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Stories are Just OK, but WAY WAY OVERPRICED!!

Revisado: 03-03-25

The stories were just OK, the real problem is it is WAY, WAY OVERPRICED! This OVERPRICED PIECE OF GARBAGE is just a cheap computer generated voice of

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This is just speculative garbage!

Revisado: 12-16-24

Don't waste your time or money on this worthless, overpriced piece of speculative DRIVEL. Even if this had been free, it would still have been overpriced!

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OUTSTANDING! AMAZING! SOUNDS GREAT!

Revisado: 09-30-24

This is awesome technology! Like many other visually impaired people, I've learned to listen better and pay much more attention to my surroundings. Dolby Atmos helps tremendously to build those soundscapes which helps our brains picture different environments that can't be seen with just our eyes. Big, big BRAVOS to Audible for embracing this audio technology!

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A FANTASTIC AUDIOBOOK OF AN EQUALLY BRILLIANT EBOOK!

Revisado: 08-24-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

First of all, my disclaimer: I received a complimentary audiobook in return for my honest review of Geoffrey Wells's novel A FADO FOR THE RIVER. This is the first novel in THE TRIOLOGY FOR FREEDOM.

Although I got this audiobook as a free download, unlike ARC ebooks, Audible does not allow ALC to be given prior to the release date. I can understand that restriction, since the author, publisher and Audible as well as everyone else involved in the production of an audiobook all lose terribly if a copy is unlawfully distributed prior to its release. But, I did promise to post my truthful review on its release date, and I will never post a review without listening to the entire audiobook.

I think this book is one of the best audio performances that I have ever listened to, and my Audible library has about 1,600 audiobooks since 2014.
I seriously benefitted from listening to the audiobook while reading along with the Kindle edition ebook.

Because this novel deals with political and moral ambiguities, almost 50 years of history about an area of the world I knew little of, sometimes my mind would wonder when I was just reading the ebook; but listening to the audiobook at the same time kept me focused on all the intrigue and action taking place in the novel.

I don't ever want to ruin a reader or listener's experience with spoilers so I don't discuss what happens in a work I review. But I would strongly encourage anyone interested in espionage, social unrest, difficult moral and ethical dilemmas, as well as anyone who wants to learn about the history of Portugal and Mozambique from before the 1970s until today to enjoy this great audiobook!

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EXCELLENT!

Revisado: 07-18-24

Arousingly HOT!!! I think this one is the most outstanding best of the whole Confessions series! Guys, give this a listen--I dare you!

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LOTS AND LOTS OF MISSING AUDIO!

Revisado: 07-07-24

This audio is terrible!! It's a great book with a little known story of the role of the Quartermaster General in supplying everything for a Union victory in the 1861-1865 US Civil War. Sadly however there are numerous places were the audio just cuts out for several words or a sentence or two. I have tried this on my Kindle app, the Audible app, and even redownloaded it twice but the problem persists.

I expect better quality from Audible!

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I Learned much about Our Interstate Highway System

Revisado: 05-15-24

The Big Roads by Earl Swift is a good history of the Interstate Highway System. I wrongly thought that President Eisenhower was largely responsible for developing these highways, this volume has corrected my error.

The narration was excellent and up to Audible's always high standards.

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OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL FICTION!

Revisado: 05-03-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

The audio edition of Champagne Widows written by Rebecca Rosenberg and narrated by Katherine Anderson has just recently become available in April 2024 and it is not to be missed! This is a fictionalized treatment of the life of The Veuve Clicquot whose company is still successfully producing Champagne today.

The events occur during the very turbulent French Revolution and wars lead by Napoleon Bonaparte which nearly bankrupt the economy of France. Now, on top of all that, add in the very sexist business regulations that placed a woman's inheritance and property under her husband's control and it's amazing this woman, who was widowed before she was thirty years old with her young daughter to raise, was able to become a well respected Champagne producer throughout Europe.

I thought this audiobook was very well written by Rebecca Rosenberg and was especially well voiced by Katherine Anderson whose French accent I would gladly listen to over and over again!

I strongly recommend this audiobook for informative and entertaining listening. I look forward to reading and listening to the other book in Rebecca Rosenberg's Champagne Widows series,

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A TOTALLY NEW, TO ME, ASPECT OF SAMEUL PEPYS' LIFE.

Revisado: 04-15-24

This book, to me, is why I love Audible audiobooks. I got to listen to a great narrator read a fantastically informative book about something I had never heard anything about before... maybe that's why my Audible library, after 10 years, is up to 1,300 books!

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EXCELLENT HISTORICAL NOVEL SERIES!

Revisado: 12-07-23

I have just discovered this amazing historical series and have completed reading and listening to the first book, A Captive in Algiers. Not only is A J Lewis a gifted author he is also an outstanding reader of his audiobook! That is a rare pairing of skills, my over 1,000 audiobook library from Audible has taught me over the past decade. Very few professional published authors would ever attempt to write their books without some writing courses, usually equivalent to university Master's level classwork. But, very sadly, those same authors will often attempt to copy the professional output of trained voice actors or reader/narrators without any training at all. My number one reason for returning Audible audiobooks is author narrated disasters! Just because one can write well does NOT mean that same author can professionally narrated the book she or he wrote. These are completely separate skills sets!

Thankfully A J Lewis is as talented a narrator as he is a writer! I completely enjoyed reading and listening to both the Kindle edition ebook and the Audible audiobook edition. I strongly recommend both editions of A J Lewis's A Captive in Algiers and look forward to purchasing the other books in his historical series!

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