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Albert Smith's Culinary Capers: The first 10 Recipes - A Culinary Cozy Mystery Adventure
- By: Steve Higgs
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 63 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story5 out of 5 stars 361
When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious bakes...what he finds is murder, mayhem, and mystery everywhere he goes. His dog, Rex Harrison, a former police dog fired for having a bad attitude, does his best to steer the humans in the right direction, but he cannot understand why they don’t just use their noses–the answers are right there if they would just employ their strongest sense!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By bshields on 10-11-23
Loved the food references
Reviewed: 08-01-24
I was hooked early, even though it was a rather tame plot. It wasn’t until the cats and birds that I almost gave up, finding it not plausible. I did stick it out to the end, but that was more because I don’t give up. Lots of unanswered pieces; is there a follow up?
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The War for Kindness
- Building Empathy in a Fractured World
- By: Jamil Zaki
- Narrated by: Jamil Zaki
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 201
Empathy is in short supply. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like us, but find it easy to hate them. Studies show that we are less caring than we were even 30 years ago. In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States was suffering from an “empathy deficit.” Since then, things seem to have only gotten worse. In this groundbreaking book, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that empathy is not a fixed trait - something we’re born with or not - but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to like it.
- By Brad Mouritsen on 10-23-21
- The War for Kindness
- Building Empathy in a Fractured World
- By: Jamil Zaki
- Narrated by: Jamil Zaki
State of Contemplation
Reviewed: 07-30-21
There were moments that I laughed, there were moments when I was frustrated, there were moments when I was physically angry, and there were moments I cried. Although the emotions varied all of those moments brought me to a contemplative state.
I have recommended this book to several others; those working in healthcare, those working in social justice, and anyone else I know that wants to facilitate change for us all.
Thank you for the time and study, thank you for acknowledging those that are working to make changes and those that may need to be striving harder. I did a self check several times while listening to the book; even skipped backwards to let things sink in.
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Sea Wall / A Life
- By: Simon Stephens, Nick Payne
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,921
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,090
Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men - both fathers, husbands, and sons - take us on a journey you will never forget. The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday in the Park with George) and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet during the sold-out Broadway engagement. Now Sea Wall / A Life, a dramatic exploration of transformative love and devastating loss, comes to Audible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible. Sea Wall fell short
- By Mia on 05-01-20
- Sea Wall / A Life
- By: Simon Stephens, Nick Payne
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge
Stop what you are doing and listen
Reviewed: 08-25-20
Usually, I have an audible book going on in the background while I am driving, I spend a lot of time in my car, or when working from home, which is much more frequent these days; and, usually, I can multi-task. Not for this offering...
I started to listen while working, but soon realized I had missed a key point, so backed up the recording. Then a little while later it happened again, so I stopped. However, that key point in the Sea Wall story had piqued my interest, so I couldn’t let it go.
I decided I would take lunch early today, restarting the audio. While the Sea Wall story kept me engaged, it was the A Life narration that had me mesmerized. I could understand the pain associated with Sea Wall, but I felt every bit of the pain from A Life. I suppose that is because my Dad’s health is failing and don’t want to think of a future when he is gone, and because I h’ve sat is crisis with my own children.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s rendering was wonderful.
I will listen to this recording again.
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