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Lolita
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,478
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,658
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,594
Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absolutely Gorgeous Audible Experience
- De Jim en 10-26-05
- Lolita
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons
It doesn't get better than this
Revisado: 10-28-07
Jeremy Irons, Vladimir Nabokov, and darling Lo--how can you go wrong? Listen, concentrate, imagine, enjoy.
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Charles Dickens
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Of Charles Dickens, Jane Smiley says that "his novels shaped his life as much as his life shaped his novels". Smiley's Charles Dickens is at once a sensitive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life. Smiley evokes Dickens as he might have seemed to his contemporaries: convivial, astute, boundlessly energetic, and lionized.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book, deserves 6 stars, not 5
- De D. Littman en 12-09-04
- Charles Dickens
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
A writer examined by a writer
Revisado: 10-28-07
A fascinating look at the life of Charles Dickens from another writer who asks: How did he create his career? How did he choose what to work on?
According to the reviews, this biography is shorter than others, which makes it perfect for an audiobook. It is just right for a trip from Oakland to San Diego, or a few weeks' commuting, and you come away with deep insight into a fun and famous author.
'Most everything I've read by Jane Smiley I have loved, and this is among her better books.
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Shalimar the Clown
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Aasif Mandvi
- Duración: 18 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 575
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 241
When Maximilian Ophuls is murdered outside his daughter's home by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, it appears to be a political killing. Ophuls is the former U.S. ambassador to India and America's leading figure in counter-terrorism. But there is much more to Ophuls and his assassin, a mysterious man calling himself "Shalimar the Clown", than meets the eye. One woman is at the center of their shared history, a history of betrayal and deception.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible
- De Barry en 12-07-05
- Shalimar the Clown
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Aasif Mandvi
Wonderfully presented
Revisado: 10-28-07
The narrator is perfect. Great rhythm, deep knowledge of the words in their context, for a very powerful book. This is one of the books that is better heard than read, because of the large number of unusual and foreign words
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The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- De: Lawrence Wright
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,610
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,738
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,730
This is a sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans, and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a hair short of objective
- De Teresa A. Hayes en 11-17-06
- The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- De: Lawrence Wright
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
Not promising
Revisado: 10-28-07
My wife and I put this on at the beginning of a long trip, and could only get thru the introduction. The writing was very repetitious, and felt like he had sat in front of his typewriter (computer) and just bashed out words until he met his quota.
The New York Times lists this as one of the best books of 2006, but after listening to the introduction, we couldn't find the energy to find out.
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