-
The Amber Garden
- The Alchemists’ Council, Book 3
- Narrated by: Sharon Taylor
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $17.49
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Stories of Your Life and Others
- By: Ted Chiang
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,540
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,123
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,132
Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change-the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens-while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story (the basis for the 2016 movie Arrival), a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Odd stories except for the Arrival
- By Mark on 07-15-17
By: Ted Chiang
-
Ancient Wisdom
- The Monk With No Past. Awareness and Spiritual Awakening Guide. Buddhism and Mindfulness Meditation. Self-Discipline of Mind and Emotions for Your Happiness Lifestyle. (2nd Edition)
- By: Paolo Marrone
- Narrated by: Alan H. Staples
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 17
Have you ever felt discouraged or oppressed by bad thoughts? In our days it can happen to live situations and events that make us victims of negative emotions, and it is difficult to restore calm in the mind, as if we could not have full control of ourselves. However, not everyone knows that we can find inner joy at any time, rediscovering the true nature of our being, as the spiritual disciplines revealed in Ancient Wisdom teach us. This book contains the realization of an old prophecy that transforms an unexpected journey into a deep inner discovery.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Unforgettable
- By Signoraquilone on 04-05-20
By: Paolo Marrone
-
The Course of Love
- A Novel
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,035
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,030
We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children—but no long-term relationship is as simple as "happily ever after". The Course of Love is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing, much needed retooling of the expectations and realities of Love
- By Lydia on 07-04-16
By: Alain de Botton
-
The Third Secret
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Steve Berry
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 825
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 528
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 526
Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant children, sharing with them three secrets, two of which are soon revealed to the world. The third secret is sealed away in the Vatican, read only by popes, and not disclosed until the year 2000. When revealed, its quizzical tone and anticlimactic nature leave many faithful wondering if the church has truly unveiled all of the Virgin Mary's words or if a message far more important has been left in the shadows.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
This one is ok
- By paul on 05-04-12
By: Steve Berry
-
When Nietzsche Wept
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 773
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 695
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 695
Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An immortal book !
- By Haresh Raichura on 11-06-15
By: Irvin D. Yalom
-
Tarnished Are the Stars
- By: Rosiee Thor
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog - donning the moniker Technician - to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, sets out to capture the Technician - determined to earn his father's respect. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all. Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
beautiful World-building
- By Shannon on 01-07-20
By: Rosiee Thor
-
Stories of Your Life and Others
- By: Ted Chiang
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,540
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,123
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,132
Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change-the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens-while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story (the basis for the 2016 movie Arrival), a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Odd stories except for the Arrival
- By Mark on 07-15-17
By: Ted Chiang
-
Ancient Wisdom
- The Monk With No Past. Awareness and Spiritual Awakening Guide. Buddhism and Mindfulness Meditation. Self-Discipline of Mind and Emotions for Your Happiness Lifestyle. (2nd Edition)
- By: Paolo Marrone
- Narrated by: Alan H. Staples
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 17
Have you ever felt discouraged or oppressed by bad thoughts? In our days it can happen to live situations and events that make us victims of negative emotions, and it is difficult to restore calm in the mind, as if we could not have full control of ourselves. However, not everyone knows that we can find inner joy at any time, rediscovering the true nature of our being, as the spiritual disciplines revealed in Ancient Wisdom teach us. This book contains the realization of an old prophecy that transforms an unexpected journey into a deep inner discovery.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Unforgettable
- By Signoraquilone on 04-05-20
By: Paolo Marrone
-
The Course of Love
- A Novel
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,035
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,030
We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children—but no long-term relationship is as simple as "happily ever after". The Course of Love is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing, much needed retooling of the expectations and realities of Love
- By Lydia on 07-04-16
By: Alain de Botton
-
The Third Secret
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Steve Berry
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 825
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 528
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 526
Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant children, sharing with them three secrets, two of which are soon revealed to the world. The third secret is sealed away in the Vatican, read only by popes, and not disclosed until the year 2000. When revealed, its quizzical tone and anticlimactic nature leave many faithful wondering if the church has truly unveiled all of the Virgin Mary's words or if a message far more important has been left in the shadows.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
This one is ok
- By paul on 05-04-12
By: Steve Berry
-
When Nietzsche Wept
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 773
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 695
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 695
Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An immortal book !
- By Haresh Raichura on 11-06-15
By: Irvin D. Yalom
-
Tarnished Are the Stars
- By: Rosiee Thor
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog - donning the moniker Technician - to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, sets out to capture the Technician - determined to earn his father's respect. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all. Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
beautiful World-building
- By Shannon on 01-07-20
By: Rosiee Thor
-
Tales of Majipoor
- By: Robert Silverberg
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 242
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 214
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
Hailed as "one of the most fully realized worlds of modern science fiction" ( Booklist>), Majipoor is a planet unlike any other, with countless untold stories. Now, available for the first time in one volume, Silverberg presents seven tales that chronicle thousands of years of Majipoor’s history, from the arrival of the settlers of Old Earth to the expansion of vast cities to the extraordinary life of Lord Valentine. Within these stories lie the secrets of Majipoor - a wondrous world of incredible imagination.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Majipoor
- By Harley Ruda on 09-29-20
-
The Prestige
- By: Christopher Priest
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,291
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,509
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,514
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician's craft can command. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of a Kind.
- By Andrew on 06-22-07
-
Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra
- By: Anne Rice, Christopher Rice
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 705
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 629
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 622
Ramses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England. Now immortal with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce and deadly battle of wills and psyches against the once-great Queen Cleopatra. Ramses has reawakened Cleopatra with the same perilous elixir whose unworldly force brings the dead back to life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I am hungry for more......
- By Michelle M. Durante on 11-23-17
By: Anne Rice, and others
-
The Three Marriages
- Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
- By: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 259
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
According to Whyte, we humans are involved not just with one marriage with a significant other. We also have made secret vows to our work and unspoken vows to an inner, constantly developing self. Whyte's thesis is that to separate these marriages in order to balance them is to destroy the fabric of happiness itself; that in each of these marriages, will, effort, and hard work are overused, overrated, and in many ways self-defeating.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Much better listened to
- By George on 09-14-09
By: David Whyte
-
All the Names
- By: Margaret Jull Costa - translator, José Saramago
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 201
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 186
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 186
Senhor Jose is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily routine. But one day, when he comes across the records of an anonymous young woman, something happens to him.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Favorite story from a favorite writer.
- By A.Z.Irving on 10-06-19
By: Margaret Jull Costa - translator, and others
-
MEM
- By: Bethany C. Morrow
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 283
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 257
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 255
MEM is a rare novel, a small book carrying very big ideas, the kind of story that stays with you long after you've finished listening to it. Set in the glittering art deco world of a century ago, MEM makes one slight alteration to history: a scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Some may like this
- By Darren Fleischer on 01-04-19
-
The Broken Ones
- By: Danielle L. Jensen
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Erin Moon
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 109
Below Forsaken Mountain, a plot is being hatched to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right-hand man of its leader. His involvement is information more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it a secret from everyone, even the girl he loves. After accidentally ruining her sister's chance to become queen, Pénélope is given one last opportunity by her father, the Duke d'Angoulême, to make herself useful: she must find proof that the boy she's in love with is conspiring against the crown.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A-MAZE-ING!!!!!!!
- By L. DelPrete on 06-30-17
-
Turning Darkness into Light
- By: Marie Brennan
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 223
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst, Audrey Camherst has always known she, too, would want to make her scholarly mark upon a chosen field of study. When Lord Gleinheigh recruits Audrey to decipher a series of ancient tablets holding the secrets of the ancient Draconean civilization, she has no idea that her research will plunge her into an intricate conspiracy, one meant to incite rebellion and invoke war.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Marie Brennan does it again!
- By Kevin Potter on 10-23-19
By: Marie Brennan
-
Momma and the Meaning of Life
- Tales of Psychotherapy
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 452
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 399
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 398
In six enthralling stories drawn from his own clinical experience, Irvin D. Yalom once again proves himself an intrepid explorer of the human psyche as he guides his patients - and himself - toward transformation. With eloquent detail and sharp-eyed observation, Yalom introduces us to a memorable cast of characters.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
so full of himself
- By ya-rule on 09-27-20
By: Irvin D. Yalom
-
The Afterlife Revolution
- By: Anne and Whitley Strieber
- Narrated by: Whitley Strieber
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 113
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Can love actually enable a relationship to survive death? The Afterlife Revolution triumphantly says that it can. After a near-death experience in 2004, Anne Strieber became an expert in afterlife studies and created an ingenious plan of contact which, to her husband Whitley's amazement, she proceeded to carry out, starting just an hour and a half after she died. As verified by famed afterlife researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz, who wrote the foreword, The Afterlife Revolution is among the most convincing stories of afterlife communication ever told.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A revolutionary book
- By Setken on 02-23-18
-
Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
- By: Lawrence M. Schoen
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 424
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 380
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 378
In a distant future, no remnants of human beings remain, but their successors thrive throughout the galaxy. These are the offspring of humanity's genius-animals uplifted into walking, talking, sentient beings. The Fant are one such species: anthropomorphic elephants ostracized by other races and long ago exiled to the rainy ghetto world of Barsk. There, they develop medicines upon which all species now depend.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
This is the greatest book I've ever read
- By Connor Penhale on 11-26-16
-
Death with Interruptions
- By: Margaret Jull Costa - translator, José Saramago
- Narrated by: Paul Baymer
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 308
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 306
On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home....
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
It's actually two books...
- By Rebecca Garrison on 11-29-18
By: Margaret Jull Costa - translator, and others
Publisher's Summary
The stunning and beautifully crafted conclusion to the Alchemists’ Council series.
In the third installment of the Alchemists’ Council trilogy, eternal conflicts between the Council and Rebel Branch escalate. Secrets about time-travel manipulation are revealed, uncomfortable truths about alchemical children are discovered, and Council dimension itself begins to disintegrate. Amid this fallout, the Amber Garden dissolves, conjoined pairs suffer torturous separation, alchemists die in the process, and Cedar is banished to the outside world where she endures a living death within her conjoined partner.
Efforts of both alchemists and rebels to resolve the dissolution of Council and Flaw dimensions prove futile. People of the outside world experience ever-increasing political turmoil and the risk of environmental collapse. Mercifully, the alchemists have woven a thread of hope into an alchemically inscribed book, which they release into the outside world with the purpose of attracting new Initiates to Council. At first, Initiate Virginia appears to be a disrespectful interloper with whom Jaden loathes to work. However, their combined scribal efforts prove astoundingly powerful - so much so that they are sent through time to inscribe critical messages into ancient manuscripts. Events associated with one such manuscript lead Cedar to propose a solution to the dimensional fallout: All remaining alchemists must permanently vacate Council dimension.
Critic Reviews
“The Amber Garden and the two earlier titles are highly original, full of complex and intricate worldbuilding with a complicated plot that spans centuries and involves time travel and multiple circular timelines.” (Canadian Review of Materials)
“Written in dense prose well-suited to this style of large-scale fantastic history, The Amber Garden has a pleasing narrative inevitability that heads toward a not-entirely expected conclusion. The alchemical texts, the efforts of scribes to make necessary alterations, all the details of Council and Flaw dimensions - along with the underlying concerns about free will - are a compelling foundation for the story.” (Booklist)
