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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26,339
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,489
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23,407
Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Andy Serkis Was Sheer Perfection
- By Barbara on 09-22-20
- The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Great story, FANTASTIC reader
Reviewed: 01-29-25
The story is famous and a classic, so I won't waste words saying what others have already said. I'll limit my review to Andy Serkis' reading. Astonishingly good! Fantastic, rich voice with a broad range and acting chops aplenty to give each character both a rich voice and personality. As a bonus, he manages to sound much like the actors playing in Jackson's films. His reading is much too intense for my 5-year old--the voices he gives the trolls, goblins, wolves, and dragon would terrify them and give them nightmares--but of course that makes it all the better for older readers. Incredible performance!
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How Luck Changes the Way We View the World
- By: Daniel Breyer, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Daniel Breyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4 out of 5 stars 98
If you believe in luck — or if you absolutely do not believe in luck, join Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Breyer as he makes the case for the essential role that luck plays in our lives — and has played throughout human history. In this 10-part overview, he will give you a completely new appreciation for the surprising interplay between luck, responsibility, and free will.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The dumbest topic ever
- By Flying Girl on 12-18-21
seems good intro to analytical philosophy of luck
Reviewed: 03-31-23
I need to write at least 15 words to post this review; therefore, here's 15.
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Essentials of Social Psychology
- By: Wind Goodfriend, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Wind Goodfriend
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 285
In this illuminating Audible Original, Professor Wind Goodfriend explores the various facets of social psychology, including how we form personal identities, the importance of perceptions, the human need to be liked and respected, stereotypes and prejudices, and more. Social psychology can be both fascinating in its own right and, ideally, applicable to your everyday life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Solid Intro to an Important Field
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 08-14-22
- Essentials of Social Psychology
- By: Wind Goodfriend, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Wind Goodfriend
Seems a nice intro to the topic
Reviewed: 03-30-23
i have to write 15 words to post a review, but my heading says everything.
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Conversations with Carolyn Spring
- By: Carolyn Spring
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Carolyn Spring is a writer and speaker in the field of trauma recovery and mental health. Her podcast is an encouraging, inspirational and yet candid look at some of the key issues, for both survivors and helping professionals, in reversing adversity. Check out her website at www.carolynspring.com
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5 out of 5 stars
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a powerful, compassionate voice
- By RAP on 02-08-23
a powerful, compassionate voice
Reviewed: 02-08-23
Carolyn Spring is one of my favorite voices on trauma and recovery. I've read all her books and am excited to find her doing a podcast available on audible! It seems she hasn't really been "discovered" by her audience yet, but she deserves to be, and will be if she keeps at it. Thank you for all you do, Carolyn!
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Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life
- By: Francis J. Ambrosio, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Francis J. Ambrosio
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
What is the meaning of life? Is human existence meaningful or absurd? If you've ever pondered these questions, you have an extraordinary adventure in store, as an award-winning teacher presents a boldly revealing inquiry into these most fundamental of human concerns. In this inspiring series of 36 lectures, Professor Ambrosio charts how these questions have been pursued and grasped through the ages, providing you with the understanding and the tools to come to terms with them in a direct, practical way.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This cannot be a real course.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-19-17
Too hard to follow, at best
Reviewed: 01-31-23
I really wanted to like this and learn more from it, but in the end, I have to say that I find it at best far too hard to follow. It isn't that I'm stupid or unprepared, I hope. My interdisciplinary PhD crosses both of the fields involved herein--philosophy and religious studies--and I've been wrestling with the meaning of life all my adult life (I'm 53). I first thought that I was merely too distracted for the complex subject matter, that I couldn't do housework and get anything out of this course at the same time. But when I slowed down and started to use the back button to re-listen and re-listen again (and sometimes again and again) to passages I didn't get the first time through, I found the lecturer speaking in frequently (usually?) ungrammatical Kantian sentences (as in very long and labyrinthine things with many qualifications and asides)-- apparently off the top of his head. And when I tried during those repeated listenings to subdivide his run-ons, complete his fragments, and birth his unborn thoughts, I found that I often still couldn't understand him. I wish I could say I'm sure the speaker knows his material and has important things to share with those willing to take the time to listen very, very carefully, but how would I know? Judging from this course, The Teaching Company needs to work harder to ensure that its lecturers deliver good content in a way that is suited to the manner in which its customers are likely to approach the material: i.e., while driving, washing dishes, working a factory job, etc.
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Mastering Dutch Words
- Increase Your Vocabulary with over 3,000 Dutch Words in Context
- By: Koen Noltus
- Narrated by: Dini Steyn
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Learning a new language is no walk in the park. However, there are many ways to make it a lot easier. A vital part - that can help anyone to improve their knowledge about a language, even though they know nothing about it - is vocabulary. Not only will this make it more straightforward for you to start communicating, but it can also be the gateway for making yourself clear to people in a different country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Distinct, enthusiastic enunciation
- By anonymous on 02-06-25
- Mastering Dutch Words
- Increase Your Vocabulary with over 3,000 Dutch Words in Context
- By: Koen Noltus
- Narrated by: Dini Steyn
very helpful!
Reviewed: 01-10-23
I'm extremely happy with how the material is organized: from most to least common words. The text seems well and clearly articulated in both languages, and the example sentences apparently include vocab not counted in the 3000 indicated by the subtitle--which is a LOT of material. The only real complaint I have is that a small amount of the material is of no value whatsoever. (For example, at about halfway through Chapter 6, the proper names Jake and Bill are, absurdly, both included as Dutch words and translated into English as Jake and Bill--no kidding! And, uh, still crazier, the end of Chapter 9 provides a translation for "uh"! Perhaps the subtitle should boast of only, say, 2970 Dutch words in context.) I give the book a perfect score in every category, though I'd take a half star off "story" for the wee bit of utterly worthless material, if I could. I have questions about some of the translations, but I'm not well qualified to evaluate. IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PDF WORD LIST!
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Gulliver's Travels
- By: Jonathan Swift
- Narrated by: Jasper Britton
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Lemuel Gulliver, a slightly staid ship’s doctor, relates the tales of his astonishing travels. He encounters the tiny, warring Lilliputians; the giant, sceptical Brobdingnagians; the ludicrously intellectual Laputans; and the idealistic - if rather stolid - Houyhnhnms and their bestial servants, the Yahoos. An immediate best seller when it was first published in 1726, Gulliver’s Travels has remained a favourite ever since. It was an attack on the politics and society of Swift’s day, but it is also a polemical, inventive, surreal, vitriolic, and wonderfully imaginative masterpiece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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18th century satirical science fiction for adults
- By Mike on 07-30-12
- Gulliver's Travels
- By: Jonathan Swift
- Narrated by: Jasper Britton
terrific reader
Reviewed: 12-25-22
The reader did a wonderful job, especially with the Hooinym (sp?) portions. Brilliant! And I found this classic more engaging than I'd expected.
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The Violent Bear It Away
- By: Flannery O’ Connor
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,224
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,061
The orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle - that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensue, as Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet, while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more “reasonable” modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relatives and lay claim to Bishop's soul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Biblical, American and Absolutely Brutal
- By Darwin8u on 10-22-12
- The Violent Bear It Away
- By: Flannery O’ Connor
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Wow
Reviewed: 11-07-22
This one hit close to home--so close I have to think O'Connor must have known the interminable struggle of which she wrote. Raised by evangelical Calvinists as I was, I can relate somewhat. Powerful story. And a terrific reader too. Highly recommended.
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Silas Marner
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,544
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,361
For 15 years the weaver Silas Marner has plied his loom near the village of Raveloe, alone and unjustly in exile, cut off from faith and human love, he cares only for his hoard of golden guineas. But two events occur that will change his life forever; his gold disappears and a golden-haired baby girl appears. But where did she come from and who really stole the gold? This moving tale sees Silas eventually redeemed and restored to life by the unlikely means of his love for the orphan child Eppie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing
- By Ramon on 06-04-12
- Silas Marner
- By: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
wonderful story, amazing reader
Reviewed: 11-06-22
My heading says all I wish to say, but as I have to include a 15-word review, here it is.
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The Pilgrim's Progress
- By: John Bunyan
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
An acknowledged classic of the heroic Puritan tradition, and a founding text in the development of the English novel, The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers for over three centuries. The story of Christian, whose pilgrimage takes him through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair, and the Delectable Mountains, is full of danger and adventure. Together with his trusty companions, Faithful and Hopeful, he encounters many enemies before finally arriving at the Celestial City.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- By Richard on 03-17-11
- The Pilgrim's Progress
- By: John Bunyan
- Narrated by: James Langton
Great reader, overly quaint story
Reviewed: 11-04-22
I know it's a classic, but I found it rather too quaint for my taste. I listened to it in preparation for Geraldine Brooks' Pulizer Prize-winning novel, March, however, and I'm very glad I did, as my reading of the latter was much improved thereby. Sandra Burr's performance was perfect.
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