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The Ministry of Time
- A Novel
- De: Kaliane Bradley
- Narrado por: George Weightman, Katie Leung
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
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More than the sum of its parts but…
- De L. Williams en 05-17-24
- The Ministry of Time
- A Novel
- De: Kaliane Bradley
- Narrado por: George Weightman, Katie Leung
Great premise, great characters
Revisado: 03-18-25
I love the idea of this book, and the author has create some rich memorable characters. However, the story was a bit lacking. Worth reading, but not a favorite.
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Parade
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Cusk
- Narrado por: Genevieve Gaunt
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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Midway through his life, the artist G begins to paint upside down. Eventually, he paints his wife upside down. He also makes her ugly. The paintings are a great success. In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. Her attacker flees, but not before turning around to contemplate her victim, like an artist stepping back from a canvas. At the age of twenty-two, the painter G leaves home for a new life in another country, far from the disapproval of her parents. Her paintings attract the disapproval of the man she later marries.
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Incomprehensible biologically-essentialist nonsense
- De Lu Clark en 03-15-25
- Parade
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Cusk
- Narrado por: Genevieve Gaunt
A challenging listen
Revisado: 03-12-25
Due to the experimental nature of writing in this book, it is a challenging listen. About multiple artists who are all named G, it can be confusing when she transitions to a new artist's story. Parade is a heavy book examining themes of power, motherhood, death and creativity. Each chapter is based on a specific real artist. As an artist myself, I found it depressing though accurate about many of the challenges woman artists face. I read it with my art book club and nobody liked it except possibly myself.
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Last Call at Coogan's
- The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar
- De: Jon Michaud
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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Last Call at Coogan’s by Jon Michaud tells the story of this beloved saloon, from the challenging years of the late 80's and early 90's, when Washington Heights suffered from the highest crime rate in the city, to the 2010’s, when gentrification pushed out longtime residents and nearly closed Coogan's itself; only a massive community mobilization led by superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda and local politicians kept the doors open.
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Fascinating!
- De Sybil en 07-22-23
- Last Call at Coogan's
- The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar
- De: Jon Michaud
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
Fascinating!
Revisado: 07-22-23
Such an interesting book about an usual place and it’s visionary owners. If you want to get to know New York, the real New York before it was gentrified and sanitized read this book. So many strands of life and fascinating stories of individuals weave together to create a rich tapestry with Coogan’s at in center. The owners of Coogans were true visionaries and created a place of safety to build community and heal real world rifts. I was particularly struck by how the relationship between the police and community evolved over time and impact this bar had. Michaud brings each individual story to life while creating a vivid picture of an exceptional community and a truly special place. This is a great read.
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You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams
- My Life in Stories and Pictures
- De: Alan Cumming
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming
- Duración: 3 h y 19 m
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Described by the New York Times as “a bawdy countercultural sprite” and named one of the most fun people in show business by Time magazine, Alan Cumming is a genuine quadruple threat - an internationally acclaimed, award-winning star of stage, television, and film, as well as a New York Times best-selling author whose real-life vivacity, wit, and charm shine through every minute of his third book, You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams.
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We would be friends
- De Peg en 11-28-16
- You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams
- My Life in Stories and Pictures
- De: Alan Cumming
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming
Not great
Revisado: 05-12-18
I loved his memoir, Not My Father's Son, but this was boring and completely unsuited to being an audiobook. You have to check the pdf every five seconds. What's the point of that? I love him, but these stories are just a series of name dropping, self aggrandizing half antics. The only mildly interesting chapter was on his visit with Gore Vidal. Overall, I gave it two stars instead of one because I liked his other book so much. I'm actually rather annoyed that an audible editor recommended a book that needs a PDF to be understood.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- De: Trevor Noah
- Narrado por: Trevor Noah
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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Great book and perfect narration
- De MarilynArms en 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- De: Trevor Noah
- Narrado por: Trevor Noah
Fascinating
Revisado: 09-19-17
This is one of the most interesting books I've listened to in a long time. It's so funny too. I wish it was twice as long!
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Soul Shifts
- Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality
- De: Dr. Barbara De Angelis
- Narrado por: Dr. Barbara De Angelis
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
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There are pivotal moments in the lives of all seekers when we realize that we've been traveling on our path of growth toward happiness and fulfillment, but, simply put, we want to go faster. How we have been living, working, and loving just isn't enough or even acceptable anymore. We know we're being called to something more significant and expanded - we can feel it. At these times what's needed is not simply more change or an adjustment in our outer life but profound transformation.
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Inspirational chatter from a boastful person
- De Mary Murrey en 06-17-15
- Soul Shifts
- Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality
- De: Dr. Barbara De Angelis
- Narrado por: Dr. Barbara De Angelis
Interesting book, but...
Revisado: 09-01-15
This book has some great points, but the reading was terribly slow. I got through it by speeding up to 1.5x. I think this one is better in physical book form for me.
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David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
- Duración: 34 h y 33 m
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When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which leads him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak, and friendship and betrayal.
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Perfect narrator for one of the best classics.
- De 9S en 10-30-09
- David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
Great story, amazing reading
Revisado: 10-27-12
Martin Jarvis was a pleasure to listen too. This was one of the best read audible books I've ever listened to. Beyond that, the story is wonderful- beautifully constructed and written, and filled with emotion and life.
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Rebecca
- De: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrado por: Anna Massey
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, still lingers within. The timid bride must overcome her husband's oppressive silences and the sullen history of the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, to confront the emotional horrors of the past.
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Well read, but a taste book.
- De Joseph en 12-01-10
- Rebecca
- De: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrado por: Anna Massey
Wonderfully read, beauitfully written
Revisado: 06-08-12
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of listening to this book. The reader did an amazing job and the story is hauntingly beautiful.
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The Fountainhead
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 32 h y 5 m
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One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, a genius; Gail Wynand, a newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire; and Dominique Francon, a devastating beauty.
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The Fountainhead
- De Zachary en 06-04-10
- The Fountainhead
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
Soul Killing Intellectualism
Revisado: 05-24-12
Some interesting ideas and beautiful writing, however the author has sacrificed human emotion and spirit in pursuit of an ideological point. While there is great value in individualism and many of Rand's ideas she had divided the world into stark black and white: individualism=good, collectivism=bad. The world is a spatter of greys, she rails about the evils of collectivism and doing things for fellow man as an extreme evil but creates the same extreme for her own ideology. It's the extreme adherence to an idea without flexibility that makes evil not collectivism or individualism. I found this book to be a dated argument written at a time when collective movements like communism and fascism were real and present dangers to be fought. It also perpetuates the worst stereotypes about artists suffering for their work.
As far as the narration goes, compared to other books I've listened to, I thought it was just passable. The lack of emotion and variation in Hurt's performance only made this book seem drier, more soulless and intellectual to a fault.
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A Confederacy of Dunces
- De: John Kennedy Toole
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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The hero of John Kennedy Toole's incomparable, Pultizer Prize–winning comic classic is one Ignatius J. Reilly, an obese, self-absorbed, hapless Don Quixote of the French Quarter, whose half-hearted attempts at employment lead to a series of wacky adventures among the lower denizens of New Orleans.
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Well Done
- De Jon en 09-18-05
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- De: John Kennedy Toole
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
Great Story and Narrator
Revisado: 05-07-12
Thoroughly enjoyable and a lot of fun to listen too. The narrator really brings the larger-than-life main character alive. I found the story itself very really moving. Toole masterfully humanizes his wacky main character. I don't know how to say more without giving away the story but I loved it.
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