Eric Troyer
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The Dry
- A Novel
- By: Jane Harper
- Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,340
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,618
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,609
After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now, more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this one!
- By Paula on 01-22-17
- The Dry
- A Novel
- By: Jane Harper
- Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
Gripping
Reviewed: 02-14-25
This book kept me interested and entertained throughout. It often switches quickly from present to past, but I had no problem tracking. Great characters.
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A Walk in the Park
- By: Kevin Fedarko
- Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 298
A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his friend, the National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon, a journey that, McBride promised, would be “a walk in the park.” Against his better judgment, Fedarko agreed to the scheme. The ensuing ordeal, which lasted more than a year, revealed a place that was richer, and far more complex, than anything the two men had imagined.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I so wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t.
- By Barbara W. on 05-31-24
- A Walk in the Park
- By: Kevin Fedarko
- Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Excellent Adventure
Reviewed: 09-13-24
This is as good as "The Emerald Mile." The writing is often poetic but not so much that it gets in the way of the story. And it's full of adventure, but Fedarko takes time to put the adventure into a bigger context. Makes me want to backpack in the Grand Canyon...but on established trails. Going off trail in terrain like that seems to be for the slightly insane!
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The Trail
- A Novel
- By: Ethan Gallogly
- Narrated by: Jake Hunsbusher
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 352
The Trail is a moving story of how nature helps us find what’s missing in our lives. The tale begins with Gil, who in the wake of his father’s death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father’s old hiking partner Syd on a month-long trek on the John Muir Trail. There’s just one problem: Gil hates camping and is woefully unprepared for the rigors of the journey. Moreover, he soon learns Syd may not survive the hike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible version - excellent!
- By JocelynF on 02-24-22
- The Trail
- A Novel
- By: Ethan Gallogly
- Narrated by: Jake Hunsbusher
A bit dorky but with heart
Reviewed: 08-11-24
In the first couple of chapters I was rolling my eyes at the clichéd characters and situation. But after a bit I was smiling while still rolling my eyes, because the book has heart. By the end I was smiling and hardly rolling my eyes at all. This book is written as though a professor who taught a course on the John Muir Trail wanted to teach that course through a story. Once you accept that, it's much easier to enjoy the book and the characters.
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Coffee First, Then the World
- One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet
- By: Jenny Graham
- Narrated by: Jenny Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
In 2018, amateur cyclist Jenny Graham left family and friends behind in Scotland to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. Alone and unsupported, she crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin four months later, smashing the female record by nearly three weeks. With infectious wit and honesty, Jenny brings listeners into her remarkable Round the World adventure, as she takes on four continents, 16 countries – and countless cups of coffee.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Epic Adventure!
- By R on 08-20-24
- Coffee First, Then the World
- One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet
- By: Jenny Graham
- Narrated by: Jenny Graham
Around the World with Heart
Reviewed: 07-15-24
Really well done. Graham does an excellent job of letting the reader in on her high points and low points, as well as her self-doubts and talking herself back onto the bike. She does an excellent of narrating too. Took a short while to get used to her accent, but after that period it was fine.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,442
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31,867
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,791
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- By Teresa H. on 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Preaching
Reviewed: 11-03-23
The author clearly cares more about preaching her agenda than she does about the characters in the book.
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Elderhood
- Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
- By: Louise Aronson
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, 'old' has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we’ve made old age into a disease.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written but too long
- By Eric Troyer on 08-21-20
- Elderhood
- Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
- By: Louise Aronson
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
Well written but too long
Reviewed: 08-21-20
Well written book. Great ideas. Reading was excellent. But the book went on far too long for my tastes.
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