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Paper Doll
- By: Brian W. Peterson
- Narrated by: Vic Mignogna
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Three brothers. One Great Depression. One dreadful yet righteous war. Their lives shifted from a rural northern Minnesota upbringing to going their separate ways: to California, the skies over Germany, and the jungles of Leyte. Back home, their widowed mother had yet to recover from the loss of the family farm to the Tax Man. Her boys gone, dependent on their income, and haunted by premonitions, she faced the torment of incessant worries.
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A priceless slice of Americana and human spirit
- By Michelle Walter on 05-22-23
- Paper Doll
- By: Brian W. Peterson
- Narrated by: Vic Mignogna
A priceless slice of Americana and human spirit
Reviewed: 05-22-23
This book is a slow burn in which you don’t realize how attached you’ve become to everyone involved until the blows begin to land and your heart bleeds for them a dozen different times. I was not familiar with the story before.
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Mere Christianity
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis' forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality, Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis sees as the fundamental truths of the religion.
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A Classic That Gets Better & Better With Time!
- By Tim on 05-14-05
- Mere Christianity
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
A MUST READ for anyone curious about Christianity
Reviewed: 12-28-22
CSL in his paradoxically blunt elegance captures the deep not-so-secret “secrets” about Christianity in general with his typical wit and imagination. Topics explored include the Fall, Atonement, Christian virtues, the Trinity, and the Spiritual Life.
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In the Buddha's Words
- An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi - editor and translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into 10 thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight.
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Poor pronunciation
- By Amazon Customer on 08-27-17
- In the Buddha's Words
- An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi - editor and translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
CSL said it best: Buddhism is Hinduism’s greatest heresy.
Reviewed: 10-31-22
I always dread picking up a different scripture lest it do one of two things: remake my whole world or be such an immense disappointment that I lose all respect for it. Buddha’s Words is the latter. Besides the atrocious sin of being a mediocre metaphysician, he unironically has the motivations of a stock fantasy villain. “Tired of suffering? Have you considered not existing? I’ll teach you to unmake yourself.”
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 98 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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All of the Shakespeare plays within the Argo Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.
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Great collection marred by a few missing sections
- By J. T. Woosley on 02-27-21
- Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
Thanks for help accomplishing a bucket list task.
Reviewed: 05-13-22
The last two acts of Pericles are missing and the acts of Much Ado about Nothing are all mixed up.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- A Book for All and None
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the most famous and influential work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work is a philosophical novel in which the character of Zarathustra, a religious prophet-like figure, delivers a series of lessons and sermons in a Biblical style that articulate the central ideas of Nietzsche's mature thought.
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Great book, poor audio performance
- By Stephen on 03-23-13
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- A Book for All and None
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
Nietzsche’s OC-don’t-steal
Reviewed: 04-30-22
One would think the autobiographical allegory tale of a notorious egomaniac and intended antichrist bible would be more infuriating, but it’s just a mediocre stringing together of the author’s life of brooding, the kind of thing you’d expect a deranged redditor to post as his manifesto the day before commiting a mass shooting.
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Ulysses
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
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Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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Ulysses (Unabridged)
- By Peter Deane on 01-22-09
- Ulysses
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
A bajillion styles but no substance beyond humans are silly.
Reviewed: 04-20-22
I thought American Psycho was hard to get through, but at least it had something to say. This marathon of writing experimentation feels like being inside the head of an ADHD who took the wrong meds or like watching a live chat in slow motion over a taped bar fight. And by the time you figure out what’s going on, you don’t care because nobody is particularly likable in their own right. This is the kind of “classic” you read for bragging rights, not enrichment.
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The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York, and others
- Length: 33 hrs and 45 mins
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For over 60 years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia. This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.
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Comes without book subdivisions - chapter key below
- By Daniel on 01-07-20
An English Literature MUST
Reviewed: 03-25-22
Every time I revisit Narnia, like fine wine, it has grown better with age yet remained ever fresh. The joy Lewis’ fervor and mirth bring to one of the most beneficial books series ever penned makes one want to laugh and cry at the same time.
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Short Stories
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within this audiobook is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.
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Somewhat Interesting...
- By avoidthelloyd on 07-02-14
- Short Stories
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Tantalizing and frustrating!
Reviewed: 02-07-22
When I get to Heaven, the first thing I’ll do is march right up to C. S. Lewis’ door and demand the rest of HIS The Dark Tower.
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
- By: Immanuel Kant, Thomas Kingsmill Abbott - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Immanuel Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, lays out Kant's essential philosophy and defines the concepts and arguments that would shape his later work. Central to Kant's doctrine is the categorical imperative, which he defines as a mandate that human actions should always conform to a universal, unchanging standard of rational morality.
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Categorical Imperatives for Everyone
- By Darwin8u on 04-04-17
Kant can’t win
Reviewed: 11-26-21
Kant makes a rum go at attempting to prove objective morality harmonious with free will without resorting to classical arguments for sense or perfection, but ultimately admits he must resort to the presuppositions those arguments were constructed to avoid in the first place. His project thus ultimately takes a rocky, bumpy detour to arrive at the same spot others found with less trouble: universal good is real, humans are imperfect and therefore not capable of completely grasping it in this world.
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The Pilgrim's Progress
- By: John Bunyan
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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This is the enthralling account of a Christian's epic journey. With a burden on his back, Christian reads a book that tells him that the city in which he and his family dwell will be set ablaze. Christian flees from the City of Destruction and journeys through the Slough of Despond, the Interpreter's House, the House Beautiful, the Valley of Humiliation, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, and the Delectable Mountains, and finally reaches the Celestial City.
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A good Audio Book
- By Tobin on 04-08-04
- The Pilgrim's Progress
- By: John Bunyan
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
Cute, but kinda clunky.
Reviewed: 09-10-21
The first half is the more engaging albeit not particularly character driven and more story dependent; events happen because of arbitrarily determined choices rather than organic decision making since the characters are all stock figures and the protagonist is quite inconsistent in his performance.
The second half leans more into character writing, just not the ones originally established. It distracts itself with the side characters instead of the protagonist, making for a lot of telling when I desired showing and the agency to occur mostly at the beginning and less at the end or to less significant effects.
Try this for the tongue-and-cheek self-reflection exercise and literary legacy, but then try The Pilgrim’s Regress by Lewis.
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