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8 reviews
156 ratings
189 titles in library
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Life of Pi

UNABRIDGED
- by Yann Martel
- Narrated by Jeff Woodman
Life of Pi

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 35 mins)

By Yann Martel

Narrated By Jeff Woodman

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(8161)
Performance
(3646)
Story
(3652)

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"
"Life of Pi"

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I listened in my car and I didn't want to get out. I found myself thinking about both the theology and the zoology of survival as the book unfolded, when I was not in the car. The main charachter is passionate for life from both perspectives, which is exciting to the listener. I could feel his joys, fears, and pain. The reader is perfect for this book, with his clearly understood Indian accent.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The Street Lawyer

UNABRIDGED
- by John Grisham
- Narrated by Frank Muller
The Street Lawyer

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 30 mins)

By John Grisham

Narrated By Frank Muller

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(473)
Performance
(99)
Story
(99)

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. firm with 800 lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was 3 years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Also available abridged.
Tom says: "A Good Read"
"Disappointing"

Overall
Performance
Story

Simple plot. The wealthy high-achievers are all bad, and the poor street people are all victims. Anti-Republican recession mentality?

1 of 5 people found this review helpful
The Help

UNABRIDGED
- by Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by Jenna Lamia , Bahni Turpin , Octavia Spencer , Cassandra Campbell
The Help

UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 19 mins)

By Kathryn Stockett

Narrated By Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(24178)
Performance
(10890)
Story
(10914)

Why we think it’s a great listen: The most celebrated performance in all of Audible’s history, The Help has nearly 2,000 5-star reviews from your fellow listeners. We hear the print book’s not bad, either. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another.
Jan says: "What a great surprise!"
"Loved it!"

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Now that I'm done with the book, I actually miss the characters. I enjoyed every minute of this book and was sorry when it was over.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

UNABRIDGED
- by David Wroblewski
- Narrated by Richard Poe
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 45 mins)

By David Wroblewski

Narrated By Richard Poe

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(2645)
Performance
(588)
Story
(581)

Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents and an unusual breed of dogs on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. But when tragedy strikes the Sawtelle family, Edgar flees to the surrounding wilderness. He comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him.
Ella says: "Just OK"
"Overrated!"

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Performance
Story

I kept thinking "why am I reading this book?" I expected it to get better or more interesting, and it never happened.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

UNABRIDGED
- by Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by Christopher Hitchens
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 51 mins)

By Christopher Hitchens

Narrated By Christopher Hitchens

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(2098)
Performance
(862)
Story
(857)

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris' recent best-seller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos.
ben capozzi says: "...Though Hitchens Is!"
"Loved It"

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Although I am certainly not an athiest, I found this book thought provoking.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Secret

UNABRIDGED
- by Rhonda Byrne
- Narrated by Rhonda Byrne , contributors
The Secret

UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 27 mins)

By Rhonda Byrne

Narrated By Rhonda Byrne, contributors

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(3177)
Performance
(696)
Story
(704)

It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. In this audiobook you will discover the Secret, and you will learn how to have, do, or be anything you want.
Elisabeth says: "Good for an intro to the Law of Attraction"
"No Secret"

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One could sum up this book in one sentence.Why waste 4 hours?

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Time Traveler's Wife

ABRIDGED
- by Audrey Niffenegger
- Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed , Christopher Burns
The Time Traveler's Wife

ABRIDGED (12 hrs and 6 mins)

By Audrey Niffenegger

Narrated By Maggi-Meg Reed, Christopher Burns

Overall
(2465)
Performance
(228)
Story
(237)

Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six. They were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry was thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future.
Herve says: "My Favorite Audiobook so far"
"Thouroughly Enjoyed It"

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I found myself thinking about this book weeks after I finished hearing it. Thought provoking. Left me with some unanswered questions.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Cold Mountain

UNABRIDGED
- by Charles Frazier
- Narrated by Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 21 mins)

By Charles Frazier

Narrated By Charles Frazier

Overall
(508)
Performance
(147)
Story
(146)

One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished America in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor.
M. Dunn says: "Cold Mountain (Unabridged)"
"Enjoyed the Author Reading the Story"

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I enjoyed hearing Charles Frazier tell me the story. Once you get used to the charachters and the way the story is told, it was a glimpse into an other wartime...a reminder that there are tough times and threats to our civilization in every era. It was read in a way that you could imagine the charachters of that time to have spoken.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful