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Clive Cussler: The Heist
- An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 14
- By: Jack Du Brul
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 298
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 276
1914: As America’s century of dominance dawns, the country’s greatest detective, Van Dorn agent Isaac Bell, is pitted against a master thief and his assassin accomplice. They’re plotting to pull off the greatest heist in America’s history: the theft of a billion dollars from the newly created Federal Reserve. When an aerial attack is launched against Woodrow Wilson’s yacht during a meeting among the Federal Reserve’s branch leaders, Bell thwarts it, only to find that the strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Isaac Bell character rocks
- By Ross on 05-16-24
- Clive Cussler: The Heist
- An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 14
- By: Jack Du Brul
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Quintessential Du Brul with Philip Mercer as a guest Isaac Bell
Reviewed: 05-11-24
Clive and Jack were/are the pinnacle of exquisitely architected writing with unique backstory starting points combined with innovative plot mechanisms. Albeit formularic at times, but entertaining, with audacious exploits and frequent what the ? twists that send the story rollicking off in unexpected paths.
Won't give anything away, but the VanDorn motto veracity is again proven.
Would love to read about the resulting adventure based on Isaac's grandson, as the current head of the VanDorn agency, recruiting Philip Mercer to help solve a case.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- The Official Movie Novelization
- By: Greg Keyes
- Narrated by: Michael Braun
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,448
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,441
Godzilla: King of the Monsters follows the heroic efforts of the cryptozoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything the movie could have been.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-04-19
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- The Official Movie Novelization
- By: Greg Keyes
- Narrated by: Michael Braun
Contrived something, but not a good monster story.
Reviewed: 06-19-23
Best part of this was the narration, Would have been a much better story if it was about that "Worm guy, Nick ...." or even the first version with Perry Mason.
Kept hoping it would get better, but it did not. Continues the trend of bad Godzilla or Gojira movies milking the franchise.
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The Puppet Masters
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 661
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 590
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed. Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the US government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting in. And four more agents who were sent in also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agents went in and managed to get out with their discovery
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, distracting narration
- By Jon on 04-25-22
- The Puppet Masters
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Difficult narration
Reviewed: 03-03-22
Narrator voiced Mary to softly to understand. Too much reliance on volume to differentiate characters, resulting in painful level if you raised volume to hear Mary. Recommend reading, had to struggle to complete.
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Pandora's Legions
- By: Christopher Anvil, Eric Flint - editor
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
After peacefully and complacently expanding for centuries, the Centran Empire comes face to face with their first major obstacle, the stubborn and warlike inhabitants of Earth, and decides to use Earth warriors to pacify difficult planets throughout the galaxy, but they soon discover a new problem - the humans could end up running the Central Empire itself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Two faced coin
- By Kindle Customer on 04-22-24
- Pandora's Legions
- By: Christopher Anvil, Eric Flint - editor
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
Why do the "humans" sound like shrill old ladies
Reviewed: 10-29-21
Really don't want to return another book because it's impossible to hear and understand. Painfully shrill! Come on now, these guys are big ape like types beating up on Lop-Tails and they sound like a Kzinti's claws dragging on a blackboard.
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Gateway
- By: Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,942
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,427
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,437
When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A human-focused SF classic
- By Ryan on 12-05-13
- Gateway
- By: Frederik Pohl
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Robert J. Sawyer
narrator shrill and grating
Reviewed: 05-12-21
I thought Robinette was a male in the book, comes across as a shrill wicked witch!
Can't take but one chapter, going to return.
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Strange Music
- A Pip & Flinx Adventure
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Kevin Hearne
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Empathic Flinx and his minidrag, Pip, have saved the universe more times than they can count, but the return of an old friend pulls the duo from their retirement and plunges them into a story of intrigue and imagination. The planet of Largess has recently opened itself to trade with the human-dominated Commonwealth. But when the daughter of a powerful chieftain goes missing, authorities believe a covert agent to be the cause. They need someone to track down the princess and roust the troublemaker and to do so without alerting the whole planet.
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1 out of 5 stars
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How ruin a perfectly good audio book
- By Leslie P. on 11-19-17
- Strange Music
- A Pip & Flinx Adventure
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Kevin Hearne
Great book for audiologists
Reviewed: 08-25-20
This performance will sell lots of hearing aids. The concept of singing to communicate intrigued me, however the reader took the same approach as rock bands, cover up lack of ability with wolune! Tried vainly to ride the gain to avoid discomfort but not successful. Ordered a print version to finish. Recommend you do likewise.
Returned unfinished.
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