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Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- De: Chantha Nguon
- Narrado por: Kim Green, Clara Kim
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hauntingly beautiful, epic journey of resilience and human kindness
- De nameatrandom en 04-30-24
- Slow Noodles
- A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
- De: Chantha Nguon
- Narrado por: Kim Green, Clara Kim
Now in my top ten favorite books
Revisado: 04-08-25
I purchased this as a daily deal and I’m surprised by how much I loved it…now in my top 10 of favorite books. The story is so personal and the narrators voice blended seamlessly. I hesitate to admit I knew little of what was happening in Cambodia during the last quarter of the century. People are so resilient and managed to survive, even find happiness in the worst of circumstances.
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After the Ocean
- De: Lauren E. Rico
- Narrado por: Victoria Villareal, Robb Moreira
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Thirty years ago, musicians Emilia Oliveras and Paul Winstead were married in Puerto Rico. Forty-eight hours later, Paul vanished from their honeymoon cruise, leaving Emilia devastated—and the prime suspect in his disappearance. So, she ran for her life, leaving behind her love, her dreams, and her identity. Today “Emily Oliver” is a divorced music teacher and mother of two daughters who know nothing about her past: Gracie, a talented attorney who excels in the courtroom but grapples with personal relationships, and Meg, a gifted concert pianist who wrestles with her ambition and purpose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this author
- De Janelle en 03-01-25
- After the Ocean
- De: Lauren E. Rico
- Narrado por: Victoria Villareal, Robb Moreira
Love this author
Revisado: 03-01-25
Interesting story, strong character development, and great narration. Second book I’ve read of hers and I look forward to more.
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The Secrets Between Us
- A Novel
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,781
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,600
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,589
Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar’s beloved national best seller, The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel - a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India. Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than 20 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A heart-wrenching story/sequel
- De Slopeggy en 08-17-18
- The Secrets Between Us
- A Novel
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan
Unforgettable
Revisado: 03-06-23
I absolutely loved this story. I liked the prequel very much, but this one was incredible
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The Neotenic Queen
- Tales of Sex and Survival in the Sonoran Desert
- De: Alejandro Canelos
- Narrado por: Matt Staples, Dawn McMillan, Alejandro Canelos
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
For the animals and plants of the Arizona desert, every day is about staying alive. But it’s all the other stuff—desire, fidelity, hope, envy, grief, betrayal—that bridges the gap between science and fiction, and highlights the interconnectedness of the human and natural worlds. A wealthy Gila monster suffers from halitosis. A young peccary chooses a side in war. A rattlesnake upends the historic enmity between serpent and man. A subterranean termite princess comes home. These and dozens more characters run, hop, slither, and fly through captivating storylines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sonoran desert as you have never seen it before. It’s
- De Bambi22 en 01-02-24
- The Neotenic Queen
- Tales of Sex and Survival in the Sonoran Desert
- De: Alejandro Canelos
- Narrado por: Matt Staples, Dawn McMillan, Alejandro Canelos
I’ll never look at hummingbirds the same way again!
Revisado: 11-08-22
Loved these stories of desert animals! They’re anthropomorphized, but from a perspective I’ve never read about or even considered. If I ever see a rattlesnake, tarantula or javelina in person, I’ll be thinking about this book. And the accompanying PDF art is really beautiful.
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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
Unforgettable
Revisado: 11-21-19
One of my favorite books of all time. I loved the story, the narrator, and Ove!
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Jubilee, 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Margaret Walker
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,726
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,570
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,562
Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the South's antebellum opulence and to its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction. Weaving her own family's oral history with 30 years of research, Margaret Walker's novel brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light. Jubilee churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen to this book!
- De Will en 11-28-16
- Jubilee, 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Margaret Walker
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
In my top 5 best books ever
Revisado: 06-24-18
The writing was beautiful and poetic. The main character was the epitome of righteousness without portraying her as sanctimonious. Admittedly, I find it all too easy to ‘forget’ about the history of the south and other painful periods and events. This was not an easy read! Yet the story was so engaging while serving as a necessary reminder to the atrocities that people of yesterday and today are dealt.
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April's Rain
- Tucker, Book 3
- De: David Johnson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 935
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 812
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 811
Eight years after losing her closest friend, Tucker struggles to keep her rebellious, self-destructive granddaughter under control. When April accidentally kills her boyfriend while defending herself from his attack, Judge Jack helps Tucker ferry her granddaughter away to Spirit Lake, a remote treatment facility in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. There, April creates a false identity, painting herself as a young socialite, and blocks Tucker's attempts at communication.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poweerful, intense, inspiring, & beautiful!
- De Wayne en 04-12-16
- April's Rain
- Tucker, Book 3
- De: David Johnson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
Love This Family
Revisado: 11-17-17
April's Rain my favorite book in the series so far. It is spiritual but not preachy. The story is interesting, I love the detailed descriptions of geography and the characters range of emotions. The dialogue is straightforward yet the quality of writing far exceeds most of what I read today. The narrator is excellent.
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Modern Lovers
- De: Emma Straub
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,067
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 935
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 935
From the author of the New York Times best sellers All Adults Here and This Time Tomorrow, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college - and what it means to finally grow up, well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch to their own offspring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable!
- De G en 06-10-16
- Modern Lovers
- De: Emma Straub
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
Missed potential
Revisado: 08-03-17
Having grown up in bklyn in a similar neighborhood and background, I thought this book would be very relatable. The story would have been interesting enough, if the characters were developed. But they remained as shallow in the end as they had in the beginning; I wasn't drawn to anyone in the book or much care what happened to them.
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