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Troubled Waters
- A Novel
- De: Mary Annaïse Heglar
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
The world is burning, and Corinne will do anything to put out the flames. After her brother died aboard an oil boat on the Mississippi River in 2013, Corrine awakened to the realities of climate change and its perpetrators. Now, a year later, she finds herself trapped in a lonely cycle of mourning both her brother and the very planet she stands on. She's convinced that in order to save her future, she has to make sure that her brother's life meant something. But in the act of honoring her brother's spirit, she resurrects family ghosts she knows little about--ghosts her grandmother Cora knows intimately.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully crafted
- De Broderek en 12-16-24
- Troubled Waters
- A Novel
- De: Mary Annaïse Heglar
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Brilliant Intergenerational Climate Justice Story
Revisado: 06-10-24
Loved how in Troubled Waters climate is a cipher for social justice through both the personal as political — BRILLIANT writing. Highly recommend
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Pandora's Jar
- Women in the Greek Myths
- De: Natalie Haynes
- Narrado por: Natalie Haynes
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 891
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 761
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 760
The tellers of Greek myths—historically men—have routinely sidelined the female characters. When they do take a larger role, women are often portrayed as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil—like Pandora, the woman of eternal scorn and damnation whose curiosity is tasked with causing all the world’s suffering and wickedness when she opened that forbidden box. But, as Natalie Haynes reveals, in ancient Greek myths there was no box. It was a jar . . . which is far more likely to tip over.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Golden Age Continues
- De Stefan Filipovits en 03-29-22
- Pandora's Jar
- Women in the Greek Myths
- De: Natalie Haynes
- Narrado por: Natalie Haynes
Brilliant Compendium Reclaiming Women in Greek Myth
Revisado: 03-19-24
I loved this book, because of of the author's insightful synthesis of cultural retellings to give space and grace to these grand stories Women. Highly recommend.
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Hot White Heist 2
- De: Adam Goldman
- Narrado por: Bowen Yang, Jane Lynch, Cynthia Nixon, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 38 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 470
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 451
Two years after successfully melting down the top secret sperm bank under the Space Needle, the CLITO collective (Community of Lesbians Inclusive To Others) is thriving on their newly acquired private island, Lesbos 2. All is well in their queer utopia. Or is it? Investigative reporter Sarah Keebler (Sarah Steele) is piecing together the crew's previous heist for her bombshell true-crime podcast–and getting dangerously close to the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AS FUN AS SEASON1
- De Robert en 03-07-24
- Hot White Heist 2
- De: Adam Goldman
- Narrado por: Bowen Yang, Jane Lynch, Cynthia Nixon, Shannon Woodward, Full Cast
🔥Raucous cinematic incendiary queer joy
Revisado: 03-14-24
🔥Raucous cinematic incendiary queer joy
BRILLIANT & FUNNY AF! ✨
Listen IMMEDIATELY. This is a queer canon text. It's so good I do not have the words. 💖
I was laughing hysterically in my mask on the metro home listening, a complete queer freak luxuriating in audioscapes of queer ecstasy.🌟
Bravo to Adam Goldman, the writing really shines. I cannot wait to recommend to all my queer fam, and re-listen from season 1. 💯
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Autobiography of Red
- Vintage Contemporaries Series
- De: Anne Carson
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing performance
- De Jessica Smith en 06-17-18
- Autobiography of Red
- Vintage Contemporaries Series
- De: Anne Carson
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
Incendiary Novel in Verse
Revisado: 02-19-24
Gorgeous flow, hilarious tone and wit, all within such a moving story arranged in genius poetic prose. SO SO BRILLIANT I have to let my thoughts marinate closer to the molten golden goodness Anne Carson serves here. HIGHLY RECOMMEND to set your soul on fire.
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The Iliad
- De: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrado por: Audra McDonald
- Duración: 20 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 402
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 402
When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―rendering the ancient poem in contemporary language that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)―critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- De KY-Barbara en 10-05-23
- The Iliad
- De: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrado por: Audra McDonald
PUNCHING, GRIPPING NEW TRANSLATION
Revisado: 01-24-24
I love Emily Wilson's translation of the Illiad. The prologue gives you great cultural context, and I loved the section explaining translating the poem. And of course what stands out above all is the grand epic battle of the deathless gods interwoven into mortal warfare. How Emily's prose paints vivid and gripping scenery in action. And Audra Mcdonald is giving EVERYTHING! 10/10 would recommend, glad I purchased, and I look forward to rereading
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How to Be the Love You Seek
- Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
- De: Dr. Nicole LePera
- Narrado por: Courtney Patterson
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 357
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 327
Relationships have always been essential to human survival. Our bodies and brains are programmed to seek out connection, whether familial, romantic, or platonic. And yet, these vital bonds are often at the root of our deepest suffering. While our hearts are primed for compassionate connection, our nervous systems—which store all our past hurts and disappointments—are wired for threat and negativity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The conclusion— was this one big rationalization for self indulgence?
- De Susan G DeLorenzo en 04-30-24
- How to Be the Love You Seek
- Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
- De: Dr. Nicole LePera
- Narrado por: Courtney Patterson
Clear Heart, Mind, & Soul Advice
Revisado: 01-02-24
Practical, clear-sighted, powerful advice. I appreciate the immaculately clear and conversational prose, the Menu lists of different ways to the same change, and the summaries throughout
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Ariadne
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Saint
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,906
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,679
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,676
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur.
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3 out of 5 stars
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We've been spoiled for choice
- De Stefan Filipovits en 05-04-21
- Ariadne
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Saint
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
Epic Feminist Inversion of Greek Mythology
Revisado: 12-27-23
I love modern Greek mythology retellings like this, similar to Madeline Miller in the painting of a deep interior world. Ariadne taught me a lot, in deepening the original myth and providing nuance to detail that gives the women of these stories agency and power
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The Employees
- A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
- De: Olga Ravn
- Narrado por: Hannah Curtis
- Duración: 2 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 133
Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I think this was a story?
- De Jordan en 07-02-23
- The Employees
- A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
- De: Olga Ravn
- Narrado por: Hannah Curtis
Absurd Corporate Sci-Fi Existential Epic
Revisado: 12-27-23
LOVED this read, what an incendiary satire of professional work in the modern world. Brilliantly conceived form, a book I could not put down.
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Beholder
- De: Ryan La Sala
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Athanasios “Athan” Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an invitation to a mysterious penthouse soiree for New York City’s artsy elite. But when he sneaks off to the bathroom, he hears a slam, followed by a scream. Athan peers outside, only to be pushed back in by a boy his age. The boy gravely tells him not to open the door, then closes Athan in. Outside the door, the party descends into chaos
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yes!
- De Jason en 03-21-24
- Beholder
- De: Ryan La Sala
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
sublime modern queer love horror masterpiece
Revisado: 11-07-23
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a SUBLIME masterpiece! Ryan has done it again, I cannot recommend this brilliant, cinematic, brain-clutching book enough.
I am writing this still in a post-read haze of Beholder, one of my favorite books of the year, and as such I can only clack out this review as a series of associative phrases:
Queer Love Story
Cinematic Plotting
Gorgeous Gorgeous Prose
Insane Interior Design
Dark Mirror Mystery
Delicious Dialogue
Pansexual Representation
POV Power
PHENOMENAL LAST LINE
The way the cover is basically the entire book... blows me away. It's so visually striking and resonant, I want a printed poster of the cover to remind me of the fantastic horror adventure contained in Beholder.
I read the audiobook, and HOLY REVERB, the quality of the production and the talent of the voice actor CANNOT be understated. Love love love the way all the different voices are uniquely rendered, even the slight musical touches.
All in all, I'll recommend Beholder to most everyone. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You'll not regret reading this book! But you'll never see a mirror the same way again.
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Blackouts
- A Novel
- De: Justin Torres
- Narrado por: Ozzie Rodriguez, Torian Brackett
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly, but who has haunted the edges of his life. Juan Gay—playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized—has a project to pass along. It is inspired by a true artifact of a book, Sex Variants: A Study in Homosexual Patterns, which contains stories collected in the early twentieth century from queer subjects by a queer researcher, Jan Gay, whose groundbreaking work was then co-opted by a committee, her name buried.
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2 out of 5 stars
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meh
- De Thomas E Flint en 10-28-24
- Blackouts
- A Novel
- De: Justin Torres
- Narrado por: Ozzie Rodriguez, Torian Brackett
Brilliant Conversational Queer Histories Mystery
Revisado: 10-30-23
WOW— I can't tell you the last time I felt like I read a new form of The Novel. Justin Torres is BRILLIANT, his writing here INCENDIARY, and I will be thinking about this story, the characters, the crossovers with real life, and the monument to queerness this incredible novel shines. The kind of novel that makes ancestors smile and descendants feel a part of the lineage of queer histories, I'm so grateful this book exists. The dynamic conversational cinema! The poetry of it all! I highly recommend this book, the audiobook did an honorable job translating the form, I didn't feel like I missed much, and since the book is so good, I sill feel encouraged to get the physical and see what that reading experience is like, with the blackout poems
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