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Springfield Confidential
- Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
- By: Mike Reiss, Mathew Klickstein
- Narrated by: Mike Reiss
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss - who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989 - shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Reiss explains how the episodes are created and provides an inside look at the show’s writers, animators, actors, and celebrity guests. He answers a range of questions from Simpsons fans and die-hards and reminisces about the making of perennially favorite episodes.
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Story was arrogant and the delivery was terrible..
- By Tyler on 06-20-18
- Springfield Confidential
- Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
- By: Mike Reiss, Mathew Klickstein
- Narrated by: Mike Reiss
Simpsons gold.
Reviewed: 03-19-21
If you are a Simpsons fan this is a must. I can't stand how much I needed this in my life and didn't listen to it until now. Great performance and I laughed so hard.
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The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition
- By: Margaret Atwood, Valerie Martin - essay
- Narrated by: Claire Danes, full cast, Margaret Atwood, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women. Offred, now a Handmaid tasked with the singular role of procreation in the childless household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife, can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost everything, even her own name.
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Wait! It Mightn't Be What You Think--
- By Gillian on 04-05-17
Amazing from start to finish.
Reviewed: 11-19-17
With the original book, one thing is there. Add the special features and you can really get into understanding the book and the story because when you finish the book you will want to know more and more and more because you are way too wrapped up in the entire thing.
You will love it.
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The Race
- An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 4
- By: Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than 50 days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates - an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost - and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.
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Up, Up, Josephine...
- By Clint on 09-22-11
- The Race
- An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 4
- By: Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Great story and if it's true it's cooler.
Reviewed: 12-30-15
Scott Brick is himself and awesome. If Scott had puppies I'd adopt one just to listen to it bark. The story is based off the song "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" and it is a completely amazing story based off some lyrics. Great idea and well executed.
Issac is himself and as an aviation enthusiast myself, it was fun to watch Mr Bell learn about flying during the dawn of aviation before landing was called landing and was rather called alighting. Great book, read the others in the series in order, or listen, because not that it is a need, but, you will want to.
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The Wrecker
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker, who recruits accomplices from the down-and-out to attack the railroad, and then kills them afterward.
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A Must Listen
- By Henry on 12-05-09
- The Wrecker
- By: Clive Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Love the Cussler and Scott Brick combination.
Reviewed: 08-15-15
Listening to the book was a great way to spend a drive between Ohio and South Carolina and still have some left for later times. The story grew quickly and kept working right until the end. The ending was indeed abrupt... But it's good enough.
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Piranha
- By: Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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In 1902 the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of 30,000 - and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist's legacy.
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Weak MacGuffin
- By Chiefkent on 05-28-15
- Piranha
- By: Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Love it all.
Reviewed: 07-14-15
Never can get enough of Scott Brick and his performance in this series. I love the Oregon and can't wait for the next installment. You can listen to any book out of order... But my opinion is that you start from the beginning and work through them all, it's worth it.
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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Two men possess vital information on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is Cardinal -- America's highest agent in the Kremlin -- and he's about to be terminated by the KGB. The other one is the American who can save Cardinal and lead the world to the brink of peace . . . or war. Here is author Tom Clancy's heart-stopping masterpiece -- a riveting novel about one of the most intriguing issues of our time.
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Please let Scott Brock narrate all of these
- By Justin Ayers on 11-11-18
- The Cardinal of the Kremlin
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Great spy book.
Reviewed: 06-25-15
Loved the book but narrator is slow and monitonish . I had to speed the book up to at least 1.25x speed in order to enjoy listening to it. I took a break and listened to another book and this was way hard to get back into. I will continue the series and hope that another reader is in the works.
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The Keeper
- A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them
- By: Ali Benjamin, Tim Howard
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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In the summer of 2014, Tim Howard became an overnight sensation after more than 10 years as one of America's leading professional soccer players. His record-breaking 15 saves for the United States national team against Belgium in the World Cup electrified a nation that had only recently woken up to the Beautiful Game after decades of hibernation. In this inspiring and candid memoir, the beloved US and Everton goalkeeper finally allows himself to do something that he would never do on the field: He drops his guard.
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Tim Howard Saves more then Goals!
- By Ron on 12-16-14
- The Keeper
- A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them
- By: Ali Benjamin, Tim Howard
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
Great story, well read, passion personified
Reviewed: 05-26-15
If you could sum up The Keeper in three words, what would they be?
Passion, Perfection, Precision
What about J. D. Jackson’s performance did you like?
He was very clear and easy to listen to, he went quickly through the story and didn't seem to pause unnecessarily. He made the story more fun to listen to than if the story had been just on a page.
Any additional comments?
This book is a great. I personally have some mental issues that I work against/with however you'd like to say it. One of them is a high anxiety and hyper-vigilance (which means you're looking for threats everywhere constantly) and the way my mind works is well described in this book. It's a different ailment, but you can hear his explanation of his working with his OCD and you can feel the compulsions I have being explained on how I must be checking for threat. That made this book touch me closely to start... then, we talk about the game!
As a youth, I played the game. I went on to play football when my size began to grow and grow and football called my name. My family has always been big into soccer. Both my brother and I have bought shares of Manchester United as our favorite club so we could call ourselves owners (it's dumb but really fun) and when we watch a match together we call it "an owner's meeting". Both my younger siblings played at the college level and did well in my opinion! The love of the game runs deep with us and seeing it from another unique perspective is really fun.
As a US Soccer fan, some of the goals were so well described that I had to go straight to a certain online video watching site and watch those same highlights again. Loved that. Absolutely got CHILLS listening to some of them. Being that the World Cup was less than a year ago, I can remember where I was and what I was doing while watching those games. Well, I was in my living room and I was slamming my Brazuca Ball into the ground praying, hoping, screaming, what have you at the screen while the games played out.
Great read for so many reasons, great listen for those of us that can't take time to read because we got lots of stuff to do with our hands. I'm an artist and draw and listen at the same time. Try it!
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Patriot Games
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
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It is fall. CIA analyst Jack Ryan, historian and former Marine, is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter. Suddenly, right before his eyes, a terrorist group launches its deadly attack. Instinctively, he dives forward to break it up, and is shot. It is not until he wakes up in the hospital that he learns whose lives he has saved - the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
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Oldie but Goodie!
- By K. Masheter Deal on 08-13-12
- Patriot Games
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Good story, great reader
Reviewed: 01-06-15
If you could sum up Patriot Games in three words, what would they be?
Indepth, informative, twisting
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Not on the edge, but it never stopped. It kept moving swiftly. When the main plot moved forward, you wanted to hear more and more.
Which character – as performed by Scott Brick – was your favorite?
Sally - That little girl is great! She really has 7 or 8 lines in it, but he nails her and you can't help but crack up! Scott Brick is awesome.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Doesn't need one. It is its own. But, it was made into a film anyway! :)
Any additional comments?
Scott Brick is one of my favorite readers. I love the books he reads by Clive Cussler and I am getting into the Jack Ryan books because of it. Loving it too. I would suggest listening to this just based on Scott Brick's performance.
Then, as you well know, Tom Clancy is the man when it comes to his books, so keep them going too. Really, if you're looking at this you want it and you're going to get it. So.. well... DO IT!
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