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Vermeer
- Portraits of a Lifetime
- De: Lawrence R. Spencer
- Narrado por: Alan Douglas
- Duración: 5 h y 56 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 7
Vermeer: Portraits of A Lifetime is a revolutionary reexamination of the mystique and mythology surrounding the 17th Century Dutch Master painter, Johannes Vermeer. For the first time in over 300 years names of people who posed for his paintings are identified. An unknown portrait of Vermeer, painted by his friend, Gerard ter Borch, is exposed. This book is an empathetic retrospective, built on observations that reveal answers to dozens of speculations about his paintings, his wife, his daughters, and contemporaries who were the subjects of his art, and with whom he shared his brief life in Delft.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A revolutionary look at Vermeer and his paintings
- De Lawrence R. Spencer en 05-15-13
- Vermeer
- Portraits of a Lifetime
- De: Lawrence R. Spencer
- Narrado por: Alan Douglas
supposition could misinform
Revisado: 02-07-23
He has spun an interesting tale and it's a pleasant read. He's done some thorough research and some of his conclusions could be true but they could just as well not be. The problem is that since it is such a good read, you could possibly be fooled into remembering 'facts' that are only his suppositions. I'm not a fan of embroidered history.
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To Paradise
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, y otros
- Duración: 28 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 982
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 985
To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- De Patty66215 en 01-15-22
- To Paradise
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodor Chin, Kurt Kanazawa
a masterpiece
Revisado: 01-18-22
An exquisitely written, convoluted book. It will surely enter the canon of American literature.
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Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
- A Novel
- De: Sjon, Victoria Cribb - translator
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 2 h y 6 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 57
Mani Steinn is queer in a society in which the idea of homosexuality is beyond the furthest extreme. His city, Reykjavik in 1918, is homogeneous and isolated and seems entirely defenseless against the Spanish flu, which has already torn through Europe, Asia, and North America and is now lapping up on Iceland's shores. And if the flu doesn't do it, there's always the threat that war will spread all the way north. And yet the outside world has also brought Icelanders cinema!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story and performance
- De Durm Guy en 08-04-17
- Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
- A Novel
- De: Sjon, Victoria Cribb - translator
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
opening scene distasteful
Revisado: 05-02-21
the opening scene is a rather rough and graphic homo-pediphile encounter which turned me off and I stopped listening. a few weeks later I reluctantly returned and discovered a well crafted and insightful
tale of the 1917 flu as it was handled in a provincial society as well as that groups 2-faced dealing with
gay youth. it's a good book
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The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
- A Novel
- De: Michael David Lukas
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo, built at the site where the infant Moses was taken from the Nile. Joseph learns of his ancestor Ali, a Muslim orphan who became enchanted by the legendary - perhaps magical - Ezra Scroll.
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5 out of 5 stars
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exquitly written
- De Menorca en 03-27-19
- The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
- A Novel
- De: Michael David Lukas
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
exquitly written
Revisado: 03-27-19
I loved the language. I loved the story.
A very humane treatment of so many modern and ancient situations woven into a very compelling tale.
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The Great Believers
- De: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 18 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,905
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,472
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,458
In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story for all time
- De Carla jo Thompson en 08-06-18
- The Great Believers
- De: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
Surely this will become a classic
Revisado: 08-06-18
Beautifully conceived. Deals with the full ramifications of the AIDS crisis and society in general in a warm and humane fashion. I've never read anything that as fully covers what some of us lived through from the late 70s til the first decades of the 21st century and the affect it has had on so many aspects of our lives. Makkai writes fluidly. .. almost a page-turner..a marvel considering the extraordinary amount of research which has gone into this book.
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Pachinko
- De: Min Jin Lee
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,967
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13,186
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13,170
A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant - and that her lover is married - she refuses to be bought.
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4 out of 5 stars
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wonderful book
- De erin en 12-11-17
- Pachinko
- De: Min Jin Lee
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
good story...narrator so so
Revisado: 06-15-18
interesting and informative story. good insight into the plight of Koreans and other foreigners in Japan.
the narrator's voice was a bit childish and some words mispronounced...
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Strangers in Their Own Land
- Anger and Mourning on the American Right
- De: Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,859
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,635
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,619
In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance undercuts thesis
- De married, one tall dog, one smelly dog en 01-02-17
- Strangers in Their Own Land
- Anger and Mourning on the American Right
- De: Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
Trump-lover must- read; Democrats' enlightener
Revisado: 02-28-18
well researched and written study of the Tea Party's rise in areas where the party's policies are detrimental to the local population
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In the Midst of Winter
- A Novel
- De: Isabel Allende
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Alma Cuervo
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,011
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,008
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his 60s, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Down Right Harrowing
- De Sara en 11-11-17
- In the Midst of Winter
- A Novel
- De: Isabel Allende
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Alma Cuervo
beautifully written page turner
Revisado: 12-02-17
I could not put it down. It is perfect for a cold winter's day. And should be read by all those who unfairly approve of Trump's wall.
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