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Homebound

Charlotte, NC, United States | Member Since 2011

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14 reviews
36 ratings
186 titles in library
8 purchased in 2013

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich

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- by Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich

UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 31 mins)

By Eric Metaxas

Narrated By Malcolm Hillgartner

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1119)
Performance
(624)
Story
(642)

A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism. After discovering the fire of true faith in a Harlem church, Bonhoeffer returned to Germany and became one of the first to speak out against Hitler. As a double agent, he joined the plot to assassinate the Führer and was hanged in Flossenbürg concentration camp at age thirty-nine. Since his death, Bonhoeffer has grown to be one of the most fascinating, complex figures of the twentieth century.
Alan says: "Very Moving"
"Remarkable man"

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An engrossing and thorough review of the life of a 20th century saint. In addition to the biography of Bonhoeffer, author gives insights into the horrific psyche of the Nazis. A comparison of Bonhoeffer to the Nazis is chilling. Realizing that both he and they were members of the human race beggars the imagination. The author and narrator are both excellent.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

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- by David Treuer
- Narrated by Peter Berkrot
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 51 mins)

By David Treuer

Narrated By Peter Berkrot

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(7)
Performance
(5)
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(4)

Celebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brings a novelist's storytelling skill and an eye for detail to a complex and subtle examination of Native American reservation life, past and present. With authoritative research and reportage, Treuer illuminates misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation.
Homebound says: "Rich but disturbing"
"Rich but disturbing"

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A really gripping read. At once didactic and personal, it increased my understanding of the ambiguous position of Native Americans in US culture and warmed my soul with its portraits of individual experience.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Healing: A Novel

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- by Jonathan Odell
- Narrated by Adenrele Ojo
The Healing: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 15 mins)

By Jonathan Odell

Narrated By Adenrele Ojo

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(56)
Performance
(47)
Story
(45)

Mississippi plantation mistress Amanda Satterfield loses her daughter to cholera after her husband refuses to treat her for what he considers to be a “slave disease.” Insane with grief, Amanda takes a newborn slave child as her own and names her Granada, much to the outrage of her husband and the amusement of their white neighbors. Troubled by his wife’s disturbing mental state and concerned about a mysterious plague sweeping through his slave population, Master Satterfield purchases Polly Shine, a slave reputed to be a healer.
Dream says: "I am a HEALER too"
"Oddly dissatisfying"

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This book as a conundrum. On the one hand, it is very revealing about plantation life from the eyes of a slave. On the other hand, the writing style is uneven and wordy. The performance was superb, The book is at the same time interesting and boring, at once truth and fiction.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

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- by Sally Bedell Smith
- Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 27 mins)

By Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated By Rosalyn Landor

Overall
(112)
Performance
(92)
Story
(93)

From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lauren says: "3.5 stars- fascinating"
"Boring!"

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Elizabeth as a paper doll. Idealized. flat portrait of a complicated person. Stopped in the middle and erased.

1 of 3 people found this review helpful
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

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- by William Davis
- Narrated by Tom Weiner
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 37 mins)

By William Davis

Narrated By Tom Weiner

Overall
(907)
Performance
(791)
Story
(764)

Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat.
Stacey says: "The program works, but the listen is technical"
"Informative but scary."

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This book is frightening. Are we actually being "poisoned" to the degree indicated? Impressive in detail. The research is very high level but mind-numbing. Glad I read it but left with a sense of "what next?"

2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Then Came You: Gambler of Craven's Series, Book 1

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- by Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
Then Came You: Gambler of Craven's Series, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 27 mins)

By Lisa Kleypas

Narrated By Rosalyn Landor

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Overall
(619)
Performance
(358)
Story
(357)

Reckless, wild, and beautiful, Lily Lawson delights in shocking proper London society – and now she is determined to rescue her sister from an unwanted impending marriage to the notorious Alex, Lord Raiford, by fair means or foul. But while she succeeds outrageously, Alex is a master gamesman who is not to be undone.
Mandy says: "Addictive"
"Don't bother."

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A waste of time and money. Muddy. Boring. Not worthy of purchase. Do you get that I did not care for this book?

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

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- by Mark Logue , Peter Conradi
- Narrated by Simon Vance
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 54 mins)

By Mark Logue, Peter Conradi

Narrated By Simon Vance

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Overall
(481)
Performance
(286)
Story
(288)

At the urging of his wife, Elizabeth, the Duke of York (known to the royal family as "Bertie") began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship - between a future monarch and a commoner born in Australia - would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse.
Howard says: "As enjoyable as the film, and then some."
"Disappointing/"

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More about the king's speech therapist than the king's speech. Just one step this side of boring.

0 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Guns of August

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- by Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by Nadia May
The Guns of August

UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 9 mins)

By Barbara W. Tuchman

Narrated By Nadia May

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Overall
(762)
Performance
(246)
Story
(236)

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of Kings and Kaisers and Czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed...and how horrible it became.
IRP says: "A Great Book-One Of My Alltime Favorite Books"
"mind-numbing but fascinating"

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A great piiece of historical research. A;though mind-numbing in minute detail, it is a clear demonstration fhat war is as much about the individuals who lust after power and their petty jealousies that it is about national issues.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Mornings on Horseback

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- by David McCullough
- Narrated by Nelson Runger
Mornings on Horseback

UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 28 mins)

By David McCullough

Narrated By Nelson Runger

Overall
(85)
Performance
(51)
Story
(49)

Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it is the story of a remarkable little boy -- seriously handicapped by recurrent and nearly fatal attacks of asthma -- and his struggle to manhood.
Bonnie says: "speed i[ up your player"
"Enlightening"

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Great book. Gives an understanding of the development of a great man. Exceptional scholarship. Detailed to the point of wordiness, but worth sticking to is.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Black Rednecks and White Liberals

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- by Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by Hugh Mann
Black Rednecks and White Liberals

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 10 mins)

By Thomas Sowell

Narrated By Hugh Mann

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Overall
(284)
Performance
(79)
Story
(77)

This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on the trendy intellectuals of our times as well as historic interpreters of American life.
J. Johnston says: "Great Book, Somewhat Misleading Title"
"Stupendous!"

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The best I have read treating the issues relating to black ghetto culture and while response. Recommended for everyone.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Diana

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- by Sarah Bradford
- Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
Diana

UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 22 mins)

By Sarah Bradford

Narrated By Katherine Kellgren

Overall
(38)
Performance
(12)
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(11)

An icon remembered as vividly in death as she appeared in life, Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of the most enduring personalities of the 20th century, and one of the most enigmatic. Admired, almost worshipped, a forceful presence in society and fashion and a devoted mother, she was also plagued by rumor and scandal throughout her brief life. Using exclusive new interviews and eyewitness testimony, Sarah Bradford now casts aside the gossip and lies to separate myth from truth.
Homebound says: "Personality disorderr"
"Personality disorderr"

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Sad recounting of a sad person. Exceptionally beautiful physically but exceptionally troubled emotionally. Used by the royals to produce an heir and a spare and discarded. Betrayed and betraying. Well written, Satisfying as an account of a wretched soul

0 of 1 people found this review helpful