Mary A.
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Comeback
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story5 out of 5 stars 122
When globe-hopping British First Secretary Peter Darwin returns to his childhood home for a visit, he is sorry. Waiting for him were long-hidden memories, a string of racehorse deaths and homicide. As Darwin begins to realize that the key to all of it involves his own past, he wishes he'd never come back, because he just might never leave again—alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like the story, but sound was weird
- By Jeanette on 11-07-22
- Comeback
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
Veterinarians, horses mysteriously dying!
Reviewed: 10-01-23
A new avenue for Dick Francis…the main character is a man from the Foreign Office who helps a couple who were mugged. This takes them to England and meeting the vets. A mystery from the past gets inexplicably intertwined with the mystery in the present—the inexplicable dying of horses at the vets hospital.
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The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
- By: Karina Yan Glaser
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 481
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story5 out of 5 stars 360
While Isa is off at sleepaway orchestra camp, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Laney are stuck at home in the brownstone with nothing to do but get on one another's nerves. But when catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbor, their sleepy summer transforms in an instant as the Vanderbeeker children band together to do what they do best: make a plan. They will create the most magical healing garden in all of Harlem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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best book ever
- By Kate on 08-19-21
- The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
- By: Karina Yan Glaser
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Vanderbeekers to the rescue!
Reviewed: 09-14-23
Great feel good story! I love Lani’s thought process of why taking her rabbit to the hospital was a great idea. 😋
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- By: Karina Yan Glaser
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 548
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 444
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have 11 days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home. A modern classic in the making reminiscent of the Penderwicks series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I really like it!
- By Joy Faber on 10-24-21
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- By: Karina Yan Glaser
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Fun, family listen!
Reviewed: 09-14-23
This is a great feel good listen! Reader was great. I look forward to reading the rest of the series!
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Bolt
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,027
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 923
Someone is killing the de Brescou racehorses with a “bolt” gun, shooting them silently, leaving no clues. Before the noble family, which includes his fiancée, is torn apart, jockey Kit Fielding must find the assassin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent writing and excellent narrator.
- By Customer on 08-28-16
- Bolt
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Bolt and Break In are favorites by Dick Francis!!!
Reviewed: 02-23-23
I loved Simon Prebble’s reading! Bolt has suspense and mystery. One thing I love about Dick Francis’s writing is that he usually has two or more storylines and Bolt does as well. I have re-listened to this book several times.
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A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 176
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 177
Returning to the "Aunt Hill" from a two-year trip around the world, 20-year-old Rose Campbell suddenly finds herself surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them! Rose is rich and pretty, and she suspects many of these suitors are more interested in her wealth than her dreams. But she is determined to live her own life and find her own love, despite the many plans of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Louisa May Alcott wrote this delightful sequel to Eight Cousins at the request of her many fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!
- By Alexzandria Duarte on 05-01-20
- A Rose in Bloom
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
Barbara Caruso brings another book to life!
Reviewed: 08-06-18
Caruso makes it extra special! She brought my old friends back to life and I found myself lingering to listen instead of getting out of bed right away. The Campbell family were great fun to re-visit. A nice treat!
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Longshot
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 128
John Kendall knows how to survive. He's written six handbooks on the subject. Now he wants to become a novelist, preferably without starving to death. But when cold and hunger set in, Kendall impulsively accepts an unlikely job. He is to research and write a biography of Tremayne Vickers, a famous racehorse trainer. Staying at Vickers' home in rural Berkshire, Kendall soon learns to like his host and friends, learns to ride racehorses, learns about murderers ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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slower pace than some of his others
- By Ant the Limey on 12-04-05
- Longshot
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
This has become one of my favorites!
Reviewed: 08-06-18
I love this book—Dick Francis gets into the whodunnit territory here when a skeleton is found. I like the main character a lot who is trying to write a sequel to a novel. Previously he had been writing “How to Survive” in various travel destinations. I love the interactions and dynamics going on between the circle of friends. Will the untoward happenings cause irreparable damage to the close knit circle of friends? You’ll need to listen to find out! 😁
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Anne of Windy Poplars
- By: L. M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Tara Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,573
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,404
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,399
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted to be principal of Summerside High School.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Curse You Narrator Change!
- By Carole on 11-12-17
- Anne of Windy Poplars
- By: L. M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Tara Ward
Finally Windy Poplars has been recorded!
Reviewed: 11-14-17
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I liked the story as it unfolded. I liked the letter format as Anne was writing to Gilbert during her stay at Windy Poplars. I really enjoyed the narrator. She did a great job, I will look forward to other books narrated by her.
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Ride the River: The Sacketts
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jamie Rose
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,668
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,416
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,414
Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett has never been far from her Tennessee home - until she makes the long trek to Philadelphia to collect her inheritance. In the wilderness Echo can take care of herself as well as any man, but she never imagined the challenge that awaits: a crooked city lawyer who intends to take advantage of her by any means necessary. Echo will need all of her wits to best this scoundrel and make it back home in one piece.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cute Story -- Boring Narrator
- By Lady M on 04-28-13
- Ride the River: The Sacketts
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jamie Rose
Mountain girl's can protect themselves!
Reviewed: 07-26-15
I enjoy this departure from L'Amour's manly man heroes. The main character here is 16 year old Echo Sackett. She sets off to go get an inheritance for her family. Someone doesn't want her to make it home alive!
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Time and Again
- By: Jack Finney
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,405
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,104
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,102
Transported from the mid-twentieth century to New York City in the year 1882, Si Morley walks the fashionable "Ladies' Mile" of Broadway, is enchanted by the jingling sleigh bells in Central Park, and solves a 20th-century mystery by discovering its 19th-century roots. Falling in love with a beautiful young woman, he ultimately finds himself forced to choose between his lives in the present and the past. A story that will remain in the listener's memory, Time and Again is a remarkable blending of the troubled present and a nostalgic past....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best time travel novel; my very favorite audiobook
- By Mark on 04-08-12
- Time and Again
- By: Jack Finney
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
My all time favorite time travel story!
Reviewed: 05-02-15
I love Paul Hecht's narration and the whole premise of this story. I listen to it once or twice a year. I like the time travel paradox it just touched on and how he helps make things right at the end....in itself a change with who knows how many ripples felt it? I like that Sy ended up with Julia and decided to live in her time.
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Anne Johnstonbrown
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 128
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Story5 out of 5 stars 126
A country girl named Polly is visiting city friends and comes to realize that this world is quite different than which she has left. Here people are judged according to their dress and manner of speech rather than for their honesty and hard work. Yet all who meet Polly cannot help but be enamored of her; her sweet simplicity is unlike any that they have ever seen, and soon everyone comes to realize that Polly is not someone to be laughed at and ridiculed, but someone to put upon a pedestal for failing to become willing prey to the cynicism of the times.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A favorite story, read horribly!
- By Mandalyn on 03-04-14
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Anne Johnstonbrown
A Revisit of a Childhood Favorite!
Reviewed: 04-13-15
I was excited to find this childhood favorite in Audible's catalog! I enjoyed listening to it. I enjoyed the narrator's regular reading voice, but didn't like the southern accents she put on for the characters voices. It wasn't how I imagined Polly, Fanny, Tom or anyone else talked. Sometimes it was a stronger accent than others and I even became so irritated at times that I stopped listening and switched to a different book for a while to give my ears a rest. I did finish listening and still love the story very much!
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