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Imminent
- Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs
- By: Luis Elizondo
- Narrated by: Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon
- Length: 10 hrs
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The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe.
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Don't!
- By Lakeguy978 on 08-30-24
- Imminent
- Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs
- By: Luis Elizondo
- Narrated by: Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon
I ll never be the same again.
Reviewed: 11-20-24
this book confirmed to me the existence of something bigger than us. i had an experience with a light orb as a child and i always thought it was just a dream, but now I wonder.
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Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world.
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Painfully boring
- By 80s Kid on 09-18-24
- Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
must read
Reviewed: 09-29-24
If you want a deeper understanding in the interdynamics of human beings that is accompanied by new intelligence, then you must read this book. Lets have better conversations.
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The Mosquito
- A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
- By: Timothy C. Winegard
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
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Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history.
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Major Disappointment
- By Amazon Customer on 09-02-19
- The Mosquito
- A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
- By: Timothy C. Winegard
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Enemy revealed
Reviewed: 08-21-24
i finally know who has been our human lifelong enemy, the mosquito. And we cannot ignore the fact that it is still a huge threat to our current lifestyle.
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
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It is 1889, and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don Tomas Urrea, wakes from the strangest dream, a dream that she has died. Only it was not a dream. This passionate and rebellious young woman has arisen from death with the power to heal, but it will take all her faith to endure the trials that await her and her family now that she has become the "Saint of Cabora".
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Magical Realism at its best!
- By Angie on 12-26-06
- The Hummingbird's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
Into the depths of a belief
Reviewed: 12-01-19
I learned as much as I enjoyed from it. I was put in my place as a man and a non-believer in many instances. And this was only facilitated by the authors narration where at times he made me laugh, others reflect and many other ways relax. A master.
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Sakina's Restaurant
- By: Aasif Mandvi
- Narrated by: Aasif Mandvi
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Sakina's Restaurant breathes new life into an age old story: the emotive tale of an immigrant coming to New York in pursuit of the American dream. Actor, comedian, and writer Aasif Mandvi originally performed his Obie Award-winning solo show off-Broadway 20 years ago. This past October, the iconic play was reimagined and produced by Audible for a limited run at Minetta Lane Theatre in the West Village of Manhattan. Recorded for an Audible-exclusive audience, listeners can forgo the price of admission and embark on the cross-cultural journey with Mandvi.
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Immigration and the American Dream
- By Kingsley on 03-01-19
- Sakina's Restaurant
- By: Aasif Mandvi
- Narrated by: Aasif Mandvi
Amazing performance
Reviewed: 03-25-19
There were moments I couldn't stop laughing. And I, as a first generation Mexican American, related so much to the situations of these characters.
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Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- By: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?
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Why the background noises?
- By Candace Russell on 11-04-18
- Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets
- An Audible Original
- By: John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
I honestly couldn't care
Reviewed: 03-19-19
Many interesting facts and excellent performance by Stephen fry but the majority of the content was surpass boredom for me.
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Christmas Eve, 1914
- By: Charles Olivier
- Narrated by: Cameron Daddo, Xander Berkeley, Cody Fern, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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In 1914, the war which was to have been wrapped up by Christmas had - in reality - only just begun, as all sides entrenched themselves deeper into the Great War. Christmas Eve, 1914 follows one company of British officers as they rotate forward to spend their Christmas on the front lines, a mere 80 yards from the German guns. Upper- and working-class men and boys are thrown together into one trench and struggle to survive.
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I was just reading about this in my news paper
- By Bonnie on 12-22-14
- Christmas Eve, 1914
- By: Charles Olivier
- Narrated by: Cameron Daddo, Xander Berkeley, Cody Fern, Damon Herriman, James Scott, John Beck, Lance Guest, Gabe Greenspan, Nate Jones
Great effects.
Reviewed: 03-12-19
It was really short to actually feel the distress and immediate relief they had when giving up their arms for peace in Christmas.
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Power Moves
- Lessons from Davos
- By: Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Adam Grant
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Power is changing. Private corner offices and management by decree are out, as is unquestioned trust in the government and media. These former pillars of traditional power have been replaced by networks of informed citizens who collectively wield more power over their personal lives, employers, and worlds than ever before. So how do you navigate this new landscape and come out on top? Adam Grant, Wharton organizational psychologist, went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the epicenter of power, and sat down with thought leaders from around the world, to find out.
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Glad I didn't pay for it
- By Garry Schmidt on 01-17-19
- Power Moves
- Lessons from Davos
- By: Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Adam Grant
Great idea with important voices
Reviewed: 03-09-19
I didn't really care for many of these chapters, but slme like, robot power, and power reveals gave a new and fresh point of view of Power and how we can use it for the 21 century.
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Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Danny Robins
- Narrated by: Danny Robins
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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This is the story of one of the greatest records ever made - Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - and its shocking and tragic aftermath. Join award-winning journalist Danny Robins on the 50th anniversary of the album as he takes you on a road trip back to 1968, a pivotal year in US history, to investigate the dramatic and unlikely friendship between Johnny Cash, American icon, and Glen Sherley, armed robber and Folsom inmate, and how that friendship was violently torn apart.
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1968 Greystone Chapel and the death of a prisoner
- By Kingsley on 02-01-19
- Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Danny Robins
- Narrated by: Danny Robins
I love folsom prison but..
Reviewed: 03-07-19
But I wasn't so captivated by this story. It gave me a better insight but it did not throw me back.
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Have a Nice Day
- By: Billy Crystal, Quinton Peeples
- Narrated by: Justin Bartha, Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.
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Midlife crisis in the white house
- By Kingsley on 11-02-18
A wildly gun listen.
Reviewed: 03-06-19
It is just what I love about scripts. SHORT, HILARIOUS AND HEART WARMING. Billy Crystal has spoiled us.
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