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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- By: Todd Zwillich
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,857
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,026
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,973
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon. Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Caveat Emptor: Bone to Pick
- By Judah Family on 07-05-19
- The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- By: Todd Zwillich
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
Pretty good
Reviewed: 08-24-19
Overall pretty good. A little dry, but pretty interesting. Except there was a weird negative statement about President Trump in the middle of it. That’s always a turn off and makes a book look like it has a political agenda, rather than being an honest and unbiased credible history.
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Rage for Fame
- The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce
- By: Sylvia Jukes Morris
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
"Her technique was simple: aim for the top", an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately or rose so far as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Impressive biography
- By Jean on 03-13-15
- Rage for Fame
- The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce
- By: Sylvia Jukes Morris
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Three stars
Reviewed: 11-11-18
I gave this book 3 stars not because of a fault with the author, but because the subject was so painfully self-centered, conceited, unfaithful, dishonest, and self-promoting that it wasn’t something I wish I had taken the time to listen to. It definitely wasn’t an uplifting story about someone who was growing and maturing as a human being. It just seemed like a story about someone who continued their childhood vices and destructive habits throughout adulthood. Aside from the occasional entertaining description of fancy clothes, and a bit of historical background, I wouldn’t say it is worth the read.
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66,237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58,685
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Story5 out of 5 stars 58,814
Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard’s band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage wolves, and other dangers. Bilbo quickly tires of the quest for adventure and longs for the security of his familiar home. But before he can return to his life of comfort, he must face the greatest threat of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally! Thank you Audible!
- By Bryan J. Peterson on 10-20-12
- The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
Excellent
Reviewed: 08-08-18
This is a wonderful book, and Rob Ingrid is the best narrator. I highly recommend.
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A Voice in the Wind
- The Mark of the Lion, Book 1
- By: Francine Rivers
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,125
This heart-stirring tale of a young slave girl, torn between her love for a handsome aristocrat and her faith in God, transcends genres with its awe-inspiring power and emotional intensity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Christian Fiction That Doesn't Back Down
- By Allicia on 06-05-11
- A Voice in the Wind
- The Mark of the Lion, Book 1
- By: Francine Rivers
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
Great!
Reviewed: 05-04-17
I loved listening to this book. It was fantastic. It kept my attention and had a lot of overlap with what is going on in America today.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- By: E. Lockhart
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby Sirois
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4 out of 5 stars 132
Frankie Laundau-Banks is no longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer. Especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society. Not when her ex boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places. Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sounds like an AI reader
- By A on 01-01-25
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- By: E. Lockhart
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby Sirois
Thought it would be fun
Reviewed: 12-17-15
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
I thought this book might be fun to listen to. It was a fairly entertaining story, but I have to say it lost me when the 15 year old girl was encouraged to go to Planned Parenthood to get condoms. With all the gruesome things going on there, I was really disappointed that the author would direct girls that young there, and it kind of soured the story for me.
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