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Narrated by:
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Tim Cain
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By:
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Walter Mosley
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Curious and not a little unnerved, Errol sneaks into the graveyard where his father is buried. What he finds there changes his life forever. Caught up in a war between a secret government security agency and an alien presence infecting our world, touched by "the Wave", he knows that nothing will ever be the same again.
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- Narrated by: George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Ray Bradbury - peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors - is a literary giant whose remarkable career spanned seven decades. Now 26 of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MAN WHO FORGOT RAY BRADBURY
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-27-17
By: Sam Weller - editor, and others
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My Soul to Keep
- By: Tananarive Due
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 236
When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity so they would never die, a secret he must protect at any cost.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Book I Can't Keep
- By Mistsofjade on 07-19-20
By: Tananarive Due
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A Fraction of the Whole
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- Narrated by: Colin McPhillamy, Craig Baldwin
- Length: 25 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Stewing in an Australian prison, Jasper Dean reflects on his relationship with his dead father and recounts the many zany adventures they shared together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Funny and Thought-provoking Tale of Human Nature
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By: Steve Toltz
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Love and Other Ways of Dying
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- Narrated by: Richard Poe
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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In the 17 wide-ranging essays collected for the first time in Love and Other Ways of Dying, he brings his full literary powers to bear, pondering happiness and grief, memory and the redemptive power of human connection. In the remote Ukranian countryside, Paterniti picks apples (and faces mortality) with a real-life giant; in Nanjing, China, he confronts a distraught jumper on a suicide bridge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly intimate voice for humanity
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Hour of the Hunter
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 242
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 200
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A brutal, psychopathic murderer is released from prison - and stalks his prey with intent to kill.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hour of the Hunter
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Priestdaddy
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- By: Patricia Lockwood
- Narrated by: Patricia Lockwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 949
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 856
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Story4 out of 5 stars 854
Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met - a man who lounges in boxer shorts, who loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates "like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972". His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their two worlds collide.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narration--read, don't listen
- By Penelope on 08-06-17
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Bad Karma
- By: Douglas Clegg
- Narrated by: Liz Thompson
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 166
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Story4 out of 5 stars 165
At Darden State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, psychopath Agnes' rage is triggered when her psychiatrist Trey leaves town for a family vacation. She'll ensure his vacation is anything but restful in this twisted thriller. "A sleek, smooth, and constantly surprising page-turner..." Bad Karma is a fast-paced, full-length suspense thriller of heart-pounding terror and reincarnation from critically-acclaimed, award-winning novelist, Douglas Clegg. Book #1 in the Criminally Insane series.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your time...
- By shelley on 01-12-18
By: Douglas Clegg
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When She Woke
- By: Hillary Jordan
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 725
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Hannah Payne awakens to a nightmare. She is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home. She is now a convicted criminal, and her skin color has been genetically altered. Her crime, according to the State of Texas: the murder of her unborn child, whose father she refuses to name. Her color: red. The color of newly shed blood.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Thoughtful Dystopia
- By Amy on 01-28-13
By: Hillary Jordan
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Where Serpents Lie
- By: T. Jefferson Parker
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Terry Naughton, head of Orange County's Crimes Against Youth unit, is the champion of children. Someone calling themselves the Horridus has been abducting children from their beds, dressing them like little angels, and releasing them the next day, the only clue he leaves is a piece of snakeskin tucked into the folds of their gowns. So far he hasn't physically harmed any of them, but as Naughton well knows, it's only a matter of time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where Serpents Lie=Mystery,Suspence,Betrayel&More!
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The Postmortal
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In a world where an anti-aging cure is available worldwide, immortality comes with its own unique problems. John Farrell is about to get "The Cure". Old age can never kill him now. The only problem is, everything else still can.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting concept but bleak and wearing
- By Amazon Customer on 05-15-12
By: Drew Magary
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Laguna Heat
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- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
Laguna: a place where a crazed killer has turned paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violence - with a fiery vengeance - and where homicide cop Tom Shephard unravels a grisly mystery. It reaches back across 40 years of sordid sex, blackmail, and suicide into the dark corners of his own past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- By Stacy on 02-24-09
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Strong Motion
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- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 223
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Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling Story, Ridiculous Narrator
- By DianeReads on 02-28-16
By: Jonathan Franzen
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The Secret Hour
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- Narrated by: Christina Traister
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Beneath his controlled demeanor, attorney John O’Rourke is a man in turmoil. Since the death of his wife, he has been juggling the rigors of a controversial capital murder case and the demands of raising two children. As 11-year-old Maggie and 14-year-old Teddy long for the past, they must also contend with the hostility that swirls around them since their father took on the defense of a despised killer - including a brick through their window one autumn morning.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's a Fairy Tale...eventually
- By Bette on 03-18-13
By: Luanne Rice
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The Hour Before the Dark
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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There are rules to every game. You must never play the Dark Game after sunset - it becomes real then. It takes you over... The Hour Before Dark is a riveting gothic suspense novel of supernatural horror from best-selling and award-winning novelist Douglas Clegg - author of The Children's Hour and Halloween Man. When his father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo Raglan must return to the New England island he thought he'd escaped for good...and the shadowy home called Hawthorn.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, original!
- By justin on 07-30-18
By: Douglas Clegg
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Kwane
- 01-14-15
Engaging and thought provoking.
An enjoyable and creative story. The narrator was good in bringing the story to life. I would recommend this book
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Mark
- 08-03-06
Interesting Book
I liked this though, I think it was a little too cynical....interesting characters and great plot twists....the main character is complex and I like how the author demonstrates the conflicts he experiences and how he subtley changes throughout the novel...I just don't buy the fact that the antagonists would want to exterminate these creatures who seem to not want to cause any harm to man...it is hard to judge the good guys and bad guys so completely as good and evil when the reality is that neither is ever so one-sided.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Cheryl
- 06-01-06
The Wave
This was a very mysterious book that kept my attention the whole time.
It's about a sons love for his father that has no boundaries even after death.
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-14-20
AWESOME!
As always, for me Walter Mosley has not failed! His stories are always different and twisted...in a good way...to where you cannot foresee the ending but you insist and hope for a happy one. And he hasn't failed me yet! Cross fingers here and knock on wood. Place happy face here!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Oliver
- 11-16-11
Great concept
What a great concept. The first half of the book was great, a little creepy, but really captivating. The second half just fell flat. It could have been so much more. It could have easily stepped up to the level of "blood music" or "cell" or "american gods".
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Patricia
- 06-13-10
Creepy
Not what I expected from this author. This story was downright creepy.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Ole Hippie
- 09-04-09
Good story concept; but great author stumbles hard
I have really enjoyed other Walter Moseley books, and no one likes a good Sci-Fi yarn better than me. This one starts off with great promise ... late-night calls from a long-dead father, creepy visit to cemetery, confusion over how this young version of his father can be real, and deep, dark government program. Then the hero starts sleeping with the head-spook's wife while being kept captive and things go down hill fast from there. The whole last third of the story feels like a confused dream sequence and the attempted "resolution" at the end re GT and the head spook just doesn't work at all. You can't help but wonder why he apparently doesn't "get it" that this carbon-copy isn't really his father??? And, what / who the devil is Far Singer, who I guess makes an appearance somehow in the end, but it's such a confused mess. I wasted my month's two credits on this one and another even worse turkey, so now must spend more money until next month. Bummer!
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