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The Magic of Ordinary Days
- A Novel
- By: Ann Howard Creel
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 273
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I purchased this audio book not 15 minutes ago...
- By Kim on 09-15-16
- The Magic of Ordinary Days
- A Novel
- By: Ann Howard Creel
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Abysmal Narration
Reviewed: 10-02-24
The performance is so terrible, it does not so justice to the story. I recommend you read this instead of listen.
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Walking the Invisible
- By: Michael Stewart
- Narrated by: Michael Stewart
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
Michael Stewart has been captivated by the Brontës since he was a child and has travelled all over the north of England in search of their lives and landscapes. Now, he’d like to invite you into the world as they would have seen it. Following in the footsteps of the Brontës across meadow and moor, through village and town, award-winning writer Michael Stewart takes a series of inspirational walks through the lives and landscapes of the Brontë family, investigating the geographical and social features that shaped their work.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Abandoned it about halfway through
- By Customer on 08-27-24
- Walking the Invisible
- By: Michael Stewart
- Narrated by: Michael Stewart
Abandoned it about halfway through
Reviewed: 08-27-24
The author has a thick Northern accent, but it's not unpleasant, in fact, I thought his performance was reasonably good. If you have this available at your local library, then it's worth giving it a go to see if you like it better than I did, but overall, I doubt this book will appeal to most of its intended audience. I, for one, will be returning this book.
Really, I moderately enjoyed the first hour or two. I would listen to it while walking in my neighborhood and it was meandering but evocative. However, somewhere near the mid-point I began to lose interest in part due to finding the author unappealing personally. This was not immediately the case. Initially, I enjoyed his discussion of the landscape, Brontë stones, poems, walks, etc. but I think it was in chapter 5, Mr. Earnshaw's walk that the author started to veer off in a different direction... it was turning more into a pessimistic walking memoir rather than musings on the Brontës. The profanity also picked up quite a bit, and I found it jarring and unwelcome, though I like to think I am a fairly tolerant reader.
As it is, since I am preparing to go visit Haworth and the general area, I am abandoning this to focus instead on finishing Juliet Barker's biography and rereading the Brontës' works. I highly recommend the same to you instead of this book.
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A Rover's Story
- By: Jasmine Warga
- Narrated by: Jacob McNatt, Ariana Delawari
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fell in love with this rover!
- By Pournima Navalkele on 11-11-23
- A Rover's Story
- By: Jasmine Warga
- Narrated by: Jacob McNatt, Ariana Delawari
"Avoid dust. See stars."
Reviewed: 06-06-24
I have been recommending this story (especially the audiobook) to whomever I can! We listened to it as a family on a road trip and fell in love with the robots—Fly was a special favorite.
The performance is great and the story is delightful. My kids have been listening to it again while doing chores :)
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Romantic Outlaws
- The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
- By: Charlotte Gordon
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 271
Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tons of info, poor format choice.
- By Gotta Tellya on 02-06-17
- Romantic Outlaws
- The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
- By: Charlotte Gordon
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
excellent
Reviewed: 01-27-23
Very, very happy with this performance of a fascinating book. It's a little difficult at first to keep the two Marys straight, but over time I got it.
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Kinda Like Brothers
- By: Coe Booth
- Narrated by: John Clarence Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Jarrett doesn't trust Kevon. But he's got to share a room with him anyway. It was one thing when Jarrett's mom took care of foster babies who needed help. But this time it's different. This time the baby who needs help has an older brother - a kid Jarrett's age named Kevon. Everyone thinks Jarrett and Kevon should be friends - but that's not gonna happen. Not when Kevon's acting like he's better than Jarrett - and not when Jarrett finds out Kevon's keeping some major secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very diverse
- By Mindjacked on 08-29-15
- Kinda Like Brothers
- By: Coe Booth
- Narrated by: John Clarence Stewart
my 9 and 8 year old kids loved it
Reviewed: 01-08-23
they read it for Oregon Battle of the books and my daughter says it is "the 15th best book ever" haha
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 25,956
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22,978
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22,937
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
- Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Best Audiobook I've ever listened to
Reviewed: 03-30-22
Few writers and performers could do justice to such an epic story, but Lansing and Prebble do so. I will be recommending this to everyone I know and will definitely be listening to it again. I couldn't help but weep at the conclusion. An amazing book.
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Barry Morse, Sonja Lanzener, Paul Sparer, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 356
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 311
In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare’s most lyrical plays, Prospero, a sorcerer, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded on an enchanted island for 12 years. When a shipwreck—caused by the eponymous tempest—brings enemies to the island, the stage is set for comedy, romance, and reconciliation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't hear
- By monique on 02-27-11
- The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Barry Morse, Sonja Lanzener, Paul Sparer, Ira Burton, John Glover, Brian Murray, Nicholas Kepros, Susan Osborn Mott, Pat Terry
okay
Reviewed: 03-25-22
Prospero, Stephano and Trinculo were great but the voice effects on Ariel were very obnoxious.
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The Water Horse
- By: Dick King-Smith
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 729
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 606
When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch. But the next day, Kirstie discovers a baby sea monster swimming in her bathtub! Part horse, part toad, part turtle and part crocodile, he's the oddest-looking creature Kirstie's family has ever seen. Only Kirstie's grandfather knows what the beastie really is: a Water Horse! This lovable creature is the perfect pet. The only trouble is, he can't stop growing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a good book about a sea monster!
- By frequent warehouse Customer on 10-15-09
- The Water Horse
- By: Dick King-Smith
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
My favorite of King-Smith's titles
Reviewed: 08-11-20
My children (6 and 4) and I listened to this on a road trip and were completely delighted. At first I wondered if the Scottish accent would be a problem for their understanding, but it was no problem. The performance is excellent with individual voices for all of the characters—my kids especially love the grandfather—and even though it is about the legendary Loch Ness it is presented in such a realistic way...it seems as though it could happen to a real child! My children loved it and I did, too.
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,773
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,162
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,117
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
- By Joel on 03-27-17
- Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins exceeds expectations
Reviewed: 01-16-20
Tim Robbins' masterful narration was the perfect companion to Bradbury's skill as a writer and storyteller. I had never read this novel before and have highly recommended it to many. My husband also listened to it and enjoyed it thoroughly. Still an important message decades later.
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,765
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,593
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,522
Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Need to Disclose and Highlight Name of Translator
- By Charles B on 08-27-18
- Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
well executed
Reviewed: 03-25-18
I have read Anna Karenina twice, and this performance is very well done. Gyllenhaal's voice, in my opinion, is not by nature suited to audiobooks. However, I think she did a great job.
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