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宮崎駿監督との出会い
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 古川 雅達
- Length: 25 mins
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この夏、話題となっている映画『風立ちぬ』は、宮崎駿監督の作品だが、宮崎監督といえば、私にとって今まで観たあらゆる映画・演劇の中で最も大きな衝撃を私に与えた『もののけ姫』の印象があまりに強いため、それ以降の作品はどうしても私の中に深く入ってはこない。これは、私の勝手な推測だが、宮崎駿監督にしても、『もののけ姫』を作ってしまった以降は、あれほどのメッセージ性を持った作品は作ることが大変困難なのだと思う。とにかく今から16年前の1997年に観たあの『もののけ姫』の衝撃は、薄まったとはいえ今なお私の中に深く残っていて、宮崎監督と聞けば反射的に『もののけ姫』という事に連想が結びついてしまう。(本文より)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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宮崎駿監督との出会い
- Narrated by: 古川 雅達
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 12-21-16
- Language: Japanese
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すべてのことに時期がある−−養老孟司先生との出会い
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 24 mins
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昭和62年(1987年)5月、振武舘の黒田鉄山先生と縁が出来て以来、私は度々随分長い時間、黒田先生とも電話でいろいろと武術談義を交わしていたが、やがてその影響は私の武術原理に決定的な変化をもたらした。黒田先生と出会って5年、1992年に私は今までの体の芯を細くするように、体に縒りをかけるような術理から、体を捻らず、固定的な支点を排した「井桁崩しの術理」を提唱するようになっていった。(ついでに述べておくが、私は平成という元号がどうしても好きになれず、平成になってからは、専ら西暦か干支で年号を表わすようになった)(本文から)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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すべてのことに時期がある−−養老孟司先生との出会い
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 24 mins
- Release date: 10-19-16
- Language: Japanese
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剣術は甘くない
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 25 mins
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私は全国各地で講習会を行なっているが、いまさらのように「剣術は甘くない」という事を最近時折感じる。というのは、剣道や何か古流の剣術を学んだとかいう訳でもなく、ただ自分なりに竹刀や木刀で稽古している人の中に、ごくたまにではあるが、なかなか意表をつく間合いで打ち込んで来る人物がいるからである。 剣術における真剣勝負に関しては、坂本龍馬を斬った人物という事で有名な、直心影流の遣い手で京都見廻組の今井信郎が「免許とか目録とかいう人間達を切るのは素人を切るよりはるかに容易。剣術など習わないほうが安全」と子孫に言い残し(『坂本龍馬を斬った男』今井幸彦著)、また雖井蛙流の開祖深尾角馬ほどの名人でも「無手人(素人)あなどるべからず」と伝書に書き残している。(本文から)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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多くの人の思いを代弁する詩人・銀色夏生女史
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
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今日は代官山のライブハウス「山羊に、聞く?」で、詩人の銀色夏生女史とのトークイベントがあった。トークが始まるのは20時だから、夕方までゆっくりできると思っていたら、朝、陽紀が夏風邪らしく、熱を出してダウンしているとのメールが届く。この日、陽紀は定例のよみうりカルチャー自由が丘教室の講座の日。どうしようか迷っているような気配だったので、「ここは私の出番だろう」と、私が代打で行くことにした。ちょうど1年くらい前にも陽紀がどうしてもこの講座に行けないことがあり、私が代打を買って出たことがあるので、勝手は分かっていたから問題はないが、何しろ山積する用件と格闘中で、「今日は夕方まで時間がとれる」と思っていた予定が外れたのは、いささか痛い。しかし、まあ親として、また同じような職業を持つ者として役に立てるのはこんな時ぐらいだからと、行くことにしたのである。(本文より) 甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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多くの人の思いを代弁する詩人・銀色夏生女史
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 02-15-17
- Language: Japanese
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現代のゴルフ理論は根本から大間違い
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 古川 雅達
- Length: 14 mins
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◇動かないボールを見て打つのはナンセンス このところ、とにかく今までにない忙しさで、かなり重要な用件もうっかり直前まで気づかなかったり、ダブルブッキングをしてしまったりする事が相次いでいて、「何とかしなくては……」と思うが、何ともならないありさま。ただ、そうした環境の中でも技の気づきは続き、進展がある。いや、そういう環境だからこそ、かえって稽古への意欲が高まったり、忙しさのあまり数日前までやっていた事を忘れていたりするので、かえって発想が新しくなるのかもしれない。 (本文より)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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現代のゴルフ理論は根本から大間違い
- Narrated by: 古川 雅達
- Length: 14 mins
- Release date: 12-21-16
- Language: Japanese
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どこまでを自力とし、どこまでを他力とするか
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 北條 仁吾
- Length: 12 mins
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このところ『歎異抄』のことが気になって、私も何度か関西で公開トークをさせていただいた練心庵の釈徹宗先生に、お勧めの『歎異抄』や親鸞上人に関する本を伺ったところ、いくつかメールでお知らせいただいたので、梯實圓著『聖典セミナー歎異抄』・『親鸞聖人の教え・問答集』や、梯實圓・平松令三・霊山勝海共著の『念仏と流罪』などを購入。また釈先生からはNHKEテレの『100分de名著』のテキストやDVDなども送っていただいた。 私がなぜ『歎異抄』や浄土宗、浄土真宗に最近強く関心が出たかというと、多くの人に知られている「善人なほもって往生をとぐ。いはんや悪人をや」の「悪人正機説」の底にある考え方は、「悪人というのは、その悪をせざるを得ない巡り合わせの気の毒な人なのだから、そういう人にこそ救いがなければならない」ということではないかと思うからである。(本文より)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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どこまでを自力とし、どこまでを他力とするか
- Narrated by: 北條 仁吾
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 01-18-17
- Language: Japanese
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達成感の得られない仕事とどう向き合うか
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
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いつの間にか、周りは一面の青葉に包まれる季節となった。振り返ってみると桜が咲き始めた頃から今に至るまで、用件がたて込んで、その折々の木々の変化はもちろん知っていたのだが、以前のようにしみじみとそうした東北では春紅葉といわれている新緑の変化を楽しむゆとりもなかった事にあらためて気がつく。忙しさはもう随分前から慢性的になってはいるが、今年は特にそれがキツイように思う。ただ、ありがたい事に、私の仕事は私が選んで自分からこの事に積極的に関わることが出来る仕事だから、やればやっただけの達成感もあるし、仕事としてやりがいもある。しかし、現代という時代の非常に大きな問題は、仕事にやりがいや達成感を求められないものが増えてきているという事である。こういうと、「いや、どんな仕事でも心がけ次第でそれは生き甲斐になるのだ」というような事を主張される方もあるかもしれないが、そういう風に言えた時代は、まだ現代のようなおよそ生き甲斐を持ち得ない仕事がなかったからだと思う。 (本文より) 甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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達成感の得られない仕事とどう向き合うか
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 02-15-17
- Language: Japanese
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「運命論は修正可能である」という安易な言説への違和感
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
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■巨大新宗教団体の信者の前で語ったこと 私の知る限り、世界の殆どの宗教は予言と共に個人の努力も説いており、禅のような、そういう事にあまり関わらない姿勢をもっている宗派であっても、禅の一派「潙仰宗」の開祖の一人で小釈迦とも呼ばれていた仰山慧寂などは予言を行なっていたことが『臨済録』の中にも書かれている。「予言があり、同時に個人の努力も説く」。そうした事が不思議なほど多くの宗教に共通している。そして、矛盾しているといえば矛盾しているこの事実に関して、新宗教などは「人間の運命は、いちおう決まってはいるが、それは人間の努力によって変えることが出来る」、つまり運命は修正可能なのだと説いていることが多い。しかし、私はこの考えに接した時、非常な違和感を覚えた。。(本文から)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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「運命論は修正可能である」という安易な言説への違和感
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 10-19-16
- Language: Japanese
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『東京ブギウギと鈴木大拙』で見えてきたこと
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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このところ各所から本が届いているが、その中でも、「この本に関しては、感想というよりも、この本によって考えさせられた禅に関するさまざまな問題について、私自身の中を整理しておかなければ…」という思いにさせられた本は、人文書院から刊行された『東京ブギウギと鈴木大拙』である。著者は山田奨治国際日本文化研究センター教授。 世に出版される数多くの本の中には「このジャンルでは、この人だな」と思わせられる本があるが、本書はまさにそれにあたる。この山田教授は、かつて書かれた『禅という名の日本丸』の中で、オイゲン・ヘリゲル著『弓と禅』の中で最も要となっている部分について大きな疑問をあぶり出されていたからである。それは、オイゲン・ヘリゲル東北帝国大学講師の弓の師である大射道教創始者の阿波研造が、闇の中で微かな蚊取り線香の光だけを頼りにして、的の中心に矢を射当て、さらにもう一筋の矢も、的の中心に射当てた矢の矢筈を割って、二本の矢が重なって的に刺さっていたという話についての神話的状況描写についてである。(本文より) 甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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『東京ブギウギと鈴木大拙』で見えてきたこと
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-15-17
- Language: Japanese
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「たとえ」の功罪
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 北條 仁吾
- Length: 7 mins
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何か物事を説明する時、人はよく「たとえ」を使う。「たとえ」は普通は「例え」の字を使うことが多く、私も普段はこの字を使うが、「譬え」とも書き、本来は私もこの字を使いたいと思っているので、今回の「松聲館日乗」では、「譬え」の字を主に使っていきたいと思う。 さて、この「譬え」だが、物事を他人にわかりやすく説明する時、きわめて便利だから、私もしばしばこれを使う。しかし、「譬え」は便利なだけに問題も多い。なぜなら他人にある事を説得しようという場合、諺と同じく状況に応じて恣意的に「譬え」を例に出して説明するからである。 たとえば、「磁石のSとN」「男と女」は「違うから相手を引き寄せやすい」と説明するかと思えば、「朱に交われば赤くなる」、「類は友を持って集まる」という「同じようなものは集まりやすい」という諺を引いて、全く別の状況を相手に納得させようとする。このような事は新宗教の幹部や教師の講話などに極めてその例が多い。(本文より)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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私が現役であることを思い知った夜
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 20 mins
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■凄まじい寂寥感2012年10月5日。新潮社主催の小林秀雄賞、新潮ドキュメント賞の授賞式とパーティーに行く。毎年10月の第一金曜日は、この授賞式と決まっているので、空けるようにしているのだが、その理由の何割かは養老孟司先生にお会いしたいという理由があったと思う。ただ、今回、図らずも、そう遠くない時期に「お会いしてお話しをしましょう」と約束していた増田俊也氏が『木村政彦は、なぜ力道山を殺さなかったか』で新潮ドキュメント賞を受賞され、まずそのお祝いを申し上げたい、という大きな出席理由があった。新潮社の足立真穂女史に養老先生共々、増田氏を紹介して頂き、御挨拶をした。さすがに格闘技雑誌のカメラマン等も撮影に来ていて、養老先生も含めて3人での写真を依頼され、カメラに収まった。その後、増田氏の北大柔道部時代の部員の方々(増田氏が武術雑誌に連載されている、北大時代を回想されているノンフィクション「七帝柔道記」に登場されている柔道部員の名札をつけた方々)に、「あの甲野先生ですよね」と話しかけられたので、「リアルファイトをされている方々は、私のような者は胡散臭く感じられるでしょう」と言ったところから会話が始まる。(本文から)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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私が現役であることを思い知った夜
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 10-19-16
- Language: Japanese
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合気道との出会いと別れ
- By: 甲野 善紀
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 40 mins
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■切実な課題 「人間の運命は完璧に決まっていて、同時に完璧に自由である」という、言葉にすればどうにも矛盾している事を21歳の時、大確信をもって実感してしまった私は、同時に現代社会が見栄と体裁を取り繕い、権威主義にまみれている事に対する根本的なおかしさも実感していた(たとえば現代医学のさまざまな治療法をもってしても、どうにもならないような難病が、断食と生野菜食といった事によって、驚くほど良くなっても、その事を医学界は公式には絶対認めず、マスコミもそうした事を週刊誌等で噂程度には流しても、決して本気で取り上げようとはしない)。だから、大会社や有名企業に就職したいなどとは露ほども思わず(というか、当時の私の気持ちとしては、そういう所に入る事は悪魔に魂を売るようなものだとまでは思わないまでも、そうした気持ちに近かったと思う)、それだけに、どういう仕事に就くかも悩みの種だった。そうしたなか、とにかく、いかなる環境であっても自分の気持ちが揺るがない生き方をしたい、という思いは、当時の私にとって最も切実な課題であった。。(本文から)甲野善紀の「風の先、風の跡~ある武術研究者の日々の気づき」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/kono.html
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合気道との出会いと別れ
- Narrated by: 後藤 敦
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 10-19-16
- Language: Japanese
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「筋肉」よりも「骨」を使え!
- Narrated by: デジタルボイス
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-31-24
- Language: Japanese
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It Ends with Us
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Olivia Song
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
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Not what I expected.
- By Love2Read on 01-23-20
By: Colleen Hoover
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It Starts with Us
- A Novel
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.
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Good narration. Story was meh.
- By Cynthia on 10-19-22
By: Colleen Hoover
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
By: Sarah J. Maas
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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Great story
- By AJ Frithiof on 02-08-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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It Ends with Us
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Olivia Song
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
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Not what I expected.
- By Love2Read on 01-23-20
By: Colleen Hoover
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It Starts with Us
- A Novel
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.
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Good narration. Story was meh.
- By Cynthia on 10-19-22
By: Colleen Hoover
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
By: Sarah J. Maas
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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Great story
- By AJ Frithiof on 02-08-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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Atomic Habits
- An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- By: James Clear
- Narrated by: James Clear
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
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start here, if you are looking to achieve in life
- By NL on 10-22-18
By: James Clear
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All the Colors of the Dark
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
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Best book of 2024
- By Jmo930 on 07-04-24
By: Chris Whitaker
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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A great reading of the wrong book
- By P on 11-24-15
By: J.K. Rowling
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Good Energy
- The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
- By: Casey Means MD, Calley Means
- Narrated by: Casey Means MD
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Our ability to prevent and reverse these conditions—and feel incredible today—is under our control and simpler than we think. The key is our metabolic function—the most important and least understood factor in our overall health. As Dr. Casey Means explains in this book, nearly every health problem we face can be explained by how well the cells in our body create and use energy. To live free from frustrating symptoms and life-threatening disease, we need our cells to be optimally powered so that they can create “good energy,” the essential fuel that impacts every aspect of our wellbeing.
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overzealous author
- By Anonymous User on 05-20-24
By: Casey Means MD, and others
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A Court of Mist and Fury
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 23 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she’s now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people. As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre’s hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin.
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Shippers will either Love it or Hate it
- By Natalie C on 05-05-16
By: Sarah J. Maas
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Drop Dead
- By: Lily Chu
- Narrated by: Phillipa Soo, John Cho
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.
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Clean and sweet
- By Momma Nae on 08-02-24
By: Lily Chu
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Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
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Erotica with Dragons
- By Trev on 05-13-23
By: Rebecca Yarros
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The Housemaid
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out...and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: The Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of....
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One Big Cliche’
- By Karen Brow on 08-03-22
By: Freida McFadden
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The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
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Good story telling
- By Ri on 07-12-24
By: Liz Moore
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This Is Why We Lied
- A Will Trent Thriller
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain. But as Will and Sara investigate the McAlpine family and the other guests, they realize that everyone here is lying.
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One of the best
- By another know it all on 08-24-24
By: Karin Slaughter
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Book 2
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone... Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true.
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Jim Dale is wonderful!
- By ladigolfer on 12-31-15
By: J.K. Rowling
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The Glitch
- By: Leeanne Slade
- Narrated by: Sam Claflin, Daisy Edgar Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Five Years Earlier: Henry Dunne knows three things: that agreeing to host this raucous house party was a terrible idea, that he absolutely cannot show up to his nursing shift tomorrow with a hangover, and that the beautiful redhead in the corner will be sleeping in his bed tonight.
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This is NOT a Romcom!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-16-24
By: Leeanne Slade
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The Anxious Generation
- How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.
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A Parenting Book for the 2020's
- By Anonymous User on 03-29-24
By: Jonathan Haidt
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book 3
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...
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Jim Dale at his best
- By rottndachs on 01-12-16
By: J.K. Rowling
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A Court of Wings and Ruin
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb
- Length: 25 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre but for everything—and everyone she holds dear.
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Jennifer Ikeda declined to continue with theseries
- By JP on 05-04-17
By: Sarah J. Maas
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Book 4
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!
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“Harreeeeeeeeee”
- By D.S.G. on 01-06-18
By: J.K. Rowling
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The Wedding People
- A Novel
- By: Alison Espach
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself.
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Great story with poor audio editing
- By Amazon Customer on 08-04-24
By: Alison Espach
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Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
- By Amazon Customer on 05-16-19
By: Colleen Hoover
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Book 5
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time...
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Jim Dale is the BEST!
- By Leigh on 07-03-19
By: J.K. Rowling
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Iron Flame
- Empyrean, Book 2
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 28 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
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I wish I could throw this book off a cliff.
- By Rebekah L Johnson on 11-10-23
By: Rebecca Yarros
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Book 6
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny...
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Masterful Narration Continues
- By Gina on 05-13-16
By: J.K. Rowling
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By Any Other Name
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.
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Shakespeare’s wealth of works penned by a female
- By Brendolynne on 08-27-24
By: Jodi Picoult
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Imminent
- Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs
- By: Luis Elizondo
- Narrated by: Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon
- Length: 10 hrs
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The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe.
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An Unscientific Idiot Does Harm to His Cause
- By Anonymous User on 08-26-24
By: Luis Elizondo