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Game of Thrones: The Masterminds of Westeros: Varys and Littlefinger
- Game of Thrones Mysteries and Lore, Book 4
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Publisher's Summary
Full of daring theories and fascinating tales from the World of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones: The Masterminds of Westeros delves deep into the behind-the-scenes politics of Westeros through the eyes of the kingdoms' most skillful strategists - Lord Varys and Petyr Baelish. The extent to which these characters have shaped the game of Westeros is often misconceived among the fandom. This book aims to walk you through the intricacies and subtleties of their many risky gambles and to extrapolate their hidden motives and desires. Exploring fan theories, rumors, and hypotheses built on substantial evidence from A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones: The Masterminds of Westeros will provide you with a wholly different perspective on the events of the show and the books, bringing the two main players of the Game of Thrones back to light.
A perfect gift for fans of the TV show as well as the book series, Game of Thrones: The Masterminds of Westeros serves as both an introduction and accompaniment to the existing media. If you want to find out how the World of Ice and Fire came to be or what might happen next, this is the place to start!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- DesDemona
- 03-05-19
Need to learn phonic
Needs to learn HOW to PUNCTUATE. SEVERAL words are pronounced incorrectly.
on a good note...it is quite informative and easy to follow
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Dominick Turturro
- 06-19-21
Absolutely horrible narration
The story is fine. Similar to many popular fan theories, as well as some new ones, if far fetched.
The problem is the narration. If you can’t pronounce the names in the most popular show in history, perhaps you should watch a few episodes.
Of course that might be a bit much to ask from someone that can’t tell the difference between mummers and murmurs, thorns and thrones, etc…
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Lerebours
- 08-27-20
This is Known
I love to hear about the masterminds of Westeros, but this book was only just offered to me in 2020. I have known this information for several years now... The narrator was good but not great as the pronunciation of names is now well known but he still mangled several names. I wish it would have been longer and had given us new information only GRRM knows. If you are new to A Song of Ice and Fire and the theories are yet unknown to you, then this is a great read after reading the series for the 1st time.
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"I’m James Taylor and I’m a professional autobiographer", says the celebrated folk singer at the start of this tender audio memoir. Through decades of music by one of the best-selling musicians of all time, who created classics like "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind", James Taylor has doled out his history in the poetry of his work. Taylor says his early life is, "the source of many of my songs", and Break Shot is a tour of his first 21 years in rich, new detail.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By David on 02-01-20
By: James Taylor
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Complicity Island
- By: Nick Jones
- Narrated by: Mandi Masden, Richard Kind, Chris Myers, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 238
It’s the artist’s age-old dilemma: follow your conscience or follow the cash. So when a canceled movie star reaches out to up-and-coming writer Ivey Viola to discuss a mysterious project, she uses the opportunity to escape mid-pandemic New York for his private island with her roommate in tow. However, once on the island, she realizes that the cost of working with the toxic, closeted actor might be more than she’s willing to accept...or can refuse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- By Carol R on 12-12-22
By: Nick Jones
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Women Talking
- By: Brittany K. Allen, Sandra Delgado, ruth tang
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley, Zoe Chao, Kate Hallett, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Women Talking: An Evening of Wild Female Imagination features three new works from playwrights Sandra Delgado, ruth tang, and Brittany Allen. Inspired by the film and its themes, the playwrights explored the choice the women need to make as a community: Do nothing. Stay and fight. Leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent insights into the Mind of the Gay Community
- By Tom on 01-30-23
By: Brittany K. Allen, and others
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Alanis Morissette
- Words + Music | Vol. 8
- By: Alanis Morissette
- Narrated by: Alanis Morissette
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,129
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,674
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,653
A down-to-earth global pop star. A deeply spiritual, cerebral powerhouse. A famously outspoken introvert. For her millions of fans, and the few unacquainted, defining rock luminary Alanis Morissette is an exercise in dichotomies and nuance. And though her most formidable traits are seemingly at odds with one another, they are, oddly enough, completely emblematic of all of us: complex, conflicting, and, most importantly, ever evolving. With her striking command of language and profound emotional fluency, the 46-year-old covers an enormous amount of personal ground with listeners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Music x Words
- By Patrick on 10-23-20
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Alien: Sea of Sorrows
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: James A. Moore, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: John Chancer, Stockard Channing, Walles Hamonde, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,860
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,378
Set 300 years after the events of Alien: Out of the Shadows and Alien: River of Pain, Alien: Sea of Sorrows deals with the rediscovery of dormant Xenomorphs (Aliens) in the abandoned mines of LV-178, the planetoid from Alien: Out of the Shadows, which has now been terraformed and renamed New Galveston. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, reformed after the collapse of the United Systems Military, continue their unceasing efforts to weaponise the creatures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Way to leave me hangin’!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-26-18
By: James A. Moore, and others
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Coal Country
- By: Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Steve Earle - music
- Narrated by: Mary Bacon, Amelia Campbell, Michael Gaston, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,083
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 985
In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia killed 29 men and tore a hole in the lives of countless others. Now you can hear the first-person accounts from survivors and family members. In this riveting, emotionally stunning new work, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, award-winning writers of The Exonerated, and three-time Grammy Award-winning country/folk legend Steve Earle dig deep into the repercussions of the most deadly mining disaster in recent US history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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True to life, emotional story
- By WVMindiS on 10-11-21
By: Jessica Blank, and others
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Fade
- By: Tanya Saracho
- Narrated by: Karla Souza, Carlos Miranda
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4 out of 5 stars 235
When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Encore!
- By Wendy on 09-11-22
By: Tanya Saracho
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The Three Musketeers
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Alexandre Dumas, Marty Ross
- Narrated by: David Ahmad, Rachel Atkins, Catherine Bailey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,134
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,127
Swashbuckling classic adventure, with an updated twist placing Milady in the role of narrator. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to - Porthos, Athos and Aramis, inseparable friends: the Three Musketeers. Soon part of their close band, D'Artagnan's loyalty to his new allies puts him in the deadly path of Cardinal Richlieu's machinations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!!!
- By Rochlle Finchum on 10-30-19
By: Alexandre Dumas, and others
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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Length: 36 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,512
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,085
Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives-provided it is understood.If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in its sublime pleasures, the way is now open to you, through this series of 48 wonderful lectures designed to make music accessible to everyone who yearns to know it, regardless of prior training or knowledge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, I've wanted this for so long...but...
- By Lee the reader on 10-11-13
By: Robert Greenberg, and others
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Great Masters: Mozart - His Life and Music
- By: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Greenberg
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 921
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 837
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Story5 out of 5 stars 832
Even from the perspective of time, it is nearly impossible to grasp the full contribution made to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his brief and glorious life. He composed his first symphony at the age of 8 and reached full artistic maturity by the time he was only 20. And when he died at the age of 35, he left a legacy of more than 600 works of brilliance - symphonies, chamber music, operas, and more - most composed during an incredibly productive 20-year period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Great Listening!
- By Sher from Provo on 07-23-14
By: Robert Greenberg, and others
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Heart
- By: Jade Anouka
- Narrated by: Jade Anouka
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 301
Written and performed by London-based actor and poet Jade Anouka (His Dark Materials), Heart introduces us to a woman who finds herself married and divorced at age 28. As she begins the process of piecing her life together, she confronts the insecurities and self-imposed boundaries that have always held her back. In the process, she discovers love in the last place—and with the last person—she expected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't shy away if you are NOT a fan of Spoken Word
- By Been there on 06-08-22
By: Jade Anouka
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Bluebird Memories: A Journey Through Lyrics & Life
- Words + Music | Vol. 3
- By: Common, Awoye Timpo, NSangou Njikam
- Narrated by: Common
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,610
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,580
In a performance that combines the personal and poetic with the literary and the lyrical, Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winning artist Common spins something entirely new and bold for both his old-school fans and those new to one of hip-hop’s most essential voices. This is Bluebird Memories, part of Audible's Words + Music that blends storytelling, music, and performance to create a one-of-a-kind listening experience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'm an OWW
- By R. Sippel on 08-09-20
By: Common, and others
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Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song
- Words + Music | Vol. 5
- By: Tom Morello
- Narrated by: Tom Morello
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,955
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,663
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,641
Rock god. Justice fighter. Rabble-rouser. Ivy Leaguer. An American renegade and fearless truth teller. Rage Against the Machine’s guitar virtuoso, Tom Morello, is many things; but perhaps, he himself, sums it up best: a one-man revolution. For the first time ever, hear Morello fuse the deeply personal with the political in a rapturous, badass, one-man show that skillfully balances soul-bearing stories with spellbinding guitar fury: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song by Tom Morello.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From casual fan to wanting to consume more Tom M.
- By Raymond A. Lukasiewicz on 09-01-20
By: Tom Morello