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The Olympian Affair
- The Cinder Spires, Book 2
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: Euan Morton
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
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For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming.
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Another wonderful book!
- By The Warped Weaver Kathy on 11-08-23
- The Olympian Affair
- The Cinder Spires, Book 2
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: Euan Morton
Butcher has leveled up his game
Reviewed: 06-22-24
The Cinder Sprires seems to be the culmination of everything that Mr. Butcher has learned over the last twenty years, and is a new pinnacle for his art. this book does not disappoint
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White Rural Rage
- The Threat to American Democracy
- By: Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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White rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway of any demographic group in the United States, yet rural communities suffer from poor healthcare access, failing infrastructure, and severe manufacturing and farming job losses. Rural voters believe our nation has betrayed them, and to some degree, they’re right. In White Rural Rage, Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why rural Whites have failed to reap the benefits from their outsize political power and why, as a result, they are the most likely group to abandon democratic norms and traditions.
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Preaching to the choir
- By Mike on 03-07-24
- White Rural Rage
- The Threat to American Democracy
- By: Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Useless, smug dunking disguised as analysis
Reviewed: 03-13-24
Mostly a recitation of statistics and snide comments about rural communities. No real analysis or solutions, just an attempt at a West Wing style dunk that fizzles with any amount of critical thinking or applied class consciousness.
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Out of the Dark
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity’s cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, over half the human race has died. Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his latest tour in Afghanistan, finds himself instead prowling the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols and trying to organize the scattered survivors without getting killed.
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Collapses at the finish line
- By Barry on 10-27-10
- Out of the Dark
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
colossal disappointment
Reviewed: 02-03-24
if you get past the racism, jingoism, and the endless military fetishism there's some poor writing and self insert power fantasies on the way to the bottom.
There's an interesting idea here, that someone else could have turned into a fun story with a delightful twist. But this didn't do it.
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Let the People Pick the President
- The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
- By: Jesse Wegman
- Narrated by: Jesse Wegman
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose?
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Outstanding Summary of the National Popular Vote
- By Chris Swan on 03-22-20
- Let the People Pick the President
- The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
- By: Jesse Wegman
- Narrated by: Jesse Wegman
An essential read
Reviewed: 08-05-20
An absolute must read for anyone interested in electoral politics in th US. Well researched and argued, making it a great resource.
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The Wrong Stars
- By: Tim Pratt
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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The shady crew of the White Raven run freight and salvage at the fringes of our solar system. They discover the wreck of a centuries-old exploration vessel floating light years away from its intended destination and revive its sole occupant, who wakes with news of First Alien Contact. When the crew break it to her that humanity has alien allies already, she reveals that these are very different extra-terrestrials and the gifts they bestowed on her could kill all humanity, or take it out to the most distant stars.
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Save yourself a credit, read something else
- By Ian Thomas Healy on 09-19-18
- The Wrong Stars
- By: Tim Pratt
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
Great concept, poor execution
Reviewed: 03-16-20
Pratt has good world-building and an excellent underlying idea, but flat characters, inconsistent tone, excessive exposition, and a plot on rails means I won't be continuing the series.
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Gears of War: Ascendance
- The Gears of War Series, Book 6
- By: Jason M. Hough
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Following Reyna Diaz’s death at the hands of the Swarm (in Gears of War 4), Kait seals her mother’s tomb and swears revenge. As she, JD, Del, Marcus, Cole, Samantha, and Baird lick their wounds and resupply, First Minister Jinn summons them to New Ephyra, promising that the “crimes” they committed will be forgiven. Before they can rejoin the Coalition, however, Jinn demands proof of their loyalty, and of the threat of the Swarm. Promised a new command, JD and Del agree. Plagued by nightmares, Kait rebels and refuses.
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A lacking in story of Gears.
- By Anonymous User on 08-14-19
- Gears of War: Ascendance
- The Gears of War Series, Book 6
- By: Jason M. Hough
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Disappointing
Reviewed: 08-19-19
Bad writing. Clearly this plot was handed down from corporate and the writer was told to fill on the details, the did so poorly. Characters make decisions that make no sense except to further the plot. Everything was flat and two dimensional.
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Awakened
- A Novel
- By: James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth
- Narrated by: James S. Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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The star of truTV’s hit show Impractical Jokers - alongside veteran sci-fi and horror writer Darren Wearmouth - delivers a chilling and wickedly fun supernatural novel in the vein of The Strain, in which a beautiful new subway line in New York City unearths an ancient dark horror that threatens the city’s utter destruction and the balance of civilization itself.
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Good, but narrator talks really fast
- By T. Winter on 08-11-18
- Awakened
- A Novel
- By: James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth
- Narrated by: James S. Murray
Good Brain Popcorn
Reviewed: 11-03-18
Enjoyable, but not grounbreaking. Many New Yorker stereotypes will have you rolling your eyes, but nothing terrobly offensive.
Author clearly likes cops, the MTA, and Andrew Cuomo.
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Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 21 mins
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The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some 400 light-years in diameter, contains more than 600 worlds, interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star...vanishes. It does not go supernova. It does not collapse into a black hole. It simply disappears.
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Great Epic Scifi
- By Devin on 10-17-09
- Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
This is epic space opera as it was meant to be.
Reviewed: 05-07-18
Hamilton stands on the shoulders of giants, but don't let that deter you from his work, which is epic sci-fi at it's greatest.
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Dark Money
- The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
- By: Jane Mayer
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against "big government" led to the rise of a broad-based conservative movement.
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"I just want my fair share--which is all of it."
- By Darwin8u on 11-28-16
- Dark Money
- The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
- By: Jane Mayer
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Well researched, powerful, and disturbing
Reviewed: 01-03-18
Jane Meyers compendium of the Koch family, and their rise to the power behind the throne in conservative politics, is enlightening and disturbijng.
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