Dante D.
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This Far
- My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light
- By: Allison Holker
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 261
Allison Holker was just eighteen when she found fame as a contestant on the reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance. Over the next several years, she had her first child, built a successful career as a professional dancer despite the industry being hostile to working moms, and fell in love with and married fellow dancer Stephen Boss, the former hype man and DJ of The Ellen DeGeneres Show known for his charisma and relentless positivity
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3 out of 5 stars
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I hated the voice.
- By Melissa Schoonover on 02-12-25
- This Far
- My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light
- By: Allison Holker
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
Thank you for sharing
Reviewed: 03-06-25
Allison showed incredible bravery in sharing her story, even in the face of criticism. This is her story, and by telling it, she will help so many others who may be struggling.
I found the beginning a bit dry, but I kept going because I have a deep interest in suicide prevention. Like so many, I was utterly stunned to learn that her husband chose to end his life.
Allison’s story is incredibly important, and I’m grateful she had the courage to share it. It offers a deeper understanding of suicide and the difficult journey through grief.
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The Book of Murder
- A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
- By: Matt Murphy
- Narrated by: Matt Murphy
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 801
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 769
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Story5 out of 5 stars 769
Examining murder from an insider’s perspective, Matt Murphy—a former senior deputy district attorney and current ABC News legal analyst—discusses cases from his career, how they strained his personal life, and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. Part taxonomy of murder, part prosecutor’s handbook, and part personal memoir, The Book of Murder goes through a dozen cases and his recollections of his 26 years in the Orange County DA’s office (17 in the Homicide Unit).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Last Lemming on 10-04-24
- The Book of Murder
- A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
- By: Matt Murphy
- Narrated by: Matt Murphy
Would have gave 5 stars but knew all the stories!
Reviewed: 01-23-25
I guess it's my bad for watching just every episode of Dateline, 20/20, and 48 Hours so I was familiar with each and every story of murder. It was still interesting, and of course I learned some more details I didn't know. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't been familiar, but still, well done Matt Murphy! Definitely worth a listen.
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Husband, Liar, Sociopath
- How He Lied, Why I Fell For It & The Painful Lessons Learned
- By: O.N.WARD
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Could you or someone you know be married to a sociopath? The author of this book was, but it took her twenty years to figure it out. She wrote this book to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to other people. Onna thought the classmate she married was her Prince Charming—kind, honest, loving, and intellectually vibrant—but she was wrong. That “spark” she felt wasn’t true love, it was a trap—custom designed to ensnare her. Onna’s repayment for investing twenty years into her marriage and unwittingly providing her husband with a façade of normalcy was ongoing gaslighting ...
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4 out of 5 stars
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All so Familiar
- By Heat on 11-25-24
- Husband, Liar, Sociopath
- How He Lied, Why I Fell For It & The Painful Lessons Learned
- By: O.N.WARD
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
Sophomoric
Reviewed: 01-01-25
It just seemed like a long complaint about her ex-husband. Very poor writing. I did not enjoy this at all.
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From Here to the Great Unknown
- A Memoir
- By: Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
- Narrated by: Riley Keough, Julia Roberts
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5,163
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,960
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,960
In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir. A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring, and complicated woman that Riley loved and now grieved. Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, lay in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful sadness
- By Stacy Eanes on 10-08-24
- From Here to the Great Unknown
- A Memoir
- By: Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
- Narrated by: Riley Keough, Julia Roberts
Beautiful & heartbreaking
Reviewed: 11-05-24
What a beautifully written memoir. It is one of my all time favorites. My heart broke for Lisa and all who loved her - she didn’t have it easy. Her daughter’s voice is gorgeous and what an amazing tribute to her mom. I learned a lot of things I never knew about her. Definitely a story that shows you that fame and money is not what it’s cracked up to be.
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Come Closer
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 828
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 740
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Story4 out of 5 stars 739
A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda - a successful architect in a happy marriage - finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she's doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don’t listen or read this book, use caution.
- By amyk0506 on 03-02-21
- Come Closer
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
So so GOOD!
Reviewed: 11-05-24
This story kept me riveted and it was so well written. Truly creepy. Definitely worth a listen!
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The Friday Afternoon Club
- A Family Memoir
- By: Griffin Dunne
- Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,044
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,044
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Griffiths phrasing made it easy to listen and absorb.
- By Nancie Keay on 06-17-24
- The Friday Afternoon Club
- A Family Memoir
- By: Griffin Dunne
- Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
WOW - loved this book!
Reviewed: 10-04-24
The narration. The authenticity. The family's story. Griffin Dunne is a gifted writer and wow the stories he has to tell! Growing up in a similar generation this book kept me enthralled from beginning to end. What can I say - Chef's kiss!
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Madness
- Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- By: Antonia Hylton
- Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state’s Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports listeners behind the brick walls of a Jim Crow asylum. In Madness, journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad to have added this to my cerebral quarters
- By Alednam A Uonopk on 04-25-24
- Madness
- Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- By: Antonia Hylton
- Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
I couldn't finish
Reviewed: 10-03-24
Even though I thought I'd find this book utterly fascinating, I got about 1/4 of the way through and it was just too depressing. I do appreciate all the research the author did about this important piece of history, I just couldn't hang in there.
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Once upon a Time
- The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
- By: Elizabeth Beller
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 203
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Story4 out of 5 stars 203
A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty. Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America’s prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacted to her reserve with a campaign of harassment and vilification.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Exaggeratingly Fawning
- By NedNickelson on 05-22-24
- Once upon a Time
- The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
- By: Elizabeth Beller
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
We get it: Carolyn was pretty
Reviewed: 06-10-24
So much of this book is redundant: Carolyn was pretty, she was stunning, she was fashionable.... yes, we get it. That was established the first time it was mentioned but the author seems to think it needs to be repeated throughout the otherwise okay story and insight into Carolyn's life. I did learn some interesting things about Carolyn and John that I didn't know, but the book just seemed to have such an agenda instead of authentically telling the story. Commenting on her looks was as repetitive as "setting the record straight". I do believe with a slightly different approach this would be an excellent book.
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"I'll Get You!" Drugs, Lies, and the Terrorizing of a PTA Mom (true crime)
- By: Riley J. Ford
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
TRUE CRIME! PTA president Kelli Peters had a normal, happy life in Orange County, California, where she volunteered at her daughter's school, carpooled, and took care of her family. When a school parent angrily accused Kelli of keeping her son waiting during the afterschool pick-up, it appeared to be a simple confrontation with an overprotective mother. Kelli soon learned, however, that she was the target of a twisted plot against her that involved drugs, lies, schemes, and a campaign to ruin her life. The vendetta led to reputations tarnished, careers lost, secret lives uncovered, two ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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bad ai
- By Nathan Bruff on 05-12-24
Could have been good
Reviewed: 05-18-24
This story could have been more compelling if the protagonist did not paint herself as a saint with the syrupy sweet description of her family and background for the first 2 hours of the story, I continually asked myself "who cares get to the point!?" I tried to hang in there but the story just didn't completely ring true, there's something missing for sure very one sided and one dimensional. Even in true stories, when one person is all good and another all bad you have to ask, how accurate is this? It was free so I cannot complain too much but it's pretty awful.
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The Many Lives of Mama Love
- A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
- By: Lara Love Hardin
- Narrated by: Lara Love Hardin
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,927
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,821
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,821
No one expects the police to knock on the door of the million-dollar two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac housewife. But soccer mom Lara Love Hardin has been hiding a shady secret: she is funding her heroin addiction by stealing her neighbors’ credit cards. Lara is convicted of thirty-two felonies and becomes inmate S32179. She finds that jail is a class system with a power structure that is somewhere between an adolescent sleepover party and Lord of the Flies. But Lara quickly learns the rules and brings love and healing to her fellow inmates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well written and great story
- By A. Champ on 09-02-23
- The Many Lives of Mama Love
- A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
- By: Lara Love Hardin
- Narrated by: Lara Love Hardin
I wanted to like this more
Reviewed: 05-16-24
The author is a good writer and it's a compelling story of someone turning their life around. However, at first I found it really depressing and then things improved in the life of the main character but it just wasn't that interesting to me. I found myself speeding it up so I could finish it. Not so bad I couldn't finish but just meh for me.
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