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A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries: Volume Two
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street; collecting Romanian insults, or being taken round a Japanese parasite museum. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party - lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV.
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Huge David Sedaris fan for years...but
- By A User on 03-17-22
- A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries: Volume Two
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
Huge David Sedaris fan for years...but
Reviewed: 03-17-22
Really disappointed that he didn't narrate the whole thing. Tracey Ullman was just not needed here AT ALL and she wasn't just used to for the Irish/British accents as he says in the beginning! He's got such great delivery reading his own work - I didn't want to hear Tracy's voice! Whose bad idea was that?! Sorry Tracy, you're very talented, but not for this. Otherwise, David, you're the best.
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The Real Sherlock
- An Audible Original
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrated by: Lucinda Hawksley
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Biographer and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley gains unprecedented access to a treasure trove of Doyle’s never-before-seen personal letters and diaries. This is a chance for Sherlock fans to see their detective hero and his creator as they’ve never seen them before. Through interviews with Doyle aficionados, academics, actors and family members, we explore Doyle’s travels and sailing adventures across the globe, his pioneering work as a doctor, his life in the Freemasons and his fights against miscarriages of justice.
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Meh
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-20
- The Real Sherlock
- An Audible Original
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrated by: Lucinda Hawksley
No thanks
Reviewed: 10-04-20
Could have been condensed by half - very repetitive. Overly reverent and twee - especially narrator who is saccharine.
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The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- By: Deborah Blum
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.
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Fascinating book marred by production errors
- By Reagan Kelly on 03-02-10
- The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- By: Deborah Blum
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
What a shame
Reviewed: 05-20-12
What would have made The Poisoner's Handbook better?
The narration was so terrible - full of mispronounciations and innappropriate character voices- that I couldn't get through the first chapter. Very disappointed, as description of the book sounded so promising. Maybe I will buy the book.
Would you be willing to try another one of Coleen Marlo’s performances?
NO!!!
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