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Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories
- Narrated by: Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, Jacqui Katona
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Yarns and memories that capture the experience of driving Australia’s outback roads, gathered by the inimitable Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh.
Whether they’re carting produce, stock, fuel or even (unbeknown to them) dead bodies, there’s one thing that can be said about outback truckies - they’re a colourful bunch.
Meet the outback truckies who brave interminable distances, searing heat, raging floodwaters and foot-deep bulldust to transport goods and livestock all across this vast land, serving as lifelines not just to those in the bush but to those in cities as well.
From the truckie who found a creative means of transporting penguins to the one who refused to ‘abandon ship’ as his truck sank into a river, these real-life accounts show the lengths to which these enterprising and resourceful men and women will go to ensure their load arrives safely at their destination.
Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh is an award-winning writer and performer of stories, songs and plays. He spent most of his youth in rural south-western NSW and now lives in Adelaide. Swampy is one of ABC Books’ best-selling authors of Australian stories; this is his 19th book.
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Story5 out of 5 stars 154
People who have read my books, particularly “The War of Art” and its cousins, have a vague idea of the odyssey of a particular solitary guy, wracked with guilt and riven by self-doubt, as he struggles toward his destiny as a writer. But they have only the scantiest conception of the particulars of that journey. These particulars I’m hoping may be of use to others as they wrestle with their own version of that same odyssey. So let me try to strip it down. Let me tell the parts I normally leave out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Work by a great storyteller
- By Vales Tales on 12-11-22
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Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It
- By: Craig Taylor
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck, Stephen Crossley, Sartaj Garewell, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together, these voices paint a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of 21st Century London.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An interesting look at what makes London tick.
- By tim on 12-11-12
By: Craig Taylor
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Road Racer
- By: Michael Dunlop
- Narrated by: Drew Dillon
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story5 out of 5 stars 51
Michael Dunlop is quite simply the greatest road racer on the planet. Brother of William, also an accomplished rider, son of the late Robert and nephew of the late great Joey Dunlop, Michael can fairly claim that racing is in his blood. Now for the first time he talks in depth about his family story, how he got involved in the family business and how he manages to keep getting back on his bike despite all he knows of the deadly risks he encounters every time he crosses the start line.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great job. Great book. Great audition.
- By Brom on 12-22-23
By: Michael Dunlop
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The Longest Road
- Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean
- By: Philip Caputo
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Philip Caputo, who had just turned 70, his wife, and their two English setters took off in a truck hauling an Airstream camper from Key West, Florida, en route via back roads and state routes to Deadhorse, Alaska. The journey took four months and covered 17,000 miles, during which Caputo interviewed more than 80 Americans from all walks of life to get a picture of what their lives and the life of the nation are really about in the 21st century.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very Disappointing
- By Amazon Customer on 03-25-18
By: Philip Caputo
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Beyond the Black Stump
- By: Nevil Shute
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4 out of 5 stars 127
When Stanton Laird, American geologist, goes prospecting for the Topeka Exploration Company in the savage Australian outback, he finds something a good deal more precious than oil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Davina Porter is a wonderful narrator
- By Brian PDX on 07-26-14
By: Nevil Shute
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Dreaming of Jupiter
- By: Ted Simon
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 110
When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly 30 years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s. He meets up with old friends and acquaintances, revisits old landmarks and locations, and rediscovers himself, as well as the world, along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, Amazing Man
- By Roxanna on 08-16-18
By: Ted Simon
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Heartshot
- An Undersheriff Bill Gastner Mystery #1
- By: Steven F. Havill
- Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 278
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Story4 out of 5 stars 174
New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big-time crime, including drug gangs, into Posadas County.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Start
- By Ian on 03-05-09
By: Steven F. Havill
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Running with Sherman
- The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
- By: Christopher McDougall
- Narrated by: Christopher McDougall
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,879
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,644
When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well - and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing story
- By scott on 10-19-19
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The Last Picture Show
- Thalia Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Larry McMurtry
- Narrated by: John Randolph Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 563
An almost-true story about a small town in Texas that ought to exist if it doesn’t, with characters like Sam the Lion, the delectable Jacy, and Ruth Popper, the coach’s wife. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not very good
- By Randall on 07-02-17
By: Larry McMurtry
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Satan Is Real
- The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
- By: Charlie Louvin, Benjamin Whitmer - with
- Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story5 out of 5 stars 58
The beautiful and tragic saga of the Louvin Brothers-one of the most legendary country duos of all time - is one of America's great untold stories. Charlie Louvin was a good, God-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother, Ira, had the devil in him and was known for smashing his mandolin to splinters onstage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone cord.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read!
- By Haley on 06-03-21
By: Charlie Louvin, and others