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The Golden Notebook
- De: Doris Lessing
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 27 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 514
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 424
Author Anna Wulf attempts to overcome writer’s block by writing a comprehensive "golden notebook" that draws together the preoccupations of her life, each of which is examined in a different notebook. Anna’s struggle to unify the various strands of her life – emotional, political, and professional – amasses into a fascinating encyclopaedia of female experience in the ‘50s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Transcendent narration of a masterpiece.
- De @vmarinelli en 07-03-12
De: Doris Lessing
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Epitaph for a Spy
- De: Eric Ambler
- Narrado por: Alexander Spencer
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Vadassy was just another name on the guest list at the seedy Mediterranean Hotel until he was accused of spying. Then, suddenly, he was on everybody's list.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A breezy entry in the Ambler canon
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De: Eric Ambler
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My Autobiography
- De: Charles Chaplin, David Robinson - introduction
- Narrado por: Steve John Shepherd
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 45
Take an unforgettable journey with the man George Bernard Shaw called "the only genius to come out of the movie industry" as he moves from his impoverished South London childhood to the heights of Hollywood wealth and fame; from the McCarthy-era investigations to his founding of United Artists to his "reverse migration" back to Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally Chaplin’s auto is available!
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De: Charles Chaplin, y otros
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The Bastard
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- De: John Jakes
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 19 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Set against the colorful tumult of events that gave rise to our fledgling nation, this novel of romance and adventure introduces Phillipe Charboneau. The illegitimate son of an English nobleman, Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the men who set our course for freedom. The Bastard is the first volume in the Kent Family Chronicles, a series of novels that details one family's journey in the early years of the American nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Amazing Tale
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De: John Jakes
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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, the first novel Nabokov wrote in English, is a tantalizing literary mystery in which a writer’s half brother searches to unravel the enigma of the life of the famous author of Albinos in Black, The Back of the Moon, and Doubtful Asphodel. A characteristically cunning play on identity and deception, the novel concludes “ I am Sebastian, or Sebastian is I, or perhaps we both are someone whom neither of us knows.”
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3 out of 5 stars
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A dry run at big, complex themes
- De Darwin8u en 12-08-13
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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Bulldog Drummond
- De: Sapper
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Demobilised officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate if possible; excitement essential. When Captain Hugh Drummond, DSO, MC placed that advertisement, he was looking for adventure. What he finds is an international plot headed by the greatest criminal mastermind in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Narration
- De nooch85 en 07-21-18
De: Sapper
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A Place of Greater Safety
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 33 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 216
It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danton, an ambitious young lawyer, is energetic, pragmatic, debt-ridden - and hugely but erotically ugly. Maximilien Robespierre, also a lawyer, is slight, diligent, and terrified of violence. His dearest friend, Camille Desmoulins, is a conspirator and pamphleteer of genius. A charming gadfly, erratic and untrustworthy, bisexual and beautiful, Camille is obsessed by one woman and engaged to marry another, her daughter.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disaster
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De: Hilary Mantel
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A Perfect Spy
- A Novel
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 20 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,039
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,031
Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend - and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus? In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remembrances of loyalties past
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De: John le Carré
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The Forsyte Chronicles, Vol. 2
- A Modern Comedy
- De: John Galsworthy
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 34 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14
John Galsworthy's magnificent trilogy of power and passion chronicles the wealthy Forsyte family. The complete Chronicles are divided into three volumes, containing nine books and four interludes in total. Volume 2, A Modern Comedy, focuses on Soames's vivacious daughter, Fleur. Soames tries constantly to protect her but is baffled by the carefree attitudes in post-war London. Fleur and her husband Michael Mont host society gatherings, but her previous affair with Jon Forsyte leaves embers of a passion that are ready to ignite - with dreadful consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very worthwhile
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De: John Galsworthy
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Devils
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 28 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 634
Exiled to four years in Siberia, but hailed by the end of his life as a saint, prophet, and genius, Fyodor Dostoevsky holds an exalted place among the best of the great Russian authors. One of Dostoevsky’s five major novels, Devils follows the travails of a small provincial town beset by a band of modish radicals - and in so doing presents a devastating depiction of life and politics in late 19th-century Imperial Russia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent translation and narration
- De L. Kerr en 09-06-13
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Marjorie Morningstar
- De: Herman Wouk
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 28 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 509
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 426
Marjorie Morningstar is a love story. It presents one of the greatest characters in modern fiction: Marjorie, the pretty 17-year-old who left the respectability of New York's Central Park West to join the theater, live in the teeming streets of Greenwich Village, and seek love in the arms of a brilliant, enigmatic writer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story with really cheesy narration
- De James en 05-05-12
De: Herman Wouk
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The Forsyte Chronicles, Vol. 3: End of the Chapter
- De: John Galsworthy
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 30 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
The third volume of this gripping family saga, End of the Chapter, shifts to the Cherrells - cousins of the Forsytes by marriage. Young Dinny Cherrell in particular cherishes their ancestral home, Condaford Grange, which represents stability in a rapidly changing world. Through his depiction of the lives and loves of this family, Galsworthy throws a brilliant spotlight on the social and political upheavals of the 1930s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable
- De Jonathan Kalkstein en 11-28-22
De: John Galsworthy
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The Turmoil
- De: Booth Tarkington
- Narrado por: Harry Shaw
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Bigger, newer, faster. Demolish and rebuild, then demolish and rebuild again. Smoke, soot, and noise are the badges of prosperity, and growth is for growth's sake.
De: Booth Tarkington
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