Really1234
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Dial Femme For Murder
- By: dialfemmeformurder
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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A True Crime podcast for the girls, gays & they! Exploring the role of women in crime, cults & conspiracies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I found Emily on YouTube first. Awesome content!
- By Really1234 on 10-26-21
I found Emily on YouTube first. Awesome content!
Reviewed: 10-26-21
I love all of Emily's work-- well researched and well-
written. And, Martin seems great, as well. More, please!
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Meaning: Exploring the Big Questions of the Cosmos with a Vatican Scientist
- By: Guy Consolmagno
- Narrated by: Guy Consolmagno
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
While science and religion have often been seen as contradictory forces, in reality they complement each other. Indeed, Catholics have often been at the forefront of scientific discovery. Now you can join a leading Catholic scientist in examining the most vital questions about the universe. Your guide, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, deals with big things - stars, galaxies, and unfathomable distances - but that's not the kind of "bigness" that you will explore here. Instead you will tackle the hows and whys of the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound Reflections on the Meaning of Life
- By jgh3115 on 10-18-17
Scientific accuracy w/ real mercy & compassion.
Reviewed: 11-26-19
A great antidote to the spirit of our age of snark between anti-science and "debunking".
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Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 260,316
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 240,855
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240,369
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m sorry I waited so long to read this book.
- By Julie W. Capell on 05-27-14
- Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Great book, great reader
Reviewed: 01-01-18
I wasn’t sure how well Will Wheaton would do as the narrator of this story, but he exceeded my already reasonably high hopes. He made the story flow well, and his experience as a veteran Game Master showed through his engaging and lively storytelling.
The story itself was a real treat. It has been recommended to me several times in the past, and this is the first time I’ve read or heard it. If you were a kid or young adult in the 80s, this book is a rich treat of nostalgia. Too good to put down or pause listening to. Well worth the credit this month, I’ll be listening to this one over and over again.
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The Shepherd's Crown
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,856
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,626
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,614
Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Magrat still has her armor...
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 09-02-15
- The Shepherd's Crown
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Sir Terry's swan song
Reviewed: 05-19-17
This is a melancholy farewell to Terry Pratchett's Granny Weatherwax and Tiffany Aching. Perhaps not his best work, and far too short (almost literally pried from his cold dead hands.
We have lost a master, and he'll be sorely missed.
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Good Omens
- By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40,754
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,580
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,558
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At long last!!
- By Mike From Mesa on 11-21-09
- Good Omens
- By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
Best Book Ever
Reviewed: 02-29-16
The humor and the humanity are all there. I adore this book, and this narration of it.
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Life’s Ratchet
- How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
- By: Peter M. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 384
The cells in our bodies consist of molecules, made up of the same carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms found in air and rocks. But molecules, such as water and sugar, are not alive. So how do our cells - assemblies of otherwise "dead" molecules - come to life, and together constitute a living being? In Life’s Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For biologists to learn single molecule biophysics
- By A Synthetic Biologist on 09-04-14
- Life’s Ratchet
- How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
- By: Peter M. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
3 hours in and very little science
Reviewed: 07-06-15
It's not a bad book. There is a lot of good information about the history of science related to biology. But, so far, I have heard more sneering commentary about religious beliefs than I wanted to and virtually nothing about the "molecular machines" and how they work. As someone with an interest in molecular and cellular biology, chaos and emergence, this is extremely disappointing.
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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,452
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,617
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,609
When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And she soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Action Adventure Time Travel Novel w/ Good Reader
- By Sires on 04-13-14
- Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
A fun, light story, on par with Jasper Fforde
Reviewed: 11-07-14
This was a fun story. As other reviewers have noted, it's not necessarily a deep book, but it is fun. Yes, there's a bit of sex, and at certain points, quite a bit of strong language, but it does seem integral with the story. The personal relationships were a bit light, and also as commented elsewhere, the characters' motivations were a bit under-developed. But on to the good bits...
The story has a bit of everything, without too much of anything. Time travel, yes. But it can kill you, so they spend a lot of time ensuring they don't die (they tend to, anyway). There's the obligatory "Q" reference (R&D, Ian Flemming style), administrators, government forms, and a few touches I found quite familiar: the live-by-the-funding world of Academia, including presentations, sweaty palms, slide shows (in this case, hologram videos of dinosaurs!), and departments who really have no clue what each other do.
The protagonist is interesting, though I would have liked a bit more backstory (it's hinted at, darkly, but not even an outline was presented).
All things considered, a good read. Not classic literature, but I'm definitely going to enjoy the remaining 3, and any others that follow.
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Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Geraldine McEwan
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
At 27, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged version leaves out best parts!
- By Really1234 on 06-18-12
- Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Geraldine McEwan
Abridged version leaves out best parts!
Reviewed: 06-18-12
I was shocked to find that this abridged version leaves out the key turning point in the book. For those of you who have read the book (spoiler alert for those who haven't)-- the scene with the carriage, the captain and the tired heroine is left out! Get an unabridged version if you love Austen-- or just want to pass a test on this book for any high school English class.
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Jesus Among Other Gods
- By: Ravi Zacharias
- Narrated by: Ravi Zacharias
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 551
Jesus Among Other Gods is a brilliant defense of the uniqueness of the Christian message. In addition to giving you the benefit of an impressive breadth of reading and study, Ravi Zacharias shares his personal journey from despair and meaninglessness to his discovery that Jesus is who He said He is.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Comparison of
- By Steven on 01-15-08
- Jesus Among Other Gods
- By: Ravi Zacharias
- Narrated by: Ravi Zacharias
Long on sermon, short on content.
Reviewed: 03-19-03
I was hoping for a book that would give me insight into what makes Christianity different from other religions. What I got was a lot of personal history about the author, given sermon-style.
He had an unhappy childhood. He's happy in the religion he's now practicing. Fine, but it seems to me that many a Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist could write the same story. I am left with the same questions as when I began.
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28 people found this helpful