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Napoleon Ryan
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Peter Dickinson
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In 1926 the British government was worried about revolution. Two million people are about to go on strike and class warfare is about to erupt. Tom Hankey is caught between his love for Judy, a bright young thing, and Kate, a fireball agitator. Brought home from Oxford by his father, Tom volunteers to drive a train in the General Strike. When the train is ambushed, Tom is thrust into the darkest and most threatening regions of English politics. Gritty, sparkling, and full of unexpected turnarounds, A Summer in the Twenties resonates and captivates.
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- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Daughters of Eden focuses on the lives and fortunes of four very different young women at the outbreak of the Second World War. Marjorie, left at a boarding school by her emigrating mother; plain Poppy, pushed into marriage with a mean-spirited aristocrat; Kate, despised by her father, but determined to prove herself; and man-mad Lily, who turns out to be the bravest of them all. That all of them are chosen to work undercover for the espionage unit at Eden Park is a surprise, not least to them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing book everyone should read.
- De XX en 09-11-05
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Enemy Brothers (Living History Library)
- De: Constance Savery
- Narrado por: Paul L. Coffey
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 52
British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony, who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More people should read this wonderful story!!!
- De E.F.B. en 08-02-18
De: Constance Savery
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Angelmaker
- De: Nick Harkaway
- Narrado por: Daniel Weyman
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,516
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,352
Joe Spork repairs clocks, a far cry from his late father, a flashy London gangster. But when Joe fixes one particularly unusual device, his life is suddenly upended. Joe's client, Edie Banister, is more than just a kindly old lady - she's a former superspy. And the device? It's a 1950s doomsday machine. And having triggered it, Joe now faces the wrath of both the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator, Edie's old arch-nemesis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A cure for the modern cynic
- De Maine Colonial 🌲 en 08-28-12
De: Nick Harkaway
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Dead Man's Land
- De: Robert Ryan
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields, men are dying in the thousands every day. So one more death shouldn't be a surprise. But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries, and Sherlock Holmes' former sidekick, Dr. John Watson - unable to fight for his country due to injury but able to serve it through his medical expertise - finds his suspicions raised.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Watson is wonderful, amid very grim surroundings
- De L. Gutman en 03-01-18
De: Robert Ryan
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Troubles
- De: J. G. Farrell
- Narrado por: Kevin Hely
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel. Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely delightful read
- De E. Kim en 02-25-20
De: J. G. Farrell
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The Charioteer
- De: Mary Renault
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 239
After surviving the Dunkirk retreat, Laurie Odell, a young homosexual, critically examines his unorthodox lifestyle and personal relationships, as he falls in love with a young conscientious objector and becomes involved with a circle of world-weary gay men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Gay Classic!
- De Christopher en 02-05-16
De: Mary Renault
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Named of the Dragon
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 794
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 726
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 718
The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago. Instead she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose - and she's running out of time.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Kearsley's best
- De Sindy en 06-27-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Now and in the Hour of Our Death
- De: Patrick Taylor
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 17 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Patrick Taylor’s first novel of the Irish Troubles, Pray for Us Sinners, introduced us to Provisional IRA bombmaker Davy MacCutcheon and the love of his life, Fiona Kavanagh. Davy planned to leave the Provos after one final mission. But the deadly mission backfired, and Davy ended up in prison. Six years later, in Now and in the Hour of Our Death, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in Vancouver, Canada. But news of a breakout at the Maze prison brings back memories she thought she’d left behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect End of a Great Epic
- De J. Lindsey en 03-01-15
De: Patrick Taylor
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Enchanted Glass
- De: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 313
The mysterious Stalkers show up at almost the same instant 12-year-old Aiden Cain’s grandmother dies. Following his grandmother’s instructions, Aiden decides to seek out a powerful sorcerer at Melstone House. Yet when he arrives, he discovers the man died a year earlier. Melstone House now belongs to the sorcerer’s adult grandson Andrew, who agrees to help Aiden with the Stalker problem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magic and Ordinary Life
- De Gentle Reader Jill en 01-24-11
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The P.G. Wodehouse Collection
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 959
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 850
This title includes not only the entire audiobook of Right Ho, Jeeves, but also all of the P.G. Wodehouse titles in the current Classic Tales library. It also includes a Jeeves short story only available in the collection: "Extricating Young Gussie". The complete running time is over 15 hours. All titles have been remastered, and have never sounded better!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't buy this version of the wonderful Wodehouse stories
- De K Bell en 11-05-16
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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Winter in Madrid
- De: C. J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Gordon Gordon
- Duración: 21 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 187
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
Winter in Madrid is set just after the bloody Spanish Civil War, with World War II looming over Europe. Reluctantly, Harry Brett looks for an old schoolmate who's become a person of interest for British intelligence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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realistic characters in historical context
- De Annie en 10-04-09
De: C. J. Sansom
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The Colour of Magic
- Discworld, Book 1
- De: Terry Pratchett
- Narrado por: Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,937
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,928
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place that might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.
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3 out of 5 stars
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TERRIBLE Narration!
- De Kayla I en 07-08-22
De: Terry Pratchett
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Hornet Flight
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,089
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,137
It's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding Spy Novel
- De C. McCoy en 03-13-05
De: Ken Follett
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Lavender Road
- De: Helen Carey
- Narrado por: Annie Aldington
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker, a pub, two rows of terraced working class homes, and, at one end, the big house owned by the local brewer. When war breaks out, the lives and fortunes of the families who live in Lavender Road are changed out of all recognition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story with wonderful, believable characters!
- De Kathleen Bailey en 03-27-24
De: Helen Carey
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Grey Mask
- Miss Silver, Book 1
- De: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrado por: Diana Bishop
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 512
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 459
The first of the classic mysteries featuring governess-turned-detective Miss Silver, who investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring. Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The shaky first of a long, strong series
- De Phebe en 07-21-15