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The Jasmine Throne
- By: Tasha Suri
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
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Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of powerful magic—but is now little more than a decaying ruin. Priya is a maidservant, one of several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to attend Malini's chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, as long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides. But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya's true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled.
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Strong woman abound
- By Amazon Customer on 16-09-24
- The Jasmine Throne
- By: Tasha Suri
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
Strong woman abound
Reviewed: 16-09-24
A beautifully crafted story of political intrigue filled with strong women in a patriarchal society.
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Art Is My Career: How to Start an Art Business
- Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Find Your Customer, Grow Your Social Media, Build a Website, and Take Your Art Career to the Next Level
- By: Sema Martin
- Narrated by: Nikki Delgado
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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Do you dream of being a full-time artist? This friendly, practical guide shows you how to make your dream a reality, with expert advice on everything from writing a business plan to pricing your work and raising your profile as an artist. Learn how to start taking commissions and ensure your long-term success.
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Great content, shame about the delivery
- By Jazzy on 01-11-22
- Art Is My Career: How to Start an Art Business
- Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Find Your Customer, Grow Your Social Media, Build a Website, and Take Your Art Career to the Next Level
- By: Sema Martin
- Narrated by: Nikki Delgado
Continuous prompts to go her website to download files which could have been a pdf download along with the audio book
Reviewed: 15-09-24
Reasonably good advise in one place. I particularly thought her advice on finances were level-headed and considered. What I really found annoying was the continuous prompts to go to her website. This changes her overall message from trying to be informative to being overwhelmingly self promoting.
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Heartfull
- What to Eat for a Healthy, Happy Heart
- By: Dr Joanna McMillan
- Narrated by: Dr Joanna McMillan
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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Scientific factors in our diets and lifestyles influence our risk of cardiovascular disease, and what's good for our hearts also tends to be good for our guts, our brains, livers, and weight control, reduces our risk of many forms of cancer, and even helps us to age well. Dr Joanna McMillan cuts through the nonsense, bust the myths and misconceptions, and provides insights from the extraordinary science of lifestyle medicine to help you take pleasure and joy in eating and living well so you can give and get more from life.
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Scientific based dietary advice at its best
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-24
- Heartfull
- What to Eat for a Healthy, Happy Heart
- By: Dr Joanna McMillan
- Narrated by: Dr Joanna McMillan
Scientific based dietary advice at its best
Reviewed: 07-04-24
I really enjoy Dr McMillan's podcasts. They share the latest science in an accessible way. I like that she will tell you when the scientific evidence is not conclusive as yet.
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These Thin Lines
- By: Milena McKay
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she's longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding. When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives. With everything tainted, will the thin lines they rend ever be mended?
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I couldn't finish
- By Amazon Customer on 27-02-24
- These Thin Lines
- By: Milena McKay
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
Exceptionally well written
Reviewed: 08-01-24
Milena McKay captures moments beautifully and eloquently brought to life by the excellent narration of Abby Craden.
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Artificial Intelligence
- A Guide for Thinking Humans
- By: Melanie Mitchell
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Melanie Mitchell, Tony Wolf
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In Artificial Intelligence, Mitchell turns to the most urgent questions concerning AI today: How intelligent - really - are the best AI programs? How do they work? What can they actually do, and when do they fail? How humanlike do we expect them to become, and how soon do we need to worry about them surpassing us? Along the way, she introduces the dominant methods of modern AI and machine learning, describing cutting-edge AI programs, their human inventors, and the historical lines of thought that led to recent achievements.
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Book great, voice irritating
- By Amazon Customer on 18-10-23
- Artificial Intelligence
- A Guide for Thinking Humans
- By: Melanie Mitchell
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Melanie Mitchell, Tony Wolf
A scientific review of the state of AI
Reviewed: 03-06-23
This book gives a review of many of the currently popular algorithms underpinning the advances in AI that are highly hyped in a manner that is accessible to a lay person. It then goes on to explain the limitations of these algorithms. I highly recommend this book!
As for the narrator, excellent performance as always!
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The Temple at Landfall
- The Celaeno Series
- By: Jane Fletcher
- Narrated by: Samantha McManus
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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When Lynn learns she is to be relocated to the temple at Landfall, the arduous journey seems more like a gift - her last chance to see something of the outside world. She does not anticipate the dangers and temptations she will encounter along the way, nor does she expect Lieutenant Kim Ramon, an officer in the squadron of Rangers assigned to protect her. Despite all prohibitions forbidding it, attraction grows between the two women.
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Amazing story
- By VioletAthena on 08-07-23
- The Temple at Landfall
- The Celaeno Series
- By: Jane Fletcher
- Narrated by: Samantha McManus
Excellent book badly read
Reviewed: 30-05-23
Excellent story with compelling characters. Also loved the epilogue. I will love to see the epilogue turned into a book. I love this author's books and have read them all. I am very glad to see her books on Audible, but please get a better narrator. The narration started off reasonably well, but as it progressed, it became rather bad - probably the worst narration I have encountered this far.
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My Lady Lipstick
- By: Karin Kallmaker
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Anita Topaz, Queen of the Bodice Rippers, is deliberately a woman of mystery. But pressure is mounting for Anita to reveal herself to her clamoring public. It's scrutiny that writer Paris Ellison can't allow, especially since the glamorous "Anita" is a work of pure fiction. Lady Diana Beckinsale excels at disappearing into a good role. Especially if that role gets her close to certain objects she desires. When Diana proposes the perfect solution to Paris' predicament, Paris is less than enthusiastic. She can't let someone as unsettling and observant as Diana get too close.
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Cute story but oh that accent made my teeth itch!
- By OldOneEye on 27-06-24
- My Lady Lipstick
- By: Karin Kallmaker
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
Beautifully written and performed.
Reviewed: 08-04-23
I have read a number of Karin Kallmaker's books and they are all well written with decent stories. This one I think is possibly her best. It is really very well written with rich and interesting characters. She shows an economy and precision of language to capture a moment or emotion concisely without belabouring the point.
Abby Craden as usual has performed these characters exquisitely. I particularly liked the voice and accent she has given Lady Diana Beckinsale.
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The Power of Now
- A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- By: Eckhart Tolle
- Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces listeners to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind.
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I was sceptical
- By Mr. Jm Bird on 25-05-11
- The Power of Now
- A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- By: Eckhart Tolle
- Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
Pretentious pseudo science and high pithed chimes
Reviewed: 04-03-23
I really wanted to like this book. First, the idea of having control over your thoughts and in particular undesirable intrusive thoughts is indeed something to encourage. It is also useful to realize that one is not to strive for the absence of thoughts, but rather the awareness of ones thoughts in terms of thoughts that are constructive versus thoughts that are destructive. Hence mindfulness describes the intended objective perfectly.
However, there are a number of reasons why I struggle to like this book:
1. The language of this text is pretentious and often the same could be said using simpler sentences and simpler vocabulary.
2. Shooting from the hip. I.e., he states that the majority of scientists are not creative, which is obviously nonsense. He then goes on to say that for scientists to be more creative they have to think less. This goes against research of, for example Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, which describes the necessary steps for creativity as preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation and elaboration, which in fact depends on lots of thinking. Thinking is not the problem. Uncontrolled thinking and lack of focus is the problem.
3. That a book contains some statements that do not stand up to critical evaluation is common and not for me necessarily a reason to not like a book since we are all prone to various cognitive biases. Though, this book buys-in to a lot of new age mumbo jumbo and related magical thinking.
4. I might have been able to endure this book, but the high pitched chimes broke my sense of flow every now and again. I wish the description of this book stated the use of annoying high pitched chimes every 10 minutes.
I would much rather recommend listening to Waking Up by Sam Harris.
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The Headmistress
- By: Milena McKay
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it's with a roar and not a whimper.
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Incredible
- By Lucy T on 23-03-22
- The Headmistress
- By: Milena McKay
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
Well written and engaging with likable characters
Reviewed: 14-08-22
For a lesfic this was well written with engaging characters and an interesting story line.
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Mindfull: What to Eat for a Better Brain
- By: Dr Joanna McMillan
- Narrated by: Dr Joanna McMillan
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Dr Joanna McMillan cuts through the nonsense, bust the myths and misconceptions and translates the extraordinary emerging science the gut-brain link, that explains just how your food choices impact your health and happiness. Each episode explains the everyday science, but also tells you exactly what you should be eating to improve your brain performance.
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First Class & Latest Science
- By LMN on 16-05-22
- Mindfull: What to Eat for a Better Brain
- By: Dr Joanna McMillan
- Narrated by: Dr Joanna McMillan
Expert knowledge expertly presented
Reviewed: 12-08-22
Expert scientific knowledge provided in an easily digestible manner. Yes, at times I got a bit overwhelmed by the details, but then the summary of each chapter helped to highlight the key points and the last chapter iterated the key points again. It was wonderful to listen to dietary information where the difference between and scientific fact and hypothesis was made so clear. I will definitely seek out other writings of Dr McMillan.
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