Phelim Boyle
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London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World
- Written by: Robert Bucholz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Bucholz
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
No city has had as powerful and as enduring an impact on Western civilization as London. But what made the city the perfect environment for so many great developments? How did London endure the sweeping historical revolutions and disasters without crumbling? Find the answers to these questions and more in these 24 fascinating lectures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn’t want this to end!
- By Phelim Boyle on 2024-10-26
- London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World
- Written by: Robert Bucholz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Bucholz
I didn’t want this to end!
Reviewed: 2024-10-26
I’m from London and I really enjoyed this journey through its history. Prof Bucholz has a great writing style and a voice that is very easy to listen to. He obviously knows and loves London, but he also uses his perspective as an outsider to the advantage of the material. It is thoroughly engaging throughout.
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- Written by: The Great Courses, Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, and others
- Narrated by: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 43 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story5 out of 5 stars 39
This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great overview of US History
- By Jason Gacek on 2021-08-14
Mostly really good
Reviewed: 2024-06-19
I was loving this until the last few chapters, when the rightist religious bias spoiled things for me. The only significant woman covered was Hilary Clinton, who was called “shrill “. I stopped listening then.
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Jane and Prudence
- Written by: Barbara Pym
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
The setting of this very funny novel, one of Barbara Pym's earliest, is an English village where Jane's husband is the newly appointed vicar, and where Prudence will pay Jane a visit and find herself courted by a fatuous young widower.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cartoonish reading
- By Phelim Boyle on 2022-08-01
- Jane and Prudence
- Written by: Barbara Pym
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
Cartoonish reading
Reviewed: 2022-08-01
A really good book, but the reading is annoying. Every character is voiced as an exaggerated caricature.
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The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 477
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An original delight!
- By Jennifer on 2020-11-10
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Loved it.
Reviewed: 2021-12-28
The characters are vivid and delightful, the writing is funny and smart, and the reading by Lesley Manville is terrific. It’s a book full of love and kindness (and murder). A much appreciated escape from the real world right now.
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The Jane Austen Collection
- An Audible Original Drama
- Written by: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, and others
- Length: 45 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 371
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 365
Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Each book is different
- By Gauravi on 2021-04-29
- The Jane Austen Collection
- An Audible Original Drama
- Written by: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, Florence Pugh, Emma Thompson
A wonderful series
Reviewed: 2021-09-16
These are excellent dramatisations of the texts, I loved each one. If you love Jane Austen, you will love these.
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When Will There Be Good News?
- A Novel
- Written by: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever....On a dark night 30 years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wrong narrator for this book
- By Phelim Boyle on 2019-08-31
- When Will There Be Good News?
- A Novel
- Written by: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
Wrong narrator for this book
Reviewed: 2019-08-31
Good book, I enjoy Kate Atkinson’s quirky take on the detective genre. But the American narrator’s attempts at regional British accents were very distracting, to the point of being annoying. Probably less of an issue for a non British reader.
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The Ruin
- Written by: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,074
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,065
When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget - until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prove it. Cormac Reilly is the detective assigned with the re-investigation of a seemingly accidental overdose 20 years ago - the overdose of Jack and Maude's drug-and-alcohol-addled mother. Reilly is under increasing pressure to charge Maude for murder when his colleague Danny uncovers new evidence....
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4 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed this book
- By PAMELA S STEVENS on 2019-03-07
- The Ruin
- Written by: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Excellent book, excellent narration.
Reviewed: 2019-07-29
I enjoyed the book and performance very much. The narrator does an excellent job of inhabiting the characters, and the story is compelling. Sad, and brutal with respect to the cruelty of the past, but ultimately optimistic. I found it hard to stop listening, (embarrassing when I’m supposed to be doing other things).
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