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The Interestings
- A Novel
- De: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
- Duración: 15 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,691
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,356
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,368
The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age 15 is not always enough to propel someone through life at age 30; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs a better title, but a good read (listen)
- De Tango en 04-12-13
- The Interestings
- A Novel
- De: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
Fantastic book, absolutely amazing performance
Revisado: 08-11-14
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Jen Tullock brings the book alive, giving each character a unique, real voice.
The story is enthralling, moving you through the lives of several people over many decades, some deeply, some only fleetingly. The chapters are not chronological, but that's not a hindrance.
Great book.
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The Bible
- A Biography: Books That Changed the World
- De: Karen Armstrong
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 6 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 205
As the work at the heart of Christianity, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. It is also the world's most widely distributed book, having been translated into over 2,000 languages, as well as the world's best-selling book, year after year. But the Bible is a complex work with a complicated and obscure history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very important contribution to history
- De Leo en 02-20-09
- The Bible
- A Biography: Books That Changed the World
- De: Karen Armstrong
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
Expanded my perspective and compassion
Revisado: 04-15-14
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Having grown up in a secular household which merely went through the motions of Christian holidays, I have only exposed myself to the Bible in small ways over the years, reading passages here and there and treating it like any other sacred text - a book that has more significance for other people than myself.
I assumed that the Bible had a rich and complex history, but I was not prepared for what I read in this book, and I emerged from it with a new perspective, and perhaps most importantly, a new found compassion and respect for Christianity.
Modern Christianity's focus on the literal interpretation of the Bible as a historical, factual document has always been one of my main reasons for avoiding that faith and its most ardent followers.
I did not know that the literal interpretation was a relatively recent phenomenon, and read with great interest the passages about mystical and allegorical traditions and how they changed over time. I have found inspiration in Bible stories - as allegories - over the years, and was pleased to read that some still consider the text useful to that end.
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