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Aztec Autumn
- By: Gary Jennings
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
Gary Jennings' exciting sequel to his best selling Aztec, vividly recreates a forgotten chapter of history. One generation after his people were brutally conquered and forced into subordination by the Spaniards, a proud young Aztec named Tenamáxtli courageously refuses to bow to his foreign rulers. Instead, driven by his dream to rebuild the Aztec Empire, Tenamáxtli secretly recruits an army to fight the seemingly invincible Spanish forces.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Kathy on 08-13-07
- Aztec Autumn
- By: Gary Jennings
- Narrated by: David Dukes
Aztec Autumn
Reviewed: 04-15-10
Quite disappointing compared to the original book, Aztec; although it could be because this version is abridged.
I usually prefer unabridged versions. The plot on this seemed to jump around rather than flowing logically... there again, probably because it has been abridged.
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Aztec Autumn
- Aztec
- By: Gary Jennings
- Narrated by: David Dukes
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
The young Aztec leader, Tenamáxtli, courageously refuses to bow to his foreign rulers, vowing revenge on the Spaniards who have conquered and destroyed his society. Driven to rebuild the Aztec Empire, Tenamáxtli secretly recruits an army to fight the seemingly invincible Spanish forces. His quest takes us through high adventure, passionate women, unlikely allies, bright hope, and bitter tragedy. Guided by exhaustive research into practically every facet of life in 16th-century Mexico, Aztec Autumn vividly recreates a forgotten chapter of history after the Spanish Conquest.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Kathy on 08-13-07
- Aztec Autumn
- Aztec
- By: Gary Jennings
- Narrated by: David Dukes
Aztec Autumn
Reviewed: 04-15-10
Quite disappointing compared to the original book, Aztec; although it could be because this version is abridged.
I usually prefer unabridged versions. The plot on this seemed to jump around rather than flowing logically... there again, probably because it has been abridged.
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Escape
- By: James Clavell
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
When the Shah of Iran is overthrown, that nation's turmoil captures the world's attention. Caught in this shifting world of fanaticism, ambition, duplicity, heartbreak, and violent death are the foreign helicopter pilots who have been servicing the oilfields up and down the country. Their one objective is to make a bold, concerted escape, with their helicopters, to safety across the Gulf.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The fall of the Shah
- By Jean on 01-08-13
- Escape
- By: James Clavell
- Narrated by: John Lee
Escape
Reviewed: 11-29-09
Escape is actually a sub-plot that is written in James Clavell's much longer book, Whirlwind, which I had previously read. In spite of that, it is not an abridged version but is interesting and fast-paced enough to stand alone.
As always, the narrator, John Lee's facile use of so many foreign accents is amazing! His reading is inspired and gifted and he is certainly one of my favorite narrators.
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Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,980
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,436
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,416
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be. To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone. This is the absorbing chronicle of that year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Inner Journey within an External One
- By YoginiZora on 07-20-06
- Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love
Reviewed: 11-27-07
The most positive thing I can write about this book is that Elizabeth Gilbert is a fabulous narrator.
Now for the bad news. I obsessively finish all the books I begin, no matter how difficult, and this book was truly difficult. She is so totally self-absorbed, spoiled in the selfish sense, and narcissistic, that I could barely struggle through the chapters. I read this to discuss with my book group, but to be selfish myself, it was a total waste of time and money.
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The Highest Tide
- A Novel
- By: Jim Lynch
- Narrated by: Fisher Stevens
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as an ordinary hunt for starfish, snails, and clams is soon transformed by an astonishing sight: a beached giant squid. As the first person to ever see a giant squid alive, the speed-reading Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac instantly becomes a local curiosity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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13 going on 30
- By Matthew Crofoot on 10-28-05
- The Highest Tide
- A Novel
- By: Jim Lynch
- Narrated by: Fisher Stevens
The Highest Tide
Reviewed: 03-29-07
Very well written and while told from the point of view of a teen-ager, seemed very convincing. The details of the Olympia tidal flats and the environmental concerns and interests of the main character were fascinating. It made me want to go explore tidal pools!
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Isaac's Storm
- A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 863
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 605
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The UNABRIDGED edition is better.
- By CrazyBird on 06-07-13
- Isaac's Storm
- A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Isaac's Storm
Reviewed: 03-29-07
Somewhat disappointing but it's unfair to be critical of the author based on reading the abridged version. I would like to read the unabridged version because the characters are interesting and the facts related about the Galveston Hurricane were fascinating. The book just seemed disjointed and lacking in consistency.
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Cold Company
- An Alaska Mystery
- By: Sue Henry
- Narrated by: Mary Peiffer
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Famed Alaskan "musher" Jessie Arnold thinks she's finally put her dark past behind her. But the excavations on her new cabin unearth a decades-old skeleton entombed in a crumbling basement wall, along with a butterfly pendant necklace worn by the alleged victim of a brutal serial slayer who preyed on area women 20 years earlier.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not one of the best
- By Brigid O'Rourke on 03-15-07
- Cold Company
- An Alaska Mystery
- By: Sue Henry
- Narrated by: Mary Peiffer
Cold Company
Reviewed: 03-29-07
An interesting and exciting thriller with Alaska background and description accurately related. As an Alaskan reader, I found the details particularly interesting and relevant.
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Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- By: Ken Follett, René L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 67
One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century. A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut—from the inside. Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine, and clearing millions of dollars in gold, jewelry, gems, and cash. Here is the breathtakingly compelling story of Spaggiari, his “sewer gang,” and the most daring, outrageous theft of the 20th century.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Under the Streets of Nice
- By Robert on 05-30-08
- Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- By: Ken Follett, René L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
Under The Streets of Nice
Reviewed: 03-29-07
Well written non-fiction... fast paced enough to read as fiction. Typical of Follett's well crafted story telling even though he is a partner author.
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Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- By: Ken Follett, Rene L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
In 1976, Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century - a bank heist in Nice accomplished "without guns, without violence, without hate." Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank and lifted about $10 million in gold, jewelry, gems, and cash. Tracked down and captured, Spaggiari escaped from the French police by jumping out a window and onto the back of a motorcycle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Under the Streets of Nice
- By Robert on 05-30-08
- Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- By: Ken Follett, Rene L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
Under The Streets of Nice
Reviewed: 03-29-07
Well written non-fiction... fast paced enough to read as fiction. Typical of Follett's well crafted story telling even though he is a partner author.
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