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Eye of the Needle
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Eric Lincoln
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,044
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,038
One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin - code name: "The Needle" - who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just OK by Follett Standards
- By Daniel McAfee on 05-25-08
- Eye of the Needle
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Eric Lincoln
Great Story - Dissappointing presentation!
Reviewed: 06-28-10
First let me say how much I love this book! I first read it perhaps 20+ years ago and was totally enthralled. It is a classic example of the genre and deserves a 5-star review! However, this recording is almost painful to listen to! The American(?) narrator mangles English and German accents (making Dick van Dyke's "Mary Poppins" chimneysweep sound like Sir Laurence Olivier), there are horrible, anachronistic edits to the original text (do American listeners really have to hear "diaper" in place of "nappy"?), and the changes in voice between characters are clumsy and instrusive. I don't know if a better audio version exists, but I may have to try to track one down. Very dissappointing!
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The Lost Symbol
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20,420
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,506
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,592
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object is discovered in the Capitol Building. The object is an ancient invitation, meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. And when Langdon's mentor is kidnapped, Langdon's only hope of saving him is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In love with books again
- By Paul on 01-31-10
- The Lost Symbol
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
Overly long and predictable
Reviewed: 10-31-09
This book is about 30% longer than it needs to be to tell the story. One suspects that Mr. Brown is being paid by the word.
The plot is predictable; I consistently found myself about 10 pages ahead of the action, and by half way through the second download section, the ending was already inevitable.
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Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942
- By: U.S. War Department
- Narrated by: Alexei Grebisch
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 514
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 283
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Story4 out of 5 stars 279
Here is a recording of a War Department pamphlet aimed at U.S. Servicemen in Britain in 1942. The jovial tone of the document and its advice about how NOT to offend the British make for a nostalgic - and in places humorous - relic of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Feeling nostalgic?
- By Alan on 05-23-09
Feeling nostalgic?
Reviewed: 05-23-09
I'm not ashamed to say that this recording had me close to tears more than once! I grew up in the Britain of the 1950s & 60's, just a few years after this document was issued, and have lived in the US for the past 35 years. It brought back memories of a nation so familiar to me, and now so changed! The stories my parents told - my mother a munitions worker, my Dad a "Tommy" in the Royal Artillery - echo throughout this document. Yes, it's quaint and funny, and frankly propagandist, but it really struck a chord. Thank you, Audible, for making this available!
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