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James Monroe
- A Life
- By: Tim McGrath
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 325
The extraordinary life of James Monroe: Soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform 13 colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Large and inconsistent, much like Monroe himself.
- By Kindle Customer on 01-31-21
- James Monroe
- A Life
- By: Tim McGrath
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Thorough
Reviewed: 05-31-25
The scholarship and narration are equally remarkable. Objective handling of Monroe’s strengths and challenges. Well worth the time reading!
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The Let Them Theory
- A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,328
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14,561
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,561
In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins—New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset—teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Let Her
- By Paula on 01-02-25
- The Let Them Theory
- A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
Nothing New
Reviewed: 05-30-25
I was disappointed with this work. The author touts the book will present spell bounding research findings. There’s nothing new in this book. Anyone with stable friends, colleagues, and family will receive better advice from these resources than this book.
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Sitting Bull
- The Life and Times of an American Patriot
- By: Robert M. Utley
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling portrait of Sitting Bull, presenting the Lakota perspective for the first time and rendering the most unbiased, historically accurate, and vivid portrait of the man to date.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lakota perspective?
- By JoAnne on 02-01-24
- Sitting Bull
- The Life and Times of an American Patriot
- By: Robert M. Utley
- Narrated by: David Colacci
Insightful and Well Performed
Reviewed: 03-31-25
Sitting Bull’s weaknesses and strengths are equally addressed. I came away with a deepened appreciation for the struggles of the Indian peoples. Nicely narrated.
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St. George for England
- A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers
- By: G. A. Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
G.A. Henty novels are highly researched as well as drawn from his first-hand experiences of people, places, and events. No portion of English history is more crowded with great events than the 100 Years’ War from 1337-1453 under King Edward III and his son, the “Black Prince.” The Battles of Cressy and Poitiers; the destruction of the Spanish fleet; the plague of the Black Death; and the Jacquerie rising are vividly related in this historically accurate adventure novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed at narration.
- By Jlc on 03-19-25
- St. George for England
- A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers
- By: G. A. Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
Disappointed at narration.
Reviewed: 03-19-25
The narrator’s inflections are as if he is reading to elementary school students. Storyline is strong and historically beneficial to the reader.
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Henry V
- The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 642
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 589
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Story5 out of 5 stars 589
Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just thirty-five, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt, he is remembered as the acme of kingship, a model to be closely imitated by his successors. William Shakespeare deployed Henry V as a study in youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship. For one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, “the greatest man who ever ruled England.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Book & Fantastic Storyteller
- By L. Reilly on 11-26-24
Expectations of a regent family.
Reviewed: 11-01-24
Dan Jones presents the story of Henry V with succinct reality. He brings to light negative consequences of Henry’s ambitions as well as his victories. More than anything, I came away with more appreciation of the expectations that comes with living in a regent family. Being 16 and shot in the face by a longbow, Henry survived to become a battle King, who thought of those who aided his rule from his death bed.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 502
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 497
Provoking an unprecedented outpouring of public grief when it was first published, it follows the story of Little Nell and her feckless grandfather. Forced to leave their magical shop of curiosities in London, they are pursued across the English countryside by the grotesquely evil dwarf Quilp. They escape - but at what cost?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Narration
- By Ro on 12-10-09
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
Resonates with human experience
Reviewed: 08-18-24
Once again, Dickens presents characters in a fictional story whose experiences seem to depict real life
circumstances even for the 21st century. Antagonists project what the detest and fear in themselves onto noble characters. The reader will discover beauty in the briars of injustice. Female characters demonstrate strength. The characters demonstrate the value of making decisions by individual instinct, which is sometimes balanced by the value of soliciting sound guidance from others.
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Martin Chuzzlewit
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 33 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 365
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 359
The Chuzzlewits are a family divided by money and selfishness; even young Martin, the eponymous hero, is arrogant and self-centred. He offends his grandfather by falling in love with the latter’s ward, Mary, and sets out to make his own fortune in life, travelling as far as America - which produces from Dickens a savage satire on a new world tainted with the vices of the old. Martin’s nature slowly changes through his bitter experience of life and his enduring love for Mary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's worth the wait
- By Deborah on 04-18-11
- Martin Chuzzlewit
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Rich in Character Development
Reviewed: 07-30-24
This work of Dickins is the most spectacular in terms of character development and surprising plot twists. Dickins has a way of introducing characters with a hit of predictability that plays out in their behaviors. Still, he manages to surprise the reader as the characters either mature and grow or deteriorate into moral decline. Though the story takes place in the 19th century, readers will relate to the human dynamics.
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Frankenstein
- Penguin Classics
- By: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Colin Salmon, Peter Noble - introduction
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 183
A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the listener on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle. Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely loved this book!
- By Landon on 11-15-19
- Frankenstein
- Penguin Classics
- By: Mary Shelley
- Narrated by: Colin Salmon, Peter Noble - introduction
Depth in the Human Condition
Reviewed: 07-16-24
Shelley reveals in this story the results of human drive for greatness. What happens when we reach our goals? The readers will question their own motives. Further, the depth of love and beauty in even the most outcast of creatures, as genuine they may br, can become distorted by mans’s drive to extend our potential.
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25 Lies
- Exposing Democrats' Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them
- By: Vince Everett Ellison
- Narrated by: Vince Everett Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story5 out of 5 stars 207
As a young man, Vince Ellison began his career in the belly of the beast—as a prison guard working in the worst cellblock imaginable. And it was to his dismay and sadness that he has seen that same evil later in life. This time, not in the faces of incarcerated criminals, but rather in the eyes of the leaders of the Democratic party. In this persuasive work, Vince marshals his own experience and couples it with a learned and original analysis to conclude that the leaders of America's "progressive" party aren't just wrong on their policy stances—they are deliberately destructive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I never, ever heard anything so straight forward! Ellison, holds back nothing.
- By David L. Gagnon on 05-26-22
- 25 Lies
- Exposing Democrats' Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them
- By: Vince Everett Ellison
- Narrated by: Vince Everett Ellison
Fresh Perspective
Reviewed: 07-15-24
Despite having seen most of the research this publication presents prior to reading, Mr. Ellison provides a unique and fresh perspective on his findings.
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The Pickwick Papers
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 32 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 314
The Pickwick Papers, Dickens's first novel, is a delightful romp through the pre-Reform Bill England of 1827. Samuel Pickwick and the rest of the Pickwickians are some of the most memorable of all Dickens's creations, and it is a joy to hear of their adventures in search of "interesting scenes and characters", and the repeated efforts of the quick-witted Sam Weller to rescue them all from disaster.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Watch Dickens Emerge from a Literary Chrysalis
- By Darwin8u on 02-25-14
- The Pickwick Papers
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David Timson
Family and Friends
Reviewed: 07-13-24
Character development in this work of Dickins incites curiosity and surprise. Fidelity in human attachments is upheld and honored. Dickens explores family dynamics in a manner that introduces a variety of implications. Authenticity and noble character won’t always be rewarded with bliss, but earn the respect of fellow humans in this early journey.
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