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The Perfect Scent
- A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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We follow Coty's mating of star power to the marketing of perfume, watching Sex and the City's Parker heading a hugely expensive campaign to launch a scent into the overcrowded celebrity market. Will she match the success of Jennifer Lopez? Does she have the international fan base to drive worldwide sales?
In Paris at the elegant Hermès, we see Jean Claude Ellena, his company's new head perfumer, given a challenge: he must create a scent to resuscitate Hermès' perfume business and challenge le monster of the industry, best-selling Chanel No. 5. Will his pilgrimage to a garden on the Nile supply the inspiration he needs? The answer lies in Burr's informative and mesmerizing portrait of some of the extraordinary personalities who envision, design, create, and launch the perfumes that drive their billion-dollar industry.
Critic reviews
"A thorough and often hilarious account of perfumery's colorful characters, the science and art of fragrance creation and the human experience of scent itself." (Publishers Weekly)
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Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he's offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he is at first, skeptical - he immediately sees it is more a forgery than a restoration. But he is soon seduced by the challenge and throws himself into the work, doing the job brilliantly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More fun with Gruber
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By: Michael Gruber
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The President's Hat
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand’s black felt hat has been left behind. After a few moments’ soul-searching, Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir of an extraordinary evening. It’s a perfect fit, and as he leaves the restaurant Daniel begins to feel somehow...different.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You need this book. I need that hat.
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By: Antoine Laurain
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- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 909
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Story4 out of 5 stars 905
When Betsy Devonshire arrived in Excelsior, Minnesota, all she wanted was to visit her sister Margot and get her life in order. She never dreamed her sister would give her a place to stay and a job at her needlecraft shop. In fact, things had never looked so good - until Margot was murdered. In a town this friendly, it's hard to imagine who could have committed such a horrible act, but Betsy has a few ideas. There's an ex-employee who wants to start her own needlework store. And there's the landlord who wanted Margot out. Now Betsy's putting together a list of motives and suspects....
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4 out of 5 stars
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British style mystery set in America
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Unlabel
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 394
Instructive as it is innovative, Unlabel will empower you to channel your creativity, find the courage to defy convention, and summon the confidence to act and compete in any environment. This blueprint will teach you how to grow both creatively and commercially by testing your personal brand against the principles of the Authenticity Formula. Marc Eckō shares the bruising mistakes and remarkable triumphs that reveal the truth behind his success, growing from a misfit kid airbrushing T-shirts in his parents' garage to the bold creator of two hugely successful branded platforms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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...So Real, It Should Be Illegal
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By: Marc Ecko
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The Glitter Plan
- How We Started Juicy Couture for $200 and Turned It into a Global Brand
- By: Pamela Skaist-Levy, Booth Moore, Gela Nash-Taylor
- Narrated by: Rose Itzcovitz
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 84
While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they both had to be obsessed by it. Pam and Gela eventually sold their company to Liz Claiborne for $50 million, but not before they created a whole new genre of casual clothing that came to define California cool.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Elementary, at best
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By: Pamela Skaist-Levy, and others
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner: in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wish this wasn't abridged!!
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By: Adam Gopnik
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The Lost Carousel of Provence
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 281
Long, lonely years have passed for the crumbling Château Clement, nestled well beyond the rolling lavender fields and popular tourist attractions of Provence. Once a bustling and dignified ancestral estate, now all that remains is the château's gruff, elderly owner and the softly whispered secrets of generations buried and forgotten. But time has a way of exposing history's dark stains, and when American photographer Cady Drake finds herself drawn to the château and its antique carousel, she longs to explore the relic's shadowy origins.
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Loved It!
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By: Juliet Blackwell
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
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Thoroughly Enjoyable
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By: Hari Kunzru
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Pattern Recognition
- By: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 707
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Story4 out of 5 stars 624
Cayce Pollard is a new kind of prophet - a world-renowned "coolhunter" who predicts the hottest trends. While in London to evaluate the redesign of a famous corporate logo, she's offered a different assignment: find the creator of the obscure, enigmatic video clips being uploaded to the Internet - footage that is generating massive underground buzz worldwide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Only gets better with age
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By: William Gibson
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Skinnydipping
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- By: Bethenny Frankel
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 76
This outrageously entertaining and bawdy roman à clef from reality TV star Bethenny Frankel follows a business-savvy, would-be actress in hot pursuit of the perfect man, the perfect job, and the perfect body. Burning through men like she burns through calories, our sexy, loud-mouthed heroine grasps at any opportunity that might take her to the top. Listeners will jump at the chance to hear about the thrilling highs and cringe-worthy lows of Bethenny’s first shaky steps into adulthood, told here in a fictional format.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An amusing story that may have already been told
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By: Bethenny Frankel
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Red Plenty
- By: Francis Spufford
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the 20th-century magic called "the planned economy," which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the heady years of the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. Red Plenty is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away. Red Plenty is history, it's fiction, it's as ambitious as Sputnik, and as uncompromising as an Aeroflot flight attendant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simple review
- By Jay J Peters on 06-24-18
By: Francis Spufford
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Hooked on Murder
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
When bookstore event coordinator Molly Pink stumbles across the dead body of a crochet group's leader, her complicated past with the woman makes her a prime suspect. But while Molly's fending off a detective with a personal grudge and navigating the pitfalls of crochet group politics, the real killer remains at large. And it's up to her to catch the culprit - before she winds up in a tight knot....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Book, Clean content for the most part.
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On What Grounds
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,799
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,475
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,482
Clare Cosi used to manage the historic Village Blend coffeehouse…until she opted for quieter pastures and a more suburban life. But after ten years and a little friendly cajoling from the owner (a fresh pot of Jamaican Blue Mountain was all it took), she's back to the grind. With a sprawling rent-free apartment directly above the Village Blend, her cat Java by her side, and plenty of coffeehouse redecorating ideas, Clare is thrilled to return to work. Until she discovers the assistant manager unconscious in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stands out
- By Pam on 06-07-13
By: Cleo Coyle
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Coming Home
- Chesapeake Diaries Series #1
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
In the wake of his wife's murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI - and everything else-to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love, and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister's wedding draws him to St. Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay. Though he swears he isn't interested in finding love again, Grady can't ignore the mutual sparks that fly when he meets Vanessa Keaton.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Graet New Series from Audible
- By casey on 08-25-12
By: Mariah Stewart
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The Merlot Murders
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- By: Ellen Crosby
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 96
Lucie Montgomery's semi-estranged brother, Eli, calls her in France to tell her that their father, Leland, has been killed in a hunting accident on the family's 500-acre Virginia vineyard. But the vineyard is now shabby and run-down and her siblings want to sell it. Then Lucie's godfather tells her Leland's death was no accident. With her greedy brother, hell-raising sister, and a seemingly cut-rate vintner hired by Leland just before he died, all the suspects are disturbingly close to home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wine & history w/ your mystery!
- By Cracker1951 on 03-27-08
By: Ellen Crosby
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Bangkok 8
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- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 325
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 280
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Story4 out of 5 stars 280
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep - a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I. - is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very dissapointing
- By Dennis on 05-29-13
By: John Burdett
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