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Sister of Mine
- A Novel
- De: Sabra Waldfogel
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,224
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,921
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,902
When two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high - or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. Little do they know that this place has an unusual history. Twelve years prior, Adelaide Mannheim - daughter of Mordecai, the only Jewish planter in the county - was given her own maid, a young slave named Rachel. The two became friends, and soon they discovered a secret.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- De M. Ryder en 06-20-16
- Sister of Mine
- A Novel
- De: Sabra Waldfogel
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
Too much of a romance novel!
Revisado: 04-28-22
I love Bahni Turpin as a narrator but this book graphically describes the details of sexual intimacy in great detail at least twice, probably more, but I only got to chapter 5 before I decided to stop listening. I personally feel the graphic details could have easily been left out and this would have been a great story. It's almost like the author take a detour from the main story of the book to a sex scene out of a romance novel and then comes back again. I did not expect to hear this type of content from the book description so it's frustrating to have wasted a credit for book. It was also kind of slow. Too bad because I really wanted to kike this book.
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Have You Seen Luis Velez?
- De: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,416
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,920
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,889
Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Mark en 01-31-20
- Have You Seen Luis Velez?
- De: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
Good, but social issues front & center 👍👎
Revisado: 04-13-22
I wasn't going to use a credit on this book due to some of the reviews I had read but it was on the list for my book club so I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the story but was also able to see why some people didn't like it as much due to the one sided presentation of so many cultural social issues. The narration is painfully slow if you listen to it at regular speed but was fine a 1.50x the speed. Overall it was worth the credit.
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The Choice
- Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
- De: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
- Narrado por: Tovah Feldshuh
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5,760
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,113
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,093
A powerful, moving memoir - and a practical guide to healing - written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients and allow them to escape the prisons of their own minds. The Choice weaves Eger's personal story with case studies from her work as a psychologist. Her patients and their stories illustrate different phases of healing and show how people can choose to escape the prisons they construct in their minds and find freedom, regardless of circumstance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Of The Most Powerful Books I Have Read in My Lifetime!
- De R. F. Wood en 05-11-18
- The Choice
- Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
- De: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
- Narrado por: Tovah Feldshuh
There are no words!
Revisado: 03-21-22
This book has been a life changer for me! Anyone who has ever suffered, which is everyone, should listen to this book. I wish I could meet Edith in person and give her a big hug! What a blessing her story and amazing words of encouragement have been to the lives of so many. The narrator was the best I have ever heard. Real emotion in her voice! Absolutely wonderful!
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A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl
- Pearl Spence Novels, Book 1
- De: Susie Finkbeiner
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 226
Ten-year-old Pearl Spence is a daydreamer, playing make-believe to escape life in Oklahoma's Dust Bowl in 1935. The Spences have their share of misfortune, but as the sheriff's family, they've got more than most in this dry, desolate place. They're who the town turns to when there's a crisis or a need. Pearl is proud of her loving, strong family, though she often wearies of tracking down her mentally impaired older sister or wrestling with her grandmother's unshakable belief in a God. Then a mysterious man bent on revenge tramps into her town of Red River.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intense
- De VickyJ en 02-07-21
- A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl
- Pearl Spence Novels, Book 1
- De: Susie Finkbeiner
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
Great narration of a good story!
Revisado: 02-05-22
The narrator did a very good job of making each character sound unique and identifiable. She put emotion where there needed to be emotion and just did a great job overall. The story was a bit predictable but still a nice little story that seemed realistic for Dust Bowl times.
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West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- De: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,887
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,955
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,916
Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California’s first giraffes. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gritty, sweet, amazing, sad, uplifting
- De FL Bird Woman en 02-19-21
- West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- De: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
Absolutely wonderful!
Revisado: 01-17-22
Excellent narration of a wonderfully endearing story! I loved listening to this story! Highly recommend!
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Last Christmas in Paris
- A Novel of World War I
- De: Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
- Narrado por: Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Morag Sims, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,186
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,093
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,089
Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a greater part in the conflict - but how? - and as Thomas struggles with the unimaginable realities of war, he also faces personal battles back home, where War Office regulations on press reporting cause trouble at his father's newspaper business. Through their letters Evie and Thomas share their greatest hopes and fears - and grow ever fonder from afar. Can love flourish amid the horror of the First World War, or will fate intervene?
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3 out of 5 stars
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As a sappy romantic, not what I had hoped for
- De FoCoBuzz en 05-25-18
- Last Christmas in Paris
- A Novel of World War I
- De: Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
- Narrado por: Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Morag Sims, Gary Furlong, Greg Wagland, Antony Ferguson, Derek Perkins, Mary Jane Wells
Fantastic Narration, wonderful story
Revisado: 12-10-21
Heart warming story that keeps your attention from start to finish and very good narrators!
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,848
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,659
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9,625
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Lee is GREAT!
- De David en 09-21-18
- The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: John Lee
Starts out super slow
Revisado: 09-30-21
While this story is interesting and the narrator did a decent job, it took FOREVER for it to get to the part that pulled me in- it wasn't until the last maybe 1.5 hours that it got good. I'd say 85% of the book is just a list of facts and events. To me it was just mostly boring and kind of depressing until the very end. I would have preferred it to be told in more of a narration/story format. Lots of people have given this book great reviews. I think the guy the book is about is pretty darn amazing and also quite interesting but this book just didn't do it for me like it did for so many others, unfortunately.
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Muse of Nightmares
- De: Laini Taylor
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,262
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,076
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,068
In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice—save the woman he loves, or everyone else?—while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible over the top teen trash
- De Brian Beisel en 03-19-19
- Muse of Nightmares
- De: Laini Taylor
- Narrado por: Steve West
Excellent story and excellent narration!
Revisado: 09-04-21
The narrator did a wonderful job making each character unique and his voice was so easy to listen to! The fantasy genre is not usually my first choice- I listened to this and Strange the Dreamer for book club and I absolutely loved both so much so that now I want to read more fantasy books! I couldn't put this series down and am really hoping the author writes another book to follow up with what she hinted to at the end of Muse of Nightmares! please write another 😀
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A Place for Us
- A Novel
- De: Fatima Farheen Mirza
- Narrado por: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,974
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,973
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia, their headstrong eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister’s footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Started on Audible, finished with a book in my hand
- De CO Mom en 09-17-18
- A Place for Us
- A Novel
- De: Fatima Farheen Mirza
- Narrado por: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
Wait for it...the ending is worth a thousand words
Revisado: 06-30-21
The entire book is worth listening to just to hear the ending. It all comes together so beautifully- I wish the whole world could hear those words and be just as touched and moved as I was. Thank you to the author for sharing your story with us!
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The Elephant Whisperer
- My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,834
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,125
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,126
>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful story, beautifully written
- De Tango en 01-12-13
- The Elephant Whisperer
- My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Absolutely Spectacular!
Revisado: 04-22-21
Best book I have listened to in a long time! It has deepened my respect for wildlife on a much deeper level and it was just amazing to experience the African bush with such a unique perspective. The narration was spot on!!! This one is definitely well worth a credit!!!
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