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The Wedding People
- A Novel
- De: Alison Espach
- Narrado por: Helen Laser
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself.
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What the F?
- De Tanya M. Odom en 08-14-24
- The Wedding People
- A Novel
- De: Alison Espach
- Narrado por: Helen Laser
Répondez s'il vous plaît
Revisado: 07-26-25
I loved this as a summer read. Great characters. Great location. Great pacing. Everything you want in a wedding story.
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I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President
- De: Josh Lieb
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
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Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson's got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver's a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he's used his great brain to make himself the third-richest person on earth! Then Oliver's father - and archnemesis - makes a crack about the upcoming middle school election, and Oliver takes it as a personal challenge. He'll run, and he'll win!
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Wonderful
- De Sasha L. Stowers en 10-18-09
Not Appropriate for Humans
Revisado: 07-26-25
I knew going in that this story was going to be an outlier, but not in a good way, as it turns out. I was expecting coarse and entertaining. It was far more than coarse -- repulsive? offensive? -- and not a bit entertaining.
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Eliza Hamilton
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
- De: Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton - Alexander Hamilton’s devoted wife - in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenal musical Hamilton. But they don’t know her full story. A strong pioneer woman, a loving sister, a caring mother, and, in her later years, a generous philanthropist, Eliza had many sides - and this fascinating biography brings her multifaceted personality to vivid life.
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Eliza Deserves Better
- De jmn89 en 12-20-19
- Eliza Hamilton
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
- De: Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
Beautiful Story from a New Perspective
Revisado: 05-28-21
This is an old story told from a new and exciting perspective. I am such a fan of the emergence of female voices in historical non-fiction. It was a delight to learn about Eliza Schuyler through her lens, not as her husband's partner. I realized in the middle of reading this that I read a book by the author last year and enjoyed is equally as much.
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An Edible History of Humanity
- De: Tom Standage
- Narrado por: George K. Wilson
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is a pithy, entertaining account of how a series of changes---caused, enabled, or influenced by food---has helped to shape and transform societies around the world.
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Flawed, but worthwhile
- De Ary Shalizi en 12-28-17
- An Edible History of Humanity
- De: Tom Standage
- Narrado por: George K. Wilson
A Serious Topic Narrated by Bilbo Baggins
Revisado: 05-28-21
I love a good deep dive into a topic like this and "6 Glasses" is one of my all-time favorites, but the narrator really does this work and the subject matter a disservice. It's a non-fiction book; we don't need voices. His narration included really bad impressions of Europeans and Asians. Really bad. Really offensive. Really dumb. I recommend the print version.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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A strong story
- De Anita Kristensen en 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
Sublime!
Revisado: 09-13-19
This is a rich and beautiful story. I've read a few of her books and this one stacks up to EPL and, my favorite, The Last American Man. it's entertaining and well-crafted.
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American Fascists
- The Christian Right and the War on America
- De: Chris Hedges, Eunice Wong
- Narrado por: Chris Hedges, Eunice Wong
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other televangelists first spoke of the United States being a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. Today, such language no longer sounds like hyperbole but poses, instead, a very real threat to our freedoms and our way of life.
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Please, read or listen to this book.
- De D en 06-22-07
- American Fascists
- The Christian Right and the War on America
- De: Chris Hedges, Eunice Wong
- Narrado por: Chris Hedges, Eunice Wong
Still rings frighteningly true 10 years later.
Revisado: 07-19-17
I can't believe how much the author forsaw. amazing foresight and analysis! when I picked up this book years ago, I thought the author was a crackpot. Now it's easy to see and frighteningly true.
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The Light Between Oceans
- A Novel
- De: M. L. Stedman
- Narrado por: Noah Taylor
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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In 1918, after four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia to take a job as the lighthouse keeper on remote Janus Rock. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes only four times a year and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Three years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel is tending the grave of her newly lost infant when she hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up on shore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
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Wonderful story.....terrible narrator.
- De Sandra en 08-14-12
- The Light Between Oceans
- A Novel
- De: M. L. Stedman
- Narrado por: Noah Taylor
Right, Wrong and the Chasm Between
Revisado: 04-20-16
Would you listen to The Light Between Oceans again? Why?
It was a beautiful story. I enjoyed it twice. After I enjoyed it the first time, I was able to savor the storytelling the second time.
What other book might you compare The Light Between Oceans to and why?
I've heard a comparison to All the Light We Cannot See, but I didn't enjoy that book, so it doesn't seem like a fair comparison to me.
What about Noah Taylor’s performance did you like?
The narrative was fantastic!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
At it's core, this book is about right versus wrong. The way it unfolds is compelling.
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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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Delightfully simplistic!
- De Adrian en 03-30-16
- The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
Delightfully simplistic!
Revisado: 03-30-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book looks at the history and evolution of seeds. That's it. Thor Hanson's appreciation of seeds and his passion for study are evident, yet he presented the topic in a lighthearted way that was easy for a layman to follow. I enjoyed this book very much.
What other book might you compare The Triumph of Seeds to and why?
I love books that have a small scope, but enlighten me in a big way. This book reminds me of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" by Tom Standage, which I read a decade ago, but still keep on my desk.
What about Marc Vietor’s performance did you like?
I thought the content and the narrator were perfectly matched. Marc Vietor did excellent work of bringing this book to life.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would have enjoyed listening to this in one sitting. I didn't, but I did listen to it while I walked, shopped, cooked and washed dishes.
Any additional comments?
I didn't know much or care much about seeds when I started this book. I can now confidently speak about seeds because I've enjoyed this wonderful lesson and learned a lot without being lectured to.
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Black Like Me
- De: John Howard Griffin
- Narrado por: Ray Childs
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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Writer John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another race. Through medication, he dyed his skin dark and left his family and home in Texas to find out.
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What a glorious accident to find this book...
- De Carol en 11-28-05
- Black Like Me
- De: John Howard Griffin
- Narrado por: Ray Childs
Faith that the dark past has taught us
Revisado: 03-30-16
What made the experience of listening to Black Like Me the most enjoyable?
Can a man who presented himself to the world as a black man for only six weeks really understand what it means to be a black man in America in 1958? Probably not, but it was an interesting study and a fascinating journey of discovery. Some of the author's observations still ring true today and his insights helped him become a nationally-recognized ally and a civil rights activist.
What did you like best about this story?
I liked that the author re-released the book decades later, including information about how the book impacted his community, his career and the country.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Ray Childs?
There were a few times when the narrator went too far when attempting to replicate old Negro dialects. I'm not sure if I'd enjoy that kind of narration in a more contemporary piece.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The author's life and perspectives were changes as a result of this project. That was evident in the words.
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Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- De: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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Nearly a half century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The octogenarian won the Internet. Across America, people who weren't even born when Ginsburg made her name are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute.
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"The Court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield"
- De Cynthia en 12-13-15
- Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- De: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
Pour one out for your homie
Revisado: 12-31-15
What did you like best about this story?
It's a great biography. There's criticism about it and about the moniker that seems to poke fun at Ginsberg, but that name and this book are meant to praise her. If a cult movement brings attention to her impact on the landscape of this country, I say pour one for my homie and read this book.
Which scene was your favorite?
I didn't know much about RBG before her appointment to the Supreme Court, so I enjoyed learning about the early stuff. She is and was a superwoman.
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