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The Final Case
- A Novel
- By: David Guterson
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 69
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Story3 out of 5 stars 70
A girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. The girl, Abeba, was born in Ethiopia. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey—conservative, white fundamentalist Christians—are charged with her murder.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Major Disappointment
- By Dallas on 02-02-22
- The Final Case
- A Novel
- By: David Guterson
- Narrated by: George Newbern
A good story not a great reader
Reviewed: 02-14-22
I enjoyed the story but it was hard to do so because I was not a fan of the style of the reader for the audible edition. Overall he read with a sardonic tone of voice that made it hard to identify with not only his narrative character but with the overall sensitivity of the book itself. In addition he consistently mispronounced the name of one of the central locations in the story to the point that it became annoying. One might think he would take the time to understand how the name of a particular county is pronounced by those who live there but he failed to do so. I listen to a lot of books on tape and often find that the readers do a great job but in this case I listened in spite of not because of the reader and it's substantially detracted from my enjoyment of the novel
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Leadership
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,187
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,713
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,678
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What makes a president great?
- By tru britty on 09-25-18
inspiring and informative
Reviewed: 05-02-19
A fascinating book about extraordinary people with fundamental lessons for anyone interested in leadership at any level
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