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The Last Palace
- Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
- De: Norman Eisen
- Narrado por: Jeff Goldblum
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador’s residence in Prague, returning to the land his mother had fled after the Holocaust, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture in his new home. These symbols of Nazi Germany were remnants of the residence’s forgotten history, and evidence that we never live far from the past. From that discovery unspooled the twisting, captivating tale of four of the remarkable people who had called this palace home. Their story is Europe’s....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book despite goldblum’s narration
- De Fernando Ferrante en 01-19-19
- The Last Palace
- Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
- De: Norman Eisen
- Narrado por: Jeff Goldblum
I think it’s probably worth reading
Revisado: 06-03-23
But if I can figure out how to do it-poor instructions,Audible- I will return it. Jeff Goldblum reads so badly.
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The Outside Boy
- De: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrado por: Alan Devally
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,263
Ireland, 1959: Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother’s death in childbirth. The wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Torture
- De Nena en 01-27-21
- The Outside Boy
- De: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrado por: Alan Devally
Captivating
Revisado: 02-11-23
I love this book. You will love Christie who sees everything a 12 year old can see. Gorgeous reading and a trip into a world I know better now. Highly recommend
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Milkman
- De: Anna Burns
- Narrado por: Bríd Brennan
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,989
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,774
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,770
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes "interesting" - the last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed, and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is a story of inaction with enormous consequences.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like the writing, not the audio issues
- De Criticalthinker en 12-31-18
- Milkman
- De: Anna Burns
- Narrado por: Bríd Brennan
Just extraordinary
Revisado: 08-01-21
It’s a very special book that takes us to Ireland during the Troubles through the eyes and experience of an 18 year old woman. I love the ambiguous language which doesn’t name sides. And in the final chapters you know the side you want to be on is the female side. The book is long but this reader lulls you into listening for all those hours. I’m off to my library to find more Anna Burns.
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The Jew Store
- A Family Memoir
- De: Stella Suberman
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
In 1920, in small-town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store was usually owned by Jews and often referred to as "the Jew store". That's how Stella Suberman's father's store, Bronson's Low-Priced Store, in Concordia, Tennessee, was known locally. The Bronsons were the first Jews to ever live in that tiny town of one main street, one bank, one drugstore, one picture show, one feed and seed, one hardware, one barber shop, one beauty parlor, one blacksmith, and many Christian churches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Susan simpson en 09-04-21
- The Jew Store
- A Family Memoir
- De: Stella Suberman
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
What a treat!
Revisado: 01-01-21
A Jewish friend recommended this book when I told him I’ve been fascinated by old department stores in the South, with Jewish names. This is a wonderful memoir of life in a Tennessee town from a new point of view.
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The Guest List
- A Novel
- De: Lucy Foley
- Narrado por: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29,570
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24,788
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24,718
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I stand corrected
- De Bitten and Seven Forever en 06-03-20
- The Guest List
- A Novel
- De: Lucy Foley
- Narrado por: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble
Really fun
Revisado: 08-30-20
Nicely plotted and characters you care about and read by the perfect cast. Try it.
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Coming Home
- De: Rosamunde Pilcher
- Narrado por: Helen Johns
- Duración: 40 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,340
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,129
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,115
Set against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this captivating story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home.... In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous story line, Excellent narration
- De Amazon Customer en 03-17-18
- Coming Home
- De: Rosamunde Pilcher
- Narrado por: Helen Johns
A great escape
Revisado: 05-24-20
Brilliantly read novel by of the great originators of what became tired chick lit. Wonderful décor and the Cornwall landscape make a delightful escape from this moment and the WWII setting is a reminder that we have struggled before
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A Tale for the Time Being
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Ruth Ozeki
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,036
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,020
In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace—and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox - possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging story beautifully read
- De Karen en 01-30-14
- A Tale for the Time Being
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Ruth Ozeki
A lovely book
Revisado: 05-03-20
And beautifully read by the author. It goes to surprising places and I especially loved all the details of Japanese culture. It’s anti-war just when we need it.
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The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: John Lee, Erik Larson
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,058
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10,321
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,242
On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next 12 months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally - and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless."
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4 out of 5 stars
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John Lee’s narration is a struggle
- De Leslie Rathjens en 03-05-20
- The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: John Lee, Erik Larson
Can I get my money back?
Revisado: 04-14-20
I can’t listen to this reader.nit sounds like a parody of a voiceover of an old British film
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,874
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,533
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,544
When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I SAW WHAT I SAW
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 04-26-16
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Couldn't get past the reader
Revisado: 07-05-15
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I'm sure this must be a good book but the reader sounds like a guy from community theater trying to do an English accent. Look for this book read by a different reader. I quit after the second chapter
Would you be willing to try another one of Scott Brick’s performances?
absolutely not
Any additional comments?
Can I get a credit to replace this?
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The Age Of Innocence
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Mary Sarah
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 518
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 455
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 443
Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in upper class New York City. Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's best families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland. Yet he finds reason to doubt his choice of bride after the appearance of Countess Ellen Olenska, May's exotic, beautiful 30-year-old cousin, who has been living in Europe. This novel won the first ever Pulitzer awarded to a woman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Performance Ratings Really Matter
- De Darrell M. en 06-08-15
- The Age Of Innocence
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Mary Sarah
Amateur reader. Terrible pace and pronuniciation.
Revisado: 05-16-15
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
This is a wonderful but the reader Mary Sarah is so terrible I stopped after two chapters to see if I can find a better reader. Avoid her! She can't speak proper English, never mind French.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Mary Sarah?
Imagine Juliet Stevenson
Any additional comments?
I feel like I should get a credit for this bad purchase. I guess I should have read the reviews.
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