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From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem.
Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself—a man of superior intellect who hungers for peace but who brings terror and destruction wherever he goes. The Outsider is an important work of fiction that depicts American racism and its devastating consequences in raw and unflinching terms. Brilliantly imagined and frighteningly prescient, it is an epic exploration of the tragic roots of criminal behavior.
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Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers’ dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life’s pleasures.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unremarkable to say the least
- De Housepants97 en 11-22-20
De: David Hopen
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Affliction
- De: Russell Banks
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 15 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Enigma of Human Life
- De Carlo Pate en 12-07-20
De: Russell Banks
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Bellarion
- The Fortunate
- De: Raphael Sabatini
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7
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When young, penniless Bellarion finds himself thrust into a murderous intrigue, his sharp wit and scholarly background allow him to see things invisible to others. Set in 15th century Italy, and cast with a rogues’ gallery of colorful villains, Bellarion adroitly navigates the complicated world of dukes, counts, and countesses to rise to unusual prominence and serve a purpose all his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Landlocked Captain Blood
- De Bronxite58 en 12-18-22
De: Raphael Sabatini
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The Lehman Trilogy
- A Novel
- De: Stefano Massini, Richard Dixon - translator
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini’s masterpiece - like Hamilton - is a story of immigration, ambition, and success; it is the story of America itself from a daring and original perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding!
- De Lisa Scottoline en 05-04-21
De: Stefano Massini, y otros
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The Beach
- De: Alex Garland
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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The Khao San Road, Bangkok—first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the Beach." The Beach, as Richard has come to learn, is the subject of a legend among young travelers in Asia: a lagoon hidden from the sea, with white sand and coral gardens, freshwater falls surrounded by jungle, plants untouched for a thousand years.
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4 out of 5 stars
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please learn the names in Thai
- De Anonymous User en 08-23-24
De: Alex Garland
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Smoke
- A Novel
- De: Dan Vyleta
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
- Duración: 18 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 143
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Welcome to a Victorian England unlike any other you have experienced before. Here, wicked thoughts (both harmless and hate-filled) appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke. Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here, he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not for me
- De BikeVON en 09-03-16
De: Dan Vyleta
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Wunderland
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Cody Epstein
- Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 586
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Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nation’s abrupt swing into fascism. Ilse, a so-called Aryan, throws her lot in with the Nazi Party, while Renate sees her once-secure world dismantled by Adolf Hitler's race laws and then shattered by a shocking betrayal. Decades later, that same betrayal will upend the life of Ilse's daughter, Ava, as she discovers long-buried truths about her mother's past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book
- De Paula Boudreault en 05-20-19
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The Night Watch
- De: Sarah Waters
- Narrado por: Juanita McMahon
- Duración: 18 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past - whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise, and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Captivating Tale of Resilience and War
- De Anonymous User en 12-27-23
De: Sarah Waters
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After the Crescent Strike
- The Balkan Legends, Book 0.5
- De: A.L. Sowards
- Narrado por: Jason Tatom
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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The Balkans, 1371. After conquering the Serbian army in battle, bands of Ottoman warriors terrorize the land, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. As one of the few survivors of a deadly attack on her village, Magdalena is determined to protect her newly orphaned niece. When a group of battle-weary Serb warriors offers to lead Magdalena and her charge to safety, a flame of hope flickers to life for the desperate woman, burning brighter when she spots a familiar face among the group: Miladin, the man she once loved—and lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History and Romance
- De Jeanne en 09-04-24
De: A.L. Sowards
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Damnation Spring
- De: Ash Davidson
- Narrado por: CJ Wilson, Rebecca Lowman, Mark Sanderlin, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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Colleen and Rich Gundersen are raising their young son, Chub, on the rugged California coast. It’s 1977, and life in this Pacific Northwest logging town isn’t what it used to be. For generations, the community has lived and breathed timber; now that way of life is threatened. Colleen is an amateur midwife. Rich is a tree-topper. It’s a dangerous job that requires him to scale trees hundreds of feet tall - a job that both his father and grandfather died doing. Colleen and Rich want a better life for their son - and they take steps to assure their future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many sides to the story, beautifully told
- De A. Golden en 09-03-21
De: Ash Davidson
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The Land Beyond the Sea
- De: Sharon Kay Penman
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 31 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early 12th century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies. At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy committed to the welfare and protection of his people.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Penman's best.
- De Katie Hammond en 03-14-20
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All Our Shimmering Skies
- A Novel
- De: Trent Dalton
- Narrado por: Ruby Rees
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who’s abandoned his post. Messages from the skies above guide them towards treasure, but foes are close on their trail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gorgeous
- De Lolly Winston en 07-23-21
De: Trent Dalton
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The School of Mirrors
- A Novel
- De: Eva Stachniak
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished but lovely teenage girls from all over France are sent to a discreet villa in the town of Versailles. Overseen by the King’s favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour, they will be trained as potential courtesans for the King. When the time is right, each girl is smuggled into the palace of Versailles, with its legendary Hall of Mirrors.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating but pedophilia nonetheless.
- De Barbara W. en 05-10-22
De: Eva Stachniak
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Daughter of the Mists
- De: Elena Collins
- Narrado por: Antonia Beamish
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Present Day. When Hanna returns to Norfolk from years working abroad, the strange dreams of her adolescence return: indistinct figures in tunics, mighty soldiers in armour, gladiators, temples, an Iceni warrior woman leading her people. Gradually Hanna’s dreams begin to slip into the present as visions in the famous mists rolling across the fens, and as shocks of recognition when a new face moves to her childhood home. As Hanna realises that she has a connection with a tragedy that occurred many years before, so Brea has to understand that her fate is bound up with her Roman master.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The storyline was truly captivating
- De Chirley Gunthorpe en 02-07-24
De: Elena Collins
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The Infinite Plan
- A Novel
- De: Isabel Allende
- Narrado por: Isabel Allende, Luis Moreno
- Duración: 16 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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Born in the Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived the killing fields of Vietnam, and is now a lawyer in San Francisco. Though he has successfully survived this hard journey, Gregory’s life has suddenly gone off the rails thanks to an illusory and wrongheaded quest that has left him feeling lost and listless. To find what he is missing and what his heart truly wants, he must return to his roots. Only by excavating the past can he see the way to his future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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...it is so current, how is it possible?!
- De Sra. Dominguez en 07-28-22
De: Isabel Allende
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Foregone
- A Novel
- De: Russell Banks
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 48
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At the center of Foregone is famed Canadian American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of 60,000 draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Fife, now in his late 70s, is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De ELIZABETTA en 03-20-21
De: Russell Banks
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The Daughters of Erietown
- A Novel
- De: Connie Schultz
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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1957, Clayton Valley, Ohio. Ellie has the best grades in her class. Her dream is to go to nursing school and marry Brick McGinty. A basketball star, Brick has the chance to escape his abusive father and become the first person in his blue-collar family to attend college. But when Ellie learns that she is pregnant, everything changes. Just as Brick and Ellie revise their plans and build a family, a knock on the front door threatens to destroy their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Barbara Dyke en 06-14-20
De: Connie Schultz
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Outsider
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-23
An eventful story that compares and contrasts of classification we give ourselves in reality
Wrights ability to express his thoughts on the communist movement through the main characters thoughts and actions are impeccable.
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- PDP
- 09-21-20
Awesome
Richard write is an amazing author. I enjoy his novels. Definitely a good read. Recommend
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- Robert Lynch
- 02-25-24
My favorite Richard Wright novel
I read this as a teenager and loved it. I read it again at 55 years old and loved it much more deeply.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-22
Bravo!
Got to be one of the greatest piece of fiction of all time.. Can’t get no better then this one.
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- barfy
- 09-16-23
Not impressed
The main story line was good, but too much going off & too much drivel. It was like a psychology lesson.
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