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Nobody's Empire
- A Novel
- By: Stuart Murdoch
- Narrated by: Stuart Murdoch
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
It’s the early 1990s in Glasgow, Scotland, and Stephen has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay. Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease which has robbed him of any prospects of work, friends, or independent living, he moves slowly toward new goals and meets others like him, including Richard, a friend from school, and Carrie, a young woman bedridden for five years. Feeling isolated and alone, they form their own support group, and try to get by with as little money and pain as possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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delightful
- By mockingbird on 03-16-25
- Nobody's Empire
- A Novel
- By: Stuart Murdoch
- Narrated by: Stuart Murdoch
delightful
Reviewed: 03-16-25
I've been a Belle and Sebastian fan for coming up on 20 years. it was really cool listening to Stuart's book and hearing him read it. it does start off a touch slow, but it really draws you in in a very Charming way.
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The Esmeralda Goodbye
- By: Corey Lynn Fayman
- Narrated by: Maria McCann
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
1955. In the sleepy seaside town of La Jolla, CA, rookie cop Jake Stirling saves the life of infamous crime writer Raymond Chandler, earning the respect of his hard-nosed captain, Wade Lennox, who served with Jake’s father, a police detective whose suicide two years earlier shocked the town and shattered Jake's family.
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1 out of 5 stars
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nothing
- By Cliff Norfleet on 06-23-24
- The Esmeralda Goodbye
- By: Corey Lynn Fayman
- Narrated by: Maria McCann
pretty Solid
Reviewed: 06-14-24
I read a lot of crime fiction and this holds up pretty well. a bit corny in places and it seems to really hit you over the head with the celebrity characters. I can't tell if the ending was super predictable from really early on or if I've just been ruined by too many crime books.
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Pound of Flesh
- Arcane Casebook, Book 10
- By: Dan Willis
- Narrated by: Alex Knox
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66
When a young woman is brutally murdered in a back alley, the police quickly turn to Alex Lockerby to help them. Hampered by the fallout from his own secrets, Alex goes to work, only to find that the victim in this case had secrets of her own, starting with her identity. As Alex tries to trace the origins of the mysterious murder victim, a woman comes to his office, begging Alex’s help because she believes the new house she’s purchased is haunted. When Alex investigates the house, he finds that even it holds a secret, one that someone is willing to kill to keep.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Alex without Magic
- By Georgia McNabb on 03-12-25
- Pound of Flesh
- Arcane Casebook, Book 10
- By: Dan Willis
- Narrated by: Alex Knox
Another Home Run!
Reviewed: 04-20-24
Dan Willis has done it again! Another great installment in the Arcane Casebook series! I can't wait to find out what happens next!
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Poetry of Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the Road Not Taken and Many Others
- By: Robert Frost
- Narrated by: Carol Mintz
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Enjoy this amazing narration of Robert Frost's poetry, including his most famous poems, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Road Not Taken, among many others.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ugh
- By Amazon Customer on 06-04-19
awful narrator
Reviewed: 04-08-24
I love Robert Frost and the poems are all phenomenal, but the narrator is absolutely terrible. I would say she sounds like a robot, but I honestly think AI would do more Justice to these poems. she sounds like a third grader just trying to get through the poems so the teacher will pick someone else to read. her inflection and emphasis are completely off and just overall insulting to these great works
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The Gangs of New York
- An Informal History of the New York Underground
- By: Herbert Asbury
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
This is the 1927 book that years later inspired the movie of the same name. It is a book about criminal violence, corrupt politics and police, and illicit sex. The City of New York, from the late colonial period up to the early twentieth century, was a bustling hub of commerce, industry, and immigration. For many the city was the gateway to a new life in America, and for many others it was a place to steal a buck from their fellow New Yorkers and visitors to the city with thievery, fraud, and vice—in neighborhoods such as the Five Points, the Bowery, Hells Kitchen, and the Water Front.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bueller Bueller Bueller
- By mockingbird on 01-20-24
- The Gangs of New York
- An Informal History of the New York Underground
- By: Herbert Asbury
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
Bueller Bueller Bueller
Reviewed: 01-20-24
I've been looking forward to this book finally getting an audio performance for years. the book itself is great and definitely very interesting. the narrator is a bit lackluster though. very monotone and fairly boring to listen to. overall I'd recommend it, but maybe listen at 1.05 X speed
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Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,481
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,112
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for fans of The Da Vinci Code
- By Geoffrey on 04-14-04
- Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
decent
Reviewed: 01-15-24
maybe it's because I've read a lot of detective and crime fiction but it felt like there were far too many obvious Clues in this book that kind of ruined the suspense aspect. overall it was a fairly enjoyable read though
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Razzmatazz
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,045
San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie’s Coffee Irregulars—a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir—are on the hustle: they’re trying to open a driving school; shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore; get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Noir Has Never Been So Funny
- By Stefan Filipovits on 06-24-22
- Razzmatazz
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Chris at his best!
Reviewed: 10-05-23
definitely one of my favorites! even better than Noir and that's saying something! Johnny Heller does a great job as always and Christopher Moore is on point with the comedy and the feelings!
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Noir
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,561
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,207
It's not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It's love at first sight, but before Sammy can make his move, an air force general named Remy arrives with some urgent business. 'Cause when you need something done, Sammy is the guy to go to; he's got the connections on the street.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Laugh Riot, Inconsistently Delivered
- By Maggie May on 04-18-18
- Noir
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
my favorite book
Reviewed: 10-05-23
Christopher Moore is one of my favorite authors of all time. this book is fun, well written, and entertaining is all hell. probably listen to this at least a dozen times! the sequel Razzmatazz is just as good if maybe not even a little bit better
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MASH
- A Novel About Three Army Doctors
- By: Richard Hooker
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,975
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,798
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,796
Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator ruined the book
- By Donna on 02-18-14
- MASH
- A Novel About Three Army Doctors
- By: Richard Hooker
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
excellent
Reviewed: 01-25-20
great listen. good narrator. excellent story. I'm a big fan of the TV show and the movie and this is just the icing on the cake. Would highly recommend.
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