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Dolly Parton, Songteller
- My Life in Lyrics
- By: Dolly Parton
- Narrated by: Dolly Parton
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
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A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.
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Interview without questions
- By Jen loves travel on 11-19-20
- Dolly Parton, Songteller
- My Life in Lyrics
- By: Dolly Parton
- Narrated by: Dolly Parton
Fascinating behind the music of Dolly
Reviewed: 01-18-24
This would be a great gift to any Dolly lover, but also for any music lover.
Interviews with Dolly about her music, experiences, and collaborations with others throughout her expansive career in music, Broadway, and Hollywood.
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The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party
- By: Adam Jortner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Adam Jortner
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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The history of the Boston Tea Party is a hidden one. Why? Since it was a clandestine operation, all sorts of rumors and legends grew up around the event—many collected decades after the American Revolution had ended. At its core, however, the night of December 16, 1773, when colonials dumped tea from British ships into Boston Harbor, was more than a fight over tea and taxes. It was a struggle over the very nature of democracy and self-governance.
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How nuanced this event actually was
- By Cody T. on 12-17-23
- The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party
- By: Adam Jortner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Adam Jortner
Clearly laid out backstory
Reviewed: 01-14-24
This lecture was well performed and written. It clearly laid out the reasons the colonies had for first objecting to additional taxes, then for rebelling when those objections were ignored. All Americans should hear this story.
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The Best Worst Christmas
- An Audible Original Novella
- By: Kate Forster
- Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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Lily is back from Australia for the first time in seven years to spend Christmas at her mum’s house in a small, gossipy English village. To her surprise, she returns to find that her mother is dating the man next door, who also happens to be the father of her ex-boyfriend Tom. Tom, who broke Lily’s heart all those years ago. Tom, the real reason Lily fled to the other side of the world and stayed there. Tom, who is also home for Christmas and right there, next door.
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Grouchy
- By Cheryl on 12-12-21
- The Best Worst Christmas
- An Audible Original Novella
- By: Kate Forster
- Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
Humorous less than predictable love story
Reviewed: 01-14-24
As a fan of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series, I found this book to be in a similar vein. It was a short, sweet not too sappy romance. No spice, but a satisfying epilogue.
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On a Night Like This
- Winter Nights, Book 3
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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After a broken engagement, Cher decides to leave heartbreak behind by signing up for a holiday house swap. For the next few weeks, she’ll ditch sunny California to spend her first Hanukkah in New York City, a time of snow-covered sidewalks, festive store windows, hot cocoa, and...cute neighbors? As Cher is moving into her temporary new apartment, Eliot is moving his ex’s belongings out, and he soon finds himself offering to play tour guide. He’s nursing a broken heart too, and spending time showing the beautiful traveler around is exactly what he needs.
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A great holiday read!
- By Margaret on 11-22-23
- On a Night Like This
- Winter Nights, Book 3
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg, Andrew Eiden
Satisfying ending to the trio of stories but what about Tamara?
Reviewed: 12-18-23
I like the addition of a new character. Elliot’s character was less developed in the other storyline, so it was appropriate to see how he truly felt about Sarah in this story.
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The Christmas Star
- An Audible Original
- By: Kate Forster
- Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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It's nearly Christmas, Julia Devine's favourite time of the year. She's just programmed a wonderful lead into the holidays at Sunny Street Cinema, which leaves her plenty of time to worry about going home to Cumbria for Christmas. Her mum and stepdad are fine, but the thought of spending another holiday with her awful stepsister Becca is enough to make a Scrooge out of anyone. When Becca calls to let her know about the dreamy pilot she's bringing to Christmas lunch, Julia finally snaps and does something very silly.
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All the best holiday eyerolls
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-16-23
- The Christmas Star
- An Audible Original
- By: Kate Forster
- Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
A sweet Christmas story
Reviewed: 12-13-23
I loved the performance of this story. I was swept away to the busy streets of London where Julia’s love of life and films allowed for a vicariously lived romantic story.
The characters were realistic and had their heads on straight. It wasn’t a picture perfect family or relationship, but the plot was fun and believable. I would love a recipe accompaniment or blog! I want to know what made Sylvia’s a Christmas cake so delectable.
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Peter and the Shadow Thieves
- The Starcatchers, Book 2
- By: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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Peter leaves the relative safety of Mollusk Island - along with his trusted companion, Tinker Bell - for the cold, damp, dangerous streets of London. On a difficult journey across the sea, he and Tink discover the dark and deadly slithering part-man/part-creature Lord Ombra, who is intent on recovering the missing starstuff.
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Better than J. M. Barrie's original!
- By Snoodely on 05-10-10
- Peter and the Shadow Thieves
- The Starcatchers, Book 2
- By: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
Fun adventure for the whole family
Reviewed: 02-24-23
I really enjoyed the story. It had all the expected elements of a Peter Pan story, with a new twist and compelling characters to draw a reader in.
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
- Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Enjoyed the invasion story
Reviewed: 04-13-22
I really liked the narrator, one of the few that really brought something unique to the story. The characters were interesting and the story was a new take on the end of Earth being the only planet with life. I appreciated the description of the alien life forms as well as the humor throughout.
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Impact Winter
- By: Travis Beacham
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun. The world is a dark, frozen landscape. And then, beastly creatures emerge and take over. A story of apocalypse, horror, and adventure, Impact Winter is a wholly original new saga created just for Audible with immersive 3D audio that dares you to pop in your earbuds and listen in the dark.
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can't stand the sounds
- By Joseph on 02-18-22
- Impact Winter
- By: Travis Beacham
- Narrated by: full cast
Interesting take on dystopian fantasy
Reviewed: 03-12-22
I enjoyed the performance immensely and the story was engaging. Because Impact Winter includes the undead, the audience has to engage with a desire to end the invasion while morally wrestling with the knowledge that vampires are sentient beings who have emotions and feelings, too. The performance was great; it left me wanting more.
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Ep. 2: Size Matters
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
- Length: 28 mins
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After millions of years as the underdog amongst much bigger, meaner animals, the end-Triassic mass extinction event gave the dinosaurs their chance to flourish... and boy did they grow big! Ben meets some of the biggest animals to ever walk the earth, finds out how we know how big they got, and how and why they reached such huge sizes.
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Feed your inner Dino lover with this episode
- By 2ndtimere on 12-13-20
- Ep. 2: Size Matters
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
Feed your inner Dino lover with this episode
Reviewed: 12-13-20
Professor Ben Garrod is an outstanding host on this trek back in time to learn about how dinosaurs attained the titanic size. The episode lays out the debate over which dinosaur is the biggest before explaining how these animals got so big. What is most enjoyable (besides Professor Garrod’s likability) is the explanation of the scientific process scientists use to understand extinct animals.
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The Toll
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times best-selling trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that’s conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him?
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DONT OPEN THE PDF UNTIL YOU FINKSH
- By OrtalG on 11-07-19
- The Toll
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
Satisfying (end) to a trilogy
Reviewed: 02-17-20
This series is an excellent YA dystopian series with enough home for humanity to keep it from being too dark. Recommend for high school age and up. The story was artfully written with enough hints and twists to keep me interested.
Greg Tremblay did and excellent job performing this book. It was easy to tell which character was speaking because his performance included different voices for the many characters.
I’m hoping that a prequel or side story will be developed as I was both excited to see how the book ended and sad that it did.
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