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The Night We Lost Him
- By: Laura Dave
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 858
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story4 out of 5 stars 796
Nora Noone’s father was many things to many people. To the public he was a self-made titan of industry, whose luxury boutique hotels were among the most coveted destinations in the world. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving yet distant family man who managed to keep his finances—and his families—separate. But, to Nora, he was always a mystery—especially after his suspicious death at his cliffside home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Holes in story bothered me
- By Ohio Customer on 09-18-24
- The Night We Lost Him
- By: Laura Dave
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Expect better
Reviewed: 03-13-25
The characters were ok, but the story was not up to Laura Dave’s usual standards
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Letter to a Young Female Physician
- Notes from a Medical Life
- By: Suzanne Koven
- Narrated by: Suzanne Koven
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome" - a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed by thousands of listeners around the world, Koven's Letter to a Young Female Physician has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her career in medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You don’t have to be in medicine to love this book!
- By Tandy L Chaparro on 10-25-24
- Letter to a Young Female Physician
- Notes from a Medical Life
- By: Suzanne Koven
- Narrated by: Suzanne Koven
Not what I expected
Reviewed: 10-02-24
This book is primarily a personal memoir with few anecdotes regarding medical topics. I didn't find it very compelling.
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,382
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,258
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,258
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous–and most revered–doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A man of worth
- By debra on 06-24-24
- On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
For public policy wonks
Reviewed: 10-02-24
I had to stop this book-it was so boring. I like science and I respect Dr. Fauci, but this book detailed minute by minute details of his professional life and accomplishments.
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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,244
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,952
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,940
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story Telling At Its Best
- By Regina on 05-06-23
- The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
Marathon listen
Reviewed: 07-03-23
This book wanders as if the author doesn’t really know what direction he’s taking. I would not recommend it.
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Unwell Women
- Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
- By: Elinor Cleghorn
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 171
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Story5 out of 5 stars 170
Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman 10 years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease, she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have a fatal autoimmune disease too
- By The Iconoclast on 04-10-22
- Unwell Women
- Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
- By: Elinor Cleghorn
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Eye-opening history
Reviewed: 01-13-22
This an excellent historical review of the status of women in society and how they have been treated and mistreated with respect to their healthcare
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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,134
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,954
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,910
The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full Account of the Sackler Conspiracy
- By Edward Bisch on 04-13-21
- Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
Worse than I imagined
Reviewed: 06-20-21
This is a carefully researched account of the Sacklers which dismisses any ounce of empathy for the family.
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The Accident of Color
- A Story of Race in Reconstruction
- By: Daniel Brook
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to 19th-century New Orleans and Charleston and introduces us to cosmopolitan residents who elude the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. But after Emancipation, as former slaves move to assert their rights, the black-white binary that rules the rest of the nation begins to intrude.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing History That Should Be Taught
- By Sarah C. on 12-30-21
- The Accident of Color
- A Story of Race in Reconstruction
- By: Daniel Brook
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
Eye-opening
Reviewed: 07-17-20
This is a fascinating history of free men of color in Charlston, SC and New Orleans from before the Civil War through Reconstruction and into Jim Crow. My only criticism is that it jumps back and forth between Charlston and New Orleans, which can be confusing
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How to Be an Antiracist
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,658
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,689
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,568
From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.
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3 out of 5 stars
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80% of the useful content is in the first 1-2 chapters
- By Anonymous User on 03-09-20
- How to Be an Antiracist
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
Constructive and eye-opening
Reviewed: 07-09-20
Well-written and positive, with references to Kendi's own experiences and clear recommendations for how to combat racism
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Chesapeake Requiem
- A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
- By: Earl Swift
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a 200-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels - part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab; part paean to a vanishing way of life; and part meditation on man’s relationship with the environment - from the acclaimed author, who reported this story for more than two years.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great reporting, fascinating story, sloppy narrating
- By Phoenixgirrl on 01-08-19
- Chesapeake Requiem
- A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
- By: Earl Swift
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
A look inside
Reviewed: 07-21-19
The natives of Tangier are reputed to belong to an insular community, so it was remarkable to read Earl Swift's account of his time spent on the island. His acceptance by the men and women among whom he lived for a year enabled him to describe the lifestyle of the islanders and the obstacles that they are facing as a result of climate change. The book flows easily, and is a pleasure to read.
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Grunt
- The Curious Science of Humans at War
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Abby Elvidge
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,319
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,083
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,079
Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries - panic, exhaustion, heat, noise - and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I Usually Love Mary Roach, But--
- By Gillian on 12-07-16
- Grunt
- The Curious Science of Humans at War
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Abby Elvidge
Not my style
Reviewed: 08-06-16
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No-the style of the author and the narrator was irritating.
What did you like best about this story?
The facts were interesting.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I did not like the performance because it amplified the tongue-in-cheek style of the author.
Was Grunt worth the listening time?
I only listened because I learned something.
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