Dona
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The Silver Sword
- By: Ian Serraillier
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
The classic tale of a journey through war-torn Europe.Alone and fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by World War Two, Jan and his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. As they travel through Europe towards Switzerland, where they believe they will be reunited with their parents, they encounter many hardships and dangers. This extraordinarily moving account of an epic journey gives a remarkable insight into the reality of a Europe laid waste by war
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this so much
- By Anonymous User on 04-10-2021
- The Silver Sword
- By: Ian Serraillier
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
My favorite book!
Reviewed: 31-12-2024
I have read this book to most of my students and after 60 years it is still my favorite book. I reread it every few years.
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The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II
- Women Warriors of World War II
- By: Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Cynthia Paul - illustrator
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
When the United States entered World War II, it had to face its own contradictions at home. Opportunities opened up for Black people and women in support of the war effort. But ideas about race and gender didn't change as swiftly. Listen to the story of the first all-Black battalion in the Women's Army Corps—the Six Triple Eight—and its leader, Major Charity Adams. These women bravely confronted the racism and sexism they experienced. And they did it while creating a system to make sure millions of letters and packages got to soldiers fighting in Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story of courageous women in history
- By Dona on 22-12-2024
- The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II
- Women Warriors of World War II
- By: Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Cynthia Paul - illustrator
- Narrated by: uncredited
Wonderful story of courageous women in history
Reviewed: 22-12-2024
After watching the movie I wanted to learn more about these women. I did! My only downside of this book was that it was too short!!
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Bad Therapy
- Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
- By: Abigail Shrier
- Narrated by: Abigail Shrier
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not stopped the trend. What has gone wrong with our youth? In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids - it's the mental health experts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Half truths and general misrepresentations
- By Alex on 29-04-2024
- Bad Therapy
- Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
- By: Abigail Shrier
- Narrated by: Abigail Shrier
What we need to hear
Reviewed: 12-11-2024
This is a book that all parents, teachers and politicians need to read. Some of the book might be a little outdated because some of the changes needed are finally being implemented such as banning phones at school! I highly recommend this book!!!
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Outback Midwife
- By: Beth McRae
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Call the Midwife meets In the Middle of Nowhere in this heartwarming memoir of an adventurous Aussie midwife’s life ‘catching babies’. Outback Midwife is the story of Beth McRae’s 40 years as a midwife, from her terrifying first day witnessing a birth as a naïve student nurse to her training as a midwife - the days when the words ‘birth plan’ were unheard of and what women wanted was a long way from being part of any plan - to the outback.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful autobiography - enjoyed it immensely
- By Lynnette on 31-12-2016
- Outback Midwife
- By: Beth McRae
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
A great read
Reviewed: 16-03-2024
I learned so much about nursing, midwifery and aboriginal culture from this book. I highly recommend it!!
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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
- The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- By: Lucy Adlington
- Narrated by: Lucy Adlington
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story5 out of 5 stars 64
At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. Drawing on diverse sources - including interviews with the last surviving seamstress - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing, moving, sensitive story
- By Anonymous User on 11-02-2022
- The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
- The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- By: Lucy Adlington
- Narrated by: Lucy Adlington
A Different Insight into the Horrors and Survivors of the Holocaust
Reviewed: 09-03-2024
After listening to an interview of the author, I knew I had to read her book as I knew nothing about how these women survived the Holocaust through sewing fashionable clothing for the German elite. Besides listening to the book being read by the author I also was able to see photos of the women via the Kindle edition of the book. I highly recommend the book,especially with the rise of antisemitism around the world.
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All the Light We Cannot See
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,373
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,143
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighbourhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorise it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning
- By Sophie on 20-05-2015
- All the Light We Cannot See
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
Quite different from the movie of course.
Reviewed: 19-02-2024
I wanted to read this book because it was on the list for English high school students to read. It was quite good and as expected quite different than the movie with quite a bit left out but in most parts it was entirely different! No problems with that because it was like reading almost an entirely different story!
I didn’t give it many stars for the story, not because I didn’t like the story, which I did, but because of the way the story line was presented. I don’t like it when authors jump around in different timelines. All the Light We Can Not See has the story set mostly in the 1940s, then jumps back to when the main characters are young, then back to the 40s, then young, then, schooling, different times and places during the war, then back to near the end etc. I don’t understand why authors can’t write, in most parts, in chronological order. Very confusing!
Other than that, I would highly recommend it , especially for those who like historical fiction during WW2.
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The Daughter of Auschwitz
- By: Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was four when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labour camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp, while her father was transported to Dachau. During six months of incarceration in Birkenau, Tova witnessed atrocities that she could never forget.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strength
- By Anonymous User on 16-12-2024
- The Daughter of Auschwitz
- By: Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
Never Again but it is!
Reviewed: 11-02-2024
I have completed Holocaust studies in Israel so I can teach the Holocaust to high school students. This book reminds me of those studies and my visit to Auschwitz. With anti semitism surfacing again, this is a timely book to read and share.
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Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
- By: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,839
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,597
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,599
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes listeners onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humour, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fuelled it despite seemingly having it all.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very self indulgent
- By Anonymous User on 03-11-2022
- Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
- By: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
Sad sad sad
Reviewed: 04-01-2024
This is not an uplifting book. It is a very sad one. Matthew’s struggle with addictions, self loathing, depression and feelings of unworthiness made me very sad. The ending should have given me pleasure knowing that he was on top of everything and feeling good but it was always a shock when he repeatedly said that he should be dead, knowing that he is. His memoir was even more confronting because HE was reading it. Finally, I’ll give my own opinion on his relationship with God. I decided to read the book when I heard that he “found God” but listening to him I realized he hadn’t really because he still felt unworthy of love. I wish he had found a relationship with Jesus and realized that he was loved by him.
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
- By: Tom Hanks
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks, Peter Gerety, Natalie Morales, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colourful cast of characters including a troubled soldier returning from war, a young boy with an artistic gift, an inspired and eccentric director, a pompous film star on the rise, a tireless production assistant and countless film crew members that together create Hollywood magic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fine novel with documentary flavour.
- By Rodney Wetherell on 31-05-2023
Cleverly Done
Reviewed: 30-12-2023
I bought this book because I love almost anything associated with Tom Hanks. His explanation of how movies are made was cleverly achieved in a novel. It is no wonder they cost so much to be produced. I have to admit that my mind wandered off at times but I still enjoyed it, especially when Tom read his parts. If you’re a movie buff I’m sure you’d enjoy the book.
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Unwoke
- How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America
- By: Ted Cruz
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
In a book both articulate and desperately needed, bestselling author Senator Ted Cruz provides a long overdue argument against the woke takeover of education, big business, the media, and Hollywood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Citizens of Democratic Countries Need to Read This Book!
- By Dona on 28-11-2023
- Unwoke
- How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America
- By: Ted Cruz
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Citizens of Democratic Countries Need to Read This Book!
Reviewed: 28-11-2023
Although written for those in the USA this book should be read or listened to by Australians, Canadians, and others in the free world. An easy read but very informative!!
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