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The Gentleman from Peru
- De: André Aciman
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 2 h y 39 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,765
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,749
It’s been 10 years since a group of college friends made a vow: that the first to get rich would rent a boat and invite the others on a cruise. Now, the friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can’t help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette, sometimes two.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful escape . . .
- De Michele en 09-02-20
- The Gentleman from Peru
- De: André Aciman
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Beautiful, haunting story
Revisado: 04-01-21
Edoardo Ballerini’s voice is the perfect vehicle for Andre Aciman’s writing. This story is short but powerful, sad yet somehow also comforting. It will stay with me for a long time.
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On Being a Statistic
- Living in the Maze of Autoimmunity and the American Health Care System
- De: Cairn McCormack
- Narrado por: Nancy Bober
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Living with a chronic, progressive neurological disease (MS), a geologist explores some of the confounding questions of our time. The difference between wellness and illness, the different, but complementary roles modern science and alternative traditions like naturopathy play in healing, the potholed approach to accessibility and affordability of health care in our great country, the role of resilience and opportunity in answering the time honored question each of us ask: "Just who am I?"
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommend
- De James en 01-27-23
- On Being a Statistic
- Living in the Maze of Autoimmunity and the American Health Care System
- De: Cairn McCormack
- Narrado por: Nancy Bober
Very thought-provoking
Revisado: 09-20-20
I'll admit that when I started listening to this, I expected it to be yet another lament about how Western medicine is killing us all, and we should throw out hundreds of years of medical science and turn to herbs and incense and chakras and crystals. (Can you tell I'm a skeptic?) I am happy to report that although the author does throw plenty of barbs at the way medicine is practiced and accessed in the modern era (specifically, the American model), those barbs are justified. Her story of how she has coped with progressive multiple sclerosis, and how broken the American health care system is, should be required reading/listening for anyone involved in policymaking. I would have given it five stars if she'd taken a little more care in explaining the differences between various forms of alternative medicine. For instance, homeopathy and naturopathy are more or less lumped together in a passage near the end, but these are very different things -- the former is pure quackery, but the latter can be one of the most effective ways to treat certain conditions.
The narration was excellent. This book has many emotional moments -- moments of anger, sadness, frustration and despair, along with determination and hope. All of those feeling came through in the performance, and the pacing was perfect.
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The Unreality of Memory
- And Other Essays
- De: Elisa Gabbert
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
The Unreality of Memory collects provocative, searching essays on disaster culture, climate anxiety, and our mounting collective sense of doom. In this new collection, acclaimed poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert explores our obsessions with disasters past and future, from the sinking of the Titanic to Chernobyl, from witch hunts to the plague. These deeply researched, prophetic meditations question how the world will end - if indeed it will - and why we can't stop fantasizing about it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought-provoking, skillfully narrated
- De Sarah N. en 08-24-20
- The Unreality of Memory
- And Other Essays
- De: Elisa Gabbert
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
Thought-provoking, skillfully narrated
Revisado: 08-24-20
I really enjoyed this book. Compelling ideas, and the narrator did an excellent job. I found myself wondering how the author would approach some of these topics now that the pandemic has hit — several of these essays feel almost quaint in light of the past few months.
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Middle-Aged Crazy
- Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond: The Complete Collection
- De: Lynne M. Spreen
- Narrado por: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Duración: 4 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
What happens when you're middle-aged? Is it over? Will you change or remain the same? What will you do with the second half of your life? All of the short stories and essays in this collection illuminate this incredibly interesting and vital stage. All characters demonstrate how they have chosen to navigate this new world. Some are more successful than others, but all are interesting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not at all what I expected, but very enjoyable!
- De Sarah N. en 03-20-20
- Middle-Aged Crazy
- Short Stories of Midlife and Beyond: The Complete Collection
- De: Lynne M. Spreen
- Narrado por: Jennifer Jill Araya
Not at all what I expected, but very enjoyable!
Revisado: 03-20-20
Really enjoyed the writing and the performance -- Jennifer Jill Araya does a great job with character voices. It took me awhile to adjust, though, because the title and the cover art made me think these would be lighthearted, humorous stories. They weren't at all; there were some pretty heavy themes here. But they were well-written, so no complaints on that front. Just maybe not the greatest branding in terms of the title and cover.
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Tether
- De: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,057
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 943
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 942
In the middle of the night, an explosion rocks Cambridge, Massachusetts and wakes Saul Signalman from bed. Blue, ethereal light pulses into the sky. A FaceTime call pulls him away from the view. It’s his wife, consumed in light, bidding him farewell. And then - the call ends. The explosion of light intensifies. The power goes out. Electronic devices stop working. In the dead of night, he races to his wife’s lab at the explosion’s core, but the building is missing. His wife is gone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wtf?
- De erobbins33 en 10-03-19
- Tether
- De: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
Surprised myself by liking this!
Revisado: 03-20-20
I generally lean toward non-fiction and historical fiction, but I had a code for this and thought I should branch out. Really enjoyed it! The plot moves quickly, and the narrative doesn't get bogged down in unnecessary detail. Really liked Kafer's performance, too. But if you're looking for a psychological horror book that relies on subtle cues, be aware that this is NOT that book. Nothing subtle here!
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