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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
- My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
- De: Lucette Lagnado
- Narrado por: Joyce Bean
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado recreates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Touching Memoir of a Jewish Family in Egypt
- De Brustar en 06-10-20
- The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
- My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
- De: Lucette Lagnado
- Narrado por: Joyce Bean
Painful pronunciation of French words
Revisado: 11-16-22
I really like the reader but,(and this is huge), someone should have told her how to pronounce the French words!!! There is quite a bit of French in this story and she has had no experience on how to pronounce any of the words! It took me out of the story in a jarring manner. It would have been an easy fix and I'm surprised that whoever proof-listens to the book, didn't notice this?
Story is great but the reading was a real problem for me.
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The House Guest
- De: Mark Edwards
- Narrado por: Will M. Watt, Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,920
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,914
When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered the chance to spend the summer housesitting in New York, they can’t say no. Young, in love and on the cusp of professional success, they feel as if luck is finally on their side. So the moment that Eden turns up on the doorstep, drenched from a summer storm, it seems only right to share a bit of that good fortune. Beautiful and charismatic, Eden claims to be a friend of the homeowners, who told her she could stay whenever she was in New York. They know you’re not supposed to talk to strangers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved the book and narration
- De Amazon Customer en 06-07-20
- The House Guest
- De: Mark Edwards
- Narrado por: Will M. Watt, Stina Nielsen
Can't figure out why this is so popular?
Revisado: 12-18-20
So formulaic, predictable. Reminds me of tv shows where everything wraps up neatly. Every character stays in his/her lane and you know that all will end well for the protagonist . A big nothing from my point of view, don't bother reading this.
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Hidden Bodies
- (A You Novel)
- De: Caroline Kepnes
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,707
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,801
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,772
Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past 10 years, this 30-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he's heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him. In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can't stop looking over his shoulder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want Caroline Kepnes for my new best friend!
- De Hihosilver en 02-28-16
- Hidden Bodies
- (A You Novel)
- De: Caroline Kepnes
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
Bitter, party of one.
Revisado: 01-23-17
What would have made Hidden Bodies better?
Not such a bitter misogynistic viewpoint!
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Santino Fontana?
Someone who didn't read in such a dramatic clipped delivery.
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We Survived... At Last I Speak
- De: Leon Malmed
- Narrado por: Leon Malmed
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
This is Leon Malmed's true story of his and his sister Rachel's escape from the Holocaust in Occupied France. When their father and mother were arrested in 1942, their French neighbors agreed to watch their children until they returned. Leon's parents were taken first to Drancy, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and they never returned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tragic story of separating children from parents
- De Brenda en 09-23-19
- We Survived... At Last I Speak
- De: Leon Malmed
- Narrado por: Leon Malmed
Poorly produced but great story
Revisado: 06-10-15
What made the experience of listening to We Survived... At Last I Speak the most enjoyable?
Fascinating story told by author
Any additional comments?
Very amateur production. Many edits where a word or two got added or spliced in. Not up to the standard of most audible books. Frustrating and distracting.
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- De: Hans Massaquoi
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 136
What would life be like for a Black boy growing up in Nazi Germany? This unprecedented autobiography answers that question with the spellbinding true story of Hans J. Massaquoi’s life in Hamburg during the height of Hitler’s regime. Hans is the son of a Black Liberian diplomat father and a white German mother. His father returns to Africa at the beginning of the war, leaving them behind in poverty without the means to flee. Within this tense atmosphere, increasingly violent Nazi policies and Allied bombing raids make Hans and his mother’s lives a day-to-day survival struggle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An important story, marred by lackluster writing.
- De Christopher en 03-04-15
- Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- De: Hans Massaquoi
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
One of the most amazing books I've ever read!!
Revisado: 06-29-13
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This is one of the most incredible stories I've ever heard! Such a different perspective than most WW II memoirs. I couldn't put it down! A must listen for anyone, really!
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Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
- De: Madhur Jaffrey
- Narrado por: Sumeet Bharati
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 32
Madhur (meaning sweet as honey) Jaffrey grew up in a large family compound by the Yamuna River in Delhi where her grandfather often presided over dinners with forty or more members of his extended family savoring together the wonderfully flavorful dishes that were forever imprinted on Madhur's palate.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Scrumptious!
- De Anonymous User en 02-20-14
Great story - Poor Sound Recording!
Revisado: 05-07-12
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The poor sound of the recording. Way too low and muffled sounding.
What did you like best about this story?
the story itself
Would you be willing to try another one of Sumeet Bharati’s performances?
Only if it was recorded better.
Was Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India worth the listening time?
yes
Any additional comments?
I've never been moved to write about a poor recording before!
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