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1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Duración: 46 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10,810
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,519
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,494
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, WOW, WOW.
- De Amanda en 11-06-11
- 1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
A girthy and pithy tome
Revisado: 03-04-23
This story is really several stories interwoven like warp and weft. No single character is wasted or superlative. Japanese stories I’ve read have a tendency to sim in the weeds. Not get lost in the weeds; swim in them. The weeds are where the reader is invited to fully explore deep thoughts (pithy). The thoughts of the character and even of the reader themselves. I find 1Q84 to be girthy enough to allow me to do what reading should do: step out of daily life and escape to an elegantly designed world with two moons. Two lovers. Two of so much… but not too much that the girth is not justifiable. Where “Air Chrysalis” may be a short story within the story, 1Q84 is a tome of epic proportions that has many stories within two covers. Yes. It’s long. Yes it’s worth it.
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Where Do We Go from Here
- Chaos or Community?
- De: Coretta Scott King - foreword, Vincent Harding - introduction, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 654
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 540
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 533
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which was unavailable for more than 10 years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dr. King Could Have Written this Book Today!
- De Fylynne en 05-25-19
- Where Do We Go from Here
- Chaos or Community?
- De: Coretta Scott King - foreword, Vincent Harding - introduction, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
Exceptionally insightful
Revisado: 01-13-23
This book really speaks across time and remains relevant to this very day… sadly. I only wish the concerns and struggles Dr. King Jr. wrote of were no longer still a concern
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Building Bridges of Grace
- De: Still Waters Ministry
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
Learn through the example of Christ how Grace moves beyond what we do not understand, our human limitations, and differences between us, to meet the deepest needs of others and draw them closer to Christ
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fully known and fully loved
- De Anonymous User en 11-29-22
Fully known and fully loved
Revisado: 11-29-22
The reading and exegesis of this scripture is wonderfully done. The reminder to us all that even when we are broken and feel unworthy of a love of our own, Jesus steps in Ava says we are known and loved. Not for what we’ve done, but for WHO’s we are.
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The 1619 Project
- A New Origin Story
- De: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, y otros
- Narrado por: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast
- Duración: 18 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,627
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,020
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,003
The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning “1619 Project” issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This new book substantially expands on that work, weaving together 18 essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with 36 poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive and Cutting
- De Thomas Ray en 12-30-21
- The 1619 Project
- A New Origin Story
- De: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, Ilena Silverman - editor, Jake Silverstein - editor
- Narrado por: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast
Eye opening and informative
Revisado: 01-31-22
When I first learned of this year in this nations history, I was at first intrigued but I was not entirely surprised. Even the best of us will seek to obscure that which is commonly perceived as a blight on our character or history. Should America be any different? Of course I would wish it so, but alas. I do believe that a clear eyed study of this collection of poems, stories, historical documents, and life experiences will launch hundreds of people into new career choices. Lives will change and if digested as intended, will change for the betterment of all communities.
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Zero Tolerance
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,793
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,637
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,629
Zero Tolerance picks up a few weeks after the close of Maberry’s action-thriller Patient Zero. Dropping back into the world of former Baltimore cop Joe Ledger, the Department of Military Sciences, and flesh-eating zombies, fans of the series will finally see the tying up of a few loose ends.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but not worth using your credit, just buy it
- De JP182 en 05-14-12
- Zero Tolerance
- De: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Heartbreaking
Revisado: 08-31-21
I’m a Christian and aspire to chaplaincy in the future. This novella was recommended to me and I can see why. It is at once a tremendous introduction to J. Maberry and also a story that really shows the power of life, death, the struggle for both, and the ultimate voice of faith. The choice that follows even after in-death has come.
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Mount Fitz Roy
- De: Scott Sigler
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 29 h y 26 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,525
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,126
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,116
The sequel to the number one Audible Best Seller Earthcore, Mount Fitz Roy continues the tale of Patrick O’Doyle and Bertha Lybrand, who were part of the horror show that occurred far below the mountains of Utah. They learn that the "mother of all motherlodes” discovered there was not unique, that there is another deposit similar to it three miles beneath the towering peak of Cerro Chaltén on the disputed border between Chile and Argentina. O'Doyle, a middle-aged former member of a disgraced black-ops unit, gets his aging team back together to go after this fortune.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible
- De David en 12-03-20
- Mount Fitz Roy
- De: Scott Sigler
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
When a wordsmith, truly wordsmiths, everything changes
Revisado: 02-15-21
Mild Spoilers be here:
At this point I have lost count of how many books Scott Sigler has written that I’ve read, listened to, or personally heard him read aloud in a bookstore. But of all the stories he’s written and all of the Novelas that he has penned and of all the short stories that he has published, this one has affected me the most. And that includes the one short story about ants that actually entered into my dreams one night.
Over the years Scott has honed his craft into an art form that transcends most other authors that I have dared open the pages to. But in truth no book that he has ever written caused me to hate certain characters, (an emotion that is not normally within my daily lexicon), actually stop listening because I was becoming overwhelmed, and also cry multiple times in the book, before finally reaching its conclusion. Perhaps it’s because I’m getting older and more sensitive as I age. But I also think it has a lot to do with the delivery that Ray delivered; married as a groom to his bride birthing this literary effort of one Scott Sigler.
This story does not depend on you reading its predecessor, “Earthcore”, but it certainly won’t hurt either. Earthcore was based in the south west of the United States whereas Mount Fitz Roy was based in South America. From the very beginning I was immediately reminded that out of great adversity, brotherhoods are born and lifetime friendships are forged. The main characters, Bertha and Patrick, in Earthcore who barely survived, are once again together in this one. What becomes immediately clear is that as the story goes on not only are they deeply in love with one another, but the deeper into the mountain they go, so too does the depth of their love. I can’t help but think that there is some bit of personal experience being written into these pages along those lines. This to me speaks more than anything else to the solid maturity Scott Sigler has finally achieved in his writings.
The meticulous care that Scott took in making sure that every aspect of the book is not only believable but just when you think it’s about to go off the edge of credibility he brings it back with a dose of reality to remind you that he too was paying attention to those details. From the technological wizardry of the KoolSuit, to the actual cost both financial and of the soul that are involved in deeper of exploration, were very carefully weighed and measured in the book. This story is by far the most emotional and truly a heartfelt exploration into the meaning of friendship and love and what it means to people. It also goes very deep into the understanding of what it means when you were bound to a group of people who share a terrible secret and are bound to one another in ways that no amount of time can diminish or fade. I cannot believe that since the classic Mary Shelley book Frankenstein has there been an as-effective exhortation on the fact that simply because something is not a life form as we corporeal beings readily accept it, doesn’t mean that it is not worthy of life and life more abundantly. The so-called silver bugs and the fear that they experience is so powerfully expressed that they at times seem more humane than the humans.
This book in a word is personal. It hurts. It loves. It frightens. It evolves. It takes time to explain what it truly means to be human in an inhuman climate. At the end of the day our own mortality, humanity, and frail grasp on human existence is a mere shadow and this book explains just how tenuous it all truly is. If ever there was to be a masterpiece, or literary work that one could say is a signature work, I believe that Scott Sigler can put that label on this book.
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Becoming
- De: Michelle Obama
- Narrado por: Michelle Obama
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 182,222
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 161,910
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 161,028
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- De Kenneth Woodward en 12-05-18
- Becoming
- De: Michelle Obama
- Narrado por: Michelle Obama
A new perspective of Becoming
Revisado: 07-29-20
I have not read anyone else’s biography or retrospective who has been an insider of any White House. I suspect that most are riddled with political jabs and unfounded accusations seeking to make pot-shots and parting gestures aimed at offering red meat for their supporters. So when I finally read this book I was stunned at the eloquence and graciousness that fills every page. Seeing the presidency from the spouses perspective could easily be embittered but this story is anything but. Michelle Obama clearly has love in her soul and her one common thread desire was for that love to be sufficient to lean on when her husband was in pain, her children were encroached upon, and her nation was under gun fire. I feel like I finally know how she sees herself and it’s not at all what I expected. Michelle Obama truly has Become and has much more to become. I’m proud that she was our 1st Lady. I only hope that future First Ladies (and First Gentlemen) will read this book and learn how to win without seeing the opponents loss. When they go low, we go high.
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