Nancy Crawfurd
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Grateful and Blessed
- Words + Music, Vol. 10
- By: Smokey Robinson
- Narrated by: Smokey Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,249
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,941
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,922
If any artist could brag about his contribution to the pop culture canon, it’s Smokey Robinson. His career is filled with so many “he was there” moments it’s a wonder he doesn’t recall them with the swagger of a conquering hero: songwriting and singing as a teenager in Detroit; co-founding Motown Records with Berry Gordy; creating 26 Top 40 hits with his group The Miracles; helping to spark racial integration of popular music in the 1960s; discovering hitmakers like Diana Ross and the Supremes; penning tunes for a jaw-droppingly diverse group of artists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Man Crush
- By John R. Meade on 11-22-20
- Grateful and Blessed
- Words + Music, Vol. 10
- By: Smokey Robinson
- Narrated by: Smokey Robinson
Wonderful insight to a musical treasure
Reviewed: 01-21-22
I was a fan of Smokey before listening to his story. Now I'm a super fan. A marvelous study on how a creative mind works and a heartfelt personal narrative.
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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,258
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map-like structures to build a model of the world - not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Starts out good, ends up a train wreck
- By Warren on 03-15-21
- A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
Great until the 3rd part
Reviewed: 10-16-21
The discussion on the structure and the functions of the brain were fascinating. I was, however, less interested in the authors musings on how his work should factor into artificial intelligence.
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The Sun Also Rises
- By: Ernest Hemingway, Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: William Hurt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,085
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,184
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,177
A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, The Sun Also Rises introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. In his first great literary masterpiece, Hemingway portrays an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great actor, terrible reader, kills classic
- By Kerry on 09-14-14
- The Sun Also Rises
- By: Ernest Hemingway, Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: William Hurt
William Hurt is Amazing!
Reviewed: 08-14-21
I'm not a big Hemmingway fan. I appreciate his ability to set a scene and describe a character, but I love a book with a good plot, and that is not part of his style. This book, however, was very enjoyable because of the artistry of William Hurt. He is amazing!
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News of the World
- A Novel
- By: Paulette Jiles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,040
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,479
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,464
It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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News of the World
- By R. Storey on 09-07-20
- News of the World
- A Novel
- By: Paulette Jiles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
As good as it can get ...
Reviewed: 07-11-21
Everything about this is as good as it can get. The story is compelling, the writing is superb, and the narration made me feel I was inside the novel. Totally excellent, especially for fans of historical fiction!
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28,079
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,340
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,237
Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science. Although he doesn't know anything about the subject (at first), he is eager to learn, and takes information that he gets from the world's leading experts and explains it to us in a way that makes it exciting and relevant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- By Andrew on 11-09-09
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
Perfect textbook
Reviewed: 04-30-21
Bill Bryson presents an amazing amount of information in a highly entertaining format. He is the perfect textbook writer!
This book was written in 2003. Play close attention to his chapter on viruses and pandemics. 17-18 years before the fact, his analysis perfectly predicts the COVID19 pandemic. Uncanny!
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The Lost Boy
- The Fjällbacka Series, Book 7
- By: Camilla Läckberg
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 525
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 525
Mats Sverin was Fjällbacka's financial director on a regeneration project worth millions. When he's found dead, detective Patrik Hedström must find answers. It seems Mats was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew - a man with something to hide. Is it just a coincidence that his high school sweetheart, Nathalie, has returned to the area? Does she know who Mats really was?
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4 out of 5 stars
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I like the series
- By Amazon Customer on 05-01-17
- The Lost Boy
- The Fjällbacka Series, Book 7
- By: Camilla Läckberg
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Excellent in every regard
Reviewed: 02-23-21
Simon Vance is remarkable. He does an excellent job bringing Ms. Lackberg's story to life. Great series!
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One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
- A Novel
- By: Olivia Hawker
- Narrated by: Jackie Zebrowski
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,409
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,981
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,961
Wyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn’t think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed review
- By Shari Ring Wolf on 11-05-19
- One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
- A Novel
- By: Olivia Hawker
- Narrated by: Jackie Zebrowski
Entertaining
Reviewed: 01-19-21
The story line is weak, but the characters are strong and believable. Kudos to Ms. Zebrowski! She has a remarkable ability to portray each of the distinct voices.
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The Only Woman in the Room
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,082
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.
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5 out of 5 stars
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incredible true story about heddy Lamar
- By S. Loew on 01-26-19
- The Only Woman in the Room
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
A consequential but unknown woman
Reviewed: 08-13-19
This is one of the many stories of how exceptional women stepped up to the challenges of WWII. Well done. Entertaining, informing, and inspiring.
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Horizon
- By: Barry Lopez
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 224
From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author’s travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Wise and Thought Provoking
- By findley on 05-04-19
- Horizon
- By: Barry Lopez
- Narrated by: James Naughton
Preachy
Reviewed: 07-04-19
The travel and history parts are excellent, but the intervening sermon is annoying. I agree with most everything he says, but he says the same thing over-and-over with too many words.
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Twain’s Feast
- By: Audible Originals
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12,034
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,915
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,866
Mark Twain, beloved American writer, performer, and humorist, was a self-proclaimed glutton. With the help of a chef and some friends, Nick Offerman presents the story of Twain’s life through the lens of eight of Mark Twain’s favorite foods.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Audible Recycling
- By Greg Hill on 11-17-18
- Twain’s Feast
- By: Audible Originals
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
More to know about Twain?
Reviewed: 12-26-18
I would not have believed that there was still so much to learn about Twain! the anecdotes are entertaining, but the in-depth discussions on Twain's motivations that were wonderfully absorbing. Kudos to Audible for making this available to members!
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