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Lucifer's Hammer
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,554
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,755
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,767
The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization. But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story from front to back
- By DJM on 07-30-09
- Lucifer's Hammer
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
slow, uninteresting, boring
Reviewed: 04-12-10
I gave up after 3 hours of this tedious book. Not one character that was interesting, TOO MANY long boring character development sketches. The plot plods along and if it ever develops into anything I will never find out...
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This Republic of Suffering
- Death and the American Civil War
- By: Drew Gilpin Faust
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 201
During the Civil War, 620,000 soldiers lost their lives - equivalent to six million in today's population. This Republic of Suffering explores the impact of the enormous death toll from material, political, intellectual, and spiritual angles. Drew Gilpin Faust delineates the ways death changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation and describes how a deeply religious culture reconciled the slaughter with its belief in a benevolent God.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a unique civil war perspective
- By D. Littman on 04-21-08
- This Republic of Suffering
- Death and the American Civil War
- By: Drew Gilpin Faust
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
Schoolmarm narrator
Reviewed: 09-14-08
The book is well researched and interesting(and somewhat tedious if you are not "into" Civil War history) . The narrators treatment of letters and papers from the period is a problem however. She adopts a schoolmarm tone that is both dismissive of and condescending to the people that wrote the documents. I found that irritating.
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Everything Is Illuminated
- By: Jonathan Safran Foer
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Scott Shina
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,318
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 866
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 870
Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with great tragedy, and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Original format, playfully done
- By Christopher on 04-29-05
- Everything Is Illuminated
- By: Jonathan Safran Foer
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Scott Shina
Too boring
Reviewed: 04-21-08
This book starts slow and grinds to deadly. What humor there is relies completely on malapropisms. After two hours with NO sign of plot appearing, I gave up.
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Conspiracy of Fools
- A True Story
- By: Kurt Eichenwald
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,527
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,103
Say the name 'Enron' and most people believe they've heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely new, and entirely gripping, material.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- By Adam M Pokorski on 06-06-06
- Conspiracy of Fools
- A True Story
- By: Kurt Eichenwald
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Fall guy
Reviewed: 01-18-08
This book is fascinating and worth listening to. Unfortunately, it places all the blame for Enron on Andrew Fastow and portrays Kenneth Lay and Jeff Skilling as poor innocent children. if you read other sources (for example, the October 2002 Forbes Article "Andrew Fastow, Fall Guy" By Dan Ackman) it is clear that the problem with Enron was endemic and not just one bad apple. If you can stand more of the detail of the financial transaction involved, Enron's demise is more credibly portrayed in "Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. Eichenwald gives too many venal and greedy people free passes to be wholely credible.
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Gallant Lady
- A Biography of the USS Archerfish
- By: Don Keith, Ken Henry
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4 out of 5 stars 53
The Archerfish, a diesel powered Balao-class submarine crafted in the 1940s, won a unique, heroic place in military history and the memories of her crew members. Here is her story: from her assembly in New England and her dedication by Eleanor Roosevelt's personal secretary, to her service in World War II, where she broke the back of the Japanese Navy, and her critical role in the Cold War.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bilgewater
- By Richard on 04-01-06
- Gallant Lady
- A Biography of the USS Archerfish
- By: Don Keith, Ken Henry
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
too boring
Reviewed: 12-10-07
I couldn't finish listening to this book. The reader was fine, but the writing was bland and insipid...
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Tyrannosaur Canyon
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,014
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,217
What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest U.S. known as Tyrannosaur Canyon?
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Narrator!!!
- By Terry N. Thompson on 08-29-05
- Tyrannosaur Canyon
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
cardboard cutouts
Reviewed: 09-08-07
The main characters ( Hero, protagonists, villains and bystanders) are all flat 2 dimensional, uninteresting and ultimately boring.. The story line drags on and on and on and on after a fairly fast start. I gave up on this after about 2 hours because I couldn't find ANYONE to root for in the book or any reaon to slog through more boring build-up to who knows what. Don't bother...
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Sound and Fury
- Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
- By: Dave Kindred
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
Muhammed Ali and Howard Cosell, a legendary athlete and a television icon, were individually interesting, but together they were mesmerizing. They were profoundly different, young and old, black and white, a Muslim and a Jew, Ali barely literate, Cosell an editor of his university's law review. Yet they had in common forces that made them unforgettable: both were unprecedented performers who covered enormous insecurities by demanding, loudly and often, public acclaim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into Ali & Cosell
- By Steve on 05-04-06
- Sound and Fury
- Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
- By: Dave Kindred
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
Challenging
Reviewed: 05-15-07
A Wonderful dual biography! This book challenges the myths that have arisen surrounding both men.
After reading it, I had a better appreciation of both of these individuals and a better understanding of the times in which they (and I) lived. It also makes you reflect on the contibutions both real and imagined of both Howard Cosell and Muhammed Ali. It is very listenable and engaging throughout.
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The City, Not Long After
- By: Pat Murphy
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 33
The city is San Francisco. The not long after refers to a devastating worldwide plague that has wiped out most of the planet's population. The people who survive in San Francisco are mostly artists, hippies, and misfits who pull together a viable community and transform the city.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost
- By Diane on 08-10-06
- The City, Not Long After
- By: Pat Murphy
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
slow...
Reviewed: 05-15-07
The narrator does a good job but after 30 minutes, I was bored with the plastic characters and slow pace of the book.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- By: Washington Irving
- Narrated by: Jerry Robbins
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air celebrates its 10th anniversary with a spectacular production of this classic tale. Meticulously adapted from the book by Washington Irving, Colonial was determined to stay true to the mood and flavor the story is famous for. Outstanding performances by the Colonial Radio Players, a rousing (and scary) music score by Jeffrey Gage, thousands of sound effects, and the terrifying final encounter with the Headless Horseman...
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 Stars!!!!!!
- By Willie on 08-31-05
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- By: Washington Irving
- Narrated by: Jerry Robbins
over long and hokey
Reviewed: 11-01-05
The music doesn't help but detracts from this. The Ichabod Crane character sounds like a first shot at acting by a schoolboy and the final encounter between Crane and the Horseman is frankly dull.
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The Criminalization of Christianity
- Listen to This Before It Becomes Illegal!
- By: Janet L. Folger
- Narrated by: Janet L. Folger
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 118
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
There is a war going on for the future of our country. Most people know that. What they may not know is that if Christians lose, the result won't merely be enduring public policy we disagree with, it will be a prison sentence for those who oppose it. We've all seen the attack coming. First the Supreme Court said kids can't pray in school. Then the Ten Commandments were ripped from the classrooms.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Utterly ridiculous
- By Judy on 07-15-05
- The Criminalization of Christianity
- Listen to This Before It Becomes Illegal!
- By: Janet L. Folger
- Narrated by: Janet L. Folger
bull
Reviewed: 07-18-05
What absolute claptrap... The authors contention is so FAR from realistic as to be ludicrous. She cites instances where so-called Christians demand special treatment for their opinions and then are upset that the courts rightly point out Americas constitutional restrictions on establishing a state religion.
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