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Finders Keepers
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28,793
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26,137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26,073
A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far - a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes. "Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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King is Masterful
- By David Shear on 06-03-15
- Finders Keepers
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Writer Is Too Softhearted, But Good Plot
Reviewed: 12-31-23
I wish the writer was a bit harsher, at least as harsh as the last one, but it’s actually much much softer… I guess age does that to people.
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Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,702
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,418
With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved every chapter except one
- By Yanina Sarquis Adamson on 01-18-20
- Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Very Informative, a bit too much personal touch for me
Reviewed: 09-23-21
Very informative, saves you lots of research, and is a good eye opener to perspectives that you might not have necessarily thought about. My only problem is it seems like the writer is biased in some cases and in few even defensive about what she did with her own children (maybe she didn’t want to feel bad). Also, too many suggestive theories not supported by data (why waste paper then?, or in this case kilobytes), and too many cases of armchair psychology. This might not be avoidable unless you expect a cold and dry scientific research paper.
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The Science of Sci-Fi
- From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel
- By: Erin Macdonald, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Erin Macdonald
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,049
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,022
Science fiction allows us to go places we can only dream of seeing - other worlds, distant stars, entirely different galaxies. While not every story is concerned with the hard science behind space travel and other futuristic ventures, fiction can give us amazing insight into what we could be capable of and what we dream of doing. In these 10 lectures, Professor Erin Macdonald interweaves real science and the achievements of the imagination to reveal the truth that underlies our favorite stories and sheds light on what the future may hold.
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3 out of 5 stars
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surfing the surface
- By scarlet on 01-13-20
- The Science of Sci-Fi
- From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel
- By: Erin Macdonald, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Erin Macdonald
Interesting
Reviewed: 05-22-20
Very interesting and informative. The only issue with this book is the overuse of the word „Fun“.
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Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42,663
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,759
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,591
Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Leaves much to be desired
- By Melody H on 02-02-20
- Caffeine
- How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Entertaining & Educational
Reviewed: 02-26-20
Just the right length for the topic. Very interesting and entertaining. Can’t go wrong on this one.
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The Dead Drink First
- By: Dale Maharidge
- Narrated by: Dale Maharidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,827
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,890
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,862
Dale Maharidge’s father, like many World War II veterans, never talked about “the good war”. There was just one clue to his dad’s experience as a US Marine - a portrait with a close friend that hung permanently in their home. In The Dead Drink First, Dale, now a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recounts his 18-year quest to find and repatriate the missing remains of his dad’s buddy, Herman Walter Mulligan, 73 years after he was killed in action.
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5 out of 5 stars
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read it even if it's not your usual genre
- By Kindle Customer on 06-07-19
- The Dead Drink First
- By: Dale Maharidge
- Narrated by: Dale Maharidge
EYE-OPENING
Reviewed: 06-19-19
“eye-opening“ was the first thing that came to my mind the moment this book ended.
Living in the middle east, being exposed to war news and stories on monthly or sometimes daily basis, and being the grandson of Palestinian refugees (both ways up the family tree) I thought I understood war and what it meant, and how awful it could be. Turns out I was wrong!
I really appreciate and salute the unbiased people who spoke the truth about WW2 in this audiobook and I hope younger generations would learn from it.
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Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,670
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,878
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,745
Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist when Pallavi meets the perfect man - leading to a climactic showdown that will leave listeners on the edges of their seats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Holy Crap!
- By Avid Reader on 05-03-19
- Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf
Cheap story, a kid can do better
Reviewed: 06-08-19
The story is very cheap. Can’t wrap my head around the fact that a group of actors/narrators wasted their time on it.
Very shallow, and a bit annoying.
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How to Lead When You're Not in Charge
- Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority
- By: Clay Scroggins
- Narrated by: Clay Scroggins, Gabe Wicks
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,002
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,516
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,486
Are you hungry to help others through leadership but don't feel like you have the authority? One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders - whether they have the official authority or not - learn how to be an influential presence wherever they are. In How to Lead When You're Not in Charge, author and pastor Clay Scroggins explains the nature of leadership and what's needed to be a great leader - even when you answer to someone else.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Voice Worth Hearing
- By Michael - Audible Editor on 08-22-17
- How to Lead When You're Not in Charge
- Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority
- By: Clay Scroggins
- Narrated by: Clay Scroggins, Gabe Wicks
A must read for every ambitious person!
Reviewed: 05-16-19
Very inspiring, realistic, and organized.
Amazing concepts that everybody must know are explained in this amazing book.
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