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The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition
- By: Margaret Atwood, Valerie Martin - essay
- Narrated by: Claire Danes, full cast, Margaret Atwood, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,145
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32,612
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32,514
After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women. Offred, now a Handmaid tasked with the singular role of procreation in the childless household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife, can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost everything, even her own name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wait! It Mightn't Be What You Think--
- By Gillian on 04-05-17
Riveting
Reviewed: 05-18-17
I could not stop listening. Claire Danes performance entrances you into this story. Females do not have rights. Rights are rooted in history. They are concrete. What women have had are privileges. Privileges are malleable and can be taken away. Women and minorities feel this in our chromosomes and DNA, constantly questioning and needing reassurance. This is not a dystopian future. It is happening in the world right now, somewhere.
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What Remains
- A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
- By: Carole Radziwill
- Narrated by: Carole Radziwill
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,510
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,309
What Remains begins with loss and returns to loss. A small plane plunges into the ocean, carrying John Kennedy, Anthony's cousin, and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Carole's closest friend. Three weeks later Anthony dies of cancer. The summer of the plane crash, the four friends were meant to be cherishing Anthony's last days. Instead, Carole and Anthony mourned John and Carolyn, even as Carole planned her husband's memorial.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I just couldn’t finish this book
- By Cheryle Medeiros on 10-11-15
- What Remains
- A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
- By: Carole Radziwill
- Narrated by: Carole Radziwill
Not empty and superficial
Reviewed: 06-20-15
This is so beautifully done. I was so captured by the reading and the story. I had to stop it twice while driving because I was crying and couldn't see the road. A must hear.
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Yes Please
- By: Amy Poehler
- Narrated by: Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54,421
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 47,381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47,148
Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy’s parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen to this book for sure
- By S.F. on 10-31-14
- Yes Please
- By: Amy Poehler
- Narrated by: Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner
More Amy? Yes, Please
Reviewed: 11-07-14
What made the experience of listening to Yes Please the most enjoyable?
Amy Poehler should read MORE audio books. Listening to her was very entertaining and fun. I wish there had been more. Most of her stories are light-hearted and enjoyable, but I feel like there is SO much more below the surface that was untouched and protected through the laughter. Maybe she'll be less afraid to delve deeper in the next book.
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I Don't Know What You Know Me From
- Confessions of a Co-Star
- By: Judy Greer
- Narrated by: Judy Greer
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 919
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 830
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Story4 out of 5 stars 825
You know Judy Greer, right? Wait, what was she in again? The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, 27 Dresses, The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, if you're like most women in America, you feel like she's already your friend. Thankfully, Greer has finally written a book of essays about all the moments, topics, observations, and confessions that you would hope to hear from your best friend.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Yay!!! Another Audible Favorite!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-10-14
- I Don't Know What You Know Me From
- Confessions of a Co-Star
- By: Judy Greer
- Narrated by: Judy Greer
Fun
Reviewed: 05-29-14
What did you love best about I Don't Know What You Know Me From?
There is something endearing about Judy Greer that makes her almost instantly likable. There is nothing mind blowing about the book as far as content, except to say that it made me like her more. Listening to this book is like making a new friend: you get to hear all the past stories, thoughts, ideas, dreams, hopes, and gaffes. it's a one sided relationship at this point, but you know, she IS an actress (hee, hee). Very enjoyable listen.
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Girl Walks into a Bar...
- Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
- By: Rachel Dratch
- Narrated by: Rachel Dratch
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,773
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,769
Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, Dratch was only getting offered roles as "Lesbians. Secretaries. Sometimes secretaries who are lesbians." Her career at a low point, Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog- sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Flowing comedic reality
- By Steve on 05-01-12
- Girl Walks into a Bar...
- Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
- By: Rachel Dratch
- Narrated by: Rachel Dratch
Who Knew she was so darn adorable and likeable
Reviewed: 04-20-12
Where does Girl Walks into a Bar... rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I enjoyed it and listened to it in 2 days.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Girl Walks into a Bar...?
the overall tone of the book. She is so adorable and likeable and relatable. I think that is her strength. I'd like to see her focus more on that and she is really good at doing audiobooks. doesn't sound like she is reading from a script
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Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,945
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,404
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,384
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be. To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone. This is the absorbing chronicle of that year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Inner Journey within an External One
- By YoginiZora on 07-20-06
- Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
I'd prefer 4.5 stars,
Reviewed: 08-08-10
but you can't half them. I was completely engrossed in this book. It felt metamorphic for me UNTIL the last 30 minutes, then it got all complicated by the same BS I thought she was trying to overcome and escape. Disappointed in the ending, BUT the rest was soooooo good that it made it worth purchase.
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L.A. Candy
- By: Lauren Conrad
- Narrated by: Lauren Conrad
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer... everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun. When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!
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2 out of 5 stars
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Almost as entertaining as the MTV garbage
- By Monica on 05-02-12
- L.A. Candy
- By: Lauren Conrad
- Narrated by: Lauren Conrad
I'm too old to like this....
Reviewed: 08-08-10
but I did anyway. Even read the follow up book. I'm actually looking forward to a third; just don't take it too seriously.
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Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte
- By: Kyra Davis
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,932
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,974
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,988
Thriller scribe Sophie Katz is as hard-boiled as a woman who drinks Grande Caramel Brownie Frappuccionos can be. So Sophie knows it's not paranoia, or post-divorce, living-alone-again jitters, when she becomes convinced that a crazed reader is sneaking into her apartment to reenact scenes from her books. The police, however, can't tell a good plot from an unmarked grave.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Autumn on 01-01-06
- Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte
- By: Kyra Davis
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Fun
Reviewed: 08-08-10
This was a fun audiobook with snappy dialogue that kept me interested until the end. The finale was a little anticlimactic, but the interactions amongst the characters kept me interested. I already bought the second. Nice, light listening.
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My Horizontal Life
- A Collection of One-Night Stands
- By: Chelsea Handler
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,792
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,174
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,183
You've either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. Often embarrassing and uncomfortable, occasionally outlandish, but most times just a necessary and irresistible evil, the one-night stand is a social rite as old as sex itself and as common as a bar stool.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Eww
- By M. D. on 01-15-10
- My Horizontal Life
- A Collection of One-Night Stands
- By: Chelsea Handler
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Maybe?
Reviewed: 08-19-09
I read this book last year, and I enjoyed the book so much that I bought the audio book to listen to as I run (I enjoy comedy when running).
Why didn't Chelsea Handler narrate this? She narrated her last book, and it was GREAT GREAT GREAT. The narrator was reading a story to me, and it felt like that. Like I was just being read to; Chelsea was so good in her last audio book I felt like she was telling me a story.
The book is the same, but I think I would have enjoyed this more with Chelsea Handler. Even the sarcasm and some of the jokes didn't come through.
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The Help
- By: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45,548
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30,570
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30,541
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great surprise!
- By Jan on 12-02-09
- The Help
- By: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell
Wow!
Reviewed: 08-19-09
This is the first time I have ever reviewed a book, but I just HAD to put my opinion out there. This is BY FAR thee best audio book I have ever listened to. The narrators are TELLING me a story (not reading one to me). They were fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. I laughed out loud numerous times, and I was brought to tears numerous times.
It was so very well written that when it was over I was sad. I wanted more. I needed to know what happened to Skeeter, Minnie, Celia (who I loved), and Abeline (s/p). I loved these women, and I was sad that it was over. I enjoyed having them in my life, and the content of the story is moving and touching. It made me want a better America and a better world. All of that in a work of fiction? You betcha.
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