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Bullet in the Brain
- De: Tobias Wolff
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
Anders is an angry, cynical man. A book critic known for his scathing reviews, he finds any excuse to dismiss, belittle, or insult. This afternoon is no more agitating than the next. Angers finds himself in a long line at the bank, waiting to reach a teller. Even after two men - wearing masks and carrying guns - take control of the building, Anders is unfazed. It's this behavior that lands him with a pistol against his stomach and a man screamingin his face. And when the bank robber, indignant over Anders' behavior, shoots the book critic in the head, his mind floats through the memories of his life, settling on one particular event....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect Example
- De Sarah en 08-01-17
De: Tobias Wolff
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A Perfect Spy
- A Novel
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 20 h y 53 m
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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
- De Darwin8u en 04-13-13
De: John le Carré
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Stories
- All-New Tales
- De: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, y otros
- Narrado por: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 880
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 687
The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Something for Everyone
- De Nicole en 05-24-17
De: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, y otros
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Welcome to the Monkey House
- De: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrado por: David Strathairn, Maria Tucci, Bill Irwin, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,010
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 705
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 704
Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Vonnegut
- De Michael Carrato en 08-17-06
De: Kurt Vonnegut
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Miss Lonelyhearts
- De: Nathanael West
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser, Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
Miss Lonelyhearts is an unnamed male newspaper columnist writing an advice column, which is viewed by the newspaper as a joke. As "Miss Lonelyhearts" reads letters from desperate New Yorkers, he feels terribly burdened and falls into a cycle of deep depression, accompanied by heavy drinking and occasional barfights. The novel is essentially a black comedy and is characterized by an extremely dark but clever sense of humor and irony.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Charged with Meaning, and Far Leftist Leaning
- De W Perry Hall en 01-27-16
De: Nathanael West
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Herzog
- De: Saul Bellow
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 379
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 293
Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, Herzog traces five days in the life of a failed academic whose wife has recently left him for his best friend. Through the device of letter writing, Herzog movingly portrays both the internal life of its eponymous hero and the complexity of modern consciousness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grows Within You
- De Chris Reich en 08-06-11
De: Saul Bellow
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Another Country
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 659
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 658
Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way. Another Country is a work that is as powerful today as it was 40 years ago - and expertly narrated by Dion Graham.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Powerful and sad
- De Kenneth en 04-10-09
De: James Baldwin
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Going to Meet the Man
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 856
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 740
"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as told by James Baldwin, detail the ingenious and often desperate ways in which they try to keep their heads above water.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Punch in the gut
- De Rebecca en 05-08-17
De: James Baldwin
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Strong Motion
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 20 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 196
Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling Story, Ridiculous Narrator
- De DianeReads en 02-28-16
De: Jonathan Franzen
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A Fraction of the Whole
- De: Steve Toltz
- Narrado por: Colin McPhillamy, Craig Baldwin
- Duración: 25 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
Stewing in an Australian prison, Jasper Dean reflects on his relationship with his dead father and recounts the many zany adventures they shared together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Funny and Thought-provoking Tale of Human Nature
- De Asha Ember en 01-27-10
De: Steve Toltz
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Shadow Show
- All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
- De: Sam Weller - editor, Mort Castle - editor
- Narrado por: George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 160
Ray Bradbury - peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors - is a literary giant whose remarkable career spanned seven decades. Now 26 of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MAN WHO FORGOT RAY BRADBURY
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-27-17
De: Sam Weller - editor, y otros
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The Bone Clocks
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jessica Ball, Leon Williams, Colin Mace, y otros
- Duración: 24 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,053
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,626
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,634
Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Short Listed, This Time
- De Mel en 09-23-14
De: David Mitchell
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One Amazing Thing
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Purva Bedi, Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 97
Winner of a Pushcart Prize for poetry and an American Book Award for her short stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores themes of women, immigration, and her vibrant Indian culture to great effect. Divakaruni expands on these ideas in One Amazing Thing, a project long in the making and full of electric prose.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An ok way to kill some time
- De R.Reader en 11-07-12