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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation. His hugely popular books, spanning topics from linguistics to Shakespeare to the human body, have sold over 16 million copies and been translated into 30 languages, and his 2003 science book A Short History of Nearly Everything won the prestigious Aventis and Descartes prizes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great Bryson
- By Dirk P. on 05-08-23
- The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
One of Bill's worst
Reviewed: 06-03-23
I have read most all his books and love him. this is a poor book. so many interviews in it sound terrible. you have to strain to hear them. More political than most of his books. Towards the end I found myself skipping to the next chapter because it was boring me. Read a Bryson book, just NOT this one.
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26,190
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,197
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23,156
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
- Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
greatest sailing event ever
Reviewed: 05-10-23
what a well-written story. the reader could not have done a better job. loved this book and I love the story.
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My Father's Business
- The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company
- By: Cal Turner Jr., Rob Simbeck
- Narrated by: Cal Turner Jr.
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 247
Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father Cal Turner, Sr. and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal's narrative is at its heart a father-son story, from his childhood in Scottsville, Kentucky, where business and family were one, to the triumph of reaching the Fortune 300 - at the cost of risking that very father/son relationship. Cal shares how the small-town values with which he was raised helped him guide Dollar General from family enterprise to national powerhouse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!
- By Rick Caldwell on 06-19-18
- My Father's Business
- The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company
- By: Cal Turner Jr., Rob Simbeck
- Narrated by: Cal Turner Jr.
a little 1 sided
Reviewed: 02-20-22
the person who read the book was a little slow so I listened to it at 1.35 times normal speed, with no issues. would have liked to seen the author be a little more broad-minded and I try to paint himself in such a good way.
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That Wild Country
- An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
- By: Mark Kenyon
- Narrated by: Mark Kenyon
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,030
Since its inception, however, America’s public land system has been embroiled in controversy - caught in the push and pull between the desire to develop the valuable resources the land holds or conserve them. Alarmed by rising tensions over the use of these lands, hunter, angler, and outdoor enthusiast Mark Kenyon set out to explore the spaces involved in this heated debate, and learn firsthand how they came to be and what their future might hold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read!
- By Mollie on 12-28-19
- That Wild Country
- An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
- By: Mark Kenyon
- Narrated by: Mark Kenyon
very interesting
Reviewed: 02-09-22
a great history of public lands in USA. Teddy Roosevelt is still my hero.
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American Buffalo
- In Search of a Lost Icon
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,255
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,087
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,043
Both a captivating narrative and a book of environmental and historical significance, American Buffalo tells us as much about ourselves as Americans as it does about the creature who perhaps best of all embodies the American ethos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal
- By Hunter Cole on 08-01-19
- American Buffalo
- In Search of a Lost Icon
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
exciting
Reviewed: 02-05-22
I read another Steven rinella book and was not particularly thrilled with it. My adult son is the one who asked me to read the author and I told him I wasn't thrilled. He suggested I read the American buffalo. Good call!. interesting how the author narrates the history of the Buffalo and incorporates it back and forth into his hunting trip for a buffalo. Sometimes I get a little lost when authors jump back and forth like that, but in this case it is well done and you hardly notice it's happening. If you are squeamish about hunting you probably shouldn't read this book.
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Alaska Traveler
- Dispatches from America’s Last Frontier
- By: Dana Stabenow
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska before statehood, grew up on and around fishing boats, worked for an air taxi service, a cannery, and later, on the oilfields of the North Slope. Today, she's an Edgar Award-winning mystery writer with more than 25 Alaska-based novels to her credit. Stabenow knows Alaska. Writing for Alaska magazine, she revisits old haunts and explores new ones to capture the vital pioneering spirit of her home state.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The wrong reader
- By GaryK. on 02-05-22
- Alaska Traveler
- Dispatches from America’s Last Frontier
- By: Dana Stabenow
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
The wrong reader
Reviewed: 02-05-22
from the moment this book started this book, I struggled to listen. the reader does not have the worst voice, but she has the worst voice for this book. she should be reading a romance novel not a book about the rugged Alaska. I thought maybe it was just me, but when I played some for my wife and adult daughter they both said oh my God, that's horrible. the book has short chapters and its a little dated at this point. I get halfway through it and deleted it.
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Atomic Adventures
- Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder - A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science
- By: James Mahaffey
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,017
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,828
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,828
Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent, conspiracy theorist or pragmatist, James Mahaffey's books have served to open up the world of nuclear science like never before. With clear explanations of some of the most complex scientific endeavors in history, Mahaffey's new book looks back at the atom's wild, secretive past and then toward its potentially bright future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Terrific at Times but Flawed at Others
- By David Foster on 08-14-17
- Atomic Adventures
- Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder - A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science
- By: James Mahaffey
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
just. fair
Reviewed: 03-31-21
this book was somewhat mediocre to me. I think the author did his homework. but I think the book is written for very technical nuclear engineers. he gets carried away with model numbers of Geiger counters and may give a one minute speech about all the different models of some neutron counter. he will say something is 20 to the 17th power plus 5 rather than saying it's about 20% increase over the last model.
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Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,549
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,278
In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bryson Not Reading Makes For a Rare Fail
- By John on 02-28-14
- Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
not his finest
Reviewed: 05-31-19
I like Bill a lot more when he stays out of politics and social commentary, immigration, etc. the reader of the book also left something to be desired.
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Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
- Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,346
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,836
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,817
In the first of three essays included in this audiobook, Bill Bryson decides to move his wife and kids back to his homeland, the United States, after nearly two decades in Britain. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bryson's best with Google
- By Shawn on 03-31-08
- Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
- Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
not his best effort.
Reviewed: 04-20-18
I am a big fan of Bill Bryson. But this book, especially the last third of it was a big disappointment. the last one third of the book is just him reading a bunch of his random newspaper articles. very political. almost like he was just trying to fill up the book without having to do a lot of work.
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Mindhunter
- Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,545
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,373
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,345
Bonus material! Includes an excerpt from John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s Obsession! Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ 25-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals - the basis for the upcoming Netflix original series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have purchased every book J.E.D. Has made available
- By leelee8888 on 10-29-17
- Mindhunter
- Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
author is pretty full of himself.
Reviewed: 03-30-18
although the story was okay I struggled with the fact that the author was so full of himself. Fairly normal in the story for a chapter to start "the three of us had a meeting" and then I I I after that. the reader was a little dramatic also for me and I chuckled to myself that the author probably picked him. Sometimes a little hard to follow the story as he jumps around a lot two different killers and then back to the original one. overall it was okay but it could have been a lot better.
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