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The Hare with Amber Eyes
- A Hidden Inheritance
- De: Edmund de Waal
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
Winner of the 2010 COSTA Biography Award. A total of 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his Great Uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the ‘netsuke’, they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined.…
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece
- De Neil Chisholm en 10-12-12
- The Hare with Amber Eyes
- A Hidden Inheritance
- De: Edmund de Waal
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
Takes you away to a different time and place
Revisado: 04-26-12
What did you like best about The Hare with Amber Eyes? What did you like least?
I liked the sense of history. Also learning about a different times and places was interesting
What could Edmund de Waal have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
It is non-fiction. I wondered if it would have been more enjoyable as a novel. The story follows the objects rather than the people and sometimes I wanted to know more about the people.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
- De: Lewis Carroll
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 727
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 500
First published in 1865, these endearing tales of an imaginative child's dream world by Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, are written with charming simplicity. While delighting children with a heroine who represents their own thoughts and feelings about growing up, the tale is appreciated by adults as a gentle satire on education, politics, literature, and Victorian life in general.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome!!!!!
- De Steve Inman en 12-01-08
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
- De: Lewis Carroll
- Narrado por: Michael Page
Childhood comes alive
Revisado: 04-23-12
What did you love best about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass?
I love this book. I loved it as a child. Wild and yet it all makes a strange kind of sense. A sensible girl in a crazy world.
Which character – as performed by Michael Page – was your favorite?
I love Alice.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Anything might happen and probably does.
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Mrs. Dalloway
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,573
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,370
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,358
It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Whom will she see? Her friend Peter, back from India, who has never really stopped loving her? What about Sally, with whom Clarissa had her life’s happiest moment? Meanwhile, the shell-shocked Septimus Smith is struggling with his life on the same London day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Tough Read Perfectly Delivered
- De Chris en 06-11-12
- Mrs. Dalloway
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
Serious listening
Revisado: 04-23-12
Would you try another book from Virginia Woolf and/or Juliet Stevenson?
Love Juliet Stevenson and she makes this book come alive. It is an amazing book but pretty heavy going.
Has Mrs. Dalloway turned you off from other books in this genre?
It's good stuff to think about. Virginia Wolf is an amazing writer.
Have you listened to any of Juliet Stevenson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I love everything by Juliet Stevenson.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
I don't think you could make this into a movie (though someone did). It's about the thoughts inside people's heads.
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The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- De: Adrian McKinty
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,985
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,488
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,463
Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a penchant for opera, and a young woman’s suicide that may yet turn out to be murder: on the surface, the events are unconnected, but then things—and people—aren’t always what they seem. Detective Sergeant Duffy is the man tasked with trying to get to the bottom of it all. It’s no easy job—especially when it turns out that one of the victims was involved in the IRA but was last seen discussing business with someone from the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen to this book. You won't be disappointed.
- De Christopher en 01-21-12
- The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- De: Adrian McKinty
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
Irish Action
Revisado: 04-23-12
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This is a good fun listen. Atmosphereic. Gritty
Which scene was your favorite?
Many enjoyable moments, except enjoyable is not quite the right word. It's a serious murder mystery with the right touch of cyicism. Great ending - satisfying.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I could listen to Gerard Doyle all day long.
Any additional comments?
I love Gerard Doyle. He's the perfect narrator for this book.
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North and South
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,516
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,699
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,703
Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature. When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Sally en 01-04-10
- North and South
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
Loved it
Revisado: 04-20-12
If you could sum up North and South in three words, what would they be?
A great listen!
What was one of the most memorable moments of North and South?
Full of saddness and beauty. Lots of Bravery in the face of difficulty and a clash of cultures as well.
Have you listened to any of Juliet Stevenson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Always love Juliet Stevenson. She gets it right. She's also spot on with the accents.
Any additional comments?
If you like Jane Austen you'll like this too.
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Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
- Duración: 27 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,438
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,977
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,946
Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ulysses (Unabridged)
- De Peter Deane en 01-22-09
- Ulysses
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Jim Norton
Difficult
Revisado: 04-20-12
What disappointed you about Ulysses?
It's a pretty confused story with no plot. It's hard to follow if you don't have all the background. I'm sure it's very worthwhile but it's hard work.
Any additional comments?
The narrator does a great job of bringing the characters to life.
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