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The Night Listener
- De: Armistead Maupin
- Narrado por: Armistead Maupin
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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This unprecedented audio project is as thought-provoking as it is mesmeric. The Night Listener is a meditation on the power of voices and the faith we place in them, and an extraordinary audio experience from an American literary icon.
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Wheels within wheels
- De Naomi en 07-06-03
- The Night Listener
- De: Armistead Maupin
- Narrado por: Armistead Maupin
Good storytelling with a twist 
Revisado: 10-15-24
First time reader of Armistead Maupin  although I must admit, I read the book because I had just finished a Robin Williams biography, and this was one of the movies that he performed in the night listener. Maupin is an excellent wordsmith and good with a turn of a phrase. Another confession is, it is my first novel by an openly gay writer, and it was interesting to see their perspective of relationships and the like.  it was a bit of an eye-opener, although I am neutral about gay people in general not really knowing that many of them.  the story is an interesting premise, a woman/guardian/mom, potentially portraying an abused adolescent. We never truly know what happens even at the end.  also of all the books I looked at that Robin Williams turned into movies this particular one has characters from South Carolina, where I also happen to live.  probably couldn’t do that again if I tried.  a worthwhile read with an unusual plot line. 
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The Idea of You
- De: Robinne Lee
- Narrado por: Robinne Lee
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles, is reluctant to take her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band. But since her divorce, she's more eager than ever to be close to Isabelle. The last thing Solène expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things. What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate relationship.
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Fantasy meets Reality
- De Renee en 08-08-18
- The Idea of You
- De: Robinne Lee
- Narrado por: Robinne Lee
The story, telling for someone who is not necessarily known as an author, she did a wonderfully outstanding job 
Revisado: 03-18-24
I can’t believe after listening to this book that Robin Lee is not an author by trade. She is nothing short of magnificent. Great  original story great imagination. Wonderfully fleshed out characters Great narration.  don’t miss it. 
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The World According to Garp
- A Novel
- De: John Irving
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews, John Irving
- Duración: 20 h y 54 m
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The opening sentence of John Irving's breakout novel, The World According to Garp, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. "Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater." Jenny is an unmarried nurse; she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing.
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Didn't get past intro
- De Gordon en 01-19-19
- The World According to Garp
- A Novel
- De: John Irving
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews, John Irving
Detail? Irving provides it
Revisado: 01-30-24
Great story. Irving at times seems a little to focused on sex. It runs in his novels at least the three I have read. This one, Cider House Rules, Prayer for Owen Meany. Still the guy is a fascinating read
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
- De: John Irving
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 27 h y 19 m
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Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended. In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys – best friends – are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary and terrifying.
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Outstanding
- De Alan en 03-28-11
- A Prayer for Owen Meany
- De: John Irving
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Great story great narrative
Revisado: 01-10-24
Excellent story telling interesting premise. Will hold your attention to the very end which —-spoiler alert—-might not turn out exactly like you thought it would 
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The Quiet American
- De: Graham Greene
- Narrado por: Joseph Porter
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh, while his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on.
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Terrible narrator nearly derails Greene novel.
- De Richard en 07-12-12
- The Quiet American
- De: Graham Greene
- Narrado por: Joseph Porter
Vietnam before the United States
Revisado: 10-25-23
Written 5 to 7 years before the United States became involved in Vietnam. Mostly entertaining but you have to wade through the characters, extracurricular activities, women and booze to get just a snippet of the authors true intention. Written through the eyes of a British reporter, who has an obvious biased against the United States. This book revolves around a Vietnamese woman whose affections are sought after throughout the entire book. In that regard, it’s a little disappointing. I really thought there would be more to it than sex and booze and smoking opium. The only point in the story where the author forms an opinion is basically when he says the Vietnamese just want to be left alone. It does make one question why we were there in the first place because most of the characters that you run into are just every day plain Janes and ordinary Joe’s. communism, and taking over the world is the last thing on their minds. It’s sad to think that nearly 60,000 Americans lost their lives after the locals got pissed off. What has war ever accomplished?
Joe Lilley
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Scattershot
- Life, Music, Elton, and Me
- De: Bernie Taupin
- Narrado por: John Lee, Bernie Taupin
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even John's own autobiography, Me. But Taupin, a private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.
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Not Boring, A Relaxing Listen
- De jipickin en 09-14-23
- Scattershot
- Life, Music, Elton, and Me
- De: Bernie Taupin
- Narrado por: John Lee, Bernie Taupin
Tough to top Taupin
Revisado: 10-18-23
Scattershot it’s a great title for this book because that’s basically what it ends up being a scatter shot look at Bernie Toppen’s life and career. The beginning of this book is a fascinating trip through the eyes of Toppin into the world of rock ‘n’ roll middle 60s to early 70s in a number of locals around the world. He names, names, places events with spellbounding clarity. The book is a high arc, beginning, middle, and towards the end of his career. Bernie touches on everything that is meaningful to him. Kind of surprisingly Elton John is not the focal point which is fine. He also doesn’t get mired into trauma of relationships for the most part. I believe he was married four times. Most of the relationship type stuff is fun exciting adventurous, and at times hysterically funny especially the part about Dusty Springfield riding in the back of the limo. spoiler alert. I’ll leave it at that. Towards the end, the book bogs down just a little bit as Bernie his prime songwriting days behind him, begins to dabble in sports like horse, cutting that most of us either don’t know anything about or could never afford. Ditto his expensive foray into painting and sculpturing. It’s the only part of the book that you can look at and say yeah this is what a rich guy would do with a ton of money.
But for entertainment value especially the first half of the book it is definitely worth a read. Joe Lilley.
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You'd Be Home Now
- De: Kathleen Glasgow
- Narrado por: Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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For all of Emory's life she's been told who she is. In town she's the rich one—the great-great-granddaughter of the mill's founder. At school she's hot Maddie Ward's younger sister. And at home, she's the good one, her stoner older brother Joey's babysitter. Everything was turned on its head, though, when she and Joey were in the car accident that killed Candy MontClaire. The car accident that revealed just how bad Joey's drug habit was.
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Another MUST READ By Kathleen Glasgow
- De Pippy13 en 12-17-21
- You'd Be Home Now
- De: Kathleen Glasgow
- Narrado por: Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow
Carefully crafted by someone who has been there
Revisado: 09-03-23
This book was recommended to me by my daughter through a friend of hers. It is without question one of the most truthful books you will read about addiction, and unless you did a little spoiler alert review of the author, you don’t find out until the book is over that she is a recovering drug addict herself. Kathleen Glasgow tells the story in a smooth even pace no overwrought drama. It is seen through the eyes of the addict Joeys younger sister, Emmy, and her struggles to help save her 17-year-old brother. We see Joey emerge from a halfway house, walk the straight and narrow if a little wobbly until finally feeling the gravitational pull of his former addict friends and falling right back into addiction. Through it all his sister remains loyal, even when she has to lie for her brother and even steal for him just to try to get him back after he disappears with his addict friends. Despite his addiction Joey is fortunate. His parents are well off. dad’s a doctor. Mom is a lawyer. I’m not really sure why the author chose to make his parents well off. It would be interesting to find out what her addiction circumstances were. It only matters in the context that his parents are able to send him to a rehab place on the other side of the country from where they live. (In her post book notes The author mentions that addicts can be basically your every man type individual which would lead one to believe that they can come from your basic, every man background). From the context of the book one has to believe that Joeys parents were kind of hands off, caregivers. It is only after Joey disappears that they suddenly feel guilty about things, and are very liberal with cash, groceries, and the necessities of life for addicts that they meet in the dark corners of the town that they live as they search for their wayward son. it leaves one wondering what would’ve happened if they had paid closer attention to their son. maybe he would not have had the addiction problem at all. it’s refreshing to read something written by a female writer that doesn’t deal with petty jealousy and romance and tit for tat nonsense. Too often female writers seem to have some kind of ax to grind no matter what their subject matter. I am so impressed by Ms Glasgow‘s work that I actually can’t wait to read something else from her collection. My hope is that no matter what the subject matter is, she will write as honestly an forthrightly as she did in this novel. Don’t miss this one in the mean time.
Joe Lilley
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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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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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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
Be patient it takes a while to get rolling
Revisado: 08-17-23
For a first effort by someone the same age as myself, I must say well done. For all the positive reviews and the heavy weights that weighed in plus the TV deal, I thought the book spun its wheels quite a bit at the beginning before gaining traction. Period books are difficult to write. This is one no exception. the modern writer trying to write about something that happened 50 years ago in this case when they themselves were a child have its own unique set of problems. Mostly, though it is with the wording and phrasing and this book is no exception. there were too many to count. I had them written down and lost the paperwork that it was on where she uses modern age phrasing that just did not exist in the time frame in which this book was written. I even found myself looking up things like Tupperware. Yes, it was invented actually before this book was written, which I did not know. Then there was the Jack LaLanne reference, which the reader continued to miss, pronounce as Lalonde. Am I splitting hairs? maybe. I know I’m going to get myself in trouble here, but female writers seem to have an ax to grind whether it’s in romance novels (in the words of the late great songwriter, John Prine ‘stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood’) in this case the miss treatment of women in the workplace. having never been a female, I guess it’s impossible for me to see this particular point. There was a fair amount of ax grinding going on here. The author should know that she got her point across and hopefully her ax is now ground to a fine brilliance. Now to the book. the main characters husband dies, but we never really are told what exactly killed him. was he hit by a car? was he shot? Unless I’m not remembering correctly. we are never told the cause of death something I find kind of odd, especially for the main characters significant other. The dog 6:30 was also an odd character. This is I’m sure why Stephen King got his name in as a reviewer. He’s probably mad that he didn’t think of it himself. The dogs ability to just about commune with the dead laying on Calvin’s grave to transmit what is happening in the world of the living along with being able to understand over 900 words it’s a little bit of a stretch but for entertainment value a very original concept. Thought the character of Harriet was added pretty late in the book. I don’t know whether the author felt like she needed to flesh things out or was she just looking for someone to keep an eye on her child when she was away from home. Speaking of the child, Madeline or Mad as she is referred to is another quirky turn that I must applaud the author for. The fact that the nurse in the delivery room was so unhappy with the Elizabeth’s behavior during childbirth that instead of writing the child’s name down as Madeline she put it down as ‘Mad’. . The author does a pretty good job at the end of tying things together, including bringing Calvins birth mother into the fray. There were a couple of things that were just a little too coincidental though Madeline into the minister at the library who happened to be friends with Calvin when he was at the boys home? that’s a little bit of a stretch. Calvin’s birth mother, having the opportunity to see Calvin and passing on it? I can’t imagine that happening after what she went through being told that her son had been born stillborn, and that the body had already been disposed of. Still overall a great job by a first time novelist. The interview at the end was a nice added bonus (spoiler alert the author gives us the inside scoop as to how the dog character, including its name, came about) even if the interviewer Pandora (?) whoever she is will never be confused with being Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters when it comes to interview skills. Pandora reminds me of the over the top TV reporter in the movie princess diaries the only thing missing is that nonsense about. ‘Hope your day is sunny side up’. Please spare me the fake exuberance.
Joe Lilley
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- De: Phil Knight
- Narrado por: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
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Just read it. (or listen, whatever)
- De Dan D en 07-07-16
- Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- De: Phil Knight
- Narrado por: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
Even the Rich and famous come from humble beginnings
Revisado: 06-13-23
Great story. the biggest take away is don’t ever give up. If what you really want is to become a self-made millionaire you’re going to need help in the form of an IPO. Knight owned this business for nearly 10 years before he could ever pay himself a regular salary. He was truly never successful until he went public. I am a small business owner for 30 years. I never went public I guess what’s why I still work seven days a week. The story is a little long-winded, but it does tell the story of if at first you don’t succeed try try again.
It’s not until the last 45 minutes or so of the book that we meet Phil Knight, the multi billionaire. I guess we will forgive him at that point his rich guy trappings because they are there. His oldest son dies in a freak scuba diving accident. Knight and his oldest son were never close and unfortunately, this is a tale too often told of the successful. something has to give, and it was probably his family life because he doesn’t talk about it very much at all. He mentions all the celebrities that mourn the death of his son which is fine, but there is some all encompassing ‘I never want to hear anything bad said about Tiger Woods in my presence’ type quotes. That’s fine fine Phil but Tiger is no saint. very talented. wore you companies shoes. they didn’t make him great, but I wouldn’t select him as a role model. These guys are commodities just like your product. As far as overseas wages and the story about the foreign government coming to you saying that shoe manufacturer employees couldn’t make as much as a doctor. I say BS on that. If you have the capability to lift all boats, it means all boats the opinion of foreign governments be damned. Your product although very popular is still basically a shoe if you to charge $250 for it but it cost you a nickel to make because of cheap foreign labor that is a rip off sir. You need to spread some of that wealth around. Knight mentions the $100 million that he gives away annually. While commendable let’s be honest that figure is a spit in a very big ocean.
Joe Lilley
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Eat to Live
- The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
- De: Joel Fuhrman M.D.
- Narrado por: Joel Fuhrman
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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When Mehmet Oz has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, he calls on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off.
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The facts of what's healthy, and what's killing us
- De Joseph en 07-02-10
- Eat to Live
- The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
- De: Joel Fuhrman M.D.
- Narrado por: Joel Fuhrman
Enlightening to say the least
Revisado: 04-20-23
This book was recommended to me by optometrist during a routine exam. I owe that guy a debt of gratitude. during the five or so days but it took me to complete this audiobook I have already implemented some of Dr. Ferman‘s recommendations and seen immediate results. Unbelievable. Although not a fat individual I still managed to lose 50 pounds on a keto diet two years ago Dr. Fuhrman in this book written in 2010 or whatever it was published does not mention keto as it had not become the fad of recent years. I have been able to keep my weight off by just eating more sensibly this book builds upon those sensibilities most notably in the area of disease fighting. Since keto is a high protein diet I will need to make the adjustment to follow Dr. Fuhrman’s recommendations to the letter. this remains to be seen but I know that if I could do it and have success with keto, I should be able to follow Dr. Fuhrman’s recommendations in this book as well. as he correctly states on numerous occasions your health and well-being and longevity are at stake. I would say this is or should be a big motivator. I highly recommend it.
Joe Lilley
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