Beth M. Cox
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 296,429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262,011
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Story5 out of 5 stars 261,099
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Pain
Reviewed: 01-29-25
This story captured perfectly the pain of being human. The writing is exquisite. The characters alive. This has left a mark on my soul.
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Outland
- Quantum Earth, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,645
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16,969
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,911
When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. The group races to establish control of the portal before the government, the military, or evildoers can take it away. Then everything changes when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I made myself finish. Glad I did.
- By RJPF on 05-26-19
- Outland
- Quantum Earth, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Fun listen
Reviewed: 05-30-24
Good story line, well written. Interesting characters. Very enjoyable and easy listen. Also thought provoking. What WOULD happen?
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Something in the Water
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47,768
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43,539
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43,405
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....
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1 out of 5 stars
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No Thrill Here
- By Sara on 06-08-18
- Something in the Water
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
Loved this story
Reviewed: 07-21-23
Loved this story. The characters where interesting, the story line riveting, and the reading fabulous.
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Earth Abides
- The 60th Anniversary Edition
- By: George R. Stewart
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Connie Willis
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,502
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,521
A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of the globe, all but destroying the human race. One survivor, strangely immune to the effects of the epidemic, ventures forward to experience a world without man. What he ultimately discovers will prove far more astonishing than anything he'd either dreaded or hoped for.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, beautiful, sad, terrifying
- By J. Rhoderick on 04-05-10
- Earth Abides
- The 60th Anniversary Edition
- By: George R. Stewart
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Connie Willis
Like Earth, this book will also abide
Reviewed: 12-01-22
I don’t remember what lead me to choose this audio book. But I do remember thinking, as I listened to Connie Willis’s introduction, that the story would seem aged and out dated… like what the 1800s feels like to us today. After all, this book is 46 years old. Yet, as I listened, I did not once feel or think anything was old or outdated. It all felt like the world we inhabit today. And that made it all the more believable. What a tale. One that will stay with me for as long as I live.
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Jessica
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,430
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,049
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob: but will justice prevail in the courts? Nine months later, a baby is born...with Jessica determined to guard the secret of the father's identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No light reading!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-10
- Jessica
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Heart wrenching
Reviewed: 05-23-22
This story is beautiful written and performed, bringing painfully to live and unbearably heart wrenching story. I am gutted!
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Tell Me Lies
- By: J. P. Pomare
- Narrated by: Aimee Horne
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37,228
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37,101
Psychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career. On a warm spring morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. He is looking down at his phone, with his duffel bag in hand as the train approaches. That’s when she slams into his back and he falls in front of the train. Margot’s clients all lie to her, but one lie cost her family and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly Compulsive! That Ending OMG
- By Tracy on 03-05-20
- Tell Me Lies
- By: J. P. Pomare
- Narrated by: Aimee Horne
Couldn’t stop listening ... and man! That twist at the end!!
Reviewed: 05-13-20
This book is outstanding! The narrator brings the story to life. And the story itself in incredible. It keeps the tension going through... throws several unsuspecting twists at you... and leaves you wanting more!
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Passage
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 29 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 562
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 497
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Story4 out of 5 stars 500
Dr. Joanna Lander is a psychologist specializing in near-death experiences. She is about to get help from a new doctor with the power to give her the chance to get as close to death as anyone can.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You Can't Get There From Here
- By Aser on 06-02-12
- Passage
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
AMAZING
Reviewed: 08-19-19
I have listened to many good books. This one exceeds them all by miles. This is the best story I have ever listened to and it has left its mark on me!!
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April Fool's Day
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 409
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 284
This is Bryce Courtenay's moving tribute to his son, Damon, a hemophiliac who died from medically acquired AIDS on April 1, 1991, at the age of 24. April Fool's Day is controversial, painful and heartbreaking, yet has a gentle humor. It is also life-affirming, and, above all, a testimony to the incredible regenerative strength of love: how when we confront our worst, we can become our best. This tragic yet uplifting story will change the way you think.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is A Love Story
- By Louise on 12-03-07
- April Fool's Day
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Devastating story
Reviewed: 07-06-18
This was a heart breaking story told by a master of the craft. Every detail hooks at the heart and makes you part of a tale that is almost too awful to bear. All the while it shines a beautiful light on the human spirit and one of the most powerful forces in our world...
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Still Foolin' 'Em
- Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
- By: Billy Crystal
- Narrated by: Billy Crystal
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,691
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,081
Billy Crystal is 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Disarmingly Honest
- By David Shear on 09-12-13
- Still Foolin' 'Em
- Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
- By: Billy Crystal
- Narrated by: Billy Crystal
Poignant, funny, touching
Reviewed: 10-12-15
If you could sum up Still Foolin' 'Em in three words, what would they be?
Poignant
Funny
Touching
What did you like best about this story?
The humor, the honesty, the openness. Crystal didn't shy away from the bad or tragic. He embraced it all. He connects with the listener on a very human level.
What does Billy Crystal bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His accent, his inflections and his tone. He places the emphases where he intended them to be.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
You'll laugh so hard you'll cry... and when you cry tears of sadness, you'll smile through them
Any additional comments?
Great book. Very raw, which made it easy to associate with, even though I myself am not a Baby Boomer.
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Odd Thomas
- An Odd Thomas Novel
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,839
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,847
"The dead don't talk. I don't know why." But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No Doubting Thomas
- By Denise on 12-11-03
- Odd Thomas
- An Odd Thomas Novel
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
Devastating
Reviewed: 08-10-15
I watched the movie first and this book yet again proves why the book is always better. What an incredible story, read in an addictive way. Highly recommended .
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