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Bright Lights, Big City
- De: Jay McInerney
- Narrado por: Daniel Passer
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The tragicomedy of a young man in New York City, a writer, never named, who works as a fact-checker for a prestigious magazine. He struggles with the reality of his mother's death, alienation, and the seductive pull of drugs and a vibrant nightlife.
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Curiously, mundanely real
- De Amber en 01-07-12
De: Jay McInerney
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
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The Magician's Assistant
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Karen Ziemba
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
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When a gay Los Angeles magician named Parsifal dies suddenly, he leaves behind his heartbroken assistant, Sabine, and a secret past that leads her to Nebraska and a father she never knew he had.
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Patchett Has It
- De Pamela Harvey en 06-10-08
De: Ann Patchett
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Keeper of the Light
- Keeper Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrado por: Arielle DeLisle
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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Dr. Olivia Simon is on duty in the emergency room of North Carolina's Outer Banks Hospital when a gunshot victim is brought in. Midway through the desperate effort to save the young woman's life, Olivia realizes who she is - Annie O'Neill, the woman Olivia's husband, Paul, is in love with.
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I can't finish this...
- De Calmeridian Tink en 03-31-16
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Midnight Cowboy
- De: James Leo Herlihy
- Narrado por: Michael Urie
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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Midnight Cowboy is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The main story centers around Joe Buck, a naive but eager and ambitious young Texan, who decides to leave his dead-end job in search of a grand and glamorous life he believes he will find in New York City. But the city turns out to be a much more difficult place to negotiate than Joe could ever have imagined. He soon finds himself and his dreams compromised. Buck's fall from innocence and his relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo form the novel's emotional nucleus.
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Superb
- De Macala Shon en 01-26-21
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The Bell Jar
- De: Sylvia Plath
- Narrado por: Maggie Gyllenhaal
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The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful but slowly going under - maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.
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A must-read for every woman
- De Julie W. Capell en 05-06-16
De: Sylvia Plath
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Outside Looking In
- A Novel
- De: T. C. Boyle
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students at Harvard are gradually drawn into the inner circle of renowned psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary. Fitzhugh Loney, a psychology PhD student, and his wife, Joanie, become entranced by the drug’s possibilities such that their “research” becomes less a matter of clinical trials and academic papers and instead turns into a freewheeling exploration of mind expansion, group dynamics, and communal living.
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STORYTELLING AS CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
- De Christopher Meeks en 05-25-19
De: T. C. Boyle
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Fire and Rain
- De: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
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Into the drought-weary California town of Valle Rosa comes a stranger who promises he can make it rain. All he asks for is a place to stay and complete privacy. But he is too charismatic to maintain a low profile, and the adobe cottage he's given to live in is owned by an investigative TV reporter struggling to revive her career.
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Siri from my Iphone would be a warmer narrator
- De Gwen en 05-30-16
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Shadow and Light
- A Novel
- De: Jonathan Rabb
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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Berlin, between the two world wars. When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead floating in his office bathtub, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate. With the help of Fritz Lang (the German director) and Alby Pimm (leader of the most powerful crime syndicate in Berlin), Hoffner finds his case taking him beyond the world of film and into the far more treacherous landscape of Berlin's sex and drug trade.
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Masterful
- De Buzz en 03-25-11
De: Jonathan Rabb
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Koko
- Blue Rose Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Peter Straub
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 22 h y 56 m
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KOKO. Only four men knew what it meant. Now they must stop it. They are Vietnam vets — a doctor, a lawyer, a working stiff, and a writer. Very different from each other, they are nonetheless linked by a shared history and a single shattering secret. Now, they have been reunited and are about to embark on a quest that will take them from Washington, D.C., to the graveyards and fleshpots of the Far East to the human jungle of New York.
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7 hours in and I am done
- De bionichands en 01-26-12
De: Peter Straub
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- De: Walter Tevis
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Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit in The Hustler, "Fast" Eddie Felson is playing exhibition matches with former rival Minnesota Fats in shopping malls. With one failed marriage and years of running a pool hall behind him, Eddie is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he left.
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if you play,,, you'll live it !!!!!
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Mockingbird
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In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a postapocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden.
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overlooked apocalyptic masterpiece
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Queen's Gambit
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- Narrado por: Georgina Sutton
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Widowed for the second time at age 31, Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. No one is in a position to refuse a royal proposal, so haunted by the fates of his previous wives - two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth - Katherine must wed Henry and become his sixth queen.
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Remarkably well written! A wonderful surprise!
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The Hustler
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To Fast Eddie Felsen, a young pool hustler, there was only one thing that mattered: to make the big time and the big money in the world of pool by beating the best in the country. Hustling suckers in small towns for good stake money was practice for his goal, and when he felt ready he went to Bennington's pool hall in Chicago to find Minnesota Fats. Eddie and Fats pit nerve against skill in a fantastic match over an unbroken 36 hours.
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Love Tevis in general
- De Darryl en 07-01-16
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
- De: Walter Tevis
- Narrado por: George Guidall
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Thomas Newton is an extraterrestrial, one of only 300 left on his home planet. Using his superior intelligence and skills, Newton amasses a small fortune and a business empire, but soon must battle unexpected foes: the CIA, alcoholism, loneliness, himself. An utterly absorbing psychological study of one man's struggle to survive on 20th-century Earth.
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a deserved classic not just of SF
- De Darryl en 06-10-13
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The Time Traveler's Wife
- De: Audrey Niffenegger
- Narrado por: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
- Duración: 17 h y 38 m
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Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
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One of my favorite books
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The Color of Money
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Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit in The Hustler, "Fast" Eddie Felson is playing exhibition matches with former rival Minnesota Fats in shopping malls. With one failed marriage and years of running a pool hall behind him, Eddie is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he left.
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if you play,,, you'll live it !!!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 11-12-20
De: Walter Tevis
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Mockingbird
- De: Walter Tevis
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overlooked apocalyptic masterpiece
- De Darryl en 07-01-16
De: Walter Tevis
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Queen's Gambit
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Fremantle
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- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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Widowed for the second time at age 31, Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. No one is in a position to refuse a royal proposal, so haunted by the fates of his previous wives - two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth - Katherine must wed Henry and become his sixth queen.
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Remarkably well written! A wonderful surprise!
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The Hustler
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- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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To Fast Eddie Felsen, a young pool hustler, there was only one thing that mattered: to make the big time and the big money in the world of pool by beating the best in the country. Hustling suckers in small towns for good stake money was practice for his goal, and when he felt ready he went to Bennington's pool hall in Chicago to find Minnesota Fats. Eddie and Fats pit nerve against skill in a fantastic match over an unbroken 36 hours.
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Love Tevis in general
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
- De: Walter Tevis
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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Thomas Newton is an extraterrestrial, one of only 300 left on his home planet. Using his superior intelligence and skills, Newton amasses a small fortune and a business empire, but soon must battle unexpected foes: the CIA, alcoholism, loneliness, himself. An utterly absorbing psychological study of one man's struggle to survive on 20th-century Earth.
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a deserved classic not just of SF
- De Darryl en 06-10-13
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The Time Traveler's Wife
- De: Audrey Niffenegger
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Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
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One of my favorite books
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The King Is Dead
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Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 short story collection Far From Home with a host of other previously unpublished stories from journals and magazines, this entertaining collection showcases Tevis's characteristic perceptiveness, empathy, and range.
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his full books are better than short stories
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The Hunger Games and Philosophy
- A Critique of Pure Treason
- De: George A. Dunn, Nicolas Michaud
- Narrado por: Vanessa Hart
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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At every turn in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and their many allies wrestle with harrowing choices and ethical dilemmas that push them to the brink. Is it okay for Katniss to break the law to ensure her family's survival? Do ordinary moral rules apply in the Arena? Can the world of The Hunger Games shine a light into the dark corners of our world? Why do we often enjoy watching others suffer? An essential companion for Hunger Games fans, this book will take you deeper into the dystopic world of Panem and into the minds and motivations of those who occupy it.
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- A Novel
- De: Bryn Greenwood
- Narrado por: Jorjeana Marie
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As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house until one night her stargazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.
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So many 'hard to listen to' moments
- De jksullycats en 12-27-16
De: Bryn Greenwood
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To Con a Gentleman
- Dalton Family, Book 1
- De: Sarah Adams
- Narrado por: Rachael Beresford
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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As a con woman who has spent her entire life fending for herself on the streets of London, Rose Wakefield knows how to scam a gentleman out of his money without ever getting caught. That's until she knocks on the wrong earl's door and is faced with Carver Ashburn Earl of Kensworth and not the notorious rake she thinks she is approaching. Carver is a good man, but even a good man will not pass up an opportunity to escape his grief. What better way to avoid his feelings than to play into a con woman's ruse and offer to marry her?
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Fun, Clean Romance, but not period accurate
- De CraftyMe en 07-05-22
De: Sarah Adams
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Nerve
- De: Jeanne Ryan
- Narrado por: Caitlin Davies
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy: sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating - Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the grand-prize round.
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Nice fun read
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De: Jeanne Ryan
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Twelve Years a Slave
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Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana") is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between the master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them and the ugly realities that slaves suffered.
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Interesting, not engrossing
- De GM en 03-27-14
De: Solomon Northup
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved - five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
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AGREE THAT THE MOVIE WAS BETTER...
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The Near Witch
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"The Near Witch" is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.
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Unlistenable
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De: V. E. Schwab
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The Jane Austen Collection
- An Audible Original Drama
- De: Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, y otros
- Duración: 45 h
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Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.
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Not a faithful rendition
- De Anne McClain en 12-13-20
De: Jane Austen
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The Last Dog on Earth
- De: Adrian J. Walker
- Narrado por: Jonathan Aris, David John
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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It's the end of the world, but Reg won't mind the peace and quiet - after all, he's always lived a solitary life. And his happy-go-lucky dog, Lineker, is ecstatic to spend more time with his beloved owner. Together, they plan to wait out the impending doom in their second-floor apartment, hiding themselves away from the riots outside. But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building, Reg and Lineker must leave their place of safety and accompany her into the ruins of a fallen city.
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The dog is ok.
- De Meloxicami en 09-17-20
De: Adrian J. Walker
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Jules Verne, Lewis Page Mercier - translator
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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In 1866, sightings of a legendary sea monster prompt a daring expedition out of New York City. Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and whaler Ned Land are among the crew of the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln. Though they are fearless, nothing prepares them for the "creature" itself - the Nautilus - a powerful, destructive submarine years ahead of its time. At the helm of the vessel is the brilliant Captain Nemo, who pulls the men deep into the wonders of the seas and the dark depths of his mind.
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I loved this book!!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-19-20
De: Jules Verne, y otros
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The Queen's Gambit
- Rogue Queen Series, Book 1
- De: Jessie Mihalik
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war - again - Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn't pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade with neutral sectors. With her people on the brink of starvation, Samara hatches a daring plan to snatch the kidnapped Kos Emperor from the Quint mercenaries holding him.
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Needed a lot more coloring between the lines
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 10-31-23
De: Jessie Mihalik
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- 12-22-20
I loved it
Simply wonderful totally engrossing and wonderfully read Highly recommended. You must listen to it !
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- Meg Pie
- 07-22-21
A truly enjoyable read.
The novel and audiobook were really well executed. I found the narration to be engaging and the overall story both entertaining and informative as someone who has the most limited knowledge of Chess, I hadn't realized there was so much that went into it. I haven't seen the mini series but now I'm very interested!
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- MommaJ
- 07-11-21
SO GOOD!! MUST READ!
I wasn’t 100% sure about the story going into it, but I completely loved every minute of it! The characters are so well written, the plot Was surprisingly exciting and interesting, and the performance was fantastic! Five stars and more!
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- vibrata chromodoris
- 07-18-21
Riveting, even without a clue about chess
I ate through this book almost non-stop. The namesake Netflix series was beautiful; I loved "Mockingbird"; was a big fan of "the Hustler" (movie), so this was a natural for me to grab from Audible. I don't need a narrator to "act" the characters, and Amy Landon delivered in a measured, dry tone, which is perfect for me. If the writing is good, it doesn't need an emotive narrator, just clear annunciation and perfect pacing with just a hint of personalization. And Tevis's writing measures up. Even detailed chess jargon was rendered interesting and exciting with just a sprinkling of colorful embellishment. He keeps the reader involved in the psychological drama, and in becoming intimate with this powerful lead character with her human frailties and almost supernatural talents. I'm now a hardcore Tevis fan and owe it to him to move on to reading his whole body of work.
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- Cheri
- 01-31-21
Loved it !
I know nothing about chess but this book grabbed me from the beginning. I read that a lot of people didn't care for the narration but I thought it was well done. You won't be sorry if you give this book a chance.
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- T. WONG
- 01-08-21
Robotic Narration
It took quite a while to block out the strange monotone and queer, misplaced undulations from the narrator, but overall was a good listen.
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- AF
- 06-15-21
The narrator doesn't manage to spoil it
Even after seeing the show, hearing this book was still a thrill. There is so much to look forward to.
It's only a shame that the narrator uses a practically identical, doofy cartoon voice for almost every other character. Almost every time another character speaks, it's like listening to Barney, or listening to goldilocks saying "this soup is tooooo coooold!" She's also oblivious to some of the social dynamics and sexual tension as she reads it, and plays Beth a too little heavy on the timid, and a little too light on the rage.
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- 01-20-21
Enjoyable, but the show is much better.
Very rarely do I find onscreen adaptions superior to the original book format. This is that rare case. Better character development on screen. The book doesn't add any interest, just ALOT of chess jargon that ( even for seasoned players ) are 80% of unnecessary dialog. Did I like it...sure. The narrator was ok, but didn't bring Beth to life for me. At least it was free and included in my membership.
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- Blake Negrete
- 01-18-21
Simply Perfect
I Loved it! Couldn't stop listening, even gave up sleep to stay up and finish.
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- ivette nunez
- 11-08-20
Great book
I really loved the narrator and the story was so interesting, a real rise from rags to riches (not really riches but she becomes quite successful) and includes all of her struggles to become a world champion. A must read.
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