Tony E.
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 46,356
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44,261
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Story5 out of 5 stars 44,264
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW. Just Wow
- By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
The history of nurses in Vietnam
Reviewed: 05-06-24
The story was compelling and realistic regarding Vietnam and the nursing experience there. I thought the story about her 2 loves returning was ridiculous. Too much of the trauma related to her experience about her lovers distracted from the real PTSD experiences and adjustment to returning home. But I did enjoy the family bond and the relationship to her sister nurses.
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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- By: Yeonmi Park
- Narrated by: Eji Kim
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,085
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,363
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,358
In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea - and to freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow. What a story!
- By Jfm on 02-01-16
- In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- By: Yeonmi Park
- Narrated by: Eji Kim
Amazing storytelling
Reviewed: 11-15-23
A little hard to understand in the beginning but I think it’s a great story of how he human need for survival can inure so much suffering.
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Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,420
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,934
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,890
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good writing but...
- By Suzanna on 10-08-22
- Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finn
Wish everyone could read this to understand transgender.
Reviewed: 06-03-23
Well written and well researched . Both authors offered insight into “being human”. Even though I was open to someone being transgender this increased my awareness of the science.
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Snow Falling on Cedars
- By: David Guterson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,802
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,613
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,606
As a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for murder on an island in Puget Sound, snow blankets the countryside. The whiteness covers the courthouse, but it cannot conceal the memories at work inside: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, an unrequited love, and the ghosts of racism that still haunt the islanders. First novels rarely attract as much attention as Snow Falling on Cedars. Remaining on best seller lists for months, it has cast a spell on listeners across the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful!!!
- By Patricia on 01-12-18
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- By: David Guterson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Very detailed story
Reviewed: 12-02-22
Very compelling story about an American community and the people who are struggling with life and justice
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Apples Never Fall
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22,899
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19,911
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19,842
The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after 50 years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this BUT.....
- By Mary on 09-27-21
- Apples Never Fall
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Can’t wait for the next one!
Reviewed: 01-04-22
I love the characters and the story line. What a unique and uplifting story about love and family.
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Ep. 8: Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby
- By: Nicky Woolf
- Length: 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37
Could someone from the past shed light on the real Q?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!!
- By Mary K. Thompson on 03-18-23
Bad background noise?music?
Reviewed: 08-12-21
Annoying background suicidal/noise. I thought the story was interesting however I think the author could have investigated more about what the FBI was doing and more about Trupf involvement.
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Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34,065
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,930
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I almost feel sorry Donald Trump.
- By Deb on 07-15-20
- Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
Horrible nightmare of an Uncle, president and human being
Reviewed: 08-12-20
So sorry Mary had to be born into this disgusting excuse for a family. My only complaint was that Mary should have used the DSM manual to help the reader understand his moral and ethical deficiencies. She admittedly suffered through her father’s pain and death and it would not be healthy to analyze his mental illness but there was definitely a hereditary component to mental illnesses throughout the trump siblings. While she may had suffered she appears to have dodged the bullet. It would be great to tie in the nature vs nurture influences.
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What Alice Forgot
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Tamara Lovatt-Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34,891
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31,117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,030
Alice Love is 29, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child. So imagine Alice’s surprise when she comes to on the floor of a gym and is whisked off to the hospital, where she discovers the honeymoon is truly over - she’s getting divorced, she has three kids, and she’s actually 39 years old. Alice must reconstruct the events of a lost decade and find out whether it’s possible to reconstruct her life at the same time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unforgettable! I loved this story!
- By Judy on 03-04-13
- What Alice Forgot
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Tamara Lovatt-Smith
Nice book about relationships and love .
Reviewed: 03-12-17
A little unrealistic about memory loss but an interesting approach to sorting out love and relationships. Never really understood why they were divorcing nor why she became so different in 10 years.
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Influencer
- The Power to Change Anything
- By: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,524
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,501
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,478
Everyone wants to be an influencer. We all want to learn how to help ourselves and others change behavior. And yet, in spite of the fact that we routinely attempt to do everything from lose weight to improve quality at work, few of us have more than one or two ideas about how to exert influence. For the first time, Influencer brings together the breakthrough strategies of contemporary influence masters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the book for everyone
- By Amazon user on 03-16-10
- Influencer
- The Power to Change Anything
- By: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
I'm not a Self-Help" book reader but.....
Reviewed: 07-15-15
If you could sum up Influencer in three words, what would they be?
Suprisingly interesting perspective
Would you be willing to try another book from the authors? Why or why not?
Well, not really interested in reading this particular type of book because generally when self help authors write they just reiterate the same points.
Have you listened to any of Eric Conger’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no.
What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?
the 6 tools to influence behavior especially changing enviornment.
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Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,534
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,181
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,173
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Epic Medical Novel
- By Audiophile on 07-11-09
- Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
One of the best books ever written
Reviewed: 06-17-15
Would you listen to Cutting for Stone again? Why?
I rarely listen or re-read books but I may go back to this one.
What did you like best about this story?
The indepth characters. The story as well as the presentation. The descriptions were real and vibrant. The author allowed you to imagine each scene. There was psychologial depth.
What about Sunil Malhotra’s performance did you like?
He had a soothing voice and I felt that he was in the chair telling me his story.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Absolutely.
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