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A Dangerous Place
- Maisie Dobbs Mysteries, Book 11
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability - and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England; her aging father, Frankie Dobbs, is not getting any younger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Likeable Protagonist
- By Doily on 2024-06-01
- A Dangerous Place
- Maisie Dobbs Mysteries, Book 11
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
The Likeable Protagonist
Reviewed: 2024-06-01
As usual, a very enjoyable read- another Maisie Dobbs story! I've read her before and this time I've read three books in a row. :-) I had to see what happened to her next. :-) Good writing, good storyline, tho I thought she took too many risks this time. Orlagh Cassidy is just right for narrating this series! I recommend them.
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Leaving Everything Most Loved
- Maisie Dobbs, Book 10
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation. The case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman is murdered just hours before a scheduled interview. Meanwhile, unfinished business from a previous case becomes a distraction, as does a new development in Maisie's personal life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved story and narration!
- By Doily on 2024-05-28
- Leaving Everything Most Loved
- Maisie Dobbs, Book 10
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
Loved story and narration!
Reviewed: 2024-05-28
Loved story ans narration! Love the Maisie Dobbs series! I'm off to read the next one now...😃
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Elegy for Eddie
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel, Book 9
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie - and why? Maisie Dobbs' father, Frankie, had been a costermonger, so she had known the men since childhood. She remembers Eddie fondly and is determined to offer her help. But it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are equally determined to prevent her from learning the truth behind Eddie's death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, Great Narration!
- By Doily on 2024-05-22
- Elegy for Eddie
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel, Book 9
- Written by: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
Great Story, Great Narration!
Reviewed: 2024-05-22
Jacqueline Winspear is a great author. I certainly enjoy her writing about Maisie. She rounds out the characters and the storyline is always very well done. The narrator has a beautiful voice and can do all the accents and voices excellently. I recommend both of them.
In this story you can feel the sense of foreboding that must have been among many people in Britain at the time, and the discouragement of having barely gotten over the first World War II, to think that a second one might be coming. The story is woven well around that thought without being too morose.
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- Adventures of an American in Britain
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed—and what hasn’t.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Verbiage of the willfully uneducated
- By Doily on 2024-05-07
- The Road to Little Dribbling
- Adventures of an American in Britain
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
Verbiage of the willfully uneducated
Reviewed: 2024-05-07
Quite offensive , coarse, vulgar language used throughout the book, because he can't be bothered to use vocabulary of decent people. quite unnecessary! One can express their displeasure in something without resorting to low life vulgarities. I had thought he was intelligent, but clearly not. Have enjoyed one or two of his books in the past but now he just lets loose with swearing, and I most certainly will not be getting any more of his books either in paper or on audio.
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The Venice Sketchbook
- Written by: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than 60 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh Venice!
- By Florence on 2021-06-07
- The Venice Sketchbook
- Written by: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Lovely Setting, Good Story!
Reviewed: 2024-04-10
Really enjoyed this story! Nicely written and well narrated. Makes you wonder if any of our own relatives had a secret life that we never knew about. Fascinating she kept it a secret for all her life.
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Red Bones
- Written by: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident, Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called to investigate the mystery. The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive people. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness have lasted generations. Then there's another murder and, as the spring weather shrouds the island in claustrophobic mists, Jimmy must dig up old secrets to stop a new killer from striking again....
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3 out of 5 stars
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ok
- By Genevieve Paquette on 2021-02-08
- Red Bones
- Written by: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
Another great Shetland book!
Reviewed: 2024-04-04
Ann Cleeves is a great author of detective stories creating really good rounded out characters and settings. Keeps your interest throughout and always guessing. Was surprised at the perpetrator. Will read again and definitely more of her books. Narrator was very good and will look for him again
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Musicophilia
- Tales of Music and the Brain
- Written by: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Oliver Sacks' compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. He explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Stories
- By Doily on 2024-03-29
- Musicophilia
- Tales of Music and the Brain
- Written by: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Fascinating Stories
Reviewed: 2024-03-29
The stories are fascinating and amazing, showing how music can have profound effects on many people's lives and in turn those around them. Simon Prebble' s reading is steady. He has a good voice which I have enjoyed in other books. The book is a little dry, but it's not fiction, :-) and worth it for the information there in. How can music affect our individual lives? Something to think about
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A Seaside Practice
- Tales of a Scottish Country Doctor
- Written by: Dr Tom Smith
- Narrated by: Dr Tom Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
Heartwarming and gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom's stories capture the beauty of the Lowlands, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants and the richly rewarding experiences of life as a Scottish country doctor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Stories
- By Doily on 2024-03-24
- A Seaside Practice
- Tales of a Scottish Country Doctor
- Written by: Dr Tom Smith
- Narrated by: Dr Tom Smith
Amazing Stories
Reviewed: 2024-03-24
Great book! Amazing stories that will raise your eyebrows. I actually learned a lot in this book, one thing being about flu pandemics and their possible causes. Very interesting characters and stories! And the author knows how to read what he wrote, with the right inflections and accent. I recommend this book I will be looking for more of his.
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Oliver Twist
- Written by: Charles Dickens, Marty Ross - adaptation, Sam Mendes
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Daniel Kaluuya, Nicola Coughlan, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 197
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 196
Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses with a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But the boy is a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger and their guardian Fagin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Immersive and provoking
- By C McDonnell on 2023-01-18
Surprising
Reviewed: 2024-01-07
At first I didn't like this, because I thought they were adding things to the story that weren't there, but it turned out it was my ignorance. When I looked up the characters they introduced in this version, I found out that they actually are an important big part of the original writing of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. What happened to Oliver was planned and plotted ahead of time , Little did I know! So I learned a lot! and it was very well performed!
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Anne of Green Gables
- Written by: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Abi Hynes – adaptation
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Catherine O'Hara, Victor Garber, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story5 out of 5 stars 132
Directed by the skillful hand of Megan Follows (Directors Guild Award winner) and featuring the voices of Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh, Emmy Award® Winner Catherine O’Hara, and Emmy Award® Winner Victor Garber, Anne Shirley’s (Emmy Award® winner Michela Luci) adventures come to life in a fresh adaptation of a timeless tale. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Canada’s Prince Edward Island with the magic of an original score and immersive sound design.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best audio version yet!
- By VandafromCanada on 2023-12-05
- Anne of Green Gables
- Written by: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Abi Hynes – adaptation
- Narrated by: Sandra Oh, Catherine O'Hara, Victor Garber, Michela Luci, full cast
Fantastic version!! Well done! Best I've heard!
Reviewed: 2023-12-31
Absolutely love this!! Beautifully done! Excellent performances, and Megan Follows did a good job in directing. Wish I had this on a CD! Highly recommended!! wish I could give it more than five stars
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