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Murder on the Orient Express
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,514
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,316
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,279
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Performance!
- By Kindle Customer on 01-26-14
- Murder on the Orient Express
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
Enjoyable Read
Reviewed: 04-08-24
The second Agatha Christie book I’ve read. I read history and science nonfiction mainly but needed a break with lighter fiction. This book and the other: “Death on the Nile” made a nice change of pace.
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Every Deep-Drawn Breath
- A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
- By: Dr. Wes Ely
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Dr. Wes Ely
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story5 out of 5 stars 126
Over the next ten years, 40 to 60 million people in this country will be admitted to the ICU. Most of these hospitalizations will be sudden, unexpected, and harrowing experiences that can alter patients and their families physically and emotionally, with effects that endure for years. In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent patients from being inadvertently harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A clarion call in medicine
- By S. Langdon on 09-13-21
- Every Deep-Drawn Breath
- A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
- By: Dr. Wes Ely
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Dr. Wes Ely
Important Changes to Critical Care
Reviewed: 09-17-23
Preventing mental disabilities caused by critical care treatment is the goal of the author a critical care doctor. From his first realization that critical care practices leave patients with diminished mental abilities to the implementation of changes in treatment methods. These changes result in less dementia, less loss of IQ, longer life span, less anger and other benefits for patients.
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When Death Becomes Life
- Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
- By: Joshua D. Mezrich
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, transplanting organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he illuminates the extraordinary field of transplantation that enables this kind of miracle to happen every day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memoir and history, beautifully written
- By Bonny on 01-22-19
- When Death Becomes Life
- Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
- By: Joshua D. Mezrich
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
Great enjoyable leaning experience
Reviewed: 08-02-23
I read as many books written by doctors and others in the saving of lives, I rate this book on the development of organ transplantation among the best. The reader did a good job bring the book to life.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book 3
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126,773
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 111,179
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Story5 out of 5 stars 110,774
When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jim Dale at his best
- By rottndachs on 01-12-16
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book 3
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
Poor narrator.
Reviewed: 07-15-23
Wish the publisher had used a different reader! But I enjoyed the book very much nonetheless,
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Red Land, Black Land
- Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
- By: Barbara Mertz
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 323
Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968. Combining impeccable scholarship with a delightfully personal style, the author reconstructs the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By Elizabeth on 04-03-10
- Red Land, Black Land
- Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
- By: Barbara Mertz
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
Great Story Teller, Knowledgeable Teacher
Reviewed: 05-18-23
Barbara Mertz makes Egyptology interesting and enjoyable to hear! I’ve read several books on the subject and found her knowledge of ancient Egypt to be consistent with other writers. Her sense of humor is superb!
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The Curse of The Pharaohs
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 2
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Susan O'Malley
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 936
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 937
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and her archaeologist husband Radcliffe. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Luxor.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I agree..Barbara IS better
- By Dee on 11-30-04
- The Curse of The Pharaohs
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 2
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Susan O'Malley
Silly But Fun
Reviewed: 01-16-23
Light reading with occasional chuckles! As much for its bad science as it’s humor. Plot twists add to the enjoyment!
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,944
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,324
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,292
From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: He starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Doug Hay on 07-27-17
- Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
Good Science. Some Anecdotes-Bad Science
Reviewed: 01-15-23
Author stated that one rifle on a firing squad was loaded with a blank shoe each shooter might think he/she might not have fired a fatal bullet. This doesn’t work since the black firing rifle would not recoil. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction!
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Genome
- The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
- By: Matt Ridley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 529
Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers - questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that will affect the rest of your life. Matt Ridley here probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Still useful today.
- By Gary on 05-21-12
- Genome
- The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
- By: Matt Ridley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Good to know stuff
Reviewed: 01-06-23
All humans should understand how genes work. First of all it is interesting. Second, and more important, is that this knowledge replaces myths and superstitions in a thinking brain.
Well written and read. Would no good if the book was difficult to understand!
Very enjoyable listen to boot!
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Did Jesus Exist?
- The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
- By: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 362
Large numbers of atheists, humanists, and conspiracy theorists are raising one of the most pressing questions in the history of religion: "Did Jesus exist at all?" Was he invented out of whole cloth for nefarious purposes by those seeking to control the masses? Or was Jesus such a shadowy figure - far removed from any credible historical evidence - that he bears no meaningful resemblance to the person described in the Bible?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vintage Ehrman
- By Jacobus on 07-17-12
- Did Jesus Exist?
- The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
- By: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Too much of a good thing for a layman!
Reviewed: 02-21-21
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as other of Dr. Ehrman’s books.
He could have convinced me that a man named Jesus did exist at the time and place he said in a pamphlet.
Partially enjoy able and partially tedious!
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White Rage
- The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- By: Carol Anderson
- Narrated by: Pamela Gibson
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,016
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,606
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,586
As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014 and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as 'Black rage', historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that this was, instead, 'white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames,' she wrote, 'everyone had ignored the kindling.'
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good History, Was Hoping For More Insight
- By Mike on 09-08-16
- White Rage
- The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- By: Carol Anderson
- Narrated by: Pamela Gibson
Alternate History
Reviewed: 12-26-20
Does not always match the history I’ve learned. A more appropriate title: Author’s Rage! Just had finished “The New Jim Crow” when I started this book which I liked. Not this one!
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