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Come and spend a little time with Dr. Robert Galen, aka Berto, as he traverses the memories of the tenement neighborhood of his youth. Meet the Mad Russian - why does he always carry a meat cleaver whenever he goes to get a shave from Thomas the barber? Then there's Giuseppe - Joe the Junkman - who roams through a neighborhood too poor to throw anything away. There are the Old Guys, veterans of the Great War, one a radio repairman who returned home with shell shock, the other a shoemaker with nothing below the waist. There's Mr. Buck, the clockmaker, who shares a secret with his young apprentice. There's the Candy Lady, who isn't so sweet, and the little Jewish dentist who defeated the Nazis but falls victim to Cupid's arrow from a most unexpected direction. Be sure to meet Sal, Tomas, and Angie, Berto's pals who help him confront life's greatest mystery: the opposite sex. And above all there is his mentor, Dr. Agnelli, who along with a dead lady sets Berto along his life's path.
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- De: Jerry Stahl, Nic Sheff - foreword
- Narrado por: Jerry Stahl, Scott Merriman
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
A searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety. Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted fans as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Point deduction for the recording
- De Amazon Customer en 11-21-20
De: Jerry Stahl, y otros
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He Came in with It
- A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness
- De: Miriam Feldman
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Beautifully Written
- De Michael en 08-01-22
De: Miriam Feldman
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The Saturday Night Ghost Club
- A Novel
- De: Craig Davidson
- Narrado por: Corey Brill
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 273
Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns 12, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the "Saturday Night Ghost Club." But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Emotionless
- De Noura en 10-18-20
De: Craig Davidson
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Invisible Man
- A Novel
- De: Ralph Ellison
- Narrado por: Joe Morton
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 8,892
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,929
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7,924
Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro life. It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal, some of them pitiful and touching—yet always with elements of comedy and irony and burlesque that appear in unexpected places. It is a book that has a great deal to say and which is destined to have a great deal said about it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How Did This Escape Me?
- De E. Pearson en 11-23-11
De: Ralph Ellison
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White Hot Light
- Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine
- De: Frank Huyler
- Narrado por: Gary Bennett
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
In the late 1990s, a young physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, published a stunning memoir of his experiences in the highly charged world of the ER. Presented in a series of powerful, poetic vignettes, The Blood of Strangers became an instant classic. Now, over two decades later, Dr. Frank Huyler delivers another dispatch from the trenches—this time from the perspective of middle age. In portraits visceral, haunting, sometimes surreal, Huyler reveals the gritty reality of medicine practiced on the razor’s edge between life and death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Better than The Blood of Strangers
- De Elizabeth Darcy en 10-14-20
De: Frank Huyler
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We Begin at the End
- De: Chris Whitaker
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,966
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,954
Duchess Day Radley is a 13-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids. Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator in this audible book
- De M. patton en 03-03-21
De: Chris Whitaker
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We Are All Completely Fine
- De: Daryl Gregory
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 181
Harrison is the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he’s in his mid-30s and spends most of his time not sleeping. Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is haunted by the messages carved upon her bones. Greta may or may not be a mass-murdering arsonist. And for some reason, Martin never takes off his sunglasses.
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4 out of 5 stars
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original and unique
- De Midwestbonsai en 03-22-15
De: Daryl Gregory
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The Delta Devlin Collection, Books 1-3
- De: Matthew Mather
- Narrado por: January LaVoy, Tom Taylorson, Robin Eller
- Duración: 30 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15
In this trio of sci-fi techno thrillers, a female police detective turned Interpol officer with a rare vision mutation is up against a serial killer and potential apocalyptic disaster. This set includes The Dreaming Tree, Meet Your Maker, and Out of Time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly interesting plot and science
- De Christopher en 05-21-24
De: Matthew Mather
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Hellboy: Odd Jobs
- De: Christopher Golden
- Narrado por: Seth Podowitz
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
In 1994, Mike Mignola created one of the most unique and visually arresting comics series to ever see print: Hellboy. Tens of thousands have followed the exploits of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator in comics form and in prose. Now, fans of the comic can enjoy the world of Hellboy as seen through the eyes of some of the brightest creative lights in horror and mystery fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extra stories for true fans
- De Daniel Wiffen en 07-24-21
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When a Stranger Comes to Town
- De: Michael Koryta
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Janina Edwards, Fajer Al-Kaisi, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrators are outstanding here.
- De Jennifer Baratta She/Her en 05-16-21
De: Michael Koryta
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The Fourth Child
- A Novel
- De: Jessica Winter
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
The author of Break in Case of Emergency follows up her the “extraordinary debut” (The Guardian) with a moving novel about motherhood and marriage, adolescence and bodily autonomy, family and love, religion and sexuality, and the delicate balance between the purity of faith and the messy reality of life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just OK - Considered Bailing
- De Madeleine Homan en 04-18-21
De: Jessica Winter
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Devil in a Blue Dress
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- De: Walter Mosley
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,322
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,838
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,827
Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beware of Mysterious Sexy Women with Big Suitcases
- De Jefferson en 02-13-11
De: Walter Mosley
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