Audiobooks

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Review: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Genre: Non-fiction Format: Audiobook Narrator: Scott Brick Publisher: Penguin Audio I’ve long been a fan of the explorer genre, books like “1491,” “The Lost City of Z,” and “The River of Doubt,” etc. This book did include exploration, but was mostly about the whaling industry in Nantucket, Massachusetts and the dangers it entailed. …

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Review: The Wild Inside

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The Wild Inside: A Novel of Suspense Author: Christine Carbo Format: Audiobook Genre: Contemporary detective thriller Narrator: R. C. Bray Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. (2015) Department of the Interior Special Agent Ted Systead lives in Colorado now, but he’s been assigned to a murder case in Glacier National Park, Montana, where he grew up. However, …

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Review: Cat o’ Nine Tales: The Jane Yellowrock Stories

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Cat o’ Nine Tales: The Jane Yellowrock Stories Author: Faith Hunter; Format: Audiobook; Narrated by: Khristine Hvam; Publisher: Audible Studios (2013). This audiobook consists of 13 paranormal fantasy stories about Jane Yellowrock, a shapeshifter and vampire hunter whose business card reads, “Have Stakes—Will Travel”. She has a mysterious past and is not quite sure about her future, …

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Review: Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson

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Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson Written by: Lyndsay Faye; Narrated by: Simon Vance; Format: Audiobook. A pastiche of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, this one takes place in 1888 London. The mystery, of course, is Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders that shocked …

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