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The Invention of Sound
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 627
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 560
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Story4 out of 5 stars 558
Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, 17 years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good one chuck
- By Dane on 11-12-20
- The Invention of Sound
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Even for Palaniuk it was dark
Reviewed: 04-28-24
I just wasn’t really prepared for the visceral nature of the piece. It was too much for me.
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Billion Dollar Brand Club
- How Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Other Disruptors Are Remaking What We Buy
- By: Lawrence Ingrassia
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 233
As Lawrence Ingrassia shows in this timely and eye-opening audiobook, a growing number of digital entrepreneurs have found new and creative ways to crack the code on the bonanza of physical goods that move through our lives every day. They have discovered that manufacturing, marketing, logistics, and customer service have all been flattened - where there were once walls that protected big brands like Gillette, Sealy, Victoria’s Secret, or Lenscrafters, savvy and hungry innovators now can compete on price, value, quality, speed, convenience, and service.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's an okay introduction
- By Anonymous User on 05-01-20
- Billion Dollar Brand Club
- How Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Other Disruptors Are Remaking What We Buy
- By: Lawrence Ingrassia
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
Thorough and fantastic
Reviewed: 04-25-24
The author walked through a variety of examples and showcased success and peril growing to a significant size. I loved the journey and in-depth analysis.
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The Edible Woman
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancé and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Representation of a Thousand Lives
- By Talia R. on 04-17-22
- The Edible Woman
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
100% Atwood but early
Reviewed: 04-23-24
Atwood remarks in the foreword that she hadn’t published this early work when it was written and decided to later. I adore Atwood but this one never really went anywhere. It was a slice of life but not really equal to her other work.
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Brute Force
- By: Scott Meyer
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 616
A peaceful organization of civilized planets is faced with a threat to their very existence. Desperate to save themselves, they turn for help to the most brutal, backward, violent species in the known galaxy: humans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining at first, disappointing at the end.
- By V. King on 04-29-23
- Brute Force
- By: Scott Meyer
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Scott and Luke deliver again
Reviewed: 05-05-23
Another great Sci-fi comedy from Scott “Oscar” Meyer expertly delivered by Luke Daniels. Sequel?
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Infomocracy
- A Novel
- By: Malka Older
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 352
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 354
It's been 20 years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global microdemocracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At heart, this novel is a political thriller
- By Midwestbonsai on 09-12-16
- Infomocracy
- A Novel
- By: Malka Older
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
Not a stand alone book
Reviewed: 08-13-21
I selected this book without knowing that it was part of a trilogy. However, the story just stops and never really went anywhere. Thinking planned series, each Harry Potter book can pretty much stand on its own, this one cannot. So disappointed, I didn’t even bother returning the title because I wanted to make sure this review stayed up. Either buy all three or none at all.
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Moon Rush
- The New Space Race
- By: Leonard David, Cassandra de Cuir - producer
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
Veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future "Moon Village" plans. David offers inside information about how the United States, allies, and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come. Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE - $30 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home - the 21st-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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History of Moon Race, not much new
- By A. Toomey on 09-01-20
- Moon Rush
- The New Space Race
- By: Leonard David, Cassandra de Cuir - producer
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
A little thin
Reviewed: 01-30-21
Details were given but it was a little thin in places. Commentary comes from a place that’s a little dated too. Opening chapters included guidelines for a new global space capital in Houston, including all countries “even China.” Yes, that’s what global means.
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64,095
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57,662
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57,551
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreakingly Disappointing and Insulting
- By Marcus Haynes on 11-28-20
- Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Disappointing as a sequel, disappointing as a stand alone
Reviewed: 01-16-21
I know that sequels are often panned by super fans who have created the original to be greater than it was and something no follow-up could ever equal.
That’s not what this is.
This book was a victim of being poorly constructed and terribly obvious. Everything the characters would need were available and if not first laid out elsewhere, they were magically available. Somehow, a contest that left gamers at square one for several years is solved in 13 hours. All the destruction and mayhem is solved at the end in a nice, tidy, bow.
I finished it mostly because the narrator, Wil Wheaton, is awesome and did a great job with this young adult, fanfic, bastardization of a great work.
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The 10X Rule
- The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
- By: Grant Cardone
- Narrated by: Grant Cardone
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47,361
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40,609
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40,319
Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can’t operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected, and very happy it's not.
- By ToddS on 09-19-13
- The 10X Rule
- The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
- By: Grant Cardone
- Narrated by: Grant Cardone
Terrible, cursory, garbage.
Reviewed: 08-11-16
I've read good business books and bad business books. This one is a bad book. Devoid of fact or corroboration, this brash and forgettable book seems to believe that simply by measuring the word "success" it will express the author's method for becoming successful. It does not. It's like a very loud and stupid person explaining how to work a toaster to you, and as successful as they might be, you're better to just walk away than reduce your intelligence by this shouting idiot.
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 287
A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, except for the narration.
- By DMH on 11-09-10
- Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Wandering correspondent
Reviewed: 03-08-15
Great account of a former correspondent wandering greater China with eyes wide open. This is my second book by the same author.
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Strange Stones
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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funny, entertaining
- By Katherine on 08-02-13
- Strange Stones
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: George Backman
Expat observations
Reviewed: 01-30-15
A good reflection from an experienced expat. His reflections keep your eyes open to the essence of being Chinese and being American.
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