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A Spoonful of Poison
- An Agatha Raisin Mystery, Book 19
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,758
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,617
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,607
Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that now all she wants is some R&R. But as soon as she cuts back her hours, Agatha remembers that when she has too much quality time, she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn't take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete, especially when the fair's organizer, George Selby, happens to be a gorgeous widower.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wanda McCaddon is NOT Penelope Keith.!!
- By John on 05-20-17
- A Spoonful of Poison
- An Agatha Raisin Mystery, Book 19
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Wrong narration
Reviewed: 12-06-22
Ok story but having an elderly voice for a younger detective totally ruins the performance.
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Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42,684
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,778
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,610
Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Leaves much to be desired
- By Melody H on 02-02-20
- Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Inaccuracies abound.
Reviewed: 07-26-20
Very inaccurate “history”. And very rambling attempt at a book. More like a barely researched monologue centred on caffeine withdrawal. Glad I didn’t pay for it.
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The Ghost Tree
- By: Barbara Erskine
- Narrated by: Vivian Helbrun
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage and career and now the death of her father, from whom she had long been estranged. She is faced with the daunting task of clearing his house, believing he had removed all traces of her mother. Yet hidden away in a barely used top-floor room, she finds he had secretly kept a cupboard full of her possessions. Sifting through the ancient papers, Ruth discovers the diary and letters written by her ancestor from the 18th century, Thomas Erskine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Jacqui on 05-10-19
- The Ghost Tree
- By: Barbara Erskine
- Narrated by: Vivian Helbrun
Loved it!
Reviewed: 12-15-18
Loved it! the character/author keeps dropping Dr Who references in asking how to get rid of a ghost that is stalking her. I’ve always enjoyed Barbara Erskine novels; now I love her just that little bit more
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The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Including 12 Steps, Guides & Prayers )
- By: Bill Wilson, Aaron Cohen
- Narrated by: Glenn Langohr
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
This is the Original Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. This book describes how the founders, Bill Smith and Dr. Bob, recovered from alcoholism through spiritual principles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I would not recommend this book.
- By Judy on 09-21-16
- The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Including 12 Steps, Guides & Prayers )
- By: Bill Wilson, Aaron Cohen
- Narrated by: Glenn Langohr
Deserves a better recording.
Reviewed: 05-19-17
Classic book that is the basis for many programs for overcoming various addictions. Recording is incredibly stilted and hard to listen to. Really needs to be rerecorded.
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The Golem and the Jinni Part 3
- A Novel
- By: Helene Wecker
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York Harbor. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian Desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding. Truly outstanding
- By M. Khalil on 11-13-24
- The Golem and the Jinni Part 3
- A Novel
- By: Helene Wecker
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Great fable
Reviewed: 01-24-15
Wonderful story of an unlikely friendship between a golem and a jinni. Jewish terms but not overly religious for anyone who likes fables but not religion.
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Wisdom of the Talmud
- By: Ben Zion Bokser
- Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
This is a highly comprehensive introduction to the Talmud, the age-old storehouse of Jewish wisdom. Bokser covers the long history of the Talmud, from its origin in the Babylonian exile, its growth through the five centuries after the Roman destruction of the Temple, and the later persecution of the Talmud. The book covers a number of high-level topics, including social ethics and personal morality, with numerous examples from the Talmud. Ben Zion Bokser was one of the major Conservative rabbis of America.
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2 out of 5 stars
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bad narration can ruin a book
- By Heather on 05-03-14
- Wisdom of the Talmud
- By: Ben Zion Bokser
- Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
bad narration can ruin a book
Reviewed: 05-03-14
The book is okay, but the volume is ruined by a narrator who is not familiar with the subject matter: many of the Hebrew words, surnames, places, holiday names, etc. were horribly mispronounced.
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The Mists of Avalon
- By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 50 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,582
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,587
A posthumous recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Marion Zimmer Bradley reinvented - and rejuvenated - the King Arthur mythos with her extraordinary Mists of Avalon series. In this epic work, Bradley follows the arc of the timeless tale from the perspective of its previously marginalized female characters: Celtic priestess Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, and High Priestess Viviane.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Davina Porter brings an old favorite back to life!
- By Carolina on 07-13-12
- The Mists of Avalon
- By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
starts good, ends very poorly
Reviewed: 04-30-14
The story shows a lot of promise through most of the book, but ends very poorly, like the author ran out of interest in writing the story. The last several chapters each have a climatic-like summary going on, so by the time you get to the final end, it feels like the story has ended 5 or 6 times already, but still is not satisfying.
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Seduce Me at Sunrise
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,055
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,054
Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins - and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation...and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love it! Love it! Love it!
- By Elizabeth on 07-31-12
- Seduce Me at Sunrise
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Poor Naration spoils the plot
Reviewed: 03-10-13
The plot sounds great, but the narration is so rough and stilted that it is incredibly hard to get into this novel. It has taken me 8 tries so far, and it is still not grabbing me. It might be time to re-record this one Audible.
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The Casual Vacancy
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6,993
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6,183
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6,224
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early 40s, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils.... Pagford is not what it at first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pagford upon Avon
- By Darwin8u on 09-27-12
- The Casual Vacancy
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
Nothing but a soap opera
Reviewed: 11-22-12
I think the only reason this book was published was the author's prior history: if it had been written by a first time author it would likely have been put in the trash can. It is a horrible piece of writting not worth the listen. While there is a semblence of plot and storyline, it is not worthy of the hype and certainly is not worth the price of the book.
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Unorthodox
- The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
- By: Deborah Feldman
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 648
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 552
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Story4 out of 5 stars 553
In this captivating memoir, Deborah Feldman takes listeners on an eye-opening journey into Orthodox Jewish culture. Raised in the suffocating world of Brooklyn’s Satmar Hasidim, Feldman was told what to read and who she was allowed to talk to. Married off at 17, she suffered from anxiety and was shamed by an inability to please her older husband. But after giving birth to a son at age 19, Feldman realized it was time to tear up her roots and make her own path in life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A one-sided glimpse into a secretive world
- By Ella on 03-10-12
- Unorthodox
- The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
- By: Deborah Feldman
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
A Very Sad Portait of Young Narcissism
Reviewed: 07-03-12
What did you love best about Unorthodox?
I enjoyed learning more about this particular sect of the Orthodox culture, but the author does misrepresent some aspects of it in her bias against it.
Would you ever listen to anything by Deborah Feldman again?
No. I do not think she has anything rational to say in terms of Orthodox writing, and her writing is not sophisticatied enough enough to warrant another listen.
Which character – as performed by Rachel Botchan – was your favorite?
Zayde.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No -- I had to put it away and come back to it, as the book made me angry at times, with the selfishness and complete disregard for anyone else's feelings and perspective.
Any additional comments?
To anyone who reads this book: please do not think this is what the Orthodox culture is like. Not by a long shot. She paints a horrible picture of what is in tuth a very loving culture that focuses on learning, family and yes, religious life. This is a book that seems to be written out of revenge against the people she grew up with. It is written in such a way that it can only be an exaggeration at points, so cannot really be honest autobiography.
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