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- De: Melanie Benjamin, Amanda Hodgkinson, Pam Jenoff, y otros
- Narrado por: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Grand Central: Memories
- De ZacharyKindle Customer en 05-03-17
De: Melanie Benjamin, y otros
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In the Country
- Stories
- De: Mia Alvar
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu, Don Castro
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, vividly give voice to the women and men of the Filipino diaspora. Here are exiles, emigrants, and wanderers uprooting their families from the Philippines to begin new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere - and sometimes turning back again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My introduction to Filipino literature and culture
- De Amazon Customer en 03-28-16
De: Mia Alvar
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A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
- De: Brigid Pasulka
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 696
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 591
The novel opens on the eve of World War II. In the mountain village of Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon, under the approving eyes of the entire village, courts the beautiful Anielica Hetmanska. But the war's arrival wreaks havoc in all their lives and delays their marriage for six long years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Old & New Worlds Converge & Transcend Time
- De Sara en 11-22-16
De: Brigid Pasulka
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The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,070
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,382
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,375
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- De Whitney en 04-27-09
De: Margaret Atwood
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Wild Lavender
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Kate Hood
- Duración: 20 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 332
Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provencal lavender farm at the age of 14 after the accidental death of her father. Forced to become a maid at the boarding house of her Aunt Augustine in Marseilles, Simone's life is hard and impoverished. But one of her aunt's boarders, the beautiful Camille Casal, a star at the local music hall, gives Simone a dream: that one day she too will be a famous singer and dancer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Extrodinary Story
- De Wade en 08-16-08
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A Golden Age
- A Novel
- De: Tahmima Anam
- Narrado por: Madhur Jaffrey
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming, her children are almost grown, and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air.
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5 out of 5 stars
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sad, poignant, thought-provoking, beautiful
- De Rio Delta Wild en 06-04-08
De: Tahmima Anam
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The Walking People
- De: Mary Beth Keane
- Narrado por: Sile Bermingham
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Irish immigratn story
- De Chrissie en 09-10-13
De: Mary Beth Keane
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Kiss Carlo
- De: Adriana Trigiani
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 504
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 460
It's 1949, and South Philadelphia bursts with opportunity during the postwar boom. The Palazzini Cab Company & Western Union Telegraph Office, owned and operated by Dominic Palazzini and his three sons, is flourishing: Business is good, and they're surrounded by sympathetic wives and daughters-in-law, with grandchildren on the way. But a decades-long feud that split Dominic and his brother, Mike, and their once-close families sets the stage for a rematch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!!
- De MCMAK en 07-16-17
De: Adriana Trigiani
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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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The Red Address Book
- De: Sofia Lundberg, Alice Menzies - translator
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 591
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 533
The global fiction sensation - published in 32 countries around the world: Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment. She has few visitors, but her weekly Skype calls with Jenny - her American grandniece, and her only relative - give her great joy and remind her of her own youth. In writing down the stories of her colorful past - working as a maid in Sweden, modelling in Paris during the '30s, fleeing to Manhattan at the dawn of the Second World War - she may help Jenny, haunted by a difficult childhood, unlock the secrets of their family....
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2 out of 5 stars
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narrator was overwrought
- De Janet L. Hamilton en 02-22-19
De: Sofia Lundberg, y otros
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The Magic of Ordinary Days
- A Novel
- De: Ann Howard Creel
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I purchased this audio book not 15 minutes ago...
- De Kim en 09-15-16
De: Ann Howard Creel
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The Gown
- A Novel of the Royal Wedding
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Marisa Calin
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,674
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,665
From the internationally best-selling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the 20th century - Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown - and the fascinating women who made it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Such a disappointment...
- De Cynthia in NoCO en 05-12-19
De: Jennifer Robson
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Goodnight from London
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 849
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 754
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 754
In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly newsmagazine in London. She jumps at the chance, for it's an opportunity not only to prove herself, but also to start fresh in a city and country that know nothing of her humble origins. But life in besieged Britain tests Ruby in ways she never imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Light story
- De Bev Holdgate en 08-10-17
De: Jennifer Robson
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For Freedom
- The Story of a French Spy
- De: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrado por: Carine Montbertrand
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
No one would guess that a 13-year-old schoolgirl and singer named Suzanne would become one of France's great heroes. But when the German army occupies her hometown of Cherbourg during World War II, Suzanne learns that there are some things worth fighting for any way she can. Recruited by the French Resistance, Suzanne becomes a spy covertly working for a noble cause. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's historical novel is a captivating tale of courage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good historical book
- De joan en 04-29-19
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Secrets of a Charmed Life
- De: Susan Meissner
- Narrado por: Alana Kerr Collins
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,983
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,474
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,455
Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades...beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rare 5-Star Across the Board!
- De Imamomof4 en 06-14-15
De: Susan Meissner
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The Patriots
- A Novel
- De: Sana Krasikov
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren, George Guidall
- Duración: 22 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
Florence Fein grows up in Brooklyn in the 1930s, in a family that is gaining a foothold in the middle class. At City College she becomes engaged politically with the left-leaning student groups, and eventually, in the midst of the Depression, she takes a job with a trade organization that has a position for her in Moscow. There, she falls in love with another expatriate American and has a son. Soon after, Florence is sent to a work camp and her son to an orphanage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Point of View of characters, past and present collide
- De Angela Adams en 01-29-19
De: Sana Krasikov
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Up from Orchard Street
- De: Eleanor Widmer
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Three generations of Roths live together in a crowded tenement flat. Long-widowed Manya is the family's head and its heart. But Manya is no soft touch, except, perhaps, where her granddaughter Elka is concerned. Precocious Elka is her closest companion and confidante. Through Elka's eyes we come to know the fascinating characters who move in and out of the Roths' lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tenement Life From a Child's Point of View
- De Sara en 08-10-14
De: Eleanor Widmer