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Animal Magnetism
- My Life with Creatures Great and Small
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 251
The legendary American outdoor writer’s finest collection. For decades, Gene Hill’s articles and books have captured the spirit of the outdoors in a way that inspires and entertains millions of readers. A Hunter’s Fireside Book captures the essence of the life of a sportsman and explores the full spectrum of the hunter’s experience: sunrises in the duck blind, an unforgettable hunter’s moon, the camaraderie of men who know the pleasures of being wet and cold and a little bit lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond acquiring meat, this is why we go afield
- By Ray C on 02-28-20
By: Gene Hill
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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
- Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends
- By: Carol Kline, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and others
- Narrated by: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Animals bring out the goodness, humanity, and optimism in people and speak directly to our souls. This joyous, inspiring, and entertaining Chicken Soup collection relates the unique bonds between animals and the people whose lives they've changed: such as the dolphins who helped a paralyzed woman heal when doctors offered little hope; the dog who brought life into a failing marriage; the kitten who helped a mother mourn; and the flying squirrel who taught a man the power of laughter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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sad
- By Em on 03-26-22
By: Carol Kline, and others
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The Shepherd's Life
- Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
- By: James Rebanks
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 644
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Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. He's the first son of a shepherd who was the first son of a shepherd himself; his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much-loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter. But James' world is quite different. His way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Author Wears His Life As A Heavy Mantle
- By Sara on 12-06-15
By: James Rebanks
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Dog Man
- An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
- By: Martha Sherrill
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
In the snow country of Japan during World War II, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed.
In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity, and what it means to live.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dog of a Book
- By mjchgo on 08-27-10
By: Martha Sherrill
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My Gentle Barn
- Creating a Sanctuary Where Animals Heal and Children Learn to Hope
- By: Ellie Laks
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story5 out of 5 stars 72
Founder Ellie Laks started The Gentle Barn after adopting a sick goat from a run-down petting zoo in 1999. Some 200 animals later (including chickens, horses, pigs, cows, rabbits, emus, and more), The Gentle Barn has become an extraordinary nonprofit that brings together a volunteer staff of community members and at-risk teens to rehabilitate abandoned and/or abused animals. My Gentle Barn weaves together the story of how the Barn came to be what it is today with Ellie's own journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gratitude
- By Kindle customer on 08-29-16
By: Ellie Laks
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Deep Creek
- Finding Hope in the High Country
- By: Pam Houston
- Narrated by: Pam Houston
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 630
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 544
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On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her century-old barn and all its inhabitants. Through her travels from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska, she explores what ties her to the Earth, the ranch most of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most beautiful book I’ve ever read
- By KFratt on 04-26-19
By: Pam Houston
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog
- 101 Stories about Life, Love, and Lessons
- By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, and others
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Dogs have always been considered companions and playmates that brighten and enrich our lives but they are also wonderful and amazing teachers. The lessons we learn from our canine friends come in all shapes and sizes, just like they do. In this audiobook, dog lovers share what they have learned from our greatest heroes and healers. Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog will delight listeners with humorous, heartwarming, and inspiring stories about lessons our canine friends have taught us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Book
- By AmyDavis on 04-24-17
By: Jack Canfield, and others
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Martin Marten
- A Novel
- By: Brian Doyle
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Dave is 14 years old, living with his family in a cabin on Oregon's Mount Hood. Dave will soon enter high school, with adulthood and a future not far off - a future away from his mother, father, his precocious younger sister, and the wilderness where he's lived all his life. And Dave is not the only one approaching adulthood and its freedoms that summer. Martin, a pine marten (of the mustelid family), is leaving his own mother and siblings and setting off on his own as well. As Dave and Martin set off on their own adventures, their lives, paths, and trails will cross.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivated to the end
- By Sidney Dickson on 03-23-19
By: Brian Doyle
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An Eagle Named Freedom
- My True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
- By: Jeff Guidry
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
From the moment Sarvey Wildlife Care Center volunteer Jeff Guidry saw the emaciated baby eagle with broken wings, his life was changed. For weeks he and the center's staff tended to the grievously injured bird. Miraculously, she recovered, and Jeff became her devoted caretaker. Though Freedom would never fly, she had Jeff as her wings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just Excellent
- By tennisfan on 07-24-15
By: Jeff Guidry
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My Life in Dog Years
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Gary Paulsen
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells of one special dog, among them Cookie, the sled dog who saved his life; Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and his true friend Josh, a brilliant border collie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gary Paulsen’s My life with Dogs is hysterical
- By A Holly Winter Mystery on 01-04-19
By: Gary Paulsen
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Sheepish
- Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet
- By: Catherine Friend
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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What do you do when you love your farm...but it doesn’t love you? After 15 years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it’s not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent in the last 90 years. But just as Catherine thinks it’s time to hang up her shepherd’s crook, she discovers that sheep might be too valuable to give up. What ensues is a funny, thoughtful romp through the history of our woolly friends, why small farms are important, and how each one of us - and the planet - would benefit from being very sheepish, indeed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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We're all a little sheepish
- By Pam on 12-23-14
By: Catherine Friend
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The Horse God Built
- The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World’s Greatest Racehorse
- By: Lawrence Scanlan
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and perfectly written
- By Jeffrey P. Allen on 09-01-17
By: Lawrence Scanlan
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Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage
- By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
- Narrated by: Megan Hayes
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 38
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From exciting and entertaining accounts of courage and humor to heartwarming tales of healing and learning, each touching story in this book will inspire dog lovers to rejoice in the unique bond they share with their canine companions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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heart gripping
- By Teri J. Ange on 05-19-16
By: Jack Canfield, and others
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A Small Furry Prayer
- Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Steven Kotler was 40 years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs - then 10, then 20, and then they lost count - bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Shirley on 08-29-11
By: Steven Kotler
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The Year of the Horses
- By: Courtney Maum
- Narrated by: Courtney Maum
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
Courtney Maum is thirty-seven years old when she finds herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this is not just a riding lesson, but a last-ditch attempt to pull herself back from the brink even though riding is a relic from the past she walked away from. She hasn’t been on or near a horse in over thirty years.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A sad rich girl
- By Cynthia Fischer on 03-06-24
By: Courtney Maum
What listeners say about Animal Magnetism
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- movurbod
- 03-11-23
Great story
I love the passion for the animals.
Thank you for sharing
I hope my life can someday be filled with more.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Matt
- 03-31-13
Captivating
Where does Animal Magnetism rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Usually in the audiobook category I listen to more technical books that I can cover material faster than by reading, but this book is the exception. The story reminds me of why there are so many animals in my life and what they teach us as humans if we listen. Great book!
Who was your favorite character and why?
There isn't one character in this book like a novel would read. It is how all the characters flow together to teach us about the world we live in... the birds know when storms will be coming better than technology, the horse teaches pure love, the dog is the guardian, more about showing how animals know the world than a character. But her mother does sound like a fun person to be raised by.
Have you listened to any of Karen White’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The knowledge we lost with technology.
Any additional comments?
This book is such a great reminder of what technology has made us forget as humans sharing the Earth with species who may know more than us.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- JLB
- 06-14-23
Love Rita Mae Brown
Wonderful stories of her life, perspective, and her animals. A good read if you are a fan of her books and love animals.
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