk
- Cairo Trilogy Series, Book 1
- De: Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins - translator, Olive E. Kenny - translator
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
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A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, the first book of the masterful Cairo Trilogy introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.
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great book, not so great narration
- De Amazon Customer en 02-01-19
De: Naguib Mahfouz, y otros
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- RF
- 01-31-21
A treasure of personalized humanity
A personal, interesting, and amazingly thoughtful book about personal experiences of a journalist with egyptians. This book is more "Un-earthing of Egyptians" than about the fact that many people are living a smaller life than a westerner would want. It gives a great glimpse into poor administration where promises and signs lead no-where, male-dominated societies where woman have no power except with each other or foreigners, where leadership is even more blunt than in the west, where personal interaction is more true than hopes, conjecture, and fears, and where its ancient history when un-earthed reveals very different history.
When dusting off the people in this book I feel the sadness of lives that could be more fruitful with more kindness, support, regulation and focus. A book worth reading. The humanity is spell-binding.
A beautiful error. When I bought the book I thought it was going to deal with how archaeology was changing by virtue of the revolution (teaches me a lesson about reading a bit deeper) and I am so pleased with the story line - weaving people and history and current events and cultures.
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- Kimberly
- 07-03-23
Fabulous book!! Inspired me to read all his books!
I loved this book!! I was so impressed by this book and the author that I bought all 5 of his books and have listened to all of them in succession since in the last 6 months. I am so grateful for the thoughtful, personal writing and humanist telling of world events. Blending history current and past is a trademark of all Peter Hessler books and this book exemplifies that quality of his writing. I couldn’t put it down and frequently found myself sitting in my car at the end of my commute to void “putting down” the book!
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- J. S.
- 06-08-22
Egyptology in breadth!
Wonderful weave of ancient history, archaeology, recent political events, and every-day life among "ordinary" Egyptian families, with particular emphasis on elder-male domination, the subservient role of women, and the struggles/dangers facing gays.
From amcient pharoahs to modern dictators to marriage, strongmen maintain their grip. Intimate Hessler-style observations, incites, and story-telling from his five-year stay in Egypt.
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- Norm the Nonfiction Reader
- 07-26-22
The Arab Summer through the eyes of people
We I purchased The Buried I thought that I would be enlightened by the history of this event in terms of causes and results. I was delightfully surprised to be exposed to the real people and their personal experiences.
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- LIWEN WU
- 10-06-24
A great experience
My favorite of all Peter’s books. I think the stories are more catching partly because, ironically, it’s not set in China where the author writes more often and it becomes a cultural context. The book is read by the author himself which ensured all the Arabic phrases were pronounced accurately, which was such an upgrade.
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- Richard Lee
- 12-19-19
Informative
Nice stories. Good comparisons with China. Help me , as a Chinese, to know more about Egypt.
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- colleen Brownlee
- 06-26-22
Read this
I lived in Cairo for 9 years in total. Listening to this vivid account brought back many memories and taught me things I did not know or had long forgotten. Best listen in a while.
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- JK
- 11-05-21
AN OTHER GREAT BOOK
Yes, I highly recommend listening.
Peter Hessler has a unique style of writing., very informative and never boring.
I have listened to all his books that are available on Audible and have never been disappointed.
I will not go into details to spoil the content.
His narration is superb.
Thank you, Audible, JK
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- Zeljko Z.
- 05-10-19
Unearthed
That is what Peter Hessler accomplished
Outstanding audio production
Peter’s reading is perfect. So much historical And political insight.so much humanity an humor
. It is Peter Hessler at his best.
Zeljko Zic
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- Jim Snelling
- 05-19-20
Must Read...
Beautifully written and read. The author weaves the story into unique chapters that captivate and amaze you.
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