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A Song Flung Up to Heaven
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Finding Fish
- A Memoir
- De: Antwone Q. Fisher
- Narrado por: Thomas Penny
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 86
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Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his midteens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book will not disappoint you.
- De Joseph en 10-16-16
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- De: Maya Angelou
- Narrado por: Maya Angelou
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,364
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,212
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age - and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. But years later, she learns about love for herself and the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional & Powerful
- De Miss Toni en 06-30-13
De: Maya Angelou
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Saints for All Occasions
- A Novel
- De: J. Courtney Sullivan
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 721
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 631
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 634
Nora and Theresa Flynn are 21 and 17 when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and engaged to a man she isn't sure that she loves. Theresa is gregarious; she is thrilled by their new life in Boston and besotted with the fashionable dresses and dance halls on Dudley Street. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan - a decision with repercussions they are both far too young to understand.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narration ruined it
- De Janis Reynolds en 06-12-17
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Between Two Worlds
- Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
- De: Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Zainab Salbi was 11-years-old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot, her family often forced to spend weekends with Saddam where he watched their every move. As a palace insider, Zainab offers a singular glimpse of what it is like to come of age under a dictator and provides an intimate portrait of the man she was taught to call "uncle". She watched as Saddam pitted friends, spouses, and even children against each other to compete for his approval.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An excellent history lesson
- De Ella en 12-01-09
De: Zainab Salbi, y otros
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The Story Hour
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 780
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 706
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 701
An experienced psychologist, Maggie carefully maintains emotional distance from her patients. But when she meets a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself, her professional detachment disintegrates. Cut off from her family in India, Lakshmi is desperately lonely and trapped in a loveless marriage. Moved by her plight, Maggie treats Lakshmi in her home office for free, quickly realizing that the despondent woman doesn't need a shrink; she needs a friend.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A stellar performance almost carried the book...
- De Daryl en 03-04-15
De: Thrity Umrigar
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Babylon Sisters
- De: Pearl Cleage
- Narrado por: Pearl Cleage
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,183
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,181
Catherine, busy working with refugee and immigrant women through her small firm, Babylon Sisters, has taken on a powerful new client. She doesn't have much time for Phoebe's complicated questions of paternity - that is, until Phoebe's real father, B. J., a renowned investigative reporter, shows up in town to work on a story connected to Catherine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sister Love
- De Florence Graydon en 03-26-21
De: Pearl Cleage
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Shadow of a Century
- De: Jean Grainger
- Narrado por: Alana Kerr Collins
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Mary Doyle arrives in Dublin in 1913, doomed, she fears, to a life of domestic service. Instead, however, she finds herself deeply affected by the social and political turmoil of a fledgling nation struggling for independence. Suddenly, all that was once inevitable is no longer a certainty as she is embroiled in the very heart of the Easter Rising.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book!
- De Amazon Customer en 11-14-20
De: Jean Grainger
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Daring
- My Passages - A Memoir
- De: Gail Sheehy
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Candid, insightful, and powerful, Daring: My Passages is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared - to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution; to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire; to seek out Egypt's president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with Israel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed unexpectedly
- De Corinne O'Rourke en 09-06-23
De: Gail Sheehy
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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
- Stories
- De: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Gideon, Piter Marek, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 133
In "Books and Roses", one special key opens a library, a garden, and clues to at least two lovers' fates. In "Is Your Blood as Red as This?", an unlikely key opens the heart of a student at a puppeteering school. "'Sorry' Doesn't Sweeten Her Tea" involves a "house of locks", where doors can be closed only with a key - with surprising unobservable developments. And in "If a Book Is Locked There's Probably a Good Reason for That Don't You Think", a key keeps a mystical diary locked (for good reason).
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5 out of 5 stars
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clever
- De jared rogerson en 03-15-18
De: Helen Oyeyemi
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Before We Visit the Goddess
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan, Priya Ayyar, Vikas Adam
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 784
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 717
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 720
The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family's situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from Kolkata takes Sabitri under her wing, but her generosity soon proves dangerous after the girl makes a single unforgivable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter, Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees abroad with her political refugee lover - but the America she finds is vastly different from the country she'd imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Worth a Credit
- De Texastanya en 08-27-16
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By Myself and Then Some
- De: Lauren Bacall
- Narrado por: Lauren Bacall
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 263
The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen excellence. Together with Humphrey Bogart, she produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history, and their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wish it had been unabridged
- De Grace en 04-28-14
De: Lauren Bacall
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Find Me Unafraid
- Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
- De: Kennedy Odede, Jessica Posner
- Narrado por: Korey Jackson, Mandy Siegfried, P.J. Ochlan (foreword)
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 353
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 319
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 317
Find Me Unafraid tells the uncommon love story between two uncommon people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor. With a foreword by Nicholas Kristof.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A difficult and rewarding listen
- De R. MCRACKAN en 08-23-18
De: Kennedy Odede, y otros
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The Wife
- A Novel
- De: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Dawn Harvey
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 639
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 569
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 567
The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are 35,000 feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband, Joseph, is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent 40 years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit of a downer
- De Jody Cox en 08-01-18
De: Meg Wolitzer
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I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This
- A Memoir
- De: Nadja Spiegelman
- Narrado por: Nadja Spiegelman
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
For a long time, Nadja Spiegelman believed her mother was a fairy. More than her famous father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and even more than most mothers, hers - French-born New Yorker art director Françoise Mouly - exerted a force over reality that was both dazzling and daunting. As Nadja's body changed and "began to whisper to the adults around me in a language I did not understand", their relationship grew tense.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Aweful
- De Haley Abreu Kling en 07-05-17
De: Nadja Spiegelman
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The Godfather
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction, Anthony Puzo - note, y otros
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna, Anthony Puzo, Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 11,956
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10,755
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 10,738
With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Huge fan of the movie, loved this audiobook!
- De Dana en 10-04-13
De: Mario Puzo, y otros
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The Immigrants
- De: Howard Fast
- Narrado por: full cast
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
This is a love story of great beauty and great tenderness, the kind of love story that entangles the listener in the lives of the characters, so that after the story is over, one continues to live with those characters. And fortunately, the listener will not have to say farewell to these characters, since it is the first in a series that will tell the story of three Californian families over the course of the 20th century.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration style kills the story.
- De Glynis en 11-27-14
De: Howard Fast