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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,610
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,647
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,556
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
- By LittleBeadsOfMercury on 04-07-21
- The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Long but worth it
Reviewed: 01-23-23
Brought me tears many times, as I realized I was one of these traumatized children.
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Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- By: Michelle Zauner
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,300
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,665
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,634
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian-American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Broken Korean
- By Tim on 04-21-21
- Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- By: Michelle Zauner
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Kimchi refrigerator!!
Reviewed: 06-19-22
I identified with this book and the author so much. I grew up a mixed Korean, Hawaiian and white girl in New York in the 80's. I knew I belonged in Hawaii with our ohana but my mother never moved us home after divorcing my father. I always longed for mixed friends, ostracized girls like me who understood and lived a strict Asian upbringing but didn't look quite any part and always had to answer racist and judgemental questions about my mixed heritage. When I was little I wanted to be white too, like the blonde daughters of the white women my dad cheated on my mom with. Now grown, I consider myself to be an "adult child" of dysfunction, and after many years of trauma therapy and healing journeys, I still identify most with other hapa-haole but have learned to let my soul touch other's without regard for their culture. I later moved to be my mother's caregiver when she got ill. I was resentful at the time but have come to respect the honor it was to share those last years with the difficult woman who made me and knew me and loved me more clearly than anyone else, and to be with her when she passed away. Michelle thank you for writing this book, This book is a love letter to all Asian American mother's and daughters everywhere. Mahalo, sister!
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Bad Country
- By: C. B. McKenzie
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,574
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,312
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,318
Rodeo Grace Garnet lives alone, save for his old dog, in a remote corner of Arizona known to locals as the Hole. He doesn't get many visitors, but a body found near his home has drawn police attention to his front door. The victim is not one of the many illegal immigrants who risk their lives to cross the border just south of the Hole, but is instead a member of one of the local Indian tribes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!! Please give this book a chance to knock you off your feet!
- By DanBudda on 12-24-15
- Bad Country
- By: C. B. McKenzie
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Confusing but totally worth it
Reviewed: 01-07-22
You have to pay attention carefully otherwise you'll lose the thread of myriad details. It's an awesome book and I love Rodeo and his dog. He deserves happiness and I hope there is another book about him after this. Great author!
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 198,203
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 181,418
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Story5 out of 5 stars 180,865
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
awesome, even if science stuff went over my head
Reviewed: 10-17-21
loved it! got the Kindle too, so fun to listen and read at the same time.
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Troubled Blood
- A Cormoran Strike Novel, Book 5
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
- Length: 31 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,166
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,558
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,524
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one 40 years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book Yet!
- By LindsayRoseEliz on 09-19-20
- Troubled Blood
- A Cormoran Strike Novel, Book 5
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
best of the series!
Reviewed: 11-29-20
spoiler alert: most memorable moments: Robin and Strike in the office after the Oakden interview!
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The Clockmaker's Daughter
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,729
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,280
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13,237
In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Clockmaker's Daughter
- By KBoat on 10-21-18
- The Clockmaker's Daughter
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt
beautiful, heartbreaking, full of love
Reviewed: 11-13-20
love it. cried. worth waiting for all the pieces to come together. very detailed and sweet.
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Watchers
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dean Koontz
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,345
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,834
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,758
On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods. That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A stunning masterpiece that leaves you with hope.
- By Anonymous User on 08-31-18
- Watchers
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dean Koontz
Phenomenal!
Reviewed: 08-03-20
I loved this book! My favorite parts were all the ones that had Einstein in it! And the ending just blew me away. I didn't guess the ending at all! Thank you Mr. Koontz for such an amazing and touching and heartwarming book. I'm going to get a Golden Retriever someday!
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The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82,832
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72,821
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72,666
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Librarian vs. Reader: Silent Patient
- By Alicia Herrington on 02-06-19
- The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
great book
Reviewed: 06-30-20
but the ending was a bit of a let down. I loved the plot twist but would have wanted more detail and clarification about the time line jumping from past to present, and also Theo's pathology.
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Redshirts
- A Novel with Three Codas
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,703
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,829
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21,793
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the facts that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces; (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations; and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not his Wheal-house
- By P. Stover on 09-16-13
- Redshirts
- A Novel with Three Codas
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Coda 3 blew me away
Reviewed: 06-09-20
It wasn't until I listened to the Codas at the end of the book that I was attached emotionally to the characters. I'm going to have to re-listen to the whole entire book now. I'm crying because Coda 3 was so beautiful and made so much sense and wrapped everything up so perfectly. Great book, definitely worthy of a second listen.
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Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19,507
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,340
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17,285
Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dumb and funny
- By R. MCRACKAN on 02-01-20
- Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, Rachel Bloom, Ed Begley Jr., Thomas Lennon, Eugene Cordero, full cast
Really great book!
Reviewed: 03-18-20
I loved it, totally enjoyed it. I got attached. I laughed. The only part I didn't enjoy was that the conversations and personality quirks of the characters were all very similar to each other. They had different roles and names and character types, but other than that they were all fairly identical. Especially the way they spoke. The cadence, or rhythm, opinions, the way they responded and thought, was all the same. It was not easy to tell the difference between characters despite being played by different narrators because they all spoke so similarly to one another. Other than that it was great.
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