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The First Gentleman
- A Thriller
- By: James Patterson, Bill Clinton
- Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Saskia Maarleveld, Will Collyer, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Clinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever. The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.
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Entertaining
- By Carole5-0 on 06-06-25
- The First Gentleman
- A Thriller
- By: James Patterson, Bill Clinton
- Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Saskia Maarleveld, Will Collyer, James Fouhey
Was good, but not great. Not as good as the first two books by them.
Reviewed: 06-17-25
Was a little confusing at first with all the different voices. There were some racial stereotypes that just didn’t add to the story and made you roll your eyes and question why they were in there. The “mastermind” was predictable. But, it was still a good story, just overshadowed by the excellence I was expecting after enjoying the first two books by the authors.
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Turtles All the Way Down
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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I hate to call it a trigger warning, but-
- By Lynnzee on 10-23-17
- Turtles All the Way Down
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Excellent book!
Reviewed: 01-14-25
Excellent writing and narration. It was hard to pause the book when I reached my destination.
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Lisey's Story
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Mare Winningham
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Lisey lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a 25-year marriage of profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, best-selling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey knew there was a place Scott went - a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it’s Lisey’s turn to face Scott’s demons, to go to that terrifying place known as Boo’ya Moon.
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Oh, wow.
- By Joseph on 11-24-08
- Lisey's Story
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Mare Winningham
I couldn’t finish it….
Reviewed: 10-10-24
I got over 5 hrs into it, and I just couldn’t go any further. It’s just so boring!
The narrator was good though. If it wasn’t for her ability to put some life into the story, I never would have made it so far.
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Eruption
- A Thriller
- By: Michael Crichton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller.
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I expected a better story
- By Robert Powers on 06-06-24
- Eruption
- A Thriller
- By: Michael Crichton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
A little let down by the ending.
Reviewed: 08-29-24
Performance was excellent. Story was excellent, up until the last 20-30 minutes or so. It just seemed like a cop-out ending. Like….none of the experts involved noticed that was there?! Also, what happened to the planned explosions? There is almost no mention of them or their result. Also, the parts involving the military planes (especially towards the end) were pretty unbelievable and it was obvious very little research went into how they worked and/or functioned.
I still like the story though….
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Silver Wings, Iron Cross
- By: Tom Young
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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World War II Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he’s forced to make the hardest decision of his life: trusting the enemy. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in an air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally: the pilot who bombed him. From the smoke-filled skies over Europe to the fire-blasted waters of a Nazi naval base to the battle-scarred German countryside, the American and the German must form an uneasy truce if they hope to survive.
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Great story!
- By Jason on 01-25-23
- Silver Wings, Iron Cross
- By: Tom Young
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Great story!
Reviewed: 01-25-23
An excellent fictional story about people and events in WW2. I enjoyed going back in time to experience the events that (could have) happened in later-war Europe.
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Complicity Island
- By: Nick Jones
- Narrated by: Mandi Masden, Richard Kind, Chris Myers, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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It’s the artist’s age-old dilemma: follow your conscience or follow the cash. So when a canceled movie star reaches out to up-and-coming writer Ivey Viola to discuss a mysterious project, she uses the opportunity to escape mid-pandemic New York for his private island with her roommate in tow. However, once on the island, she realizes that the cost of working with the toxic, closeted actor might be more than she’s willing to accept...or can refuse.
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F word
- By Debbie on 12-15-22
- Complicity Island
- By: Nick Jones
- Narrated by: Mandi Masden, Richard Kind, Chris Myers, Marc Kudisch, Ato Blankson-Wood, Jeremy Shamos, Alan Ruck
Good performance
Reviewed: 12-20-22
…But a leftist “everything is sensitive” story. It at least had entertainment value. Good thing it was free.
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Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a horrific accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from that shed.
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A Boy and his Dog at the end of the World
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 09-06-22
- Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
Great story, amazing narration.
Reviewed: 12-13-22
Seth, the narrator really made this great story come alive! I enjoyed this book from start to finish.
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Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- By: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
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Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy’s first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar.
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BUY A HIGHER CALL FIRST - IS MUCH BETTER
- By Count B on 06-29-18
- Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- By: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Great story
Reviewed: 08-10-22
I gave the narrator 3 stars, because he didn’t do a single voice in the way the author described how the character spoke. He just read everything. A great true story. Now I am ready to see how Hollywood did it.
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The Hunters
- A Novel
- By: James Salter
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F-86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs. His goal, like that of every fighter pilot, is to chalk up enough kills to become an ace. But things do not turn out as expected.
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The Hunters
- By Nicholas on 10-25-15
- The Hunters
- A Novel
- By: James Salter
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Fell a little short for me
Reviewed: 06-10-22
I was hoping for great accounts of the air battles of the Korean War. Instead it was mostly a depressing story of personal battles.
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
- What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
- By: Chris Hadfield
- Narrated by: Chris Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success - and survival - is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst and enjoy every moment of it.
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Chris Hadfield Is The Real Thing!
- By Kathy in CA on 08-16-16
- An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
- What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
- By: Chris Hadfield
- Narrated by: Chris Hadfield
A great book
Reviewed: 06-03-22
It took me a little while to settle into Chris’s reading/speaking style, but once I did I found this to be a very good book.
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