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A Quintessential Quartet
- The Story of the Lindsay String Quartet
- Narrado por: Bernard Gregor-Smith
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Bernard takes the reader on an evocative and fascinating journey from his early life, detailing his ancestral influences on his chosen career of cellist, until the present day.
A charming book full of pathos and humor that tells the true story of the world-famous Lindsay String Quartet, their adventures during 40 years of world travel, and their achievements of the highest accolades, which made them one of the most revered quartets of the 20th century. Bernard continues, in his third section, to talk of his introduction to the Alpujarras in the Sierra Nevada of Southern Spain, the area he has chosen to live with his wife Theresa.
This book is both engaging and humorous while also giving a uniquely personal perspective into the life of one of the world's greatest quartet cellists. A must-listen for any fan of chamber music and in particular of the famed Lindsay String Quartet.
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John Lennon
- The Life
- De: Philip Norman
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 120
Philip Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the world's most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the definitive portrait of John Lennon. This biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into almost a secular saint.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really Bad Abridgement Job (slash job)
- De Let's Be Reasonable en 12-04-08
De: Philip Norman
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Iris Grace
- How Thula the Cat Saved a Little Girl and Her Family
- De: Arabella Carter-Johnson
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21
Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. Both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her. One day, her mother brought home a Maine Coon kitten for Iris. Thula immediately bonded with Iris, knowing right away how to assuage Iris when she became overstimulated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better understanding
- De Amazon Customer en 01-17-18
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Labyrinths
- Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
- De: Catrine Clay
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict rules of proper Swiss society at the beginning of the 20th century dictated that a woman of Emma's stature - one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland - travel to Paris to "finish" her education, to prepare for marriage to a suitable man. Engaged to the son of one of her father's wealthy business colleagues, Emma's conventional and predictable life was upended when she met Carl Jung.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Carl plays center stage
- De Sparrowhawk en 12-23-16
De: Catrine Clay
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No Cunning Plan
- De: Sir Tony Robinson
- Narrado por: Tony Robinson
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 77
Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over 50 years. Now, in his long-awaited autobiography, he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first stage production of Oliver!, a pint-size pickpocket desperately bleaching his incipient moustache, to comedy icon Baldrick, the loyal servant and turnip aficionado in Blackadder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great audible book as read by Sir Tony Robinson
- De Michael Thomas Fortson en 04-15-21
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Toni Tennille
- A Memoir
- De: Toni Tennille, Caroline Tennille St. Clair
- Narrado por: Toni Tennille
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 686
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 607
Since bursting onto the scene in the mid '70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable couple. They were an irresistible pair to millions of fans all over the world, further underscored by the rousing "yes, we can!" gospel of their biggest hit, "Love Will Keep Us Together". But underneath the image was an entirely different story that the fans never saw.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it for several reasons
- De Jennifer en 05-28-16
De: Toni Tennille, y otros
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Famous Father Girl
- A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
- De: Jamie Bernstein
- Narrado por: Jamie Bernstein
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir. The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most protean musician in 20th-century America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't say enough good things
- De barbara en 10-10-18
De: Jamie Bernstein
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- De: Muriel Spark
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 3 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 274
In the classic work that launched a play, a movie, and a song, Muriel Spark tells the darkly intriguing story of an eccentric Edinburgh teacher and the intense relationship she develops with six of her students. The scandalously outspoken Miss Brodie makes big waves in the conservative Scottish school, preaching the value of art, passion, and daring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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creme de la creme
- De Kathleen en 01-04-08
De: Muriel Spark
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The Dark Flood Rises
- A Novel
- De: Dame Margaret Drabble
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 124
Francesca Stubbs has a very full life. A highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age, she drives restlessly round England. Amid the professional conferences she attends, she fits in visits to old friends, brings home-cooked dinners to her ex-husband, texts her son, who is grieving over the sudden death of his girlfriend, and drops in on her daughter, a quirky young woman who lives in a floodplain in the West Country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life Observed By An Exceptional Writer
- De Sara en 03-22-17
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The Road from Coorain
- De: Jill Ker Conway
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
In the 1930s, Jill Ker's parents bought a sheep farm on the western plains of New South Wales. In 1944, they lost nearly everything when a drought hit. Forced to leave Coorain, 11-year-old Jill and her mother settled in Sydney where Jill struggled to find a place for herself among Sydney's elite. Her story, both a chronicle of life in the Australian outback and the odyssey of a brilliant woman fighting the constraints of her time, offers a loving view of Australia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So glad I (finally) listened to my aunt
- De T. en 07-12-13
De: Jill Ker Conway
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The Nine of Us
- Growing Up Kennedy
- De: Jean Kennedy Smith
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inside the Kennedy Family~ excellent and funny~
- De Molly en 10-30-16
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How Did All This Happen?
- De: John Bishop
- Narrado por: John Bishop
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
If you're a man of a certain age you'll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea. With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he turned the dreaded 4-0. But instead of spanking a load of cash on a car that would have made him look like a senior stylist at Vidal Sassoon, he stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one of the nation's best loved comedians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and Funny
- De Nancy Burnett en 12-01-22
De: John Bishop
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Traveling Music
- The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
- De: Neil Peart
- Narrado por: Brian Sutherland
- Duración: 14 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir of Neil Peart's travels from Los Angeles to Big Bend National Park. The emotional associations and stories behind each album Peart plays guide his recollections of his childhood on Lake Ontario, the first bands that he performed with, and his travels with the band Rush. The evocative and resonant writing vividly captures the meanderings of a musical mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If your a music lover you'll dig this one
- De Jason Lessenger en 09-12-15
De: Neil Peart
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Wait for Me!
- Memoirs
- De: Deborah Mitford Duchess of Devonshire
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The last of the Mitford Sisters
- De Irene en 01-11-11
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In the Great Green Room
- The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
- De: Amy Gary
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret's books have sold millions of copies all over the world, but few people know that she was at the center of a children's book publishing revolution.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Excruciatingly boring
- De Melissa S. en 01-31-19
De: Amy Gary
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My Autobiography
- De: Charles Chaplin, David Robinson - introduction
- Narrado por: Steve John Shepherd
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
Take an unforgettable journey with the man George Bernard Shaw called "the only genius to come out of the movie industry" as he moves from his impoverished South London childhood to the heights of Hollywood wealth and fame; from the McCarthy-era investigations to his founding of United Artists to his "reverse migration" back to Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally Chaplin’s auto is available!
- De Ryan Baumbach en 04-28-22
De: Charles Chaplin, y otros