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Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124,938
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107,800
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107,689
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This classic deserves better
- By Matthew Salvo on 07-01-21
Excellent production
Reviewed: 04-17-24
Great cast, well produced. Excellent presentation of a very complex book. Great intro to the series for those that only saw the movies.
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Anything You Can Imagine
- Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth
- By: Ian Nathan, Andy Serkis - foreword
- Narrated by: Tristram Wymark
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Story5 out of 5 stars 352
The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast and his crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the films, to fan adoration and, finally, Oscar glory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A journey to Middle Earth and Back Again
- By John Bridges on 01-27-19
- Anything You Can Imagine
- Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth
- By: Ian Nathan, Andy Serkis - foreword
- Narrated by: Tristram Wymark
No detail is missed
Reviewed: 04-17-24
The entire story of the making of the trilogy. Great takes from all the cast members, producers and others involved. Some juicy gossip on who “might” have been in the films. Some great technical background.
All in all, a thorough journey through middle earth, via Wellington.
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The Last Tribe
- By: Brad Manuel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,357
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,086
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,036
Fourteen-year-old Greg Dixon is living a nightmare. Attending boarding school outside of Boston, he is separated from his family when a pandemic strikes. His classmates and teachers are dead, rotting in a dormitory-turned-morgue steps from his room. The nights are getting colder, and his food has run out. The last message from his father is to get away from the city and to meet at his grandparents' town in remote New Hampshire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A perfect year in the post apocalypse.
- By Andrew Pollack on 06-18-16
- The Last Tribe
- By: Brad Manuel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Entertaining “Light” Apocalyptic tale
Reviewed: 04-17-24
In a world of zombie, apocalypse books, and end of the world sci-fi war series, this is a different take. It’s dark, but not gruesome. Interesting but not deep. Most of all, it ends well.
A “feel good” apocalypse.
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Brushfire
- Expeditionary Force, Book 11
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,241
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18,175
Peacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates.
Especially when aliens don’t get the memo that the shooting is over.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Andrew Nguyen on 12-16-20
- Brushfire
- Expeditionary Force, Book 11
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Oh god, please STOP already!
Reviewed: 04-17-24
This entire series could be squeezed into 3 really great books, but it’s like Alanson has AI generating repetitious, inane plot lines.
RC Bray is the person that continues to perform CPR on this endless mess of a series.
Craig, please, FFS. Put this thing out of its misery.
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,859
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,524
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,518
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
A new twist on Scalzi’s terrific humor
Reviewed: 04-17-24
The mob, the government, the feline mafia. All conspiring to control us all. Very funny book.
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Divorcing a Narcissist and Co-Parenting
- How to Get Out of an Emotionally Destructive Marriage and Defend your Kids. Top Advice for Splitting Up and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse in a Toxic Divorce
- By: Jessica Allen, Robert Mayer
- Narrated by: Krystal Wascher
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
Co-parenting with a narcissist is practically impossible, but there are things you can do and consider as a result of having to divorce and then co-parent with a narcissist. This audiobook has divided into two sections. In the first part, I am going to help you to understand what narcissism is, how to recognize a toxic relationship, how to manage a divorce from narcissist, and how to overcome and heal from a divorce. In the second one, we are going to discuss successful co-parenting strategies with a narcissist or someone who is just toxic and unhealthy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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For a psychological book it was very one sided
- By John on 03-11-22
- Divorcing a Narcissist and Co-Parenting
- How to Get Out of an Emotionally Destructive Marriage and Defend your Kids. Top Advice for Splitting Up and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse in a Toxic Divorce
- By: Jessica Allen, Robert Mayer
- Narrated by: Krystal Wascher
Primarily from a female perspective
Reviewed: 08-23-23
I found much of the content incredibly relevant to my current situation. However, the gender bias of the book was distracting.
As I moved through the content, I could pinpoint many of the exact behavior described in my wife, yet the author continued to direct the behavior towards men.
If the author were to remove the gender bias that is prevalent throughout this book, it would be so much more helpful to all who are entrapped in these toxic relationships.
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#1 in Customer Service
- The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Adam Baldwin, Larry Correia
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,172
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,888
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,881
Whether he’s underwriting for an overlord, or wearing a pocket protector in a pocket universe, Tom Stranger has just one policy: providing Quality Customer Service. No alien menace is too menacing, no galactic rift too rifty for the multiverse’s most-trusted Interdimensional Insurance Agent in these three brand-new adventures and two classic escapades.
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3 out of 5 stars
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First half good
- By Ben Koch on 01-07-20
- #1 in Customer Service
- The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Adam Baldwin, Larry Correia
Gets less funny the more you listen
Reviewed: 08-08-22
Really enjoyed the 1st Tom Stranger audiobook. Sadly, Larry has let his Libertarian views rot out a pretty good Dirk Gently ripoff.
I’m more than happy with authors jabbing at politicians. They all have it coming.
But this book constantly veers away from the great characters to ramp up liberal bashing and while letting some truly iconic bozo conservatives completely off the hook.
Not a single joke about Giuliani? GTFO
But hey, 90 minutes of “Green New Deal” jokes.
You struck comedy gold Larry. 👍
It’s distracting and lame. What a waste.
Thank goodness for Audible’s refund option.
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American Spring
- Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
- By: Walter R. Borneman
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
When we look back on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks of the war were much more tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army. American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrific book, marginal delivery
- By Brian McCreath on 08-18-14
- American Spring
- Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
- By: Walter R. Borneman
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
Excellent chronology of the first days
Reviewed: 02-17-21
Detailed accounting of the days leading up to Lexington and Concord battles, through the weeks following Bunker Hill.
Only caveat, the narrator kept pronouncing “Charlestown” as “Charleston”. It was very distracting, especially for listeners from the region. That aside, the reader was very good.
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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 64,101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57,667
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57,556
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
What a mess
Reviewed: 12-03-20
Apparently, the 80’s didn’t have enough mediocre material to generate content for a 2nd book.
Not just disappointing, this is a bad book. Devoid of any plot, the characters have devolved into annoying interruptions.
When I heard Mr Cline was going to write a sequel, I was puzzled. Unless it’s a money grab, a 2nd book is pointless.
No doubt Ernst Cline is far more distracted by his bank account blowing up than by my review.
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Doctor Dealer
- The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 154
Doctor Dealer is the story of Larry Lavin, a bright, charismatic young man who rose from his working-class upbringing to win a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, earn Ivy League college and dental degrees, and buy his family a house in one of Philadelphia's most exclusive suburbs. But behind the facade of his success was a dark secret - at every step of the way he was building the foundation for a cocaine empire that would grow to generate over $60 million in annual sales.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awesome writing - horrible narrating
- By farmhouselady on 08-11-15
- Doctor Dealer
- The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
Disappointing
Reviewed: 08-21-15
Would you try another book from Mark Bowden and/or Christopher Kipiniak?
I have read other books by Bowden including Killing Pablo and Black Hawk Down. The book is a pale comparison to those 2 excellent writings.
Has Doctor Dealer turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, but I wish that the author had chosen a more compelling story or more colorful characters. This is a very uninteresting book.
Which character – as performed by Christopher Kipiniak – was your favorite?
None, they all blend into each other that it's difficult to tell them apart.
Any additional comments?
Surprised and disappointed that Mark Bowden chose to tell this story. These people are boring and the story is the direct opposite of "suspenseful".
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