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Duddy - the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal - is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody", Duddy learns about living - and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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OK but a bit disappointing; weak narration
- De Merlin en 05-12-17
De: Mordecai Richler
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Back Bay
- Peter Fallon, Book 1
- De: William Martin
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
Meet the Pratt clan. Driven men. Determined women. Through six turbulent generations, they would pursue a lost Paul Revere treasure. And turn a family secret into an obsession that could destroy them. Here is the novel that launched William Martin’s astonishing literary career and became an instant bestseller. From the grit and romance of old Boston to exclusive - and dangerous - Back Bay today, this sweeping saga paints an unforgettable portrait of a powerful dynasty beset by the forces of history...and a heritage of greed, lust, murder and betrayal.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good story idea, disappointing production.
- De Kathleen en 04-23-20
De: William Martin
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361
- A Hard Case Crime Novel
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 190
The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly woke up in the hospital, it was a month later, he was missing an eye, and his father was dead. Then things started to get bad. From the mind of the incomparable Donald E. Westlake comes a devastating story of betrayal and revenge, an exploration of the limits of family loyalty and how far a man will go when everything he loves is taken from him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Numbers mean violence
- De Ryan en 03-23-21
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Post Office
- A Novel
- De: Charles Bukowski
- Narrado por: Christian Baskous
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,535
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,352
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,347
"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than 12 years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not his best, but still Bukowski
- De ibillinsly@gmail en 02-05-18
De: Charles Bukowski
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On Drinking
- De: Charles Bukowski
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man”, Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments, as well as some of his most joyful and inspired. In On Drinking, Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer’s most profound, funny, and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't read this sober
- De Lowball en 03-02-19
De: Charles Bukowski
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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
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,313
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,831
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,820
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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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- A Novel
- De: Michael Chabon
- Narrado por: Peter Riegert
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,535
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,355
For 60 years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the federal district of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the district is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Didn't finish...
- De Ann E O'Connor en 10-16-17
De: Michael Chabon
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The Drop
- De: Dennis Lehane
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 461
Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog bac.k…
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3 out of 5 stars
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THAT IS LIFE,
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 12-06-14
De: Dennis Lehane
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The Sins of the Fathers
- De: Lawrence Block
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,057
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 933
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 931
The hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, was also dead, the victim of a jailhouse suicide. The case is closed, as far as the NYPD is concerned. Now the murdered prostitute's father wants it opened again--that's where Matthew Scudder comes in.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good introduction to a popular series
- De Sharron en 12-26-11
De: Lawrence Block
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Cannery Row
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Jerry Farden
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,375
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,905
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,888
Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Five stars with a Caveat
- De Bette en 04-23-12
De: John Steinbeck
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Quarry
- A Quarry Novel, Book 1
- De: Max Allan Collins
- Narrado por: Christopher Kipiniak
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 98
Quarry doesn't kill just anybody these days. He restricts himself to targeting other hitmen, availing his marked-for-death clients of two services: eliminating the killers sent after them, and finding out who hired them…and then removing that problem, as well. So far he's rid of the world of nobody who would be missed. But this time he finds himself zeroing in on the grieving family of a missing cheerleader. Does the hitman's hitman have the wrong quarry in his sights?
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3 out of 5 stars
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The great Max Allan Collins
- De Bradley Paul Valentine en 09-25-16
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This Side of the Sky
- De: Elyse Singleton
- Narrado por: Myra Taylor, Sharon Washington, Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Award-winning journalist Elyse Singleton delivers what Essence calls “a gem - the perfect book to curl up with.”
Best friends Lilian and Myraleen, two African American women from rural Mississippi, travel to Europe during World War II to act as members of the Women’s Army Corps. During this time of segregation and destruction, both women discover love and heartbreak, triumph and defeat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Breath of Fresh Air
- De Adina Andreu en 07-19-12
De: Elyse Singleton
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Dead Irish
- Dismas Hardy, Book 1
- De: John Lescroart
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 932
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 930
In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy is just hoping for a little peace. He's left both the police force and his law career behind. Unfortunately it's not as easy to leave behind the memory of a shattering personal loss - but for the time being, he can always take the edge off with a stiff drink and a round of darts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Soap-opera thrillers?
- De Snoodely en 01-27-10
De: John Lescroart
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Night Life
- De: David C. Taylor
- Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,225
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,113
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,109
New York City, 1954. The Cold War is heating up, Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for communists in America, the newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary United States intelligence agency, and the bodies of murdered young men are turning up all over the city.
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5 out of 5 stars
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terrific in every way
- De Martha en 04-12-16
De: David C. Taylor
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From Here to Eternity
- De: James Jones
- Narrado por: Elijah Alexander
- Duración: 36 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 460
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 376
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 378
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood...and, possibly, their death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius on Every Level
- De aaron en 06-13-13
De: James Jones