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nina

Nina

Birmingham AL United States | Member Since 2007

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  • Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution | [T. J. English]
    Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution
    UNABRIDGED

    Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By T. J. English
    • Narrated By Mel Foster
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (383)
    Performance
    (101)
    Story
    (100)

    Havana Nocturne takes listeners back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Thanks to strong ties with the island's brutal dictator, President Batista, the mob soon owned the biggest luxury hotels and casinos and launched an unprecedented tourist boom. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others.

    A User says: "Not for reactionaries"
    "Excellent story and reader"
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    For anyone interested in Cuba, this was a fascinating book, taught me much about Cuban culture and history; excellent reader, too.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Buried Secrets | [Joseph Finder]
    Buried Secrets
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    Buried Secrets

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Joseph Finder
    • Narrated By Holter Graham
    Overall
    (1112)
    Performance
    (586)
    Story
    (578)

    Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a “private spy” who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the readers, in the New York Times best-selling novel Vanished. Now, in Buried Secrets, Nick Heller returns, finding himself in the middle of a life-or-death situation that’s both high-profile and intensely personal.

    Suzanne says: "Entertaining and Riveting Listening"
    "Offensive story and descriptions"
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    I have always liked Joseph Finder before but in this book he included offensive and disturbing torture and killing methods that are nothing more than gratuitous violence. In addition, many of the story lines defy reality, and do not make sense in the real world. I had to stop mid book and will not go back to it. I hope he will return to his more realistic and less graphically violent story-telling. Otherwise, I will not read him again.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Bliss | [O.Z. Livaneli]
    Bliss
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    Bliss

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 17 mins)
    • By O.Z. Livaneli
    • Narrated By Anna Fields
    Overall
    (113)
    Performance
    (30)
    Story
    (29)

    In rural Turkey, Meryem is raped by her uncle. Outcast for shaming her family, she is expected to kill herself. Her commando cousin instead tells her he will take her to Istanbul. By chance, they meet Irfan, a celebrity professor who has left his wife, and the three embark on a journey that shows what unexpected things can happen in the space between wounded people.

    Kathleen says: "A fascinating journey"
    "Beautiful storytelling set in a fascinating land"
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    This book kept me spellbound. I have visited Turkey, but this provided more information than I have had before about the multitude of cultures there, and how they live. Really fills in some blanks about the cultures from previous reading. Great discussion book. I don't see more by this author in the audible store--would love to read more. Really liked the reader, BTW!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Terra-Cotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery | [Andrea Camilleri]
    The Terra-Cotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
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    The Terra-Cotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Andrea Camilleri
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    Overall
    (101)
    Performance
    (43)
    Story
    (41)

    Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious tête à tête with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for 50 years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him on a journey through Sicily's past and into a family's dark heart.

    Lehua says: "It just gets better"
    "VERY AMUSING READ!"
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    Love the characters and particularly love the reader--he gets the author and the characters! Wonderfully entertaining and fun listen. Recommend to anyone who has a long trip, and guarantee you will want to read more of this author! I did!

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Defector | [Daniel Silva]
    The Defector
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    The Defector

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By Daniel Silva
    • Narrated By Phil Gigante
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (796)
    Performance
    (231)
    Story
    (237)

    Six months after the blood-soaked conclusion of Moscow Rules, Allon is in Umbria, trying to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, when a colleague pays him a shocking visit. The man who saved Allon's life in Moscow and was then resettled in England has vanished without a trace. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, and they blame Allon for planting him.

    Paul says: "Paul"
    "What a waste of time!"
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    Won't read Silva again. His characters have become cartoonish, and his plots repetitive and increasingly hackneyed. Descriptions ever more violent and unpleasant. The narrator did his best and was excellent but despite fine narration, the book was not worth the time or effort.

    3 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • The Melting Clock | [Stuart M. Kaminsky]
    The Melting Clock
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    The Melting Clock

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Stuart M. Kaminsky
    • Narrated By Tom Parker
    Overall
    (16)
    Performance
    (7)
    Story
    (7)

    In wartime L.A., milk prices are up. Margarine and gas can't be bought. For private eye Toby Peters, shoplifting patrol at the local Ralph's Grocery has been the only steady work. Into this grind of reality comes a hefty, dubiously welcome dose of surrealism, in the person of Salvador Dali, encamped in nearby Beverly Hills. The artful madman, whose professed mission it is to shock the world every 24 hours, has seen his latest publicity stunt go fatally, frighteningly amok.

    nina says: "Wonderful and funny!!"
    "Wonderful and funny!!"
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    Write some more!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Most Wanted Man | [John le Carre]
    A Most Wanted Man
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    A Most Wanted Man

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By John le Carre
    • Narrated By Roger Rees
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (218)
    Performance
    (34)
    Story
    (33)

    New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror as the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing; the recognition that we cannot safely love or pity and remain good "patriots" -- this is the fabric of John le Carré's fiercely compelling and current novel A Most Wanted Man.

    S. Lev-Ami says: "Le Carre's Back!"
    "Another Excellent Le Carre'"
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    Hope he lives forever. This is the first one I listened to instead of reading and was not sure I would catch the nuances, but enjoyed as much as tho I read it. Very good narrator, too.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA | [Tim Weiner]
    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

    • UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Tim Weiner
    • Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
    Overall
    (1741)
    Performance
    (380)
    Story
    (377)

    This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For the last 60 years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America's confidence.

    Michael says: "Flawed but Important"
    "Outstanding book to listen to; very good narrator"
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    I liked the book so much I also bought a copy at the bookstore to peruse again. Would recommend (and have recommended) to anyone interested in our recent history.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Sun Also Rises | [Ernest Hemingway]
    The Sun Also Rises
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    The Sun Also Rises

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 46 mins)
    • By Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated By William Hurt
    Overall
    (671)
    Performance
    (331)
    Story
    (338)

    The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the story introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. Follow the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of the 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates.

    Gerald says: "Bravo Papa!"
    "Wonderful listen, great narrator"
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    William Hurt was the PERFECT choice for narrating this old but still incredibly well written book. Enjoyed his reading of it very much.

    4 of 6 people found this review helpful
  • American Wife | [Curtis Sittenfeld]
    American Wife
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    American Wife

    • UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Curtis Sittenfeld
    • Narrated By Kimberly Farr
    Overall
    (231)
    Performance
    (48)
    Story
    (48)

    On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband's presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, "almost in opposition to itself."

    glamazon says: "Not Believable"
    "Surprised to find I liked it"
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    Very good story. Would recommend even to people like myself who are not a shrub fan.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
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