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The New Digital Age
- Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
- By: Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story3 out of 5 stars 205
In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected - a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness. Eric Schmidt is one of Silicon Valley’s great leaders, having taken Google from a small startup to one of the world’s most influential companies. Jared Cohen is the director of Google Ideas and a former adviser to secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Digital Anarchy, A Manifesto
- By Doug on 06-08-13
- The New Digital Age
- Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
- By: Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
A disappointing audiobook
Reviewed: 05-27-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narrator made some major gaffes.
If you’ve listened to books by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen before, how does this one compare?
not applicable
What aspect of Roger Wayne’s performance would you have changed?
In one section he refers to NATO's activities in Siberia, which clearly should have been Serbia - this was one of several gaffes. This particular one really needs to be fixed by Audible. I'm amazed that the narrator didn't realize the error and even more amazed that the producer/editor didn't catch it.
Was The New Digital Age worth the listening time?
Yes
Any additional comments?
No
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Terror Comes Knocking
- By: Aaron Paul Lazar
- Narrated by: Robert King Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Just before the American president is scheduled to appear in Sam Moore's hometown of East Goodland, Sam's retirement plans are delayed when his daughter, Beth, goes missing. Newly reunited with the spirit of his younger brother, Billy, who died 50 years ago, Sam is guided by an unusual talisman - a small green marble - that reveals a perplexing link between Beth andher mysterious roommate, Zafina Azziz. Who is the real Zafina? Med student, loving friend, Egyptian royal - or a keeper of deadly secrets?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow awesome story lots of suspense!
- By coreybeth on 05-29-16
- Terror Comes Knocking
- By: Aaron Paul Lazar
- Narrated by: Robert King Ross
Gardening loving retired Doctor foils terror plot.
Reviewed: 01-28-13
What did you love best about Terror Comes Knocking?
It was a good contemporary setting of a terrorist plot in upstate NY. The technology details were generally good, although I thought a weakness was when Zafina searches her handbag looking for her address book to find a phone number. Since she has a cell phone, any normal person nowadays would just look through the recently called numbers.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
To some extent, although it was pretty obvious where the plot was leading from fairly early on. It did have some nice twists.
What three words best describe Robert King Ross’s performance?
I didn't particularly care for the narrator. His voice was too deep for this particular novel, especially for the female parts.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Retired doctor foils upstate NY terror plot, while tending his garden and his invalid wife.
Any additional comments?
While overall I liked the book, it felt like it was not quite sure what it wanted to be. Part YA novel, part action thriller, part romance novel with steamy sexual innuendos, part Martha Stewart telling us about gardening.
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The Potato Factory
- The Australian Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,005
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,786
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,783
Always leave a little salt on the bread. Ikey Solomon's favorite saying is also his way of doing business, and in the business of thieving he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best audiobook of the year!
- By karen on 11-30-05
- The Potato Factory
- The Australian Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Outstanding audiobook trilogy
Reviewed: 09-24-12
The story is expertly brought to life by Humphrey Bower's narration - he does a great job with all the different characters and accents.
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Tandia
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 26 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,850
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,166
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,164
Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only 16 when she is first brutalized by the police. Her fear of the White man leads her to join the Black resistance movement. With her in the fight for justice is the one White man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to save both their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thanks for this wonderful collaboration
- By Thomas Andrews on 05-17-06
- Tandia
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Tandia - a wonderful story
Reviewed: 12-29-05
This is a beautiful and emotionally wrenching story set in South Africa under Apartheid. The narrator is outstanding. I will definitely look for other books by this author, or narrated by this narrator.
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