Jana L Horner
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We Can Do Hard Things
- By: Glennon Doyle and Audacy
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 616
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 580
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Story5 out of 5 stars 574
Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace. On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, ...
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1 out of 5 stars
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It feels like outrage farming.
- By Zee5 on 07-02-21
One of my favorites
Reviewed: 09-29-22
So many deep sighs when words won't work. Thank you for this wonderful content.
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Caesar's Last Breath
- Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,611
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,445
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,440
The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable until the ridiculous conclusion
- By Grant M. on 10-01-17
- Caesar's Last Breath
- Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
Excellent
Reviewed: 07-18-18
The writer did an amazing amount of research to put together this engaging book. If you are interested in science, this book is an excellent choice. It is not just a listing of cold scientific facts and important breakthroughs. It also includes interesting and sometimes hilarious tangents related to the subject. The performer also does a great job moving the story along and matching his tone to the writer's. It is altogether enjoyable.
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Irena's Children
- The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
- By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,564
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
In 1942 one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw Ghetto as a public health specialist. While she was there, she began to understand the fate that awaited the Jewish families who were unable to leave. Soon she reached out to the trapped families, going from door to door and asking them to trust her with their young children. She started smuggling children out of the walled district, convincing her friends and neighbors to hide them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So worth reading...
- By Blue on 10-07-16
- Irena's Children
- The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
- By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
Wonderful
Reviewed: 07-18-18
This is an amazing story, well written and performed. The performance is perhaps the best of the audio books I have heard. It is also honest, not glossing over the difficult choices that have to be made to do right in an impossible situation.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126,457
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 111,453
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Story5 out of 5 stars 111,065
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Great book
Reviewed: 06-14-18
If I were reviewing the book alone, I would give this five stars. It is a compelling story of the complexities of growing up in and loving a family that is dominated by a father who listens to his own heart even when what his heart is telling him is contradicted by the evidence. The story ends with a certain degree of tragedy that is outweighed by triumph.
The narrator's performance was quite good, but did have a few imperfections, the most notable of which was her unfamiliarity with words that are specific to Mormonism. For example, she pronounced the name Moroni as though it was Italian, with a long e instead of a long i. I would have expected her to research this, or that an editor would have caught it before release. Other than that, though, it was a very good reading.
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