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People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 594
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 592
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Narrator for this Book
- By MYK on 01-04-22
- People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
Lovely reading, but
Reviewed: 01-06-22
they really should have chosen a narrator familiar with Hebrew pronunciation. There are some real clunkers here: 'Chava' (pronounced kh, as in Bach, or Chanukah) rendered as 'CHava' as in 'cherry' or 'chair'. Oy. Lots of those, and it really harms the reading.
It's a beautiful work, otherwise.
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Clean
- The New Science of Skin
- By: James Hamblin
- Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 348
Keeping skin healthy is a booming industry, and yet it seems like almost no one agrees on what actually works. What one person says is vital another says is toxic. We have not cured acne or eczema, allergies keep getting worse, and autoimmune conditions are becoming increasingly common. In Clean, doctor and journalist James Hamblin explores how we got here, examining the science and culture of how we care for our skin today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty topical
- By DT on 08-02-20
- Clean
- The New Science of Skin
- By: James Hamblin
- Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
Delightfully informative
Reviewed: 08-04-20
I enjoyed the literary voice of the author, and Mr. Leddy's voice-- although a few of his pronunciations seemed off: 'aforementioned' and 'menstruation', among others; but overall, excellent.
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Lullaby
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 21,803
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19,826
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19,829
A young married couple, Matt and Gillian, have just bought a gorgeous house located next to a lake in the Catskills. They want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city to raise their baby girl, Hope, in relative peace and quiet. When night falls, however, their dream home becomes a house of nightmares. Matt and Gillian soon learn that darkness takes many forms. And sometimes, darkness is hungry.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I guess there’s a reason it’s free
- By Katie Washington on 10-05-18
- Lullaby
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Formulaic story and overwrought performance
Reviewed: 10-12-18
This classic story could have been written by an algorithm; even the overwrought dramatic performance failed to make it spooky.
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