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Publisher's Summary
Donna Carver gives us a funny and interesting look at the trucking industry and the trucker's wild CB radio slang. She gets the ride of her life from the passenger seat of a "sure enough store-bought large car". She's stylin' and profilin', checking out the seat covers and watching the bushes for bears.
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out of date
This book is for old timers who want to relive how it used to be.
Almost nothing is the same in trucking these days. Even when I got into it in 1999 most of these things weren't true. (And her boyfriend sounds like one of the guys who made things change so fast).
There is no story. It was mostly a "how to" book that has gone out of date.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, and the trials and tribulations of life as a trucker. His tales are often funny, sometimes sad, cringeworthy, or unbelievable. Many are the results of what he calls "just plain stupidity."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- By RG on 01-05-23
By: Ed Miller
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Hangmen
- Riding with an Outlaw Motorcycle Club in the Old Days
- By: Dale Arenson
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Come and ride with the outlaw bikers in California in the glory days of the '60s and '70s. During the wild times of choppers and gang brawls, action and violence that seemed to know no end. Times that cannot be recreated today. Girls, guys, guns, and bikes. Living a life like no other.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A True Biker Classic
- By Amazon Customer on 08-05-22
By: Dale Arenson
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The Cobweb
- By: Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 607
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4 out of 5 stars 458
When a foreign exchange student is found murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks finds that his investigation extends far beyond the small college townall the way to the Middle East. Shady events at the school reveal that a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research. And what its producing is a very nasty bug.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Et tu, Neal?
- By Richard on 06-16-11
By: Neal Stephenson, and others
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Trucker Ghost Stories
- And Other True Tales of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and Legends of the Road
- By: Annie Wilder - editor
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Peter Ganim
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4 out of 5 stars 207
These are true stories from the highways and byways of America. These first-hand accounts are as varied as the storytellers themselves—some are detailed and filled with the terror and suspense that made people feel they had to share what happened to them with others; others are brief and straightforward retellings of truly chilling events.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I have listened 3 times through!
- By Celina on 04-21-14
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The Kindness of Strangers
- Penniless Across America
- By: Mike McIntyre
- Narrated by: Chris Brinkley
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Stuck in a job he no longer found fulfilling, journalist Mike McIntyre felt his life was quickly passing him by. So one day he hit the road to trek from one end of the country to the other with little more than the clothes on his back and without a single penny in his pocket. Through his travels, he found varying degrees of kindness in strangers from all walks of life - and discovered more about people and values and life on the road in America than he'd ever thought possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great
- By Chris on 12-10-14
By: Mike McIntyre
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Liberators
- A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse (Coming Collapse, Book 5)
- By: James Wesley Rawles
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 639
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Story4 out of 5 stars 589
When looting and rioting overwhelm all the major US cities, Afghanistan War vet Ray McGregor makes his way from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to his parents' cattle ranch in Bella Coola, British Columbia, in remote western Canada. Joining him is his old friend Phil Adams, a Defense Intelligence Agency counterintelligence case officer based in Washington State.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really slow
- By David on 11-15-14
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Vagabonds
- Tourists in the Heart of Darkness
- By: Nick Brokhausen, Jeff Miller
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 154
1978 - a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over 40 years. Four years after that meeting, Nick Brokhausen and Jeff Miller leave the service within a few weeks of each other and begin an odyssey that takes them to dozens of countries on five continents.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wrong narrator
- By Charles Harris on 12-15-21
By: Nick Brokhausen, and others
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The Investigator
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,432
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,052
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,015
By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles, and he offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just….NO
- By WithoutaMark on 04-14-22
By: John Sandford
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The Unraveling
- Bound to Survive Series, Book 1
- By: Charley Hogwood
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
When Cal Bohannon went to work on Friday morning, he felt the world was teetering on a knife’s edge, but what he didn’t expect was a microscopic enemy rapidly spreading south of the border. New to preparing for disasters, Cal’s family, along with a small band of friends, will have their survival plans tested as the fragile threads of society quickly unravel around them. Can the fledgling group come together in time as the authorities scramble to gain control over the sudden contagion and hysteria?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start to the series
- By timj26 on 08-18-19
By: Charley Hogwood
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Fire Chief
- The Story of a Volunteer Firefighter
- By: Ed Daniels
- Narrated by: Dave Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
A retired fire chief pens reflections on his life as a volunteer firefighter. Fire Chief by Ed Daniels shares experiences and sacrifices until now known only to the volunteers themselves. In his first novel, Fire Chief: The Story of a Volunteer Firefighter, author Ed Daniels recalls his life as a volunteer firefighter in the mountains of Colorado. Based on actual events, the book takes listeners into the heat that countless volunteer firefighters face every day throughout the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is real. I know, I've been there.
- By Jerry Dilliard on 02-21-13
By: Ed Daniels
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Florida Roadkill
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,040
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 919
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Story4 out of 5 stars 927
Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals - and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs... and the suitcase.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Its a Mad Mad Mad Florida!
- By Mark on 09-26-11
By: Tim Dorsey
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The Attack
- Reset, Book 1
- By: Daniel Syverson
- Narrated by: David Leland Horton
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
ISIS delivered a devastating attack, crippling not just one city, as on 9-11, but the entire country. The government, while disbursing critical supplies, decided that this was an excellent time to consolidate power, and for one senator, the chance to lock in the presidency. An opportunity to bring the right-wing, anti-federal-government gun fanatics to heel. The government moved quickly to disarm the populace, using control of food and fuel as weapons, but things did not go quite as expected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! Pleasantly surprised
- By brewcitydep on 02-06-19
By: Daniel Syverson
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Auto Biography
- A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
- By: Earl Swift
- Narrated by: Greg Itzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift’s wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw-genius auto mechanic as he painstakingly attempts to restores a classic 1957 Chevy to its former glory - all while the FBI and local law enforcement close in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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epic story of man and machine.
- By D.Streeter on 07-01-22
By: Earl Swift
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Route 66 Still Kicks
- Driving America's Main Street
- By: Rick Antonson
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter along 2,400 miles through eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles as they discover the old Route 66. With surprising and obscure stories about Route 66 personalities like Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Al Capone, Salvador Dali, Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), the Harvey Girls, Mickey Mantle, and Bobby Troup (songwriter of “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”), Antonson’s fresh perspective reads like an easy drive down a forgotten road.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Account of the Old Route
- By Theodore John on 07-16-19
By: Rick Antonson
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The Dog of the South
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 396
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Story4 out of 5 stars 353
Charles Portis has drawn widespread critical acclaim for his inventive prose. In The Dog of the South, Ray Midge is on the trail of his wife, Norma, who’s headed for Mexico with her ex-husband. On the way Ray meets the eccentric Dr. Reo Symes, a man with more get-rich-quick schemes than common sense. Together, they’ll have to overcome tropical storms, grifters, and plenty of car trouble en route to their destination - wherever that may be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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America's Gogol
- By Darwin8u on 03-21-16
By: Charles Portis