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False Value
- Rivers of London, Book 8
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,404
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,200
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous "silicon roundabout", Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ben + Kobna collaboration's > sum of words in book
- De ANSWER 42 en 02-29-20
- False Value
- Rivers of London, Book 8
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Love, love, Love!!!
Revisado: 12-17-24
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series, but this book in particular is wonderful. I love the mix of old and new world (mechanical and high tech +magic). So creative, yet apt in our day and age. You need to read them whole series to really appreciate this book, but if you have this one is a gem.
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Monsters
- A Fan's Dilemma
- De: Claire Dederer
- Narrado por: Claire Dederer
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 224
Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, Monsters is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adresses my many questions
- De Syd Young en 11-01-23
- Monsters
- A Fan's Dilemma
- De: Claire Dederer
- Narrado por: Claire Dederer
WOW - a must read!
Revisado: 09-10-24
This book is amazing, sad, enlightening - everything. Really. I learned so much, grieved the loss of a few artists and gained so much as a human. Such an interesting and enlightening perspective that many face on enjoying art and interacting with other people on a day to day basis. Thank you.
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James
- A Novel
- De: Percival Everett
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,534
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,900
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,900
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can we ever be free
- De J. Stirling en 04-04-24
- James
- A Novel
- De: Percival Everett
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
An interesting take
Revisado: 08-28-24
I can’t say that I enjoyed reading the original, Huck Finn. So James was a refreshing new take on an old story. It is a story that needs to be told and read.
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Babel
- Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
- De: R. F. Kuang
- Narrado por: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
- Duración: 21 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,262
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,686
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The novel language lovers have been waiting for
- De LisaLee en 09-06-22
- Babel
- Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
- De: R. F. Kuang
- Narrado por: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
Fantastic story
Revisado: 07-22-24
Such an enjoyable read / listen. An intriguing story with wonderful language etymology and poetry woven throughout. Enjoyable stay to finish.
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- De: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,657
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,404
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,403
Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So far,surprisingly charming-OUTSTANDING narration
- De Christine T en 03-20-23
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- De: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
Loved, loved, LOVED this book
Revisado: 06-24-24
Such a fun story. The characters are relatable and real and you care about what happens to them along the way. I enjoyed this book start to finish.
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The Rose Code
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 23,974
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21,502
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21,380
As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything - beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite Book!!!
- De Jan M en 03-09-21
- The Rose Code
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
Brilliant!!!
Revisado: 02-29-24
This book was a joy to listen to. The story is fascinating and well told. Having seen an enigma machine in person, I loved hearing the description of what it was like to break codes and what the people were like doing this kind of work. So interesting. I enjoyed this book start to finish.
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Making It So
- A Memoir
- De: Patrick Stewart
- Narrado por: Patrick Stewart
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,218
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,003
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,003
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible! So much more than a memoir
- De Jason en 10-04-23
- Making It So
- A Memoir
- De: Patrick Stewart
- Narrado por: Patrick Stewart
A long life, told in a lot of detail!
Revisado: 02-12-24
I love Patrick Stuart as an actor and all I have heard about him over the years, but this book really needed a strong editor to cut the details back. Too many, highly intricate stories, not to mention too much reciting parts of plays. He has lived an interesting life, but it was a slog to read through the retelling.
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Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- De: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrado por: Suleika Jaouad
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,059
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,618
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,594
In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world”. She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch - first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her 23rd birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This was painful.
- De Meredith Nutrition en 07-31-22
- Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- De: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrado por: Suleika Jaouad
Stunningly beautiful!
Revisado: 01-28-24
A heart wrenching story told beautifully. I cried, I smiled, I learned so much from this book. I don’t know how to describe it, just read the book and immerse yourself in another’s life experience.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36,798
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32,181
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32,105
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- De Teresa H. en 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Fantastic story!
Revisado: 11-10-23
What woman hasn’t experienced some portion of Elizabeth Zot’s life. From sexism, assumptions, to self doubt and everything in between this book got it right! Such a joy to read.
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All's Well
- De: Mona Awad
- Narrado por: Sophie Amoss
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 210
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 182
Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now, she’s on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised and cost her everything, she faces a mutinous cast hellbent on staging Macbeth instead. Miranda sees her chance at redemption slip through her fingers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed bag but excellent performance
- De stuffbuyer en 09-22-21
- All's Well
- De: Mona Awad
- Narrado por: Sophie Amoss
Very dark
Revisado: 10-27-23
I’m really not sure what to think of this book. I love Shakespeare, I love books, stories, tales in the Shakespeare theme. I love magic and mystery. This book was just misery from the start. Miranda goes from absolute (and complete) misery to borderline insanity. Was she insane? Was there magic at play? Did she make a deal with the devil? I really have no idea.
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