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The Soldier's Truth
- Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II
- De: David Chrisinger
- Narrado por: David Chrisinger
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
At the height of his fame and influence during World War II, Ernie Pyle’s nationally syndicated dispatches from combat zones shaped America’s understanding of what the war felt like to ordinary soldiers, as no writer’s work had before or has since. From North Africa to Sicily, from the beaches of Anzio to the beaches of Normandy, and on to the war in the Pacific, where he would meet his end, Ernie Pyle had a genius for connecting with his beloved dogfaced grunts. In The Soldier's Truth, acclaimed writer David Chrisinger brings Pyle’s journey to vivid life in all its heroism and pathos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truth
- De Dawn L. en 09-24-24
- The Soldier's Truth
- Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II
- De: David Chrisinger
- Narrado por: David Chrisinger
Story So Good It Survives Flat Perormance
Revisado: 11-04-23
Pyle and his story are both significant and important. Chrisinger’s flat affect and odd cadence in narration diminish the overall quality of the experience Thankfully, the story is of such high quality that it survives the curious indifference of the authors performance. Listening evokes an unsure public speaker at a lectern, eyes down, woodenly plodding through the prose as if the recording was a sound check.
Still - great book. Chrisinger may console himself, if not his Audible audience, with the undeniable claim that he is a first rate writer.
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The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,713
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,904
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,899
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis’ taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why not Michael Lewis?
- De Brian en 05-04-21
- The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
Eartha Kitt Reads Michael Lewis to Children
Revisado: 10-21-23
Lewis’ prose and narratives are infectiously good. This narration is the vaccine that inoculates the reader from their full effects.
A taught story told with a curious application of sly breathy tone, melodic lilt and meter (and, I imagine, an imperiously arched eyebrow).
Upsides for myself and for publisher:
1) Since forcing myself to listen to this book while running, my ETs are dropping precipitously.
2) This performance sold a Kindle copy.
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The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama
- De: James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, Ryan Silbert
- Narrado por: Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 52 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,850
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20,630
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20,514
In The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama, homicide detective Billy Harney sends his new partner, Kate, deep undercover in a notorious Chicago drug ring. When several members of the ring soon turn up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover. Kate’s informant inside the gang quickly disappears. As does the ring’s black book.... When Billy can’t find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rizzoli & Isles, minus Isles, and starring Frankie
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 03-11-21
Worth every penny, and not one more.
Revisado: 03-20-21
Are you, like me, old and disconnected? You will love this story! It's anything but nuanced, subtle as a sledge hammer, and takes zero effort to consume.
Plus, it's modern and hip, with happening buzzy words to hook in us Olds: DARK WEB! E-league! Blockchain! BITCOIN, Dawg! Bitcoin!!! Man I feel so cutting edge. Why are you still reading this review? I say get right into this shelf stable snack food of a story! Maybe in an Applebee’s parking lot. That would be a good match.
Get your margarine on!
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Devolution
- A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
- De: Max Brooks
- Narrado por: Judy Greer, Max Brooks, Jeff Daniels, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,525
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,574
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,555
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined...until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its implications - to be forgotten. In this audiobook, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing. Not good.
- De Mr Dangerous en 06-16-20
- Devolution
- A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
- De: Max Brooks
- Narrado por: Judy Greer, Max Brooks, Jeff Daniels, Nathan Fillion, Mira Furlan, Terry Gross, Kimberly Guerrero, Kate Mulgrew, Kai Ryssdal, Steven Weber
Horror Sounds Like the Voiceover for a Household Product Spot
Revisado: 07-10-20
Judy Greer’s performance was celestial.
It eclipsed the entire story.
If you need more grocery store/laundry soap/cleaning product advert style audio in your life, this hollow noise, this blank fired from the previously excellent cannon of Max Brooks, is a must for you.
Ideal for people who watch network tv for the ads.
Small-minded moment here: I won’t finish the audiobook, but I may buy the print edition and hope that the big reveal is that the Greer character died. Horribly.
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Lullaby
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 37 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 21,803
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19,827
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19,830
A young married couple, Matt and Gillian, have just bought a gorgeous house located next to a lake in the Catskills. They want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city to raise their baby girl, Hope, in relative peace and quiet. When night falls, however, their dream home becomes a house of nightmares. Matt and Gillian soon learn that darkness takes many forms. And sometimes, darkness is hungry.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I guess there’s a reason it’s free
- De Katie Washington en 10-05-18
- Lullaby
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Vincent Price himself couldn’t have saved this.
Revisado: 10-12-18
If you read just one story by Jonathan Maberry,
THIS SHOULD NOT BE THAT STORY.
Maberry’s stuff Is generally high concept fun. This was cliche and flat. Brick tries to pull it off with his slightly overwrought Vincent Price ghost story style evocation, but ... no. Nothing doing.
I read Maberry and so I know what I’m getting when I do- it’s not Houellebecq, for crying out loud it’s Maberry. But this was just tedious.
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