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excellent research and storytelling, marred by mispronuncistions

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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-12-24

Yaron's storytelling skills and professional journalistic research are admirable. Sadly it is hard to listen to the mangling of names, including some common hebrew names and even the name of BeerSheva, a major Israeli city.

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huge fan, but this book was too long

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-17-22

Of course it was wonderful to have Obama's resonant voice and beautiful prose accompany me on my daily walks ... but 29 hours proved to be too much of a good thing.

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good story but..

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-20-22

Good story though far-fetched. some parts were annoying, especially main character's food & coffee obsession. and those chewing noises were really too much.

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fun

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-07-19

The sound effects were a bit much, but overall the book was amusing and enjoyable.

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good book. mostly good narration

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-26-19

the book is fine, and so was most of the narration except for the annoying and unneccessary fake accents used at times.

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okay but not great

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-20-18

Story was ok but not very original. Most plot twists were predictable. Narration 2as annoying: especially the contrived voices and overdone accents.

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Great story Annoying narration.

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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-10-18

The book is great. The narration was fine when spoken in a normal voice, but the narrator insisted on vocal imitations and accents for people quoted. The accents were terrible: phoney and forced and unconvincing. This was annoying and distracting. The female voices were especially poor

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TMI even for Twain fans!

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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-21-11

I totally agree with those other reviewers who mention 'endless dribble' or , as Susan of Ozark, MO states: this work should be billed as an autobiography of the contributers to the autobiography . . . WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION about the editing, compiling... It's difficult enough that Twain/Clemens chose to include endless detail in his dictations. Add to that the endless detail about "The Making of . . . " and you have a boring few hours interspersed with periodic character assassinations (mostly reserved for Twain's publisher and literary peers/competitors) and some all-too-brief, humorous glimpses of the Twain we love. Now we know why autobiographies should be edited!!!

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Interesting and worth the time

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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-10-09

I found this book very interesting and an easy listen. The authors use analysis and anecdote to show how and why Israel's startup culture has become a major success story. Israelis thrive on chaos, controversy and risk and are not afraid to fail. Unfortunately, I found one major drawback with the audiobook: Just about every Hebrew name is appallingly mispronounced. This is especially annoying since 90% of this book's content consists of naming people, places and companies. It seems strange that the publishers did not bother to have the audio track reviewed by a Hebrew-speaking editor. Despite this major failing, I did find the book worth the listening time.

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Poetry on Record Audiobook By Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Gertrude St

Guess the Poet

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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-11-09

I strongly agree with the other customers who said they missed having the poems introduced. I purchased and downloaded Volume I with the intent to purchase the other volumes next. But after having to guess the poet each time, I decided against further purchases. Yes, it is exciting to listen to the actual voices of these great poets - especially the "old timers" - Tennyson, Yeats, Browning. I can understand the poor audio quality in recordings 120 years old. But I found it too frustrating to have to keep guessing which poet was speaking each time. Alas, I was not properly prepared for the task - i.e., I had not memorized all the works of each of the 98 poets included in the volume. Not knowning whose voice I was hearing definitely diminished my listening experience.

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