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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11,430
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,915
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,889
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally, Words
- By Donovan P Malley on 06-30-19
- Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Paen to Plants
Reviewed: 10-17-24
This is a book to read straight through or to dip into. It’s a book for learning and a book for relaxing. It can thrill you, tickle you, and move you to tears.
NOTE: Listen to this audiobook at 1.2 speed or you’ll be distracted by the author/performer’s excessively sibilant essesssss.
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Flight Behavior
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,308
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,667
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at 17. Now, after a decade of domestic disharmony on a failing farm, she encounters a shocking sight: a silent, forested valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She can only understand it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders, and the media.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A poignant literary work of art.
- By criswithcurls on 02-08-13
- Flight Behavior
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
More like 500 stars!
Reviewed: 10-05-24
This tale has so many things I adore in a story: things to learn (about biology, about a region and its people), suspense, characters to love and not love, and about redemptive hope.
My favorite Barbara Kingsolver audiobooks are those ready by the author. Her voice is a balm for my soul.
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I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,699
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,459
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really?
- By cydney numnum on 03-16-23
- I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
Fabulous mystery!
Reviewed: 09-21-24
Rebecca Makkai’s writing will draw you in in the very first paragraphs.
The complex and twisty mystery will leave you breathless and Julia Whelan’s stellar performance is spot-on.
A wonderful use of my Audible credit.
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The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53,922
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48,510
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48,349
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Long, Hard Slog Through Endless Despair and Heartache
- By Morro Schreiber on 04-11-18
- The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Beautiful descriptions of out 49th state
Reviewed: 09-12-24
You always know what you’re getting with Kristen Hannah, both good and mediocre. Her stories are like my favorite junk food: I’m never sorry I read them even though they’re not mentally stimulating.
Still, I liked this book a lot.
As always, Julia Whelan’s performance is flawless.
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Black Pill
- How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
- By: Elle Reeve
- Narrated by: Elle Reeve
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 293
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 277
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Story5 out of 5 stars 277
Award-winning journalist and CNN correspondent Elle Reeve was not surprised by the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. With years of in-depth research and on-the-ground investigative reporting under her belt, Reeve was aware of the preoccupations of the online far right and their journey from the computer to QAnon, militias, and racist groups. At the same time, Reeve saw a parallel growth of counterforces, with citizen vigilantes using new tools and tactics to take down the far right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story — uneven performance
- By SSG on 08-19-24
- Black Pill
- How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
- By: Elle Reeve
- Narrated by: Elle Reeve
Not interesting or enlightening
Reviewed: 08-20-24
I was hoping to learn something about what causes AltRight people to go down such a hole, and about how anyone could be a follower of today’s GOP.
Here’s what I learned: they are bored, boring people who imagine themselves to be intelligent but because they are not critical thinkers only wind up making their lives complicated.
“Black Pill …” is neither enlightening nor interesting and was the waste of an Audible credit.
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The Poisonwood Bible
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Dean Robertson
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,514
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,148
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Listen to the sample first!
- By Cheryl D on 07-30-08
- The Poisonwood Bible
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Dean Robertson
The Poisonwood Bible is pure excellence
Reviewed: 08-20-24
I wish I could rate this book 5 hundred stars.
Have you read The Poisonwood Bible in print? Listen to this audiobook for a completely different and rich experience.
Dean Robertson’s performance adds much to this astonishing story.
There have been 3 audiobooks I must listen to once every year.
Now there are 4.
Go ahead and spend 1 of your precious credits on The Poisonwood Bible. You won’t be sorry.
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Familiaris
- By: David Wroblewski
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 37 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 303
It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelle’s imagination has gotten him into trouble … again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin’s northwoods, where they hope to make a fresh start—and, with a little luck, discover what it takes to live a life of meaning, purpose and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friends—human, animal, and otherworldly—to realize their dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great story！
- By gypsietraveler on 10-25-24
- Familiaris
- By: David Wroblewski
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
Absolutely brilliant characters
Reviewed: 08-16-24
This is several deep love stories, an epic family saga, and a paen to dogs.
Mid-story there was a point at which I had to decide whether or not to finish because of the subject matter. After a day I dove back in and powered through. (You might do the same but be strong. You can do it!)
In the end I loved this book.
Richard Poe is the perfect voice for “Familiaris” and makes a wonderful story truly unforgettable.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
- By: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,430
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,632
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,635
One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What in the heck happened?????
- By Melinda on 02-05-14
Pure poetry
Reviewed: 07-30-24
Get lost in this riotous, scrambled, sometimes brutal and often hilarious family saga performed magnificently by John Lee.
Pro tip: print the family tree/cast of characters for reference and enjoy the ride.
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Life on Earth
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 779
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 688
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Story5 out of 5 stars 684
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book’s first publication, David Attenborough has revisited Life on Earth, completely updating and adding to the original text, taking account of modern scientific discoveries from around the globe....
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5 out of 5 stars
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100% Pure Attenborough
- By Dave on 09-25-18
- Life on Earth
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
Thrilling!
Reviewed: 07-27-24
This book is simply wonderful. Our world is filled with miracles galore and to hear Sir Attenborough read to us is a treat.
Highly recommend.
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Underworld
- By: Don DeLillo
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 31 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 707
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 622
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Story4 out of 5 stars 626
Nick Shay and Klara Sax knew each other once, intimately, and they meet again in the American desert. He is trying to outdistance the crucial events of his early life, haunted by the hard logic of loss and by the echo of a gunshot in a basement room. She is an artist who has made a blood struggle for independence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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CYBEX burned into my eyes
- By Ruth Ann Orlansky on 07-01-12
- Underworld
- By: Don DeLillo
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
1 Novel, 100 Stories
Reviewed: 06-23-24
“Everything is connected”: baseball, the Cold War, Jell-O chicken mousse, Lenny Bruce, America in the ‘50s and ‘60s, a holy vision, New York City and 1000 more links are contained in this tale.
The characters’ conversations, both inner and out loud ring truer and each is absolutely fascinating, sometimes in their pointlessness.
Mr. DeLillo’s descriptions of people, places, and things are pure poetry. One could pick up this story at any point and be astonished at his prose.
Richard Poe does a wonderful job voicing the myriad characters. I thoroughly enjoyed his performance and believe Underworld would have been less captivating on paper.
Spend the 31+ hours with this novel. You won’t regret it.
Peace.
P.S. Listen closely: Underworld is also hilarious.
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