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Night Soldiers
- By: Alan Furst
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
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New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst is widely recognized as master of the historical spy novel. Furst’s works are vivid evocations of long-forgotten heroes and feature plots that unfold to the inexorable cadence of history. Night Soldiers is a simultaneously thrilling and illuminating tale of espionage set in 1934.
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Best Alan Furst novel!
- By Placeholder on 04-27-11
- Night Soldiers
- By: Alan Furst
- Narrated by: George Guidall
I Love This Book!
Reviewed: 11-30-24
Great story and well-researched. So well-written that you are immersed in the adventure. And the narration. Is absolutely perfect.
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Danse Macabre
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three decades of horror as experienced through the eyes of the most popular writer in the genre. In 1981, years before he sat down to tackle On Writing, Stephen King decided to address the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying.
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loved it
- By sean on 10-18-24
- Danse Macabre
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
Stephen King as Critic
Reviewed: 11-09-24
Overall, I thought this book was pretty interesting. It was written in the late 70s so parts are dated, and often in a fun way. His vision of the future is sometimes hilariously wrong. I found a few new authors through this book and felt compelled to revisit some others. And a lot of King’s insights are quite interesting. I especially enjoyed when he spoke about the writing process.
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Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection
- By: Stephen Fry, Washington Irving, M.R. James, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.
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Wonderful narration. Mediocre stories.
- By Michael Fuchs on 11-07-23
Great Narration and Sound Effects
Reviewed: 10-19-24
Stephen Fry is a great narrator and the sound effects were usually fun, though a few grew tedious. I really liked it few of these stories but felt that others were underwhelming.
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Gone Fishin'
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Paul Winfield
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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On the road in a “borrowed” '36 Ford, nineteen-year-old Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and his companion, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, are on a perilous odyssey that takes them from Houston to a mysterious bayou world of voodoo, sex, revenge, and death. Their destination is desolate Pariah, Texas—Mouse's home once, and still home to his hated stepfather.
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Mosley is a master of the time machine!
- By soliDEOgloria on 04-09-19
- Gone Fishin'
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Paul Winfield
Best EZ Rawlins Book Ever
Reviewed: 09-19-24
Great twists in the characters’ backstories. Paul Winfield is an outstanding narrator. And I love the blues tracks between chapters. Short but sweet.
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Yellowface
- A Novel
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena’s a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn’t even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I.
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I've never hated a character harder
- By ashelyn downs on 07-26-23
- Yellowface
- A Novel
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
A Very Unusual Story
Reviewed: 08-29-24
If was really hard for me to get into this story because I didn’t like the protagonist but gradually I realized that this is actually a brilliant character study.
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Heavy
- By: Kiese Laymon
- Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion, and humiliation. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of growing up in a nation wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinterested in the messy work of reckoning with where we’ve been.
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Be prepared
- By Amy Eberle on 10-30-18
- Heavy
- By: Kiese Laymon
- Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
Amazing Journey
Reviewed: 08-21-24
This has to be one of the best books of the year. Amazing narrative delivered so poetically. These are the most real characters I’ve ever encountered in any book. The author does a great job of capturing the lived experience of growing up black in a racist world. I can’t praise this one enough. Read it.
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George Carlin Reads to You
- An Audio Collection Including Grammy Winners 'Braindroppings' and 'Napalm & Silly Putty'
- By: George Carlin
- Narrated by: George Carlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. t's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits.
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Like a Cast of Thousands
- By Rick on 07-16-12
- George Carlin Reads to You
- An Audio Collection Including Grammy Winners 'Braindroppings' and 'Napalm & Silly Putty'
- By: George Carlin
- Narrated by: George Carlin
Hilarious observations about the world
Reviewed: 08-07-24
I have always found George Carlin funny and I did enjoy most of this book. But I do think that a lot of it hasn’t aged well. What was once a rebellion against pc attitudes now seems reckless and cruel at times. Yes, he didn’t know what we know now about pandemics, climate change, etc. You can cut him some slack, but it’s still hard to listen to at times. Having said that, my favorite parts are his keen observations about the inanity of much of our language. Yes, I have very mixed feelings about this book.
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Savage Realms Monthly: January 2021
- Savage Realms Monthly Dark Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventure Magazine, Book 1
- By: Willard Black, Steve Dilks, David Sims, and others
- Narrated by: Moose Matson
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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The masters of sword and sorcery fiction might be dead, but just because Robert E. Howard is no longer penning Conan tales doesn't mean you have to go without your fix of axe-wielding barbarians, lusty wenches, and evil wizards! Literary Rebel is proud to bring you a whole new crop of monthly fantasy fiction by talented new authors. In this first issue: savages kidnap virgins for sacrifice, a slave escapes his bonds only to fall victim to royal machinations, treasure seekers find more than they bargained for, and a sword-wielding maiden does battle with a serpent lord.
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- By Amazon Customer on 08-12-24
- Savage Realms Monthly: January 2021
- Savage Realms Monthly Dark Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventure Magazine, Book 1
- By: Willard Black, Steve Dilks, David Sims, Kell Myers
- Narrated by: Moose Matson
Rollicking Adventure
Reviewed: 07-15-24
This is good old-fashioned fantasy like you used to read in Weird Tales Magazine. Not at all PC; somehow lots of female characters wind up naked. But the stories are fun and the audiobook version has the best narrator imaginable for these kinds of stories.
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Pearl Harbor
- FDR Leads the Nation into War
- By: Steven M. Gillon
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day - when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor - ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II. In Pearl Harbor, acclaimed historian Steven M. Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt's skillful leadership in the wake of the most devastating military assault in American history. FDR proved both decisive and deceptive, inspiring the nation....
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rehash that excludes faults of FDR
- By mike hammer on 10-31-11
- Pearl Harbor
- FDR Leads the Nation into War
- By: Steven M. Gillon
- Narrated by: John Pruden
Well-written History
Reviewed: 07-08-24
I already know quite a lot about Pearl Harbor, but still found lots of interesting little facts in this book. Engrossing and well-researched.
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You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
- Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins
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“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
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Chilling and beautiful stories
- By MamaBear on 05-24-24
- You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
Stephen King at his Finest!
Reviewed: 06-13-24
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and think it is one of Stephen King’s best. Lots of chills and characters and places that I’ll never forget. As always, there’s a lot to think about here as far as metaphorical meanings and lessons about humanity go. I think that Stephen King is a national treasure!
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