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Title: What a Christmas Present! Deportation!: The Revealing History of Ellis Island's Holiday Parties

Author: Brianna Nofil

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

If Ellis Island is remembered today as Americas welcoming gate, the media coverage of the time created a more complicated picture. There were joyful stories of the immigrants allowed into the US, alongside exposés of discriminatory procedures, terrible food, and arbitrary exclusion decisions. Several Ellis Island commissioners identified interacting with the media as the single most taxing element of their job. But the press Ellis Island received during the holidays was especially colorful and, in the islands early years, extremely positive.

"What a Christmas Present! Deportation!': The Revealing History of Ellis Island's Holiday Parties" is from atlasobscura.com, published on December 18, 2015.

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Title: Kenya - Culture Smart!

Subtitle: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Author: Jane Barsby

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Kenya - Culture Smart! provides essential information, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit - whether on business or for pleasure - into a memorable and enriching experience.

Members Reviews:

A bit dry but some useful info...

This audiobook about Kenya was a bit dry but it did include some useful info...

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Title: How a Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood by Storm

Author: Dan Nosowitz

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

The story behind the strange way Katharine Hepburn (and others) spoke.

"How a Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood by Storm" is from atlasobscura.com, published on October 27, 2016.

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Title: The Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burr

Author: Hadley Meares

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

The fate of Aaron Burr's daughter remains a topic of contention.

"The Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burr" is from atlasobscura.com, published on October 7, 2016.

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Title: This Is It

Subtitle: 2 Hemispheres, 2 People, and 1 Boat

Author: Jackie Parry

Narrator: Caroline Doughty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-16

Publisher: New Street Communications, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

"We are from Australia, we have cash, and we have jet-lag and a desperate stare in our eye. In short, we are mugs ready to be led down the path of nautical slavery. If you can't sell us a boat, there is something very wrong."

The pull of the ocean was too strong to ignore any longer. Four years prior, they'd circumnavigated the globe on their 33-foot boat, Mariah. Now they wanted a new challenge.

So they sold all their belongings and flew to America from New South Wales in search of a boat.

Then Jackie and Noel set sail south, meeting descendants of the Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn, taking in the grand statues of Easter Island, and finally visiting the remotest inhabited island in the world.

Along the way, they lost a friend and came nail-bitingly close to losing their new boat. But they gained so much more.

This is a story of storms of emotions and oceans, travel, love, and relationships, and two people figuring out life and fulfilling their need to move and be challenged.

Members Reviews:

This is it, indeed!

Would you consider the audio edition of This Is It to be better than the print version?

Definitely....There are so many anecdotes and distressing experiences interlaced throughout the tale, the print version may have gotten tedious.

What was one of the most memorable moments of This Is It?

The shark and night time storm adventures stand out as most memorable.

What does Caroline Doughty bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Caroline Doughty does a superb job of bringing the story to life through clear and melodic narration. Her reading of "This is it..." instills the right amount of personality into the authors "1st person telling of life at sea (which varied dramatically between harrowing and mundane experiences). Would welcome listening to additional books narrated by Ms. Doughty.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not necessarily. It was an impressive journey, however, and I have renewed respect for those who live on a sailboat and travel across the ocean for prolonged periods of time.

Any additional comments?

This was my first audio book, since attempting to listen to Harry Potter in the car on college tours w/my now-26 year old daughter. Listening to this from start to finish inspired me to be more open to audio in the future.

The Debut of a Natural: Narrator Caroline Doughty

Would you consider the audio edition of This Is It to be better than the print version?

Yes

What was one of the most memorable moments of This Is It?

I'm a boater myself, by mostly a wanna be cruiser. This is great armchair listening...

What about Caroline Doughtys performance did you like?

Can't believe how good Caroline Doughty is! The debut of a natural.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

thrilled by the story.

Any additional comments?

I'll be looking for any book Caroline Doughty narrates.

Fantastic... Couldn't put this down!

Where does This Is It rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

A fantastic book

What did you like best about this story?

Provides a truely realistic portrayal of life cruising. Insightful and inspirational.

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Title: When Sipping Tea Was a Socially Ruinous Act

Author: Hadley Meares

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

There's a revolution brewing in that pot of Earl Grey.

"When Sipping Tea Was a Socially Ruinous Act" is from atlasobscura.com, published on March 7, 2016.

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Title: London's Real Estate Is So Nuts That Businesses are Opening in Public Toilets

Author: Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Why bars in former toilets should be a call to arms in the battle for public loos.

"London's Real Estate Is So Nuts That Businesses are Opening in Public Toilets" is from atlasobscura.com, published on May 31, 2016.

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Title: The Lost Lesbian Bars of New Orleans

Author: Natalie Zarrelli

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Away from the prying eyes and very real dangers of the outside world, lesbian bars were cultural centers for many women in New Orleans for decades. This scene, however, shines faintly in the past: today, in a city with one of the most concentrated and vibrant gay bar scenes in the country, there are exactly zero lesbian bars left.

"The Lost Lesbian Bars of New Orleans" is from atlasobscura.com, published on September 14, 2016.

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Title: The Town of Witches

Author: Atlas Obscura

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

In Triora, Italy, it didn't matter what kind of witch you were, witches burned. And to this day, the town remembers.

"The Town of Witches" is from atlasobscura.com.

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Title: Dominican Republic - Culture Smart!

Subtitle: The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture

Author: Ginnie Bedggood, Ilana Benady

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

For those who choose to break out of the confines of all-inclusive tourist resorts, Culture Smart! Dominican Republic offers a tantalizing insight into this warm, vital, and intriguing people. It takes you on a journey from the unspoiled coastline to the agricultural interior, to the imposing mountains, and to the hamlets where time appears to have stood still. It then catapults you into the 21st century, through poverty and opulence, to the hustle and bustle of the large cities and the lifestyles of the luxury coastal tourist resorts. It offers practical advice on what to expect and how to behave in a Dominican home, or in social and work settings.

Members Reviews:

Terrible Book!!

What disappointed you about Dominican Republic - Culture Smart!?

I was expecting a travel guide type of book. This book sounds like it was written by a not-for-profit member who was imposing her political views of the country on the reader.

Has Dominican Republic - Culture Smart! turned you off from other books in this genre?

Yes!!

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator did a terrible job pronouncing some words. It took me a while to understand the word "machismo." This word was mangled!!

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I found this book to be very racist in its portrayal of the Dominican people. Furthermore, it got a number of facts wrong. Baseball was introduced to the DR by Cubans and not by Americans. Salsa is NOT as popular in the DR as the authors claim. First on that list should be merengue and bachata. But some people think that all of Latin America follows salsa the same. Also, young Dominicans listen to electronic/techno music and dembow more than reggaeton. Reggaeton is from Puerto Rico and more popular there.

Any additional comments?

I DO NOT recommend this book!! Don't waste your time and money. It is more about the authors' negative political views rather than being a guide to a foreigner wishing to travel to the DR.

Very nice detailed book about DR!!

This book is excellent if you want to learn about the Dominican Republic, its people and culture! The narrator does an excellent job.