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Seven Sonnets: Revised with Excerpts from 'Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa'
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- By: Robert Masello
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,035
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 940
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Story4 out of 5 stars 936
Benvenuto Cellini, master artisan of Renaissance Italy, once crafted a beautiful amulet prized for its unimaginable power - and untold menace. Now the quest to recover this legendary artifact depends upon one man: David Franco, a brilliant but skeptical young scholar at Chicago's world-renowned Newberry Library.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great historical fiction book, fun and intriguing
- By Nicole on 04-14-16
By: Robert Masello
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Come to the Edge
- A Memoir
- By: Christina Haag
- Narrated by: Christina Haag
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4 out of 5 stars 93
When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep-school friends. A decade later, after they had both graduated from Brown University and were living in New York City, Christina and John were cast in an off-Broadway play together. It was then that John confessed his long-standing crush on her, and they embarked on a five-year love affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly enjoyed Come to the Edge
- By CapeCodLady on 11-15-19
By: Christina Haag
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The Eight
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Neville
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 25 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 850
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 630
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 634
New York City, 1972: A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Plot-Driven Novel I've Ever Read
- By Tango on 09-08-13
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The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
After a bizarre encounter with his lost cousin, Jonathan Landry is compelled to travel across the planet to retrieve letters and mementos that carry the extraordinary secrets that Julian discovered throughout his life. On a remarkable journey that includes visits to the sensual tango halls of Buenos Aires, the haunting catacombs of Paris, the gleaming towers of Shanghai and the mystical deserts of Sedona, The Secret Letters of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari reveals astounding insights on reclaiming your personal power, being true to yourself, and fearlessly living your dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enlightening
- By Jocelyne Ramos on 04-23-19
By: Robin Sharma
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The House Girl
- A Novel
- By: Tara Conklin
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,091
The year is 2004: Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. The year is 1852: Josephine is a 17-year-old house slave who tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm - an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell. It is through her father, renowned artist Oscar Sparrow, that Lina discovers a controversy rocking the art world: Art historians now suspect that the revered paintings of Lu Anne Bell, an antebellum artist known for her humanizing portraits of the slaves who worked her Virginia tobacco farm, were actually the work of her house slave, Josephine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Jeanette Finan on 02-21-13
By: Tara Conklin
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Dark at the Crossing
- By: Elliot Ackerman
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause. An Arab American with a conflicted past, he is now in Turkey, attempting to cross into Syria and join the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime. But he is robbed before he can make it, and is taken in by Amir, a charismatic Syrian refugee and former revolutionary, and Amir's wife, Daphne, a sophisticated beauty haunted by grief. As it becomes clear that Daphne is also desperate to return to Syria, Haris's choices become ever more wrenching: Whose side is he really on?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Story Well Told
- By Michael - Audible Editor on 01-07-17
By: Elliot Ackerman
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- By: Dinaw Mengestu
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 140
Ethiopian émigré Dinaw Mengestu is a skilled observer of people who offers a colorful debut work of fiction. Insightful and swiftly paced, this novel evokes past and present in the course of its compelling narrative. It's the `70s, and one D.C. neighborhood is undergoing big changes. In the mix is Ethiopian grocery owner Sepha Stephanos - a man with a complex past who fled his homeland after seeing his father brutalized by themilitary. He hopes for new prospects in D.C.'s gentrification process.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, wonderful reader
- By Lisbeth on 11-22-11
By: Dinaw Mengestu
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The Color of Light
- By: Helen Maryles Shankman
- Narrated by: Simon Slater, Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 23 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 161
At the American Academy of Classical Art, popular opinion has it that the school's handsome and mysterious founder, Raphael Sinclair, is a vampire. It is a rumor Rafe does nothing to dispel. Scholarship student Tessa Moss has long dreamed of the chance to study at Rafe's Academy. But she is floundering amidst the ups and downs of a relationship with egotistical art star Lucian Swain. Then, one of Tessa's sketches catches Rafe's attention: a drawing of a young woman in 1930s clothing who is covering the eyes of a child.
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2 out of 5 stars
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UGH... Will the Heroine Ever Grow Up?
- By Amazon Customer on 06-11-19
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Elixir
- By: Davis Bunn
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
When Revell Pharmaceuticals approaches Taylor Knox and his company with the possibility of a merger, the future has never looked better. Not only will the merger benefit Taylor and his company, but in order to obtain this personal share, Taylor must find the missing pharmaceutical heiress, Kirra Revell (once the love of his life) who seems to have disappeared without a trace. According to her sister, Kirra has been kidnapped. But as Taylor travels the globe, he realizes that Kirra simply doesn't want to be found.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bunn simply delivers…
- By David on 02-17-24
By: Davis Bunn
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The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 812
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 810
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story, disturbing narration.
- By John on 09-22-22
By: Madeline Martin
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Gold of Kings
- By: Davis Bunn
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Storm Syrell sells antiques in Palm Beach, Florida. However, when her grandfather dies under suspicious circumstances, she struggles to uncover clues he left behind in a frayed leather journal. Leaving behind Palm Beach for the untamed wilds of Cypress, Africa, and beyond, Storm is joined by one Harry Bennett - a scruffy, professional treasure hunter (aka, ex-con) who claims he must be the one to help solve her grandfather's murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Treasure hunting & antique dealing -good combo
- By Kathy on 10-28-09
By: Davis Bunn
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The President's Hat
- By: Antoine Laurain
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Peter Noble, David Timson, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand’s black felt hat has been left behind. After a few moments’ soul-searching, Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir of an extraordinary evening. It’s a perfect fit, and as he leaves the restaurant Daniel begins to feel somehow...different.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You need this book. I need that hat.
- By Amber on 10-25-13
By: Antoine Laurain
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A Killer Plot
- Books by the Bay Mystery Series #1
- By: Ellery Adams
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 648
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 585
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Story4 out of 5 stars 591
Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since her mysterious return to the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers to break her writer's block and even make a few friends. But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My new favorite Cozy Mystery Series!
- By Christina on 09-21-15
By: Ellery Adams
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Once upon a Prince
- A Royal Happily Ever After
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
Susanna Truitt never dreamed of a great romance or being treated like a princess — just to marry the man she has loved for 12 years. But life isn’t going according to plan. When her high-school-sweetheart-turned-Marine-officer breaks up with her instead of proposing, Susanna scrambles to rebuild her life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too much religion
- By Ashley on 06-15-21
By: Rachel Hauck
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Princess Ever After
- Royal Wedding Series, Book 2
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Eleni Pappageorge
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story5 out of 5 stars 53
Regina Beswick is content to be a small-town girl, running a classic auto-restoration shop, unaware a secret destiny awaits her - one that will leap from the pages of her grandmother’s hand-painted book of fairy tales. Tanner Burkhardt is the stoic minister of culture for the grand duchy of Hessenberg. When he is tasked to retrieve the long-lost princess, he must overcome his fear of failure in order to secure his nation’s future - and his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hannah
- By Gina Paulette on 01-26-23
By: Rachel Hauck
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A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
- By: Brigid Pasulka
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 696
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Story4 out of 5 stars 591
The novel opens on the eve of World War II. In the mountain village of Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon, under the approving eyes of the entire village, courts the beautiful Anielica Hetmanska. But the war's arrival wreaks havoc in all their lives and delays their marriage for six long years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Old & New Worlds Converge & Transcend Time
- By Sara on 11-22-16
By: Brigid Pasulka