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The Light of All That Falls
- The Licanius Trilogy, Book 3
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 30 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,469
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,482
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,461
After a savage battle, the Boundary is whole again - but it may be too late. Banes now stalk the lands of Andarra, and the Venerate have gathered their armies for a final, crushing blow. In Ilin Illan, Wirr fights to maintain a precarious alliance between Andarra's factions of power. With dark forces closing in on the capital, if he cannot succeed, the war is lost. Imprisoned and alone in a strange land, Davian is pitted against the remaining Venerate.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very bemused...
- By David T. on 01-12-20
- The Light of All That Falls
- The Licanius Trilogy, Book 3
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
A Satisfying End to the Trilogy
Reviewed: 01-15-25
I thoroughly enjoy this trilogy and for me at least it ended in a heartfelt and heartbreaking way, but also in just the right way. Well written and a very fine story. And Cramers performance is as always just top tier!
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An Echo of Things to Come
- The Licanius Trilogy, Book 2
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,777
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14,392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,341
In the wake of a devastating attack, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against the land of Andarra. As the Augur Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary, however, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late. His ally in the Capital, the new Northwarden, contends with assassins and politicians and uncovers a dangerous political secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Footnotes, please!
- By Joe B. on 09-10-17
- An Echo of Things to Come
- The Licanius Trilogy, Book 2
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Just excellent
Reviewed: 12-21-24
I'm a new comer to Islington's works but what an encrosing world he has created here. The performance is just as excellent as the writing!
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Slow Productivity
- The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Cal Newport
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 843
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 792
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 791
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cal Needs Narration Training
- By T. S. Tatum on 04-25-24
- Slow Productivity
- The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Cal Newport
Important Points for a Complex World
Reviewed: 09-06-24
The three main conclusions of this book are very inspirational. Especially for a writer / blogger / full time air traffic controller as myself, it's a great point that slowing down will actually make you better and more efficiant.
Also dedicating time in everyday life to work of your projects (like writing a book) and sticking to it with the same rituals is a very valid point.
Now excuse me while I go for a run, mulling over my next chapter.
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The Prime Ministers
- An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
- By: Yehuda Avner
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Story5 out of 5 stars 425
The Prime Ministers is the first and only insider account of Israeli politics from the founding of the Jewish State to the near-present day. It reveals stunning details of life-and-death decision-making, top-secret military operations and high level peace negotiations. The Prime Ministers brings listeners into the orbits of world figures, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great and fascinating book, wrong narrator.
- By Eli on 10-06-13
- The Prime Ministers
- An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
- By: Yehuda Avner
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Important Story
Reviewed: 06-17-16
When trying to understand the middle east, it is important to get the story from all sides. This is a story about the 4 most important prinme ministers, and if you want to know about what the Jewish state is dealing with and has dealt with, you need to listen to this book. It's well structured, flows well ans is very interesting.
The performance is spot on and I highly recommend this book!
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A Time to Betray
- The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran
- By: Reza Kahlili
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 471
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 377
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 377
A true story as exhilarating as a great spy thriller, as turbulent as today's headlines from the Middle East, A Time to Betray reveals what no other previous CIA operative's memoir possibly could: the inner workings of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spied for the American government.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, Farsi speakers will hate narrator
- By Johnny on 10-27-13
- A Time to Betray
- The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran
- By: Reza Kahlili
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
An Important Untold Story
Reviewed: 05-12-16
When you hear about problems, wars and supression in the east, it's never the story about Iran and the Iranian people. So this is indeed a very important story to tell and it underlines just how hard it is to live in a land full of injustice towards it's people.
Highly recommended!
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
- By: David Wong, Jason Pargin
- Narrated by: Christy Romano
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,656
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,648
In a prosperous yet gruesomely violent near future, superhero vigilantes battle thugs whose heads are full of supervillain fantasies. The peace is kept by a team of smooth, well-dressed negotiators called The Men in Fancy Suits. Meanwhile a young girl is caught in the middle and thinks the whole thing is ridiculous. Zoey, a recent college graduate with a worthless degree, makes a reluctant trip into the city after hearing that her estranged con artist father died in a mysterious yet spectacular way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This whole city is a butt that farts horror.
- By Claudia H on 03-03-16
- Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
- By: David Wong, Jason Pargin
- Narrated by: Christy Romano
Funny and Thoughtfull
Reviewed: 04-11-16
It's a sci-fi story that's very funny and very well written. And even though there's a boat load of humour in there, there's still enough to think about: social networks, how we treat each other, how we live life through techonology.
Christy Romano's naration is almost perfect and brings the story to a higher level.
I highly recommend this book!
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Tom Clancy Commander-in-Chief
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,929
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,896
When Russian President Valeri Volodin's ambitions are foiled in Dagestan, he faces a difficult choice. The oligarchs who support him expect a constant flow of graft, but with energy prices cratering, the Russian economy sputters to a virtual halt. Unable to grow the Russian market at home, his hold on power relies on expansion abroad—a plan that has been thwarted by the United States in the past. But this time Volodin has determined that an indirect approach is the best.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great novel!
- By Wayne on 12-02-15
- Tom Clancy Commander-in-Chief
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Greaney Maked Clancy's Universe His Own
Reviewed: 01-26-16
Mark Greaney is treating Clancy's Ryan universe as his own, and the stories just getting better and better. I my opinion, Greaney has already surpassed Clancy with a sharp understanding of techology and world politics - and with a frightening ability to foresee world events.
Scott Brick's performance is, as always, just spot on!
Highly recommended.
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The Survivor
- By: Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,370
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,429
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,374
Top-secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn's New York Times best-selling series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vince Flynn would be proud of this book
- By Wayne on 10-07-15
- The Survivor
- By: Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Mitch Rapp is Back
Reviewed: 10-22-15
When I first began listening to The Survivor, I was sceptical. Would Kyle Mills be able to catch all the nuances of previous Mitch Rapp novels. And I'm glad to report that there's no noticing the transfer from late Vince Flynn to Kyle Mills. The voices of the characters and the conflicts in the story is very much in line of what to expect from a Mitch Rapp story.
The transition is fully complete with George Guidall's performance. He is the voice of all the characters and will always be connecter with Mitch Rapp and Ben Hurley in my mind. Highly recommended!
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Future Crimes
- Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
- By: Marc Goodman
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, Marc Goodman
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,543
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,539
Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flip side: our technology can be turned against us. Hackers can activate baby monitors to spy on families, thieves are analyzing social media posts to plot home invasions, and stalkers are exploiting the GPS on smart phones to track their victims’ every move. We all know today’s criminals can steal identities, drain online bank accounts, and wipe out computer servers, but that’s just the beginning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The book for all of us to help protect us
- By Sandeep on 10-12-15
- Future Crimes
- Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
- By: Marc Goodman
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, Marc Goodman
Must Read
Reviewed: 09-29-15
In a world where most people trust their screens and live much of the lives online, this is a must read and an eye opener for caution.
The book is well structered, the author gets his points across and the performance is excellent.
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- By: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,929
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,911
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- By Allstar on 11-05-16
- Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- By: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Very Interesting
Reviewed: 09-16-15
As an aviation geek this is a very interesting look into one of the great pioneers of aviation, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works. It's a look into the process of designing the most innovative airplanes of the last century.
The production values are high and read with excellence.
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