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The Family Frying Pan
- De: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrado por: Melissa Eccleston, Humphrey Bower
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 175
Mrs. Moses is a small woman with a big heart and enormous courage. The only survivor of a Cossack raid on her village, she takes with her a big cast-iron frying pan, so heavy that she can only sling it over her back. Yet this is no ordinary frying pan, it's The Family Frying Pan, blessed with a Russian soul.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bad Narrator Decision!
- De Johnnie Walker en 04-29-10
- The Family Frying Pan
- De: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrado por: Melissa Eccleston, Humphrey Bower
Fakey Russian accent
Revisado: 09-07-14
What would have made The Family Frying Pan better?
Different narrator
What was most disappointing about Bryce Courtenay’s story?
Female narrator was so bad that I could not listen to the story. And I am usually a huge Courtenay fan.
What didn’t you like about Melissa Eccleston and Humphrey Bower ’s performance?
Melissa: everything
Humphrey Bower: great as usual
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The Winter Palace
- A Novel of Catherine the Great
- De: Eva Stachniak
- Narrado por: Beata Pozniak
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 213
Her name is Barbara - in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will be educated in skills from lock picking to lovemaking, learning above all else to listen, and wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine the Great.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a bodice ripper!
- De Cookie en 01-13-12
- The Winter Palace
- A Novel of Catherine the Great
- De: Eva Stachniak
- Narrado por: Beata Pozniak
Don't waste your money
Revisado: 04-06-12
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Beata Pozniak?
Anyone!
Any additional comments?
The performance was so poor that, despite several tries, I was not able to get past the first section.
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New England White
- A Novel
- De: Stephen L. Carter
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 22 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
In the New England university town of Elm Harbor, a murder begins to crack the veneer that has hidden the racial complications of the town's past, the secrets of a prominent family, and the most hidden bastions of African-American political influence. At the center is Lemaster Carlyle, the university president, and his wife, Julia Carlyle, a deputy dean at the divinity school - African Americans living in "the heart of whiteness".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Uninspiring
- De Tom Ross en 09-24-08
- New England White
- A Novel
- De: Stephen L. Carter
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
Believe what you read!
Revisado: 08-11-07
"What critics say" and the Publisher's summary are apt descriptions of this novel. Many chores were not accomplished because I was engrossed in this well-written and well-read audiobook. Can't wait to read Emperor of Ocean Park!
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The Interpretation of Murder
- A Novel
- De: Jed Rubenfeld
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 60
The Interpretation of Murder opens on a hot summer night in 1909 as Sigmund Freud arrives in New York. Among those waiting to greet him is Dr. Stratham Younger, a gifted physician who is one of Freud's most ardent American supporters. And so begins the visit that will be the great genius' first and only journey to America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Voyerurism in the guise of history
- De Helen W. Karl en 10-24-06
- The Interpretation of Murder
- A Novel
- De: Jed Rubenfeld
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
Voyerurism in the guise of history
Revisado: 10-24-06
I did not like this book after listening for 30 minutes because I thought it was poorly written and banal. I found the reader's overly dramatic reading and silly accents irritating. The review I wrote at that time was returned unpublished because the Audible editor thought (fair enough) that I had not listened to enough of the book. I wish I had stopped there. The author's evident relish in the prurient details of childhood sexual abuse leaves me sickened.
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The Thirteenth Tale
- A Novel
- De: Diane Setterfield
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato, Jill Tanner
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,456
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,787
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,799
All children mythologize their birth... So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale. The enigmatic Winter has always kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she summons a biographer to tell the truth about her extraordinary life: Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth remains an ever-present pain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply Amazing Story--2 missing chapters
- De JE en 01-28-10
- The Thirteenth Tale
- A Novel
- De: Diane Setterfield
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato, Jill Tanner
I stayed up far too late
Revisado: 10-10-06
listening to the rich prose and compelling narrative in this outstanding debut novel. The author must be a voluminous reader. She and her characters share those delights with us. Her use of similes is particularly deft.
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Rise and Shine
- De: Anna Quindlen
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 138
It's Monday morning when Meghan Fitzmaurice blows her perfect life to bits. The host of Rise and Shine, the country's highest-rated morning talk show, Meghan cuts to a commercial break, but not before she mutters two forbidden words into her open mike. It's the end of an era, not only for Meghan, a household face who is not equipped to deal with disgrace, but for her younger sister Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx who has always lived in Meghan's long shadow.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not her best
- De Yorkshire Exile en 11-12-06
- Rise and Shine
- De: Anna Quindlen
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
A real treat!
Revisado: 09-14-06
Beaautifully written; beautifully narrated. Don't miss it.
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The Forest Lover
- De: Susan Vreeland
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
It was Emily Carr (1871-1945), not Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo, who first blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of late Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art. Her boldly original landscapes are praised today for capturing an untamed British Columbia, and its indigenous peoples, just before industrialization would change it forever. In this novel, Susan Vreeland brings to life this fiercely independent and underappreciated figure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trite and poorly read
- De Helen W. Karl en 05-19-05
- The Forest Lover
- De: Susan Vreeland
- Narrado por: Karen White
Trite and poorly read
Revisado: 05-19-05
Ms Vreeland has found just about every cliche about women, artists, and Native Americans and repeated them relentlessly throughout this novel. It is read with great emphasis and excrable accents (the phony French is particularly painful). Save your money and your time; listen to one of the wonderful books at Audible!
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The Taking
- A Novel
- De: Dean Koontz
- Narrado por: Ari Meyers
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,050
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,495
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,504
On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Neil Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong.
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2 out of 5 stars
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And the point was...?
- De Jaimie en 05-26-04
- The Taking
- A Novel
- De: Dean Koontz
- Narrado por: Ari Meyers
The WORST!!!
Revisado: 06-23-04
I usually like Dean Koontz's books-engaging characters, quirky plots, etc. In contrast, characters in The Taking are flat, pseudo-spiritual caricatures; lists of unimaginative creepy stuff masquerade as plot. The ending is completely predictable, and the route thereto is lined with spiritual pablum. I kept waiting for it to get better, but that never happened. Save your money and read ANYTHING else.
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