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The Children Act
- De: Ian McEwan
- Narrado por: Lindsay Duncan
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 124
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now her marriage of 30 years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful 17-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating read, a bit disappointing in the end
- De Daniela en 05-08-15
- The Children Act
- De: Ian McEwan
- Narrado por: Lindsay Duncan
An Absolute Gem
Revisado: 10-12-14
I read and listen to quite a lot of books. I usually don't write reviews. I feel compelled to do so here, This book is fantastic. The narration is superb, The book is only short but the story and the writing are memorable. I don't always like Ian McEwan. He can be pretentious and put out stuff that relies on reputation. This is different. This will help cement his reputation. There will have to be a special book out there if this one is headed off at Booker Prize time!!
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The Quality of Mercy
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4
The Quality of Mercy opens in the spring of 1767, two years after the events of Barry Unsworth's Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger. It follows the fortunes of two central characters from that book: Sullivan, the Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Liverpool slave-ship owner who hanged himself. To avenge his father's death, Erasmus Kemp has had the rebellious sailors of his father's ship, including Sullivan, brought back to London to stand trial on charges of mutiny and piracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent historical novel.
- De Arthur Murphy en 10-03-21
- The Quality of Mercy
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
Another Great Unsworth Book
Revisado: 04-26-12
Although it is over 20 years ago that Barry Unsworth wrote Sacred Hunger this is the belated sequel to it. To get full pleasure from this book you really need to have read/listened to Sacred Hunger. However this book develops into a great story in its own right. New characters are introduced and new story lines are developed. The narration by David Rintoul is superb. The only slightly disappointing aspect is the rather abrupt ending. Perhaps Barry U is just setting us up for a third in the series ...!!!! I hope so.
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Sacred Hunger
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
1752, the Liverpool Merchant sets sail from Merseyside. A slaver, she is bound for Africa to buy men and transport them in chains across the Atlantic. But aboard ship disease thrives in the cramped hold, killing men and eating into profit. Captain Thurso insists on throwing the sick overboard, to the horror of Matthew Paris, ship's surgeon, who determines to prevent such barbarity. Meanwhile, back home, Erasmus Kemp, cousin of Paris and son of the Liverpool Merchant's owner, finds his fortune hanging in the balance: dependent on the success or failure of a single voyage....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
- De Geoff Rea en 04-26-12
- Sacred Hunger
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
Superb
Revisado: 04-26-12
This book takes a while to get in to but if you persevere you will be rewarded with remarkable writing,great narration and a wonderful story. I nearly gave up after 3 or 4 hours listening but I am delighted now that I didn't. One of the best audiobooks I have listened to.
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Matterhorn
- De: Karl Marlantes
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
- Duración: 22 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Marine lieutenant Waino Mellas and his comrades in Bravo Company have been dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam. Standing in their way are the North Vietnamese, the monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, and disease and malnutrition. When the company is surrounded by the enemy, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Made for the Big Screen
- De Ian C Robertson en 10-23-11
- Matterhorn
- De: Karl Marlantes
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
Magnificent
Revisado: 10-01-11
This book is magnificent. The writing of Karl Malantes and the narration by Jeff Harding combine to make this a very special experience. From the beginning to the end it is as if the listener is an adjunct member of Bravo Company in the jungles of Vietnam. The fear,the squalour,the bravery and the comradeship are all there. No punches are pulled.Whether it deals with battle, commanding officers or race relations the story and presentation is realistic and unrelenting.Of the many dozens of Audible books I have listened to this one is amongst the very best.
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Obama's Wars
- De: Bob Woodward
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 741
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 387
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 384
Working behind the scenes for 18 months, Bob Woodward has written the most intimate and sweeping portrait of President Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan, and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Woodward Does a Service
- De Roy en 10-01-10
- Obama's Wars
- De: Bob Woodward
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
Dull
Revisado: 06-10-11
A very average book. I thought it was repetitive and dull. Previous books are far better.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- The Karla Trilogy, Book 1
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 117
Mr George Smiley is small, podgy, and at best, middle-aged. He is disillusioned, wrestles with idleness, and has been deserted by his beautiful wife. He is also compassionate, ruthless and a senior British intelligence officer in short-lived retirement from the Circus the British Secret Service organisation situated in London. But Moscow centre has infiltrated a mole into the Circus and it’s more than likely that the perpetrator is Karla Smiley’s old adversary and his opposite number in Moscow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jayston is Guiness
- De fredmonster en 06-13-10
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- The Karla Trilogy, Book 1
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
Top Narration
Revisado: 05-02-11
I really enjoyed the narration of this book by Michael Jayston. I had previously downloaded the same book from Audible read by a different narrator. I couldn't finish it due to my thorough dislike of that narrators reading style. I knew there was a wonderful book hiding in there waiting to be revealed and the narration of Jayston was the revelation. I will now look forward to listening to the large number of the other Le Carre books he also narrates.
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The Storm of War
- De: Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 28 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
One of the best selling History titles of 2009. Examining the Second World War on every front, Andrew Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, Hitler’s Axis might even have won. Were those German generals who blamed everything on Hitler after the war correct, or were they merely scapegoating their former Führer once he was safely beyond defending himself?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Things I had never known!
- De John en 06-28-10
- The Storm of War
- De: Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
Outstanding
Revisado: 04-04-11
I have listened to dozens of books on Audible and this is one of the very best.If you have an interest in WWII you will thoroughly enjoy this book. While the emphasis is on Europe the Pacific War is well covered. Christian Rodska is a perfect reader for this. The battles, the horrors,the personalities and the politics are all comprehensively dealt with. A totally engrossing book that I am sure you will appreciate as much as I did.
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The Pillars of the Earth
- Kingsbridge, Book 1
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 40 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 599
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very very surprised
- De Alan en 10-02-11
- The Pillars of the Earth
- Kingsbridge, Book 1
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
Repetitious
Revisado: 12-13-10
It has taken me years to get around to this book. I actually quite enjoyed it although at 41 hours Mr Follett has made it twice as long as it needed to be. Many of the themes were repetitious and similar life stories seemed to apply to quite a few of the characters. I have always liked John Lee as a narrator. He saved the book for me.
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The Second World War: Milestones to Disaster
- De: Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,401
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,385
Churchill's history of the Second World War is, and will remain, the definitive work. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant! Only Churchill could have done this.
- De John M en 10-30-08
Absolutely superb
Revisado: 03-13-10
I have already listened to all of the volumes of" The History of the English Speaking Peoples ". That was wonderful but this is better. Quite extraordinary wr
iting and wonderful narrator. I am thoroughly looking forward to the other 3 books.
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The Lieutenant
- De: Kate Grenville
- Narrado por: Bill Wallis
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. At school he learned to hide his clever thoughts from his peers; at home his parents were bemused by their bookish son. Daniel could only hope that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with the First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Geoff Rea en 01-09-10
- The Lieutenant
- De: Kate Grenville
- Narrado por: Bill Wallis
Disappointing
Revisado: 01-09-10
I thoroughly enjoed " The Secret River " by the same author. I was disappointed by this book. Descriptively it was fine but in the end the story line is weak. I am sure someone of Kate Grenville's ability can do a lot better than this.
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