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Geoff Dyer
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A portrait of a young boy, who keeps passing exams—and of a changing England in the 1960s and 1970s.
The only child of a sheet-metal worker and a dinner lady who worked at the canteen of the local school, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of the Depression and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, this loving memoir is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement, of which the author was an unconscious beneficiary. The crux comes at the age of eleven with the exam that decided the future of generations of British schoolkids: secondary modern or the transformative possibilities of grammar school? One of the lucky winners, Dyer goes to grammar school, where he develops a love of literature (and beer and prog rock).
Mapping a path from primary school through the tribulations of teenage sport, gig-going, romantic fumblings, fights (well, getting punched in the face), and other misadventures with comic affection, Homework takes us to the threshold of university, where Dyer gets the first intimations that a short geographical journey—just forty miles—might extend to the length of a life.
Recalling an eroded but strangely resilient England, Homework traces, in perfectly phrased and hilarious detail, roots that extend into the deep foundations of class society.
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Pause and rewind
- De Harkins5 en 06-09-25
De: Molly Jong-Fast
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Murderland
- Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
- De: Caroline Fraser
- Narrado por: Patty Nieman
- Duración: 16 h y 11 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 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Caroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in the brooding landscape of the Pacific Northwest. But in the 1970s and ’80s, Bundy was just one perpetrator amid an uncanny explosion of serial rape and murder across the region. Why so many? Why so weirdly and nightmarishly gruesome? Why the senseless rise and then sudden fall of an epidemic of serial killing?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Washington’s dark secrets
- De Erica J. en 06-18-25
De: Caroline Fraser
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Actress of a Certain Age
- My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success
- De: Jeff Hiller
- Narrado por: Jeff Hiller
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 70
While struggling to find success as an actor and pay the bills, something accidentally happened to Jeff Hiller: he aged. And while it’s one thing to get older and rest on the laurels of success from the blood, sweat, and tears of your youth, it’s quite another to be old and have no laurels. At forty, stuck in a temp job making spreadsheets, the dream of becoming a star seemed out of reach. But after twenty-five years of guest roles on TV and performing improv in a grocery store basement, he finally struck gold with a breakout role on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere, playing Joel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love Jeff Hiller! Entertaining and gave me all the feels
- De Amanda en 06-15-25
De: Jeff Hiller
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Death at the White Hart
- A Novel
- De: Chris Chibnall
- Narrado por: Jessica Gunning
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 14
A man is found dead, tied to a chair in the middle of the road, a stag’s antlers on his head. The gruesome scene stuns the town, especially when the victim is identified: Jim Tiernan, who ran the White Hart pub. Tiernan’s pub is at the center of village life and he knew everyone’s secrets. Detective Nicola Bridge grew up in Fleetcombe and has now returned, for the good of her family, from a life away in Liverpool. DC Harry Ward is ten years younger and, despite his newcomer status, determined to earn Nicola’s trust.
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1 out of 5 stars
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awful
- De SB en 06-18-25
De: Chris Chibnall
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We Might Just Make It After All
- De: Elyce Arons
- Narrado por: Elyce Arons
- Duración: 9 h y 25 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 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
We Might Just Make It After All brings us on the rollercoaster of adventures (and misadventures) that the best friends embarked on, from transferring colleges on a whim, to falling in and out of love with suitors, cramming into roach-infested Hell’s Kitchen apartments, and eventually designing the chic, simple bag that would launch the pair to global fame. Through it all, Katy and Elyce’s friendship remained unshakeable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic, touching story. Amazing narration.
- De Whitney Roberts en 06-24-25
De: Elyce Arons
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The Director
- De: Daniel Kehlmann
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The sharpness of the story, utterly convincing characters, and the moral focus
- De hans sandberg en 06-13-25
De: Daniel Kehlmann