Confessions of a Reluctant Princess (2024)

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• An Audible Original adaptation
• By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
• Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
• Original Recording

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

• 5 out of 5 stars

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• Narrated by: Ed Harris
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• 5 out of 5 stars

• Love the narration, the story and the ending-even if it was rough

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• 5 out of 5 stars

• Intriguing, Engaging, AND BEST NARATORS EVER

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• 5 out of 5 stars

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• 4 out of 5 stars

• Contrary to common reviews

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• George Orwell’s 1984

• An Audible Original adaptation
• By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
• Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
• Original Recording

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Revelation!

• By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24

• Dietrich

• By: Don Winslow
• Narrated by: Ed Harris
• Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
• Original Recording

It’s the summer of ’77 in New York City, and the only thing more unnerving than the scorching heatwave is the rampant murder, leaving washed-up homicide detective Richard Dietrich on edge. When Dietrich investigates a brutal mob hit the brass doesn’t want him to solve, he goes from phoning it in to getting in over his head. Caught up in a mysterious second homicide with an even more perplexing perpetrator, Dietrich starts to second guess his instincts—and his memory—as he searches for answers at the bottom of a bottle.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Love the narration, the story and the ending-even if it was rough

• By Jonathan Coash on 04-08-24

• The Rip

• By: Holly Craig
• Narrated by: Carly Foxx, Shalom Brune-Franklin
• Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
• Unabridged

Luxury villas on hot white sand, views for miles over turquoise water. Flawless hostess Penny gathers guests to an island for her husband’s birthday celebrations. But she soon regrets inviting self-obsessed Eloise. When a child vanishes on the night of the party, their perfect island weekend is ripped apart. Even paradise harbours murky secrets… Has he been taken? Has he drowned? In the panic to find any trace, Penny casts about for someone to blame—even if that person is her own daughter, Rosie. Even clear waters descend to pitch black.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Intriguing, Engaging, AND BEST NARATORS EVER

• By Hadassah on 03-12-24

• The Art of War

• By: Sun Tzu
• Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
• Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
• Unabridged

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary

• By Fred271 on 12-31-19

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• By: Jeremy Robinson
• Narrated by: R.C. Bray
• Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
• Unabridged

In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. At its core is a dead zone, devoid of life, where government agencies crash their obsolete satellites and space stations, confident they won't harm a soul. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist studying living space dust called xylem, finds herself marooned. Julie's only hope for rescue lies in the hands of her estranged father, Dr. Finn Maddern, a renowned mycologist.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Totally original-totally feasible!

• By Lawrence Tate on 04-10-24

• He Who Fights with Monsters 2

• A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 2)
• By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
• Narrated by: Heath Miller
• Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
• Unabridged

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Contrary to common reviews

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• 3 out of 5 stars

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• 1 out of 5 stars

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• Original Recording

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• 5 out of 5 stars

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• 5 out of 5 stars

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