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The Pillars of the Earth
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 56 mins
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.
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Epic story to be read by all!
- By Gina on 07-25-09
- The Pillars of the Earth
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
Wow…. Just….. wow.
Reviewed: 03-27-24
It’s going to take me a few days to get over the experience of listening to this. The narration was perfect. The story was perfect. The character development was perfect. I am now going to try to read everything written by Ken Follett.
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Untie the Strong Woman
- Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul
- By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Narrated by: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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"There is a promise Holy Mother makes to us," explains Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, "that any soul needing comfort, vision, guidance or strength, can cry out to her, flee to her protection, and Blessed Mother will immediately arrive with veils flying. She will place us under her mantle for refuge, and give us the warmth of her most compassionate touch, and strong guidance about how to go by the soul's lights." Untie the Strong Woman is Dr. Estes' invitation to come together under the shelter of The Mother - whether she appears to us as the Madonna, Our Lady of Guadalupe....
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Powerfully Moving
- By Aimée LaVallée on 04-24-17
- Untie the Strong Woman
- Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul
- By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Narrated by: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
 Enchanting
Reviewed: 02-19-24
I can’t love this book enough. The authors narration style is so soothing as well. Thank you for writing it.
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Faster Than Normal
- Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain
- By: Peter Shankman, Edward Hallowell - foreword
- Narrated by: Peter Shankman, Bernie Wagenblast
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Peter Shankman is a busy guy - a media entrepreneur who runs several businesses, gives keynote speeches around the world, hosts a popular podcast, runs marathons and Iron Mans, is a licensed skydiver, dabbles in angel investing, and is a loving father to his young daughter. Simply put, he always seems to have more than 24 hours in a day. How does he do it? Peter attributes his unusually high energy level and extreme productivity to his ADHD.
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Good, not great
- By George on 07-25-18
- Faster Than Normal
- Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain
- By: Peter Shankman, Edward Hallowell - foreword
- Narrated by: Peter Shankman, Bernie Wagenblast
Yay!
Reviewed: 02-19-24
This book validated my existence. The author gives fabulous tips for those of us “gifted” with ADHD.
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The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine—much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles’ mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.
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Wasn't Expecting to Like It- BOY! was I wrong!!
- By susan on 06-11-14
- The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Beautiful
Reviewed: 02-19-24
Touching exciting and beautiful. It was hard to read about the violence against women but sadly that was the norm.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- By Teresa H. on 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Cliche anti-Catholic. Yawn.
Reviewed: 02-19-24
Could have been a good story, but the attacks against Catholics and Christians in general is so overdone, and in such an unoriginal manner as to be tiresome. I want a refund from Audible.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Atossa Leoni
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.
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Completely brilliant
- By Suze Weinberg on 06-01-07
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Atossa Leoni
Heartbreaking and beautiful
Reviewed: 01-29-24
This book was hard to listen to. At one point I wanted to stop because it was making me so sad.  And yet the story, although fiction, was a reality for people in the not so long ago past.  Wonderful narration.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Meh.
Reviewed: 01-15-24
Chapters and chapters of absolutely nothing. Somewhere around the third chapter she describes an entire trip to a grocery store. That was when I gave up. This could have been a really cute book…  I loved the interaction with the octopus. But seriously. There was just nothing happening.
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Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One
- By: Raphaëlle Giordano
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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At 38 and a quarter years old, Paris native Camille has everything she needs to be happy, or so it seems: a good job, a loving husband, a wonderful son. Why, then, does she feel as if happiness has slipped through her fingers? All she wants is to find the path to joy. When Claude, a French Sean Connery lookalike and routinologist, offers his unique advice to help get her there, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.
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Way too religious. Understated, but still religious. At one point the dog is hating on gays . Not nice
- By Cathy on 12-01-20
interesting
Reviewed: 10-17-22
The only thing that was annoying was if they bothered to translate the book to English, why would the narrator read the characters' voices with French accents? I found this extremely distracting. It's not as if the narrator actually had a French accent. Is this supposed to remind the audience that the original book was written in French? Kind of pointless.
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Dare to Lead
- Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? This audiobook answers this question.
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Brené's Work Has Changed My Life
- By Maximus on 01-12-19
- Dare to Lead
- Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
Not worth your time
Reviewed: 08-20-21
This book was horrible. I am sad I will never get back the time I wasted reading it. Horrible , horrible , horrible
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The Happiness Advantage
- The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
- By: Shawn Achor
- Narrated by: Shawn Achor
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.
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Save yourself the money, just watch the TED talk
- By Mark on 05-22-12
- The Happiness Advantage
- The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
- By: Shawn Achor
- Narrated by: Shawn Achor
recommended highly
Reviewed: 06-02-20
Wonderful book and entertaining narration. I like the fact that it is research based. I found myself pausing the book many times to stop and think about how I could apply the principles to my own life.
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