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Dungeon Crawler Carl
- A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
- De: Matt Dinniman
- Narrado por: Jeff Hays
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
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A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth - from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds - collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot.
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A refreshing take on apocalyptical LITRPG
- De Rhexas en 03-01-21
- Dungeon Crawler Carl
- A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
- De: Matt Dinniman
- Narrado por: Jeff Hays
Abrupt ending in mid-sentence a disaster
Revisado: 03-20-25
Jeff Hays is magnificent. His rendition of a woman's voice is staggering. The story gets going well enough and is intriguing, but the pace is slow and the events repetitious. One soon gets bored only to have a sudden ending, expecting more. You are left totally in the air. Clearly the author felt the need to terminate the story intending to force the reader into purchasing book two.
Don't be fooled and fall into his trap!
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By Order of the President
- Presidential Agent, Book 1
- De: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 20 h
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Two armed men board a 727 that has been all but forgotten at an airfield in Angola. Hijacking the jet, they then slit the throat of the lone crew and fly to parts unknown. The consternation is immediate, as the CIA, FBI, and other agencies race to find out what happened, in the process elbowing one another in the sides a little too vigorously. Fed up, the president of the United States turns to an outside investigator to determine the truth.
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Could have been better ...
- De Ragna en 02-08-11
- By Order of the President
- Presidential Agent, Book 1
- De: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
Tedious!
Revisado: 12-03-24
If it weren't for Dick Hill, I would give this novel a minus star. After twenty hours of going nowhere, the denouement is over in ten minutes. Oh! What a boring book! I have read Griffin before, but this book wins the prize for padding and uncalled-for detail. Maybe ten hours at the most.
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Covenant with Death
- De: John Harris
- Narrado por: Mike Rogers
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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They joined for their country. They fought for each other. When war breaks out in 1914, Mark Fenner and his Sheffield friends immediately flock to Kitchener's call. Amid waving flags and boozy celebration, the three men - Fen, his best friend Locky and self-assured Frank, rival for the woman Fen loves - enlist as volunteers to take on the Germans and win glory.
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A superb Great War historical novel
- De Jean en 09-28-14
- Covenant with Death
- De: John Harris
- Narrado por: Mike Rogers
Magnificent
Revisado: 10-25-24
Brilliantly written. Narration sublime and totally appropriate for writing. A page turner. I binged listening to it. A must reading!
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Eden in Winter
- The Blaine Trilogy, Book 3
- De: Richard North Patterson
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's will to suture the deep wounds the tragedy has inflicted upon his family and himself. As the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death casts suspicions on those closest to him, Adam struggles to protect them from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin.
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Necessary but a disappointment.
- De Ginger en 09-24-15
- Eden in Winter
- The Blaine Trilogy, Book 3
- De: Richard North Patterson
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
Complex
Revisado: 08-07-24
It's hard to listen to. The narrator's reading is without inflection. The back-and-forth between characters is confusing. I guess one should start with volume one to understand what is happening. I wish I could return the book, but it has been a year since I bought it.
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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
- De: Bill Maher
- Narrado por: Bill Maher
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead.
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Great book by Bill Maher
- De michelle nachtigall en 05-22-24
- What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
- De: Bill Maher
- Narrado por: Bill Maher
Like watching reading from a teleprompter.
Revisado: 07-25-24
I don't really know why, but on occasion, I watch him! He is totally dependent on his writers and lacks spontaneity. I consider his gratuitous vulgarity unnecessary. On some issues, he takes a negative view of medicine, not recognizing that it is an evolving science. An example is his take on the errors of the initial response to COVID-19, which he claimed to have been excessive. However, when faced with a massive outbreak of an unknown deadly virus with next to no data to base a reasonable course of action, it is appropriate to take stringent control measures. Only when science has advanced and measurable data is collected can the restrictions be relaxed. Millions of lives were saved by our measured response. However, I must concede that he considers himself to be a comedian, albeit a poor one.
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Crash Dive: The Complete Series (Books 1-6)
- De: Craig DiLouie
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 29 h y 11 m
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Crash Dive: The Complete Series chronicles the adventures of Charlie Harrison as he fights the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2. Gripping, action-packed, authentic, and filled with larger-than-life men and women of the Greatest Generation, Crash Dive puts you aboard a submarine during the war. You'll stand alongside Charlie as he proves himself time and again by keeping his wits and being decisive in crisis, though each encounter leaves him more heavily scarred for it.
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great series
- De Old Diamond Jim en 12-30-19
- Crash Dive: The Complete Series (Books 1-6)
- De: Craig DiLouie
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Typical war story, yet easy listening
Revisado: 06-11-24
Like many war stories the hero is invincible. Once one gets over the implausible situations which are frequently repetitive it is a good time filler.
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Resurrection Walk
- De: Michael Connelly
- Narrado por: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn’t add up, and a sheriff’s department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.
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Brilliantly written, explicitly performed
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 11-07-23
- Resurrection Walk
- De: Michael Connelly
- Narrado por: Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
A page turner!
Revisado: 05-12-24
I can’t praise this book more highly. If you have the time and inclination you’ll have trouble eating and sleeping because you will be consumed by it. Enjoy!!!
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Nemesis
- De: Wilbur Smith
- Narrado por: Seán Barrett
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as condemned dignitaries have their sentences carried out. Among them is the Comtesse de Bercheny, Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he know she must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. When Paul rescues a girl from attack the two form an allegiance, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far w ill Paul go to ensure his ow n survival?
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Great storyline
- De Anonymous User en 12-21-23
- Nemesis
- De: Wilbur Smith
- Narrado por: Seán Barrett
Remarkable narrator
Revisado: 03-07-24
The story is too convoluted and far too long. The travails of the leading players are incomprehensible and beyond credibility. This is only made tolerable by a remarkable narrator. Wilbur Smith’s past efforts were laudable but like many authors who add a co-author, these latter works don’t live up to expectations.
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The Old Lion
- A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt
- De: Jeff Shaara
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 15 h y 3 m
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In one of his most accomplished, compelling novels yet, acclaimed New York Times bestseller Jeff Shaara accomplishes what only the finest historical fiction can do: He brings to life one of the most consequential figures in U.S. history—Theodore Roosevelt—peeling back the many-layered history of the man and the country he personified.
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Novel of a Great Man
- De William Bas en 05-19-23
- The Old Lion
- A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt
- De: Jeff Shaara
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
Simply brilliant
Revisado: 12-06-23
A wonderful glimpse into the life of a great men. The writing is both compelling and absorbing. So well written in impeccable prose! Masterfully narrated. This a must read book!
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Kingdom of Bones
- A Thriller
- De: James Rollins
- Narrado por: Christian Baskous
- Duración: 14 h y 51 m
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A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones —and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.
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a bit too preachy...
- De Nava Kazdoy Creech en 04-23-22
- Kingdom of Bones
- A Thriller
- De: James Rollins
- Narrado por: Christian Baskous
Awful? Can't recommend.
Revisado: 09-09-23
I tried to like this book - but! Tedious, complicated, and after hours didn't seem to go anywhere. The reader is off-putting, he has a sonorous voice with emphatic pronouncements I found irritating.
Frustrated I returned this book.
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