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Fall and Rise
- The Story of 9/11
- By: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrated by: Mitchell Zuckoff, Sean Pratt
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of 13 Hours and Lost in Shangri-La delivers his most compelling and vital work yet - a spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative, years in the making, that weaves together myriad stories to create the definitive portrait of 9/11.
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Outstanding in Every Way...THIS IS US!
- By tarafarah7: Tara Brown on 08-30-19
- Fall and Rise
- The Story of 9/11
- By: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrated by: Mitchell Zuckoff, Sean Pratt
The story needs to be told
Reviewed: 10-18-20
The events of 9/11 are in grained in my memory. This account was spectacular. It is all so heavy. It is a great book. The narrator was great. Telling the stories with care in his voice. The story was great taking you through the people so directly impacted. The author did not get bogged down in the politics or political posturing that you usually have. Overall an excellent book.
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- By: Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Unlike all previous versions of rock 'n' roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects 10 songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and then proceeds to dramatize how each embodies rock 'n' roll as a thing in itself in the story it tells, inhabits, and acts out - a new language, something new under the sun.
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Don't just read the title!
- By Nyghtewynd on 05-03-15
- The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- By: Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
Trying to be unique on the history of rock n roll
Reviewed: 08-12-15
What did you like best about The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs? What did you like least?
The best part is that the author has some insight on rock n roll, and the feeling behind rock, music for that matter.
The part that I like the least is that it doesn't really tell the "History" of rock. It tells about the feelings behind rock. In addition to this, the author tried really hard to be unique. He acknowledges that he intentionally did not pick the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, etc, which are all obvious choices. However can you really call it a "history" without including the most influential bands in a big way. Finally, the book is very wordy and contains amazing poetry, which I find annoying in talking about history.
Would you recommend The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs to your friends? Why or why not?
To a die hard music fan it might be tolerable. I think the author is wrong at least in the title. It would be better described as capturing the feeling of rock n roll in ten songs. There is a lot of history, but the history lessons are on the songs selected not necessarily how we got from basement tapes to the Beatles to big overdone rock to lofi indie basement tapes.
What aspect of Henry Rollins’s performance would you have changed?
The book wasn't written to be read aloud. Rollins reads it slowly, i.e. half a pace slower than I would like. So I guess speed him up just a little.
Could you see The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Not with the title being The History of Rock'n'Roll in Ten Songs. I could see an hour long show with this author and a respected musician, but then you would want to have another episode with two different people discussing essentially the same subject matter. The problem is let's hope that this isn't the standard. Does Guitar drag really represent rock music at all?
Any additional comments?
This is an opinion piece. The writing is like poetry in parts, so if that is your thing then you'd like it. The views are unique even ambitious. However, the title is wrong. It is not really a History. A history would include at least a chapter on the Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan. You have to acknowledge the 70s and 80s the grunge movement in the 90s. The indie movement into the 2000s. The rise of internet and social media and what that has meant to rock for the last 15 years (circa 2000-present).
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- By: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
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Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
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A Classic Mystery with Wonderful Characters
- By Robert on 12-22-08
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- By: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Great story
Reviewed: 06-02-15
The story is better than most. It was great. The performance is really good and flows well.
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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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The Girl on The Train
- By BookReader on 12-30-15
- The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
Good story, good performance
Reviewed: 05-22-15
It was good. You do have to stick with it, but it was probably worth it. It is similar to gone girl, I.e. Multiple people telling their story as it unfolds. The last hour is predictable.
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Bossypants
- By: Tina Fey
- Narrated by: Tina Fey
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: A recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live. Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've always suspected: You're no one until someone calls you bossy.
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Tina Fey broke my new SUV
- By Warren on 04-07-11
- Bossypants
- By: Tina Fey
- Narrated by: Tina Fey
Funny better for a woman
Reviewed: 04-24-15
It was entertaining. A lot of it is better for a woman than a man. It also would help if you grew up in the same generation and with some diversity as she did. At the end of the day, if you can't laugh a little, it's your problem.
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