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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- De: Richard Flanagan
- Narrado por: David Atlas
- Duración: 14 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,664
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,483
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,484
>In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thailand - Burma Death Railway in 1943, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. His life is a daily struggle to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from pitiless beatings - until he receives a letter that will change him forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exquisite
- De Lee Chemel en 10-25-14
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- De: Richard Flanagan
- Narrado por: David Atlas
The story of these prisoners’ treatment is hard to read, but so worth putting into a powerful book.
Revisado: 08-27-24
The writing is beautiful, the story is grim, the characters are fully realized and believable.
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Skippy Dies
- De: Paul Murray
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber, Fred Berman, Clodagh Bowyer, y otros
- Duración: 23 h y 36 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,913
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,263
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
This touching and uproarious novel by author Paul Murray made everyone’s best fiction of 2010 lists, including The Washington Post, Financial Times, Village Voice, and others. Why Skippy dies and what happens next is the mystery that links the boys of Dublin’s Seabrook College (Ruprecht Van Doren, the overweight genius obsessed with string theory; Carl, the teenager drug dealer and borderline psychotic; Philip Kilfether, the basketball-playing midget) to their parents and teachers in ways that no one could have imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny, touching, entertaining
- De Chicago Laura en 01-22-11
What an amazing book!
Revisado: 07-24-24
Skippy was such a poignant character and other characters were compelling. And then there were some hilarious moments and some very heartbreaking moments.
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Commonwealth
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Hope Davis
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 7,928
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7,128
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
- Commonwealth
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Hope Davis
The fallout on children from adult decisions
Revisado: 01-18-20
The breakup of two marriages wreaks long lasting turmoil on the children of the two marriages. There are six children whose lives change permanently and in happily
after divorce and casual parenting.
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 32 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,407
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,894
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,882
This transcendent story follows four college friends who move to New York City, buoyed by ambition: Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, an artist; Malcolm, an architect; and, at the center, Jude, a withdrawn, brilliant attorney haunted by an unspeakable past. Through decades of shared and separate lives, Jude’s suffering - and its impact on those who love him - raises questions about the limits of human endurance, the possibility for redemption, and the meaning of friendship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I had to call in SAD to work
- De Angela en 10-17-15
- A Little Life
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
Emotional blackmail
Revisado: 11-07-18
Wow, I felt as if my heart had been ripped from my chest and stomped on. The graphic detail of the suffering in this book is just too awful and probably could have been toned down. I had trouble believing the complete career success of the main character when his emotional life was so compromised.
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Lost in the City
- De: Edward P. Jones
- Narrado por: Cherise Booth, Caroline Clay, Peter Jay Fernandez, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
A finalist for the National Book Award, Lost in the City features 15 poignant short stories, each set in Washington, D.C. Far removed from marble monuments and the offices of rich politicians, the nation's capital that Jones captures is inhabited by self-willed African-Americans struggling to live their lives as best they can.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So much texture! D.C. comes alive.
- De Kelly en 04-28-19
- Lost in the City
- De: Edward P. Jones
- Narrado por: Cherise Booth, Caroline Clay, Peter Jay Fernandez, Patricia R Floyd, Kevin Free
A gifted writer
Revisado: 11-07-18
I have listened to this several times as I consider Edward P. Jones one of the most accomplished writers in America. His stories are gritty, limning the lives of marginalized characters in Washington, DC. Some of his stories are unforgettable that stay in my mind long after the reading.
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English Creek
- The Montana Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 669
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 564
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 561
Part of Ivan Doig’s acclaimed Montana trilogy, English Creek revolves around Jick McCaskill, a 14-year-old growing up in 1930s Montana. This incandescent coming-of-age tale dramatizes the climatic events of one summer that inevitably mark Jick’s awakening from childhood to adulthood.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read this as book two and Dancing as book one
- De Blue en 05-21-13
- English Creek
- The Montana Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
Slow moving ode to Montana.
Revisado: 06-19-17
I had to struggle to finish this. More happened in the final minutes than in the preceding hours. I have read and enjoyed others by Doing, but found this tedious. Not much plot.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 17 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45,976
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41,597
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41,427
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- De Cathy Lindhorst en 08-27-17
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
Utterly enchanting
Revisado: 11-11-16
This is my favorite book of the last five years or so. I work in a library and constantly recommend it to our readers, one of whom came behind the desk to hug me after reading it. I have only found about three people who did not like it. I plan to listen to it again soon.
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The Way West
- De: A. B. Guthrie Jr.
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
An enormously entertaining classic, The Way West brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to The Big Sky, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With The Way West, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A.B. Guthrie is the best
- De Xavier en 06-17-16
- The Way West
- De: A. B. Guthrie Jr.
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
Heading for Oregon from Missouri
Revisado: 11-11-16
Would you consider the audio edition of The Way West to be better than the print version?
This had been on my to-be-read list for a long time. The storyline is somewhat predictable, but enjoyable. The wagon train experience seems to be more or less accurate and the characters were likeable, for the most part. Some of the language would not fly today.
If you could take any character from The Way West out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Rebecca Evans.
Any additional comments?
Now I want to read The Big Sky.
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White Trash
- The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
- De: Nancy Isenberg
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,231
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,720
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,683
In White Trash, Nancy Isenberg upends assumptions about America's supposedly class-free society. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early 19th century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ's Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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400 Year Head Start Squandered
- De Virgil en 10-11-16
- White Trash
- The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
- De: Nancy Isenberg
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
Very important book
Revisado: 08-13-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. It's a book that examines class in America from its founding to today.
What didn’t you like about Kirsten Potter’s performance?
She needed someone to sit down with her to tell her how to pronounce a lot of words. These are the ones that she mispronounced: Penderlea, Lea, Beaufort, Grizzard, Mollie Ivins.
Any additional comments?
I was struck by how much Andrew Jackson's personality seems like Donald Trump's.
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The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 241
In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is one to get
- De Jeremy en 10-28-14
- The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
My favorite books
Revisado: 05-24-16
What did you love best about The Jewel in the Crown?
This novel and the ones that follow are about as nearly perfect as books could be for me. The story is compelling, the characters are unforgettable, the history is fascinating. I have read all these books before (The Raj Quartet) and have watched the PBS series probably twenty-five times and I have never tired of them.
What did you like best about this story?
The characters in this novel are simply unforgettable: Daphne Manners, Hari Kumar, Ronald Merrick, and so many more.
Any additional comments?
I listened to an earlier sound recording of this series, and this one is far superior. The reader is awesome at becoming different characters in a completely believable fashion.
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