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10/7
- 100 Human Stories
- By: Lee Yaron
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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On October 7, 2023—the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot—the Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air, militants indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in modern history, and the most lethal day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
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Thought provoking and raw
- By june on 10-16-24
- 10/7
- 100 Human Stories
- By: Lee Yaron
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
excellent research and storytelling, marred by mispronuncistions
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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A Promised Land
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Color me grateful.
- By Angela on 11-19-20
- A Promised Land
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
huge fan, but this book was too long
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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Convolution
- By: Benjamen Walker
- Narrated by: Rhea Seehorn, Eric Lange, a full cast
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No one has benefited more from AI and Machine learning than the con artist.
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A fantastic quality "binge podcast"!
- By Kindle Customer on 09-27-20
- Convolution
- By: Benjamen Walker
- Narrated by: Rhea Seehorn, Eric Lange, a full cast
good story but..
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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Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World
- By: Scott McCormick
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Samantha Turret, Khristine Hvam, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Did you know that most of our dinosaur fossils were discovered because two grown men absolutely hated each other? It’s true! Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World is a riotous audio exclusive, like if Monty Python taught your history class. Each volume of four 30-minute histories will dig into the petty name-calling and grumbling grudges that led to many of the world’s greatest advancements, all delivered with a cheeky sense of humor. Choose sides: Cope or Marsh, the jerks who discovered so many dinosaurs; Hamilton or Burr, whose rivalry fueled American politics; and many more....
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Warning for parents...
- By Jetjaguar15 on 07-08-19
fun
Reviewed: 08-07-19
The sound effects were a bit much, but overall the book was amusing and enjoyable.
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Spam Nation
- The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime - from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door
- By: Brian Krebs
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In Spam Nation, investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs unmasks the criminal masterminds driving some of the biggest spam and hacker operations targeting Americans and their bank accounts. Tracing the rise, fall, and alarming resurrection of the digital mafia behind the two largest spam pharmacies - and countless viruses, phishing, and spyware attacks - he delivers the first definitive narrative of the global spam problem and its threat to consumers everywhere.
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Risky topic, but Br. Krebs hits it out of the park
- By RRiley on 12-21-14
- Spam Nation
- The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime - from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door
- By: Brian Krebs
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
good book. mostly good narration
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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The President Is Missing
- By: Bill Clinton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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The White House is the home of the president of the United States, the most guarded, monitored, closely watched person in the world. So how could a US president vanish without a trace? And why would he choose to do so? An unprecedented collaboration between President Bill Clinton and the world's best-selling novelist, James Patterson, The President Is Missing is a breathtaking story from the pinnacle of power.
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Dreadful Narration!
- By Miss L on 06-07-18
- The President Is Missing
- By: Bill Clinton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò
okay but not great
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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Mary's Mosaic
- The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace
- By: Peter Janney
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
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A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing?
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A must read to understand the real power brokers of this country
- By barry Lowe on 02-12-16
- Mary's Mosaic
- The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace
- By: Peter Janney
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
Great story Annoying narration.
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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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
- The Complete and Authoritative Edition
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
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The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography, in its entirety, exactly as he left it. This major literary event offers the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended.
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Not what I was expecting...
- By SHolland10 on 01-30-11
- Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
- The Complete and Authoritative Edition
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
TMI even for Twain fans!
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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Start-Up Nation
- The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel - a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources - produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK?
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Interesting and worth the time
- By Nili on 12-10-09
- Start-Up Nation
- The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Interesting and worth the time
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
- 98 Poets Read Their Work, 1888-2006, Volume 1
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Walt Whitman, and others
- Narrated by: William Butler Yeats, W.H. Auden, Ezra Pound, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Poetry on Record is an engrossing collection of poems read by the people who wrote them, from the dawn of sound recording to the current day. Over the course of four volumes, it tells the story of the past 120 years of poetry in English. Equally important, it allows listeners to understand exactly how the poets intended their poems to be read aloud.
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Terrible audio quality
- By Michael on 09-07-06
- Poetry on Record
- 98 Poets Read Their Work, 1888-2006, Volume 1
- By: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Carl Sandburg, more
- Narrated by: William Butler Yeats, W.H. Auden, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker
Guess the Poet
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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