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Narrator needs to work on accents
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loved it
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- By Rosita on 05-12-2018
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Polar Shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At its weakest, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter...
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have my own copy. Excellent read food for thought.
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Surprisingly disappointing
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At the dawn of the 20th century, young Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway crosses a land with an unimaginable throng of wild animals. It is the golden age of the white hunter - men whose exciting lives entice rich hunters to go in search of big, dangerous game. After many failed attempts, old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune as a hunter and convinces Dan to join his fledgling safari company. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa - but tragedy forces her to return to Australia.
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Amateur
- By PHIL on 15-11-2017
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Killing Floor
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Killing Floor by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding. Killing Floor is the first book in the internationally popular Jack Reacher series. It presents Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode: a righter of wrongs, the perfect action hero. Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks 14 miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret.
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Dreadful Narration
- By DebManning on 20-11-2018
Publisher's Summary
Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction.
From being attacked by lions to close encounters with deadly reef sharks, from getting lost in the African bush without water to crawling the precarious tunnels of gold mines, from marlin fishing with Lee Marvin to near death from crash-landing a Cessna airplane, from brutal school days to redemption through writing and falling in love, Wilbur Smith tells us the intimate stories of his life that have been the raw material for his fiction. Always candid, sometimes hilarious, and never less than thrillingly entertaining, On Leopard Rock is testament to a writer whose life is as rich and eventful as his novels are enthralling.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-11-2018
Great story
A genuine adventurer offering an insight into his life.
One of the worlds best authors gives insight into how his stories came about.
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- Jerry Miller
- 15-11-2018
You better be a real Wilbur Smith fan!
Had I not been a real Wilbur Smith fan, I would have not made it 1/4 through this. But, ere I am and found it most informative. I especially commend his late part description of what it takes to be and the sufferings of a writer. For those who have never read a Wilbur Smith novel, my condolences. If you are still breathing, it is not too late. But, give yourself time to read all of them. If you have to pick and choose, start with the Courtney volumes. You will not be disappointed.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-09-2018
Fascinating and Enlightening!
Wilbur's writing depicts his intensive and thorough research - an eye-opener. His words bring the dust, the heat and the smells alive.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-09-2018
I will always be a fan of Wilbur Smith his stories
I am such a fan of Wilbur Smith I think I've read everything that he's written her published
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- Cal777
- 18-07-2018
Fantastic.........
5 out 5 Really enjoyed listening to how all the carictors came about,form this wonderful story teller.
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- Paul J.
- 02-10-2018
I didn't get far
More to do with my abhorence of hunting, than the story being poor. I only listened to maybe 5 minues of this book, on his first gun, first kill, killing a buffalo to entice and kill a lion (only a male mind you), I stopped at that point. Personally, I think the description of the book should have had a warning.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-09-2018
"What a Life"
VERY GOOD.... as only Wilbur does. It brought back so many memories as I too grew up in Zimbabwe.
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- Nigel Bentley
- 25-09-2018
Learning the Story Behind all those Books
Totally enjoyed this autobiography, and especially Saul's reading performance of it. Immersion in the sights, sounds and experiences of Southern Africa. From boyhood, to manhood and along the way explpring the writer's journey
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- Peter
- 20-09-2018
Very interesting
A nice book about Wilbur Smith and where he came from and how he got the inspiration for his stories. Well written and well read.
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- geoff
- 28-06-2018
wonderful storyteller
A really good insight to a wonderful life of writing and story telling. Great life
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- stevehsnr
- 31-05-2018
Autibiography
I didn’t realise when I bought this audiobook that it was Smiths autobiography and I was a little disappointed when I realised it was. However,I persevered with it and was so glad I did. What an interesting life and,of course, Wilbur Smith’s beautiful prose.
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- rozithepirate
- 22-05-2018
Actually I give it 6 stars!
An amazing read. Long awaited life story of the wonderful Wilbur Smith. I can honestly say it was as good as it gets. What a wonderful life story. Please can we have another installment.
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- Mr Tim James Dettmar
- 21-10-2018
Vaguely interesting. Some dated views on hunting
When I listen to an autobiography I expect to be amused, intrigued, fascinated and/or inspired. I didn't feel any of the above from listening to this book. There were some mildly interesting anecdotes, but ultimately I feel a combination of bored and disgusted. Wilbur's views on hunting are dated and bizarre. Along the lines of "we need to kill elephants to protect them". I'm not inspired to read any of his works, in fact I'm going to get rid of that copy of Elephant Song that I've been meaning to read for years.
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