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Townie
- A Memoir
- De: Andre Dubus III
- Narrado por: Andre Dubus III
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 288
After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed—or killing someone else—or to beatings-for-pay as a boxer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More like a 3.25 star rating
- De Suzn F en 03-15-11
- Townie
- A Memoir
- De: Andre Dubus III
- Narrado por: Andre Dubus III
not at all should narrate
Revisado: 05-06-24
Being a talented writer is not the same thing as being a talented narrator. Could not get into the story.
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Only When I Step on It
- One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike the Appalachian Trail Alone
- De: Peter E. Conti
- Narrado por: Peter E. Conti
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
It was 23 months after his accident, and Peter was still dealing with constant excruciating pain. He'd seen dozens of doctors and tried a myriad of medications, but nothing seemed to work. Faced with the impossible choice of suffering through the rest of his life, he had an unlikely epiphany, "If I could somehow hike 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail, then my leg will have to be better." He set a starting date three weeks out, cobbled together a novice's pack, and set off on a journey destined to change his life forever—though not exactly how he had envisioned it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring story
- De D Williams en 05-29-22
- Only When I Step on It
- One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike the Appalachian Trail Alone
- De: Peter E. Conti
- Narrado por: Peter E. Conti
Loved this thru-hiker inviting us along
Revisado: 01-18-24
We are along for the ride, or walk. I loved getting to know the backstory, to understand WHY Peter was hiking the AT. And to learn right along side Peter as he evolved as a hiker. The interesting angle is his pre-hike injury. I was compelled to keep listening to see if he made it to Mt. Katahdin, did it cure his leg, make it worse?
His earnestness, sincerity, authenticity are why I was able to (and wanted to) overlook the many mispronounced words that weren’t edited out of the narration…that I suspect were just due to misspeaking rather than his unknowing of how to pronounce them. And because this is more a book written by a thru-hiker than a career author and narrator telling a story I was able to forgive it.
What a legacy to leave his family. This man has grit. Thank you for sharing your story!
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Found
- A Life in Mountain Rescue
- De: Bree Loewen
- Narrado por: Rachel Perry
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen's to-do list isn't quite the same as most people's. A former Mount Rainier climbing ranger and trained leader in mountain search-and-rescue, Bree shares the drama and the camaraderie of this work, as well as the challenges of trying to fit her other roles as wife and mother into what is still largely a masculine environment. In a fearless voice - disarming yet laced with dark humor - Bree guides us through intense recoveries, vivid wilderness landscapes, and the warmth she discovers in motherhood, community, and purpose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Looking for your value
- De Kasand en 07-15-24
- Found
- A Life in Mountain Rescue
- De: Bree Loewen
- Narrado por: Rachel Perry
Love rescue stories told by rescuers
Revisado: 01-16-24
Other than her kind of always passively complaining about her husband it was really good! Each rescue is different. She shares back story when she can. We get to know her and her seemingly obvious insecurities about not ever having an actual career. Side note; I wish we all had the same passion and expertise at something like Bree Loewen does and that we didn’t have to work (or did) and could also pursue what really makes our hearts full. She is a role model in that way for sure. Great narrator.
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The Silent Town
- Tallman's Valley Detectives, Book 3
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 977
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 976
She's glimpsed a silent town lying beneath the valley " a place where the streets and landscapes are the same, but where daylight never reaches. But as Kate begins to investigate the silent town, a shocking multiple shooting occurs on the mountain that bookends the valley, Witness Mountain. Kate is forced to suspend all else and focus on the case at hand. How did a frail, elderly man manage to shoot his family? Did he have the help of his grandson, a teenage boy who can't account for his whereabouts that morning?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVED this book
- De Daisey en 03-19-22
- The Silent Town
- Tallman's Valley Detectives, Book 3
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
I hope it’s not the last in the series
Revisado: 06-18-23
I really liked it! I live long audiobooks. Richly layered characters, which started in book one. Mostly believable.
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The Game You Played
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Zindzi Okenyo
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,429
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,925
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,898
It's a blindingly hot summer. International visitors surge into Sydney's Darling Harbour. Two-year-old Tommy is sailing his toy boat in the park there with his mother Phoebe. Tommy vanishes into thin air. The following winter, taunting notes written as nursery rhymes begin arriving at his parents' home. Little Boy Blue, where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know.
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2 out of 5 stars
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so bad it's good
- De Gianna Motz en 10-10-22
- The Game You Played
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Zindzi Okenyo
Another twisty turny book with great narration
Revisado: 06-04-23
I love that Anni Taylor’s books are long. Have twists until the end. Have no sex scenes and are light on cuss words. This narrator is skilled at different voice inflections and tones so that it is easy to tell the multiple characters apart.
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Birds in Flight
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Harriet Gordon-Anderson
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,438
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,197
In 1998, the American Jorgenson family had been on a year-long road trip in Australia. One humid, storming night, the mother - Elsa Jorgenson - vanished in an isolated stretch of Australian everglades. Elsa was never seen again. That night, twelve-year-old Lily Jorgenson was left alone and terrified in the family camper—even her teenage sister Iris is missing. When Iris comes racing back through the rain, she refuses to tell where she’s been. Lily is certain her sister is hiding a dark secret.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Kept me hooked, even with mispronunciations
- De Jujube33 en 03-10-23
- Birds in Flight
- De: Anni Taylor
- Narrado por: Harriet Gordon-Anderson
Kept me guessing and narrator is great!
Revisado: 06-02-23
I love long audiobooks. The first two minutes captivated me. Lots of good twists and turns. The narrator does a great job of differentiating her voice for multiple characters. It was very easy to keep them all separate. I hated for the book to end. Will not be my last book authored or narrated by these two.
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Half Broke Horses
- A True-Life Novel
- De: Jeannette Walls
- Narrado por: Jeannette Walls
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,440
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,431
Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A BETTER BOOK THAN "THE GLASS CASTLE"
- De Kathryn en 01-10-10
- Half Broke Horses
- A True-Life Novel
- De: Jeannette Walls
- Narrado por: Jeannette Walls
Should have hired a narrarator
Revisado: 07-23-21
I don’t know why people insist on narrating themselves when that is not their skill set. Reading is not nearly the same as narrating. In her voice is not very pleasant.The story itself is wonderful though.
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The Point of Vanishing
- A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude
- De: Howard Axelrod
- Narrado por: Howard Axelrod
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 13
On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod played a pick-up game of basketball. In a skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and left him permanently blinded in his right eye. A week later, he returned to the same dorm room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked solid, where the distance between how people saw him and how he saw had widened into a gulf.
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3 out of 5 stars
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DNF
- De G en 07-23-21
- The Point of Vanishing
- A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude
- De: Howard Axelrod
- Narrado por: Howard Axelrod
DNF
Revisado: 07-23-21
Interesting story but I couldn’t get into it because there’s a difference between reading a manuscript and performing an audiobook. This was very monotone and quite boring to listen to.
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