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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 30,586
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27,681
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27,615
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- De Billy en 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
Real!
Revisado: 11-04-22
Being from the general setting of this story…moving away and returning…I experience the story as raw, real, tragic and hopeful. Powerful story and Excellent narration!
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Immortal Diamond
- The Search for Our True Self
- De: Richard Rohr
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 509
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 444
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 431
In his best-selling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? This book likens True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives, that must be searched for, uncovered, separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pigeonholed
- De Theodore en 01-11-13
- Immortal Diamond
- The Search for Our True Self
- De: Richard Rohr
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
Unfortunate narration
Revisado: 07-09-18
The perspective contained in this book is much needed in our churches and in our world. It is a wonderful work. Unfortunately, the narrator is dead pan and brings little to no enthusiasm to this important work.
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62,367
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55,777
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55,677
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- De Cynthia en 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
Appa-LATCH-uh! NOT Appa-LAY-shuh
Revisado: 04-26-17
I am from WV and went to college in Southeastern KY. My first 21 years were lived in the heart of Appalachia. I resinate with many of the author's insights but I was very disappointed in his pronunciation of the word Appalachia. It felt like a betrayal. While people from northern Appalachia may call the region Appa-LAY-shuh, I have never heard a proud 'hillbilly' from KY or Southern Appalachia use the long A sound. The narrator's pronunciation made me cringe everytime he said Appa-LAY-shuh. If he says 'holler' instead of hollow he must know it is Appa-LATCH-uh to his southern audiance he claims to know so well. Disappointed! A pronunciation lesson from Sharyn McCrumb is in order.
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Dimestore
- A Writer's Life
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For 45 years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the rugged Appalachian Mountains, the Grundy of Lee Smith's youth was a place of coal miners, mountain music, and her daddy's dimestore. It was in that dimestore - listening to customers and inventing life histories for the store's dolls - that she began to learn the craft of storytelling.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation matters!
- De Tricia en 03-26-16
- Dimestore
- A Writer's Life
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
Pronunciation matters!
Revisado: 03-26-16
I wish I had read this book in form rather than listening on Audible. The way the reader pronounces 'Appalachia' ruined it for me. It is clear the reader is not from the area she reads about...but this should have been caught by the author and editors. It is a sign of respect to pronounce a word as local tradition pronounces it. If you are from Southern Appalachia you will know what I mean. Pronunciation matters...ask Sharyn McCrumb who explains it well.
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And God Said, Billy!
- A Novel
- De: Frank Schaeffer
- Narrado por: Frank Schaeffer
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
And God Said 'Billy!' is a darkly comic coming-of-age story written by the master story teller that House of Sand and Fog author Andre Dubus III hailed as the funniest American writer since Mark Twain. The story is set in the 1980s and is about Billy, a young fundamentalist Christian who feels called to go to Hollywood to make "God's movie." But everything goes off the rails when he accepts a job to direct a soft-porn slasher/exploitation film in apartheid-era South Africa. He makes this "It's a deal not a movie" picture even though he has to bust the US entertainment industry's anti-apartheid sanctions in hopes his "worldly movie" will be "used by God" as a "stepping stone" to making his own divinely sanctioned "End Times" picture. Billy loses his fundamentalist faith, his film career, his family and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Allegory of a fundamentalist
- De Athena en 10-21-16
- And God Said, Billy!
- A Novel
- De: Frank Schaeffer
- Narrado por: Frank Schaeffer
Stop the carousel and let me off
Revisado: 04-20-15
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
It was no where near 4 or 5 stars. The first 15 minutes were funny. I get the point about fundamentalist Christianity but it was the same thing over and over and over.
Would you ever listen to anything by Frank Schaeffer again?
Yes, Frank Schaeffer's non-fiction is much better than this work of fiction. His true story is much more interesting.
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Here If You Need Me
- De: Kate Braestrup
- Narrado por: Kate Braestrup
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 199
When the oldest of Kate Braestrup's four children was 10 years old, her husband, a Maine state trooper, was killed in a car accident. Stunned and grieving, she decided to pursue her husband's dream of becoming a Unitarian minister. She eventually began working with the Maine Game Warden Service, which conducts the state's search-and-rescue operations when people go missing in the wilderness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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True Grit and Tenderness
- De Debra en 10-14-07
- Here If You Need Me
- De: Kate Braestrup
- Narrado por: Kate Braestrup
As a chaplain, I resonate with this book
Revisado: 01-01-14
What did you love best about Here If You Need Me?
Her honesty and authentic care for those she serves and her humor
Who was your favorite character and why?
Kate herself
Have you listened to any of Kate Braestrup’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the unflenching expression of love by her children after a fire accident. It's all about love.
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The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God
- De: Steve McSwain
- Narrado por: Tim Paulson
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 38
Never before has this country indeed this world faced such a need for a book that unites people, a book that reassures those disillusioned by faith that they can navigate their way back to God and even experience a profound spiritual awakening. For author and entrepreneur Steve McSwain, such an epiphany transformed his life. In The Enoch Factor, readers discover a kindred spirit in an author who understands how religion can subvert a spiritual life. His story will help them navigate their own spiritual journeys.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Another Slick Talker!
- De Maryellen en 12-16-14
- The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God
- De: Steve McSwain
- Narrado por: Tim Paulson
Great Book Needing a Different Title
Revisado: 01-01-14
I connected with this book on so many levels but I would never have picked it up without prodding from a friend because of the title. Enoch is a hidden figure most have never heard of and the book isn’t about Enoch. That said, I have invited others to read it. It is a healing balm for many who have journeyed out of narrow views of religious faith to a more inclusive view of the world. As the Dali Lama said, “When there is peace among religions there will be peace in the world.” McSwain points us in that direction.
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