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Paul

egg harbor city, NJ, United States | Member Since 2007

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24 reviews
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195 titles in library
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

UNABRIDGED
- by Ted Conover
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 33 mins)

By Ted Conover

Overall
(114)
Performance
(38)
Story
(38)

As he struggles to be a good officer, Ted Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, works to balance decency with toughness, and participates in prison rituals - strip frisks, cell searches, cell "extractions" - that exact a toll on inmates and officers alike. The tale begins with the corrections academy and ends with the flames and smoke of New Year's Eve on Conover's floor of the notorious B-Block. Along the way, Conover also recounts the history of Sing Sing.
Steve says: "THE BEST BOOK ON PRISON LIFE I HAVE EVER READ!!!"
"its a keeper"

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great book..good insight into prison life from a guards perspectice....i think he downplays the seemier and violent part of prison life....but all in all a great read....buy it you won't be dissappointed

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
You Wouldn't Be Dead for Quids

UNABRIDGED
- by Robert G. Barrett
- Narrated by Dino Marnika
You Wouldn't Be Dead for Quids

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 49 mins)

By Robert G. Barrett

Narrated By Dino Marnika

Overall
(14)
Performance
(9)
Story
(10)

Les Norton, a big red-headed country boy from Queensland, has just arrived in the big smoke and is set to make his mark. Working as a bouncer at an illegal casino in the Cross, Les encounters a number of fascinating characters who make up the seamier side of one of the most exciting cities in the world – gamblers, conmen, bookies, bouncers, hookers and hit men, who ply their respective trades from the golden sands of Bondi to the tainted gutters of Kings Cross... usually on the wrong side of the law.
Gordon says: "True Blue Aussie Humour"
"Skip this one"

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Story

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

No one

Would you ever listen to anything by Robert G. Barrett again?

Absolutely not

Have you listened to any of Dino Marnika’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Hes very good

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None

Any additional comments?

I am 3/4 through this book and still have not discovered a plot. No plot so the author has les beating people up , including Karate champions. Getting seduced by beautiful women. And letting his brothers dog kill and eat another dog. Oh and his brother eats a little also. I've read other les norton books and found them entertaining. But after this crap I won't be reading anymore. A refund is due me and any other person who bought this trash

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Road to Nowhere

UNABRIDGED
- by Mark Chopper Read
- Narrated by Andy McPhee
Road to Nowhere

UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 40 mins)

By Mark Chopper Read

Narrated By Andy McPhee

Overall
(9)
Performance
(8)
Story
(8)

This book is Chopper's redemption. It is the real story of the man, the criminal and the prisoner, told with black humour and surprising insight.
david says: "Spellbinding"
"Road to nowhere"

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Performance
Story

What did you like best about Road to Nowhere? What did you like least?

I liked the anecdotes. I disliked the rediculous accounts of beatings where the victims take the beatings like a super hero.

What did you like best about this story?

Interesting characters

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Any additional comments?

Not a bad read. Can't really relate to a morally bankrupt criminal

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing

UNABRIDGED
- by Tarquin Hall
- Narrated by Sam Dastor
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 25 mins)

By Tarquin Hall

Narrated By Sam Dastor

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(361)
Performance
(200)
Story
(201)

Dr. Suresh Jha, best known for unmasking fraudulent swamis and godmen, dies in a fit of giggles at his morning yoga class when goddess Kali appears from the mist and plunges a sword into his chest. The only one laughing now is the main suspect, a powerful guru named Maharaj Swami, who seems to have done away with his most vocal critic.
Carolyn Stein says: "Fun and entertaining"
"Title"

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Performance
Story

Where does The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very high marks

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the characters and facts about I nDian culture

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Buy it you won't be disappointed

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Hollywood Havoc - The Trouble with Fat Boy: Serial Number 1

UNABRIDGED
- by John Klawitter
Hollywood Havoc - The Trouble with Fat Boy: Serial Number 1

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 16 mins)

By John Klawitter

Overall
(3)
Performance
(0)
Story
(0)

Clever and energetic Matt Havoc thought he'd seen everything. As long-time assistant to B-movie Hollywood film mogul Vinnie Berger, he's learned to think quick and move fast. But when his quirky old neighbor goes into business with Nigerian scam artists who just may be terrorists, Matt finds himself a player in a deadly plot with more twists than one of Vinnie's movies.
John says: "Manic Readers Loves Matthew Havoc"
"save your time and money"

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first book i've read that had music playing in the back round all the time...it was soooo disconcerting...i just could not get into this book from the start..so dissapointing..i should get my money back for this drivel.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Small Crimes

UNABRIDGED
- by Dave Zeltserman
- Narrated by Joe Barrett
Small Crimes

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 41 mins)

By Dave Zeltserman

Narrated By Joe Barrett

Overall
(9)
Performance
(2)
Story
(2)

Crooked cop Joe Denton gets out of prison early after disfiguring the local district attorney, which doesn't help his popularity. Nobody wants Joe to hang around, not his ex-wife, his parents or his former colleagues. Meanwhile, local mafia don Manny Vassey is dying of cancer and keen to cut a deal with God. He's thinking of singing to the DA if this will set him up for a better afterlife. And he knows stuff that will send Joe down again for a very long time.
Kevin says: "A Satisfying Noir"
"small crimes"

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save your money but more importantly your time...this narrator is the worst and i mean the worst...it takes the author almost the whole book to get things moving along...and when it starts it is most disapointing...pass on this one

0 of 2 people found this review helpful
Rizzo's War

UNABRIDGED
- by Lou Manfredo
- Narrated by Bobby Cannavale
Rizzo's War

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 58 mins)

By Lou Manfredo

Narrated By Bobby Cannavale

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(37)
Performance
(17)
Story
(17)

Rizzo's War, Lou Manfredo's stunningly authentic debut, partners a rookie detective with a seasoned veteran on his way to retirement in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn."There's no wrong, there's no right, there just is." This is the refrain of Joe Rizzo, a decades-long veteran of the NYPD, as he passes on the knowledge of his years of experience to his ambitious new partner, Mike McQueen, over a year of riding together as detectives in the Sixty-second Precinct in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
Kathy says: "Excellent Author, Excellent Narrator"
"rizzos war"

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can't give this book more than 3 stars....mainly i got tired of rizzo saying there is no right and there is no wrong. theres' only what is...rediculous mantra for a cop but all in all not a bad read

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Metzger's Dog: A Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Thomas Perry
- Narrated by Michael Kramer
Metzger's Dog: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 3 mins)

By Thomas Perry

Narrated By Michael Kramer

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(182)
Performance
(78)
Story
(76)

When Leroy "Chinese" Gordon breaks into a professor's lab at the University of Los Angeles, he's after some pharmaceutical cocaine, worth plenty of money. Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos - Los Angeles, for instance?
richard says: "Messrs. Perry and Kramer should get six stars."
"metzger's dog"

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save your money! i bought this book based on all the 5 star ratings...i wish i could get my money back...listened for 3 1/2 hours and could not take it anymore....they should take this book down to quantanamo and translate for the prisoners there and make them read it...they would begin talking after 10 minutes...HORRIBLE.....

4 of 14 people found this review helpful
Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas

UNABRIDGED
- by Benson Bobrick
- Narrated by Norman Dietz
Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 32 mins)

By Benson Bobrick

Narrated By Norman Dietz

Overall
(23)
Performance
(7)
Story
(7)

In this revelatory, dynamic biography, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who diminished his successes in their favor in their own memoirs.
Dereck says: "Nutshell: Grant, Sherman bad – Thomas good"
"if you are a civilwar buff get it!!"

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in this book you will meet a man that if i could measure up to just 10% of his character i would be happy...be prepared to find out with documentation just how shallow and incompetant sherman and grant were....not taking grant off a fifty dollar bill will be an injustice.

2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart

UNABRIDGED
- by Jeffry D. Wert
- Narrated by Michael Prichard
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart

UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 11 mins)

By Jeffry D. Wert

Narrated By Michael Prichard

Overall
(21)
Performance
(5)
Story
(5)

Mortally wounded in battle when he was only 31, the dashing J. E. B. Stuart, the South's "plumed warrior knight", stands with Stonewall Jackson as one of the Confederacy's most revered martyrs. Union General John Sedgwick called him "the greatest cavalryman ever foaled in America". Jeffry D. Wert, however, offers a more balanced assessment in this comprehensive biography.
Ron says: "Cavalryman of the Lost Cause"
"shoot the narrator"

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good book but the narrator speaks in such a monotone one finds onself constantly drifting off..if i see a book i want to read in the future and this guy is the narrator i will pass....

1 of 2 people found this review helpful