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A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War

A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War

How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918

By: Joseph Loconte / Narrated By: Dave Hoffman

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

The occasional urge to throttle the narrator did NOT stop this from being a hard-hitting Listen. Filled with Strife; filled with Grace

When Harry Met Minnie

When Harry Met Minnie

A True Story of Love and Friendship

Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…

The Radical King

The Radical King

Series: The Radical King

By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Cornel West / Narrated By: LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West, Mike Colter, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael K. Williams

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

More notable for Cornel West’s Commentary—soooo, I think, while this is good, I’m looking for MLK Jr’s Autobiography narrated by LeVar Burton to be better

The Splendid and the Vile

The Splendid and the Vile

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: John Lee / Epilogue By: Erik Larson

Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins

WOW! Can chaos and carnage and political machinations be good ol’ rollicking fun? YES!!!