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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140,827
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124,055
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123,932
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Girl on The Train
- By BookReader on 12-30-15
- The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
Great fast paced story
Reviewed: 04-19-15
Was recently voted one of the best books of the century so far by the New York Times. I wouldn't really agree with that but it will hold your attention and keep you guessing to the very end what happened. Overall really good book
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The Invention of Wings
- A Novel
- By: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,234
From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women. Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world - and it is now the newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection. Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.
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2 out of 5 stars
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If it Weren't True, I Wouldn't Have Believed it
- By FanB14 on 03-04-14
- The Invention of Wings
- A Novel
- By: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd
Great book!!
Reviewed: 02-20-15
One of the best most evenhanded historical fiction's about slavery I would recommend this book for any classroom or just enjoyable reading
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Social
- Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
- By: Matthew D. Lieberman
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 907
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 753
In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience, revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. Because of this, our brain uses its spare time to learn about the social world-other people and our relation to them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Bowling Alone" For Your Brain...
- By Douglas on 12-08-13
- Social
- Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
- By: Matthew D. Lieberman
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Great learning experience
Reviewed: 02-03-15
If you have the patience it is worth it. The book reads like a thesis but you will learn a lot
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Death of a King
- The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
- By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz
- Narrated by: Tavis Smiley
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 259
New York Times best-selling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life, revealing the minister's trials and tribulations - denunciations by the press, rejection from the president, dismissal by the country's Black middle class and militants, assaults on his character, ideology, and political tactics, to name a few - all of which he had to rise above in order to lead and address the racism, poverty, and militarism that threatened to destroy our democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important book
- By Mr X on 02-19-15
- Death of a King
- The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
- By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz
- Narrated by: Tavis Smiley
An amazing tribute to the King Legacy
Reviewed: 10-10-14
What made the experience of listening to Death of a King the most enjoyable?
The real story of King's final year will send chills down your spine, the betrayal by friends and the media, the depression, the imperfections of MLK and eventually the regicide give readers/listeners a tragic look into the life of one of Americas most heroic leaders.
Have you listened to any of Tavis Smiley’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
This was his first performance
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The book made me aware and put me at peace with the real legacy of MLK
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David and Goliath
- Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,504
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,081
Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Art of (Unconventional) War
- By Cynthia on 10-04-13
- David and Goliath
- Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
One of Gladwell's Best!!
Reviewed: 10-03-13
Would you listen to David and Goliath again? Why?
I would. David and Goliath was extremely informative and as usual with Gladwell's books creates a different way to think of the world that has practical applications with everyday life.
What other book might you compare David and Goliath to and why?
Outliers
Which character – as performed by Malcolm Gladwell – was your favorite?
I loved the story about why going to an Ivy League school may be bad for you or your child.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes. I could not put it down
Any additional comments?
It is a book that will deliver.
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The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,553
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,082
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,067
The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From Powerful to Powerless
- By Abdur on 05-08-12
- The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Captivating and Informative
Reviewed: 01-15-13
Would you listen to The Passage of Power again? Why?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. It is a lesson in why Clinton would have been a better option than Obama and why JFK was probably all style and little substance.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Passage of Power?
How clever Johnson was in passing the the civil rights act of 1964
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The assassination of JFK and how even then people knew that something was wrong with the lone gunman theory.
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The Killer Angels
- The Classic Novel of the Civil War
- By: Michael Shaara
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,585
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,478
July 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee has made this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet, a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Gearge Hearn version is SOOO much better.
- By Barbara on 05-14-05
- The Killer Angels
- The Classic Novel of the Civil War
- By: Michael Shaara
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
Exactly As Advertised
Reviewed: 07-31-12
One of the great novels of any genre, but if you love the civil war you are in for a ride.
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The Fault in Our Stars
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22,364
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,459
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. The Fault in Our Stars is insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw. It brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad Premise, Fantastic Story
- By FanB14 on 05-24-12
- The Fault in Our Stars
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Amazing Simply Amazing
Reviewed: 06-09-12
It started a little slow, but while sitting on the train Something was said and I could not stop listening. You won't be able to stop listening, the characters are tragic but inspirational. You Wont Be Able To Stop Listening
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The Obamas
- By: Jodi Kantor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife, Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as possible. Then they moved in. Filled with riveting detail and insight into their partnership, emotions, and personalities, and written with a keen eye for the ironies of public life, The Obamas is an intimate portrait that will surprise even listeners who thought they knew the president and first lady.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight
- By Anthony on 02-18-12
- The Obamas
- By: Jodi Kantor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Great insight into a complicated presidency
Reviewed: 04-09-12
I was once a huge fan, then he became in my opinion a great disappointment. This book renewed my faith in Obama although named "The Obamas" it is really about Michelle. You find out that he still holds the values that sent him to the white house, but as always things are more complicated than they seem.
If you are a fan or once was this book will sit with you and you will respect him again.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14,101
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,469
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,410
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
- The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
One of the most amazing books I have ever read!
Reviewed: 04-09-12
My mom was one of the southern African Americans who made the trip to Boston all those years ago. She never talked about her trip and her reasons for leaving. I never asked. This books brings incredible insight into her story and ultimately my history. I would recommend it to all, but in particular those who wonder what struggles your parents who migrated from the south all those years ago may have been like.
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