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Steven

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  • Life of Pi | [Yann Martel]
    Life of Pi
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    Life of Pi

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Yann Martel
    • Narrated By Jeff Woodman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (8205)
    Performance
    (3684)
    Story
    (3692)

    Pi Patel has been raised in a zoo in India. When his father decides to move the family to Canada and sell the animals to American zoos, everyone boards a Japanese cargo ship. The ship sinks, and 16-year-old Pi finds himself alone on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra with a broken leg, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger.

    Theresa says: "Best audio of the year for me"
    "Excellent reader."
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    I normally listen to books only when I'm dog walking or occasionally while driving, so discussions about religion/philosophy usually cause me to give up and shut off my iPod.
    This reader, plus a great story, kept my attention from beginning to end.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away | [Bill Bryson]
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
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    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By Bill Bryson
    • Narrated By William Roberts
    Overall
    (15)
    Performance
    (14)
    Story
    (14)

    After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens - as he later put it, "It was clear my people needed me." They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item.

    Lynn says: "How strange! Not as recently written as described."
    "Seems like it was written in the late 1990's."
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    What did you like best about I'm a Stranger Here Myself? What did you like least?

    I like Bill Bryson, but most of this material is too out of date. I gave up listening about half way through.
    It would be helpful if Audible included the original date of publication in their descriptions.


    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos | [Dava Sobel]
    A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
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    A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Dava Sobel
    • Narrated By Suzanne Toren
    Overall
    (21)
    Performance
    (19)
    Story
    (20)

    In her graceful, compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages. In its midst will be her play, And the Sun Stood Still, imagining the dialogue that would have transpired between Rheticus and Copernicus in their months together. As she achieved with her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel expands the bounds of science writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait of scientific achievement.

    A User says: "Too much about Copernicus' daily life"
    "I gave up."
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    What would have made A More Perfect Heaven better?

    I purchased this book based on my previous listens of


    0 of 1 people found this review helpful

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