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Farewell Yellow Brick Road
- Memories of My Life on Tour
- By: Elton John, David Furnish - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
Farewell Yellow Brick Road is a celebration of Elton John's record-breaking, globe-spanning farewell tour—from Allentown to Auckland, from Sydney to San Francisco. Featured concerts include Elton’s dazzling performances at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in November 2022, the finale of which streamed live on Disney+. Fans will be treated to a behind-the-scenes glimpse into every aspect of these spectacular shows, including Elton’s legendary touring wardrobe by Gucci, the set design, official photography, and more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could have been …
- By Tracy F. on 01-04-25
- Farewell Yellow Brick Road
- Memories of My Life on Tour
- By: Elton John, David Furnish - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, Ray Porter, Jesse Einstein, Fred Berman, Edoardo Ballerini, Mark Boyett, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Mike Cooper, John Lee, Oliver Wyman
A fun way to organize the material
Reviewed: 01-17-25
using the final farewell tour as a framing device, this gives Elton the ability to reminisce about past concerts and moments in his life as he was in some of those cities throughout his career. The short little book gives a lot of insight to him as a person, and highlights a number of the humanitarian efforts that he's been part of. He's one of the few that really deserves the bigger than life legacy that he's created!
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A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Hugh Grant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,409
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,882
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,858
First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Christmas Classic Given New Life
- By E-Hank3 on 12-26-20
- A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Hugh Grant
Great narration of one of the greatest stories ever!
Reviewed: 12-28-24
Hugh Grant did an excellent job on this. I've only known him from his films, but he's got a wonderful reading voice and got a good variety into the characters. The story speaks for itself, and I don't know if they'll ever be it's like!
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The Secret History of Christmas
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,543
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,388
Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it? It’s stuffed full of traditions and rituals that most of us have been observing all our lives without having the slightest idea of where they come from.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and Entertaining
- By Laura Carrington on 11-23-22
- The Secret History of Christmas
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Not much that hasn't been written dozens of times before
Reviewed: 11-22-23
I'm sure the name of Bill Bryson will get listeners to download this, and it's not that it's bad at all, but the style and the content has been done so many times before. overall, it follows the general, "you thought this was true about Christmas/ Santa / Nativity, etc, but in fact..." Again, not bad in itself, but just basically runs down a list of things to debunk about Christmas legends.
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A Night in the Lonesome October
- By: Roger Zelazny
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 522
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 468
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 467
Loyally accompanying a mysterious knife-wielding gentleman named Jack on his midnight rounds through the murky streets of London, good dog Snuff is busy helping his master collect the grisly ingredients needed for an unearthly rite that will take place not long after the death of the moon. But Snuff and his master are not alone. All manner of participants, both human and not, are gathering with their ancient tools and their animal familiars in preparation for the dread night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So happy this is finally on Audible!
- By Shannon GC on 08-23-22
- A Night in the Lonesome October
- By: Roger Zelazny
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
Great story, excellent performance by the reader!
Reviewed: 10-19-23
This is pretty different than anything I had read of Zelazny before, but I just loved it! an excellent Halloween addition to some of the classic books, and a real treat for classic Universal monster fans as well as Lovecraft addicts!
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Dracula
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: Susan Adams, Alexander Spencer
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
This haunting, unabridged reading from the original 1897 text, recounts with mounting suspense the nocturnal travels of a suspicious count from Transylvania.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mirable Dictu. The Quinary Count No. 1
- By Doug D. Eigsti on 05-08-13
- Dracula
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: Susan Adams, Alexander Spencer
Best version of the story I've heard
Reviewed: 09-18-23
I've listened to 4 or 5 audio versions of Dracula, this is by far my favorite! I only wish they would upgrade/fix the hiss on the audio. Sounds like this was sourced from the cassette copy, maybe.
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Hellboy: The Lost Army
- By: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 210
In 525 BC, the Persian king Cambyses sent 50,000 soldiers across the conquered Egyptian desert to take an oasis city not far from where the Libyan border stands today. According to Greek history, a hurricane-force sandstorm struck near the end of their 600-mile trek. The army - all 50,000 men - vanished without a single trace. Fast forward to 1986. A British archaeological team, sent to the edge of the Great Sand Sea to exhume evidence of the incident, has also gone missing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Good
- By Ogoun on 09-22-20
- Hellboy: The Lost Army
- By: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
story is grear, would prefer a different reader
Reviewed: 07-26-22
The story is a good one, and well paced. I just can't get into the narrator though. his normal reading voice is fine, but his characters are a little hard to listen to, especially the voice he affects for Hellboy. sounds a little cartoony, almost like a character off of Family Guy. this is, of course, subjective for everybody, but it's just not the delivery I would have picked for this character.
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Celebration of Discipline
- By: Richard J. Foster
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 961
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 954
Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline has helped more than one million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Horribly Audiobook to Navigate
- By Jordan on 03-27-18
- Celebration of Discipline
- By: Richard J. Foster
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
Classic book, but narrator is mis-matched
Reviewed: 02-09-22
Foster's book is a classic that should be read and re-read many times. I was happy to find an audio version, but I think the narrator is not a good fit for this. He's an excellent reader, but the tone and pacing just feels better suited to a book on business management or technology trends. Obviously it's a subjective thing, but listen to the sample before buying.
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,910
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,643
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,619
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Social Study
- By Henry V on 02-26-21
- Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Clarke did it again!
Reviewed: 02-04-21
For years, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell has stayed as one of my favorite books. I've read it several times, and listen through to the entire audiobook at least twice. In Piranesi, she's built another wonderful and fascinating world, and by the end of it, I'm ready to start it again! Wonderful narration as well!
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Uncensored
- My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America
- By: Zachary R. Wood
- Narrated by: Zachary R. Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
As the former president of the student group Uncomfortable Learning at his alma mater, Williams College, Zachary Wood knows from experience about intellectual controversy. At school and beyond, there's no one Zach refuses to engage with simply because he disagrees with their beliefs - sometimes vehemently so - and this view has given him a unique platform in the media. But Zach has never shared the details of his own personal story. In Uncensored, he reveals for the first time how he grew up poor and Black in Washington, DC.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty
- By Kiara on 03-19-24
- Uncensored
- My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America
- By: Zachary R. Wood
- Narrated by: Zachary R. Wood
enjoyed much of it
Reviewed: 06-26-20
Was most interested in the last 3rd of the book, once he started working with Uncomfortable Learning.
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Redshirts
- A Novel with Three Codas
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,700
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,826
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21,790
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the facts that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces; (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations; and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not his Wheal-house
- By P. Stover on 09-16-13
- Redshirts
- A Novel with Three Codas
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Great fun!
Reviewed: 04-18-18
Loved the book, though the 3 codas seemed unnecessary. I would rather have left the book with the story begging my last memory of it.
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