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Rina Flanagan
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Rina Flanagan
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Rina Flanagan grew up in Africa, dodging snakes, elephants, teasing uncles and cousins, and other even scarier imagined creatures, and somehow survived to tell the tale...
An entertaining audio book for people of all ages.
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Elmet
- De: Fiona Mozley
- Narrado por: Gareth Bennett Ryan
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 539
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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In this atmospheric and profoundly moving debut, Cathy and Daniel live with their father, John, in the remote woods of Yorkshire, in a house the three of them built themselves. John is a gentle brute of a man, a former enforcer who fights for money when he has to, but who otherwise just wants to be left alone to raise his children. When a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, their precarious existence is threatened, and a series of actions is set in motion that can only end in violence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Strains credibility
- De DM en 01-06-18
De: Fiona Mozley
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My Family and Other Animals
- De: Gerald Durrell
- Narrado por: Hugh Bonneville
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 232
The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas in which the family lived on the island. Apart from Gerald (the youngest) and Larry, the family comprised their widowed mother, the gun-mad Leslie, and diet-obsessed sister Margo together with Roger the dog.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love it, but please mark as Abridged!
- De Meredith Ramirez en 09-14-21
De: Gerald Durrell
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Navajos Wear Nikes
- A Reservation Life
- De: Jim Kristofic
- Narrado por: Jim Kristofic
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 443
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 444
Just before starting second grade, Jim Kristofic moved from Pittsburgh across the country to Ganado, Arizona, when his mother took a job at a hospital on the Navajo Reservation. Navajos Wear Nikes reveals the complexity of modern life on the Navajo Reservation, a world where Anglo and Navajo coexisted in a tenuous truce. After the births of his Navajo half-siblings, Jim and his family moved off the Reservation to an Arizona border town where they struggled to readapt to an Anglo world that no longer felt like home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and Educational
- De Savanna A Harvey en 07-13-15
De: Jim Kristofic
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Like Family
- Growing Up in Other People's Houses, a Memoir
- De: Paula McLain
- Narrado por: Wendy Tremont King
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 72
This powerful and haunting memoir details the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s. As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd pleasures of an unrooted life form the basis of one of the most compelling memoirs in recent years - a book in the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth and Mary Karr's The Liars' Club.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A famous writer describes her life growing up in foster care
- De Nancy C. en 12-21-18
De: Paula McLain
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Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs
- De: Patrick McManus
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 239
America's most hilarious sportsman returns with this collection of insights about youth, the great outdoors, and the philosophy of fileting fish. When best-selling author Patrick McManus looks at a subject, you're sure to come away with an outrageously new perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Laughed so hard I cried!
- De Kindle Customer en 04-05-12
De: Patrick McManus
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Rascal
- De: Sterling North
- Narrado por: Ed Sala
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
In 1918 Wisconsin, 11-year-old Sterling North has an almost perfect life. He keeps skunks in the backyard, goes everywhere with his enormous Saint Bernard, and is building a canoe in the living room. The only trouble is life gets a little lonely for him and his father since his mother died. While scouting around the woods one afternoon, he discovers an abandoned, month-old raccoon. Afraid the kit will die on its own, he takes it home to join his menagerie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enjoyable
- De Tad en 02-13-10
De: Sterling North
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Nothing with Strings
- NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories
- De: Bailey White
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
The mundane and the miraculous stand side by side in these sketches and stories of Southern small-time life by the author of Quite a Year for Plums.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A real jewel.
- De Mary en 12-31-08
De: Bailey White
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The Stolen Child
- De: Keith Donohue
- Narrado por: Andy Paris, Jeff Woodman
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 549
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 186
Seven-year-old Henry Day is kidnapped and renamed "Aniday" by changelings, ageless beings who inhabit the woods near his home. The changelings also leave behind one of their own, who flawlessly impersonates Henry except for one noteworthy detail: the new Henry is a prodigiously talented pianist.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Anything Close to the Hype
- De Jon en 06-20-06
De: Keith Donohue
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Jagannath
- De: Karin Tidbeck
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 4 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated fans around the world. Originally published by the tiny press Cheeky Frawg - the passion project of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer - Jagannath has been celebrated by listeners and critics alike, with rave reviews from major outlets and support from lauded peers like China Mieville and even Ursula K. Le Guin herself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Always unique, usually quite good, sometimes meh
- De Eugene en 02-13-19
De: Karin Tidbeck
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Prodigal Summer
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Barbara Kingsolver
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,389
Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives in southern Appalachia. At the heart of these intertwined narratives is a den of coyotes that have recently migrated into the region. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches them from an isolated mountain cabin where she is caught off-guard by Eddie Bondo, a young hunter who comes to invade her most private spaces and her solitary life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- De Lily en 10-12-08
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Dirty Chick
- Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer
- De: Antonia Murphy
- Narrado por: Antonia Murphy
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,097
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,007
One month into our stay, we'd managed to dispatch most of our charges. We executed the chickens. One of the cats disappeared, clearly disgusted with our urban ways. And Lucky [the cow] was escaping almost daily. It seemed we didn't have much of a talent for farming. And we still had eleven months to go." Antonia Murphy, you might say, is an unlikely farmer. Born and bred in San Francisco, she spent much of her life as a liberal urban cliché, and her interactions with the animal kingdom rarely extended past dinner.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- De kara-karina en 02-11-15
De: Antonia Murphy
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How to Be a Good Creature
- A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
- De: Sy Montgomery
- Narrado por: Sy Montgomery
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,220
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. No one knows this better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet's rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy's life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets. This restorative memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - Sy's friends - and the truths revealed by their grace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enchanting Start To 2019....
- De Rory en 01-02-19
De: Sy Montgomery
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The Saturdays
- De: Elizabeth Enright
- Narrado por: Pamela Dillman
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 383
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 265
The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-year-old Randy who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six-years-old.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent for children and adults
- De Dale en 05-15-04
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That Bear Ate My Pants!
- Life and Near Death in an Ecuadorian Animal Refuge
- De: Tony James Slater
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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That Bear Ate My Pants! is the hilarious tale of one man's quest to better himself. Whether losing a machete fight with a tree, picking dead tarantulas out of a tank of live ones, or sewing the head back onto a partially decapitated crocodile, Tony's misadventures are ridiculous, unbelievable, and always entertaining.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Laughter is the best medicine
- De C C Johnson en 05-23-23
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove
- Stories
- De: Karen Russell
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Joy Osmanski, Kaleo Griffith, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 283
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 254
In the collection's marvelous title story, two aging vampires in a sun-drenched Italian lemon grove find their hundred-year marriage tested when one of them develops a fear of flying. In "The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979", a dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left in a seagull's nest. "Proving Up" and "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis" find Russell veering into more sinister territory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narrators, quirky stories
- De MorganSays en 08-17-13
De: Karen Russell
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The Plague of Doves
- De: Louise Erdrich
- Narrado por: Peter Francis James, Kathleen McInerney
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 521
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 371
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 369
The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities for the next generation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Avoid this Plague
- De Andre en 05-16-08
De: Louise Erdrich