Lwazilwenkosi
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The Justice
- By: James Patterson, Aaron Cooley
- Narrated by: Sanaa Lathan, David Rasche, Susan Kelechi Watson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,027
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,880
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,879
Justice Beth Garner (Sanaa Lathan) just landed the appointment of a lifetime—a seat on the Supreme Court. Now a mysterious company is blackmailing her for her vote on a landmark case. Caught up in the checkered past of her hero and mentor, Chief Justice Clayton Erlenborn, Beth must cunningly maneuver through a dangerous web of secrets, deception, and cold-blooded murder. Armed with only her moral compass and unflinching nerve, she’s up against a sinister world full of undercover agents, domestic terrorists, and black ops assassins—all of whom want her to comply or die.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best
- By Jackie on 02-25-24
- The Justice
- By: James Patterson, Aaron Cooley
- Narrated by: Sanaa Lathan, David Rasche, Susan Kelechi Watson, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Luke Tennie, full cast
An Awesome listen
Reviewed: 04-16-24
This was just so enjoyable. The performances, storyline and sound effects are amazing. Will replay this on our next roadtrip.
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The Last Hunt
- By: Deon Meyer
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
A cold case for Captain Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks - not what they were looking for. And a difficult case too, surrounded by mystery, lies and evasion. The body of Johnson Johnson, ex-cop, has been found by the side of a railway line. He appears to have jumped from the world's most luxurious train, and two suspicious characters seen with him have disappeared into thin air.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant storyline
- By Lwazilwenkosi on 06-20-23
- The Last Hunt
- By: Deon Meyer
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Brilliant storyline
Reviewed: 06-20-23
Deon Meyer has brought us yet another cracking book. The narrator is actually very good. But his accent game is very poor. He could take more time to get the accents right. I'm Zulu and obviously South African. I'm generally underwhelmed by any accent he does that is not white. This is in all the Meyer books he narrates. Accents boet, accents! That's the final frontier.
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The Plot to Save South Africa
- The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation
- By: Justice Malala
- Narrated by: Nick Boraine, Justice Malala
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three years and is in slow-moving power-sharing talks with President FW de Klerk when a white supremacist shoots Mandela’s popular young heir apparent, Chris Hani, in the hope of igniting an all-out civil war. Will he succeed in plunging South Africa into chaos, safeguarding apartheid for perhaps years to come? Or can Mandela and de Klerk overcome their differences and mutual suspicion and calm their followers, plotting a way forward?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Page Turner
- By Annabel Roberts on 06-11-23
- The Plot to Save South Africa
- The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation
- By: Justice Malala
- Narrated by: Nick Boraine, Justice Malala
Essential for South Africa at this time.
Reviewed: 06-07-23
I loved this. Thank you Justice Malala for so vividly telling this pivotal part of our South African story. We need more such South African stories. Especially as we're now living in times where some are revising history, others are unfairly judging leaders like Mandela as sellouts. Thank you for doing Justice to the story of our hero, Chris Hani and by extension, those of the many men and women, across different races who worked tirelessly, often at great danger to life and limb, in order to give birth to this, our glorious South Africa. 🇿🇦
This book should be prescribed reading for South African youth.
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Gangster State
- Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture
- By: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
- Narrated by: Marcel van Heerden
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
In this explosive book, investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh ventures deeper than ever before into Magashule’s murky dealings, from his time as a struggle activist in the 1980s to his powerful rule as premier of the Free State province for nearly a decade, and his rise to one of the ANC’s most influential positions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written and very brave,
- By Lwazilwenkosi on 04-19-23
- Gangster State
- Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture
- By: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
- Narrated by: Marcel van Heerden
Well written and very brave,
Reviewed: 04-19-23
PLM shines the light on some of the dodgiest dealings in our country. Very brave. Especially considering the unfortunate fate of some of the role players he covers in this book.
It's a great pity that the narrator makes ZERO effort to pronounce names of people and places that are not English or Afrikaans. There's a difference between relating a story at a braai and narrating a book. One is casual and the other is professional. Our guy here was more the former than the latter. Unfortunately taking away context from so important a body of work. If you can, rather get the actual book. If like me you can't, brace yourself.
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The Eight Zulu Kings
- From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini
- By: John Laband
- Narrated by: Silas Lekgoathis
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon and Cyprian, to today’s King Goodwill Zwelithini. In the course of this investigation, Laband places the Zulu monarchy in the context of African kingship and tracks and analyses the trajectory of the Zulu kings from independent and powerful precolonial African rulers to largely powerless traditionalist figures in post-apartheid South Africa.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book. Terrible, terrible narration.
- By Lwazilwenkosi on 03-24-21
- The Eight Zulu Kings
- From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini
- By: John Laband
- Narrated by: Silas Lekgoathis
Good book. Terrible, terrible narration.
Reviewed: 03-24-21
The book is actually quite good. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Zulu history. Well researched, well written. Although the author's obsession with the size of Zulu kings' thighs is a bit strange. Could be his cultural background maybe?
The work is let down by an unprofessional, maybe uninterested narrator. It's hard to describe just how bad the narration really is. Save to say, if you can, rather get the hard copy. Only get this audiobook if you absolutely must. It's awful.
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Principles
- Life and Work
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Ray Dalio, Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,034
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,013
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,920
Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Idea-meritocracy/Principles Reference
- By P Eberle on 06-30-18
- Principles
- Life and Work
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Ray Dalio, Jeremy Bobb
Wow, just wow...
Reviewed: 07-02-18
Thank you, Ray. This has been a life altering listen. Thank you for sharing your principles. I've already put some in practice. So engrossing was your book that I went out and bought a hardcopy for my manager, while I was halfway through it.
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- By: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 995
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By fishrock on 02-20-10
- Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- By: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Sobering...
Reviewed: 01-15-17
I absolutely loved this book. It's a heavy read, MUST NOT be recommended to the fainthearted. As a South African, I could completely identify with the injustices meted on the peoples of Latin America, the same thing has and continues to happen to Africa and her peoples. I just want to know when we, people of the Global South, will ever win.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 215,739
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 195,174
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Story5 out of 5 stars 194,205
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Awesome read!
Reviewed: 12-17-16
Loved it! What an awesome read! Whooooaaaa! And no-one could have read it better that Trevor himself!
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Between a Rock and a Grace Place
- Divine Surprises in the Tight Spots of Life
- By: Carol Kent
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
Carol Kent and her husband, Gene, are now living what some would call a heartbreaking life - their son, Jason, a young man who initially had so much promise, is now living out a life sentence for murder in a maximum security prison. Between a Rock and a Grace Place reveals that when seemingly insurmountable challenges crash into our lives, we can find "divine surprises" as we discover God at work in ways we never imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great perspective and narrative
- By BigPapi on 04-11-16
- Between a Rock and a Grace Place
- Divine Surprises in the Tight Spots of Life
- By: Carol Kent
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
Perspective Altering
Reviewed: 06-13-16
This book has changed my perspective on God, faith, hope, and life in general. Thank you, Carol. I am slowly losing my eyesight as a result of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Your book has helped me see everything differently.
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Empire of Things
- How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- By: Frank Trentmann
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 33 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British Empire to the present.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An exhaustive attempt to get the story right
- By John on 03-09-16
- Empire of Things
- How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- By: Frank Trentmann
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Love it
Reviewed: 05-31-16
Love the book. Comes through as very well researched and written. Would have loved to read more about the developing world consumption trends. That said, it still offers an interesting glimpse.
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