Will Simson
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The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,091
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,850
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,843
Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng of the seminal Pendergast novel The Cabinet of Curiosities, before his nefarious experiments come to fruition.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Warning, warning
- By Celtic Gardens on 01-17-23
- The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Pulled in and held in suspence
Reviewed: 12-23-23
once again the authors have given us a rich and engaging novel about some of my favorite characters in print and now we've got to wait for another book to come out for the story to end but it sure was enjoyable and intriguing along the way fascinating storyline.
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Innocents and Others
- A Novel
- By: Dana Spiotta
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 77
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 75
Dana Spiotta's new novel is about two women, best friends, who grow up in LA in the '80s and become filmmakers. Meadow and Carrie have everything in common - except their views on sex, power, moviemaking, and morality. Their lives collide with Jelly, a loner whose most intimate experience is on the phone. Jelly is older, erotic, and mysterious. She cold calls powerful men and seduces them not through sex but through listening. She invites them to reveal themselves, and they do.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Likable story and a wonderful reader
- By Eric on 03-21-17
- Innocents and Others
- A Novel
- By: Dana Spiotta
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
fully immersive once again!
Reviewed: 01-02-22
I read this novel and listen to it :-) after having done the same with Wayward her previous novel these are wonders to me I am pulled into characters and people in a way that few authors can create atmospherics and want me want us to be a part of these worlds that all sounds terribly trite I wish I could better describe how much I love the world that's biota creates for us but they are wonderful and these characters that are such a mix of Good and Evil disinterest passion self-centeredness and just muddling through she was able to create a moral World from people that are stumbling through their morality none of it is preaching and yet they provide these characters are sermon upon sermon I really love these stories....
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Wayward
- A Novel
- By: Dana Spiotta
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 160
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 163
Samantha Raymond's life has begun to come apart: her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and at fifty-two she finds herself staring into "the Mids"—that hour of supreme wakefulness between three and four in the morning in which women of a certain age suddenly find themselves contemplating motherhood, mortality, and, in this case, the state of our unraveling nation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic story -- Save your credit
- By Mary D on 07-10-21
- Wayward
- A Novel
- By: Dana Spiotta
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
best book I read in 2021
Reviewed: 12-22-21
I heard a recommendation of this book on National Public Radio the moment that I started reading it I was pulled into a world I never ever thought that I might be interested in and with every page I found myself more fascinated by the main character's life and mostly so inspired by her sense of reinvention and Independence and Liberation that she was able to manage this novel is one of the best perhaps I've ever read and I've read quite a lot. the setting the contemporaneous this of it the atmospherics the character development really I hope this is made into a movie but at the same time perhaps no because it seems that once as if it's a nineteenth-century classic that's been brought into the 21st century using modern terminology there wasn't anything superficial about this novel it perfectly perfectly captured hour. Of time
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- By: John Ruskin
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
This is an essay from the Favorite Essays collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow and delicately built
- By HeatherO on 06-13-15
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- By: John Ruskin
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
worth a listen particularly towards the end
Reviewed: 08-16-21
I actually thought this would be a larger piece of Ruskin literature than it was but for the few cents that I spent on it it was worth wild listening to.
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Active Listening: Improve Your Conversation Skills, Learn Effective Comunication Techniques
- Achieve Successful Relationships: With 6 Essential Guidelines
- By: Joseph Sorensen
- Narrated by: J.M. DeBord
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4 out of 5 stars 105
Are you looking to improve your skills in the areas of listening and speaking? Are you interested in building successful relationships in your personal and professional life and business? Active Listening is for those looking for practical tools that they can incorporate that will help them improve on their skill levels in the areas of listening, speaking, and building of relationships. The 6 essential guidelines give easy-to-implement ways that anyone can add to their daily lives that will lead to a change in one’s overall lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is amazing an amazing audiobook!
- By Jeanne Mitchell on 06-14-20
- Active Listening: Improve Your Conversation Skills, Learn Effective Comunication Techniques
- Achieve Successful Relationships: With 6 Essential Guidelines
- By: Joseph Sorensen
- Narrated by: J.M. DeBord
too mechanical
Reviewed: 04-07-21
no empathy or humanity. like listening to a machine. I do not recommend this book.
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The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39,183
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34,999
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34,894
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine—much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles’ mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't Expecting to Like It- BOY! was I wrong!!
- By susan on 06-11-14
- The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Great story and narration.
Reviewed: 07-02-20
I thoroughly enjoyed this story about the relationship between Achilles and Petroclus and the other Greeks during the war against Troy it was thoroughly engaging and I highly recommend it.
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Crooked River
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,610
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,064
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,051
A startling crime with dozens of victims. Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beach—each one with a crudely severed human foot inside.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Entertaining
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 02-07-20
- Crooked River
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Gripping, timely, and as always, well crafted.
Reviewed: 03-04-20
if you were wondering whether P & C would let the attrocious treatment of immigrants since 2016 slip by without their novel treatmrnts, fear not. agent Prndergast, Constance Greene, and Agent Coldmoon to the rescue. Oh! and there's a ghost afoote as well.
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Beyond the Ice Limit
- A Gideon Crew Novel
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,143
Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite - the largest ever discovered - from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking - along with its unique cargo - to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Beyond My Limit
- By Mel on 06-07-16
- Beyond the Ice Limit
- A Gideon Crew Novel
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
So much better than I had read in some reviews.
Reviewed: 02-18-20
this work was so much better than I had been led to believe. Early reviews of it had stated that it wasn't the same quality as earlier Preston and Child books well I couldn't disagree more this was a thrilling thrilling story and I'm so glad I had a chance to read it thank you P&C..
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Extreme Bull
- By: Catt Ford
- Narrated by: Paul Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
Inside and outside the rodeo arena, Jeff Stratton and Clay Harris are rivals with tempers worse than the bulls they ride. So Clay is shocked when Jeff taps that wild energy and kisses him, sparking an undeniable urge for more of each others' bodies. But when they discover they might want more than casual sex between competitions, Clay's greatest fear is recognized: He is scared of being identified as gay. He'll have to cowboy up if he hopes to hang on to Jeff on the circuit of love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great romance fun narration.
- By Will Simson on 02-15-20
- Extreme Bull
- By: Catt Ford
- Narrated by: Paul Morey
great romance fun narration.
Reviewed: 02-15-20
Really enjoyed thd story andcthe building love beteeen thd two cowboys. Engaging narration. Check it out!
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White Fire: Booktrack Edition
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 470
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 468
In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, 11 miners were killed by a rogue grizzly bear. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the miners' remains. When she makes a shocking discovery, town leaders try to stop her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past. Just as Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to rescue his protege, the town comes under siege by a murderous arsonist who - with brutal precision - begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another winner
- By Anthony Ruggiero on 07-08-18
- White Fire: Booktrack Edition
- By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois
best one since Stillife with Crows
Reviewed: 12-29-19
ad always Rene's narration brings the Preston and Child characters to life. excellent twist in plot and a most exciting thrilling end.
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