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Midnight Express
- Narrated by: Billy Hayes
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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My Brother's Voice
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- By: Stephen Nasser, Sherry Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Stephen 'Pista' Nasser was 13 years old when the Nazis whisked him and his family away from their home in Hungary to Auschwitz. His memories of that terrifying experience are still vivid, and his love for his brother Andris still brings a husky tone to his voice when he remembers the terrible ordeal they endured together. Stephen's account of the Holocaust, told in the refreshingly direct and optimistic language of a young boy, will help every listener to understand that the Holocaust was real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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my favorite I've read it 5 times
- By Anonymous User on 04-15-18
By: Stephen Nasser, and others
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Make Room! Make Room!
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 330
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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In a New York City groaning under the burden of 35 million inhabitants, detective Andy Rusch is engaged in a desperate and lonely hunt for a killer everyone has forgotten. For even in a world such as this, a policeman can find himself utterly alone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unable to see
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-21-12
By: Harry Harrison
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The Lightless Sky
- A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World
- By: Gulwali Passarlay
- Narrated by: Assaf Cohen, Susan Duerden
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban, who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans, who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali's mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the 12-year-old across eight countries, from the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan through Iran and Europe to Britain. Over the course of 12 harrowing months, Gulwali endured imprisonment, hunger, cruelty, brutality, loneliness, and terror - and nearly drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Face for Refugees
- By Daryl on 12-10-16
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Now and in the Hour of Our Death
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Patrick Taylor’s first novel of the Irish Troubles, Pray for Us Sinners, introduced us to Provisional IRA bombmaker Davy MacCutcheon and the love of his life, Fiona Kavanagh. Davy planned to leave the Provos after one final mission. But the deadly mission backfired, and Davy ended up in prison. Six years later, in Now and in the Hour of Our Death, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in Vancouver, Canada. But news of a breakout at the Maze prison brings back memories she thought she’d left behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect End of a Great Epic
- By J. Lindsey on 03-01-15
By: Patrick Taylor
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The Last Thing I Remember
- The Homelanders, Book 1
- By: Andrew Klavan
- Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Charlie West just woke up in someone else's nightmare. He's strapped to a chair. He's covered in blood and bruises. He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death. The last thing he can remember is that he was a normal high-school kid doing normal things. How long ago was that? Where is he now? Who is he really?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Just For Kids!
- By Sherry on 02-03-11
By: Andrew Klavan
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Laguna Heat
- By: T. Jefferson Parker
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 74
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Laguna: a place where a crazed killer has turned paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violence - with a fiery vengeance - and where homicide cop Tom Shephard unravels a grisly mystery. It reaches back across 40 years of sordid sex, blackmail, and suicide into the dark corners of his own past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- By Stacy on 02-24-09
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 4
- By: Ellen Datlow - author/editor, Stephen King, Peter Straub
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell, Rebecca Mitchell, Michael Healy, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 189
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 188
With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Only a few decent stories in this bunch.
- By Jerry on 12-06-14
By: Ellen Datlow - author/editor, and others
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A Sliver of Light
- Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran
- By: Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Julia Whelan, Tristan Morris
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
Three young Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story. In summer 2009 Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourdwere hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran's infamous Evin Prison, where they discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on each other were the only ways they could survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How a fun day hiking can change your life
- By Jean on 04-08-14
By: Shane Bauer, and others
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The Devil in Silver
- By: Victor LaValle
- Narrated by: Victor LaValle
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 331
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He's not mentally ill, but that doesn't seem to matter. On his first night, he's visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It's no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not a horror/thriller
- By Matilda Luk on 03-17-18
By: Victor LaValle
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The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
- A Novel
- By: Paul Malmont
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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In 1943, when the United States learns that Germany is on the verge of a deadly innovation that could tip the balance of the war, the government turns to an unlikely source for help: the nation’s top science fiction writers. Installed at a covert military lab within the Philadelphia Naval Yard are the most brilliant of these young visionaries. The unruly band is led by Robert Heinlein, the dashing and complicated master of the genre. His “Kamikaze Group,” is tasked with transforming the wonders of science fiction into science fact....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Perfection!
- By Jim N on 08-31-12
By: Paul Malmont
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Stories
- All-New Tales
- By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, and others
- Narrated by: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 880
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Story4 out of 5 stars 687
The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Something for Everyone
- By Nicole on 05-24-17
By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, and others
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Never Say Die
- By: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Twenty years after her father's plane crashes in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So corny
- By Amazon Customer on 01-24-18
By: Tess Gerritsen
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Oil on Water
- By: Helon Habila
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, a British oil executive's wife has been kidnapped. Two journalists - a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq - are sent to find her. In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and Timely
- By Lynn on 07-16-11
By: Helon Habila
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The Dutch Wife
- By: Ellen Keith
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Eric Martin, Charlie Thurston
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
Amsterdam, May 1943. As the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or - for a chance at survival - join the camp brothel. On the other side of the barbed wire, SS Officer Karl Müller arrives at the camp hoping to meet his father’s expectations of wartime glory. When he encounters the newly arrived Marijke, their lives change forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Holocaust Porn???
- By Peteylovesyou on 08-03-19
By: Ellen Keith
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Forgiveness
- A Gift from My Grandparents
- By: Mark Sakamoto
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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When the Second World War broke out, Ralph MacLean chose to escape his troubled life on the Magdalen Islands in eastern Canada and volunteer to serve his country overseas. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Mitsue Sakamoto saw her family and her stable community torn apart after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Admirable progenitors
- By M. D. Baines on 04-24-18
By: Mark Sakamoto
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- Don C.
- 10-23-21
4.5 overall.
Recommend it, even IF you saw the movie - especially considering how it gave the Turks an undeserved bad rap (or worse rap, rather).
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- Anonymous User
- 06-28-20
Incredible story and performance
This is one of the best audio book performances I have heard. Very emotional and clear.
The tense story of a young and foolhardy guy trying to make a quick buck by smuggling hashish out of Turkey is timeless and transports you right back to the tarmac where it started
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- Quinn
- 09-02-20
basically a perfect audiobook
extremely suspenseful-- well written and never boring-- Billy Hayes' narration of his own story makes it even better
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- M. Barnett
- 03-13-24
Good Story. Different from movie.
Good Story. Different from movie. Enjoyed hearing the actual details of Billy Hayes’ ordeal and escape.
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- Dr. Ron
- 01-31-23
Great Story! Great Writing! Great Performance!
I knew about this true life adventure in the 70s. I still have never seen the movie. The book and the audio performance is wonderful. The story will scare the hell out of you. I look back at all the mistakes I made when I was young and see how much trouble I could have gotten into. Man, did Billy get into trouble! Truly one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.
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- Super ultra donkey
- 10-30-21
wow
what an amazing book I hate to sound cliche but this was better than the movie
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- brian
- 10-21-21
Awesome from start to finish!!
Such a good book a real page turner didn't want to stop listening once I started.
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- Lisa Scales
- 02-06-24
Great story
The narrator did a good job telling the tale with enthusiasm I really enjoyed the story
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- Julia H.
- 07-13-21
nice job reading
I bought midnight express on Kindle ages ago. I would love to get that on audible. please see what you can do. thanks
read this book to my nursing home patients years ago. they loved it.
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- Andreas Lawrence
- 07-11-21
Amazing
If you have seen the film, the book will blow you away. It is 1000 times better than the movie could’ve ever to be. William Hayes tells an absolutely amazing story of survival, innovation, and perseverance. Definitely one of the best prison scape novels of all time.
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