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  • Rebecca
  • Kailua, Hawaii, United States
  • 01-19-12

NOT unabridged

Would you listen to The War with Hannibal again? Why?

I enjoyed this book, but it's a condensed version rather than unabridged as advertised. The reading was excellent, and the excerpts included were well-chosen. Still, I was annoyed to find that this was a

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