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We Two
- Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
- By: Gillian Gill
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 250
It was the most influential marriage of the 19th Century - and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch and misery as a woman until she married her German cousin Albert and accepted him as her lord and master. Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen, and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I found it extremely moving.
- By Cheryl on 08-07-09
- We Two
- Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
- By: Gillian Gill
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Love the narrator, Rosalyn Landor
Reviewed: 09-09-18
I am currently in the process of buying every book that Rosalyn Landor has been the narrator for, she's lovely and not jarring if you're listening in bed but not too "sleepy" if you're listening in your car. She strikes the right balance of both. The book is informative, but yet not boring, and give some juicy details that keeps you interested in dry history. Highly recommend! Happy listening! :)
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Spook
- Science Tackles the Afterlife
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Bernadette Quigley
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,383
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 1,122
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,119
In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. She begins the journey in rural India with a reincarnation researcher and ends up in a University of Virginia operating room where cardiologists have installed equipment near the ceiling to study out-of-body near-death experiences.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Read this book, but don't listen to it!
- By Christine on 11-21-09
- Spook
- Science Tackles the Afterlife
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Bernadette Quigley
Funny & Clever
Reviewed: 08-07-11
Enjoyed the humor very much. Thought provoking. Recommend it highly even though it seems "dark" in nature. (I am NOT a dark person by ANY stretch of the imagination but things that make you think beyond what you know it excellent mental exercise!
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Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,370
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,272
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,268
For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I worked with cadavers for years, but....
- By POQA on 11-11-12
- Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
Love Mary Roach
Reviewed: 08-07-11
Listened to this book as well as, "Spook" and loved them both. I love that her books are funny even though it makes you think beyond what you may normaly venture to go. Not gory, just though provoking!
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Life after Death
- The Evidence
- By: Dinesh D’Souza
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 616
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 463
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 465
Is there life beyond the grave? Is it reasonable to believe in the afterlife? If so, how should we act on those beliefs? Best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza undertakes an unprecedented voyage of intellectual discovery to reveal the truth about life, death and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite of the Year
- By Darrell on 12-08-09
- Life after Death
- The Evidence
- By: Dinesh D’Souza
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Awful!
Reviewed: 08-07-11
If you are looking for religious confirmation then this would be your book. I mistakely thought it was more spiritual in nature as opposed to Biblical based "proof." (Biblical proof is NOT proof.)
I could only listen to about 30 minutes hoping it would get better, alias, it did not. I only wish the description was more forthcoming to WHAT her proof really was. I feel that I wasted a credit and feel mislead that it was of a more "spiritual" nature and NOT CHRISTIAN/Bible based.
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The Masque of the Black Tulip
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Willig
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 468
The Pink Carnation, history's most elusive spy and England's only hope for preventing a Napoleonic invasion, returns in Lauren Willig's dazzling, imaginative new historical romance. The Masque of the Black Tulip opens with the murder of a courier from the London War Office, his confidential dispatch for the Pink Carnation stolen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Coffee Lover on 09-04-06
- The Masque of the Black Tulip
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Willig
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Wonderful Listening!
Reviewed: 02-11-11
I love the author's sense of humor but the narrator REALLY brings it to life. She is expressive in her reading as opposed to just a dry read.
Couldn't stop listening! Going back for the rest of the series!
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Katherine Swynford
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 105
New York Times best-selling author Alison Weir is renowned around the world for her chronicles of Britain's royal families. Here she turns her focus to the enigmatic former mistress of John of Gaunt, Katherine Swynford, who would go on to marry her lover and become Queen of England. Through Weir's captivating prose, listeners are treated to a rousing profile of a dynamic historical figure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too much detail, not enough person
- By Dr. A. on 02-02-09
- Katherine Swynford
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
Couldn't Get Through It!
Reviewed: 01-22-11
This book is basically a history book in historical form. Dates, places, names. The information hasn't been woven into a historical story, but was left to the dull historical facts. Judith Boyd is a wonderful narrator and is the only reason I got through the first 3 hours. I have purchased SEVERAL books in this time era and this has to be the most boring of all that I have had the misfortune to listen to.
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