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Lost Children Archive
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- Narrated by: Valeria Luiselli, Kivlighan de Montebello, William DeMeritt, Maia Enrigue Luiselli
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight.... Everyone should read this book." (Tommy Orange)
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A mother and father set out with their two children, a boy and a girl, driving from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer. Their destination: Apacheria, the place the Apaches once called home.
Why Apaches? asks the 10-year-old son. Because they were the last of something,answers his father.
In their car, they play games and sing along to music. But on the radio, there is news about an "immigration crisis": thousands of kids trying to cross the Southwestern border into the US but getting detained - or lost in the desert along the way.
As the family drives - through Virginia to Tennessee, across Oklahoma and Texas - we sense they are on the brink of a crisis of their own. A fissure is growing between the parents, one the children can almost feel beneath their feet. They are led, inexorably, to a grand, harrowing adventure - both in the desert landscape and within the chambers of their own imaginations.
Told through several compelling voices, blending texts, sounds, and images, Lost Children Archive is an astonishing feat of literary virtuosity. It is a richly engaging story of how we document our experiences and how we remember the things that matter to us the most. With urgency and empathy, it takes us deep into the lives of one remarkable family as it probes the nature of justice and equality today.
Includes a PDF of visuals from the book.
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Critic reviews
“The novel truly becomes novel again in Luiselli’s hands - electric, elastic, alluring, new.... She is a superb chronicler of children: the daughter and son feel piercingly real - perceptive, irreplaceable, wonderfully odd. The book [is] an archive of curiosities, yearnings, animated by the narrator’s restless energy.... It breaks out of the rhythms of the road trip, into a heart-stopping climax." (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times)
“Daring, wholly original, brilliant...fascinating. What Luiselli has pulled off here is a twist on the great American road trip novel, a book about alienation that chronicles fractures, divides, and estrangement - of both a family and a country. It’s a remarkable feat of empathy and intellectuality that showcases Luiselli’s ability to braid the political, historical, and personal while explicitly addressing the challenges of figuring out how to tell the very story she’s telling. Luiselli is an extraordinary writer [with] a freewheeling novelist’s imagination.” (Heller McAlpin, NPR)
“Engrossing...constantly surprising - a beguiling mixture of the real and the doubly invented; a passionately engaged book [with] intellectual amplitude and moral seriousness, [and] a beautiful, loving portrait of children and of the task of looking after them. The kids are utterly alive, hurling questions and mangling adult signals: we are with the family, inside their Volvo wagon, or looking over their shoulders as they eat in diners and stay in motels. It is a pleasure to be a part of the narrator’s family; just as pleasurable is the access we gain to the narrator’s mind - a comprehensive literary intelligence.” (James Wood, The New Yorker)
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- By Hadassah on 03-12-24
By: Holly Craig
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The Holy Bible: King James Version
- The Old and New Testaments
- By: King James Bible
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, and others
- Length: 82 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This newer edition of the King James Bible published in 1769 is usually preferred by most that read it over the older 1611 version. This 1769 edition is highly sought after due to being more reader/listener friendly than the 1611 since many typos were fixed.... We hope your new audio bible will go everywhere with you and be a blessing for years to come.
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Very Good
- By José de Ribera on 12-17-20
By: King James Bible
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He Who Fights with Monsters 2
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- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
- Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
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But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.
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Contrary to common reviews
- By Karen on 05-21-21
By: Shirtaloon, and others
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Point Nemo
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. At its core is a dead zone, devoid of life, where government agencies crash their obsolete satellites and space stations, confident they won't harm a soul. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist studying living space dust called xylem, finds herself marooned. Julie's only hope for rescue lies in the hands of her estranged father, Dr. Finn Maddern, a renowned mycologist.
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Totally original-totally feasible!
- By Lawrence Tate on 04-10-24
By: Jeremy Robinson
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The Girlfriend
- By: K.L. Slater
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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The doorbell rings, just days after my beloved husband’s sudden death. I don’t recognise the woman on our doorstep, with her blonde highlights, a diamond bracelet identical to my own and a bouncing baby boy in her arms. As I show her inside, I notice her eyes grow wide as she takes in our spacious hallway, and the big squashy sofas that we all used to pile on. She glances at the silver-framed family photos and my little daughter hiding behind my skirts. She looks at me, her blue eyes serious. ‘I’m sorry’ she says. ‘I am your husband’s girlfriend. And this is his son.'
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Uh, what?
- By Karyn Cavanaugh on 02-22-23
By: K.L. Slater
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You Shouldn’t Have Come Here
- By: Jeneva Rose
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Andi Arndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells—and he’s eager to introduce her to his easygoing way of life. But there are things Grace discovers that she’s not too pleased about: a lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn’t right with the ranch.
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Worst. Ever. NOT a true twist. Juvenile writing and story,
- By Whitney Lahann on 04-29-23
By: Jeneva Rose
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The Narrator
- By: K. L. Slater
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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When the call came it seemed like the answer to my prayers. My career as a voice actor had been over for months and me and my little girl Scarlet were living back at my mum’s place. I felt like a failure professionally—and with Scarlet having problems at school, as a parent as well. So, when I was asked to narrate a new book by disappeared novelist Philippa Roberts I jumped at the chance, even if it meant leaving Scarlet with my ex, Hugo, for a few weeks. Hugo, with his perfect new home and his perfect new girlfriend Saskia. But this isn’t a dream come true. It’s a nightmare.
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Love but it's a production issue!
- By Mary on 09-02-22
By: K. L. Slater
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The Shallows
- By: Holly Craig
- Narrated by: Tamala Shelton
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Emma and Ariella, neighbours in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs, appear to have it all—perfect homes, perfect husbands, perfect lives. But they both know dark secrets lurk beneath the surface and shallow waters can’t hide Ariella’s. Now she has been found murdered. Her daughter filmed the killing. Not knowing what she’s filmed, Emma’s daughter Kiki innocently uploads footage of Ariella’s brutal death. Emma fears the worst—the killer will know what she and Kiki have seen. Their safe suburban lives no longer exist.
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Surprising and refreshing
- By digitalblonde2001 on 04-10-24
By: Holly Craig
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
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Fingerprints of the Gods is the revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of listeners throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the history behind modern society. An intellectual detective story, this unique history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain.
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By Kelly on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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- Ray Stewart
- 03-04-19
ECHO...O...O...
This novel is not written in the more conventional way. At times it feels more like poetry than prose. It is full of analogies, parallels, correlations and "echos." It's about a family, no proper names are given, on a road trip from New York to Arizona. The why, how and when of the trip are all part of the story.
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- Shelley W
- 06-29-22
A Haunting Story - Mesmerizing from the First Page
Once started, you won't want to put it down. This is a deeply haunting story that will grab your heart and wrench it with the truth of life of the lost children of immigrants who simply want a good and better life for their children and who risk it all for them, even unto death. The author captures life through a lens not often understood by those of white privilege and is eye and heart opening. My prayers are for all the lost children.
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- Edub007
- 01-17-21
poetic, not always smooth
I found parts of this book very poetic and beautiful and other parts very slow. The story and the subject covered is difficult, deep, and emotional. There are aspects to the way the story is told that I genuinely loved though at times it felt a bit disjointed - like many different stories - and I struggled to keep my focus. Alas over halfway through the book the author weaves the various stories together and the reader has a more comprehensive picture. I did appreciate the way the writing felt different than many popular books, helping to emphasize the underlying content in a very crisp, pure manner.
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- C. Olson
- 10-29-19
Beautiful language and emotionally powerful
I ended up very much enjoying the narration though I usually am not a fan of authors reading...but that even ties into the story.
Such a beautiful and thoughtful and emotional story that really should impact any human, regardless of your political affiliations.
Can’t praise it enough!
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- Elizabeth D. Shiftan
- 12-21-21
Struggled to get through.
Adult characters are self absorbed and annoying. Don't like the impersonalization of the children. I understand why author has done it.
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- Malila Becton
- 02-13-20
Wow
I heard the author speak on NPR and downloaded the book because it sounded interesting. I had no idea what I was in for. Amazing in so many ways. I won’t spoil it for you. Read it for yourself.
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- Regina
- 08-25-21
Wonderful Listen
Let me bottom line this from the outset: I loved this book. But the first few chapters had me wondering what I was listening to, and I replayed sections a few times. I'll bet others quit before it really takes hold. I almost never like an author to read their own book. But here, it makes the story feel like a memoir. I also usually hate any manipulation or Production Value addition. But here, it adds so much texture and color to the characters and story. Well Done!
I was drawn in by the interesting intersection of the parents arcane fields of study. A marriage falling apart while the children hold on for dear life, the relevant story of missing children, the history of unprotected orphans, the issues of immigration, the crises at the boarder, and our past sins of genocide all paint a picture of our failings as human beings, while we fight our own human frailties.
But this story unfolds like a blossom, pedal by pedal and doesn't make a painful, depressing listen. That comes after the story settles into you psyche. This is a very uniquely written book. Poetic in places, lyrical in others. And definitely, better listened to than read.
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- Arturo Zendejas
- 02-19-20
Extraordinary narrative!
Immigrant families, especially children, seeking asylum, which is legal, during President Trump’s administration has been a nightmarish experience for those escaping violence and famine. Unfortunately American nationalism has rendered these asylum-seekers as less than human, creating an atmosphere of intolerance and apathy toward the children who are separated by ICE from their families and caged like animals, some of which are lost in the bureaucratic shuffle. The stories we read or hear from journalists often fail to raise our consciousness about the universality of family life & every child’s place w/in the context of this all too vital social unit.
Regardless of race, indigenous tribe, ethnic background, or nationality, Valeria Luiselli takes us through a multilayered narrative journey that will make us—as It made me—think about how much families and children have in common, and how this awareness helps us become more empathetic.
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- Northwestnana
- 10-13-21
abrupt ending
Loved the story and the manner in which it was told. Thought that the father's role could have been a little more fleshed out.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-20-20
Amazing book
Valeria Luiselli is a marvelous writer. Way ahead from the time and society. The imagination is far real than reality.
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