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The Italian Girl
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Eva Alexander
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 478
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 435
Rosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Rossini, the man who will change her life. In the years to come, their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other - a love that will ultimately affect the lives of those closest to them. For, as Rosanna slowly discovers, their unison is haunted by irreversible events from the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and endearing
- By Karen on 08-02-15
- The Italian Girl
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Eva Alexander
Prepare to be frustrated
Reviewed: 08-09-17
Very complex story, well tell, but I got bored as I watched the characters making irrational decisions over and over. I just finished it and I feel very disappointed.
I did not enjoy this book and I do not recommend it unless you want to feel constantly frustrated.
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Speak Up with Confidence
- How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches
- By: Jack Valenti
- Narrated by: Jack Valenti
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 16
Public speaking is one of the most intimidating and important aspects of many jobs. Speaking up with Confidence is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to write and deliver a speech that people will listen to and remember.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Have coffee?
- By Christopher on 10-19-03
- Speak Up with Confidence
- How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches
- By: Jack Valenti
- Narrated by: Jack Valenti
Simple, Straightfoward, and Entertaining
Reviewed: 06-07-12
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This book won't tell you absolutely everything you'd ever want to know about public speaking - but it doesn't have to. In the short run time Jack Valenti manages to give you enough skills to lay the foundation for a successful oration.
I first downloaded this book two years ago before a public presentation I needed to make; I have always had a problem with public speaking. I took this audiobook for a good, long, walk and by the end of it I had the tools to make my presentation go well. In that the book did what it promised.
However, what I hadn't expected (and what I was pleasantly surprised by) was Jack Valenti's ability to relate his techniques to his own experiences. His stories, which I've seen some reviewers find are unnecessary and distracting, had the exact opposite effect on me. Jack shows us how these techniques he is sharing were useful in real situations with the added pressures of speaking in the presence of some of the most powerful people in the world. The stories serve to reinforce what he is telling you - and they are engaging taboot!
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Red Moon Rising
- Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That Ignited the Space Age
- By: Matthew Brzezinski
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 767
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 769
On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
- By Thomas on 06-25-09
- Red Moon Rising
- Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That Ignited the Space Age
- By: Matthew Brzezinski
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
Great Listen - Gripping Story
Reviewed: 04-26-11
This is one of the few audiobooks I've managed to listen to "cover to cover" (twice, at that). The writing style and the narrator make this as much an engaging story as it is a history lesson. The focus is on the race to put a satellite in space and the aftermath, but the story also sets up the origins of the space race in a broader sense.
Listening to this book made me want to know more about the "characters" that drive the story; Korolev and the Russian scientists, Von Braun and his rockets, and even the political players.
I'd love to see more books written in this style that cover other phases of the space race as well.
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