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The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of the Queen's reign through some of her wittiest, most sarcastic and most humorous observations, revealing a fascinating side of her personality that often remains hidden from the public.
When thinking of the Queen, our perception is often one of dignity and authority. She is seen as a serious figure: the British monarch, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the head of the Commonwealth. But as anyone who has ever met her will tell you, in person she has wicked sense of humour.
Occasionally unintentional, like asking guitar legend Eric Clapton, 'Have you been playing a long time?,' sometimes sarcastic, and at other times downright silly, royal humour touches on every aspect of life, while always retaining a strong sense of dignity.
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- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Once a reckless rebel and now a respected role model, Prince Harry is one of the world's most popular royals and the force behind giving the British royal family a 21st-century makeover. This insightful new audio biography is a three-dimensional look at what Harry is really like as a person, both on and off royal duty, and unwraps the real man behind the camera and his own perceptive insights. It delves into his troubled childhood, his rebellious teenage years, and the key defining moments that have enabled him to face his demons and use this experience to help others.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fluff
- By meganajjcec on 06-05-18
By: Angela Levin
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Doctors from Hell
- The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
- By: Vivien Spitz
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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The author describes the experience of being in bombed-out, dangerous, post-war Nuremberg, where she lived for two years while working on the trial. This landmark trial resulted in the establishment of the Nuremberg Code, which sets the guidelines for medical research involving human beings. Doctors from Hell is a significant addition to the literature on World War II and the Holocaust, medical ethics, human rights, and the barbaric depths to which human beings can descend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By Anonymous User on 09-03-21
By: Vivien Spitz
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The Way Home
- Tales from a Life Without Technology
- By: Mark Boyle
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 609
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. The Way Home is a modern-day Walden - an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Man, explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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In general a bit disappointing.
- By Ezra on 12-05-20
By: Mark Boyle
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When the Air Hits Your Brain
- Tales from Neurosurgery
- By: Frank T Vertosick Jr. MD
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,764
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,320
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With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick's patients and unsparing-yet-fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finished in 1 and 1/2 days
- By Andrew on 04-15-17
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Young Elizabeth
- The Making of the Queen
- By: Kate Williams
- Narrated by: Kate Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the job she was born for. And yet for much of her early life, the young princess did not know the role that her future would hold. She was our accidental queen. Elizabeth's determination to share in the struggles of her people marked her out from a young age.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Jean on 01-08-16
By: Kate Williams
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Royal Sisters
- Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret
- By: Anne Edwards
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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In Royal Sisters, Anne Edwards, author of the best-selling Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, has written the first dual biography of Elizabeth, the princess who was to become Queen, and her younger sister, Margaret, who was to be her subject. From birth to maturity, they were the stuff of which dreams are made.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Where's The Rest?
- By Simone on 12-19-17
By: Anne Edwards
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The Wicked Wit of Prince Philip
- By: Karen Dolby
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE has been at the forefront of British public life since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947. In the 70 years since, his wit (and the occasional 'gaffe') has continued to endear him to the nation, as he travelled the world taking his unique and charmingly British sense of humour to its far-flung corners. In the year in which the Prince has stepped down from his royal duties, this joyous and timely book celebrates his wry humour and supremely wicked wit.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Droll. Not very funny
- By Kindle Customer on 11-13-23
By: Karen Dolby
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The Fire from Within
- By: Carlos Castaneda
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 210
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 179
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Fire from Within is the author's most brilliant thought-provoking and unusual book, one in which Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan and his "disciples," at last constructs, from the teachings of don Juan and his own experiences, a stunning portrait of the "sorcerer's world" that is crystal-clear and dizzying in its implications.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite Castaneda book
- By R. Rico on 10-19-20
By: Carlos Castaneda
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Through a Mother's Tears
- By: Cathy Broomfield
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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When Cathy Broomfield’s youngest daughter, Kirsty, disappeared, Cathy hoped she had gone to stay with friends, to escape her brutal and bullying husband. But as the days passed with no word from Kirsty, a loving daughter who spoke to her mum every day, Cathy became increasingly anxious...until the day the police arrived at her door to tell her they had found a body. Her worst fears had been realised.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tragic story.
- By MR. Stacey King. on 04-10-24
By: Cathy Broomfield
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The Wisdom of Wolves
- Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack
- By: Jim Dutcher, Jamie Dutcher, James Manfull - contributor, and others
- Narrated by: Traber Burns, Kate Mulligan, Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,272
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,270
For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before. In this book the Dutchers reflect on the virtues they observed in wolf society and behavior. Each chapter exemplifies a principle, such as kindness, teamwork, playfulness, respect, curiosity, and compassion. Their heartfelt stories combine into a thought-provoking meditation on the values shared between the human and the animal world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen
- By JP on 02-26-19
By: Jim Dutcher, and others
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The Last Charles Manson Tapes
- Evil Lives Beyond the Grave
- By: Dylan Howard, Andy Tillett
- Narrated by: David Linski, Kristoffer Tabori, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Perhaps the most notorious American murderer of the 20th century, Charles Manson's legacy extends far beyond his horrific crimes. As the wild-eyed, swastika-tattooed, nightmarishly charismatic leader of the Manson Family, he was convicted of the brutal killings of nine people in 1971, including the Tate-LaBianca murders of seven in Los Angeles over two hot August nights in 1969.
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4 out of 5 stars
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really didn't hear anything ground breaking
- By Jen Roy on 05-18-20
By: Dylan Howard, and others
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The Unauthorized Autobiography of Diana, Princess of Wales
- By: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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The plan was simple: to kill Diana – as Diana herself had predicted six months before – in a car crash. Should she merely end up being injured, then it was imperative that she should die in the immediate aftermath of the accident, whatever it took. And, as it turned out, it took some of the most bizarre medical treatment ever handed out to a crash victim, but only a few people ever noticed that. … And yet Diana survived, and what she has to tell the world will surely blow the British Royal Family apart. Still beautiful, still funny, still angry, she’d like to talk about her supposed...
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3 out of 5 stars
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That it seems a little far fetched that she would have been in a coma
- By Family of 9 on 03-01-24
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Queen of Our Times
- The Life of Queen Elizabeth II
- By: Robert Hardman
- Narrated by: Robert Hardman
- Length: 25 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart. All of these describe Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned through more seismic social change than any monarch since 1066. Robert Hardman has already examined the Queen as a modern monarch and her role as a stateswoman abroad. Now, he wraps up the full story of one of the undisputed greats in a thousand years of monarchy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating With Disappointing End
- By Sue from NewMexico on 09-05-22
By: Robert Hardman
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The Secret History of World War II
- Spies, Code Breakers, & Covert Operations
- By: Neil Kagan, Stephen G. Hyslop
- Narrated by: Andrew Reilly
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 814
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 806
From the authors who created Eyewitness to World War II and numerous other best-selling reference books, this is the shocking story behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts - and the destiny of millions of people. National Geographic's landmark book illuminates World War II as never before. Seven narrative chapters reveal the truth behind the lies and deception that shaped the "secret war".
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5 out of 5 stars
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War in the Shadows
- By Tim McGreer on 06-09-20
By: Neil Kagan, and others
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- Blitz
- 08-25-23
Love the Queen
This was very entertaining, and fun to listen to! Great book, I highly recommend it!
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- M. Price
- 05-28-23
The title doesn’t fit the contents.
The contents of this audiobook doesn’t live up to the title. Queen Elizabeth obviously had a sense of humor; but the quotes from her are more mildly amusing than wickedly witty. It also seems like there are more gaffes from Prince Philip than comments from the Queen. His comments tend to be more rude than funny.
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- Choconuts
- 09-10-23
Puts a smile
Enjoyed remembering the late Queen - the weekend of her passing was a great tribute to read about how remarkable she was in every way
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Wm
- 03-10-23
Yawn.
Nothing new and nothing witty or funny. Reads more like a wiki entry or a middle school book report stealing from other sources. The clearest sign it is simply a copy and paste hack job from other works is the re-introduction of characters over and over. Margaret Rose is perhaps the worst example with no less than a dozen re-introductions.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Lucy J. jANUSZ
- 03-26-21
review of the humor of queen Elizabeth
not much new informative and I didn't hear one single funny thing from her highness
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- Jody R. Nathan
- 05-02-20
hardly any wit of the queen
I am an admirer of the Queen; who has managed to keep her cool and decorum through difficult times. I had hoped to find some nice barbs or funny stories -- the only witticism from the Queen in the book is her comment about Niagara Falls -- It looks damp. we are told about the twinkle in her eye and some of Prince Phillip's remarks, but mostly the book is the Queen has houses here; the Queen has gone overseas here; the Queen got excited at a horse race; she has dogs.
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