Declan FitzPatrick
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Harlem Shuffle
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,934
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,546
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,521
To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Ray Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Read/Listen on Audible
- By Henry Posner on 09-22-21
- Harlem Shuffle
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Modern Noir Detective Fiction
Reviewed: 07-19-23
Read this book. You won’t regret it. If you enjoy Chester Himes, Dashell hammett, or the Autobiography of Malcolm X, this book is for you.
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Dear Poetry
- By: Luisa Beck
- Narrated by: Luisa Beck, Cheryl Strayed, Camille Dungy, and others
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story5 out of 5 stars 56
When you’re struck with a difficult emotion, like loneliness, anxiety, or heartbreak, sometimes the best remedy isn’t a pill or herbal potion, but poetry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A balm for the soul
- By Griffin S Witte on 07-11-22
- Dear Poetry
- By: Luisa Beck
- Narrated by: Luisa Beck, Cheryl Strayed, Camille Dungy, Chen Chen, John Paul Brammer, Luther Hughes, full cast
Engaging Poetry with a Purpose
Reviewed: 09-22-22
I've always wished I had an accessible way to read more poetry. I've never been able to read poetry collections for myself, mostly because I don't have anyone to discuss it with. This show does an amazing job of creating an engaging purpose for reading one poem at a time. I've listened to the first three episodes and they are great: thoughtful and worthwhile, a little irreverent while respecting the weight of the issues they confront.
Each episode begins with a sort of Dear Abby letter from a listener, and then the host asks a poet to respond with a poem (by anyone they choose) to address the listeners question. Each response has really landed with me. I'm really loving this.
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Peak
- Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
- By: Robert Pool, Anders Ericsson
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,748
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,078
Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career of studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Offers more wisdom than even intended
- By Tristan on 07-10-16
- Peak
- Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
- By: Robert Pool, Anders Ericsson
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
You have to read this!
Reviewed: 11-26-19
If your are involved in teaching training learning or coaching or you know people who are you have to read this book now.
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Freedom
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrated by: David LeDoux
- Length: 24 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,261
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,814
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,821
Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter's dreams. Together with Walter - environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family man - she was doing her small part to build a better world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Believe the Hype
- By L. Kerr on 09-07-10
- Freedom
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrated by: David LeDoux
First world problems
Reviewed: 05-17-13
Put this book next to the Corrections, Don Delilo's White Noise or Underworld, or Salman Rushie's Shalamar the Clown, as a book that connects suburban domestic soap opera to global forces. The story never distances itself for the minute motivations of everyday suburban white reality, and yet it connects realistically with massive global social and economic forces. Want to know where we are? Read this book.
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,737
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,737
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and depressing
- By Tad Davis on 06-30-10
- The Coming of the Third Reich
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Details the complex web of circumstances
Reviewed: 05-17-13
Details the complex web of circumstances that allowed Hitler to rise to power. Clearly his personality was unique in the combinations of his passions, his ruthlessness, and his political savvy, but the circumstances he took advantage of had to foster certain fears and desires among wide segments of society. This makes sense of it.
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Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44,459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,790
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,001
Katniss Everdeen continues to struggle to protect herself and her family from the Capitol in this second novel from the best-selling Hunger Games trilogy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even better the second time...
- By Brandy Chaney on 09-08-09
- Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book Two)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Darker and better
Reviewed: 05-17-13
This series is so strong, each book asks a little more of the reader and complicates the situation further. Very satisfying.
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book Three)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,020
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33,291
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33,552
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena live, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Conflicting Emotions
- By Sumit G. on 08-28-10
- Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book Three)
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Adds depth and weight to an engaging series
Reviewed: 05-17-13
This books adds a level of complexity to the characters and a mature emotional depth that heightens the emotional impact of the entire series.
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The Third Reich in Power
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 31 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,016
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,019
The definitive account of Germany's malign transformation under Hitler's total rule and the implacable march to war. This magnificent second volume of Richard J. Evans's three-volume history of Nazi Germany was hailed by Benjamin Schwartz of The Atlantic Monthly as "the definitive English-language account... gripping and precise." It chronicles the incredible story of Germany's radical reshaping under Nazi rule.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, annoying narrator
- By Maria on 08-14-10
- The Third Reich in Power
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Makes the inexplicable understandable
Reviewed: 05-17-13
Can't imagine how Nazi achieved and held that level of power? This book explains it.
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Luka and the Fire of Life
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Lyndam Gregory
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4 out of 5 stars 121
Honored with almost every conceivable award for literary merit, Salman Rushdie penned this richly imagined fable for his son—and for book lovers the world over. From Rashid’s fertile intellect spring bedazzling tales his son Luka devours with a child’s earnestness. But when Rashid succumbs to an unending sleep, Luka must enter a magical world ruled by video-game logic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An artful fantasy/mythology/video game mashup
- By David on 05-10-14
- Luka and the Fire of Life
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Lyndam Gregory
Weird postmodern fantasy
Reviewed: 05-17-13
I have to say this kind of works. Postmodern combination of YA, ancient myth, and video games, more satisfying to me than Rick Riordan, but just as fast paced and read able.
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Maximum Ride
- The Angel Experiment
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 688
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Story4 out of 5 stars 692
James Patterson's explosive debut in the young adult market is guaranteed to create legions of new fans for this beloved, multimillion-selling author.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Entertaining
- By Dan on 04-11-05
- Maximum Ride
- The Angel Experiment
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood
Awful
Reviewed: 05-17-13
Awful. Reads like a confused dream not a novel. Like a story made up be 11-year-olds on a play ground at recess..."They have giant wings that fold-up and hide under their clothes so you don't notice them...and then they find and ATM card and guess the PIN #...And then the computers in the electronics story start talking to them...And then they discover a science lab in the subway..."
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