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The JFK Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 179
Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans’ most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don’t know is that JFK’s historic presidency almost ended before it began—at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite. On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy’s election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car—a parked Buick—on a quiet street in Palm Beach, Florida.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Good But With Some Errors
- By Scott on 01-29-25
- The JFK Conspiracy
- The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed
- By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Wonderful narration of Scott Brick
Reviewed: 02-05-25
An interesting story of a forgotten non-incident in history. Story is light on importance but good on details of the JFK administration prep period. Altogether enjoyable especially for Kennedy fans!
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The Lost Van Gogh
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Santlofer
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Story4 out of 5 stars 198
For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators and art historians have savored this rumor, hoping it could illuminate some of the troubled artist's many secrets, but even they have to concede that the missing painting is likely lost forever. But when Luke Perrone, artist and great-grandson of the man who stole the Mona Lisa, and Alexis Verde, daughter of a notorious art thief, discover what may be the missing portrait, they are drawn into a most epic art puzzles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How great art lives many lives.
- By EJ Silber on 01-23-24
- The Lost Van Gogh
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Santlofer
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Could had have been terrific. Wasn’t.
Reviewed: 01-17-25
The author seems to have lost the plot with too many characters half way through and so , of course, does the reader. It ends in beyond believable violence patched together. The best thing about this book is the narrator, Edoardo Ballerini. Always a pleasure. Otherwise I’d have turned it off after an hour.
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The Waiting
- Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch, Book 6
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver, Madison Lintz
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,625
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,396
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,394
Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun, and ID are stolen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too Political and Preachy! Is there a story here?
- By jason f mccullough on 10-17-24
- The Waiting
- Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch, Book 6
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver, Madison Lintz
Three stories beautifully intertwined and narrated
Reviewed: 12-03-24
À pleasure to listen to this story of day to day police work by a writer who knows his onions.
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Precipice
- A Novel
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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outstanding in every way
- By Rosalind Britton on 10-10-24
- Precipice
- A Novel
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Samuel West
Beautiful narrator voice
Reviewed: 11-22-24
A fascinating look into British WW1 history. Accurate, never before known. Astonishing security lapses and a love story.
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Kingmaker
- Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 172
When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were predictably scathing–and many were downright sexist. Written off as a mere courtesan and social climber, her true legacy was overshadowed by a glamorous social life and her infamous erotic adventures. Much of what she did behind the scenes–on both sides of the Atlantic–remained invisible and secret. That is, until now: with a wealth of fresh research, interviews and newly discovered sources, Sonia Purnell unveils for the first time the full, spectacular story of how she left an indelible mark on the world today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pamela reigns! But.....
- By Lucy Johnson on 11-30-24
- Kingmaker
- Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
This is fascinating history that even I, a history buff did not know.
Reviewed: 11-03-24
Excellent narrator. A fair and brilliantly written biography of one of the 20th century’s nearly forgotten movers and shakers. So very personal and colorful! Pam Churchill Harriman would be proud of this book.
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Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,812
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,384
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,384
Flight attendant Allegra Patel loves her job, but today is her twenty-eighth birthday and she’d rather not be placating a plane full of passengers unhappy about a long delay. There’s the well-dressed man in seat 4C desperate not to miss his daughter’s musical. A harried mother frantically tries to keep her toddler and baby quiet. Honeymooners still in their wedding finery dream of their new lives, while a chatty emergency room nurse dreams of retirement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting premise
- By RondaR on 09-16-24
- Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
This woman can write !!!
Reviewed: 09-24-24
As always a brilliant and completely original story that has you listening at midnight. Excellent narration. Long and winding but absolutely worth the effort.
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Jackie
- A Novel
- By: Dawn Tripp
- Narrated by: Linda Jones, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36
When Jackie is twenty-one, she meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy at a dinner party in Georgetown. She is dreaming of France, of a life of freedom and adventure. She has won an internship at Vogue, and she thinks Kennedy is not her kind of adventure: “Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy.” And yet there is his intelligence, his humor and drive, and the chemistry between them. He pursues her, then disappears, then pursues her again in a pattern of intimacy and distance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top notch author
- By Jeff Greenberg on 02-16-25
- Jackie
- A Novel
- By: Dawn Tripp
- Narrated by: Linda Jones, Karissa Vacker
Very well written and beautifully read, but…
Reviewed: 08-20-24
This is an extraordinary work, highly personal and obviously well researched but at a certain point I’d had enough because no matter how brilliant the text it was all made up, supposed, as if Jackie had really spoken those secret intimate thoughts only she could say or think…The reader so much wants it to be real, a revelation, marvelous new history. But it isn’t. After about half the book the story sits heavily like a second slice of rich cake you have no business eating. Brilliant but fake. Nicely read though.
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Look In the Mirror
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 456
Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discovers that she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islands—a vacation home she had no idea existed, until now. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father come into enough money for this? Why did he keep it from her? And what else was he hiding?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful
- By Amanda on 08-17-24
- Look In the Mirror
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
Story Beyond Believability
Reviewed: 08-15-24
This author reads beautifully and she’s a gifted writer. The trouble is the reader tries very hard to take the story seriously even for the sake of keeping one’s attention on the fast paced action. A ridiculous premise about super rich people who tempt innocent young women into a mechanized house of terrors with moving walls and fast appearing trick coffins. Such a terrifically talented writer. I wish she’d try a simpler and more believable story. Then she’d write a memorable book!
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Spoken from the Heart
- By: Laura Bush
- Narrated by: Laura Bush
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 648
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 435
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 429
In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story. She writes openly about the White House during wartime, the withering and relentless media spotlight, and the transformation of her role as she began to understand the power of the first lady.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed in Del Mar
- By Pris on 06-02-10
- Spoken from the Heart
- By: Laura Bush
- Narrated by: Laura Bush
Beautifully Told Story of Famous but Modest People
Reviewed: 08-04-24
Laura Bush tells a heartfelt story of her journey from a small Texas town to the heights of international recognition. She is at her best when she writes of her life as a young woman, honest, unsparing and aware of the conflicts that bedevil us all. She is, in short, wonderfully frank and such a true Texan, in the best sense of the word.
Yet she does not acknowledge if she ever disagreed with her husband's ill fated policy in Iraq, the marker of his Presidency. I'd like to know because I suspect Laura is a head and a half smarter than the President.
This book is very well read in her lovely Texas twang. There are no holds barred from the non-political life and upbringing. Absolutely worth reading. Plaudits: Laura Bush!
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Table for Two
- Fictions
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,444
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I wish I could give six stars on all fronts
- By Rocklin D. Alling on 04-13-24
- Table for Two
- Fictions
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron
Brilliant Bunch of Stories
Reviewed: 08-04-24
This book is six stories and a novella, all surprising, utterly original and loads of fun to listen to, particularly in the dulcet tones of Eduardo Ballerini, the new star of narrator's!
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