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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
such a sweet story
Reviewed: 04-25-24
I loved everything about it. it is now one of my top 5 favorites of all time.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- By: Robert O’Brien
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
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Narration felt a bit slow, but otherwise was good
- By Adam Shields on 12-15-15
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- By: Robert O’Brien
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
sweet story
Reviewed: 11-10-21
Such a great story for adults to read to their children. Entertaining for both!! It can also lead lnto many discussions about social issues for older children.
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Sovereign
- By: Jeff Hirsch
- Narrated by: Jesse Einstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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Micah Cole has been in deep space for three years while his parents chase their obsession with finding intelligence to the far corners of the universe, but Micah dreams of the friends he left behind and counts the days until they return home. When a devastating meteor shower nearly destroys their ship, Micah is separated from his family and stranded on Sovereign, a vast planet of raging rivers, towering forests, and deadly creatures. If Micah ever wants to see his family or his home again, he’ll have to learn to how to survive on a hostile alien world, all alone.
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Exploring strange new worlds
- By Kingsley on 02-01-19
- Sovereign
- By: Jeff Hirsch
- Narrated by: Jesse Einstein
great for boys in middle school
Reviewed: 06-23-19
I am a reading specialist and I am always looking for high interest stories for boys in middle school. I think this is a good one. A lot of action and adventure.
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Life in a Jar
- By: Jack Mayer
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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During World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. Incredibly, after the war her heroism, like that of many others, was suppressed by communist Poland and remained virtually unknown for 60 years.
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Love of neighbor
- By minime on 03-26-16
- Life in a Jar
- By: Jack Mayer
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
A Book for everyone
Reviewed: 07-25-18
I have never heard of Irena Sendler and because of this book, she will be a person that I will never forget. Life in a Jar should be mandatory reading for every high school student in America. It is one of the best accounts of the Holocaust in Poland but it also gives us a perspective of what it must have been like to live in Poland after the war ended.
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Loving Frank
- By: Nancy Horan
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them.
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Fascinating
- By Eva Gannon on 12-29-08
- Loving Frank
- By: Nancy Horan
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
loved it
Reviewed: 07-22-17
I knew very little of Frank Lloyd Wright and this historical fiction has inspired me to read about him.
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A Man Called Ove
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell". But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.
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I Laughed and I Cried
- By Bill on 08-22-15
- A Man Called Ove
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: George Newbern
a beautiful love story
Reviewed: 04-07-17
I love this book. Ove reminded me some people that have been in my life that I have not fully appreciated.
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The Good Goodbye
- By: Carla Buckley
- Narrated by: Ali Ahn, Suzy Jackson, Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Two cousins, Rory and Arden, lie unconscious in a hospital burn unit. The fire, which broke out in their shared college dorm room, killed another student, and the police want answers. Tension between Rory and Arden's parents was already at an all-time high before the fire, owing to a recent financial crisis and the decline of the family business. As the parents huddle anxiously in the waiting room, carefully avoiding the subject of their own unraveling relationships, disturbing truths come to light.
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I could not stop listening.
- By Amy Davis on 05-29-16
- The Good Goodbye
- By: Carla Buckley
- Narrated by: Ali Ahn, Suzy Jackson, Eva Kaminsky
loved it
Reviewed: 09-12-16
I loved this story. I started listening to it yesterday and I couldn't put it down.
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Me Before You
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
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Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose...Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life - steady boyfriend, close family - who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident.
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A Journey Into the Unknown
- By Pamela Harvey on 01-13-13
- Me Before You
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, Owen Lindsay
I loved it.
Reviewed: 06-05-16
I chose this book without knowing anything about it. What a pleasant surprise. I could not put it down. I finished it in a day and a half.
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Yes Please
- By: Amy Poehler
- Narrated by: Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy’s parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza.
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Listen to this book for sure
- By S.F. on 10-31-14
- Yes Please
- By: Amy Poehler
- Narrated by: Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner
after listening to Yes Please, love her even more!
Reviewed: 12-27-15
very entertaining, I am glad I listened to the audio version instead of reading it myself
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