Drew Lackovic
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poyums
- By: Len Pennie
- Narrated by: Len Pennie
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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In poyums, Len Pennie has created a collection that is as approachable as it is affecting; whether she's writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women's rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len's voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakeably hers. She consciously fuses Scots into her poetry, cleverly ensuring that it is accessible to speakers of both languages.
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Phenomenal
- By echo404 on 02-22-24
- poyums
- By: Len Pennie
- Narrated by: Len Pennie
amazing poyums
Reviewed: 03-16-24
loved thes poyums in the Scots language. Len is an absolute wordsmith to be able to turn ugly pain into literary beauty without sounding bitter and hateful.
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Doomsday: Apocalypse: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
- The Doomsday Series, Book 1
- By: Bobby Akart
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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In Doomsday: Apocalypse, book one of the Doomsday series, it was New Year's Eve. As the ball dropped in Times Square, Americans were preparing for a new year and a bright future. Instead, they found themselves fighting for their lives as the fuse had been lit that sent the country into chaos. With political rancor at an all-time high, the war of words escalated, and a political war erupted. Americans were caught in the crosshairs of societal unrest and a shadowy group stoking the fires of discontent burning in America.
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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As all of his books, own them
- By Kathleen on 01-10-19
- Doomsday: Apocalypse: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
- The Doomsday Series, Book 1
- By: Bobby Akart
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
too passive
Reviewed: 11-05-19
Couldn't make it past chapter 3. the writing is almost all in passive voice, with too much reliance on tired metaphors and over explanation of common ideas. also the narrator didn't even vaguely attempt the accents that were indicated by the dialog.
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Invisible Monsters Remix
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk, Anna Fields, Richard Powers
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Injected with new material, Invisible Monsters Remix fulfills Chuck Palahniuk’s original vision for his 1999 novel, moving a daring satire on beauty and the fashion industry even further into a wildly unique listening experience. Palahniuk’s fashion-model protagonist has it all - boyfriend, career, loyal best friend - until an accident destroys her face, her ability to speak, and her self-esteem. Enter Brandy Alexander, queen supreme, one operation away from becoming a bonafide woman.
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Read the book or get the original audio version
- By Tango on 06-19-12
- Invisible Monsters Remix
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk, Anna Fields, Richard Powers
Worthy revision
Reviewed: 01-26-19
The original version of this book is what made me fall in love with Chuck Palahniuk in the first place. The remix version does definitely add enough to be a different experience, and while the audio version is fun, I think I'd rather have picked up the print version considering the book's choose your own adventure style layout with other textual oddities. Still, even listening to it straight through without doing the requested jumping was a wonderful experience, but perhaps good only because I remembered the story from the first time around. New readers of this book may want to pick up the print copy first.
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The Age of the Vikings
- By: Anders Winroth
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by medieval and modern myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and developed a vast trading network. They traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships, not only to raid, but also to explore. Despite their fearsome reputation, the Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets, and even the infamous berserkers were far from invincible.
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Interesting history. Narrator could be better
- By Castle51 on 07-09-15
- The Age of the Vikings
- By: Anders Winroth
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
a solid history of the Viking era
Reviewed: 03-27-18
This book provides a great background on the Viking era. It is a bit dry, but overall worth the listen if you're interested in Viking age culture and society.
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Inside of a Dog
- What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Have you ever wondered what your dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you can finally know! The answers will surprise and delight you as scientist and dog owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how our four-legged friends perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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not very informative
- By Drew Lackovic on 12-03-17
- Inside of a Dog
- What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrated by: Karen White
not very informative
Reviewed: 12-03-17
This book didn't have much to offer. I expected to learn more about dog psychology but little in it was really all that new. the book read more like a memorial to the author's dog than anything of major importance. also the narrator sounded like siri, which made the experience worse.
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The Axe and the Throne
- Bounds of Redemption, Volume 1
- By: M. D. Ireman
- Narrated by: Matt Cowlrick
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
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It is a fool's errand, and Tallos knows it, but against his own better judgment and the pleading of his wife, Tallos has committed himself to a voyage north. His lifelong friend's eldest sons are said to have been taken by Northmen, a raiding people ill-reputed for their savagery. The boys are already dead, Tallos knows, and in that dark place of grim reasoning he wishes only to find their corpses quickly so he can fulfill his promise and return to his wife. Instead, he finds something far worse.
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A book of Good & Horrible things.
- By Amazon Customer on 11-28-18
- The Axe and the Throne
- Bounds of Redemption, Volume 1
- By: M. D. Ireman
- Narrated by: Matt Cowlrick
game of thrones wannabe
Reviewed: 05-30-17
I tried real hard to make it through this book, but the writing was bad.
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A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 48 hrs and 55 mins
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Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.
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A tale of two publishers:
- By J. Cano on 07-31-11
- A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
In need of editing.
Reviewed: 02-12-16
this book could easily convey its entire content in about a third of the time. I like long books and long running series, but this installment really dragged into the doldrums. if I were reading the text instead of listening to the book, I would have put it down and probably never finished.
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- A Novel
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie - magical, comforting, wise beyond her years - promised to protect him, no matter what.
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Shadows Dissolved in Vinegar
- By Cynthia on 06-20-13
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- A Novel
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
So much better when read by the author
Reviewed: 08-15-13
What did you love best about The Ocean at the End of the Lane?
Gaiman's storytelling has always been top notch, and this novel balances brilliantly the ephemeral nature of memory with the passage of time, and hearing the whole thing rendered by Gaiman's voice just added to the beauty of the whole piece. This is the first audio book I listened to more than once, and I can see myself playing this one again in a few years.
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METAtropolis
- By: Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Armed camps of eco-survivalists battle purveyors of technology in this exclusive, original production featuring five sci-fi masters and five all-star narrators.
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Painful
- By AmazonCustomer on 07-29-13
- METAtropolis
- By: Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Karl Schroeder
- Narrated by: Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani, Stefan Rudnicki, John Scalzi
Best Free book ever
Reviewed: 08-15-13
Would you consider the audio edition of METAtropolis to be better than the print version?
Definitely. The voice acting here is top notch, and though I suspect Scalzi probably talks a bit in text format to set up each novella, it was great to hear his actual voice on the setup.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
The narrators seemed to be catered towards the tone of each novella--different one for each, and the opening novella, especially, just blew me away with narration.
Any additional comments?
This book came up as a freebie for the Audible Christmas in July sale. I never would have known about it otherwise, but man, after hearing these stories, I want to follow all of the authors contained within. Great stuff, and excellent experiment in worldbuilding.
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