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Eruption
- The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
- By: Steve Olson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 228
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4 out of 5 stars 200
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died, including newlywed logger John Killian (for years afterward, his father searched for him in the ash), scientist Dave Johnston, and celebrated local curmudgeon Harry Truman. The lives of many others were forever changed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nope
- By Prairie Girl on 05-04-18
- Eruption
- The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
- By: Steve Olson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
parts of it were great
Reviewed: 06-27-18
I was expecting more of a description of the actual eruption and while this is covered, most of the book is devoted to the history of logging in the area around the mountain. It really brings you face to face with what happened though and the descriptive wording is excellent. Makes me want to take a trip to see it myself.
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Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 260,674
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 241,163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240,677
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m sorry I waited so long to read this book.
- By Julie W. Capell on 05-27-14
- Ready Player One
- By: Ernest Cline
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
great OK book
Reviewed: 06-22-18
The narrator was great. the story was unique and it's worth a read. Not the best story but worth a read.
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Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 36 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,900
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,622
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,582
Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Weakest of Trilogy
- By MICHAEL H on 09-26-14
- Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
We get it Ken, you're a liberal!!!
Reviewed: 04-09-18
The first two books in this trilogy were great. They were left leaning but you could overlook that for the interesting stories intertwined with momentous times in history. By the third book, this book, it was to the point where if a character were conservative or republican, they were a crook, ugly, and a pervert! It was just so blatantly one sided. If I had known the third book was going to turn into the author single mindedly washing history through his one sided sifter, I would never have started the trilogy.
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Fall of Giants
- Book One of the Century Trilogy
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,699
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,641
Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it and learned alot.
- By Louis on 10-19-10
- Fall of Giants
- Book One of the Century Trilogy
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
Great Journey through the first World War!
Reviewed: 03-15-18
Great history in this book! If you are a fan of war novels, this is a must! Some have said that the characters are shallow and underdeveloped, I disagree with this point of view. There was enough detail given of the characters to care about each one. One bad point, IMHO, is that a lot of the discussion in the book centers around left leaning and socialist ideals. This was a small negative to me but this must be taken with a grain of salt as I am conservative. Also, one must be aware that during and after WW1 there were great waves of socialist and/or labour leanings so this lends to making the book feel more authentic.
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Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,594
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,590
The sensational biography of Princess Diana, now revised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story - in Her Own Words was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful overall with one issue...
- By globewest on 07-02-17
- Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
Long List of Others she Blames!!
Reviewed: 01-08-18
This book genuinely made me lose the sympathy I had for Princess Diana. For someone so privileged to whine so much was incessant. Also (at least at this point in her life) she was unwilling to confront the mental illness she suffered and was still keen to blame everything about the disintegration of her marriage on her husband (no saint at any rate). She at many locations whines because people don't thank her or tell her "good job".
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Tarnish
- By: Katherine Longshore
- Narrated by: Leslie Bellair
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Anne Boleyn is the odd girl out. Newly arrived to the court of King Henry VIII, everything about her seems wrong, from her clothes to her manners to her witty but sharp tongue. So when the dashing poet Thomas Wyatt offers to coach her on how to shine at court - and to convince the whole court they're lovers - she accepts. Before long, Anne's popularity has soared, and even the charismatic and irresistible king takes notice. More than popularity, Anne wants a voice - but she also wants love. What began as a game becomes high stakes as Anne finds herself forced to make an impossible choice between her heart's desire and the chance to make history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ugh!! Flat!!
- By Carmen on 10-27-17
- Tarnish
- By: Katherine Longshore
- Narrated by: Leslie Bellair
Ugh!! Flat!!
Reviewed: 10-27-17
Let me preface this by saying I don't usually read romances and don't have much history with the genre. The Outlander series turned me on (pun intended) to historical fiction/romances. This was so one-dimensional. All the characters were flat. Nothing really "happened" in the whole story. Nothing outside of the main character's thoughts to move the story along. I think this may be a good book for interesting a teen/young adult reader in romance but not worth it to someone with a more "stories" on their "read" shelf.
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