Martha
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The Friday Afternoon Club
- A Family Memoir
- By: Griffin Dunne
- Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,228
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,142
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,142
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Griffiths phrasing made it easy to listen and absorb.
- By Nancie Keay on 06-17-24
- The Friday Afternoon Club
- A Family Memoir
- By: Griffin Dunne
- Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
I couldn’t finish it
Reviewed: 06-26-24
If i want to know about GD’s famous friends, I’ll read their books. This is a snooze.
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31,252
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28,284
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Story5 out of 5 stars 28,217
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
No
Reviewed: 06-23-23
I had to stop. Way too depressing. I usually like BK, but just couldn’t hang with this one. Narrator is fine.
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After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
- How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 731
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 641
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Story5 out of 5 stars 636
When does enlightenment come? At the end of the spiritual journey? Or the beginning? In After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield brings into focus the truth about satori, the awakened state of consciousness, and enlightenment practices today. The result is this extraordinary look at the hard work we all must do - the laundry - no matter how often we experience ecstatic states of consciousness through meditation and other disciplines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Title points to meat of the message
- By Remived on 10-26-15
- After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
- How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
Not as good as other Jack Kornfield titles
Reviewed: 11-18-18
This one is not as good as the other titles. It's repetitive and the narration is dull.
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The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf
- By: O. Henry
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
A poor young couple demonstrates the meaning of love and self-sacrifice in the Christmas Classic, "The Gift of the Magi". Also included is "The Last Leaf". This tale follows a young woman artist who is stricken with pneumonia. She watches the leafy vine opposite her window with hollow eyes, and she determines to stay alive until the last leaf falls. O. Henry, always a master with the surprise ending, delivers two fine tales of his beloved New York City.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what you think it is.
- By Martha on 12-11-17
- The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf
- By: O. Henry
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
Not what you think it is.
Reviewed: 12-11-17
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Had this been the O. Henry Story!
Any additional comments?
This isn't a verbatim version of the story.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Diane Keaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,817
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,584
Universally acclaimed from the time it was first published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has been admired for decades as a stylistic masterpiece. Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton (Annie Hall, The Family Stone) performs these classic essays, including the title piece, which will transport the listener back to a unique time and place: the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco during the neighborhood’s heyday as a countercultural center.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Didion deserves better.
- By Victoria Wright on 01-21-13
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Diane Keaton
Great essays, poorly read
Reviewed: 11-09-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I loved these essays when I first read them in the 70s and was happy to hear them again.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
Didion's prose.
What didn’t you like about Diane Keaton’s performance?
Pretty much everything. She mispronounces a LOT of words and it becomes insulting to the material and the listener.
Could you see Slouching Towards Bethlehem being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
No.
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
- The Complete and Authoritative Edition
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 861
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 529
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Story4 out of 5 stars 537
The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography, in its entirety, exactly as he left it. This major literary event offers the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was expecting...
- By SHolland10 on 01-30-11
- Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
- The Complete and Authoritative Edition
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Really?
Reviewed: 12-09-10
This is unutterably boring, and there's so much of it! It's not just the hours of editorial commentary, but Clemens himself. OMG. Save your money. Reread Huck Finn. You have to give a review at least one star, which explains how it got that.
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