Jen Ozkan
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,137
The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: How you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers “money for salt”; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world (hint: Seattle) connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Maddening! Does not work as an audiobook!
- By James on 01-05-16
- The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
If you like words this book is just plain awesome!
Reviewed: 01-06-16
I would totally recommend this book to anyone who likes to learn about the history of language! It was full of very interesting histories and tidbits of info! The narration is okay but it probably would have been better if someone with a British accent read it since there were lots of references to that. Regardless, it's just great!
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,755
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,091
Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee takes audio books to the next level!
Reviewed: 09-10-15
This book is definetly the best audio book I have ever listened to and I have about 200 in my audible library. The story is a fabulous one by Hurston but Dee makes the character like Joanie and Teacake and Janie really come alive. The narration brings the book to life on another level. Dee even breaths life into minor characters. This is a must listen to!
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What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- By: Randall Munroe
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,480
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hope You got an A in Math and Physics...
- By Rod on 09-13-14
- What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- By: Randall Munroe
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Just awesome!
Reviewed: 09-10-15
I bought this book as a 2 for 1 thinking that i wouldnt really care if it was bad because I had only paid half price for it. I'm so glad I took a chance bc it was amazing! This book was not what I expected because it was so funny! Some of the questions were ridiculous but the author still went through the science and the math! The questions show what types of weirdos and nerds there really are out in the world! I can admit I didn't understand everything but the ideas were so outrangeous I loved it! Will Wheaton has a great delivery too! This is a great find! Buy it!
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Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,943
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,493
It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him. 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud’s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Family Audio
- By Dionne on 02-21-09
- Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
Fabulous story and performance
Reviewed: 07-28-14
If you could sum up Bud, Not Buddy in three words, what would they be?
entertaining, heartfelt and surprising
What was one of the most memorable moments of Bud, Not Buddy?
I loved the twist at the end! superb!
Which character – as performed by James Avery – was your favorite?
Bud not Buddy :)
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I loved this book. As a 5th grade teacher I really think this book will appeal to my students because it seems as if a 10 year old is truly telling the story. It is really for a YA audience but adults may enjoy it too.
Any additional comments?
you have to check this out!
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The Family Fang
- By: Kevin Wilson
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,146
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,145
Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist's work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents' madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents' strange world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, Heart-wrenching, Shocking.
- By Amanda on 11-18-11
- The Family Fang
- By: Kevin Wilson
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Just weird
Reviewed: 07-12-12
What would have made The Family Fang better?
Not sure.
What was most disappointing about Kevin Wilson’s story?
The story was just strange and while it was funny at times overall I didn't get the point. This family is totally dysfunctional and the mom and dad do everything for art but their actions are unbelievable; I didn't want to listen to the second part but I figured I had already invested so much time it had to get better. I was wrong!
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. I wish I used my credit to buy something else
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The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- By: John M. Barry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,857
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,356
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book but very disturbing...
- By Tim on 01-15-09
- The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- By: John M. Barry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Lots of info
Reviewed: 07-12-12
Would you listen to The Great Influenza again? Why?
Even though this book was really good I don't think I'ld listen again because it was soooo intense and super long! Sometimes it went off on a tangent and I forgot how the subsection was connected. But it wasn't just about the flu, I learned so much about the H1N1 strain, virology and pandemics. It's a bit scary too when you learn about what actually happened and how it was spread!
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The Man from Beijing
- By: Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 836
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 413
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Story4 out of 5 stars 410
January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjvallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andrns, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andrn family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the 19th-century diary of an Andrn ancestora gang master on the American transcontinental railwaythat describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A new level of writing from Henning Mankell
- By G. on 02-20-10
- The Man from Beijing
- By: Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson - translator
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Scary and exciting!
Reviewed: 04-23-10
I really liked this book! The opening chapters made it seems like a murder mystery but it was soooo much more than that! It traces a random path over continents and time that makes you realize that people do things for strange reasons. While I thought some things were unbelieveable the more and more Mankell blended the story I found myself getting into it! loved it!
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