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Lanning “Lanny” Budd spends his first 13 years in Europe, living at the center of his mother’s glamourous circle of friends on the French Riviera. In 1913, he enters a prestigious Swiss boarding school and befriends Rick, an English boy, and Kurt, a German. The three schoolmates are privileged, happy, and precocious - but their world is about to come to an abrupt and violent end. When the gathering storm clouds of war finally burst, raining chaos and death over the continent, Lanny must put the innocence of youth behind him.
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3 out of 5 stars
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didn't finish
- De Bird Miller en 05-08-22
De: Upton Sinclair
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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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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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The P.G. Wodehouse Collection
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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This title includes not only the entire audiobook of Right Ho, Jeeves, but also all of the P.G. Wodehouse titles in the current Classic Tales library. It also includes a Jeeves short story only available in the collection: "Extricating Young Gussie". The complete running time is over 15 hours. All titles have been remastered, and have never sounded better!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't buy this version of the wonderful Wodehouse stories
- De K Bell en 11-05-16
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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Piccadilly Jim
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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He was a gossip columnist’s dream. Piccadilly Jim’s life was a collage of broken promises and drunken brawls. And his straight-laced Victorian aunt was not amused. So, she decided to reform him. Unfortunately, her reform project started at a time when Jim had fallen in love and had already decided to reform himself. Thus, life became complicated. Jim pretends to be himself - a beautiful display of Wodehousean logic; hilarious indeed!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad to Finally Have Frederick Davidson’s Version
- De John en 11-09-22
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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The Stars Shine Down
- De: Sidney Sheldon
- Narrado por: Roddy McDowall
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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The young, beautiful, and relentless Lara Cameron has amassed international wealth and power, with equal success in affairs of the heart. But an angry ex-lover has vengeance in mind - a motive that could cost Lara the empire she struggled a lifetime to build. Setting the stage in Scotland and Nova Scotia, maestro of mystery Sydney Sheldon lures his readers down a chain of intrigue through Chicago, New York, London, Rome, and Reno.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Redo needed
- De W.Denis en 08-31-09
De: Sidney Sheldon
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The Kill (La Curee)
- De: Émile Zola
- Narrado por: Cate Barratt
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Émile Zola's The Kill is one part of the French author's 20-volume series about the fictitious Rougon-Macquart family during the Second French Empire, and it is rich with symbolism. Paris is awakening to unprecedented expansion, the future intoxicating, and in keeping with its penchant for excess, the aristocracy is caught up in the mad dash to devour as much of it as it can.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Whoever?!
- De Matthew Garcia en 07-07-21
De: Émile Zola
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Black No More
- De: George S. Schuyler
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 5 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: "Get out, get white, or get along." Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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outrageous!
- De Jennifer en 07-31-18
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The House Without a Key
- A Charlie Chan Mystery
- De: Earl Derr Biggers
- Narrado por: John Rayburn
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 14
The sublime beauty of Hawaii nearly a century ago is captured in this first book featuring the fictional Honolulu police detective, Charlie Chan. Author Biggers was staying at a hotel on Waikiki Beach in the 1920s when he was inspired to write the book. The Chan role at first was relatively minor, and he didn’t say anything until several chapters had gone by. However, the concept caught on when the literary public wanted more of him. That prompted five subsequent books as the character became more prominent.
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4 out of 5 stars
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WONderful Narration by John Rayburn
- De Kindle Customer en 12-20-21
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The Secret Adversary & N or M?
- Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Hugh Fraser
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 94
Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy. It isn’t long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hugh Fraser is great!
- De Cheryl McInerney en 09-06-22
De: Agatha Christie
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The Double and The Gambler
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The two strikingly original short novels brought together here - in new translations by award-winning translators - were both literary gambles of a sort for Fyodor Dostoevsky. The first real expression of his genius, The Double is a surprisingly modern hallucinatory nightmare in which a minor official named Goliadkin becomes aware of a mysterious doppelgänger. Written 20 years later under the pressure of crushing debt, The Gambler is a stunning psychological portrait of a young man's exhilarating and destructive addiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exciting
- De Tad Davis en 02-25-19
De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, y otros
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Love of Life, and Other Stories
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 5 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. This collection includes "Love of Life", "A Day's Lodging", "The White Man's Way", "The Story of Keesh", "The Unexpected", "Brown Wolf", "The Sun-Dog Trail", and "Negore, the Coward".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review of Love of Life and Other Stories
- De Pre Paid Gift Card en 05-25-16
De: Jack London
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The Fountainhead
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 32 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,693
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,386
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,410
One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, a genius; Gail Wynand, a newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire; and Dominique Francon, a devastating beauty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Fountainhead
- De Zachary en 06-04-10
De: Ayn Rand
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The Gambler
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, C. J. Hogarth - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
The Gambler is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexis Ivanovitch, a young gambling addict; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers; and other characters. Narrated by Alexis, this short novel is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's own experiences as a compulsive gambler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, great narration, proper pronunciation
- De Mike R. en 09-16-11
De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, y otros
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My Autobiography
- De: Charles Chaplin, David Robinson - introduction
- Narrado por: Steve John Shepherd
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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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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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!
- De Ryan Baumbach en 04-28-22
De: Charles Chaplin, y otros
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A Dangerous Fortune
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,002
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,104
In 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident. His death and its aftermath initiate a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives. From the exclusive men’s clubs and brothels that cater to every dark desire of London’s upper class to the dazzling ballrooms and mahogany-paneled suites of the manipulators of the world’s wealth, one family is splintered by a shared legacy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Predictable Fun
- De Rebecarol en 05-24-08
De: Ken Follett