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Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
- New Tools to End Hunger
- De: Katie S. Martin
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
In the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. And yet hunger still affects one in nine Americans. What are we doing wrong? In Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries, Katie Martin argues that if handing out more and more food was the answer, we would have solved the problem of hunger decades ago. Martin instead presents a new model for charitable food, one where success is measured not by pounds of food distributed but by lives changed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Danica en 12-10-24
- Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
- New Tools to End Hunger
- De: Katie S. Martin
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
A go to book for nutrition security work
Revisado: 09-19-22
This book is a wonderful resource to spur innovation. Great ideas and common sense implementation ideas.
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Vacationland
- De: Sarah Stonich
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
On a lake in northernmost Minnesota, you might find Naledi Lodge - only two cabins still standing, its pathways now trodden mostly by memories. And there you might meet Meg, or the ghost of the girl she was, growing up under her grandfather’s care in a world apart and a lifetime ago. Now an artist, Meg paints images "reflected across the mirrors of memory and water", much as the linked stories of Vacationland cast shimmering spells across distance and time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful perspectives
- De Laura Jeanne en 08-25-19
- Vacationland
- De: Sarah Stonich
- Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi
I loved this book.
Revisado: 10-23-18
There were folks in my book club who hated this novel but I was just he opposite. Amanda Ronconi's narration and Sarah Stonich's writing were a perfect match made in northern Minnesota. I have gone back to listen to this once a year I first bought it. I wish others appreciated the beauty and humor of this novel.
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Rising Strong
- How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- De: Brené Brown
- Narrado por: Brené Brown
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 18,846
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16,313
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16,172
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Gem, But Not Her Best
- De Gillian en 08-26-15
- Rising Strong
- How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- De: Brené Brown
- Narrado por: Brené Brown
this book can crack your heart right open.
Revisado: 08-06-18
I heart Brene Brown and her research. I personally found this book incredibly insightful and helpful. Ms Brown's narration is excellent. The conversational tone and text made me feel like I was listening to a friend tell deep purposeful stories.
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Something in the Water
- A Novel
- De: Catherine Steadman
- Narrado por: Catherine Steadman
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47,582
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43,362
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43,227
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....
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1 out of 5 stars
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No Thrill Here
- De Sara en 06-08-18
- Something in the Water
- A Novel
- De: Catherine Steadman
- Narrado por: Catherine Steadman
beach "read "
Revisado: 08-06-18
Fun beach listen. Fun to play along and guess what the next move would be.
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Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,912
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,552
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,519
On the last night of 1937, 25-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society - where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bright Young Things in a Dark World
- De Michele Kellett en 08-13-12
- Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
1930s NYC
Revisado: 08-06-18
I love it when a city is just as much of a character as the people in the story. Lovely, transformative narrative about the life and times of 1930s NYC.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- A Novel
- De: George Saunders
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10,410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,485
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,441
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Where might God stand?"
- De Mel en 02-17-17
Art house for audio
Revisado: 02-10-18
That was a spectacular audio performance. My head was spinning and I’d really have to listen again to write a proper review. I will say that I had a laugh out loud moment around minute 406 or 407.
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 32 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,406
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,893
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,881
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
Don't listen to this one to escape!
Revisado: 02-21-16
It's an epic tale of abuse and you have to hear every detail of it!
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Everything I Never Told You
- A Novel
- De: Celeste Ng
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 13,853
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,278
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12,295
Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet.… So begins the story in this exquisite debut novel about a Chinese American family living in a small town in 1970s Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Character Novel
- De colprubin en 07-16-14
- Everything I Never Told You
- A Novel
- De: Celeste Ng
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Gee a family that doesn't communicate falls apart.
Revisado: 11-25-15
What would have made Everything I Never Told You better?
The narrator chose a whining breathless voice for all the characters that graded on me.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Harry Potter I hear the narration is wonderful and I need a break from some of the stuff my book club has been picking.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Cassandra Campbell?
Maybe an ensemble would have been better?
What character would you cut from Everything I Never Told You?
Poor Hannah set her free.
Any additional comments?
Is this a young adult novel. Once again I just felt like my 16 year old niece might enjoy this book. The author evoked feeling from me but unfortunately for me it was annoyance.
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Flight Behavior
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Barbara Kingsolver
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,322
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,681
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,693
Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at 17. Now, after a decade of domestic disharmony on a failing farm, she encounters a shocking sight: a silent, forested valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She can only understand it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders, and the media.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A poignant literary work of art.
- De criswithcurls en 02-08-13
- Flight Behavior
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Barbara Kingsolver
I could listen to Barbara's all day and I did!
Revisado: 05-27-15
If you could sum up Flight Behavior in three words, what would they be?
A lecture about the environment couched in character development.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The narration is poetic and there were some very sweet moments in the story.
Any additional comments?
If you haven't listened to Barbara Kingsolver before then I recommend listening to the Prodigal Summer instead. I may go back and listen to this story again. It left an impression on me but I need to listen again to pin it down.
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Siblings Without Rivalry
- How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
- De: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,475
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,196
When parenting authorities Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish sat down to write the national best seller How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, they found they could not contain their chapter on sibling rivalry. No matter how much they tried to pare down their advice, they found the subject inexhaustible—and parents agreed! Siblings Without Rivalry guides the way to family peace and tranquility with humor and compassion for both parents and children.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't Get to the Heart
- De D. Winn en 11-12-17
- Siblings Without Rivalry
- How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
- De: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
Quick - Listen to it before school gets out!
Revisado: 05-27-15
Would you consider the audio edition of Siblings Without Rivalry to be better than the print version?
I was able to get through it more quickly by listening to it.
Have you listened to any of Kathe Mazur’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no
Any additional comments?
I'm so happy my book club decided to read Siblings without Rivalry before school gets out. This title has been languishing on my to read list for awhile. I thought I would get some tips on how to stop the bickering, but the book is more than that. It isn't just for parents. I was constantly reflecting on my own upbringing. I had a real "moment" with this book. I clearly see why I have the relationship that I do with my brother. Moving forward I'm so motivated to change my approach to my kids.
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