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The Old Drift
- A Novel
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The year 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond.
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A saga of Africa and African immigrants
- By Books on our Brains Society/ Barbara on 08-02-19
- The Old Drift
- A Novel
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Hard to follow
Reviewed: 04-21-24
I found it hard to follow the story after listening to the first hour twice. Just wasn’t captivating enough for me to win my focus while running.
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Running to the Edge
- A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
- By: Matthew Futterman
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the dusty hills above San Diego, Bob Larsen became America's greatest running coach. Starting with a ragtag group of high school cross country and track runners, Larsen set out on a decades-long quest to find the secret of running impossibly fast, for longer distances than anyone thought possible. Running to the Edge is a riveting account of Larsen's journey, and his quest to discover the unorthodox training secrets that would lead American runners (elite and recreational) to breakthroughs never imagined.
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Well worth the listen
- By cfinedell on 04-01-20
- Running to the Edge
- A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
- By: Matthew Futterman
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
Story about running
Reviewed: 09-15-21
I enjoyed the book. It wasn’t a gloating book found in most running stories. It was basically a type of historic timeline with enough to keep you engaged.
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I Am Watching You
- By: Teresa Driscoll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it - until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls - beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard - has disappeared.
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don't waste your time
- By Shannon on 10-26-17
- I Am Watching You
- By: Teresa Driscoll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
Narration was hard to follow.
Reviewed: 09-08-18
The narration was hard to follow. She used the same voice, tone, accent for all the characters. I had to rewind multiple times to see what character was talking.
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Carnage
- Arisen, Book 12
- By: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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After recovering Patient Zero, Alpha must escape Africa to end the ZA once and for all. But they can feel the hot breath of a reinforced and vengeful Spetsnaz team on their necks - and there can be no escaping the reckoning of an ultimate sniper showdown between Ali and Vasily, and an incomparably brutal iron-cage Texas death match between Predator and Misha. For the first time, all the teams will come together and must fight as brothers for any chance of making it back to Britain. And only one thing is certain - not everyone is walking away from this one.
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played out storyline
- By Wordlance on 05-23-17
- Carnage
- Arisen, Book 12
- By: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Not the best book in series
Reviewed: 04-05-18
Performance was great as usual but I felt this book was full of fluff and too much “unrealistic” actions as compared to the rest of the series. Not to spoil, but there comes a point when, even in a zombie apocalypse fiction, that something is clearly not believable.
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