Zen for a Frogman
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Gilbert H. Mackin
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This is a collection of adventure stories. Some take the listener into the sea with US Navy SEAL Teams and frogmen. The author challenges the listener with tales about the rigors of training and the dangers of combat. In this fiction, the sea is an enemy that tests the courage, determination and stamina of military and civilian men and boys in boats and ships. Battle on the Rugby pitch, Zen Buddhism, swarms of hornets, hazards of the depths, blazing barrels of the Viet Cong, fear in combat and high on long ladders, boredom at sea, insanity, revenge, love and death are filled in this audiobook. Several pleasant poems separate the exciting adventures.
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The River of Kings
- By: Taylor Brown
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
The Altamaha River, Georgia's "Little Amazon", is one of the last truly wild places in America. Crossed by roads only five times in its 137 miles, the blackwater river is home to 1,000-year-old virgin cypresses, direct descendants of 18th-century Highland warriors, and a staggering array of rare and endangered species. The Altamaha is even rumored to harbor its own river monster, as well as traces of the oldest European fort in North America.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pay careful attention to the brothers' relationship
- By Pam Horn on 09-25-17
By: Taylor Brown
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The Shipping News
- By: Annie Proulx
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 818
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 717
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 718
At 36, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife gets her just desserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons - and the unpredictable forces of nature and society - and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't Explain Why I Love This Book
- By Polly on 03-06-12
By: Annie Proulx
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Cool Blue Tomb
- By: Paul Kemprecos
- Narrated by: Barry Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
New York Times best-selling author Paul Kemprecos' first mystery novel, Cool Blue Tomb, introduces Aristotle "Soc" Socarides - part-time fisherman, part-time private eye, full-time philosopher. In his inaugural outing, Soc is swimming with the sharks - only problem is, he's the bait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You will love this. It's that simple.
- By Pete on 10-29-11
By: Paul Kemprecos
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The Mosquito Coast
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Story4 out of 5 stars 279
Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dreadful in every sense of the word.
- By Joan on 07-12-15
By: Paul Theroux
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The Hungry Ocean
- By: Linda Greenlaw
- Narrated by: Linda Greenlaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
In his number-one best seller The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30 day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick. The excitement starts immediately, even before Greenlaw and her five-man crew leave the dock.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Listen and Enjoyable Listen
- By S. Perry on 12-10-08
By: Linda Greenlaw
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The Diamond Hunters
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Fortunes rise and fall in Wilbur Smith's tale of warring siblings and illegal diamond trading, The Diamond Hunters. The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, his sister Tracey and their estranged foster brother Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' is the old man's implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for Johnny, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- By James Peters on 03-11-24
By: Wilbur Smith
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The Shell Collector
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Hakeem Kae Kazim
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 311
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 264
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Story4 out of 5 stars 265
The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take listeners from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties - metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts - and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator not appropriate to the book.
- By Janet on 02-18-17
By: Anthony Doerr
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Charlie St. Cloud
- By: Ben Sherwood
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
In a snug New England fishing village, Charlie St. Cloud tends the lawns and monuments of an ancient cemetery where his younger brother, Sam, is buried. After surviving the car accident that claimed his brother's life, Charlie is graced with an extraordinary gift: He can see, talk to, and even play catch with Sam's spirit. Into this magical world comes Tess Carroll, a captivating woman training for a solo sailing trip around the globe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charlie St. Cloud is haunting
- By Joan on 09-29-11
By: Ben Sherwood
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The Med
- Dan Lenson Series, Book 1
- By: David Poyer
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4 out of 5 stars 63
Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61 - carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines - steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold - alive. With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Vulgar and boring
- By Caspar Blattmann on 01-24-20
By: David Poyer
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To Speak for the Dead
- Jake Lassiter Legal Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Paul Levine
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 641
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 541
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Story4 out of 5 stars 543
Defending a surgeon in a malpractice case, Jake Lassiter begins to suspect that his client is innocent of negligence...but guilty of murder. Add a sexy widow, a deadly drug, and a grave robbery to the stew, and you have Miami's trial of the century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jake Lassiter is not your typical hero...
- By shelley on 03-30-17
By: Paul Levine
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Way of the Wolf
- The Vampire Earth, Book 1
- By: E. E. Knight
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel, E. E. Knight (Introduction)
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 959
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 613
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Story4 out of 5 stars 615
Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Its what you expect, and thats not a bad thing.
- By Kevin McLaughlin on 11-26-08
By: E. E. Knight
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Love with a Chance of Drowning
- A Memoir
- By: Torre DeRoche
- Narrated by: Candice Moll
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 201
City girl Torre DeRoche isn’t looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He’s just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that’s as exhilarating as it is terrifying.
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5 out of 5 stars
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True Adventure and Romance--I Loved It!!
- By Kathy in CA on 09-08-15
By: Torre DeRoche
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Track of the Cat
- By: Nevada Barr
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,746
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,318
From the vivid opening vista, high in craggy mountains, to the final haunting glimpse of a moonlit canyon, Nevada Barr's first mystery, Track of the Cat, instantly caught the attention of readers and reviewers. Its popularity gained it both an Agatha and an Anthony Award.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Guadalupe Mountain Mystery
- By Sara on 10-15-15
By: Nevada Barr
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Castle of Water
- A Novel
- By: Dane Huckelbridge
- Narrated by: Max Winter
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 327
For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. For Barry Bleecker, the same trip was meant to mark a new beginning - turning away from his dreary existence in Manhattan finance to seek creative inspiration. But when their small plane is downed in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivors of the wreck are left with one common goal: survival.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted a happy ending
- By Shanise Bell on 06-20-19
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Time Bandit
- Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
- By: Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, Malcolm MacPherson
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
The Time Bandit is the fishing vessel that Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand use to hook the "deadliest catch", Alaskan king crabs and opilio crabs, in the Bering Sea, a dangerous body of water that can steal years from a fisherman's life. In pursuit of their daily catch, the brothers brave ice floes and heaving 60-foot waves, gusting winds of 80 miles per hour, unwieldy and unpredictable half-ton steel crab traps, and an injury rate of almost 100-percent.
There are fewer than 400 fishermen of this kind in the U.S., and early death is a common fate. But the Hillstrand brothers are drawn to the drama and adventure of life on the high seas - this is their world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much Better Then I Had Expected
- By Andrew H. Hochheimer on 09-04-08
By: Andy Hillstrand, and others