Maria Marsans
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Dinosaur Bedtime Meditations for Kids
- Dinosaur Meditation Stories to Help Children Fall Asleep Fast, Learn Mindfulness, and Thrive
- By: Mindfulness Habits Team
- Narrated by: Charlotte Hipolito
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
Modern life in the digital world is full of sounds, words, and images bombarding us 24/7. All these distractions can make it a challenge for young children to focus, quiet their minds, and wind down when it’s time for bed. After a full day of nonstop stimulation, it may not be easy for them to simply fall asleep. Children adore bedtime stories. A good story helps set the scene for a child’s dreams.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not recommended
- By Annette Bow on 04-28-21
- Dinosaur Bedtime Meditations for Kids
- Dinosaur Meditation Stories to Help Children Fall Asleep Fast, Learn Mindfulness, and Thrive
- By: Mindfulness Habits Team
- Narrated by: Charlotte Hipolito
Perfectly relaxing
Reviewed: 02-23-25
The narrator’s voice is so relaxing an has the perfect cadence. I can feel her smiling. I play this for my kids but I get deeply relaxed too!
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Brain Food
- The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
- By: Lisa Mosconi PhD
- Narrated by: Norah Tocci
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including brain science, the microbiome, and nutritional genomics, notes that the dietary needs of the brain are substantially different from those of the other organs, yet few of us have any idea what they might be. Her innovative approach to cognitive health incorporates concepts that most doctors have yet to learn. Busting through advice based on pseudoscience, Dr. Mosconi provides recommendations for a complete food plan, while calling out noteworthy surprises.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lack of scientific research
- By Jane on 07-06-18
- Brain Food
- The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
- By: Lisa Mosconi PhD
- Narrated by: Norah Tocci
Great review
Reviewed: 09-13-24
I learned some valuable things, some very eye opening. It’s a bit generalized for the average premenopausal person and some conflicts with protein forward approach to a postmenopausal diet. I also disagree that daily wine can be that neuroprotective. It loses a bit of credibility for me with these couple of conflicting suggestions but the scientific research into brain fMRIs is really fascinating. Organic produce “code” also very helpful.
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Poster Girl
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Anna Caputo
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 377
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Story4 out of 5 stars 330
What's right is right. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan—she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked every word and every action, rewarding or punishing by a rigid moral code set forth by the Delegation. Then there was a revolution. The Delegation fell. Its most valuable members were locked in the Aperture, a prison on the outskirts of the city. And everyone else, now free from monitoring, went on with their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Little bit preachy, but still very good.
- By Kindle Customer on 10-23-22
- Poster Girl
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Anna Caputo
Good story, delivery okay
Reviewed: 06-08-23
The overall story is good but the telling is sometimes too rich with detail and can be trite at times.
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Knowing Your Value
- By: Mika Brzezinski
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 554
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 469
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Story4 out of 5 stars 473
It's no secret that women have long been overlooked and under-compensated, and while great strides have been made in recent decades, the value placed on women versus their male counterparts is still consistently unbalanced. In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Had it's moments.
- By DoraThex on 09-02-14
- Knowing Your Value
- By: Mika Brzezinski
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Fair
Reviewed: 03-23-18
A little out of touch with the average woman but good advice for breaking the glass ceiling. The narrator’s voice was not the embodiment of a powerful woman.
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The Player of Games
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,578
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,076
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,068
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game...a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great introduction to The Culture series
- By Ken on 08-04-11
- The Player of Games
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Phenomenal creativity and writing
Reviewed: 06-22-16
Loved this book so much. From the creative world building to the questions it raises for me about human nature and our perceptions of what a civilized society is.
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All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Zach Appelman
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65,412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58,187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58,145
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Afraid to Write a "Less-Than-Positive" Review
- By Elizabeth on 08-06-14
- All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Zach Appelman
Superb!!!
Reviewed: 05-09-15
Amazing book on so many levels. Every sentence is a gem. It even makes science sound like poetry. Truly transcendental.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,850
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,202
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,177
Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Sweet and heartwrenching at once!
Reviewed: 04-13-13
What did you love best about Their Eyes Were Watching God?
The display of humanity and true love.
What about Ruby Dee’s performance did you like?
EXCELLENT!! She totally brought the feelings and mood of the story to life.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The storm.
Any additional comments?
Great, great read (listen)!!
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A Storm of Swords
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 47 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 77,979
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67,244
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Story5 out of 5 stars 67,114
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons left in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chapter and part breaks are incorrect
- By Troy on 07-17-11
- A Storm of Swords
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
Amazing story and narration.
Reviewed: 10-21-12
If you could sum up A Storm of Swords in three words, what would they be?
Riveting!
What other book might you compare A Storm of Swords to and why?
War and Peace: lies, intrigue, war, deception, epic!
What about Roy Dotrice’s performance did you like?
He is amazingly consistent with narration of characters, different accents and voices; he really makes me believe the character and fall into the story.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Winter is coming.
Any additional comments?
I wish these audiobooks were not just arbitrarily divided evenly into equal number of audiofiles and someone actually took the time to make the chapters and parts end at the end of a chapter, so that they wouldn't get split up, especially annoying during the part changes.
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Ulysses
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,443
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,982
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,951
Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ulysses (Unabridged)
- By Peter Deane on 01-22-09
- Ulysses
- By: James Joyce
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
Difficult, but worthwhile
Reviewed: 07-16-12
What did you love best about Ulysses?
The stream of consciousness inner monologues. Joyce was a master with this.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Ulysses?
The park/beach scene where the girl flirts with Bloom from afar.
Which character – as performed by Jim Norton – was your favorite?
Edward Bloom.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Bloom realizes why the girl in the beach/park didn't run with the other girls.
Any additional comments?
Hard to get through in parts, but the morsels are worth the journey. Will have to redo in some years.
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Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44,494
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,822
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,033
Katniss Everdeen continues to struggle to protect herself and her family from the Capitol in this second novel from the best-selling Hunger Games trilogy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even better the second time...
- By Brandy Chaney on 09-08-09
- Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Great story, bad narrator
Reviewed: 05-21-12
If you could sum up Catching Fire in three words, what would they be?
A page turner
Who was your favorite character and why?
Peeta. He is strong willed, intelligent, and has tremendous integrity.
How could the performance have been better?
The narrator sounds like a middle aged woman, not a young, insecure, scared teenager. She does not get the inflections of a young girl's voice at all; at least not a modern girl. I was very distracted by her. I read the first of this trilogy on paperback, then listened to Catching Fire on audio, and had to go back to hard-cover book for Mockingjay, because I just couldn't get into the story with that narrator.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
All of it.
Any additional comments?
Great stories, need new narrator who actually sounds like Katniss would!
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