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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56,795
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50,782
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50,449
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite Patchett
- By Regina on 12-07-19
- The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
Not for me
Reviewed: 01-18-20
Tom Hanks was great. Without Hanks I would never have finished the book. I kept waiting for the story to develop beyond the reviewers first paragraph. Maybe without Hanks I may have heard the intended story??
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Solitude
- Dimension Space, Book One
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray, Julia Whelan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,777
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,217
The Martian meets Gravity when Army Pilot Vaughn Singleton, Earth’s last man, rushes to Area 51 in search of a spaceplane after he discovers the last woman is stranded on the International Space Station and barely alive - thus beginning a race against time. The event that wiped life from the planet started at the supercollider. It created a rift in space-time. The astronaut stranded aboard the space station, Commander Angela Brown, is a theoretical physicist who used to work at the collider.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Eh...
- By Philip Maddox on 10-19-17
- Solitude
- Dimension Space, Book One
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray, Julia Whelan
Not for me.
Reviewed: 11-03-17
Cole's attempt to create a white knuckled thriller missed the mark. Each attempt was more contrived then the last.
The Brown character was well done but the Vaugh character did not fit in my minds eye.
The story's potential as well as the professional job by the readers allowed me to finish the book.
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Still Life
- Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 1
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,737
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,094
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,022
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it’s a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A rare find
- By Alex on 01-16-15
- Still Life
- Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 1
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Louise Penny is an excellent story teller
Reviewed: 04-30-17
Any additional comments?
I usually avoid who dun its. Louise Penny shares a mystery and does not contrive events to mislead to the reader. Her story and characters are believable.
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30,792
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25,436
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25,425
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Rich Read!
- By D on 09-18-03
- The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Didn't work for me.
Reviewed: 01-30-17
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I was happy it ended. I liked Erik Larson's other works but this attempt to mesh these events was like mixing oil and water. I could of enjoyed each story separately, thanks to Brick, but this combination was not to my liking.
Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Brick's performance was good and I enjoyed his work..
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The Last Days of Night
- A Novel
- By: Graham Moore
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,920
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,306
New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history - and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul's client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the lightbulb and holds the right to power the country?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Favorite book of 2016
- By Taryn on 12-19-16
- The Last Days of Night
- A Novel
- By: Graham Moore
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
Historical fiction at its best.
Reviewed: 11-16-16
Any additional comments?
Fast moving and enticing story. I really enjoyed each character and couldn't stop listening to the performance.
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A Great Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,814
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,102
When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must. And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Louise Penny NEVER disappoints!
- By Wayne on 08-31-16
- A Great Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
Real and believable story.
Reviewed: 11-16-16
Any additional comments?
It took awhile to get used to how the author referenced her characters. At times they were referred to by first name or last name only and at times by their full names. While puzzling I began to enjoy how it enlarged and personalized each character. Well done.
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Bloody Spring
- Forty Days That Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
- By: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 302
In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in Virginia. On May 4th, Grant's army struck hard across the Rapidan River into north central Virginia, with Lee's army contesting every mile. They fought for 40 days until, finally, the Union army crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg. The campaign cost 90,000 men - the largest loss the war had seen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Skip this! Get Catton's Stillness at Appomattox
- By BVerité on 10-19-14
- Bloody Spring
- Forty Days That Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
- By: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
I was unprepared for this sort of audio
Reviewed: 02-13-16
Would you try another book from Joseph Wheelan and/or Grover Gardner?
yes
Would you ever listen to anything by Joseph Wheelan again?
yes
Any additional comments?
My review does not reflect the quality of this book but only my realization that if I were to truly enjoy this book and the authors research than I needed to read it in hard copy. Personally I would need maps and other reference to totally appreciate this title.
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