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Late Migrations
- A Natural History of Love and Loss
- By: Margaret Renkl
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents - her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father - and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child’s transition to caregiver.
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Excellent!
- By Jennifer N Talbert on 07-19-19
- Late Migrations
- A Natural History of Love and Loss
- By: Margaret Renkl
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
A collection of essays
Reviewed: 12-31-19
This seems more like a collection of essays than anything. Takes a certain person to enjoy this.
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- By: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius.
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Behind the Scenes
- By SAMA on 11-27-17
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- By: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
Useful for any Creative
Reviewed: 12-29-19
These insightful bits are words of caution that any creative should take into account. Yes.
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Pont Neuf
- By: Max Byrd
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Can a young war correspondent find herself and follow her heart? In this work of historical fiction, 20-something Annabella “Annie” March arrives in France in 1944 intending to write about the war. Soon, however, Annie begins to distance herself from her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-rival - the great Martha Gellhorn - and Gellhorn’s larger-than-life husband, the novelist Ernest Hemingway. She turns to photography in the hopes of making her own name and, to her delight, discovers that images come more easily than words.
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BORING
- By Susan on 12-06-19
- Pont Neuf
- By: Max Byrd
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Slow start, cringey narration for male voices
Reviewed: 12-25-19
Exactly as the review title says, the start is far too slow and the narration for male voices is cringey.
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Light in August Free Bonus: Faulkner in 5 Minutes!
- By: Audible Staff
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 6 mins
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William Faulkner: a titan of American literature. You probably already know all about his life and work, right? No? Don’t sweat it! In five minutes, we’ll bring you up to speed on this national treasure. First we’ll fill you in on a few key facts about his career, and then we’ll hit five important aspects of his writing that are guaranteed to impress friends, family, and potential dates.
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okay
- By Cassandra on 04-06-16
- Light in August Free Bonus: Faulkner in 5 Minutes!
- By: Audible Staff
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Introduction of a Literary Analysis
Reviewed: 12-11-19
It could have been the introduction to a literary analysis. Overall, I would say it's a 5 minute time passer
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Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature
- By: Professor Daniel Breyer, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Daniel Breyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evil, act. And each time it happens, before we know anything about the circumstances, we are already sure of one thing: We are nothing like that perpetrator. But how can we be so sure? After all, we are all human. In Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature, Professor Daniel Breyer takes us on a fascinating philosophical journey into many of the deepest and darkest questions that have engaged humanity for millennia.
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A Great Cross-Cultural Conversation
- By Anonymous User on 09-09-19
Great series of thought provoking lectures.
Reviewed: 12-11-19
If you are a junkie for bite sized philosophy, this lecture is for you. Each piece was thoughtfully delivered and consistent despite oftentimes containing different philosophers' points of view. I highly recommend this to anyone who is a lover of philosophy, theology, or the human condition in general.
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The Perfect Weapon
- Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- By: Delilah S. Dawson
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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There are plenty of mercenaries, spies, and guns for hire in the galaxy. But probably none as dangerous and determined as Bazine Netal. A master of disguise—and lethal with a blade, a blaster, or bare handed—she learned from the best. Now it’s her turn to be the teacher—even if schooling an eager but inexperienced recruit in the tricks of her trade is the last thing she wants to do. But it’s the only way to score the ship she needs to pull off her latest job.
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Great short story
- By J. Moore on 12-02-15
- The Perfect Weapon
- Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- By: Delilah S. Dawson
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Nothing special.
Reviewed: 12-08-19
The piece wasn't bad per se, it just wasn't special. The whole killing machine since childhood trope was a little overdone as well as the plot twist in the end. It failed to evoke any emotion because it was too predictable. However, it is a fairly entertaining book if the primary intention is to pass time.
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Aftershocks
- The Palladium Wars, Book 1
- By: Marko Kloos
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia System, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and populations, Aden Robertson reemerges. After devoting fifteen years of his life to the reviled losing side, with the blood of half a million casualties on his hands, Aden is looking for a way to move on. He’s not the only one. A naval officer has borne witness to inconceivable attacks on a salvaged fleet. A sergeant with the occupation forces is treading increasingly hostile ground.
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meh.
- By Rydog on 07-13-19
- Aftershocks
- The Palladium Wars, Book 1
- By: Marko Kloos
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
A very very long prequel. Entertaining still
Reviewed: 12-07-19
It is still entertaining and well written despite it being a glorified prequel. For those buying this book, it is better to think of it as a collection of short stories.
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The Jester (A Riyria Chronicles Tale)
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 53 mins
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A thief, a candlemaker, an ex-mercenary, and a pig farmer walk into a trap…and what happens to them is no joke. When Riyria is hired to retrieve a jester’s treasure, Royce and Hadrian must match wits with a dwarf who proves to be anything but a fool. Difficult choices will need to be made, and in the end those who laugh last do so because they are the only ones to survive.
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THANKS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FREE SHORTY
- By Randall on 12-30-18
- The Jester (A Riyria Chronicles Tale)
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Entertaining and well written
Reviewed: 12-05-19
This piece is not complex nor thought provoking enough to warrant 5 stars. However, it is definitely a very entertaining and well written bite sized story!
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FREE: Professional Integrity (A Riyria Chronicles Tale)
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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One of the genre's favorite pairs returns in a classic fantasy short for both Riyria veterans and first-time readers. Several years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start their thieves-for-hire organization better known as Riyria. Things have gone well enough for the team as they do "jobs" for various nobles throughout Elan. Usually that means stealing something, but when a young heiress asks them to steal her…well, that's a first for the pair.
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THANKS FOR THE FREE SHORTY
- By Randall on 12-30-18
An entertaining bite sized adventure
Reviewed: 12-04-19
It was so entertaining from start to finish!!! I loved it. It's not as complex as you would expect but it is certainly a fresh take on common fantasy tropes. It is highly entertaining and great for long trips!
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Midnight Son
- By: James Dommek Jr., Josephine Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum
- Narrated by: James Dommek Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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James Dommek, Jr., an Alaska Native writer and musician, sheds new light on a real-life mystery that pits Native American folklore against the US justice system. In the vast Alaskan Arctic, legend has it there once lived a mythic tribe—Iñukuns—that only existed in rumors and whispers. This changed forever when an actor-turned-fugitive, Teddy Kyle Smith, had an encounter that brought Iñukuns from myth to reality. Smith was an aspiring actor with a promising career until it all came quickly crashing down with a gunshot, a manhunt, bloodshed, and other frightful events.
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It’s an Inuit Thing. You possibly don’t understand it.
- By Amazon Customer on 11-13-19
- Midnight Son
- By: James Dommek Jr., Josephine Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum
- Narrated by: James Dommek Jr.
Gripping and VISUALLY astounding.
Reviewed: 12-04-19
I really felt like I was in the Alaskan wilderness. The narrative of both Dommek and Teddy looking for *something* spoke to me on such a deep level. The music was masterfully made and really added to the experience.
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