Joseph Bisesi
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Scum of the Earth
- By: Alexander C. Kane
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
Ezra Barker is a traitor. When the Merg invaded Earth, he didn’t fight or even hide. He cooperated, helping them as they seized control of the planet and began their pillaging of its resources. While others toil away in mines and quarries, Ezra works an office job, helping his boss, The Senator, rule over the swath of territory given to her by the Merg. Sergeant Hayes is a brutal enforcer of the Merg’s rules. As an officer in the Health and Safety Department, he follows Merg orders, arresting, interrogating, and executing at their command.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very different from other Kane novels.
- By Jul on 01-23-24
- Scum of the Earth
- By: Alexander C. Kane
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Silly Fun
Reviewed: 08-12-24
It's not exactly Doctor Zhivago, but I enjoyed it. This book offers itself as silly fun and it delivers that.
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War Beneath the Sea
- Submarine Conflict During World War II
- By: Peter Padfield
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 25 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
This riveting chronicle of submarine warfare is the first to cover all the major submarine campaigns of the war, describing, in detail, the operations of the British, American, Japanese, Italian, and German submarine and anti-submarine forces. Beginning with a vivid re-creation of the sinking of the passenger liner Athenia by a German U-boat in September 1939, critically acclaimed military historian Peter Padfield's compelling narrative casts an unflinching eye on the devastating consequences of maritime warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fills in the gaps of other submarine books
- By Ben on 05-19-21
- War Beneath the Sea
- Submarine Conflict During World War II
- By: Peter Padfield
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
Very good in every respect
Reviewed: 06-19-24
I listened to this because I so enjoyed " The War Below". I find submarine warfare interesting and I"m a history buff.
This book did not disappoint by any measure. Interesting commentary on technological evolution, excellent personal stories and first hand accounts.
It starts a bit slow, but the other 90% of the book was well worth it.
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Finding Tess
- A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America
- By: Beth Macy
- Narrated by: Beth Macy
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,662
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,852
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,828
On Christmas Eve, 2017, Tess Henry was found dead in a dumpster in Las Vegas. Tess was a 28-year-old new mother, a former honor roll student, and a high school basketball player from suburban Roanoke, Virginia, a place ravaged by the national opioid crisis. The New York Times best-selling author Beth Macy chronicled Tess and her mom, Patricia, through Tess' harrowing, years-long battle to recover from heroin addiction in her award-winning book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Exhausting and heartbreaking
- By Sda on 04-08-20
- Finding Tess
- A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America
- By: Beth Macy
- Narrated by: Beth Macy
blame everyone but the people responsible
Reviewed: 08-25-20
I'm sorry this woman lost her daughter. It's a heartbreaking tragedy.
But becoming a drug addict was a conscious decision by her daughter. It required repeated effort, and a conscious decision EVERY DAY to be an addict. It required time, and effort to commit time and money to seeking out illegal drugs. She wasn't just walking along the sidewalk and heroin jumped into her. She sought it out.
It's not the drug company's fault, or the government's fault, or the doctor's fault, or society's fault; it's Tess's fault.
Every voice in society BEGS people not to destroy their brains for fun. No one can claim they don't know drug addiction is harmful. Some people insist on doing it anyway. That's a decision to regret.
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Gray
- The Complete Collection
- By: Lou Cadle
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,571
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,094
Pre-med student Coral is on vacation in Idaho when something terrible happens. The black cloud is followed by a wildfire and searing heat that lasts for days. She survives deep in a cave but emerges days later to find the world transformed, with blackened trees, an ash-filled sky, and no living creatures stirring - except for her. So begins her desperate journey to find water and food and other survivors...and the answer to the mystery of what happened.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story - Superb Value
- By Kurt Schwoppe on 11-05-17
- Gray
- The Complete Collection
- By: Lou Cadle
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Bigoted, hateful Christian Bashing
Reviewed: 08-01-20
The writer fills in her ignorance of history with Anti-Christian bigotry. If you want more Christian bashing, and can't get enough from Hollywood, this "never read a book" author will supply you with hateful drivel.
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The Given Day
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 23 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 960
The Given Day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself. As Danny, Luther, and those around them struggle to define themselves in increasingly turbulent times, they gradually find family in one another and, together, ride a rising storm of hardship, deprivation, and hope that will change all their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As Good As It Gets
- By D. Jay Ritt on 02-02-09
- The Given Day
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
The Lazy Writing Award goes to...
Reviewed: 11-25-19
If you haven't had enough political correctness; this is the book for you. More twaddle on how white people are inferior, racist and morally contemptible, and anyone who isn't white is an amazingly perfect creature of unflinching morality.
Dull, preachy, lazy.
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Screwball
- By: Simon Rich
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Beck Bennett
- Length: 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11,316
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,131
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,071
Before he was “Babe” or “The Sultan of Swat” or “The Great Bambino”, George Herman Ruth was just another teenage misfit at St. Mary’s School for Boys. But Ruth has something the other boys don’t, and when Baltimore Orioles manager Jack Dunn watches him throw a baseball over a building, Ruth gets the chance to punch his ticket out of the orphanage. All he has to do now is make the team.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, not for kids
- By Stormy Jones on 07-06-19
- Screwball
- By: Simon Rich
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello, Beck Bennett
Fun little story
Reviewed: 08-01-19
That's pretty fun. I enjoyed that.
It's a comedy about nepotism and the unjust distribution of natural talent.
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The Good Soldiers
- By: David Finkel
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 794
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 796
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it "the surge". "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences," he told a skeptical nation. Among those listening were the young, optimistic Army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Honest opinion folks
- By james on 11-06-11
- The Good Soldiers
- By: David Finkel
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
overloaded with personal politics
Reviewed: 07-09-18
If you want a politically correct lecture on the Bush Administration; this is the book for you. The author is more concerned with bltching about Bush than telling a good story.
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