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Dream State
- A Novel
- De: Eric Puchner
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 233
Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws’ beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a medical student with a brilliant future. Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate, though Cece can’t imagine anyone less appropriate for the task; Garrett doesn’t believe in love, much less marriage. But as she spends time with Garrett, and his gruff mask slips, her long-held expectations for her life with Charlie begin to crumble, her feelings for Garrett—haunted by a tragic event from his past—become impossible to bury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Enthralling Listen
- De Regina en 02-20-25
- Dream State
- A Novel
- De: Eric Puchner
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
A superb span of place and characters
Revisado: 03-21-25
This book traverses marriages, children, careers and growing old set against the radiant landscape of Montana The story begins with a wedding upheaval which changes the path of the bride and groom, their families and friends through the rest of their lives. The author captures the transformations of the characters and the land with poignant illumination. The narrator is excellent.
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Lotus Girl
- My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
- De: Helen Tworkov
- Narrado por: Helen Tworkov
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the heady climate of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism; yet from an early age, she questioned the value of Western cultural norms. At the age of twenty-two, she set off for Japan, then traveled through Cambodia, India, and eventually to Tibetan refugee camps in Nepal. Set against the arresting cultural backdrop of the sixties and their legacy, this intimate self-portrait depicts Tworkov's search for a true home but also into the ways each of us can better understand and transform ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- De Elina en 05-25-24
- Lotus Girl
- My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
- De: Helen Tworkov
- Narrado por: Helen Tworkov
Superb journey of the author's path to Buddhism
Revisado: 01-26-25
The author narrated the book about her relationship to Buddhism through the story of early childhood to publishing Tricycle magazines, shining lights on people who were involved with the burgeoning movement. I loved the history of the Buddhist movement in America, and the author's personal stories about her connection to the teachers and friends who were pivotal in opening the door to this path.
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The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Joe Morton
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,973
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,329
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,245
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her - but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We Must Always Remember
- De Cammie en 09-28-19
- The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Joe Morton
Fantastic book
Revisado: 12-19-24
I was swept away listening to this emotional book. Swept to a terrible time in our country's history of owning people. The story is rich with characters charting a way to freedom through the Underground Railroad and using an ancestral magic water passage. The narrator was outstanding, speaking the men and women's characters with superb discerning voices.
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What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
- A Flavia de Luce Novel
- De: Alan Bradley
- Narrado por: Jayne Entwistle
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 331
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 310
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 310
Flavia de Luce has taken on the mentorship of her odious moon-faced cousin Undine, who has come to live at Buckshaw following the death of her mother. Undine’s main talent, aside from cultivating disgusting habits, seems to be raising Flavia’s hackles, although in her best moments she shows potential for trespassing, trickery, and other assorted mayhem. When Major Greyleigh, a local recluse and former hangman, is found dead after a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family’s longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Flavia and Dogger lovers will enjoy
- De Michigan Senior Citizen en 10-04-24
- What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
- A Flavia de Luce Novel
- De: Alan Bradley
- Narrado por: Jayne Entwistle
Quirky crime solver
Revisado: 10-06-24
I was happy to see this book on Audible. I love this series by Alan Bradley. Glad he's continuing to write about this precocious young sleuth solving murders with her chemistry prowess. Delightfull. The narrator is superb.
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
- A Novel
- De: Helen Simonson
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Helen Simonson
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
It is the summer of 1919, and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the men have returned from the front, she has been asked to give up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped run during the war. While she looks for a position as a bookkeeper or—horror—a governess, she’s sent as a lady’s companion to an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel. Despite having only weeks to find a permanent home, Constance is swept up in the social whirl of Hazelbourne-on-Sea after she rescues the local baronet’s daughter, Poppy Wirrall, from a social faux pas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging at every step
- De Starr en 10-21-24
- The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
- A Novel
- De: Helen Simonson
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Helen Simonson
Escapist reading at it's best
Revisado: 09-04-24
A superb book about residents in a seaside town in England following WWI. The story is dazzling in conveying the social and cultural norms of the times before women's equal standing in the country through the lens of some swashbuckling women operating a motorcycle taxi service. There are many subplots with both conformists and nonconformists adapting to changing times in the early 20th century. The narrator is excellent, able to voice discerning characters uniquely. I didn't want this book to read.
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Last Bus to Wisdom
- A Novel
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
- Duración: 15 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,797
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,473
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,465
The final novel from a great American storyteller. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an 11-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for "female trouble" in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a lovely final book.
- De B.J. en 02-26-16
- Last Bus to Wisdom
- A Novel
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
A special special book!
Revisado: 04-08-18
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Ivan Doig was a wonderful American writer. This lovely tale of a young boy experiencing an extraordinary summer was Doig's last book before he recently died. David Aaron Baker should win an award for this book's narration. The voices he put to the characters were suberb. I was very sad when this book ended but thankfully there are a lot of other books that Doig left us to savor and relish.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 17 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45,974
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41,595
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41,425
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- De Cathy Lindhorst en 08-27-17
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
My new favorite author
Revisado: 03-19-17
Where does A Gentleman in Moscow rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Beautifully plotted story, unique characters all set in one building in Russia. Couldn't put it down. Please Mr. Towles ~ stop doing book tours AND write more books.
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A Man Called Ove
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69,436
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63,134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63,053
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell". But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Laughed and I Cried
- De Bill en 08-22-15
- A Man Called Ove
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: George Newbern
Sweet, heartwarming story
Revisado: 11-19-15
Would you listen to A Man Called Ove again? Why?
The book tells the story of a curmudgeon not happy being alive following the death of his wife. The author has an innovative and appealing way to tell the story of how Ove's neighbors change Ove's outlook on life.
Any additional comments?
The narrative was perfect for reading this story. Really good voice inflections.
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The Nature of the Beast
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- De: Louise Penny
- Narrado por: Robert Bathurst
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,996
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,491
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,458
Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions to walking trees to winged beasts in the woods to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Try again, Ms. Penny!
- De Diane en 09-12-15
- The Nature of the Beast
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- De: Louise Penny
- Narrado por: Robert Bathurst
Latest Gamache mystery is a great story
Revisado: 10-26-15
What about Robert Bathurst’s performance did you like?
There have been many comments about the new narrator's performance and I for one, thought he was terrific. Often, I find a British accent difficult to understand but Bathurst's voice is clear and articulate.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I thought it was an exciting who done it. Many nail biting moments (where I stayed in car to listen).
Any additional comments?
I liked the plot very much and as always the quirky characters in Twin Pines. Looking forward to the next book!
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