Charlotte Bell
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More Bedtime Stories for Cynics
- By: Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, and others
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 19,267
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17,232
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17,226
Make sure the kids aren’t around! Just because you’re a grown-up doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the art of the children’s bedtime story. Nick Offerman presents this collection of 12 short stories written in the style of a classic kids' tale, but with a decidedly dark and adult approach. What really happened after Snow White died, from the perspective of the one medically trained dwarf? A naive wizard professor reports back from the trenches of an underprivileged school of magic. And much more!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Probably not for everyone
- By Katie on 05-03-19
- More Bedtime Stories for Cynics
- By: Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, Cirocco Dunlap, Dave Hill
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Elliot Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, Gary Anthony Williams
Bedtime?
Reviewed: 10-15-23
This has nothing todo with sleep. Sort of dumb stories. Sample first before buying it
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Bedtime Stories for Adults
- Relaxing Sleep Stories for Everyday Guided Meditation. Deep Sleep Hypnosis to Fall Asleep Fast and Prevent Anxiety/Panic Attacks. Letting Go and Reduce Stress for Grown-Ups
- By: Kelly Joyful
- Narrated by: Chelsea Bell
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 71
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 72
Are you tired to continuously move and turn in your bed without fall asleep for hours? This proven guided meditations and stories are scientifically proven to relax your mind, body, and soul. For ultimate relaxation and peaceful vibes. Use the stories as part of a breathing exercise, as nighttime meditation, or just to help you unwind at the end of a long day.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fake reviews
- By KJL on 12-07-19
- Bedtime Stories for Adults
- Relaxing Sleep Stories for Everyday Guided Meditation. Deep Sleep Hypnosis to Fall Asleep Fast and Prevent Anxiety/Panic Attacks. Letting Go and Reduce Stress for Grown-Ups
- By: Kelly Joyful
- Narrated by: Chelsea Bell
Not a good voice
Reviewed: 10-15-23
Not a good voice for sleeping. Too soft and childlike unless you like this kind of style
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Father Gregory Boyle in Conversation with Warren Olney (2010): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
- Panel 2073
- By: Father Gregory Boyle
- Narrated by: Mr. Warren Olney
- Length: 59 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get ready to have your heart opened
- By Charlotte Bell on 01-05-23
Get ready to have your heart opened
Reviewed: 01-05-23
I have listened to this book several times. Each time I learn another detail about kindness and loving each other. Thank you “G”
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Pimsleur Spanish Level 5
- Learn to Speak and Understand Latin American Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs
- By: Pimsleur
- Narrated by: Pimsleur
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
The easiest and fastest way to learn Spanish. What’s included: thirty 30-minute audio lessons; 85 minutes of reading instruction in the form of a short story, allowing you to build your skills toward reading Spanish for pleasure; in total, over 17 hours of audio, all featuring native speakers; a reading booklet and user's guide. What you’ll learn: Building on skills taught in Spanish levels 1 to 4, Spanish Level 5 moves you closer to near fluency and adds a broad range of conversational skills.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I finished!!
- By Allan on 10-26-15
Best way to learn a language
Reviewed: 04-21-17
Would you consider the audio edition of Spanish Level 5 to be better than the print version?
Listening and speaking is the way to learn a language. You can conjugate verbs forever and never learn how to use them in conversation. This system makes you think and then speak. Then you get to hear a Spanish native speaker say it correctly. I know nothing else as good as this program.
What about Pimsleur’s performance did you like?
native language speakers
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no
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Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Janet Wallach
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240
Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab. Traveling the length and breadth of the Arab region, armed with a love for its language and its people, she not only produced several enormously popular books based on her experiences but became instrumental to the British foreign office. When World War I erupted, and the British needed the loyalty of the Arab leaders, it was Gertrude Bell's work and connections that helped provided the brain for T. E. Lawrence's military brawn.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great beginning, then gets boring
- By Msz on 03-31-16
- Desert Queen
- The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Janet Wallach
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
Boring
Reviewed: 07-02-14
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
If the book were more interesting
What was most disappointing about Janet Wallach’s story?
Tedious
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
It needed to be read quickly
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
There were interesting facts buried in the tedious unnecessary details.
Any additional comments?
Don't waste your money on this book
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14,016
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,385
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,327
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
- The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
An important insight
Reviewed: 12-03-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
We are all aware of the Jim Crow laws and the plight of the blacks but this book puts literal teeth into the horrors of slave treatment after emancipation. It traces the lives of various slaves as they find life in the south unbearable and dangerous and thus migrate to the north. I had no idea the numbers were in the millions. An important read.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Each of the characters has such a unique perspective I cannot choose one. I learned something new from each of them.
Which scene was your favorite?
I found the scenes from the railroad conductor particularly moving.
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FREE The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,919
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,697
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,715
Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man - a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sure to be popular with Keyboard Komandos.
- By Bob on 11-12-13
- FREE The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Stupid story line
Reviewed: 12-03-13
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
If this book had even a moment of reality I would have given it at least 2 stars. It is so far fetched and ridiculous I couldn't even finish it. I would call it an insult to intelligence.
Would you ever listen to anything by Mark Greaney again?
No
Which character – as performed by Jay Snyder – was your favorite?
None
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
None that I can think of.
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In the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18,073
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,855
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14,828
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detection with a Difference
- By Lesley on 07-18-07
- In the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Dissapointed
Reviewed: 08-17-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Not much keeps the reader excited and moving forward.
What was most disappointing about Tana French’s story?
Great prose and writing but it has no tension.
What about Steven Crossley’s performance did you like?
He is a real pro. Wonderful character voices. If he were not reading this tedious book I would never have continued.
Do you think In the Woods needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Don't bore me more.
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Queen of America
- A Novel
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 204
Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, Queen of America finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father in 1892 Arizona. But, besieged by pilgrims in desperate need of her healing powers, and pursued by assassins, she has no choice but to flee the borderlands and embark on an extraordinary journey into the heart of turn-of-the-century America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Urrea does it again
- By Charlotte Bell on 04-01-13
- Queen of America
- A Novel
- By: Luis Alberto Urrea
- Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
Urrea does it again
Reviewed: 04-01-13
What did you love best about Queen of America?
I loved Urrea's narration. He is a funny and animated reader and of course since he wrote the book, all the little nuances are included in the reading. His love of his characters comes through in his voice.
The book itself is a description of a part of Mexico few know about. It's an important work to describe people that have been stereotyped. We see the real lives of real individuals. How people living in abject poverty still have dignity, generosity and determination.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I was particularly moved when the struggling kids where rescued by a couple that lived in an abandoned dump. Funny delightful people that had next to nothing and yet were willing to share the little they had.
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