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Two Crosses
- Secrets of the Cross, Book 1
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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- 05-02-19
Faith, Romance, Spies, and Fascinating History
This is probably my favorite book of all time. Faith, romance, war, spies, and fascinating history all intertwined into a story I could read over and over, if only I had the time! I love this audio version because it’s read with perfect emotion and character voices, and I can listen to it while I work and clean!
C’est probablement mon livre préféré de tous les temps. La foi, la romance, la guerre, les espions, et une histoire fascinante, tous entrelacés dans une intrigue que je pourrais lire encore et encore, si seulement j’avais le temps! J’aime bien cette version audio car elle est lue avec émotion et les voix parfaites des personnages, et je peux l’écouter pendant que je travaille et nettoie!
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Two Crosses
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
The story is too predictable. Kirsten Potter's narration is the only reason I stayed to the finish
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Enjoyable story with history, intrigue, faith and romance. There were a few times it dragged, but overall it held my interest.
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Eternal
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Edoardo Ballerini, Lisa Scottoline
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,150
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,890
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,879
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartfelt Historic Fiction. A wonderful story !
- By Marie C. Hodge on 03-26-21
By: Lisa Scottoline
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The Medallion
- By: Cathy Gohlke
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 461
Seemingly overnight, the German blitzkrieg of Warsaw in 1939 turns its streets to a war zone and shatters the life of each citizen - Polish, Jewish, or otherwise. Sophie Kumiega, a British bride working in the city's library, awaits news of her husband, Janek, recently deployed with the Polish Air Force. Though Sophie is determined that she and the baby in her womb will stay safe, the days ahead will draw her into the plight of those around her, compelling her to help, whatever the danger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Medallion - a must read!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-05-19
By: Cathy Gohlke
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The Lost Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Gill Paul
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the 19-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family - never realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow....Very Slow....
- By D. Fields on 04-10-20
By: Gill Paul
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The Tuscan Secret
- By: Angela Petch
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age, and a tantalizing promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within. The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle, where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sun-kissed olive groves, and pieces together her mother’s past: happy days spent herding sheep across Tuscan meadows cruelly interrupted when World War Two erupted and the Nazis arrived....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Frustratingly naive main character (spoilers)
- By Whitney on 11-04-19
By: Angela Petch
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The Book of Lost Names
- By: Kristin Harmel
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,897
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,257
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,235
Lina Meisel, a retired librarian in Florida, is reading the newspaper one morning when she freezes. Her eyes lock on a photograph of a book she hasn’t seen in 65 years - a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II - an experience Lina remembers well - and the search to reunite people with the texts stolen from them so long ago. The book in the photograph is one of the most fascinating cases.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Main character
- By Amazon Customer on 08-14-20
By: Kristin Harmel
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What Only We Know
- A Heart-Wrenching and Unforgettable World War 2 Historical Novel
- By: Catherine Hokin
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 624
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 564
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 559
A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter’s hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer’s hand was at Liese’s throat before she saw him move. "I can kill you easily, then I can kill your daughter." He relaxed his grip a little. "Or perhaps I could kill her first?" England, 40 years later. When Karen Cartwright is unexpectedly called home to nurse her ailing father, she goes with a heavy heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!!
- By Erin on 06-05-20
By: Catherine Hokin
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The Traitor
- By: V.S. Alexander
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
In the summer of 1942, as war rages across Europe, a series of anonymous leaflets appears around the University of Munich, speaking out against escalating Nazi atrocities. The leaflets are hidden in public places, or mailed to addresses selected at random from the phone book. Natalya Petrovich, a student, knows who is behind the leaflets - a secret group called the White Rose, led by siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friends. As a volunteer nurse on the Russian front, Natalya witnessed the horrors of war first-hand. She willingly enters the White Rose's circle....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not all the Germans are guilty.
- By Judy Harley on 09-18-20
By: V.S. Alexander
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The Paris Hours
- A Novel
- By: Alex George
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 201
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4 out of 5 stars 168
One day in the City of Lights. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city’s most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they’ve lost. Told over the course of a single day in 1927, The Paris Hours takes four ordinary people whose stories, told together, are as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Read
- By Meg on 05-16-20
By: Alex George
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The Fortunate Ones
- Beautiful and Heartbreaking World War 2 Historical Fiction
- By: Catherine Hokin
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 250
Berlin, 1941. Felix Thalberg, a printer’s apprentice, has the weight of the world on his shoulders. His beloved city is changing under Nazi rule, and at home things are no better - Felix’s father hasn’t left the house since he was forced to wear a yellow star, and his mother grows thinner every day. Then one night, Felix meets a mysterious young woman in a crowded dance hall, and his life is changed forever. Hannah is like a rush of fresh air into his gloomy, stagnant life, and Felix finds himself instantly, powerfully infatuated with her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So disappointed
- By Amazon Customer on 03-10-20
By: Catherine Hokin
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Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
- By: Laura Ruby
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
When Frankie’s mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That’s why Frankie's not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now, Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans - two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring, boring, boring
- By Marie J. on 08-20-21
By: Laura Ruby
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The Heart Remembers
- A Novel
- By: Jan-Philipp Sendker
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Twelve-year-old Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. An unusually perceptive child, Bo Bo can read people’s emotions in their eyes. This acute sensitivity only makes his unconventional home life more difficult: His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother, who, for unclear reasons, keeps herself away from her son. Everything changes when Bo Bo discovers the story of his parents’ great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events, and of his mother’s mysterious sickness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So very moving!
- By Kim Foster on 10-25-22
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Exile Music
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Steil
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
As a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity, Orly spends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor, Anneliese.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb!
- By Judi Forman on 09-14-20
By: Jennifer Steil
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A View Across the Rooftops
- By: Suzanne Kelman
- Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,706
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,507
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,492
Would you risk your life to save just one person? An incredible story of love, hope, and friendship; and a testament to humanity and courage in history’s darkest days. 1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife - and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. But then the Nazis come for the Jews - and Mrs Epstein is killed. And Josef, in an impulsive act of courage, offers his student Michael Blum a place to hide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t want it to end!
- By Daylelianna on 10-30-19
By: Suzanne Kelman
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Time After Time
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Grunwald
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 267
On a clear December morning in 1937, at the famous gold clock in Grand Central Terminal, Joe Reynolds, a hardworking railroad man from Queens, meets a vibrant young woman who seems mysteriously out of place. Nora Lansing is a Manhattan socialite and an aspiring artist whose flapper clothing, pearl earrings, and talk of the Roaring Twenties don’t seem to match the bleak mood of Depression-era New York. Captivated by Nora from her first electric touch, Joe despairs when he tries to walk her home and she disappears. Finding her again will become the focus of his love and his life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The promise of the premise wasn't met
- By Janette on 02-18-20
By: Lisa Grunwald
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Leading Men
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Castellani
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4 out of 5 stars 97
Illuminating one of the great love stories of the 20th century - Tennessee Williams and his longtime partner Frank Merlo - Leading Men is a glittering novel of desire and ambition, set against the glamorous literary circles of 1950s Italy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book, masterful reading!
- By Helene Atwan on 03-05-19