S P Rossington
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In Plain Sight
- By: Ross Coulthart
- Narrated by: Ross Coulthart
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 175
Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountains when he was a teenager. The 1978 sighting is just one of thousands since the 1940s, and yet research into UFOs is still seen as the realm of crackpots and conspiracy theorists.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Gasping Mouth Breaths before every sentence
- By Anonymous User on 09-08-2021
- In Plain Sight
- By: Ross Coulthart
- Narrated by: Ross Coulthart
Truly fascinating and well balanced
Reviewed: 23-04-2023
Ross Coulthard transparently and deeply investigates what has to be the potentially most important topic in human history. if you read this book you can't be ambivalent to the likelihood of our planet having been visited by a non-human technology. I came into it a sceptic and came out an agnostic leaning towards believer. Either way it's a fascinating, engaging and thought provoking read.
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The Resilience Project
- Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
- By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
- Narrated by: Hugh van Cuylenburg
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8,429
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,242
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,226
Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-changing realisation: despite the underprivileged community the children were from, they were remarkably positive. By contrast, back in Australia Hugh knew that all too many children struggled with depression, social anxieties and mental illness. His own little sister had been ravaged by anorexia nervosa. How was it that young people he knew at home, who had food, shelter, friends and a loving family, struggled with their mental health, while these kids seemed so contented and resilient?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hugh keep up the great work.
- By Paul on 01-12-2019
- The Resilience Project
- Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
- By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
- Narrated by: Hugh van Cuylenburg
Amazing! And more important than EVER before!
Reviewed: 17-04-2021
Such an inspiring and uplifting story. It has some of the most emotional and funniest extremes I've read.
I'm not ashamed to say I cried multiple times during this book. Some of the tears were sad but more were inspirational; hearing the stories of people who were changed by a really simple message. The narration by the author Hugh Van Cuylenburg is wonderful. You can hear his restraint in the most emotional parts so as not to allow the real emotion between the words to distract from the message.
I also laughed so hard I had to pull my car over. The life his narration gives to the funny and inspirational stories is just so real.
Honestly, everyone needs these principles right now.
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The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,611
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,476
When an 11-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach. But the jailed suspect, arrested in a public spectacle, has an alibi, and further research convinces Detective Ralph Anderson that the coach was indeed out of town. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book. Awesome narration.
- By Gregory Chijoff on 01-06-2018
- The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Great story and truly amazing performance W.Patton
Reviewed: 26-08-2020
Great story! Suspense was paced very well, characters were richly drawn, relatable and memorable.
Will Patton is the best voice performer I've heard on audible! Really wonderful!
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Normal People
- By: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,947
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,964
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully over the course of the novel. It tells us how difficult it is to talk about how we feel and it tells us - blazingly - about cycles of domination, legitimacy and privilege.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not worth the download
- By Tanya Ralph on 16-05-2019
- Normal People
- By: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Rich portrayals of emotion, incohesive characters
Reviewed: 24-06-2020
Vague spoilers below>
I loved portions of this book and the performance is nearly flawless.
The character of Marianne is superbly drawn and was a living character for me. Connell however just seemed 2-dimensional. I was frustrated by the complete lack of self-awareness in the main characters and I suppose people like that exist but it made them less relatible and realistic for me. The way they communicated with themselves and eachother reminded me of a Victorian period drama in its level of sophistication. It's been a while since I was their age so I'm going to have a younger friend read it and I'll reserve my final judgement till then.
Perhaps also I'm underestimating the modifying influence of mental illness on "normal people"...
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,145
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,701
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,690
The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A book with no ending...
- By Ben on 23-10-2019
- Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Genuinely life-changing concepts
Reviewed: 23-10-2019
The narration is excelent with just the right amount of theatre to deliver the message with power and penteration. The content (often challengingly confronting) is brought together in such a way as to really make you think about the message, almost like a well written and enjoyable essay.
It should be standard reading /listening for anyone who has power over another stranger and suggested reading for every adult who wants to have genuine interactions with strangers.
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H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection
- By: H. G. Wells
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Okonedo, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 589
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 523
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 521
Known as ‘The Father of Science Fiction’, Herbert George Wells’ writing career spanned over 60 years. He was a writer of novels, short stories, nonfiction books and articles. As a young man, Wells won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, sparking his infamous vocation as a science fiction writer. Introduced by film director and H. G. Wells fanboy Eli Roth, this collection features unabridged recordings of the novels performed by Hugh Bonneville, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Okonedo, David Tennant and Alexander Vlahos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wells’ writing holds up across the years
- By Rod on 23-12-2019
Some excellent performances of great works
Reviewed: 20-06-2019
The performances were generally good with Jason Isaacs being an absolute standout! Flawless!
Unfortunately the Invisible Man really doesn't suit being read by a woman. Okenedo did a fair job but it distracted me throughout the book.
On the whole, very enjoyable.
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The Four Horsemen
- The Discussion That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
- By: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C. Dennett, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 151
Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the 21st century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights - about religion and atheism, science and sense - speaks with urgency to our present age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it but
- By daniel on 19-02-2019
- The Four Horsemen
- The Discussion That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
- By: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C. Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens
Stimulating, intelligent, honest and passionate
Reviewed: 02-05-2019
Loved it. I only wish it was possible for another edition. R.I.P Christopher Hitchens.
The interplay of these 4 like-minded but interestingly different intellects is fascinating
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The Monster Collection
- By: Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Dan Stevens, Greg Wise, and others
- Length: 30 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 205
Audible presents a special edition of three Gothic masterpieces: a brand-new Audible Exclusive recording of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get to know your monsters
- By Anonymous User on 21-06-2020
Great performance bring these stories to life
Reviewed: 20-08-2018
All three books were performed very well and Dracula in particular was an excellent performance.
The great thing about reading these in audiobook form is that the skill of the actors overcomes the difficulty of reading the archaic prose and provides a smooth, pleasurable and easily digestible experience.
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