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Fear
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- Narrated by: Ranulph Fiennes
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He's crossed both Poles on foot. He's been a member of the SAS and fought a bloody guerrilla war in Oman. And yet he confesses that his fear of heights is so great that he'd rather send his wife up a ladder to clean the gutters than do it himself.
In Fear, the world's greatest explorer delves into his own experiences to try to explain what fear is, how it happens and how he's overcome it so successfully. He examines key moments from history where fear played an important part in the outcomes of great events.
With an enthralling combination of storytelling, research and personal accounts of his own struggles to overcome fear, Sir Ranulph Fiennes sheds new light on one of humanity's strongest emotions.
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- Brian
- 12-02-17
interesting
he gives an interesting perspective and some amazing stories. his tone is a little flat throughout but without doubt the collection of stories takes it through.
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- Marbo
- 01-01-17
Not as good as expected
Very random: more an unedited draft than completed work. Wanders off topic. Sometimes really interesting, other times like reading the Daily Mail. Overall OK insight into authors life and philosophy.
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- Simon Cooper
- 14-11-16
Wonderful insight
Some superb wisdom from a man who spent most of his life putting himself in a position most people would fear.
This book both chronicles his own fear through this life and intertwined stories of other notable fearful stories from the wider public.
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- Alex
- 24-10-16
Insightful and gripping
Fear is gripping. Not only as explained by Fiennes but his book also. The short stories Fiennes uses to support his points keep the reader interested as the narrative fast past.
The book is both insightful and factual. I enjoyed Fiennes own accounts of when he had experienced fear and his recollections of his time serving in the British Army and his explorations. I also enjoyed the stories of others and how they overcame fears. Overall, I would recommend this. Some of the facts and graphic accounts of
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- Mr Lee
- 09-04-19
Not really what I expected
Another great performance from Sir Ranulph Fiennes. I had read mad bad and dangerous to know which is an amazing read. And so thought I would listen to this. The story is different to what I expected.
Less Ranulphs fear and how he deals with it but more stories from others, like public school boy getting abused or women in bad relationships.
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- John
- 20-03-17
Some good stories / thoughts
But tends to go off topic and there are times when you need to remind yourself what is the book about again?
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- Adam S.
- 28-12-16
life changing
Please please I implore you to listen to this, it is laden with inspiration and wisdom
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- Ewan
- 08-11-16
Good stories...
...which I may dig into, however I'm not sure of the point, the conclusion was a bit weak, felt like it was an after thought
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- lovemunkey187
- 27-07-23
Expected something else.
I've read and listened to other books from Sir Ranulph. And this wasn't as good as the others. In and of itself, it is not bad book. Just not up to par.
Sir Ranulph, is usually a pleasure to listen to but for whatever reason, his narration of this title is stilted and doesn't flow with his usual flair.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-05-23
hang in there
starts off a bit slow but progressively gets better, keep at it & you're in for a treat.
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