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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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Much better than I originally thought
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-19
By: Homer, and others
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by The Hobbit, and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues"....
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Audiobook version better than I had hoped
- By James W. on 10-31-18
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Caves of Steel
- Robot, Book 1
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain....
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Sci-Fi Mystery at its Best!
- By HL on 09-16-14
By: Isaac Asimov
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The Two Towers
- Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed....
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Thank goodness - finally
- By John on 11-05-12
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Blackwater: The Complete Saga
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 30 hrs and 9 mins
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Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919....
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Stunning Work
- By Verified Amazon Buyer of Things on 08-12-19
By: Michael McDowell
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Rebecca
- By: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage....
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Easily the best audiobook I have ever heard!
- By Kid at Heart on 11-10-18
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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Much better than I originally thought
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-19
By: Homer, and others
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Inspired by The Hobbit, and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues"....
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Audiobook version better than I had hoped
- By James W. on 10-31-18
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Caves of Steel
- Robot, Book 1
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain....
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Sci-Fi Mystery at its Best!
- By HL on 09-16-14
By: Isaac Asimov
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The Two Towers
- Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed....
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Thank goodness - finally
- By John on 11-05-12
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Blackwater: The Complete Saga
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 30 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919....
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Stunning Work
- By Verified Amazon Buyer of Things on 08-12-19
By: Michael McDowell
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Rebecca
- By: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage....
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Easily the best audiobook I have ever heard!
- By Kid at Heart on 11-10-18
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The Return of the King
- Book Three in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
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The Return of the King is the towering climax to J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings....
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No Longer Jumbled
- By Reviews By Cole on 11-27-19
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Stuff and Nonsense
- Threadbare Series, Volume 1
- By: Andrew Seiple
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Threadbare. He is 12 inches tall, full of fluff, and really, really bad at being a hero. Magically animated and discarded by his maker as a failed experiment, he is saved by a little girl. But she's got problems of her own, and he might not be able to help her....
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An amazing tale you can't help but love
- By Ray Johnson on 08-29-18
By: Andrew Seiple
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred....
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It's all about timing and time
- By Fletch on 08-02-14
By: Harper Lee
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Methuselah's Children
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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After the fall of the American Ayatollahs as foretold in Stranger in a Strange Land and chronicled in Revolt in 2100, the United States of America at last fulfills the promise inherent in its first Revolution....
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A delight to revisit a science fiction classic
- By Anne on 02-16-13
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire....
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Finally! Thank you Audible!
- By Bryan J. Peterson on 10-20-12
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....
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Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
- By Joel on 03-27-17
By: Ray Bradbury
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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This brand-new unabridged audio book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit will be coming to listeners everywhere this September, read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author, Andy Serkis....
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Andy Serkis Was Sheer Perfection
- By Barbara on 09-22-20
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (A Full Cast Production)
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Daniel Oreskes, full cast
- Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
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Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana....
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10 Years and Still a Fantastic Read
- By Nightveil on 07-22-11
By: Neil Gaiman
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, For Whom the Bell Tolls stands as one of the best war novels of all time....
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Incorrect charges of censorship.
- By arye orona on 07-27-14
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Dune Messiah
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The second Dune installment explores new developments on the planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and strange, threatening environment....
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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- By Joel D Offenberg on 11-13-09
By: Frank Herbert
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The Big Sleep
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer....
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Class Noir
- By Ian C Robertson on 08-09-15
By: Raymond Chandler
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The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed Hemingway's power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature....
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Lots of story in a small package
- By Nothing really matters on 07-31-14
By: Ernest Hemingway
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The Fifth Season
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the way the world ends. For the last time. A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great, red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash....
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The Nay-Sayers are Wrong.
- By Steve Groves on 02-10-20
By: N. K. Jemisin
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The House in the Cerulean Sea
- By: TJ Klune
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world....
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Good Story Line
- By John on 04-06-20
By: TJ Klune
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The Great Gatsby
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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This new audio edition, authorized by Fitzgerald's estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal....
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Gyllenhaal is an incredible narrator
- By Lauren on 04-24-13
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A Farewell to Arms
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: John Slattery
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway....
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This is not unabridged
- By Valerian on 06-17-11
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Crooked Kingdom
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Roger Clark, Jay Snyder, Elizabeth Evans, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives....
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Perfect, but now what?
- By green ice cream garden on 10-03-16
By: Leigh Bardugo
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Children of Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....
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Good but operatic in flavor
- By Joel D Offenberg on 11-25-09
By: Frank Herbert
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Foundation
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying....
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The Foundation Trilogy is a True Classic
- By Sandy McMahon on 08-17-10
By: Isaac Asimov
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Battle Ground
- Dresden Files, Book 17
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. But this time it’s different. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way....
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Repetitive and too long
- By Pupeluv on 09-30-20
By: Jim Butcher
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The Bands of Mourning
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metalminds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had....
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Wax and Wayne are Back!!!
- By Don Gilbert on 01-28-16
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The Sun Also Rises
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: William Hurt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful style....
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Great actor, terrible reader, kills classic
- By Kerry on 09-14-14
By: Ernest Hemingway
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The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers....
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Jarring Harmonica
- By James Tuttle on 05-03-19
By: John Steinbeck, and others
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Peace Talks
- Dresden Files, Book 16
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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When the supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil....
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well...
- By Scifantastic on 07-15-20
By: Jim Butcher
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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This poetic, graceful love story celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....
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Ruby Dee is amazing
- By Jennifer on 04-20-13
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Of Mice and Men
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and beloved novels....
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My First Steinbeck... I've Missed So Much!
- By Jonathan Love on 08-31-16
By: John Steinbeck
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 52 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason....
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This is the one to spend 50 hours listening to!
- By james on 03-05-13
By: Alexandre Dumas
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
- By: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career....
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Outstanding Audiobook!
- By Greg on 02-26-14
By: Gabriel García Márquez, and others
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East of Eden
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families....
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Why have I avoided this Beautiful Book???
- By Kelly on 03-25-17
By: John Steinbeck
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The Hemingway Stories
- As Featured in the Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, John Bedford Lloyd, Tobias Wolff
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories including his well-known classics - as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick - this new collection is introduced by award-winning author Tobias Wolff....
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Great selection
- By Tad Davis on 03-02-21
By: Ernest Hemingway
Spotlight on History
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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
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Almost perfect, but lousy sound cuts and splicing
- By F. on 06-08-20
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Heroes
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In the newest installment of the best-selling series Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a tender love affair or a heroic triumph, Fry deftly finds resonance with our own modern minds and hearts.
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Fantastical Mr. Fry
- By kubro on 05-14-20
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The Last Negroes at Harvard
- The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
- By: Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited 18 "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some 50 years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, began to reconnect with his classmates and explore their vastly different backgrounds, lives, and what their time at Harvard meant.
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Enjoyable, interesting, important
- By Valerie Dudley on 09-26-20
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Tombstone
- The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times best-selling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in 30 seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer.
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gripping narrative and perspective
- By e. s. on 08-21-20
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A Black Women's History of the United States
- ReVisioning American History, Book 5
- By: Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African-American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African-American women of today.
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Left feeling empowered
- By Anonymous User on 08-30-20
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Broken Glass
- Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece
- By: Alex Beam
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time - unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began spending weekends together, talking philosophy, Catholic mysticism, and, of course, architecture over wine-soaked picnic lunches.
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Great Read
- By Amazon Customer on 06-11-20
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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
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Almost perfect, but lousy sound cuts and splicing
- By F. on 06-08-20
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Heroes
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In the newest installment of the best-selling series Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a tender love affair or a heroic triumph, Fry deftly finds resonance with our own modern minds and hearts.
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Fantastical Mr. Fry
- By kubro on 05-14-20
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The Last Negroes at Harvard
- The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
- By: Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited 18 "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some 50 years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, began to reconnect with his classmates and explore their vastly different backgrounds, lives, and what their time at Harvard meant.
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Enjoyable, interesting, important
- By Valerie Dudley on 09-26-20
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Tombstone
- The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times best-selling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in 30 seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer.
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gripping narrative and perspective
- By e. s. on 08-21-20
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A Black Women's History of the United States
- ReVisioning American History, Book 5
- By: Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African-American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African-American women of today.
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Left feeling empowered
- By Anonymous User on 08-30-20