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- Narrado por: Sophie Roberts
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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A heart-wrenching and unforgettable story of two women - centuries apart - linked by the hidden secrets of a beautiful woman in a Venetian painting. Venice 1704: Anastasia is desperate to escape her controlling father and plans to marry her childhood sweetheart. But instead of the life she has always dreamed of, she finds herself trapped in Venice, the unwilling wife of a silk weaver. Anastasia seeks comfort in painting and draws strength from her talents. Despite her circumstances, two women reach out to her and give Anastasia a reason to hope....
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- De Placeholder en 04-11-20
De: Debbie Rix
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Buddenbrooks
- The Decline of a Family
- De: Thomas Mann
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 26 h y 57 m
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First published in 1900, when Thomas Mann was 25, Buddenbrooks is a minutely imagined chronicle of four generations of a North German mercantile family - a work so true to life that it scandalized the author’s former neighbours in his native Lübeck.
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Where Have You Been All My Life, Thomas Mann?
- De Virginia Waldron en 03-30-17
De: Thomas Mann
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American Duchess
- A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt
- De: Karen Harper
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Gideon
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “Wedding of the Century” to the duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter and the gold”.
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Surprisingly interesting life
- De labradoodler en 07-24-19
De: Karen Harper
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Virgins of Paradise
- De: Barbara Wood
- Narrado por: Joyce Bean
- Duración: 19 h y 41 m
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Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eye of their grandmother inside the walls surrounding a beautiful house on Virgins of Paradise Street in exotic Cairo. They come of age in society in which the subjugation of women is assumed - they must wear veils, are forbidden to leave the house, have no independent rights, and are circumcised to ensure purity and obedience.
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eye opening
- De C Ohana en 11-13-08
De: Barbara Wood
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The Quest for Queen Mary
- De: James Pope-Hennessy, Hugo Vickers - editor
- Narrado por: Tim Bentinck, Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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The highly acclaimed unexpurgated notes taken by James Pope-Hennessy for his official biography of Queen Mary, the present Queen's grandmother. Published in full for the first time and edited by much-admired royal biographer Hugo Vickers. When James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's official biography, it opened the door to meetings with royalty, court members and retainers around Europe. The series of candid observations, secrets and indiscretions contained in his notes were to be kept private for 50 years....
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obscure but poor gold
- De Dr. A. en 11-20-18
De: James Pope-Hennessy, y otros
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The Pretenders
- De: Joan Wolf
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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Deborah Woodly agreed to a pretend engagement with Reeve, Earl of Cambridge, because his straitlaced uncle wouldn’t let him touch his inheritance before his 26th birthday. Not unless he contracted a marriage, which would presumably “settle” him. Deb and Reeve promised not to fall in love, or marry, but to ultimately declare they wouldn’t suit. Broken promises, but also someone was trying to kill Deb.
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No pretending...
- De 🌿🌸Susynne🌸🌿 en 04-10-18
De: Joan Wolf
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Lady Rights a Wrong
- De: Eliza Casey
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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Lady Cecilia of Danby Hall feels adrift. She couldn’t be less interested in helping to plan the church’s upcoming bazaar. Instead, what excites her most is the Woman’s Suffrage Union meeting she has just attended. Inspired by the famous and charismatic leader of the group, Mrs. Amelia Price, Cecilia is eager to join the Union - if she can hide it from her parents, that is. But when Mrs. Price is found dead at the foot of the stairs in her home, her Votes for Women sash torn away, Cecilia knows she must attend to a more urgent matter: finding the killer.
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- De Yvette en 01-28-23
De: Eliza Casey
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The Golden Hour
- A Novel
- De: Beatriz Williams
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 16 h y 46 m
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The Bahamas, 1941. Newly widowed Leonora “Lulu” Randolph arrives in Nassau to investigate the governor and his wife for a New York society magazine. After all, American readers have an insatiable appetite for news of the duke and duchess of Windsor, that glamorous couple whose love affair nearly brought the British monarchy to its knees five years earlier. What more intriguing backdrop for their romance than a wartime Caribbean paradise, a colonial playground for kingpins of ill-gotten empires? Or so Lulu imagines.
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Stick with it!
- De Colleen en 07-17-19
De: Beatriz Williams
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Before the Crown
- De: Flora Harding
- Narrado por: Edward Killingback, Imogen Wilde
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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1943: As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before. One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure. But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court. He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking.
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Lovely
- De E en 12-29-23
De: Flora Harding
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Lady Takes the Case
- De: Eliza Casey
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
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England 1912. Danby Hall is the only home Lady Cecilia Bates has ever known. Despite the rigid rules of etiquette and her mother's fervent desire to see her married off, Cecilia can't imagine life anywhere else. But now, with an agricultural depression sweeping the countryside, the Bates family's possession of the hall is suddenly in peril. A possible solution arrives in the form of the imperious American heiress Annabel Clarke. The Bates and their staff arrange a grand house party upon the heiress's arrival. Then a guest dies after sipping from a glass meant for Annabel....
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Enjoyable characters, but too many loose ends.
- De Kestrel en 02-10-20
De: Eliza Casey
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The Westerby Inheritance
- Changing Fortunes, Book 1
- De: M. C. Beaton
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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Lady Jane Lovelace has conceived the idea of approaching the most notorious man-about-town, Lord Charles Welbourne, with a most unique proposition. When he counters her offer with a condition that he thinks will halt her impudence, much to the surprise of both, she accepts. A novel of passion and intrigue, The Westerby Inheritance is a thrilling installment in an emotionally charged romantic saga, all played out against a backdrop of elegant 18th-century society.
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NOT like Marion Chesney's other romances!
- De DatPixieGirl en 06-11-19
De: M. C. Beaton
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No Ocean Too Wide
- De: Carrie Turansky
- Narrado por: Colleen Prendergast
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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When Laura McAllister, a young lady's maid, learns her three siblings have been taken from their mother and emigrated to Canada without her mother's knowledge, she becomes determined to search for them and reunite the family. But a lack of funds and resistance from authorities push her to use a false name and take a position with a child emigration society to gain passage to Canada.
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My great grandmother was one of the children
- De linda en 08-22-19
De: Carrie Turansky
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
- De: Heather B. Moore
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization - the criminal tong - brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Donaldina becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade.
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Should be classified as a “Youth Fiction” book
- De J en 02-26-21
De: Heather B. Moore
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The Song of Hartgrove Hall
- A Novel
- De: Natasha Solomons
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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New Year's Eve, 1946. Candles flicker, and a gramophone scratches out a tune as guests dance and sip champagne. For one night only, Hartgrove Hall relives better days. Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers have returned from the war determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But the arrival of beautiful wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty and leads to a devastating betrayal.
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Love how Natasha Solomons creates a beautiful story
- De GimmeAGoodBook en 06-17-16
De: Natasha Solomons
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The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt
- De: Andrea Bobotis
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer - the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder that no one talks about - and she knows in her old bones that it's time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables. But she finds that cataloging the family belongings - as well as their misfortunes - won't contain her family's secrets, not when her wayward sister suddenly returns, determined to expose skeletons that the Kratts had hoped to take to their grave.
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Loved It!!
- De Matthew en 11-26-19
De: Andrea Bobotis
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Moloka’i
- De: Alan Brennert
- Narrado por: Anne Noelani Miyamoto
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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The powerful debut novel from Alan Brennert, Moloka’i tells the story of Rachel Kalama, a seven-year-old Hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is quarantined on the island of Moloka’i during the 1890s. Separated from her family and forced to grow up in the leper colony of Kalaupapa, Rachel experiences intense isolation. But she remains strong, finding moments of joy, and even love. Rich in Hawaiian history, this novel proves itself a stellar piece of historical fiction.
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Outstanding Book!
- De David en 08-23-12
De: Alan Brennert
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Blackberry and Wild Rose
- De: Sonia Velton
- Narrado por: Esther Wane, Shiromi Arserio
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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In 18th-century Spitalfields, London, Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel. She thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes that the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies and soon tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's new lady's maid. As the two women's relationship becomes increasingly fractious, Sara resolves to find out what it is that so preoccupies her mistress.
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Surprising !
- De RueRue en 08-22-19
De: Sonia Velton
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Between Earth and Sky
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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In Amanda Skenandore's provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, Between Earth and Sky is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement.
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The true story of Native Americans and the settling of America
- De Bree en 09-01-19
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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
- De: Heather B. Moore
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization - the criminal tong - brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Donaldina becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade.
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Should be classified as a “Youth Fiction” book
- De J en 02-26-21
De: Heather B. Moore
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The Song of Hartgrove Hall
- A Novel
- De: Natasha Solomons
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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New Year's Eve, 1946. Candles flicker, and a gramophone scratches out a tune as guests dance and sip champagne. For one night only, Hartgrove Hall relives better days. Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers have returned from the war determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But the arrival of beautiful wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty and leads to a devastating betrayal.
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Love how Natasha Solomons creates a beautiful story
- De GimmeAGoodBook en 06-17-16
De: Natasha Solomons
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The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt
- De: Andrea Bobotis
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer - the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder that no one talks about - and she knows in her old bones that it's time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables. But she finds that cataloging the family belongings - as well as their misfortunes - won't contain her family's secrets, not when her wayward sister suddenly returns, determined to expose skeletons that the Kratts had hoped to take to their grave.
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Loved It!!
- De Matthew en 11-26-19
De: Andrea Bobotis
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Moloka’i
- De: Alan Brennert
- Narrado por: Anne Noelani Miyamoto
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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The powerful debut novel from Alan Brennert, Moloka’i tells the story of Rachel Kalama, a seven-year-old Hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is quarantined on the island of Moloka’i during the 1890s. Separated from her family and forced to grow up in the leper colony of Kalaupapa, Rachel experiences intense isolation. But she remains strong, finding moments of joy, and even love. Rich in Hawaiian history, this novel proves itself a stellar piece of historical fiction.
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Outstanding Book!
- De David en 08-23-12
De: Alan Brennert
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Blackberry and Wild Rose
- De: Sonia Velton
- Narrado por: Esther Wane, Shiromi Arserio
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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In 18th-century Spitalfields, London, Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel. She thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes that the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies and soon tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's new lady's maid. As the two women's relationship becomes increasingly fractious, Sara resolves to find out what it is that so preoccupies her mistress.
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Surprising !
- De RueRue en 08-22-19
De: Sonia Velton
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Between Earth and Sky
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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In Amanda Skenandore's provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, Between Earth and Sky is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement.
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The true story of Native Americans and the settling of America
- De Bree en 09-01-19
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A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
- A Novel
- De: Jackie Copleton
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding is a heart-wrenching debut novel of family, forgiveness, and the exquisite pain of love. When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn't believe him. Her grandson and her daughter, Yuko, perished nearly 40 years ago during the bombing of Nagasaki. But the man carries with him a collection of sealed private letters that open a box of family secrets Ama had sworn to leave behind when she fled Japan.
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Interesting and original, but I wished for more
- De Bonny en 01-28-16
De: Jackie Copleton
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City of Flickering Light
- De: Juliette Fay
- Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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It's July 1921, "flickers" are all the rage, and Irene Van Beck has just declared her own independence by jumping off a moving train to escape her fate in a traveling burlesque show. When her friends, fellow dancer Millie Martin and comedian Henry Weiss, leap after her, the trio finds their way to the bright lights of Hollywood with hopes of making it big in the burgeoning silent film industry. But despite the glamour and seduction of Tinseltown, success doesn't come easy, and nothing can prepare Irene, Millie, and Henry for the poverty, temptation, and heartbreak that lie ahead.
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Good listen!
- De Amazon Customer en 11-28-21
De: Juliette Fay
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Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea
- De: Sara Alexander
- Narrado por: Sara Alexander
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy's Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist's vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent 18th-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago.
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I’m shook!
- De paintgal en 03-18-21
De: Sara Alexander
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The Beautiful American
- De: Jeanne Mackin
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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As recovery from World War II begins, expatriate American NoraTours travels from her home in southern France to London in search of her missing 16-year-old daughter. There she unexpectedly meets up with an oldacquaintance, famous model-turned-photographer Lee Miller. Neither has emergedfrom the war unscathed. Nora is racked with the fear that her efforts tosurvive under the Vichy regime may have cost her daughter's life. Lee suffersfrom what she witnessed as a war correspondent photographing the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
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Simply wonderful
- De nursebettyknitting en 07-10-14
De: Jeanne Mackin
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The Dry Grass of August
- De: Anna Jean Mayhew
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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On a scorching day in August 1954, 13-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there - cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father’s rages and her mother’s benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally.
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Solid southern literature.
- De Dellaripa en 01-17-21
De: Anna Jean Mayhew
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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
- De: Lili‘uokalani
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the United States. Published shortly after these momentous events, her book Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is an incredibly personal history of the islands that she was born to rule. Liliuokalani covers from her birth in 1838 through the reigns of her forebears to her own turbulent time as Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Learn to pronounce Hawaiian words before narrating
- De ArchJoanne en 11-15-19
De: Lili‘uokalani
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In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills
- De: Jennifer Haupt
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills combines the force of literature with the allure of women's fiction in a family saga that spans from Atlanta during the Civil Rights Movement to post-genocide Rwanda. At the heart of this novel that crosses racial and cultural boundaries is the search for family on a personal and global level.
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MLK's Dream to the Killing Fields of Rwanda
- De Debbie en 09-19-18
De: Jennifer Haupt
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The Velvet Hours
- De: Alyson Richman
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert, Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian had cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on the brink of war, she shares her story with her granddaughter, Solange Beaugiron, using her prized possessions to reveal her innermost secrets. Most striking of all are a beautiful string of pearls and a magnificent portrait of Marthe painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini.
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Not for me
- De Sybil Brown en 12-12-20
De: Alyson Richman
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Honolulu
- De: Alan Brennert
- Narrado por: Ali Ahn
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
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Set in the 1920s and 1930s, Honolulu explores the stark contrast between the image of the glamorous Hawaiian paradise portrayed to the mainland and the harsh reality of life on the island. With characters as vivid and richly descriptive as the history of Hawaii itself, this novel is sure to enthrall listeners.
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Very Distracting Narrator
- De P Hermes en 05-22-12
De: Alan Brennert
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Captive Paradise
- A History of Hawaii
- De: James L. Haley
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its discovery by Captain Cook in the late 18th century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The arrival of the first missionaries marked the beginning of the struggle between a native culture with its ancient gods, sexual libertinism, and rites of human sacrifice and the rigid values of the Calvinists.
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Good, but not enough history of the Island.
- De Jonathan en 07-09-15
De: James L. Haley
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Wickwythe Hall
- De: Judithe Little
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May 1940. Hitler invades France, a move that threatens all of Europe, and three lives intersect at Wickwythe Hall, an opulent estate in the English countryside - a beautiful French refugee, a take-charge American heiress, and a charming champagne vendeur with ties to Roosevelt and Churchill who isn't what he seems. There, secrets and unexpected liaisons unfold, until a shocking tragedy in a far-off Algerian port binds them forever....
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Refreshing change of storyline!
- De Diane en 12-12-18
De: Judithe Little
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The Taster
- De: V.S. Alexander
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty - working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned.
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A MUST READ!!!!!
- De Sara en 02-10-18
De: V.S. Alexander
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Last Aloha
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- Randi
- 10-15-21
Narration, narration, narration
I scrolled back through some of the reviews to make sure that it wasn't just me... it's not. When I first heard the intro I thought, "Oh GOD! Please tell me this isn't the voice I am going to have to listen to for the next 13 hours"... yup...it was. Lots of abysmal pronunciations. Do the producers actually LISTEN before they just release it?
The overall story itself was interesting. It brought me close to tears a few times. But the writing was scattered at times.
It was incredibly frustrating trying to keep track of all of the different characters. It took me about half to 3/4 of the way through before I had a decent grasp of most of the minor players. They should include a downloadable copy of the characters and family tree so you can actually follow more easily. Seriously.
It was odd the way they skipped months and years without mention of events in between and yet, went into agonizing detail, at times, over trivial things. I suppose these were meant to make a clear mental photograph. The image could have easily been accomplished in fewer words most of the time.
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- Therese Baumann
- 06-24-22
Agree with all the other listeners
The narrator was not great. If you put it on 1.1x speed it’s slightly better. The story behind Hawaii’s annexation was one I never heard before. Definitely boycotting Dole Foods!
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- Heather Parker Jones
- 08-18-22
Beautiful and tragic
Beautifully written with well-developed characters, this is a detailed account of yet another colonization of a pacific archipelago. As this story of greed, racism and malice moves toward its seemingly inevitable tragic end, you will feel as though you are there.
The only downside is the reader chosen for this book. The reading is very slow, often breathless and labored, and peppered with inexplicable pauses in the middle of phrases.
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- Sheila
- 11-22-21
Good but not great.
I really wanted to love this book and it started out very interesting but it just dragged on and on in my opinion. Would've kept my interest if it had been a bit shorter and more to the point. I did enjoy hearing about Hawaiian history. Didn't care for the narrator at all, she read way too slowly and had a nasal sound to her voice. Overall worth listening to if you know nothing about Hawaii's annexation into the US and like historical fiction.
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- jolandie botha
- 02-05-22
Good story
i enjoyed this book but struggled with the way narrstion was done for the characters from Scotland and Ireland.
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- P.F.
- 09-17-21
Loved it!
Sad piece of history woven into a remarkable story; would highly recommend. Encouraged me to read more about Hawaiian history.
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- Kamalei
- 05-28-21
Great story but Narration
This story was very intriguing...wrapped around historical events. Sad for the Hawaiian monarchy. Sad for the Hawaiian people at that time. It’s sad that these wealthy landowners would do anything to get their way. Amazing story of forgiveness in the end, how to forgive those who steal everything away from you.
Agree with the other reviewers about the narrator. She sounds so breathy and like she has a cold. But I did like how she pronounced all of the Hawaiian name, phrases, words. Worth the listen even so, especially if you visit Hawaii.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-28-22
Excellent historical fiction!
This was a great story based on historical facts. The reader read a bit too slowly, but I appreciate that she pronounced the Hawaiian words correctly.
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- TreasureHunter
- 06-24-22
Interesting but ...
... the historical aspect is different from other accounts. Lots of sadness in the history of Hawaii. The narrator paused inappropriately so many times it was ridiculous.
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- holly
- 10-10-20
wonderful story but narration is terrible
this was a fantastic story! but the narrator sounds like she has a Really bad cold! a stuffy nose & sore throat and seriously sounds like she’s terribly out of breath- the Entire book but much worse the last 1/3. it was very very distracting and made me take deep breaths all the time bc she made Me feel out of breath bc she was! i will Not listen time any other books she narrates. unfortunate.
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