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Love, Lucy
- By: Lucille Ball
- Narrated by: Lucie Arnaz
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The legendary star of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. No comedienne had made America laugh so hard, no television actress had made the leap from radio and B movies to become one of the world’s best-loved performers. This is her story—in her own words.
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What a great book
- By SCOTT on 07-11-18
- Love, Lucy
- By: Lucille Ball
- Narrated by: Lucie Arnaz
I Love Lucy too
Reviewed: 04-25-19
Lucy is as good a writer as she was a comic. This was a great read and her daughter did a masterful job of reading it.
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Her Closest Friend: An absolutely gripping and heart-pounding psychological thriller
- By: Clare Boyd
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Naomi and I are best friends. School runs, dog walks, a shoulder to cry on over a glass of wine - we’re inseparable. But now my husband has walked out, I need her more than ever. I know she will help me pick up the pieces. Because she knows about the lie I told to protect her. She knows how much I’ve sacrificed for this friendship. And she’d never let anyone hurt me. Would she?
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Torturous
- By Feviegirl on 03-14-19
What a Downer
Reviewed: 04-25-19
This book starts with the "closest friend" putting her friend's dog at risk and goes downhill from there. While the author has writing skills, the story has no heart and I could not bear to finish it.
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Down the River unto the Sea
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators until he was framed for sexual assault by unknown enemies within the force. A decade has passed since his release from Rikers, and he now runs a private detective agency with the help of his teenage daughter. Physically and emotionally broken by the brutality he suffered while behind bars, King leads a solitary life, his work and his daughter the only lights. When he receives a letter from his accuser confessing that she was paid to frame him years ago, King decides to find out who wanted him gone and why.
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So.Damn.Good.
- By Jabulile on 03-08-18
- Down the River unto the Sea
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
More like "under the sea"
Reviewed: 09-22-18
I have listened to many, many Walter Mosley audios and liked them all. This time, however, I found this audio almost impossible to understand making the story hard to follow. The narrator was at fault - at times talking too fast, at other times sounding "mush mouthed." The other narrators in the past were easy to follow.
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The Lonely Life
- An Autobiography
- By: Bette Davis
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lonely Life details the first 50-plus years of Davis' life - her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis' life - all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life.
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Bette really liked herself...
- By Anonymous User on 01-14-19
- The Lonely Life
- An Autobiography
- By: Bette Davis
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Major Disappointment
Reviewed: 08-03-18
Not a great read. For someone who loves stories about the great movie giants, this was boring.
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Neverwhere
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.
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Truly outstamding!
- By RJT on 10-27-07
- Neverwhere
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Major Disappointment
Reviewed: 07-18-18
There was so much not to like. I am sorry to dislike a book this much.
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The President Is Missing
- By: Bill Clinton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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The White House is the home of the president of the United States, the most guarded, monitored, closely watched person in the world. So how could a US president vanish without a trace? And why would he choose to do so? An unprecedented collaboration between President Bill Clinton and the world's best-selling novelist, James Patterson, The President Is Missing is a breathtaking story from the pinnacle of power.
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Dreadful Narration!
- By Miss L on 06-07-18
- The President Is Missing
- By: Bill Clinton, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò
Major Disappointment
Reviewed: 06-23-18
I had high hopes when I started into this audio book but to declare that I did not finish it says a lot. Dennis Quaid as narrator did not upset me as much as others probably because I was too dismayed with the story.
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Make Your Bed
- Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
- By: Admiral William H. McRaven
- Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves - and the world - for the better.
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Watch the YouTube video
- By A. Yoshida on 01-31-18
- Make Your Bed
- Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
- By: Admiral William H. McRaven
- Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven
Good idea, for a book and for life.
Reviewed: 03-13-18
Would you listen to Make Your Bed again? Why?
The story and the performance were first rate. Why anyone would want to be a seal is beyond me, but the author embraces the concept totally and describes the process thoroughly.
What did you like best about this story?
The look into seal nation and the description of his accident.
Which character – as performed by William H. McRaven – was your favorite?
The author.
What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?
Not to jump out of an airplane - ever.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
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An outstanding story, highly recommended
- By S. Blakely on 06-22-17
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
Interesting title, dull book.
Reviewed: 03-13-18
What did you like best about Killers of the Flower Moon? What did you like least?
The premise of this book is great, but reading it was not. In my view, it lumbered all over the place, making it hard to stay put on the story.
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Rescue Me, Maybe
- By: Jackie Bouchard
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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If you lost both your spouse and your dog to cancer within weeks of each other, but you were sadder about the dog, would you tell anyone? Maybe your closest friends. Unfortunately, Jane Bailey's closest friends are on the other side of the country. That's where Jane plans to go now that she's free to leave Philadelphia, the too cold, beachless, street taco-deficient city her husband dragged her to six years ago.
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Dogs are the best medicine!
- By Mystical Lady on 01-03-18
- Rescue Me, Maybe
- By: Jackie Bouchard
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
Almost a good book
Reviewed: 05-17-16
The story began with a promising start. Both dogs were engaging. Then the narrative seemed to drag. It was difficult to keep in touch with the heroine and the main characters. At the end, I did not really care.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
- A Novel
- By: Maria Semple
- Narrated by: Kathleen Wilhoite
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.
Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle - and people in general - has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands.
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Misleading cover contains excellent novel
- By JillHen on 01-28-16
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette
- A Novel
- By: Maria Semple
- Narrated by: Kathleen Wilhoite
Great experience.
Reviewed: 03-26-16
Book was a real treat with colorful characters. The reader had a superb ability to capture different voices My only complaint was as a listener trying to handle too much of a decibel range.
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