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Sharp Ends
- Stories from the World of the First Law
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,006
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,638
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,621
The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta. Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: No one seems to know what the item is.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun stories but not enough content to be great
- By Lore on 07-20-16
- Sharp Ends
- Stories from the World of the First Law
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Abercrombie had to go woke
Reviewed: 07-24-24
Well into his series, the author has decided to add a lesbian character. Just like so many other fiction authors, he felt the need to bow to the need for DEI.
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Samuel Adams
- A Life
- By: Ira Stoll
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 148
Ira Stoll's fascinating biography not only restores this figure to his rightful place in history but portrays him as a man of God whose skepticism of a powerful central government, uncompromising support for freedom of the press, concern about the influence of money on elections, voluble love of liberty, and selfless endurance in a war for freedom has enormous relevance to Americans today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not just a biography. Must-read American History!
- By scott bowlby on 01-15-11
- Samuel Adams
- A Life
- By: Ira Stoll
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Great biography, wooden performance
Reviewed: 07-02-23
Though the content of this book was excellent, I was distracted by the narrator and felt it would have been served better by a different individual reading it.
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The Hiding Place
- By: Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16,575
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15,015
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14,995
At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. But with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, everything changed....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring
- By Sara on 03-03-14
- The Hiding Place
- By: Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Beautiful
Reviewed: 05-02-21
It’s hard to argue with a life well lived. An amazing true story that will convict you of your lazy and sinful ways… as it did me.
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A Walk in the Woods
- Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Rob McQuay
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,704
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,305
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America - majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaing guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way - and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informational
- By Amber C on 03-29-17
- A Walk in the Woods
- Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Rob McQuay
What an arrogant know it all quitter
Reviewed: 01-17-21
This guy spends most of his book making fun of people in every different culture than his own. Whether it’s country people, big city people, tourist, or tourist town’s citizens… He hates them all. HIs distain gets very old, very fast. He is very willing to excuse his own failings (like continually giving up on hiking... then picking it up... then quitting again.
He complains that the that the Appalachian Trail is too developed and should be left alone, then complains that the AT stopped people from grazing their flocks, and cattle on mountain tops so he could have something to look at while he walked. It is rediculous.
It was entertaining and someone funny in a couple of places, but overall I feel that it was a waste of time. What a let down. I was excited to read this one.
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Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic
- By: Nick Carr
- Narrated by: William Jackson Harper
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14,237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,970
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12,927
Wally Roux is a teenage genius with a big imagination and a big heart, who just moved to Savannah, GA, from Maine with his mom, who adopted him when he was an infant. In this charming and sweet solo performance, Wally investigates what is causing a number of strange events and occurrences. He explores and gets lost within space-time - an infinite, indefinable, and mysterious void that you can’t see but when you slice into it you can feel it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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1) Excellent performance; 2) But why the F-bombs?
- By RareReviewer on 08-12-19
- Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic
- By: Nick Carr
- Narrated by: William Jackson Harper
Expletive filled fluff
Reviewed: 08-31-19
Who is this for? It is too immature and simplistic to be for adults. It too full of bad language for any children in most homes (for parents who care about the influences they introduce to their children).... this was a waste of time and a free credit.
The performer did a reasonable job for someone who is doing the job all by himself.
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These Truths
- A History of the United States
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 29 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,339
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,082
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,044
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Story but distracting sound engineering
- By MindSpiker on 11-21-18
- These Truths
- A History of the United States
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
Narration ok, poorly produced. Jill Lapore’s view of America obviously grows more leftist as her book/history developed
Reviewed: 01-09-19
Poorly produced with coughs/clearing of throats left in. Many parts repeated (the epilogue, for example, is read twice?) This is sad because Jill Lapore did a great job reading in my opinion.
Starts out great, but slowly becomes more biased as it approaches the modern news cycle. She is meticulous when it comes to citing her references to early American claims, which I appreciate. She does a good job of conveying many of the victories and innate hypocrisies of our American past, but by the time we reach Barack Obama, her descriptions seem to lose all manner of objectivity and she simply begins to espouse modern views and trappings held only by Liberal America. She is still perhaps more honest regarding the failings of the left than many of her peers, but those “truths” are far fewer than her inditement of the Republican/Conservative party.
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