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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 102,489
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 92,814
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Story5 out of 5 stars 92,592
The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
- By PatrioticMimi on 02-17-15
- The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
Outstanding narrator and story
Reviewed: 04-23-16
What made the experience of listening to The Nightingale the most enjoyable?
Had a lot of great reviews. Love history.
What other book might you compare The Nightingale to and why?
Nothing comes to mind
Which scene was your favorite?
Liberation of concentrtions camp
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The ending
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Beautiful Ruins
- By: Jess Walter
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12,493
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,962
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,957
The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot - searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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My mind wandered
- By Ella on 11-25-12
- Beautiful Ruins
- By: Jess Walter
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Well written!
Reviewed: 01-29-13
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Definitely recommend. It's rare to find a writer that can weave a story like Walters with witty dialogue. The performance by Ballerini was special.
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Kill Decision
- By: Daniel Suarez
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,771
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,166
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,170
Linda McKinney is a myrmecologist, a scientist who studies the social structure of ants. Her academic career has left her entirely unprepared for the day her sophisticated research is conscripted by unknown forces to help run an unmanned - and thanks to her research, automated - drone army. Odin is the secretive Special Ops soldier with a unique insight into the faceless enemy who has begun to attack the American homeland with drones programmed to seek, identify, and execute targets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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LEO WAS RIGHT, PART II
- By Mark on 07-25-12
- Kill Decision
- By: Daniel Suarez
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner
fast start....slow finish
Reviewed: 09-17-12
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
no. I think the research and story was top rate, that is until about 3/4 of the way and it just droned on and on. I lost interest
If you’ve listened to books by Daniel Suarez before, how does this one compare?
This was my first
What about Jeff Gurner’s performance did you like?
It was fine, but your chained to the content of the book, and it fizzled out.
Do you think Kill Decision needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No
Any additional comments?
Promising and brilliant start. Disappointing overall.
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Ted Williams
- The Biography of an American Hero
- By: Leigh Montville
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
He was one of the greatest figures of his generation and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? New York Times best-selling author Leigh Montville delivers an intimate, riveting account of this extraordinary life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable listen for baseball buffs
- By Champ on 06-02-04
- Ted Williams
- The Biography of an American Hero
- By: Leigh Montville
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
A must for all baseball fans
Reviewed: 12-12-10
If you like the game or you are a Real baseball fan to your core, you must listen to this book. Ted Williams was one of a kind. The greatest hitter in the game, his relationship with the writers, war hero, crazy family life, his bizarre end, it's all here.
The author does the research to be the authority on the splinter. It is well written, Scott Brick is a great voice, and what an extraordinary true story. This was one of a kind. Treat yourself baseball fans, you won't be sorry.
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