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5 out of 5 stars
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Breathtaking, Dizzying, Stimulating, Funny
- De andrew en 11-17-10
De: William Gaddis
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Who Is Vera Kelly?
- De: Rosalie Knecht
- Narrado por: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Duración: 6 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 180
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 156
New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not a whole lot of spycraft just a good story
- De Kirra Krussman en 01-19-19
De: Rosalie Knecht
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Lady Oracle
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Lorelei King
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organize her own death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Feminist Romp
- De annkpowers en 07-02-22
De: Margaret Atwood
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The Folded Leaf
- De: William Maxwell
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
Here is a classic novel from one of our most honored writers - the author of such acclaimed works as So Long, See You Tomorrow and All the Days and Nights. The Folded Leaf is the serenely observed yet deeply moving story of two boys finding one another in the Midwest of the 1920s, when childhood lasted longer than it does today and even adults were more innocent of what life could bring.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Midwestern Misfits
- De David en 03-17-15
De: William Maxwell
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Life for Sale
- De: Yukio Mishima
- Narrado por: Kotaro Watanabe
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. Soon interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests and what follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots - even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't seem to catch a break, as he finds himself enmeshed in a continent-wide conspiracy that puts him in the crosshairs of both his own government and a powerful organized-crime syndicate.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Book is good - Narration is just terrible
- De Vyacheslav Varlakov en 03-12-21
De: Yukio Mishima
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When a Stranger Comes to Town
- De: Michael Koryta
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Janina Edwards, Fajer Al-Kaisi, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrators are outstanding here.
- De Jennifer Baratta She/Her en 05-16-21
De: Michael Koryta