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Another winner

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Reviewed: 08-08-22

Amazingly, Jim reads as well as he writes. Another winner from Dresden author Jim Butcher.

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The best

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Reviewed: 09-26-21

The ultimate adventure story, without a single dull page. The narrator is among the very best. Anyone who has not heard this production should do so in the company of friends or children.

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Terrific book, acceptable production

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Reviewed: 03-11-18

Like all of Scott Card’s books, this one works wonderfully when read aloud. The production is uneven in terms of sound and mixing, but a little patience from the listener is well rewarded by the rush of feelings and thoughts that this work provokes. Download and enjoy.

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The most wonderful book

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Reviewed: 02-25-18

Never have I heard such a magical book read by such a magical narrator. Cry the beloved country is one of the best literary work so I have read in years. It is brilliant, incisive, humane. I was transfixed by the story. My wife and I traveled to south Africa in 2016, and I paid extra special attention to the fascinating ballet of interactions between different classes, tribes, and language groups. This novel made Africa come alive for me again. It made me want to return to the beloved country.

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Superb

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Reviewed: 02-02-18

This recording is just a superb example of what can be done for a book when an excellent cast acts a reworked script, as here. I will recommend this play to everyone

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The genius of Dickens, the majesty of the spoken word

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Reviewed: 01-30-18

All Charles dickens novels are great in their way. A tale of two cities is remarkable take on that cataclysm that engulfed France and the rest of Europe at the turn of the 19th century from the first poetic words of “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times quote, to the final hunting words, “it is a far better thing I do then I have ever done.” Dickens method, and all his books, is to rapidly change the focus from characters who are high and those who were little born, hard scrabble, desperate, and ugly. It works here as always. The two dominant characters in the novel or trails cotton, the foppish attorney who secretly loves a woman, and who will ultimately paid the ultimate price for his love. The second character is Dr. Manett,The sometime mad doctor with the incredible backstory. This book should be heard by everyone.

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Better than Manchester?

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Reviewed: 01-06-17

This third volume of the 30 year project The Last Lion, originally by William Manchester, but this volume by Paul Reid, is magnificent. If possible, Reid has done even a better job than Manchester in summing up the great man. Every single literate person world should listen to this wonderful recording. Kiddos to the voice talent as well.

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The best. Get it.

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Reviewed: 07-25-15

The professor focused on individuals who had made the whole Industrial Revolution work. He centered in on processes and politics, without which that the industrialization would not have occurred. I learned a ton.

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My childhood favorite.

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Reviewed: 05-09-15

Heinlein wrote about ten of these so called juvenile scifi novels. In the year 1968, I found "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" on the shelf of my elementary school library. I sped through it more than once. It is the book that most expanded my world.

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Fantastic. The best.

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Reviewed: 05-05-15

Impossible to be disappointed with this one. The professor is a master of putting you in the place and making you care about the subject. He's a great narrator as well.

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