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Extinction
- A Novel
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,243
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,242
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your credit
- By c. jeffries on 04-24-24
- Extinction
- A Novel
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
It's definitely not Jurassic Park
Reviewed: 01-19-25
Initially I liked the idea but I found the main character incredibly annoying - which isn't a good start to a book. Not really enough "science" given the title of the book - more of a really bizarre murder / mystery.
Small item: The writer should also have a better idea of the audience - I cringed every time the Colorado Bureau of Investigation character referred to her "baby glock" sidearm (I assume he meant Glock 19? Glock 43?).
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Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,687
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,930
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18,852
From the number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels comes an all-new explosive thriller featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man.... Court Gentry was the CIA's best agent. Until the day the agency turned against him and put out a kill-on-sight order. That's when the enigmatic international assassin called the Gray Man was born - and Court has been working for himself ever since.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent GRAY MAN book - I can't wait for more...
- By shelley on 02-17-16
- Back Blast
- A Gray Man Novel
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Great book / great reader
Reviewed: 01-19-25
The gray man is a believable spy series - a little long but great plot line / great character development
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,498
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just a girl and an audio book.
- By Lori Rhodes on 09-26-23
- The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
fantastic book
Reviewed: 11-13-24
Not sure how this disruptive innovation escaped traditional history books - the diesel engine was a critical part of the industrial revolution. Written like a novel and researched / reported as a documentary - Brunt does a fantastic job of this critical part of history.
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Truths
- The Future of America First
- By: Vivek Ramaswamy
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon, Vivek Ramaswamy
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 373
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Story5 out of 5 stars 373
Today’s conservatives know what they’re against. They’re anti-woke, anti-globalist, anti-big government. But what exactly do they stand for? The fact that this is a hard question to answer is a damning indictment of the modern Republican Party which has abjectly failed to articulate an affirmative alternative to the left’s vision. Ramaswamy calls on the conservative movement to articulate exactly what it stands for, or else warns of another illusory “red wave” in 2024.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Modern Day “Common Sense”
- By Daniel Taylor on 09-24-24
- Truths
- The Future of America First
- By: Vivek Ramaswamy
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon, Vivek Ramaswamy
Love this book, but 1 big miss
Reviewed: 10-07-24
I'm a big Vivek fan and really enjoyed his first book (where he was the reader). In this book, he does the introduction, but is not the reader of this book (although he reads the preface / introduction). Because of the topic and authentic passion of the author, this is a book I feel needs to be read by the author - I was mildly disappointed throughout the book as the reader lacks the enthusiasm and passion of Vivek.
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Capture or Kill
- By: Vince Flynn, Don Bentley
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,708
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,633
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,633
April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America’s war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy’s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration’s true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. Alone, Ashani stands no chance of preventing this rush to madness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- By Joe K. on 09-17-24
- Capture or Kill
- By: Vince Flynn, Don Bentley
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
Pretty good - timeline is way off
Reviewed: 09-26-24
I'm not necessarily providing a spoiler alert but readers should know this book is not sequential like all of the others. I was an hour into this and deceased characters came into the story - which didn't make sense so I did a little research and this takes place around 2011, not 2024 - so just make sure you understand that as you start listening.
New author is pretty good - not as good as Kyle Mills and a few holes in some of the characters but overall a great story - a "must read" to be sure. Set expectations a little lower and you'll love it.
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A Death in Cornwall
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 940
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 941
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nothing about the Arab Israeli conflict
- By Bart Binning on 07-29-24
- A Death in Cornwall
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Worth reading - not quite as good and a few holes
Reviewed: 07-21-24
A great read - same characters, good story. Silva has moved from espionage to more art-related themes, which I enjoy. There are some holes in the plot and Allon is losing some of his "spidey-sense", as he (spoiler alert) gets abducted in a manner that is so incredibly simple and in complete indifference to his super-spy training - it was as if Silva had forgotten what made Allon such a great character. Overall - a must read. But in my opinion, not nearly as immersive as his previous book.
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Camino Ghosts
- A Novel (Camino, Book 3)
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Grisham
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,142
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,039
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,039
Mercer Mann, a popular writer from Camino Island, is back on the beach, marrying her boyfriend, Thomas, in a seaside ceremony. Bruce Cable, infamous owner of Bay Books, performs the wedding. Afterward, Bruce tells Mercer that he has stumbled upon an incredible story. Mercer desperately needs an idea for her next novel, and Bruce now has one. The true story is about Dark Isle, a sliver of a barrier island not far off the North Florida coast. It was settled by freed slaves three hundred years ago, and their descendants lived there until 1955, when the last one was forced to leave.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration is hard to get through
- By John Kelly Lewis on 06-04-24
- Camino Ghosts
- A Novel (Camino, Book 3)
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Grisham
Grisham is back!
Reviewed: 06-08-24
Another Grisham classic - and verifiable proof that there is no way he actually wrote his last book, Sparring Partners, which was so bad most of his die hard fans (like me) refuse to believe he actually wrote it.
Camino Ghosts, on this other hand, has a great plot, twists, turns, and is beautifully written. Solid, well developed characters and intrigue to the very end. Please keep writing these, Mr. Grisham.
Final note - beautifully read by Whoopie Goldberg - a public figure I do not care for but can acknowledge her narration skills are brilliant, beautifully read.
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The Chaos Agent
- Gray Man, Book 13
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,136
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,795
Someone is killing the world's leading experts on robotics and computers. A desperate Russian scientist approaches Court Gentry and Zoya Zakharova to ask for their protection, but before they can help, they are attacked by a team of professional assassins. They escape, but wherever they turn, it's clear that whoever's tracking them is always going to be one step ahead. With a danger of this level, there's no choice but to attack into the threat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is Controlled Chaos…
- By shelley on 02-21-24
- The Chaos Agent
- Gray Man, Book 13
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Pretty good - when is the CIA gonna learn?
Reviewed: 05-06-24
When is the CIA finally gonna learn Court isn't the bad guy?
I don't want to give anything away but clearly the writer has a beef with Elon Musk - one of the main characters is an exact carbon copy.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51,118
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,852
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46,775
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Good, not great book
Reviewed: 04-01-24
It's a great story - the main-ish character (Cameron) is an incredibly immature / annoying person and I had a hard time getting past that. But a great story.
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,825
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,487
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Great book / great reader
Reviewed: 11-16-23
Not sure who I loved more - Wil Wheaton (reader) or the author (John Scalzi)
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