Brian Harms
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Hollywood Ending
- Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
- By: Ken Auletta
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coleman
- Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 274
Twenty years ago, Ken Auletta wrote an iconic New Yorker profile of the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was then at the height of his powers. The profile made waves for exposing how volatile, even violent, Weinstein was to his employees and collaborators. But there was a much darker story that was just out of reach: rumors had long swirled that Weinstein was a sexual predator. Auletta confronted Weinstein, who denied the claims. Since no one was willing to go on the record, Auletta and the magazine concluded they couldn’t close the case.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling but too long, with some strange errors
- By bugsmeany on 11-16-22
- Hollywood Ending
- Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
- By: Ken Auletta
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coleman
Too Long And Repetitive
Reviewed: 08-08-22
This story could have been told in half the time. I also didn’t like that the narrator read each sentence like it was a statement and not part of a story. Harvey was definitely a bad person and this definitely came through.
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Funny Farm
- My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
- By: Laurie Zaleski
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 926
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 823
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 820
Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues - horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs - when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother’s dream her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming
- By Petfan on 04-13-22
- Funny Farm
- My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
- By: Laurie Zaleski
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
An Excellent Book
Reviewed: 05-16-22
Such a wonderful experience. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was one of those books I couldn’t wait to get back to. I even re-read parts and wish the book could have been much longer. I can’t imagine anyone not enjoying this?
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You Can't Be Serious
- By: Kal Penn
- Narrated by: Kal Penn
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,689
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,475
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
You Can’t Be Serious is a series of funny, consequential, awkward, and ridiculous stories from Kal Penn’s idiosyncratic life. It’s about being the grandson of Gandhian freedom fighters, and the son of immigrant parents: people who came to this country with very little and went very far—and whose vision of the American dream probably never included their son sliding off an oiled-up naked woman in the raunchy Ryan Reynolds movie Van Wilder…or getting a phone call from Air Force One as Kal flew with the country’s first Black president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The book is so much more
- By Ag on 11-04-21
- You Can't Be Serious
- By: Kal Penn
- Narrated by: Kal Penn
Not Up To The Reviews
Reviewed: 12-27-21
I was excited to get this book after reading the reviews. Kal Penn was a good narrator although a little too 'over the top' in some places. The first part was about his family which was very interesting. And then it moved on to where he got his breaks which was very much like how a lot of actors got theirs. So, nothing new here. The 3 chapters that were devoted to Kal working for Barack Obama could, I'm sure, have been written by many of those in a supporting role during Obama's run for presidency. I finally stopped listening when he got into the dating part because this too, I felt, was no different from the progression of other people's dating. Nothing new, or unique, here either. I was through by this time, with about 2 hours to go so I finally tuned out. Too bad because I thought it had so much promise in the beginning.
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Forever Young
- A Memoir
- By: Hayley Mills
- Narrated by: Hayley Mills
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 537
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 532
Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child star, trying to grow up in a world that wanted her to stay forever young.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Detailed Acct. of her Years to Mid-70s
- By Mary Burnight on 09-17-21
- Forever Young
- A Memoir
- By: Hayley Mills
- Narrated by: Hayley Mills
Couldn't Stop Listening
Reviewed: 10-08-21
I really enjoyed this book. It really showed how good a book can be when read by the author. I thought the references to her movies were good, - very interesting and not overdone. The ONLY problem that I had with the book was that it finished to soon. It needed a few more chapters to cover the rest of her life up until now. Anyway, a very enjoyable listen!!
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The Movie Musical!
- By: Jeanine Basinger
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Irresistible and authoritative, The Movie Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals - an essential audiobook for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine Basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the Hollywood musical - in the most telling, most incisive, most detailed audiobook of her long and remarkable career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So You Think You Know Movie Musicals
- By Orson Scott Card on 02-19-20
- The Movie Musical!
- By: Jeanine Basinger
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Not Thorough Coverage....
Reviewed: 09-08-21
...lthough I still have about 6 hours to go after listening to 18 hours. The whole book thus far is so focused on the 30s, 40s and 50s. I don't know how many current readers/listeners have any idea who some of these performers are. I was hoping for a much broader chronological overview. With only 6 out of 24 hours left I'm afraid I'm done.
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A Mother's Reckoning
- Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- By: Sue Klebold
- Narrated by: Andrew Solomon, Sue Klebold
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,610
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,248
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill 12 students and a teacher and wound 24 others before taking their own lives. For the last 16 years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sad, but, Ultimately, Self-Serving
- By Gillian on 02-19-16
- A Mother's Reckoning
- Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- By: Sue Klebold
- Narrated by: Andrew Solomon, Sue Klebold
Was expecting more...
Reviewed: 08-21-21
The story started off telling about how Sue learned about the massacre and her son’s involvement. But after that, we just seemed to get many illustrations showing how he was a normal child raised in a normal way. Sue, justifiably so, was just repeatedly showing how she did nothing that would turn her son into a mass murdered. The instances could be about my children, and many other children who turned out normal. The story therefore became very, very boring and I couldn’t finish it.
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Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 180,026
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 158,938
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Story5 out of 5 stars 157,914
I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this!
- By Nancy on 10-21-20
- Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
Enjoyed Most Of It!
Reviewed: 06-30-21
I had listened to the five minute sample a few times and thought MM sounded more like a preacher than... Anyway, after reading so many positive reviews, I decided that it sounded worth a credit. And I’m glad I did. I really enjoyed most of the book where MM did an excellent job of telling his life stories. I just thought that the last couple of chapters were like any other actor, talking about his experiences moving from picture to picture. Overall, though, a good read.
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Yearbook
- By: Seth Rogen
- Narrated by: Seth Rogen, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,176
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,823
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,763
Hi! I’m Seth! I was asked to describe my audiobook, Yearbook for websites and shit like that, so...here it goes!!! Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best. (I understand that it’s likely the former, which is a fancy “book” way of saying “the first one.”) I talk about my grandparents, doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, bar mitzvahs, and Jewish summer camp, and tell way more stories about doing drugs than my mother would like.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good until it turned political
- By atk0623 on 05-20-21
- Yearbook
- By: Seth Rogen
- Narrated by: Seth Rogen, full cast
Most Enjoyable
Reviewed: 05-29-21
This was a great listen.....especially good as the author was the narrator. Lots of funny anecdotes that had me laughing aloud many times. I could have listened to much more. Don’t miss it....well worth the credit!
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Patti LuPone
- A Memoir
- By: Patti LuPone
- Narrated by: Patti LuPone
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 432
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 364
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 359
The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off - through the dizzying highs and darkest lows - with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks. From inspired costars and demanding directors to her distinct perspective on how she developed and honed her Tony Award - winning performances, Patti LuPone: A Memoir is as inspirational as it is entertaining.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LuPone's Memoir Hits The High Notes!
- By Vince on 09-26-10
- Patti LuPone
- A Memoir
- By: Patti LuPone
- Narrated by: Patti LuPone
Not A Fan
Reviewed: 01-23-21
While I’m not a fan of Patti LuPone (I saw her in Sunset Boulevard) I thoroughly enjoyed the book. She did seems to have more things that bothered her about the business than things she enjoyed. I enjoy A.L. Webber musicals but wasn’t impressed by his treatment of
Patti and others. From what I saw on You Tube, I think I would have really enjoyed her in ‘Sweeney Todd’. That seemed to be one of the most positive experiences for her. She speaks her mind in the book and holds nothing back. And that’s why I liked it so much. And having her a the narrator really made the book a good one. Get it - you won’t be disappointed.
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Burke's Law
- A Life in Hockey
- By: Brian Burke, Stephen Brunt - contributor
- Narrated by: Brian Burke
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 410
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 372
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Story5 out of 5 stars 370
Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities - no, personalities full-stop - in the hockey media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full of truculence, and then some.
- By Audrey on 11-10-20
- Burke's Law
- A Life in Hockey
- By: Brian Burke, Stephen Brunt - contributor
- Narrated by: Brian Burke
A Very Good Book
Reviewed: 10-26-20
For anyone who follows the NHL this is a most informative book and Burke does a great job of telling ‘his’ story by relating the many things he’s faced through his very diverse roles in the league. I was sorry when it was over.
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