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Title: The Meeting

Subtitle: A Seventeen Series Short Story #3

Author: AD Starrling

Narrator: Michael Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-17

Publisher: AD STARRLING

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

On a hot summer's day in Boston, US Marine turned homicide detective Reid Halsey finds himself in the middle of a deadly shootout with a murder suspect.

When Lucas Soul, a seemingly innocent victim, rises from the dead moments after a fatal gunshot wound to the head, Reid comes to the shocking realization that the world he believes in may very well be a carefully fabricated lie masking an unearthly reality.

The Meeting is a short story set in AD Starrling's best-selling supernatural thriller series Seventeen. If you like high-octane adventures that combine science and fantasy, then you'll love the world of Seventeen.

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Members Reviews:

Love-love-love this book

This a novella from the Seventeen series. It's about the first meeting of Lucas Soul and his friend, Reid. Puts a back story on their friendship.

Michael Bowers is the perfect narrator for this series.

A.D. Starrling is killing me with all these novellas... they are such a tease! I am jonesing for a new full-length book in the Seventeen series. And Michael Bowers is really the perfect narrator for the series so I hope to do the next full-length book in audio. He has a great deep voice that lends itself well to the serious and intelligent characters in this series, and he does a great job getting your adrenaline going during the action sequences.

So this quickie novella is the story of how Reid Halsey first encounters Lucas Soul back when Reid was working as a detective. At a time when Reid was feeling dejected by his profession, he witnesses the violent murder of Lucas Soul... or so he thought. When Lucas stands up shortly after being shot point blank in the forehead, Reid's eyes are opened to a whole new reality. What follows is a detective's tenacity to discover the truth behind what he saw and make a new career for himself. I liked that he inserted himself in Lucas' life and wouldn't take no for an answer.

Although it's been a while since I read Hunted (formerly Soul Meaning), I remember liking Reid quite a bit in that book. He was Lucas' sidekick and business partner who helped to stop the biological terrorists and prevent war between the immortals. If you haven't read this series and you like lots of action, I highly encourage you to pick up Hunted while it's free on Amazon.

I received a copy of this audiobook at no cost from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Awesome duo

This is the third in the Seventeen series and we skip ahead even more to the first meeting between Lucas and Reid, and how their partnership comes to be. This is a great backstory to the full book "Soul Meaning" as all of the novellas I have listened to so far have been. Michael Bower is back as narrator on the audiobook and doing a awesome job as always, he has really made these characters his own, I can't say enough good words about how awesome he is narrating these books. It seems A.D. Starrling writes them just for him to narrate, I am not sure but I hope the duo keeps on going.

Review of The Meeting

The Meeting - This short story starts out making you actually think "what is happening" (especially if you haven't read Soul Meaning). I love how it shows the way Lucas and Reid meet and eventually work together, basically how it all began.

Author A.D.

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Title: Dancing Blades

Subtitle: A Seventeen Series Short Story #2

Author: AD Starrling

Narrator: Michael Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-17

Publisher: AD Starrling

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Join Lucas Soul on his quest to become a warrior.

Edo period, 1624. Japan.

When hunted half-breed immortal Lucas Soul hears tales of legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, he sails to Japan to convince the great man to take him on as an apprentice.

Musashi refuses to agree to his request, leaving Soul with no option but to shadow the samurai and repeatedly challenge him to duel in the hope of proving his worth. But things takes a sinister turn when Soul stumbles upon a plot that threatens the life of Musashi's son.

Can the immortal rescue the young man and change the master's mind?

Dancing Blades is a short story set in AD Starrling's supernatural thriller series Seventeen. If you like high-octane adventures that combine science and fantasy, then you'll love the world of Seventeen.

Get this gripping short story and continue the epic series today!

Members Reviews:

Seventeen prequel

Lucas Soul trying to convince a renown samarai to teach him the way of the sword to avenge the death of his parents and to keep himself alive to fight another day.

Must read

Awesome. If you like fighting it's all in here. Great book

Great novella!

Okay, I'm liking these novellas a lot! Dancing Blades was an entertaining read and super short (much to my dismay!). While First Death was about young Soul running for his life after his parents were murdered, Dancing Blades is about Soul trying to convince the greatest samurai to train him.

Soul is older now, but stuck looking like a young man since he's an immortal and doesn't age. He is wiser though and I liked that he's focused on getting better at fighting to survive any circumstance that may present itself. It was nice that this character has a bit of humour inside left since I thought he would be more dark and serious. His antics of trying to convince the samurai to train him were amusing, and I loved how when he least tried to convince him, it's when it finally worked.

Now I'm off to check out the next novella! It's so exciting that I'm finally getting closer to the first full-length novel, Soul Meaning, because by the looks of it, the Seventeen series will be amazing!

Review by Kate Tilton

This has to be one of my favorite short stories to date. We meet Soul as a child in First Death in a beautifully written, heart-breaking story. In Dancing Blades we see Soul as a relatively young man on a quest to learn from one of the greatest swordsman of all time, Musashi Miyamoto. This story is a quick read with an excellent blend of Japanese history, humor, and solid characters. The relationships that develop between Soul, Musashi, and Musashiâs son lead to many moments where I broke out in a grin or a laugh. If you are not reading ADâs books yet, you need to be.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

Awesome backstory

This is the second novella in the Seventeen series, and Lucas is a bit older now, he is out on his own traveling around looking for the best people to train him to stay alive. Because he knows he is the most hated of all beings a abomination of both his dead mother's and father's people.

This is another wonderful novella and an awesome audio narrated by Michael Bower. Michael Bower made the audio awesome with his command of the characters and their attitudes. His use of different voices for each character is wonderful.

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Title: Coffee and Repartee

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Narrator: Jeff Moon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-09-17

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Have you ever had a roommate who was a complete Idiot? The gentlemen in Mrs. Smithers' boarding house have that problem, but what really annoys them is that no matter what subject they discuss, the Idiot always seems to get the better of them! Time after time, their intellectual arguments are dismantled by this man who is a lot smarter than he seems.

This comedic collection of short vignettes is the first in "The Idiot" series by John Kendrick Bangs, a popular author and satirist, and was first published in 1893.

Members Reviews:

Missing chapters

This copy of this enjoyable book is missing most of the chapters. The complete book is about 70 pages longer.

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Title: The Rescue and Other Tales

Author: Steven A. McKay

Narrator: Nick Ellsworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-17

Publisher: Steven A. McKay

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Three tales from the best-selling Forest Lord series, published in audio for the first time.

"The Escape"

All he wanted was a quiet drink...it's spring 1323, and John Little, notorious outlaw, seeks to forget his troubles in a Barnsley alehouse. He didn't count on the place being packed to the rafters with drunk, belligerent Scottish mercenaries though. This stand-alone Forest Lord tale sees one of England's favorite sons in a battle for his very life that will hugely entertain all lovers of action and adventure.

"The Prisoner"

When two lawmen - fabled former outlaws themselves - are sent to a snowy English village to arrest a rapist it seems a straightforward task, but is all as it first appears? Can Robin Hood and John Little complete the mission they've been given, or will their own innate sense of justice lead them down an unexpected path?

"The Rescue"

When a faithful friend goes missing from an English village it's up to an unlikely hero to find out what's happened in this action-packed tale.

Members Reviews:

Robin Hood Tales In Paperback For The 1st Time!

Fans of Steven A. McKay's Forest Lord series, and new readers alike will enjoy The Rescue and Other Tales.

This collection, published for the first time in paperback, contains "The Escape" featuring Little John; The Prisoner featuring Robin Hood and Little John; and "The Rescue" featuring two other friends of the outlaw gang.

Each tale is a fun, fast paced, "mini" adventure with enough surprise and punch that is not only worthy of the fist or quarterstaff of a wolf's head, it is satisfying to the reader!

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Title: Great American Womens Fiction

Subtitle: Ten Unabridged Classics

Author: Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton

Narrator: Chris McGlasson, Tamara Walters, Jan Ahders, Marni Webb

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers. This audio recording includes: "On the Divide" and "The Garden Lodge" by Willa Cather; "A Point at Issue", "Desiree's Baby", "A Pair of Silk Stockings", and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin; "Three Thanksgivings" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and "The Pelican" and "The Fullness of Life" by Edith Wharton.

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Titolo: Nemico, amico, amante

Autore: Alice Munro

Narratore: Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 12-05-17

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Categoria: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Riepilogo Editore:

Nove racconti che con grazia cristallina catturano la meravigliosa e devastante assurdità della vita. Sullo sfondo della natura selvaggia del nord ovest canadese, si dipanano rapinose storie di tradimenti, fughe, fulminee passioni, compromessi e convinte dedizioni, illuminando la prodigiosa complessità della natura umana.

©2001 / 2003 / 2005 / 2014 Alice Munro. All rights reserved. / Giulio Einaudi editore s.p.a., Torino (P)2017 Emons Italia S.r.l.

Recensioni dei membri:

Profondità psicologica e realismo

La Munro dona ai suoi personaggi una profondità psicologica e un vissuto che li rende profondamente umani. I racconti sono frammenti di vita quotidiana, con le sue imperfezioni, le piccole soddisfazioni, una storia che a volte è opprimente, a volte traspare, silenziosa, da piccoli dettagli. La maggior parte dei racconti, nella loro semplicità, lascia una sorta di malinconia, a volte amarezza, a volte sconsolata tristezza, in chi legge. Una scrittrice come la Munro merita di essere letta.

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Title: The Man Without a Gun

Subtitle: A Western Duo

Author: Lauran Paine

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Two tales of action, adventure, and the Wild West from a founding master of the genre, Lauran Paine.

In "The Crescent Scar", one man trying his best to stay on the straight and narrow is Sadler Carrel. Once upon a time he was a notorious outlaw known as the Gila River Kid, but he left his violent past behind to work a cattle ranch, always careful to keep the crescent-shaped scar, the only known identifying mark from his former life, carefully covered.

But when the railroad comes to town, putting up fences that keep his cattle from the water and grazing land, the only one that can protect everything that Sadler Carrel built is the Gila River Kid.

In "The Man without a Gun", Jack Swift didn't choose not to carry a gun; it chose him. After he served his sentence for horse thieving, he was told it's illegal for a former convict to wear a gun. So he went unarmed into the Arizona territory, where he found a small cattle town, settled down, and became a respected local businessman.

But when Jack's young, lame friend steals a horse to run from a cruel uncle, Jack goes after him unarmed, because he knows full well that the uncle does carry a gun and won't hesitate to use it.

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Title: The Most Beautiful Woman in Town

Author: Charles Bukowski

Narrator: Will Patton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A short story from The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories

"Cass was the youngest and most beautiful of 5 sisters. Cass was the most beautiful girl in town. 1/2 Indian with a supple and strange body, a snake-like and fiery body with eyes to go with it. Cass was fluid moving fire. She was like a spirit stuck into a form that would not hold her. Her hair was black and long and silken and whirled about as did her body. Her spirit was either very high or very low. There was no in between for Cass. Some said she was crazy. The dull ones said that. The dull ones would never understand Cass. To the men she was simply a sex machine and they didn't care whether she was crazy or not."

Bukowski's alter ego finds himself in a slow dance with the most beautiful girl in town, who also happens to be its saddest; a tale of loss and what might have been.

OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger in a lost city.

Members Reviews:

Allright story

The story is about a hot woman with mental issues.

The performance is magnificent.

Worth it.

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Title: Kid Stardust on the Porterhouse

Author: Charles Bukowski

Narrator: Will Patton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A short story from The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories

"They had led me down steps, 4 floors down and it had gotten colder and colder and the floors had been covered with a sheen of blood, green floors, green walls.

"I had explained my job - which was to push a button and then through this hole in the wall there was a noise like the crushing of fullbacks or elephants falling in hay, and here it came - something dead, a lot of it, bloody, and he showed me, you take it and throw it on the truck and then push the button and another one comes along, then he walked away, when he did I took off my smock, my tin hat, by boots (issued 3 size too small) and walked up the stairway and out of there....

"...I managed to open the door and get up inside the cab. It had a soft leather seat and the seat felt so good that I knew if I didn't fight it I would soon be asleep."

A brutal personal treatise on the need for work, even the most menial - and the need for dignity.

OBIE winner Will Patton (Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) recreates Bukowski in his visceral prime, along with every eye-popping character in his life, each adversary, lover, and stranger in a lost city.

Members Reviews:

The story is mentioned in one of his novels

The difficulty if low class life in America.

I enjoyed the "No B.S" style of writing in which Bukonski delivers all of his stuff.

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Title: This Land Is My Land

Subtitle: Short Reads for Lazy Days

Author: Alfie Dog Fiction

Narrator: Richard Wayne Stageman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-17

Publisher: Alfie Dog Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

This Land Is My Land is a collection of 16 action and adventure short stories from writers around the world. Drawing on dramatic locations from desert landscapes to RAF Changi and from Western to crime to humor, these stories will satisfy even the most demanding listener.

The full list of authors includes: Tom Rhoyd, Ian D. Smith, Paul Peppers, Stephen Rowson, John Malone, Michael Mohr, Henry Mitchell, G. Lloyd Helm, Dr. Robert Clifford, Roger Woodcock, Gerard Taylor Wallace, Martin Gosling, Chris Cooke, Michael Barry, Terence Brand, and Peter Lingard.

Members Reviews:

Nice collection of short stories

This is a collection of different types of stories. They are geared toward men but (being female) I found several of them to be interesting. Most all these stories leave you with something to think about. They are short so if I wasn't terribly interested in one, I knew I wouldn't have to listen too long. Others I would not have minded being a little longer. The narration for these stories was also very good. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

The Story Called Rosie the Riveter Clinched It!!

This collection has something for everyone. My favorite, because I think it is most accurate, is called Rosie the Riveter by Charles Cook.

2 college students 'help' in a senior center ahd by 'help' they (the 2 students) lament the horrible country of their birth [America], evil corporations, the wealthy, etc. They lay the blame on one political party. They commiserate the selfishness of the country especially those who do not believe in their FANATICAL belief in globalization (the planet is doomed) and corporations, evil corporations.

Finally, the crankiest yet quietest old man speaks up, much to everyone's surprise. The 2 college students BEG Mr. McCready to enlighten them (this is done dripping with sarcasm) and he does!

I loved it! All of the stories are good, but Charles Cook knocks it right out of the park with his analysis and links throughout history. I was cheering,'Right on, right on, right on!'

Great book, great performer, wonderful stories and a rousing 4 stars across the board

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