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The Girl with All the Gifts
- By: M. R. Carey
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39,664
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,294
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FLEETWOOD MAC
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-04-15
- The Girl with All the Gifts
- By: M. R. Carey
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
The Girl With All The Gifts
Reviewed: 06-13-17
This is an interesting and rather more intellectually stimulating zombie book. The reading was good and the characters are complex. I would recommend this book to mature horror fans. There is still lots of running, screaming and shooting, but there is also some science to explain what causes the "hungries". It is a good book and well worth the credit.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: Free Performance
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,511
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,334
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,333
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence." Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So much fun!
- By Hope on 04-10-12
- The Importance of Being Earnest: Free Performance
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf
Awesome!
Reviewed: 02-08-15
I am an Oscar Wilde fan. This met my expectations and more! Witty, and true to the original, voice acting and recording were excellent.
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Becoming a Legendary Teacher
- A Guide to Inspiring Excellence in the Classroom
- By: David Freeman, William Scheidecker
- Narrated by: Mark Moseley
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Becoming a Legendary Teacher provides the perfect tools for constructing productive classrooms and cultivating a love of education among children. The authors encourage other educators to reach beyond the restrictions of rigid lesson plans to capture interest through innovation and interaction.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book for new teachers
- By Jacalyn on 08-03-13
- Becoming a Legendary Teacher
- A Guide to Inspiring Excellence in the Classroom
- By: David Freeman, William Scheidecker
- Narrated by: Mark Moseley
Great book for new teachers
Reviewed: 08-03-13
Pros: This book was easy to listen to with lots of good pointers for new teachers, and for elder teachers as well.
There were plenty of examples to help a teacher improve their practice throughout all levels of schooling.
Cons: I wonder why, when the vast majority of teachers are female, the authors chose to use pretty much only sport examples when taking examples outside of teaching.
Also, the narrator referred to tables within the original book which were not available for download. This was disappointing.
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A Plague Upon Your Family
- Zombie Fallout, Book 2
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,034
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,035
The Talbots are evacuating their home amidst a zombie apocalypse. Mankind is on the edge of extinction as a new dominant, mindless opponent scours the landscape in search of food, which just so happens to be noninfected humans. The Talbots have escaped Little Turtle, but to what end? On the run, they find themselves encountering a far vaster evil than the one that has already beset them. As they travel across the countryside they soon learn that there are more than just zombies to be fearful of....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I Hate Mike Talbot!!
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 12-13-14
- A Plague Upon Your Family
- Zombie Fallout, Book 2
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Throwing up ... anyone ??
Reviewed: 07-13-13
The book was good but there was completely unnecessary amounts of vomiting. I get it already - the world stinks figuratively and literally, but Mike is going to get throat cancer from all the vomiting he does. Also, with the exception of a new female character in this book, the Talbot women are weak, annoying and nothing that a female reader can relate to. I get the impression that Mark Tufo does not think too much of women.
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Three Hearts and Three Lions
- By: Poul Anderson
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 867
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 790
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 788
The gathering forces of the Dark Powers threaten the world of man. The legions of Faery, aided by trolls, demons, and the Wild Hunt itself, are poised to overthrow the Realms of Light. Holger Carlsen, a bemused and puzzled twentieth-century man mysteriously snatched out of time, finds himself the key figure in the conflict. Arrayed against him are the dragons, giants, and elfin warriors of the armies of Chaos and the beautiful sorceress Morgan le Fay.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I FEEL ALL AT SEA
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 03-24-17
- Three Hearts and Three Lions
- By: Poul Anderson
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
This is a good book
Reviewed: 02-27-13
I read this book as a teenager and I was afraid that it wouldn't be as good as I remembered it, but it was. It was very well read and I'm glad to have it among my audible collection now.
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The Protein Power Lifeplan
- By: Dr. Michael R. Eades, Dr. Mary Dan Eades
- Narrated by: Dr. Michael R. Eades, Dr. Mary Dan Eades
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 18
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 18
The authors of the New York Times best seller Protein Power are back with an expanded nutritional program. Now the Drs. Eades have amplified their theory to show how the Protein Power Lifeplan can help fight diabetes, high blood pressure, auto-immune disorder, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great intro to low-carb eating.
- By Levi on 05-01-03
- The Protein Power Lifeplan
- By: Dr. Michael R. Eades, Dr. Mary Dan Eades
- Narrated by: Dr. Michael R. Eades, Dr. Mary Dan Eades
The performance didn't even deserve 1 star
Reviewed: 07-31-12
What did you like best about The Protein Power Lifeplan? What did you like least?
I own the book and I found it rather hard to read - being quite technical, so I skipped a lot. The audiobook made getting through all the content easier
How could the performance have been better?
The performance sounded like they recorded it through a cell phone (including absolutely abysmal music at the end of each chapter) and then re-recorded it by replaying the original recording through a 100 year old grammaphone. It is hard to imagine how it could have been worse and still audible.
Was The Protein Power Lifeplan worth the listening time?
The jury is still out on this. I should have listened to a sample as I would not have bought it if I had known (or believed since I read the other reviews) how hideous the recording was.
Any additional comments?
I am going to ask for my credit back.
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Simple Steps
- 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life
- By: Lisa Lelas, Linda McClintock, Beverly Zingarella
- Narrated by: Celeste Lawson, Lisa Lelas
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 6
If you're like most women, you have more worries, wishes, and chores than you can keep track of. You may crave a sense of order and control but have no idea how to attain it and thus find yourself coping with a thousand daily details.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not going to find you any free time
- By Sandra Carson-Price on 11-25-04
- Simple Steps
- 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life
- By: Lisa Lelas, Linda McClintock, Beverly Zingarella
- Narrated by: Celeste Lawson, Lisa Lelas
Where are the PDF's for this book?
Reviewed: 06-09-12
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
This book should have included pdf files of the various tables and lists that were narrated. The narrator dictating these lists was boring and rather less useful than being able to see them in printed form.
Any additional comments?
This book should have included pdf files of the various tables and lists that were narrated. The narrator dictating these lists was boring and rather less useful than being able to see them in printed form.
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Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol Dweck
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,173
Mindset is one of those rare audio books that can help you make positive changes in your life and at the same time see the world in a new way. A leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Carol Dweck has discovered in more than 20 years of research that our mindset is not a minor personality quirk: it creates our whole mental world. It explains how we become optimistic or pessimistic. It shapes our goals, our attitude toward work, and ultimately predicts whether or not we will fulfull our potential.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Profiles in Mindset
- By Michael on 03-29-14
- Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol Dweck
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Yeah, but
Reviewed: 02-11-11
This book is intersting, but seems mostly to be a bunch of name dropping and repetition of those names. I would rather there was more "how to" than "Tiger Woods thought this or did that".
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