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James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14,486
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,685
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13,685
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers/listeners of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the real story of Huck…
- By Poor Fisherman on 04-07-24
- James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Powerful and disturbing
Reviewed: 11-01-24
This is a unique take on Huck Finn and Big Jim’s life and what happened next. It is from Jim’s aka James’s point of view. It is beautifully written and shines a light on the pain and humiliation that enslaved people felt. The humanity they had to hide from the enslavers. White people felt better about slavery by thinking African Americans were savages or as low as animals. They kept them from learning to read so they can pretend they were stupid. It was a cruel world and their ancestors are trying to hide it from the history books.
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Timeline
- A Novel
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,095
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,105
In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Only get this recording if you find an unwavering backdrop of "tv static" and chatting technicians to be in anyway desirable.
- By Mega on 03-10-17
- Timeline
- A Novel
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
Fun historical ride
Reviewed: 09-18-24
I enjoyed this book very much. It had interesting facts and history along with an enjoyable future fantasy much like Jurassic Park.
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The Convoluted Universe, Book 2
- By: Dolores Cannon
- Narrated by: Randal Schaffer, Cherise Knapp
- Length: 23 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,318
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,139
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,135
For those who have enjoyed the challenges of book one of this series, we present book two. Buckle your seat belts and get ready for another roller coaster ride that will present new concepts and either threaten or expand your belief systems. Dolores Cannon continues to uncover complicated metaphysics, creating the need for sequels.
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1 out of 5 stars
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????😢
- By MyName on 07-20-20
- The Convoluted Universe, Book 2
- By: Dolores Cannon
- Narrated by: Randal Schaffer, Cherise Knapp
Incredible
Reviewed: 06-28-24
This book blew me away. I had read many of her other books but this wraps up all aspects.
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The Ditch
- A Novel
- By: Herman Koch
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19
When Robert Walter, popular mayor of Amsterdam, sees his wife toss her head back with laughter while chatting to one of his aldermen at a New Year's reception, he immediately suspects the worst. Despite their long and happy marriage, Robert is convinced that Sylvia is cheating on him - with the respectable alderman who is dedicated to the environment, no less. The man who wants to spoil the capital's skyline with wind turbines.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Time waster
- By NGupta on 10-12-23
- The Ditch
- A Novel
- By: Herman Koch
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Dark
Reviewed: 02-01-24
It was interesting but dark. I found the narrator’s voice grating. The story is pretty depressing.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,381
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- By Stephnsea on 08-12-23
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
True American story
Reviewed: 01-18-24
America the great and the painful. This book takes place in a small PA. Town in the post WWI era when new immigrants were flowing into the states competing for jobs with the Black Americans and lower class White Americans. This story shows the absurdity and harm of prejudices. It shows humanity in dark times. This is a complicated and often painful story but so is the story of America.
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Killing Me
- By: Michelle Gagnon
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Amber Jamison can’t believe she’s about to become the latest victim of a serial killer. She’s savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she is more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she’s miraculously saved by a mysterious woman . . . who promptly disappears. Who was she? And why is she hunting serial killers? You’d think escaping one psychopath would be enough, but Amber’s problems are just beginning.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sarcastic and Funny...
- By Emily on 02-12-24
- Killing Me
- By: Michelle Gagnon
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
So much fun
Reviewed: 07-14-23
I really enjoyed this book. It was fun to drive listening to their adventures. The narrator was great. It may not be a book for everyone but if you are a true crime fan you will appreciate this book.
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Profiles in Ignorance
- How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
- By: Andy Borowitz
- Narrated by: Andy Borowitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 837
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 735
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Story5 out of 5 stars 730
The winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a “Swiftian satirist” (The Wall Street Journal) and “one of the country’s finest satirists” (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column “The Borowitz Report”. Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country’s political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, Familiar and Frightening Tales
- By Shoppy McShopperson on 09-28-22
- Profiles in Ignorance
- How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
- By: Andy Borowitz
- Narrated by: Andy Borowitz
Disturbing but also funny
Reviewed: 12-16-22
What a mess our country is politically. Our Democratic experiment is ever changing. This was very entertaining but also disturbing. It has definitely made me think.
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Me Before You
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37,165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32,942
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32,876
Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose...Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life - steady boyfriend, close family - who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Journey Into the Unknown
- By Pamela Harvey on 01-13-13
- Me Before You
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, Owen Lindsay
A happy surprise
Reviewed: 06-26-22
I didn’t know what to expect with this book but it became a really fantastic story. The actors were great. It was a but odd that there were other actors who each read one chapter but it added an interesting take to the story.
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
- By: Hannah Tinti
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 488
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Story4 out of 5 stars 444
After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter, Loo, to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that eventually spills over into his daughter's present, until together they must face a reckoning yet to come.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Odd choice for narrator
- By lindsey b. on 01-23-19
- The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
- By: Hannah Tinti
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
Great writer
Reviewed: 07-02-21
I enjoyed this book but it is not good for those that are squeamish or sensitive. The writing is top notch. It was wonderfully descriptive without over doing it. The relationship between the father and daughter is special and complicated as most are.
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