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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- A Detective Varg Novel
- De: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 503
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 436
The Department of Sensitive Crimes takes on three extremely strange cases. First, the detectives investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed...in the back of the knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And, in the final investigation, Varg must determine whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element.
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3 out of 5 stars
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poor review is due to narration only
- De Marguerite k. en 05-08-19
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- A Detective Varg Novel
- De: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
Welcome to Sweden
Revisado: 04-10-25
My first read from this author that isn’t No 1 Ladies. He suits not only the story but the characters and even the narrative style to Sweden rather than Botswana. Still charming and amusing, with lighthearted but engaging stories. Can’t wait to tour the rest of the world with McCall Smith
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Hot Water
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 351
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 352
The house party at Chateau Blissac, Brittany, features a rather odd array of guests this year. Mr. J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom he will have to play reluctant host. Senator Opal and his daughter are expected, and so is the chateau's handsome owner, Vicomte de Blissac.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Always Forget How Funny This One Is
- De John en 01-04-21
- Hot Water
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cecil
Oops
Revisado: 06-26-23
It’s a typical Wodehouse, need one say more.
I do need to comment on the description of one character chloroforming a sleeping woman, though. More than non-PC. I don’t want to advocate censorship but if that sentence were accidentally deleted no one would probably mind, not even Plum.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Hercule Poirot Mysteries, Book 1
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,945
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,260
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,209
A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim's much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HELLO POIROT!!!!
- De McSusie en 10-07-20
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Hercule Poirot Mysteries, Book 1
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
Thorin reads Christie!
Revisado: 06-23-23
It’s a pleasure to listen to a new voice reading the first Poirot mystery. Armitage is excellent, just dramatic enough.
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The Western Literary Canon in Context
- De: John M. Bowers, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: John M. Bowers
- Duración: 19 h
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
What exactly is the Western literary canon? Why does it contain certain works and not others? And what do particular works in the Western canon tell us about the development of literature and civilization? Explore these and other thought-provoking lectures with a thorough investigation of more than 30 key works of the Western canon and the critical roles they played-and continue to play-in the development of Western literature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice set of lectures
- De Gallila en 05-02-15
- The Western Literary Canon in Context
- De: John M. Bowers, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: John M. Bowers
Comprehensive and honest
Revisado: 04-14-22
Thoughtful and thorough review of a giant subject! Could also be helpful in finding lesser-known literary treasures, or deciding which Great Works you’re gonna skip.
Alert: if you are a cancel-culture advocate better skip this. Prof Bower mentions how many DWEMS (dead white European males) are in the Canon, discusses homophobia and sexual prudery among readers and writers, as well as their opposites. If you can’t bear this unless it is accompanied by diatribes about the Injustice of it All, you’d best save yourself the credit.
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The American Identity
- De: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick N. Allitt
- Duración: 24 h y 21 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 237
What defines an American? Is it the love of liberty, the pursuit of justice, the urge to invent, the desire for wealth, the drive to explore, the quest for spiritual values? The paradox of American identity is that although the United States is a melting pot of many different traditions, motives, and ideals, there are nevertheless distinctive qualities that define the American character.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Endlessly Fascinating and Entertaining Stories
- De Quaker en 01-23-14
- The American Identity
- De: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick N. Allitt
Brilliant
Revisado: 03-26-22
Hearing these lectures at this time in our history (2022) is especially poignant. The story is told through biographical sketches of Americans, significant in different ways. I learned so much about these individuals and about what is important in our country, for better or worse, as we face an uncertain future.
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Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, y otros
- Duración: 35 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,659
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,447
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,438
The dapper, mustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and curious mannerisms has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century - and, in his own humble opinion, is "probably the greatest detective in the world". In this complete collection of more than 50 stories, ranging from short tales to novellas, Poirot faces violent murders, poisonings, kidnappings, and thefts - all solved with his characteristic panache. Only Agatha Christie could have devised cases worthy of Hercule Poirot's skill and "little gray cells".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! (List of Narrators)
- De Margaret C. en 02-25-22
- Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair, Simon Vance
All the Poirot short stories
Revisado: 02-26-22
What a binge!
Hugh Frazier Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair and every story.
Need I say more?
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The Hobbit
- De: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrado por: Andy Serkis
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 26,007
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23,208
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23,126
Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Andy Serkis Was Sheer Perfection
- De Barbara en 09-22-20
- The Hobbit
- De: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrado por: Andy Serkis
Gollum reads the Hobbit!
Revisado: 12-08-20
Andy Serkis is brilliant, emotional, charming. Unabridged reading, hoping he will do the LOTR trilogy
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The King Must Die
- De: Mary Renault
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 326
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 286
The epic of Thesus, the boy-king of Eleusis, ritually preordained to die after one year of marriage to the sacred queen but who defies God's decree and claims his inheritance - the throne of Athens. This re-creation of a Greek myth is written by the author of The Last of the Wine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding
- De J. Brinkman en 07-15-15
- The King Must Die
- De: Mary Renault
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
Good read for classics majors
Revisado: 03-24-16
I first read Mar Renaults books in high school, so they have nostalgia value for me. Good tales, well-researched and plausible. The Theseus story is told in King Must Die and Bull from the Sea, and the parallel Alexander one in Fire from Heaven, the Persian Boy (my favorite) and Funeral Games. Last of the Wine is a lovely picture of Greece's golden age with Socrates and Plato, and the Praise Singer much earlier in history.
The readers are adequate and the books are unabridged. Pleasant and interesting read.
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