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Story of a Murder
- The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
- De: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the unearthing of a gruesome secret and trigger a fevered international manhunt for Belle’s husband, medical fraudster Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great but none of the heart of The Five
- De S. Armor en 04-13-25
- Story of a Murder
- The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
- De: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
Great but none of the heart of The Five
Revisado: 04-13-25
Great but none of the heart of The Five. It was also longer than it needed to be. I wanted to love it as much as The Five but just didn’t.
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By the Fire We Carry
- The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
- De: Rebecca Nagle
- Narrado por: Rebecca Nagle
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 61
A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation’s earliest days, and a small-town murder in the 1990s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land more than a century later.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So great to see the full story after This Land pod
- De S. Armor en 04-12-25
- By the Fire We Carry
- The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
- De: Rebecca Nagle
- Narrado por: Rebecca Nagle
So great to see the full story after This Land pod
Revisado: 04-12-25
I’ve been following this story since first listening to the This Land podcast. This book expands the story greatly, obviously. It is fascinating. The author does a wonderful job with the narration.
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
- De: Omar El Akkad
- Narrado por: Omar El Akkad
- Duración: 5 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 133
As an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place of justice for all. But in the past twenty years, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. That there will always be entire groups of human beings it has never intended to treat as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigrants, but whoever falls outside the boundaries of privilege.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding - Should be required reading
- De Steve Siegmund en 03-19-25
Superb work of non-fiction
Revisado: 03-15-25
This is a document of this time in history that needs to be read far and wide. Well done, Omar El Akkad.
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A Very Private School
- A Memoir
- De: Charles Spencer
- Narrado por: Charles Spencer
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 121
A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SO INTERESTING, SO UPSETTING, SO BELIEVABLE!
- De Mary Burnight en 03-15-24
- A Very Private School
- A Memoir
- De: Charles Spencer
- Narrado por: Charles Spencer
Deeply painful memoir
Revisado: 01-21-25
Deeply painful story of broken childhood. It will make you angry but is very much worthwhile listening to.
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Frankie
- A Novel
- De: Graham Norton
- Narrado por: Graham Norton
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 190
Always on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take center stage—after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before. Then Damian, a young Irish caretaker, arrives at her London flat, there to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The accents were amazing.
- De Karen Santos en 02-26-25
- Frankie
- A Novel
- De: Graham Norton
- Narrado por: Graham Norton
The best Graham Norton book yet
Revisado: 01-16-25
What a beautiful surprise this book was. So different from Graham Norton’s other books and I have loved every one. Frankie was blessed with such rich characters and such a breadth of story, well, it was indeed a lifetime. I cried at several spots, the AIDS storyline in Frankie’s NYC life, and her ultimate fate and resurgence. Such a beautifully written book. And you must, must listen to Graham Norton read his own words. I don’t know if anyone else could do them justice. I won’t forget Frankie anytime soon.
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One of Us
- The Story of a Massacre in Norway - and Its Aftermath
- De: Åsne Seierstad, Sarah Death - translator
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 20 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 292
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside government buildings in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where he killed 69 more, most of them teenage members of Norway's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist Åsne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and what led up to it. What made Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become a terrorist?
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5 out of 5 stars
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True
- De Claire en 04-07-18
- One of Us
- The Story of a Massacre in Norway - and Its Aftermath
- De: Åsne Seierstad, Sarah Death - translator
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
Tremendous book
Revisado: 01-06-25
Truly fantastic true crime novel about an event that fascinated me and horrified me for years. I still have vivid memories of following the news accounts of the massacre. The book answered so many questions for me. An excellent piece of journalism that does not glorify the terrorist.
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Death at the Sanatorium
- A Mystery
- De: Ragnar Jónasson
- Narrado por: Sam Woolf
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
At a former sanatorium in the north of Iceland, now a hospital ward, an old nurse, Yrsa, is found murdered. Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and her boss, Sverrir, are sent to investigate her death. There, they discover five suspects: the chief physician, two junior nurses, a young doctor, and the caretaker, who is arrested following false testimony from one of the nurses, but subsequently released. Less than a week after the murder, the chief physician, is also found dead, having apparently fallen from a balcony.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So this really does end in the middle of a word
- De S. Armor en 09-12-24
- Death at the Sanatorium
- A Mystery
- De: Ragnar Jónasson
- Narrado por: Sam Woolf
So this really does end in the middle of a word
Revisado: 09-12-24
I, of course, thought there was a problem with the audiobook, but I think I’ve confirmed through other reviews that there is a very abrupt ending to the book. It’s not a spoiler, per se, as it has nothing to do with the case at the heart of the book. But I would say it is safe to say this is the first book of the series. I very much enjoyed the narrator. He did a great job. The story itself is less “cozy crime” (which I had anticipated) and very much Christie. Very slow pace. And I mean very slow. But I thought it came together very well and was a very loving homage to Christie. And you can’t go wrong with Iceland. I would recommend this book. Just be aware of what you are getting. I’ll be curious to listen to the next book.
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The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
- De: Matt Cain
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 364
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 298
Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a quick wave and a “how do?” Everyone on his route knows Albert, or thinks they do—a man of quiet routines, content to live alone with his cat, Gracie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a Treat!
- De C. Beaton en 06-24-22
- The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
- De: Matt Cain
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
A book of hope and love - just gorgeous!
Revisado: 02-18-24
Read with great charm, wit, and empathy throughout for all the characters by Simon Vance. Written so beautifully by Matt Cain. The kind of world we should all want to inhabit. I loved it. Definitely, definitely stay on after the book ends to listen to the interviews between the author and gay men of Albert’s age!
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Thin Air
- De: Michelle Paver
- Narrado por: Daniel Weyman
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 319
The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all. Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far - and the mountain is not their only foe. As the wind dies, the dread grows. Mountain sickness. The horrors of extreme altitude. A past that will not stay buried. And sometimes, the truth does not set you free.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another hit from Michelle Paver!
- De Ducky en 10-13-17
- Thin Air
- De: Michelle Paver
- Narrado por: Daniel Weyman
Superb ghost story with brilliant narration
Revisado: 02-02-24
The pacing was brilliant and I particularly enjoyed the narration. Really well done. Easily as good as her story Dark Matter.
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Forever Home
- A Novel
- De: Graham Norton
- Narrado por: Graham Norton
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son now grown. A second chance at love brings her unexpected connection and belonging—and sparks a flurry of speculation. What does a woman like her see in a man like that? What happened to his wife who abandoned him and his children all those years ago? Carol and Declan know their relationship is the talk of the town, but the gossip only serves to bring the couple closer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done funny!
- De Peggy OConnell en 09-22-23
- Forever Home
- A Novel
- De: Graham Norton
- Narrado por: Graham Norton
Superb narration, but you knew that
Revisado: 01-28-24
Probably the best narrating of one of his books that Graham Norton has done. They are all brilliant, of course, but this book had so many quiet little snarky asides and you can just picture Graham’s face reading them. Fabulous characters, a story that will touch most people given the main topics. I was thinking all along it would be a 4 star book, but nope, it’s 5 stars. I loved it.
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