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The Clockmaker's Daughter
- De: Kate Morton
- Narrado por: Joanne Froggatt
- Duración: 17 h y 3 m
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In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items.
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The Clockmaker's Daughter
- De KBoat en 10-21-18
- The Clockmaker's Daughter
- De: Kate Morton
- Narrado por: Joanne Froggatt
Intricate story requires your undivided attention
Revisado: 01-30-25
When the narrator tells you what year it is, pay attention! I didn't pay much heed to the "time stamps" when I first started listening, and subsequently I found myself confused as the story skipped backward and forward over many decades, and different (seemingly unrelated) sets of characters took center stage. The book blurb/description notes that this story is "Told by multiple voices across time." That makes it cry out for a full-cast narration. As much as I love Joanne Froggatt (who is perfect as Birdie Bell), I would have found the story far easier to follow if a cast of narrators had taken on the different characters who carry the story, in nonlinear fashion, through multiple decades. Though it was a frustrating listen at times, I'm glad I stuck with it. The ending was most satisfying. We learn what has tied the various characters together through the years and the generations. Treasures (including people) that were lost, are found again.
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A Stitch in Time
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- De: Andrew J. Robinson
- Narrado por: Andrew J. Robinson
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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For nearly a decade Garak has longed for just one thing—to go home. Exiled on a space station, surrounded by aliens who loathe and distrust him, going back to Cardassia has been Garak's one dream. Now, finally, he is home. But home is a world whose landscape is filled with death and destruction. Desperation and dust are constant companions and luxury is a glass of clean water and a warm place to sleep.
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Wow
- De Jesse en 08-01-23
- A Stitch in Time
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- De: Andrew J. Robinson
- Narrado por: Andrew J. Robinson
Great long visit with my favorite DS9 character
Revisado: 11-03-24
Garak was always my favorite character in Deep Space 9. I dived into this story with high expectations, and those were not only met, they were exceeded. This book is wonderfully written and beautifully read/performed by the author/actor. Garak's backstory is fascinating, absorbing, and more than a little heartbreaking. This is a personal story, a memoir, an autobiography. Listeners looking for an action-adventure Star Trek episode won't find that here. This is deeper, more emotional, more psychological. If you're fascinated by the mysterious Garak, "a simple tailor," don't miss this book.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- De: Pip Williams
- Narrado por: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.
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Enchanted
- De Lulu Can en 04-07-21
- The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- De: Pip Williams
- Narrado por: Pippa Bennett-Warner
Loved it
Revisado: 11-03-24
The story starts a bit slow, but it really hits its stride when Esme gets old enough to venture out of her protected academic circle, meet real people -- "common people" -- outside of her social class, and get herself into some trouble. I experienced her thrill of discovery every time she came upon a new and unfamiliar word. I feel that same thrill whenever I stumble across a wonderfully perfect word that I can add to my own vocabulary. Readers, writers, and word lovers of all stripes will enjoy this book, as will history buffs. I recommend it highly.
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Firewall
- Star Trek: Picard
- De: David Mack
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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Two years after the USS Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers. The Rangers seem like an ideal fit for Seven—but to embrace this new destiny, she must leave behind all she’s ever known, and risk losing the most important thing in her life: her friendship with Admiral Kathryn Janeway.
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How 7 of 9 became "The Borg Fenris Ranger"
- De Mike E. en 07-08-24
- Firewall
- Star Trek: Picard
- De: David Mack
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
Seven's intriguing "gap year"
Revisado: 10-27-24
I loved how this filled in the time between Voyager's return and Seven's reappearance in ST: Picard. We learn how she became a Fenris Ranger. The writing is solid, and the narration is excellent. I was happy to spend quality time with one of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek.
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A Contest of Principles
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- De: Greg Cox
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers, but remaining neutral proves a challenge, as Kirk confronts a tangled web of scandal, conspiracy, and assassination plots - with the stability of an entire sector at stake. To make matters worse, Dr. Leonard McCoy has vanished while on a mission of mercy to Braco, a nearby planet only a system away.
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TOP NOTCH CLASSIC STAR TREK!
- De USA VETERAN en 01-03-21
- A Contest of Principles
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- De: Greg Cox
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Entertaining despite annoying repetition & filler
Revisado: 05-06-24
The writing is not deathless prose. The plot is not mind-bending. But it's entertaining enough, for what it is. I did get tired of the repetition. Important points are belabored, repeated again and again, to make absolutely certain the reader Got It. Too much of the dialogue is filler: "You got that right!" "You can say that again." "You don't have to tell me twice" .. and other such banalities. The tension and unrest surrounding a hotly contested election is ripped from the headlines, and makes for an interesting commentary on current affairs. The best part of the book for me, though, revolved around Bones and Spock. Kirk's responsibilities were kinda dull.
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
- Book of Dust, Volume 1
- De: Philip Pullman
- Narrado por: Michael Sheen
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play parts.
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Disturbing differences from print text
- De Damon D. Hickey en 10-24-17
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
- Book of Dust, Volume 1
- De: Philip Pullman
- Narrado por: Michael Sheen
Enthralling
Revisado: 11-30-23
Pullman's writing and Sheen's narration: It doesn't come better! I listened to The Book of Dust, Volume 2, "The Secret Commonwealth," before moving into this one because my local public library had put the audiobook into their Friends of the Library book sale as a "discard"! I could not imagine why a Pullman book would be in the discard pile ... until I got two-thirds into it, and the dinky little stand-alone audiobook player refused to advance. Tossing my library "bargain" aside, I immediately came to Audible and finished Book 2, then moved right into Book 1, which worked out fine because "La Belle Sauvage" is entirely backstory. It tells of Lyra's birth and of Malcolm's youthful devotion to the baby girl. I'm glad, in fact, that I read the two books in reverse order. Had I known how deeply Lyra was indebted to Malcolm, and all that he had endured to keep her safe in his boyhood, I would have been furious with the way the college-student Lyra treated Malcolm in Book 2, when they were both adults. So enjoy these two books in any order you like. The backstory that is presented in "La Belle Sauvage" is valuable and illuminating, at whatever stage you're at in your Dark Materials journey.
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Not Alone
- A Novel
- De: Sarah K. Jackson
- Narrado por: Helen Keeley
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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Five years ago, a microplastic storm wiped out most of the population. Since then, Katie and Harry have lived in isolation in their small flat outside London. Katie forages and provides for Harry, who was born after the storm, and who has never left their little home. After years without human contact, Katie and Harry are shocked by the arrival of a threatening newcomer, just as Katie’s cough seems to have taken a turn for the worse. But this proof of life spurs Katie to undertake an unthinkable journey, in search of her fiancé, Jack, who never came home the day of the storm.
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Very whiny characters and narrator
- De NDMTAK en 12-12-23
- Not Alone
- A Novel
- De: Sarah K. Jackson
- Narrado por: Helen Keeley
Gripping! Unceasing tension, immersive story
Revisado: 09-25-23
Unrelenting, nail-biting tension! This is a white-knuckle journey through a devastated, post-apocalyptic England and Scotland. Extremely well written, with fascinating details about foraging for wild plants — a skill that helps our heroine to survive, and to feed her young son. I usually listen to audiobooks just before going to sleep at night, but I could only take about 20 or 30 minutes of this at a time. Even limiting myself to short bursts, I often found my sleep disturbed with worries about what new crisis would befall the young mother before she had barely fought her way through the previous disaster. It is nonstop, relentless tension. An excellent listen, wonderfully read by a narrator who was obviously as caught up in the story as I was. I did not detect a single wrong inflection or even the tiniest of fluffed pronunciations. A highly professional job of narration that did full justice to a very good book. Recommended. Maybe best for listening while driving, though. Not just before you go to sleep!
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Lightfoot
- De: Nicholas Jennings
- Narrado por: Nicholas Jennings
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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The definitive, full-access story of the life and songs of Canada's legendary troubadour. Gordon Lightfoot’s name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness. His music defined the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and ‘70s, topped charts and sold millions. He is unquestionably Canada’s greatest songwriter, and an international star who has performed on the world’s biggest stages.While Lightfoot’s songs are well known, the man behind them is elusive. He’s never allowed his life to be chronicled in a book - until now.
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Insightful!
- De Lydjahh en 12-19-20
- Lightfoot
- De: Nicholas Jennings
- Narrado por: Nicholas Jennings
Interesting slice of musical history
Revisado: 12-29-22
I've been a Gordon Lightfoot fan since "If You Could Read My Mind." This biography provides interesting insights into the real-life inspirations for many of his best-known songs. In places it gets tedious, listing every venue and every public appearance he made in a given year. I learned more about his problems with women and alcohol than I really wanted to know, but I was glad to hear that he got sober and quit sleeping around. All in all this is an interesting slice of musical history that will especially interest listeners of a certain age, who remember the decades covered in this biography. The author did a fine job with the narration.
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The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway
- The History of the Captain Who Went Further Than Any Had Before
- De: Una McCormack
- Narrado por: Kate Mulgrew
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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Kathryn Janeway reveals her career in Starfleet, from her first command to her epic journey through the Delta Quadrant leading to her rise to the top as vice-admiral in Starfleet Command. Discover the story of the woman who travelled further than any human ever had before, stranded decades from home, encountering new worlds and species.
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So Happy To Have Kate Mulgrew Read “Her” Story
- De Truman en 01-29-21
- The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway
- The History of the Captain Who Went Further Than Any Had Before
- De: Una McCormack
- Narrado por: Kate Mulgrew
Have the Voyager series fresh in your mind
Revisado: 11-23-22
I binged all seven seasons of Voyager a few years ago. Even so, I found I had forgotten many details that this book assumes you'll know inside and out. For me, the most interesting chapters were those that covered Janeway's time at Starfleet Academy, her career pre-Voyager, and the final wrap-up about what happened to everybody after Voyager got home. I found Chapters 1 and 2, about Janeway's early childhood, totally boring. Nothing happened to her that was worth writing about. Her childhood was idyllic, perfect, uneventful. Those opening chapters are easily skippable -- you won't miss a thing. Overall, I would rate this 3.5. But since half-stars aren't allowed, I've rounded up to 4. Kate Mulgrew's narration certainly elevates the overall experience.
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Upon Reflection
- Words + Music, Vol. 12
- De: Sting
- Narrado por: Sting
- Duración: 1 h y 26 m
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Before he was nicknamed “Sting” by the leader of a local show band in northeast England, Gordon Sumner knew he was meant for more than his working-class background promised. He just didn’t know how to get there. In Upon Reflection, hear the singular talent trace his unlikely rise from his days as a young husband and father working as a local schoolteacher, to risking everything on a fateful move to London, and joining an aspiring punk band called The Police.
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Sting reflects on life, opportunities and music
- De tru britty en 03-26-21
- Upon Reflection
- Words + Music, Vol. 12
- De: Sting
- Narrado por: Sting
Beautiful and soothing
Revisado: 08-21-22
I loved every moment of this. Just the thing to relax with, at the end of a tiring day. Sting is a treasure and an inspiration.
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