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A collection of 17 wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.
A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game - and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!
Featuring additional performances by Peter Gerety, Peter Scolari, Cecily Strong, Holland Taylor, and Wilmer Valderrama on "Stay with Us".
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One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly - thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Patchett and Me--In-sympatico
- De Mel en 09-18-16
De: Ann Patchett
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Robin
- De: Dave Itzkoff
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
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From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations - all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed. But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’ comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing but worth a read
- De Joe Moore en 05-18-18
De: Dave Itzkoff
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The Address
- A Novel
- De: Fiona Davis
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld, Brittany Pressley
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,389
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When a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibility - no mean feat for a servant in 1884. The opportunity to move to America. The opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota. And the opportunity to see more of Theo, who understands Sara like no one else...and is living in the Dakota with his wife and three young children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be a movie!
- De Linda Slater en 10-19-17
De: Fiona Davis
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Idiot
- Essays
- De: Laura Clery
- Narrado por: Laura Clery
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 14,702
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13,045
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,989
From YouTube star and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays in the vein of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby and You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So bad
- De bonkers en 02-05-20
De: Laura Clery
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Calypso
- De: David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,222
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19,487
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And it's as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and dark humor - toward middle age and mortality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, as always
- De Ruthie en 05-31-18
De: David Sedaris
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The Less People Know About Us
- A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity
- De: Axton Betz-Hamilton
- Narrado por: Laurie Winkel
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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In this powerful true crime memoir, an award-winning identity theft expert tells the shocking story of the duplicity and betrayal that inspired her career and nearly destroyed her family. Axton Betz-Hamilton grew up in small-town Indiana in the early '90s. When she was 11 years old, her parents both had their identities stolen. Their credit ratings were ruined, and they were constantly fighting over money. This was before the age of the Internet, when identity theft became more commonplace, so authorities and banks were clueless and reluctant to help Axton's parents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Holy Shit
- De Jason Wiking en 02-19-20
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The Music of Bees
- A Novel
- De: Eileen Garvin
- Narrado por: Thérèse Plummer
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 958
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Forty-four-year-old Alice Holtzman is stuck in a dead-end job, bereft of family, and now reeling from the unexpected death of her husband. Alice has begun having panic attacks whenever she thinks about how her life hasn't turned out the way she dreamed. Even the beloved honeybees she raises in her spare time aren't helping her feel better these days.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A little too many political agendas
- De Mike Thompson en 05-26-21
De: Eileen Garvin
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Being Henry
- The Fonz . . . and Beyond
- De: Henry Winkler
- Narrado por: Henry Winkler
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,841
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,691
Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as “The Fonz” in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it’s simply not the case, he’s really just grateful to be here), Henry shares in this achingly vulnerable memoir the disheartening truth of his childhood, the difficulties of a life with severe dyslexia, the pressures of a role that takes on a life of its own, and the path forward once your wildest dream seems behind you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet human
- De Lisa Singer en 11-07-23
De: Henry Winkler
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Unorthodox
- The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
- De: Deborah Feldman
- Narrado por: Rachel Botchan, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,992
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As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read. Yet in spite of her repressive upbringing, Deborah grew into an independent-minded young woman whose stolen moments reading about the empowered literary characters of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott helped her to imagine an alternative way of life among the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Problem
- De Phyllis en 04-24-20
De: Deborah Feldman
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The Making of Us
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,038
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,570
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Lydia, Dean, and Robyn live very different lives, but each of them, independently, has always felt that something was missing. What they don't know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It's a letter containing a secret - one that will bind them together and show them what love and family and friendship really mean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary Stories
- De JimKnott en 08-16-18
De: Lisa Jewell
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Option B
- Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
- De: Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant
- Narrado por: Elisa Donovan
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Books is ok but completely misadvertised
- De Alex Carpenter en 10-08-17
De: Sheryl Sandberg, y otros
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
- A Novel
- De: Tom Hanks
- Narrado por: Tom Hanks, Peter Gerety, Natalie Morales, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,200
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,199
From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could never stay married to an actor,
- De PattyQB en 05-11-23
De: Tom Hanks
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I Found You
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,400
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20,066
In a windswept British seaside town, single mum Alice Lake finds a man sitting on the beach outside her house. He has no name and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside. Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, 21-year-old Lily Monrose has been married for only three weeks. When her husband fails to come home from work one night, she is left alone in a place where she knows no one and with the police telling her that her husband never existed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Foul language
- De Carolyn D Mitchell en 03-04-20
De: Lisa Jewell
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Ghost Story
- De: Peter Straub
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
- Duración: 22 h y 33 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,584
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,586
For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past - and get away with murder. Peter Straub's classic best seller is a work of "superb horror" ( Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time - and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story! The Best of Peter Straub
- De Jaimie en 07-17-12
De: Peter Straub
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Unstoppable
- Harnessing Science to Change the World
- De: Bill Nye
- Narrado por: Bill Nye
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,587
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,382
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,365
Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future. In Unstoppable, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with a combination of optimism and scientific curiosity, all obstacles become opportunities, and the possibilities of our world become limitless.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening!
- De Kevin Lewis en 11-12-15
De: Bill Nye
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Home Work
- A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
- De: Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton
- Narrado por: Julie Andrews
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,821
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,581
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,572
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love Julie, Didn't Love the Memoir
- De Kat en 11-06-19
De: Julie Andrews, y otros
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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
- The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- De: Lucy Adlington
- Narrado por: Lucy Adlington
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 659
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 591
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 588
At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Höss, the camp commandant’s wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected given description and preview
- De Kaeli Mathes en 09-24-21
De: Lucy Adlington
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Uncommon Type
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- John
- 11-06-17
Very Good for Periodic Reading
I realize that perhaps not everyone likes Short Stories, but as a mid 70 year old senior, I do.I listen a lot at bed time so I tend to far asleep with long books. I think Tom Hanks did a very commendable job with this collection of Short Stories. I enjoyed them all.
A short story comes in handy during a long wait in a doctors office, or on a car trip.
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- Jody R. Nathan
- 10-21-17
uncommonly good
I am going out on a limb,here,but I think Tom Hanks likes typewriters. I like this book. I enjoyed listening to Tom Hanks read his collection of short stories, all of which include a typewriter.
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- Nicole
- 11-06-17
Love Tom Hanks
This book filled with short stories was an enjoyable and relaxing experience! Loved hearing them read by Tom Hanks
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- D. Hile
- 11-20-17
Unique outlook
Tom presents us with some short stories that have the common link of containing a manual typewriter in each story. Short stories always offer the opportunity to explore unique ideas that may be quite interesting but might not stand up to a book length tail. This book doesn't disappoint.
Tom narrates well. We are comfortable with his voice and who knows the intentions of his stories better?
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- Schnaupps
- 11-04-17
Simply Beautiful
Tom Hanks is a heart felt, courageous author not afraid of portraying true emotive stories.
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- KMR
- 12-29-17
I ❤️ Tom Hanks!
I loved listening to these stories written and narrated by Tom Hanks. They were like listening to a friend telling you a funny, or interesting story while you share a glass of wine in your living room.
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- Tracey
- 05-25-18
Laughed at the first story
I've only listened to the first story and I'm hooked. I do prefer listening to books read by the authors, as they know what inflections their characters might have in speaking and moving, etc. I really like the little exchange when he reads of texting with emoticons. I had to laugh out-loud ... which can garner funny looks from others if you are in the waiting room of a doctor's office.
I am looking forward to hearing the other 16 short stories. Well worth the Credit/purchase.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-18
Tim Hanks Rocks!
Fantastic! From story to story, Tom Hanks takes the listener through his funny, poignant writings. His voice makes the entire collection such a joy!
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- C.
- 11-20-18
Hanks: a different perspective
Listen to Tom Hanks read his uncommon stories and get a different perspective. Topics center vaguely around typewriters but run a wide gamut that includes romance, time travel and bowling, to name just a few examples
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- K. Mäschke
- 12-31-18
Very entertaining!
Lovely short stories, beautifully read by the author. Who would have thought that he has all these funny and sometimes crazy ideas in his mind?
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