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The Power of One
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- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
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At the age of 22, Jennifer Worth left her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in postwar London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she met while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lived to the woman with 24 children who couldn't speak English to the prostitutes and dockers of the city’s seedier side - illuminate a fascinating time in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've listened to this year
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By: Jennifer Worth
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Season of Darkness
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- Narrated by: Tom Craig
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector. Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. Then one turns up dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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much better than average historical detective
- By connie on 09-30-12
By: Maureen Jennings
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Two Roads
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
It's 1932, and 12-year-old Cal Black and his pop have been riding the rails for years after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, DC - some of his fellow veterans are marching for their government checks, and Pop wants to make sure he gets his due - and Cal can't go with him. Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: Pop is actually a Creek Indian, which means Cal is, too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to a government boarding school for Native Americans in Oklahoma.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
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By: Joseph Bruchac
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How Green Was My Valley
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- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 645
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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How Green Was My Valley is Richard Llewellyn’s best-selling - and timeless - classic, as well as the basis of a beloved film. As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn’s characters fight, love, laugh, and cry, creating an indelible portrait of a people. Richard Llewellyn (1906–1983), a Welsh novelist, was born in Hendon, England, in the county of Middlesex.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The rhythm of life... the pattern of words...
- By Jan on 04-16-13
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The Last King of Scotland
- By: Giles Foden
- Narrated by: Mirron E. Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 131
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Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his Maserati, has hit a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, obsessed with all things Scottish, appoints him as his personal physician. So begins a fateful dalliance with the African leader whose Emperor Jones-style autocracy would transform into a reign of terror.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst Production Ever
- By James on 01-24-07
By: Giles Foden
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Brick Lane
- By: Monica Ali
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
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- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Nanzeen's inauspicious birth in a Bangladeshi village imbues in her a sense of fatalism that she carries across continents. Married off to a man old enough to be her father, Nanzeen moves to London and cares for her family. But gradually she begins to question whether fate controls her or whether she has a hand in her own destiny. She discovers both the complexity that comes with free choice and the depth of her attachment to her husband, her daughters and her new world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A truly wonderful book!
- By A M on 11-24-03
By: Monica Ali
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That’s That
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Colin Broderick was born in 1968 and spent his childhood in Tyrone County in Northern Ireland. It was the beginning of the period of heightened tension and violence known as the Troubles, and Colin’s Catholic family lived in the heart of rebel country. The community was filled with Provisional IRA members, whose lives depended on the silence and complicity of their neighbors. But even when Colin does ask his parents about these events, he never receives a clear explanation. Desperate to protect her children, Colin’s mother tries to prevent exposure to or knowledge of the harm that surrounds them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Written and Very Personal Memoir
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Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is a practitioner of empirical philosophy - an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal the injured, and even fly. Though he dreams of fighting in the Great War as the first male in the elite US Sigilry Corps Rescue and Evacuation Service - a team of flying medics - Robert is resigned to mixing batches of philosophical chemicals and keeping the books for the family business in rural Montana, where his mother, a former soldier and vigilante, aids the locals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant multi layered story
- By Kent Lanigan on 02-21-18
By: Tom Miller
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Now and in the Hour of Our Death
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Patrick Taylor’s first novel of the Irish Troubles, Pray for Us Sinners, introduced us to Provisional IRA bombmaker Davy MacCutcheon and the love of his life, Fiona Kavanagh. Davy planned to leave the Provos after one final mission. But the deadly mission backfired, and Davy ended up in prison. Six years later, in Now and in the Hour of Our Death, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in Vancouver, Canada. But news of a breakout at the Maze prison brings back memories she thought she’d left behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect End of a Great Epic
- By J. Lindsey on 03-01-15
By: Patrick Taylor
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The Colour of Magic
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- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,801
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,581
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,572
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place that might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.
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3 out of 5 stars
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TERRIBLE Narration!
- By Kayla I on 07-08-22
By: Terry Pratchett
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The Pearl Thief
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- Narrated by: Maggie Service
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,359
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,241
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,235
From the internationally acclaimed best-selling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate, and this will be a summer of good-byes. Not least to the McEwen family - Highland travellers who have been part of the landscape for as long as anyone can remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Freshwater Pearls and Scottish Plaid
- By Cynthia on 08-14-17
By: Elizabeth Wein
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Pearl in a Cage
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- By: Joy Dettman
- Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
On a balmy midsummer's evening in 1923, a young woman - foreign, dishevelled and heavily pregnant - is found unconscious just off the railway tracks in the tiny logging community of Woody Creek. The town midwife, Gertrude Foote, is roused from her bed when the woman is brought to her door. Try as she might, Gertrude is unable to save her, but the baby lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pearl in a Cage
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By: Joy Dettman
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My Brother's Voice
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- By: Stephen Nasser, Sherry Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story5 out of 5 stars 156
Stephen 'Pista' Nasser was 13 years old when the Nazis whisked him and his family away from their home in Hungary to Auschwitz. His memories of that terrifying experience are still vivid, and his love for his brother Andris still brings a husky tone to his voice when he remembers the terrible ordeal they endured together. Stephen's account of the Holocaust, told in the refreshingly direct and optimistic language of a young boy, will help every listener to understand that the Holocaust was real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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my favorite I've read it 5 times
- By Anonymous User on 04-15-18
By: Stephen Nasser, and others
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- By: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 357
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Story4 out of 5 stars 216
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- By Terri Kirk on 07-13-12
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Miss Lonelyhearts
- By: Nathanael West
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser, Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4 out of 5 stars 82
Miss Lonelyhearts is an unnamed male newspaper columnist writing an advice column, which is viewed by the newspaper as a joke. As "Miss Lonelyhearts" reads letters from desperate New Yorkers, he feels terribly burdened and falls into a cycle of deep depression, accompanied by heavy drinking and occasional barfights. The novel is essentially a black comedy and is characterized by an extremely dark but clever sense of humor and irony.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Charged with Meaning, and Far Leftist Leaning
- By W Perry Hall on 01-27-16
By: Nathanael West
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Gypsy Boy
- By: Mikey Walsh
- Narrated by: Mikey Walsh
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Mikey's family were Gypsies. They live in a closed community and little is known about their way of life. As he didn't go to school, the caravan became his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant culture, his family had a dark hidden history. Eventually Mikey was forced to make a decision – to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere to belong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beaten up
- By Bel on 06-10-21
By: Mikey Walsh
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From master storyteller Bryce Courtenay comes a colorful, lusty story set in the 13th century, an epic tale of a Europe torn by religious intolerance. The story centers around Sylvia Honeyeater, who sings like an angel and can literally charm the birds from the trees. The narrative also features the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Francis of Assisi, the Muslim Sultan and his harem, and the fervor that becomes the Children's Crusade and then, later, the Crusades.
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2 out of 5 stars
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a departure for Bryce
- By G. on 06-11-07
By: Bryce Courtenay
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Empire of the Vampire
- By: Jay Kristoff
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,562
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It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good
- By donna on 09-16-21
By: Jay Kristoff
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April Fool's Day
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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This is Bryce Courtenay's moving tribute to his son, Damon, a hemophiliac who died from medically acquired AIDS on April 1, 1991, at the age of 24. April Fool's Day is controversial, painful and heartbreaking, yet has a gentle humor. It is also life-affirming, and, above all, a testimony to the incredible regenerative strength of love: how when we confront our worst, we can become our best. This tragic yet uplifting story will change the way you think.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is A Love Story
- By Louise on 12-03-07
By: Bryce Courtenay
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The Story of Danny Dunn
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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At just 16 years Danny Dunn has everything going for him: brains, looks, sporting aptitude - and luck with the ladies. His mother steers him towards a university education, but with just six months of his degree to go, he signs up for the AIF, driven by a desire to serve his country and plain wanderlust. Danny serves in South-east Asia, spends three and a half years as a POW, and returns a broken man, embittered and facially disfigured. He is scared and overwhelmed by the need to sort himself out, to find out who the hell he is....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Oh Danny Boy!
- By Eddie on 02-06-10
By: Bryce Courtenay
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Graceling
- Graceling Realm, Book 1
- By: Kristin Cashore
- Narrated by: Xanthe Elbrick
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa’s Grace is killing. As the king’s niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa’s life begins to change. She never expects to become Po’s friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden.
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4 out of 5 stars
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“Mercy was more frightening than murder”
- By Jefferson on 12-30-23
By: Kristin Cashore
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The Chaperone
- By: M Hendrix
- Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Girls in New America must have a chaperone with them at all times. Because of this, Stella is never alone. She can't go out by herself or learn about the world. She can't even spend time with boys except at formal Visitations. Still, Stella feels lucky that her chaperone, Sister Helen, is like a friend to her. And then the unthinkable happens. Sister Helen dies suddenly, and Stella feels lost. Especially when she's assigned a new chaperone just days later.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THIS IS A PHENOMENAL READ!!!
- By Shelly lay on 01-27-24
By: M Hendrix
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- Wendy Green
- 06-20-19
One of the best books I have read!
I loved everything about this book. the author had great use of imagery and the message was very uplifting.
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- 07-01-18
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This book is incredible, and has so many truths about life in it. I really really suggest that everyone reads it.
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- Smithson
- 09-05-20
Excellent and engaging. Hard to stop listening.
I read this book in 1990. It was suggested to me by a white South African woman who had left her country to escape arrest because she ran a school for kids with intellectual disabilities and included black children as students. She had amazing stories about her own nanny and outsmarting the Johannesburg police. So, this is the framework in which I first read this book.
I loved these characters. I loved how Peekay was educated, how he worked through problems, how he always kept moving forward with hope, I loved the boxing and how Africa is described in such lovely detail. I don’t know how the sentiments of this book will hold up to scrutiny in the current climate of race relations in 2020. There are terrible atrocities committed against the African characters and the author does not skim over the difficult parts. The writer never takes it lightly or minimizes the importance of the struggle.
If you don’t like boxing when you start, you’ll at least respect the process in the end.
Of note, the performance by Humphrey Bower is extraordinary. It is the best I’ve experienced. Bower is genius with accents, with gender, with emotion. I felt like there were multiple readers. Bravo, Mr. Bower!
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- kmb
- 05-27-20
You wii be happy that you listened to this beautiful story
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Have you ever finished a book only to feel like you have said goodbye to a good friend? This is one of those books. It is a story of love, loyalty, respect and friendship. It speaks to the heart and reminds the reader of the most important life lessons while spinning an unforgettable tale of a young boy who grows up in South Africa. The life and universal struggles experienced by Peekay are a reminder of the harsh wounds that children suffer and remain with them for years and how loving adults who invest in children can help to influence their lives.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-08-20
The best book ever!
This is the book I love the best! This is a powerful read full of life, knowledge and hope! Everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime! For me this book is a best friend, a mentor and a counselor. It is the parents I never had. It soothes my soul and gives me hope in humanity.
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- Caroline Fraser
- 10-05-19
Brilliant
Eloquently written. Heart wrenching, moving and truly one of the best books I have read. Narrator was absolutely incredible.
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- Adam Leija
- 08-14-20
Life changing book delivered by a masterful voice.
As my favorite movie, since I was a child, I read/listened to the book for the first time. As it did more than 25 years ago I am moved to action, to live a life full of great leaps forward and to lead and teach others to do the same. Be prepared to be motivated.
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- Taz
- 05-18-21
Listen for 2 hours, then decide
I just happen to grab this book for no reason in particular. After about two hours into the book, the story became so captivating, trying to stop listening was almost impossible.
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- kelly
- 09-30-21
love love this book
great story, story telling, has a little bit of everything in it for everyone. can't go wrong. my favorite
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- Deb H
- 07-23-21
Great Listen!
Great story and excellent narration . One of those where you just want to keep listening without interruption.
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