R. Wendeborn
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Love
- A Novel
- By: Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Morgan C. Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 69
One summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Drinking pals back in their youth, now married and with grown up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he needs to tell Davy, and Davy has a sorrow he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be. Joe has left his wife and family for another woman, Jessica.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Moving & believable
- By Liz on 06-25-20
- Love
- A Novel
- By: Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Morgan C. Jones
Amazing Story About Storytelling
Reviewed: 07-07-24
At first it wasn’t being read as well as I had read it to myself when I read it as a physical book, but as the lads got more into their pints, the more I fell in love with the narrator. It really is just a great tale about getting old, falling in and out of love with your place, your people, and yourself.
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Silent Spring
- By: Rachel Carson
- Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
First published in 1962, Silent Spring can single-handedly be credited with sounding the alarm and raising awareness of humankind's collective impact on its own future through chemical pollution. No other book has so strongly influenced the environmental conscience of Americans and the world at large.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ahead of her times...
- By Kenneth on 08-09-08
- Silent Spring
- By: Rachel Carson
- Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee
Prescient and beautiful
Reviewed: 06-22-24
Feels like it hasn’t a day, even though I know it was written in the midst of a completely different crisis.
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The Botany of Desire
- A Plant's-Eye View of the World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant—though this time the obsessions revolves around the intoxicating effects of marijuana rather than the visual beauty of the tulip. How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruin?
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5 out of 5 stars
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"The Botany of Desire" – A Fascinating Fusion of History, Science, and Philosophy
- By Rich N. Jester on 07-05-23
- The Botany of Desire
- A Plant's-Eye View of the World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Always good
Reviewed: 05-27-24
Pollen is always a not bad experience. Is it the best ever? No. Always good? Yes. Pretty much the same experience in all his books.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 191,661
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 175,242
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Story5 out of 5 stars 174,690
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Great Story Terrible Ending
Reviewed: 05-02-24
It’s very very good. Heartwarming, science coming out of its ears, but omg I hated the ending.
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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,835
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,433
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,408
What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this book ASAP
- By chris boutte on 06-17-21
- Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Slow Reader of an interesting Wikipedia
Reviewed: 04-06-24
I normally don’t read faster than normal speed, but this sounded pretty robotic so listening at 1.5 was an improvement. The content was best when it was interviews not just spewing facts or opinions of the author.
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Green Mars
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,399
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,923
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,931
The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Mars: a textbook scifi novel
- By Erick on 08-05-13
- Green Mars
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
Good hard sci-fi
Reviewed: 12-03-23
KSR writes a narrative that feels like a science lesson at the same time. Really interesting and engaging. Would make great TV
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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Suburbia Jeremiad with poor narration
- By Skyler Chaney on 10-28-20
- The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
Feels new, but it’s older
Reviewed: 10-01-23
Wild that this book was written over thirty years ago! Wonder what he thinks of Portland now, what he would say about Las Vegas, climate change, Florida’s insurance policies, so much.
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Death's End
- By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 28 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,530
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,935
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,907
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to coexist peacefully as equals, without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best trilogies I have ever listened to
- By Patrick on 10-17-16
- Death's End
- By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
Best hard sci fi
Reviewed: 08-01-22
It’s just so good, telling an epic space drama through the details of particle physics.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 296,161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 261,799
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Story5 out of 5 stars 260,885
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Cringe Fest with plot
Reviewed: 03-04-21
The writing is pretty at times, but occasionally dips into too much. The plot and characters are way too much: like to kill a mockingbird meets the notebook or something. The intricate narrative structure is my favorite part; without this it’s a hallmark original screenplay.
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Swell
- A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
- By: Liz Clark
- Narrated by: Liz Clark
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 397
Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality. Embarking on an adventure that most only fantasize about, she set sail from Santa Barbara, California, as captain of her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, headed south in search of surf, self, and the wonder and learning that lies beyond the unbroken horizon.
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1 out of 5 stars
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such a disapointment
- By Mikel marchant on 01-21-20
Not good
Reviewed: 08-19-19
I downloaded this book because it was the only book about surfing by a woman but it's not a real uplifting story. Sure, it's loaded with spiritual platitudes and the writer is a talented sailor, surfer, and photographer but she's also deeply flawed. The romanticized ideals she carries for indigenous people (this is evident from the moment she's out of US waters), the woo woo mumbo jumbo spirituality (at its peak, she contacts a pet psychic), and lack of taking responsibility for her own bad decisions (from repairs on her boat to staying in bad relationships, she does it all) are chief among her many flaws. The book is basically a one person Fyre Festival: a social media influencer completely unaware of their own privilege blames the world for her own botched party.
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