Eileen Clark-Nagaoka
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The Usual Desire to Kill
- A Novel
- De: Camilla Barnes
- Narrado por: Harriet Walter
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
Miranda’s parents live in a dilapidated house in rural France that they share with two llamas, eight ducks, five chickens, two cats, and a freezer full of food dating back to 1983. This wry, propulsive story about a singularly eccentric family and the sibling rivalry, generational divides, and long-buried secrets that shape them, is a glorious debut novel from a seasoned playwright with immense empathy and a flair for dialogue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, subtle humor and heartbreaking family dynamics.
- De Eileen Clark-Nagaoka en 04-23-25
- The Usual Desire to Kill
- A Novel
- De: Camilla Barnes
- Narrado por: Harriet Walter
Excellent, subtle humor and heartbreaking family dynamics.
Revisado: 04-23-25
Camilla Barnes created such a beautifully layered, comic and heartbreaking family portrait in this novel.
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The Covenant of Water
- De: Abraham Verghese
- Narrado por: Abraham Verghese
- Duración: 31 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,995
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,739
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,727
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story Telling At Its Best
- De Regina en 05-06-23
- The Covenant of Water
- De: Abraham Verghese
- Narrado por: Abraham Verghese
Robust Indian Family Saga
Revisado: 05-27-24
The various interwoven stories and characters within this saga are compelling, detailed and rich. I cared about all the characters and learned so much about rural life in Kerala. The passages that describe medical procedures were fascinating. I also enjoyed the humor sprinkled artfully throughout the novel.
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The Secret Place
- A Novel
- De: Tana French
- Narrado por: Stephen Hogan, Lara Hutchinson
- Duración: 20 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5,871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,258
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,244
A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when 16-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I know who killed him". Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case - beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. The private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well...I really liked 50% of it
- De Pamela Donaldson en 09-11-14
- The Secret Place
- A Novel
- De: Tana French
- Narrado por: Stephen Hogan, Lara Hutchinson
Captivating boarding school mystery with annoying teen girls
Revisado: 04-14-24
The various possibilities of culprits and the interaction between the detectives kept this mystery engaging but the chapters following the teen students felt long and tedious.
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Doerr
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,072
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,992
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,958
Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of 2021, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Academic Snobbery
- De TVR en 10-03-21
- Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Doerr
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
A fantastic tribute to the power of books
Revisado: 03-22-24
This book is an intricately imagined intertwining of narratives that bridge thousands of years and multiple points of view. Its craft and construction are fascinating.
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The Book of Form and Emptiness
- A Novel
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Kerry Shale, Ruth Ozeki
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 886
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 780
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 779
One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house—a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good narrator, terrible voices
- De Geonn Cannon en 09-23-21
- The Book of Form and Emptiness
- A Novel
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Kerry Shale, Ruth Ozeki
A kind insight into mental illness
Revisado: 11-22-23
Well-crafted story. The portrayal of mental illness is romanticized somewhat, but it’s refreshing to see it shown in a more positive light.
The actor was great with the male voices, but the cloying voice used for the mother’s character was irritating and condescending.
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David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
- Duración: 36 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,764
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,179
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,137
Between his work on the 2014 Audible Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel, and his performance of Classic Love Poems, narrator Richard Armitage ( The Hobbit, Hannibal) has quickly become a listener favorite. Now, in this defining performance of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield, Armitage lends his unique voice and interpretation, truly inhabiting each character and bringing real energy to the life of one of Dickens' most famous characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A PERFECT narration of an English classic!
- De Wayne en 09-03-17
- David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Richard Armitage
Excellent narration!
Revisado: 11-14-23
Dickens is truly a genius and Armitage acts out the narrative so artfully and exactly. The narration makes the arcane language come alive.
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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9,082
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,912
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,868
The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full Account of the Sackler Conspiracy
- De Edward Bisch en 04-13-21
- Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Patrick Radden Keefe
Chronicle of the Sackler family is engrossing from beginning to end
Revisado: 01-14-23
Patrick Radden Keef turns this complex story about the Sackler’s and the genesis of
OxyContin and opioid epidemic into a page-turner. I listened for hours at a time while walking, driving or doing house work. Truly a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
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White Tears
- A Novel
- De: Hari Kunzru
- Narrado por: Lincoln Hoppe, Danny Campbell, Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 190
Two 20-something New Yorkers. Seth is awkward and shy. Carter is the glamorous heir to one of America's great fortunes. They have one thing in common: an obsession with music. Seth is desperate to reach for the future. Carter is slipping back into the past. When Seth accidentally records an unknown singer in a park, Carter sends it out over the Internet, claiming it's a long lost 1920s blues recording by a musician called Charlie Shaw.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How the Blues Got There, Captain Jack
- De W Perry Hall en 06-02-17
- White Tears
- A Novel
- De: Hari Kunzru
- Narrado por: Lincoln Hoppe, Danny Campbell, Dominic Hoffman
A little hard to follow
Revisado: 07-27-19
Hard to follow on audio. Changing narrators (in the story) made me want to be able to see the transitions in print in order to reread.
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The Mastermind
- Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
- De: Evan Ratliff
- Narrado por: Evan Ratliff
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,522
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,320
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,325
The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux - the creator of a frighteningly powerful internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Being too reliant on consensus backfires occasiona
- De El Alamein en 07-17-19
- The Mastermind
- Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
- De: Evan Ratliff
- Narrado por: Evan Ratliff
Incredible , true, story
Revisado: 04-07-19
I learned about this book through the podcast “Longform” and I’m so glad I looked into it. This is an amazing story about a brilliant criminal and his international enterprises. I would often listen to it while in bed, trying to get to sleep which I often couldn’t do because of the dramatic twists and turns of the narrative.
My only complaint is that the narrator sometimes spoke too quickly. I frequently had to repeat segments. But perhaps I was distracted (or more sleepy than I realized).
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