Martin L. Foster
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,602
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32,006
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,930
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- By Teresa H. on 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Loved the book and narration
Reviewed: 10-30-23
A great first novel on audible. The narration added so much. I believe feminists would enjoy reading how far they've come. I'm also watching the Netflix series which is not nearly as good as the book. They changes so much.
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Breaking History
- A White House Memoir
- By: Jared Kushner
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jared Kushner
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,641
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,475
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,475
Jared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history. For the first time, he recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidency. Few White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant access to the president. From his office next to Trump, senior adviser Jared Kushner operated quietly behind the scenes, preferring to leave the turf wars and television sparring to others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Proud Conservative female
- By Their Best Day Ever on 08-25-22
- Breaking History
- A White House Memoir
- By: Jared Kushner
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jared Kushner
Loved the book and loved what Kushner had done!
Reviewed: 11-28-22
A behind the scenes and deeply personal look at Jared Kushner and the work he has done in business and politics. From afar, Kushner seems like the guy who has everything, beautiful wife, perfect family, rich, handsome, Jewish, and well-connected with political leaders and business titans around the world. But the book also details many of his and his family's deeply personal losses as well as triumphs. It was another look at the amazing accomplishments of the Trump administration not because of, but in spite of the highly-paid career bureaucrats, politicians, media, and big tech who tried to trip him up at every turn. Thank you Mr. Kushner and Ivanka for going above and beyond to make America great again!
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Sledgehammer
- How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East
- By: David Friedman
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story5 out of 5 stars 102
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity. For decades, the U.S. State Department called it diplomacy. David Friedman was an outside candidate when President Trump appointed him U.S. ambassador to Israel. He took office to find U.S.-Israel policy stuck in stalemate. For years, accepted wisdom was that extensive experience and detailed knowledge of Middle Eastern history and culture were necessary to negotiate treaties. In truth, Friedman realized, all parties played on that accepted wisdom to stall—expecting to get a better deal further down the road.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read regarding Israel
- By Joseph Barello on 06-24-24
- Sledgehammer
- How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East
- By: David Friedman
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
A Breakthrough in Middle East Peace.
Reviewed: 07-10-22
This is a behind the scenes look at the effort to finally make peace progress. It took Freedman, Trump, and Pompeo to ignore the advice of US State Department Middle East diplomats who had a long history of failure but still had their jobs. Two thumbs up!
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While Paris Slept
- A Novel
- By: Ruth Druart
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Frazer Hadfield, Jane Collingwood, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,046
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,045
One woman must make the hardest decision of her life in this unforgettably moving story of resistance and faith during one of the darkest times in history. Told from alternating perspectives, While Paris Slept reflects on the power of love, resilience, and courage when all seems lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! Loved it!
- By Bob L. on 08-13-21
- While Paris Slept
- A Novel
- By: Ruth Druart
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Frazer Hadfield, Jane Collingwood, Heather Long
The saddest book I’ve ever listened to.
Reviewed: 07-09-22
It was excruciatingly painful to finish this book. I knew there was no way to resolve the conflict. I hope I forget this book quickly.
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Yes & I Love You
- By: Roni Loren
- Narrated by: Desiree Ketchum
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Everyone knows Miz Poppy, the vibrant reviewer whose commentary brightens the New Orleans nightlife. But no one knows Hollyn, the real face behind the media star...or the fear that keeps her isolated. When her boss tells her she needs to add video to her blog or she’ll lose her job, she's forced to rely on an unexpected source to help her face her fears. When aspiring actor Jasper Deares finds out the shy woman who orders coffee every day is actually Miz Poppy, he realizes he has a golden opportunity to get the media attention his acting career needs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW - a new fave author and series!
- By Bella Reads Romance on 10-10-21
- Yes & I Love You
- By: Roni Loren
- Narrated by: Desiree Ketchum
An Audible love story even a guy will enjoy!
Reviewed: 01-21-22
First let me say I hate Chick Lit, RomCom's, and Hallmark Movies. However, the story line seemed clever, so I thought I'd give it a go. Boy, was I impressed! Not just with the story, but the narration was one of the best I'd ever listened to. Congrats to author and narrator. You won't know the end of the story until the very end. However, enjoy the clever dialog, great narration, intrigue, wit, twists and turns, and repartee. There was even story line of mommy sex for the soft core enthusiasts. I'm almost embarrassed to say it, but I will probably listen to another Roni Loren book providing it is narrated by Desiree Ketchum.
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Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26,163
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his Black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly?
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Grisham we all loved from the 90's!
- By CBlox on 10-23-13
- Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Grisham does it again.
Reviewed: 12-27-20
Great narration and the Mississippi dialect was spot on. Enjoyed the story. The conclusion fit the Story.
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Justice on Trial
- The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
- By: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino
- Narrated by: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,771
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,585
Justice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform President Donald Trump that he was retiring, setting in motion a political process that his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, would denounce three months later as a "national disgrace" and a "circus". Justice on Trial, the definitive insider's account of Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court, is based on extraordinary access to more than 100 key figures - including the president, justices, and senators - in that ferocious political drama.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Politicians behaving badly!
- By Wayne on 07-13-19
- Justice on Trial
- The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
- By: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino
- Narrated by: Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino
Well researched effort to discredit Kavanaugh
Reviewed: 09-16-19
Tells the story of the lengths the once respected media went through to bring down a decent and well qualified man for the Supreme Court. Equally disgusting were the Democrat Senators who plotted and schemed to disqualify Kavanaugh. Makes the Clarence Thomas hearing look like a cake walk. This book made my blood boil, but a good listen on Audible.
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Collusion
- A Novel
- By: Newt Gingrich, Pete Earley
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 426
Obsessive and compulsive, Valerie Mayberry is the FBI’s counterintelligence expert on domestic terrorism. Brett Garrett is a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL coming off a secret opioid addiction and a gun for hire working as a security contractor in Eastern Europe. When a high-ranking Kremlin official with knowledge of a plan to attack the US must be smuggled out under the nose of a kleptocratic Putin-like Russian president and a ruthless general, Mayberry and Garret are thrown together to exfiltrate him and preempt a deadly poisonous strike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thrilling!!
- By shelley on 05-01-19
- Collusion
- A Novel
- By: Newt Gingrich, Pete Earley
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
Awesome Narration
Reviewed: 05-20-19
Enjoyed the story. A different type of story about the Holocaust. However, I didn’t care for the ending.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43,259
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Story5 out of 5 stars 43,073
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls - but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldier - a move they think will keep him out of combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Thing? It Really Happened!
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-07-17
- Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Interesting story with some fatal flaws.
Reviewed: 01-11-19
The story was easy to follow and interesting because it was in Italy. Not a favorite by a long shot. The narrator was awful. Especially when he tried to talk like a woman. Would not recommend.
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Ship of Fools
- By: Tucker Carlson
- Narrated by: Tucker Carlson
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,898
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,984
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,918
The host of Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight offers a blistering critique of the new American ruling class, the elites of both parties, who have taken over the ship of state, leaving the rest of us, the citizen-passengers, to wonder: How do we put the country back on course?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read if you want to hear about how ridiculous the ruling elite are
- By Sadie K on 03-02-19
- Ship of Fools
- By: Tucker Carlson
- Narrated by: Tucker Carlson
50% boring; 50% interesting
Reviewed: 12-22-18
Mostly Tucker’s gets on tangents about a person or ideas and beats it to death. Diversity, environmentalists, academia, etc. was hoping for better.
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