John Allred
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Domina
- The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
- De: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero - these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors' line to continue. Eminent scholar Guy de la Bedoyere, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes - including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina - were the true backbone of the dynasty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fills a Large Gap in Roman History!
- De John Allred en 12-01-19
- Domina
- The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
- De: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
Fills a Large Gap in Roman History!
Revisado: 12-01-19
This book was an excellent read and wonderfully narrated! I would recommend it to anyone interested in First Century to Third Century Roman history. But most of all, to any readers interested in the very strong part Roman women played as movers and "kingmakers" during that age.
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Hunted
- De: Darcy Coates
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,523
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,360
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
Twenty-two-year-old Eileen goes missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance. Chris wants to believe Eileen is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray farther from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount, they begin to believe they’re not alone in the forest...and that Eileen’s disappearance wasn’t an accident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I never leave reviews but....
- De Bexb15 en 12-02-18
- Hunted
- De: Darcy Coates
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
Great story!
Revisado: 11-16-19
This was the first time I have read a novel by Darcy Coates. I enjoyed it so much that I hope to read the rest of her work. Nice "twist" at the end, fantastic pacing , great characters----just wonderful!
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Miracle Creek
- A Novel
- De: Angie Kim
- Narrado por: Jennifer Lim
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,056
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 917
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 917
In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine - a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic "dives" with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos’ small community. Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day but was smoking down by the creek? Or was it Young and Pak themselves?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book of the Year (so far)
- De Jeeves en 04-19-19
- Miracle Creek
- A Novel
- De: Angie Kim
- Narrado por: Jennifer Lim
Beautifully Evocative Book!
Revisado: 08-22-19
Loved this intricate book with its detailed depictions of the human soul in crisis!
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Lotharingia
- A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
- De: Simon Winder
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 18 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Following Germania and Danubia, the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe. In 843 AD, the three surviving grandsons of the great emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles over who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide the territory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance, one grandson inherited the area we now know as France, another Germany, and the third received the piece in between: Lotharingia.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Loquacious Traveler in Middle Earth
- De Doris en 11-22-19
- Lotharingia
- A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
- De: Simon Winder
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
A Wonderful Book, Author and Narration!
Revisado: 05-22-19
Meticulously researched, beautifully written with hundreds of relevant historical stitchings between very old times and the very new. Simon Winder has sewn a gorgeous tapestry that includes a brisk pace, detail and humour!
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All This I Will Give to You
- De: Dolores Redondo, Michael Meigs - translator
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,062
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 942
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 941
When novelist Manuel Ortigosa learns that his husband, Álvaro, has been killed in a car crash, it comes as a devastating shock. It won’t be the last. He’s now arrived in Galicia. It’s where Álvaro died. It’s where the case has already been quickly closed as a tragic accident. It’s also where Álvaro hid his secrets. The man to whom Manuel was married for fifteen years was not the unassuming man he knew.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enrapturing
- De John Scott en 02-22-19
Clever and Classy!
Revisado: 05-05-19
I thoroughly enjoyed this work by Dolores Redondo. It went into far more depth than most in this genre. Clashes between the present and the past, different social classes, belief systems, and wounds both of the body and soul were wonderfully and believingly portrayed. I also enjoyed the depth and quality of the narration.
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The Volunteer
- A Novel
- De: Salvatore Scibona
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 34
A small boy speaking an unknown language is abandoned by his father at an international airport, with only the clothes on his back and a handful of money jammed in the pocket of his coat. In order to understand this heartbreaking and indefensible decision, the story must return to the moment, decades earlier, when Vollie Frade, almost on a whim, enlists in the US Marine Corps to fight in Vietnam. Breaking definitively from his rural Iowan parents, Vollie puts in motion an unimaginable chain of events that sees him go to work for insidious people with intentions he cannot yet grasp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Worth a Decade Long Wait!
- De John Allred en 03-29-19
- The Volunteer
- A Novel
- De: Salvatore Scibona
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Well Worth a Decade Long Wait!
Revisado: 03-29-19
Salvatore Scibona's characters know the intimacy of despair and the gnawing hollowness of desperation. They know that no matter how many surround us in life, we are still mostly alone and then completely alone at death. Yet they still have the courage to dream and grasp at life and renewal. I also enjoy Scibona's sense of time, history and social mores. Plus, he also has a great ability to show the hidden but meaningful connections between the people who inhabit his wonderful books. "The Volunteer" was well worth the decade + wait since his masterful "The. End" was published!
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A Simplified Map of the Real World
- De: Stevan Allred
- Narrado por: Stevan Allred
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional stripper. In the richly imagined town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor's big-screen TV through binoculars, an errant son paints himself silver, mysterious electrical humming emanates from an enormous barn. In A Simplified Map of the Real World, intimate boundaries are loosened by history - and high above the strife and the hope and the often hilarious, geese seek the perfect tailwind. Stevan Allred's stunning debut deftly navigates the stubborn geography of the human heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart and Soul and Original!
- De John Allred en 03-27-19
- A Simplified Map of the Real World
- De: Stevan Allred
- Narrado por: Stevan Allred
Heart and Soul and Original!
Revisado: 03-27-19
A great author and also a very good narrator, Stevan Allred's (I swear no relation to me!) collection of stories about Renata-a fictional small town in Oregon-is so varied and original that it is the best collection I have read in over a year. His characters cover the full spectrum of human idiosyncrasies--from the ultra uncool, to rage filled, jealous, breaking down , loyal, unloyal, successful, homeless--and on... I can't wait to hear more from this man in the future!
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Winter Loon
- A Novel
- De: Susan Bernhard
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 487
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 408
Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom, surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for his father stretches unforgivably into months, a local girl, whose own mother died a brutal death, captures his heart and imagination, giving Wes fresh air to breathe in the suffocating small town.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Warning
- De Dale Carleton en 02-25-19
- Winter Loon
- A Novel
- De: Susan Bernhard
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
Superb, heartbreaking, and true!
Revisado: 03-25-19
I can't say enough good about this book! Typically, I only leave "starred" reviews and that is probably making it seem like every book I read on Audible is a 4 or 5 star to me. But this isn't the case--i just don't read fiction that isn't a 3 or above for me because of time constraints. This bildungsroman of Wes Ballot is a 5 plus. I will read anything by this author in the future!
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I Remember You
- A Ghost Story
- De: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
- Narrado por: Lucy Paterson
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 711
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 632
In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house. But soon, they realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants them to leave, and it's making its presence felt. Meanwhile, in a town across the fjord, a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. When the two stories collide, the terrifying truth is uncovered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely terrifying web of misfortune
- De jksullycats en 06-10-18
- I Remember You
- A Ghost Story
- De: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
- Narrado por: Lucy Paterson
Great Suspense!
Revisado: 10-28-18
This book had a wonderful tightly wound plot.
The language was concise and evoked images of both terror and mystery that were believable and spine chilling. I have heard that one out of ten Icelanders is an author of some sort and I will be a very loyal reader of Sigurdardottir if this book is even remotely like the rest!
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Gold Fame Citrus
- A Novel
- De: Claire Vaye Watkins
- Narrado por: Jorjeana Marie, MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 196
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 195
In a parched Southern California of the near future, Luz, once the poster child for the country's conservation movement, and Ray, an army deserter turned surfer, are squatting in a starlet's abandoned mansion. Most "Mojavs", prevented by armed vigilantes from freely crossing borders to lusher regions, have allowed themselves to be evacuated to encampments in the east. Holdouts like Ray and Luz subsist on rationed cola and water and whatever they can loot, scavenge, and improvise.
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1 out of 5 stars
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narrator ruined it
- De Maximilian Smith en 06-27-16
- Gold Fame Citrus
- A Novel
- De: Claire Vaye Watkins
- Narrado por: Jorjeana Marie, MacLeod Andrews
Wonderfully Imaginative!
Revisado: 10-18-18
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was all of these things at once in each sentence: original, poetic, thoughtful, and each major character so true--I could envision them! I hope to read more by this author very soon!
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