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The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
- Women in the West, Book 1
- By: Margot Mifflin
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 751
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 669
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Story4 out of 5 stars 670
In 1851, Olive Oatman was a 13-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohave, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mispronunciations
- By R. Brown on 06-07-18
- The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
- Women in the West, Book 1
- By: Margot Mifflin
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
You dont say Gila like that!
Reviewed: 02-28-23
I love this book and it was so well researched and written in such a way that you could clearly see the author was trying to honorable the accuracy of history and the life that Olive Oatman led. My only problem was the way that the narrator pronounced the word Gila. As someone who spent nearly 25 years living in Arizona the word Gila is not pronounced with a hard "G" like "green" but rather a "he".
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World Travel
- An Irreverent Guide
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 419
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 347
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Story4 out of 5 stars 346
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman’s Empty Quarter - and many places beyond. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives listeners an introduction to some of his favorite places - in his own words.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor man’s version of Lonely Planet guidebooks
- By KC on 04-23-21
- World Travel
- An Irreverent Guide
- By: Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourdain, Jen Agg, Matt Walsh, Bill Buford, Claude Tayag, Nari Kye, Vidya Balachander, Steve Albini
Kinda Disappointing
Reviewed: 04-28-21
I think my hopes were too high, wishing for a book that could never actually be written because Anthony Bourdain is no longer living. I preordered this turd months ago and was waiting with childish anticipation for April 20th to roll around. I was disappointed after only getting a few minutes in, but I fortified myself and finished. Here are the problems, as I see them. I hated that the narrator was obviously supposed to sound like Anthony Bourdain, but his reading of the text came across like an overly stylized, yet completely unenthusiastic, attempt to capture some last wisps of Anthonys storytelling magic by regurgitating quotes from past shows and interviews. Don't even get me started on the narration by Ms. Woolever...could she sound anymore bored? Smile baby, you're gonna make millions off this dumpster fire! I hated that this book was formulaic; country then cities, then details on how to get there as if none of us have the gosh darn internet, and then advertisement-like descriptions of the bougie hotels that most of us regular folk cannot afford. But what I hated the most was that it felt like an half-hearted attempt to cash in on the Bourdain brand and I was either too dumb to recognize this beforehand or I have drank the posthumous cult of a famous person Koolaid like millions of other sheeple do. Either way, it didn't leave me feeling good. Did the book give me the itch to travel? Yes, but then again I'm always trying to not scratch. Did it remind me that mental health issues and suicide effect everyone, even if they have a dream career? Yes! Did it make me sad that most other travel shows are simply inferior to No Reservations and Parts Unknown? Yes!! Did it leave me wanting more? Yes God damnit!!!! So I guess I'll re-listen to Kitchen Confidentail or Medium Raw...again...
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The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63,660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57,627
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57,396
An 11-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Will Patton great - story so so
- By Randall on 06-19-18
- The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Excellent Narration
Reviewed: 04-21-21
the narration of this novel was amazing. every character have their own voice they brought the story alive
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The Old Ways
- A Journey on Foot
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 727
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 639
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 643
In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep and tell, and of pilgrimage and ritual. Told in Macfarlane’s distinctive voice, The Old Ways folds together natural history, cartography, geology, archaeology, and literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A perfect pairing of prose and narrator
- By chris on 11-05-12
- The Old Ways
- A Journey on Foot
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
The most peaceful book I've every listened to
Reviewed: 02-18-21
The unassuming cover and description do not do this book justice. It was beautifully written, in one of the most unique styles I've read in recent memory. It borders on poetry at time. Introspective and thought provoking in ways that gently motivate you to want to walk, be with nature and connect to the natural world. Just lovely.
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Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet
- By: Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4 out of 5 stars 192
Born into the factious world of war-torn Arabia, Muhammad's life is a gripping and inspiring story of one man's tireless fight for unity and peace. In a world where greed and injustice ruled, Muhammad created change by affecting hearts and minds. Just as the story of Jesus embodies the message of Christianity, Muhammad's life reveals the core of Islam. Deepak Chopra shares the life of Muhammad as never before, putting his teachings in a new light.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poorly written and poorly narrated
- By Shahrad Milanfar on 10-21-10
- Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet
- By: Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra
A Nice Perspective
Reviewed: 10-25-20
I was interested in this book because Audibles selection on Islam is super limited and mostly anti-islamic material. The novel jumps around a lot so you need to have some idea of the history of Islam to follow it. Also the production value is low and although I love when readers narrate, I felt it didnt fit this book and it was somewhat different to hear clearly.
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The Wave
- In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
- By: Susan Casey
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 475
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Story4 out of 5 stars 470
For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories - waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea - including several that approached 100 feet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Do the Wave
- By Roy on 03-05-11
- The Wave
- In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
- By: Susan Casey
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Gnarly!
Reviewed: 07-19-20
This was an awesome book, full of knowledge. The storytelling was wonderful. It transported me back to watching big wave breaks as a kid growing up in Maui.
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A Confederacy of Dunces
- By: John Kennedy Toole
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,639
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,937
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,938
The hero of John Kennedy Toole's incomparable, Pultizer Prize–winning comic classic is one Ignatius J. Reilly, an obese, self-absorbed, hapless Don Quixote of the French Quarter, whose half-hearted attempts at employment lead to a series of wacky adventures among the lower denizens of New Orleans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Done
- By Jon on 09-18-05
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- By: John Kennedy Toole
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
A must read!
Reviewed: 07-11-20
I love the performance of this book! I had never hear of this until my husband brought home a list of 100 books that everyone should read and this was on it. It was so entertaining and well written.
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When Breath Becomes Air
- By: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,441
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25,851
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25,786
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal book!
- By A. Potter on 01-16-16
A beautiful book
Reviewed: 01-22-20
This was one of the most beautifully written books I have read and it saddens me to know that a talent such as this has passed on.
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The Sheltering Sky
- By: Paul Bowles
- Narrated by: Jennifer Connelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 844
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 756
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Story4 out of 5 stars 755
The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of 20th-century literature, a novel of existential despair that examines the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness of the desert. Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream) gives masterful voice to this American classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Teacup Full of Sand on the Highest Dune
- By Mel on 03-15-13
- The Sheltering Sky
- By: Paul Bowles
- Narrated by: Jennifer Connelly
Excellent
Reviewed: 08-27-19
excellent performance of an amazing story. puts you right into sights and smells of North Africa
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Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,707
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,443
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,423
With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved every chapter except one
- By Yanina Sarquis Adamson on 01-18-20
- Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Informative!
Reviewed: 06-27-19
The book was very objective and full of helpful data about very complex parenting topics.
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