Sean Philipp
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30,713
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,664
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26,669
When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Michael York should stick to the stage and leave narration to the pros.
- By SD on 08-21-19
- Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
Narrator Ruined It
Reviewed: 01-27-22
This narrator makes the concept of audio books seem invalid. His incessant straining and accenting and flamboyance made the characters seem altogether annoying.
I wanted to “put it down” near the end but powered through. I’ll probably reserve proper criticism for a day when I read the book the old fashioned way.
Since these books are often compared I would recommend the audible included version of 1984. The narration was not a detractor on that one and I would listen again.
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Hate Crime Hoax
- How the Left Is Selling a Fake Race War
- By: Wilfred Reilly
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 539
In Hate Crime Hoax, professor Wilfred Reilly examines over 100 widely publicized incidents of so-called hate crimes that never actually happened. With a critical eye and attention to detail, Reilly debunks these fabricated incidents - many of them alleged to have happened on college campuses - and explores why so many Americans are driven to fake hate crimes. We're not experiencing an epidemic of hate crimes, Reilly concludes - but we might be experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of hate crime hoaxes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Balanced perspective on hate crime hoaxes!
- By Wayne on 11-24-19
- Hate Crime Hoax
- How the Left Is Selling a Fake Race War
- By: Wilfred Reilly
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Very important content but enjoyable listen
Reviewed: 07-25-21
The sarcastic words and reading are at times the exact escape to humor that is needed for such a serious subject.
Great listen!
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In the Reign of Terror
- An English Lad in the French Revolution
- By: George Alfred Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, ushered in the French Revolution. Within four years, the king was executed and a revolutionary tribunal was established to judge "enemies of the people." The property of nobles was seized and "enemies" tried and sent to the guillotine. Harry Sandwith, a companion of a French family, wins their confidence and becomes the protector of the three daughters. After the girls are condemned to death in the coffin-ships, Harry saves the girls and the gets them safely to England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this!
- By Michelle P. on 09-08-20
- In the Reign of Terror
- An English Lad in the French Revolution
- By: George Alfred Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
Great historical lesson but entertaining?
Reviewed: 05-22-21
The story was interesting and informing but left so much to be desired in terms of the conveyance - undoubtedly it would be unfit to embellish the story, but many times the events that should have come with a greater sense of suspense or climax, ended up as flat statements.
Despite these shortcomings, I would seek out more of these stories but I would seek greater a similar narrative with more drama and emphasis in the delivery.
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In the Shadows of the American Century
- By: Alfred W. McCoy
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 243
In a completely original analysis, prizewinning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power - from the 1890s through the Cold War - and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the 21st century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony - covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. Peeling back layers of secrecy, McCoy exposes a military and economic battle for global domination fought in the shadows.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Covert war history, frameworks, tech, dark sides
- By Philo on 02-03-18
- In the Shadows of the American Century
- By: Alfred W. McCoy
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
A very depressing story of a mans loss of patriotism
Reviewed: 03-23-21
You might get through most of this and feel enlightened and a little upset, but if you stick it out to the end you’ll be let in on the author’s extreme disgust of America when he goes on for pages and pages indulging in fantasy portraits of America getting handily whipped by China in every imaginable way. It’s the kind of mentality that a die hard sports fan has for his team who has no chance of a win yet this guy is an American?
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