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The Pain Chronicles
- Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
- By: Melanie Thernstrom
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative, well researched and nicely written
- By Nathan O'Hara on 08-21-10
- The Pain Chronicles
- Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
- By: Melanie Thernstrom
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
Super interesting
Reviewed: 08-29-22
I wish the information was more organized, but this book is still one of the better resources out there that I have found. in particular, the author does a wonderful job of articulating the personal, inter personal, psychological, and the existential experiences and difficulties faced by people with chronic pain. She manages to put into words many things that I cannot, though I am no slouch. Even though no solutions are presented that will help me, it is very useful just to see someone writing of her pain in a way that I can relate to so well. It helps me to not feel insane, to banish self doubt about whether I am misdescribing the magnitude of what I experience, the insidiousness of it. It makes me feel 'seen' as they say, and that is a tremendous thing.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Book 5
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 114,539
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 100,591
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100,155
Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jim Dale is the BEST!
- By Leigh on 07-03-19
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Book 5
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
Weak compared to previous four
Reviewed: 04-13-22
This volume is weak compared to the previous four. It feels like the author is stretching to come up with an overarching story to connect the first four books to the final three, as well as fill in some of the plot holes that have developed in the series so far, but she comes up short. The book is full of long rambling exegesis that is both boring and unconvincing. The narrator continues to be amazing. He does an unbelievable job of creating convincing and recognizable voices for all the many characters. It is easy to forget that the whole thing is being read by a single person.
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Midnight Sun
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Jake Abel
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,744
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20,617
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20,537
When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, listeners can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, Midnight Sun. This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Impressed
- By Tessla on 08-05-20
- Midnight Sun
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Jake Abel
very repetitive retelling of first book
Reviewed: 09-09-20
This is a very boring and repetitive retelling of the original book. Narrator is great though.
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Moreta
- Dragonlady of Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, Book 7
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Sheila Hart
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,162
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 989
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 987
An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr. Her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch; spring had made a glorious debut; the Gather at Ruatha Hold was extremely merry; and Moreta was enjoying the attentions of Alessan, the new Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. Then, without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable story with good narration.
- By mtswan on 10-27-11
- Moreta
- Dragonlady of Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, Book 7
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Sheila Hart
Story not so great. But well read.
Reviewed: 08-26-20
Not as good as the first Pern novel. A little like reading the to do list of a disaster management team. Luckily Dragonsdawn is next and if memory serves it is the very best of them all.
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Momo
- By: Michael Ende
- Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story5 out of 5 stars 115
Momo lebt am Rande einer Großstadt in den Ruinen eines Amphitheaters. Sie besitzt nichts als das, was sie findet oder was man ihr schenkt...
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reader makes the whole story better
- By Smine on 01-24-21
- Momo
- By: Michael Ende
- Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich
A great reading of a timeless masterpiece
Reviewed: 06-06-17
This is a very nice reading of one of the all time great stories. Entertaining for children and thought provoking for adults. Eerily precient.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexander Dumas
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 43 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monte Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- By William on 09-16-07
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexander Dumas
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
Fabuous reading
Reviewed: 10-19-07
Richard Matthews rocks!!
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Taliesin
- The Pendragon Cycle, Book 1
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,467
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
It was a time of legend, as the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. Meanwhile, across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for 2,000 years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis. This is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the courageous princess from Atlantis who escapes the terrible devastation of her land, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. It is a story of an incomparable love that joins two astonishing worlds....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic interpretation of a Classic tale
- By John on 08-11-03
- Taliesin
- The Pendragon Cycle, Book 1
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
The worst series ever
Reviewed: 05-04-07
This book is (and all the other books in the series are) absolutely awful. They are plodding and boring. There is no intricacy or cleverness of plot. Everything happens sequentially and more or less predictably. The prose is repetitive and unimaginative. On average Lawhead uses the word "thrust" 762 times per battle (and there are many battles).
The books glorify the Christian faith to an extent that you feel that you are reading propaganda. Oddly enough the religious descriptions lack detail and depth.
The character of Morgian (sp?) is constantly built up to be evil, but the source, nature and extent of her power is never explained to the reader. Consequently her actions in the books seem more or less random. Moreover she is always beaten very easily, which fact severely undermines her ability to lend any tension at all to the plot. (Tension? What's that?) When she and Merlin finally have their big confrontation it happens offstage. We find out that Merlin is ok, before he relates the story--which, again, sort of eliminates any TENSION the episode might have promised. When he does offer a description of the confrontation, it once again lacks detail, depth, imagination and coherence.
The books are full of anachronisms and do not display an understanding of, or even interest in, the period in which they are set.
The reading of the first book is tolerable, but the others are irritating. The overall tone used for the narrator is hauty. The reader consistantly makes odd choices about which word in each sentence he should emphasize. It gives one the sense that the reader is profoundly bored by his task--for which I don't blame him.
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Arthur
- Pendragon Cycle Book 3
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 263
They called him unfit to rule - a lowborn, callow boy, Uther's bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. He had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was Arthur, Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty - who would rise to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war, who would usher in a glorious reign of peace and prosperity, and who would fall at the treacherous hands of the one he loved more than life. This is the third book of The Pendragon Cycle.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping story, well told, loses steam at the end
- By Alan Rither on 04-05-04
- Arthur
- Pendragon Cycle Book 3
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
God-awful
Reviewed: 05-04-07
I listened to all four of the books in this cycle and they are just awful. Really, really boring.
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Merlin
- Pendragon Cycle Book 2
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 872
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 659
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 657
He was born to greatness, the son of a Druid bard and a princess of lost Atlantis. A trained warrior, blessed with the gifts of prophecy and song, he grew to manhood in a Britain abandoned by its Roman conquerors. He was to have a higher destiny: to prepare the way for the momentous event that would unite the Island of the Mighty - the coming of Arthur Pendragon, Lord of the Kingdom of Summer. This is the second book of The Pendragon Cycle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book (Ten Stars)
- By Philana on 12-02-03
- Merlin
- Pendragon Cycle Book 2
- By: Stephen R. Lawhead
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Awful
Reviewed: 08-30-05
This book is (and all the other books in the series are) absolutely awful. They are plodding and boring. There is no intricacy or cleverness of plot. Everything happens sequentially and more or less predictably. The prose is repetitive and unimaginative. On average Lawhead uses the word "thrust" 762 times per battle (and there are many battles).
The books glorify the Christian faith to an extent that you feel that you are reading propaganda. Oddly enough the religious descriptions lack detail and depth.
The character of Morgian (sp?) is constantly built up to be evil, but the source, nature and extent of her power is never explained to the reader. Consequently her actions in the books seem more or less random. Moreover she is always beaten very easily, which fact severely undermines her ability to lend any tension at all to the plot. (Tension? What's that?) When she and Merlin finally have their big confrontation it happens offstage. We find out that Merlin is ok, before he relates the story--which, again, sort of eliminates any TENSION the episode might have promised. When he does offer a description of the confrontation, it once again lacks detail, depth, imagination and coherence.
The books are full of anachronisms and do not display an understanding of, or even interest in, the period in which they are set.
The reading of the first book is tolerable, but the others are irritating. The overall tone used for the narrator is hauty. The reader consistantly makes odd choices about which word in each sentence he should emphasize. It gives one the sense that the reader is profoundly bored by his task--for which I don't blame him.
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