Jacob Evans
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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A return to form
- By Amazon Customer on 06-05-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Another great listen by Weir
Reviewed: 13-05-21
The narrator wasn't RC Bray which made me a little concerned but having listened, Ray Porter did an excellent job and was just as engaging as Bray.
the first 3/4 of the book were brilliant if a tad slow at times, there was a period which had me less engaged than usual, but the ending came in make up for the slower chapters.
More similar to Artemis than to The Martian
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Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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'Are you happy in your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.
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WOW - This was a weird one
- By Jules on 26-10-16
- Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
Decent story
Reviewed: 26-03-21
It was a good story, very well narrated and well worth a listen. it didn't blow me away and I guessed what was happening but it was a good grounded story with a nice sciency twist
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Azincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Damien Goodwin
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin's Day, is one of England’s best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow - a weapon developed by the English which enabled them to dominate the European battlefields....
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Simply Stunning!
- By Simon on 09-09-15
- Azincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Damien Goodwin
Exceptional and very well performed
Reviewed: 08-06-20
I usually don't like fiction, but Cornwell's history of Waterloo was so brilliant I thought I'd give his fiction a go. its a great story, with well rounded characters and fine historical detail
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The Prince and the Pauper
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Lee Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters.
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fantastic story, well read
- By Jacob Evans on 23-05-20
- The Prince and the Pauper
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Lee Howard
fantastic story, well read
Reviewed: 23-05-20
Great story, the reading is by an American so he mispronounced some words, but not many, and not enough to be annoying
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Red Notice
- By: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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November 2009. Sergei Magnitsky is led to an isolation cell in a Moscow prison and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million in taxes. Magnitsky’s brutal killing has remained uninvestigated to this day. Red Notice is a searing exposé of the Russian authorities responsible for the murder, slicing deep into the heart of the Kremlin to uncover its sordid truths.
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Amazement, disbelief and tears
- By musiclover on 19-08-16
- Red Notice
- By: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
phenomenal engaging story
Reviewed: 16-10-19
loved it, well worth a listen this true story was beautifully read and is written in an incredibly engaging way 5*
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
- The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
exceptionally engaging
Reviewed: 15-02-19
It's as fantastic, gripping and emotional charged as a fiction. wonderful book, couldn't put it down. highly recommend *****
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The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
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Great 'read'
- By Robert Wheatley on 28-05-13
- The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
Exceptional, and hugely listen-to-able
Reviewed: 23-01-19
loved the film and wanted more, the book and particularly the narration was exceptional. Highly recommend
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