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2312
- De: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrado por: Sarah Zimmerman
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
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The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen....
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Good story, HORRENDOUS narration.
- De New en 11-19-12
- 2312
- De: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrado por: Sarah Zimmerman
Most unappealing book I ever forced myself to finish listening to
Revisado: 03-07-25
The author loves to describe things. Excruciatingly detailed. Sometimes it was beautiful and added a vivid experience to the book, but most of the time it was just unnecessary and distracted from the story of the book. And *spoiler alert* the story of the book is what exactly???? It isn’t clear. There were so many tangents. I hope to never ever find myself committed to listening to something so horribly boring. What’s worse is I had to rewind many many many times because I would zone out and stop paying attention to the story. The climaxes were non existent. The big reveals were SCI FI, somewhat interesting, but bland. It was delivery. I think a lot of the trouble is the reader. Her voice was the same for everyone, robotic, even for the people who aren’t robots. I think the author chose this person for reasons that were unrelated to whatever the skills are that make people interesting to listen to.
Not recommended for anyone who likes a good story.
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Adrian's Undead Diary Omnibus: Volume 1
- De: Chris Philbrook
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 39 h y 44 m
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The world crashed to pieces on June 23rd and Adrian Ring wasn't anywhere near ready for it. He had no guns, no food, no friends around, a cat that wanted to slip out the back of the condo and a girlfriend trapped in the heart of the city. This is the story of how he survived. Real, flawed, and raw, Dark Recollections is Adrian's own story of how he survived after "That Day". Told through his eyes as he talks to his laptop, affectionately named "Mr. Journal".
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Adrian's Undead Diary set the bar for me!
- De Kelleefornia en 06-16-20
- Adrian's Undead Diary Omnibus: Volume 1
- De: Chris Philbrook
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
Great story telling
Revisado: 09-08-24
Fantastic imagery. Kept me glued to my chair for all four books and I’ll be getting the next book immediately after submitting this review
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The Throne of the North
- Path of the Ranger, Book 18
- De: Pedro Urvi
- Narrado por: John Banks
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
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King Thoran of Norghana and King Kendryk of Irinel seek an alliance with King Caron of Zangria to attack the Kingdom of Erenal. The Druid Queen improves her magic and position at court. Will she be an ally or an implacable enemy? The Snow Panthers seek to recover the only weapons that can kill a dragon and hide the immortal dragon's silver pearls as they seek to crown Egil as king of Norghana. Will the Panthers achieve their goals? Will they survive the wars and the Immortal Dragon?
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the characters were amazing!!!!
- De Mandy en 03-07-25
- The Throne of the North
- Path of the Ranger, Book 18
- De: Pedro Urvi
- Narrado por: John Banks
Finally…
Revisado: 08-16-24
Only took them almost 20 books to get this point…. I won’t say spoilers, but finally…
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Morning Star (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Red Rising Saga, Book 3
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Andrew James Spooner, Julie-Ann Elliott, Jenna Sharpe, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.
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All of it, outstanding,
- De Anonymous User en 05-30-24
- Morning Star (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Red Rising Saga, Book 3
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Andrew James Spooner, Julie-Ann Elliott, Jenna Sharpe, John Kielty, Stewart Crank, Kay Eluvian, Nhea Durousseau, Jon Vertullo, Andy Brownstein, Jeff Baker, full cast, Karen Novak
Fantastic, one of my new favorites.
Revisado: 06-07-24
I wish they’d put out projections on when they will publish the next books in the series on graphic audio. This version of the books is fantastic and needs to be continued. Please tell us when, or if……, you plan to release the next book “iron gold” on graphic audio/dramatized version.
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Power Conspiracy
- Path of the Ranger, Book 9
- De: Pedro Urvi
- Narrado por: John Banks
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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Ingrid, Viggo, and Lasgol are off to a rescue mission. What is supposed to be a straightforward task soon gets derailed and the friends find themselves in more trouble than they ever wanted.
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Great stories, could use a good editor
- De W en 02-20-25
- Power Conspiracy
- Path of the Ranger, Book 9
- De: Pedro Urvi
- Narrado por: John Banks
Fascinating!
Revisado: 06-19-23
Love them all. Still haven’t gotten bored yet. Though I still think he’s with the wrong girl….
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Two Trees Make a Forest
- In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
- De: Jessica J. Lee
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story while growing closer to the land he knew. Lee hikes mountains home to Formosan flamecrests, birds found nowhere else on earth, and swims in a lake of drowned cedars. Throughout, Lee unearths surprising parallels between the natural and human stories that have shaped her family and their beloved island.
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- De Dorothy en 04-27-23
- Two Trees Make a Forest
- In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
- De: Jessica J. Lee
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
Potential reader be warned, this book may cause drowsiness
Revisado: 05-24-23
The author clearly put her soul into writing this book. I have to give her that. She really did her best to capture her feelings and experiences in her writing.
BUT, this was the most boring book I have ever read. I dabble in everything. From sci-fi to romance, from autobiographies to leadership and ethics, from war novels to teen fantasy, I’ve read countless books of all types. I’m proud of the breadth of my reading and rarely find a book that doesn’t at least have some appeal.
I bought this book because of a personal interest in Taiwan. I don’t want or need to read any more colonial history or war memories about Taiwan. I wanted to read something that was more personal and more in tune with the cultural and historical perspectives than the otherwise common books on Taiwan. This was that.
To be fair, she gave me exactly what I was looking for, kind of. To be more than fair, no one wants fifteen chapters of you telling us about how the mountains and random plants call your name and about how you went hiking even though you are in poor physical condition. It’s beyond uninteresting. Why am I getting pages and pages of text about how scientists are missing gaps in random flora genealogies in the middle of a poorly recounted war story about your grandfather that sounds like someone recounting a dream, and not a vivid dream, one of those weird dreams that you want to tell people about but realize half way through that nothing you are saying makes sense so you shouldn’t have started.
I really truly feel for the author. Her experience going “home” to Taiwan must have been really something to her. She certainly gets that point across well. That said, goodness gracious, this book was not written for me.
If you have parents or grandparents that immigrated from taiwan, this book may appeal to you.
If you are just looking to get to know more about taiwan from this book, let me save you the time and summarize this book for you:
Basically, the author’s parents moved from Taiwan to Canada and she felt called to travel there and to recount her experience in this book. She saw mountains and some animals and really likes to explain, in detail, science stuff about plants and animals which is completely unrelated to the story. There is pollution and it’s making the plants and animals die. Democracy and protests are helping. War bad, old people die, people have regrets and long for what they don’t have. The end.
If zero stars was an option, I’d still give it one star for her effort, but not for the story
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By Way of Deception
- A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller, Book 2
- De: Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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Iran is on the verge of possessing weapons of mass destruction to use against Israel and Saudi Arabia. Agents Nir Tavor and Nicole le Roux, along with the rest of the Mossad, know that they must do anything and everything to put a swift end to this danger. But as Iran edges closer to possessing a functional bomb, the Mossad can’t act quickly enough. Nir and Nicole find themselves caught up in a whirlwind plot of assassinations, espionage, and undercover recon, working against the clock as they desperately try to stop this deadly threat to the lives of millions.
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great book
- De Kindle Customer en 10-06-22
- By Way of Deception
- A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller, Book 2
- De: Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
Outstanding
Revisado: 10-07-22
This was a fantastic read/listen. I couldn’t put it down. Thrilling, and full of an appropriate amount of action, drama, and violence. I knew of the mossad but not of the lengths to which they go to avoid harming innocents. This is one of probably many things that sets them apart from their neighbors.
Amir, your approach to evangelism is refreshing. Too many people are caught up on religion and have lost sight of faith and the truth and the light. I only recently heard of you when one of your videos popped up on YouTube covering the Russian mobilization. The warning you are sending by connecting present day events to biblical prophesy is important. Please, don’t stop.
God bless you Amir. God bless Israel.
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