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Coming Up Cuban
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Set in contemporary San Francisco and in a Chinese village where Peking Man is being unearthed, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes. Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, brilliantly presents "storytelling in its oldest and truest form".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptionally good
- De Eileen Finn en 03-25-03
De: Amy Tan
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The Red Umbrella
- De: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- Narrado por: Kyla Garcia
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucía Álvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away. Neighbors disappear. And soon, Lucía's parents make the heart-wrenching decision to send her and her little brother to the United States - on their own. Suddenly plunked down in Nebraska with well-meaning strangers, Lucía struggles to adapt to a new country, a new language, a new way of life. But what of her old life?
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3 out of 5 stars
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The performance
- De Luca en 04-05-24
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How to Be an American Housewife
- A Novel
- De: Margaret Dilloway
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington, Emily Durante
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 237
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 196
How to Be an American Housewife is a novel about mothers and daughters and the pull of tradition. It tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife hasn't been what she'd expected. When illness prevents Shoko from traveling to Japan, she asks Sue to go in her place. The trip reveals family secrets that change their lives in dramatic and unforeseen ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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big disappointment
- De Kirsten en 04-12-12
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree
- A Novel
- De: Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Narrado por: Marisol Ramirez, Almarie Guerra, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 627
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 559
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 557
Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister, Cassandra, enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Maybe better to read this book than listen???
- De Amazon Customer en 12-12-18
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Bridge to Terabithia
- De: Katherine Paterson
- Narrado por: Robert Sean Leonard
- Duración: 3 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,848
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,845
Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not sure why they banned this book all the same...
- De Exec. Chef 'Special K' en 03-03-13
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 358
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 217
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
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Stepping on the Cracks
- De: Mary Downing Hahn
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 227
Margaret and her best friend Elizabeth both have brothers fighting the war against Hitler and, like everyone else they know, they are filled with feelings of patriotism. But the girls are also involved in their own personal war at home. Gordy Smith, the worst bully in the sixth grade, teases and torments them, and Margaret is scared to death of him. But when Gordy and his pals Toad and Doug grow bolder than ever, Margaret and Elizabeth come up with a daring plan to get even. That’s when the girls discover a shocking secret about Gordy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
- De Anonymous User en 10-15-19
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Hum If You Don't Know the Words
- De: Bianca Marais
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 14 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 379
Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a 10-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred...until the Soweto Uprising.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Completely wrong accents
- De Debbie en 02-12-22
De: Bianca Marais
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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
- Versión completa
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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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Guys Read: Funny Business
- De: Jon Scieszka, Adam Rex, Christopher Curtis, y otros
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman, Kate DiCamillo, John Keating, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
Funny Business is based around the theme of - what else? - humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and the Guys Read Library, you already know what you’re in store for: 10 hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome super funny
- De sacha en 10-03-16
De: Jon Scieszka, y otros
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Homesick
- My Own Story
- De: Jean Fritz
- Narrado por: Jean Fritz
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China - the mountains, the countryside, the sea - she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De R. SEVERSON en 10-19-18
De: Jean Fritz
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The Orphan Keeper
- De: Camron Wright
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,999
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,685
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,681
Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life - and his destiny - is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 Star Worthy
- De Kari en 10-26-16
De: Camron Wright
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Habibi
- De: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
For 14-year-old Liyana Abboud, life in St. Louis, Missouri is perfect. She loves shopping in the nearby stores and walking down streets where she knows everyone. Even better, she has just had her first kiss. But her father is moving the family to Jerusalem - the land where he was born. Suddenly Liyana finds herself a stranger in a threatening world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good Performance
- De Muhammad en 04-07-15
De: Naomi Shihab Nye
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The Land of Forgotten Girls
- De: Erin Entrada Kelly
- Narrado por: LuLu Lam
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living with their stepmother in Louisiana, fight to make their lives better in this remarkable story for listeners of Cynthia Kadohata and Rita Williams-Garcia, and for anyone searching for the true meaning of family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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beautiful
- De Marion en 11-10-20
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American Street
- De: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 788
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 702
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 705
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie - a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by US immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins - Chantal, Donna, and Princess - the grittiness of Detroit's West Side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lot to unpack
- De AudioBookHoe en 07-18-17
De: Ibi Zoboi
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Tiger, Tiger
- A Memoir
- De: Margaux Fragoso
- Narrado por: Susan Bennett
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
One summer day, Margaux Fragoso meets Peter Curran at the neighborhood swimming pool, and they begin to play. She is seven; he is 51. When Peter invites her and her mother to his house, the little girl finds a child’s paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Her mother, beset by mental illness and overwhelmed by caring for Margaux, is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a weirdly loving diatribe against pervs.
- De Dane Flakeman en 05-21-11
De: Margaux Fragoso