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Cities of the Plain
- The Border Trilogy, Book Three
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,449
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,304
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,299
In his novels, best-selling author Cormac McCarthy creates a western landscape filled with characters that are both mythic and authentic. Cities of the Plain, the stunning conclusion of his award-winning Border trilogy, brings together John Grady Cole and Billy Parham—the two lifelong friends who began their adventures in All the Pretty Horses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read to us always, won't you, Frank?
- By B. H. Taylor on 02-09-16
- Cities of the Plain
- The Border Trilogy, Book Three
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
A very sad ending to a very sad trilogy.
Reviewed: 07-23-24
I found it very hard to understand the parts that are spoken in Spanish and felt left out of the context.
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 50,560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48,203
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Story5 out of 5 stars 48,206
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW. Just Wow
- By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
Memories
Reviewed: 03-08-24
This book was a hard list for me at times. In 1968 I lost my brother Tom on April 26. He died during an attack and allowed his buddies to get on the helicopter to escape sacrificing his own life. He was killed near Pliny.
I am a retired registered nurse, and so many things here at home. I’m glad to see that the Vietnam vets have finally gotten recognition, I’ve been to the Wall several times. I’m glad I read this book.
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,242
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,633
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,632
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most important book I've ever read.
- By James m Finamore jr on 12-07-23
- Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
Liz is Cheney
Reviewed: 01-04-24
I have family members that have fought in every war in the United States since 1634. I really respect this Chinese character and respect for our country and our Constitution. It was long flat for. right on Liz Cheney right on. 

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A Fever in the Heartland
- The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Timothy Egan
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,286
The Roaring Twenties—the Jazz Age—has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a must read!
- By V. Richmond on 04-14-23
- A Fever in the Heartland
- The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
- By: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Timothy Egan
This might be happening again!
Reviewed: 05-15-23
Well written and researched. A riveting revelation from the past and may happen again. Be watchful.
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72,319
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,701
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66,493
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
- Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
Poor prince Harry
Reviewed: 03-31-23
Self absorbed and sad. Amazing that he can remember word for word conversations.
The United States fought a war for independence from England. Let’s not go back to worshipping royalty again.
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Antietam
- The Civil War Battle Series Book 3
- By: James Reasoner
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
Antietam is the third book of eight spanning the Civil War and describing its effect on one southern family. The Brannon brothers answer the call to arms at different times, and the family finds itself struggling with dilemmas it never had considered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really the Battle of the 7 Days
- By David on 08-14-05
- Antietam
- The Civil War Battle Series Book 3
- By: James Reasoner
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
Revisionist view of the Civil War
Reviewed: 08-04-21
Antietam is my second book in James Reasoner’s series. The story line is interesting but it appears to favor the Confederacy to a fault. The characters are all hard working people and the slaves enjoy their lot. What a wonderful fairytale. The southerners are all polite and chivalrous and the federals were all beasts who wanted to take away their right to own slaves.
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China
- The Novel
- By: Edward Rutherfurd
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh, Zheng Xi Yong, Andrew Wincott
- Length: 34 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 554
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 490
Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes listeners into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply outstanding
- By Serenissima on 06-20-21
- China
- The Novel
- By: Edward Rutherfurd
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh, Zheng Xi Yong, Andrew Wincott
Rutherford does it again
Reviewed: 05-31-21
I preordered China months ago. His style of combining fiction with history never ceases to delight. Thanks again for a fascinating trip in history!
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- By: Robert Kolker
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,052
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,023
Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their 12 children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins—aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the 10 Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story you've never heard before
- By Kelley Cox on 04-19-20
- Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- By: Robert Kolker
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
What the world doesn’t see
Reviewed: 08-13-20
I come from a family of six children. My youngest brother suffered from Schizophrenia. He died of Leukemia a side effect of psychotropic drugs. Some of the events described could have come verbatim from my family history. Another brother committed suicide not long after. This book shines a new light on this horrible disease.
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The Woman in the Window
- A Novel
- By: A. J. Finn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 31,627
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28,530
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28,452
Anna Fox lives alone - a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times...and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble. And its shocking secrets are laid bare.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An excruciating listen.
- By Debra on 01-12-18
- The Woman in the Window
- A Novel
- By: A. J. Finn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Rear Window but better.
Reviewed: 12-05-19
The story line is great but there are too many chapters. A lot of time is spent going back and forth. It’s distracting to the story. I understand the time line but each little detail can bog it down.
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Moby Dick (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 300
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Story4 out of 5 stars 252
Ignoring prophecies of doom, the seafarer Ishmael joins the crew of a whaling expedition that is an obsession for the ship's captain, Ahab. Once maimed by the White Whale, Moby Dick, Ahab has set out on a voyage of revenge. With godlike ferocity, he surges into dangerous waters - immune to the madness of his vision, refusing to be bested by the forces of nature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the one!
- By Anonymous User on 11-14-18
- Moby Dick (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Listen to this edition!
Reviewed: 08-13-19
I listened to the book and I thought that the narrator was outstanding! I feared it would be too dry, but he made it come to life. His characters were brought to life. Certainly worth the price.
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