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Beautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by reviewers and beloved by readers and listeners across Europe, where it has been a major bestseller.
Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa’s dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job at a Christmas tree stand near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all need. Soon, the fridge fills with food, and their father returns home with money in his pocket and a smile on his face. But one evening he disappears into the night under the pretense of buying Christmas gifts—and the daughters know he has gone to his favorite local pub, Stargate, and they come to terms with the fact that he may lose his wonderful new job.
Melissa decides to take his place at the Christmas tree stand, working before and after school in the December afternoon dark, and brings along Ronja, who quickly charms all the middle-class customers. On rare breaks the sisters dream of a brighter place of kindness and plenty, and find help from some of those around them—but both understand that their family structure is a precarious one, and that they are going to need luck and strength to transcend their circumstances.
Skillfully told, evoking the delight, misunderstandings, and innocence of a child’s voice, Brightly Shining is small in stature but with an outsize impact on the listener, and has all the markings of a magical modern classic.
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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Revelation!
- De wotsallthisthen en 04-07-24
De: George Orwell, y otros
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The Answer Is No
- A Short Story
- De: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator
- Narrado por: Stacy Gonzalez
- Duración: 1 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,056
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 994
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 994
Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator doesn’t get Backman’s satire or rhythm
- De joey1603 en 12-01-24
De: Fredrik Backman, y otros
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The Art of War
- De: Sun Tzu
- Narrado por: Aidan Gillen
- Duración: 1 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41,971
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34,781
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34,362
The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary
- De Nemo71 en 12-31-19
De: Sun Tzu
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Say No More
- De: Caroline Overington
- Narrado por: Anna Skellern
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,501
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Seriously, that was the ending?
- De alicia in athens en 02-13-25
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Hitchhikers
- De: Ben H. Winters
- Narrado por: Therese Plummer
- Duración: 3 h y 27 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing
- De Curtis Hawk en 03-14-25
De: Ben H. Winters
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Master of Salt & Bones
- De: Keri Lake
- Narrado por: Stefanie Kay, Ryan West
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 625
When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 STARS
- De AudioObsessed en 03-12-23
De: Keri Lake
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Fahrenheit 451
- De: Ray Bradbury
- Narrado por: Tim Robbins
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32,994
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29,364
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29,320
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
- De Joel en 03-27-17
De: Ray Bradbury
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The House on the Water
- A Novella
- De: Margot Hunt
- Narrado por: Taylor Schilling
- Duración: 2 h y 47 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,368
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,068
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,020
Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Story
- De David M. Wilcox en 12-04-20
De: Margot Hunt
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He Who Fights with Monsters 2
- A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 2)
- De: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrado por: Heath Miller
- Duración: 22 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 29,180
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 25,565
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25,510
But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Contrary to common reviews
- De Karen en 05-21-21
De: Shirtaloon, y otros
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Brain Damage
- De: Freida McFadden
- Narrado por: Megan Tusing
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,462
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,334
As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who Else Laughed, Cried, and Shuddered?
- De Jennifer Chichester en 09-16-22
De: Freida McFadden
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Mary Jane
- De: Amy Herzog
- Narrado por: Rachel McAdams, April Matthis, Brenda Wehle, y otros
- Duración: 1 h y 16 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 244
Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in Mary Jane, a poignant and intimate drama following a single mother’s journey caring for her chronically ill young son. Set in New York City, the play unfolds in two parts—Mary Jane's small Queens apartment and a pediatric hospital. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, we witness Mary Jane's tireless devotion, her interactions with medical professionals, and her struggle to maintain her sense of self.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Amazing performance
- De Andrew Reynolds en 12-28-24
De: Amy Herzog
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The Grandmother
- De: Jane E. James
- Narrado por: Anna Cordell, Max Dinnen
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,747
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,680
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,680
Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not too outlandish
- De Jackie H en 12-14-24
De: Jane E. James
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Time of the Child
- De: Niall Williams
- Narrado por: Dermot Crowley
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 237
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father’s shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at love – and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man. But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy’s lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A slower start than This Is Happiness but then….wonderful.
- De Georgia Burns en 12-01-24
De: Niall Williams
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The Last Dream
- De: Pedro Almodóvar
- Narrado por: Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Juan Diego Botto, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7
Making his English language debut, the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and director reveals his singular mind as never before in this collection of twelve remarkable stories spanning memoir, comedy, autofiction, parody, pastiche, and gothic fiction.
De: Pedro Almodóvar
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Christmas Days
- 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
- De: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrado por: Jeanette Winterson, Imogen Church
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 545
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 494
These tales open a portal into the spirit of the season, when time slows down and magic starts to happen. From trees with mysterious powers to a tinsel baby that talks, philosophical fairies to flying dogs, a haunted house to a disappearing train, Winterson's innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas, perfect for listening to by the fire with loved ones or while traveling home for the holidays.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Spirited Christmas Listen
- De Sara en 12-30-17
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The Wood at Midwinter
- De: Susanna Clarke
- Narrado por: Susanna Clarke
- Duración: 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointment.
- De Elizabeth en 11-20-24
De: Susanna Clarke
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The Magnificent Ruins
- De: Nayantara Roy
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
- Duración: 16 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Lila De is on the verge of a career breakthrough when she gets a call from her mother in Kolkata, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate–so she returns home after a decade with no contact. Her extended family isn’t so easy to win over, and to make matters worse, Lila is caught between her old boyfriend and her occasional lover–her star author–who suddenly wants to define the relationship. As Lila come to terms with both past and present, suppressed family secrets emerge, culminating in a shocking act of violence. Lila has no choice but to finally address her family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Lori Kaplan en 01-26-25
De: Nayantara Roy
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The Icon and the Idealist
- Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America
- De: Stephanie Gorton
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
In the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Dennett. Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, while Dennett’s name has largely faded from public awareness. Each held a radically different vision for what reproductive autonomy and birth control access should look like in America. Few are aware of the fierce personal and political rivalry that played out between Sanger and Dennett over decades—a battle that had a profound impact on the lives of American women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I already knew a lot about this issue, i thought. But this book taught me a great deal.
- De Louise Beecher en 01-13-25
De: Stephanie Gorton
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Time of the Child
- De: Niall Williams
- Narrado por: Dermot Crowley
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 237
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father’s shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at love – and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man. But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy’s lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A slower start than This Is Happiness but then….wonderful.
- De Georgia Burns en 12-01-24
De: Niall Williams
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The Last Dream
- De: Pedro Almodóvar
- Narrado por: Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Juan Diego Botto, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7
Making his English language debut, the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and director reveals his singular mind as never before in this collection of twelve remarkable stories spanning memoir, comedy, autofiction, parody, pastiche, and gothic fiction.
De: Pedro Almodóvar
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Christmas Days
- 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
- De: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrado por: Jeanette Winterson, Imogen Church
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 545
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 494
These tales open a portal into the spirit of the season, when time slows down and magic starts to happen. From trees with mysterious powers to a tinsel baby that talks, philosophical fairies to flying dogs, a haunted house to a disappearing train, Winterson's innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas, perfect for listening to by the fire with loved ones or while traveling home for the holidays.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Spirited Christmas Listen
- De Sara en 12-30-17
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The Wood at Midwinter
- De: Susanna Clarke
- Narrado por: Susanna Clarke
- Duración: 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointment.
- De Elizabeth en 11-20-24
De: Susanna Clarke
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The Magnificent Ruins
- De: Nayantara Roy
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
- Duración: 16 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Lila De is on the verge of a career breakthrough when she gets a call from her mother in Kolkata, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate–so she returns home after a decade with no contact. Her extended family isn’t so easy to win over, and to make matters worse, Lila is caught between her old boyfriend and her occasional lover–her star author–who suddenly wants to define the relationship. As Lila come to terms with both past and present, suppressed family secrets emerge, culminating in a shocking act of violence. Lila has no choice but to finally address her family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Lori Kaplan en 01-26-25
De: Nayantara Roy
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The Icon and the Idealist
- Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America
- De: Stephanie Gorton
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
In the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Dennett. Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, while Dennett’s name has largely faded from public awareness. Each held a radically different vision for what reproductive autonomy and birth control access should look like in America. Few are aware of the fierce personal and political rivalry that played out between Sanger and Dennett over decades—a battle that had a profound impact on the lives of American women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I already knew a lot about this issue, i thought. But this book taught me a great deal.
- De Louise Beecher en 01-13-25
De: Stephanie Gorton
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Tenth of December
- Stories
- De: George Saunders
- Narrado por: George Saunders
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,524
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,530
Writing brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Be prepared for something different...but good!
- De Mr. D en 02-21-14
De: George Saunders
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Noughts and Crosses
- Noughts and Crosses 1
- De: Malorie Blackman
- Narrado por: Syan Blake, Paul Chequer
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 158
Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought – a ‘colourless’ member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that’s as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Pablo Gallastegui en 08-04-24
De: Malorie Blackman
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In the Distance
- De: Hernan Diaz
- Narrado por: Alexander Skarsgard
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets criminals, naturalists, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a soothing Swedish voice and tale
- De Maria Pelekanos en 02-27-25
De: Hernan Diaz
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John
- De: Niall Williams
- Narrado por: Nicholas Bell
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
In the years following the death of Jesus Christ, John the Apostle, now a frail, blind old man, lives in forced exile on the desolate island of Patmos with a small group of his disciples. It is against this turbulent background and inspired by Jesus's radical message of love and forgiveness that John comes to dictate his Gospel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating study of the power of faith, but...
- De Andrew en 08-24-17
De: Niall Williams
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Only Here, Only Now
- A Novel
- De: Tom Newlands
- Narrado por: Amelia Leith
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General0 out of 5 stars 0
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Historia0 out of 5 stars 0
After her mother invites a new man to live with them, tensions quickly rise in the cramped house. Gunner is kind but strange, too—a one-eyed shoplifter with more than a few hidden secrets. But when tragedy strikes shortly after, Cora rebels against her small-town existence in search of love, acceptance, and a path to something good. If only she can learn to navigate her grief and everything she thinks she knows about who she is and what she might be capable of, she may finally find the way forward.
De: Tom Newlands
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The Rest Is Memory
- De: Lily Tuck
- Narrado por: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Duración: 2 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7
First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, and tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz, Czeslawa is then photographed. Three months later, she is dead. How did this happen to an ordinary Polish citizen? This is the question that Tuck grapples with in this haunting novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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heartbreaking
- De Amazon Customer en 02-12-25
De: Lily Tuck
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Rental House
- A Novel
- De: Weike Wang
- Narrado por: Jen Zhao
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 45
Keru and Nate are college sweethearts who marry despite their family differences: Keru’s strict, Chinese, immigrant parents demand perfection (“To use a dishwasher is to admit defeat,” says her father), while Nate’s rural, white, working-class family distrusts his intellectual ambitions and his “foreign” wife. Some years into their marriage, the couple invites their families on vacation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Flat storyline with monotone narration
- De Julia en 01-02-25
De: Weike Wang
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Deadly Animals
- A Novel
- De: Marie Tierney
- Narrado por: Olivia Dowd
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Ava Bonney is a compassionate and studious fourteen-year-old girl with a dark secret: she has an obsessive interest in the macabre. She is fascinated by the rate at which dead animals decompose. The highway she lives by regularly offers up gifts of roadkill, and in the dead of night Ava loves nothing more than to pull her latest discovery into her roadside den and record her findings. One night, she stumbles across the body of her classmate and, fearing that her secret ritual could be revealed, she makes an anonymous call to the police.
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5 out of 5 stars
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“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”
- De A.B. | @kindaspooky_reads en 11-15-24
De: Marie Tierney
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The White Ladder
- Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
- De: Daniel Light
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3
A masterpiece of compelling narrative history, The White Ladder describes the epic rise of mountaineering's world altitude record, a story of ever higher climbs by figures great and small of mountaineering. Daniel Light describes how climbers used revolutionary techniques to launch themselves into the most forbidding conditions. The expeditions illustrate evolutionary changes in climbing style, the advancement of high-altitude science, and the development of mountain climbing as an industry.
De: Daniel Light
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History of the Rain
- De: Niall Williams
- Narrado por: Jennifer McGrath
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 193
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story...Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces, and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to her father.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The language is astoundingly beautiful.
- De Kindle Customer en 05-30-17
De: Niall Williams
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 17 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and an other world—a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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outstanding, his best
- De Dakini en 11-26-24
De: Haruki Murakami, y otros
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Shy Creatures
- A Novel
- De: Clare Chambers
- Narrado por: Lucy Scott
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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The London suburb of Croydon, 1964: Helen Hansford is unmarried and in her thirties. Something of a disappointment to her middle-class parents, she’s an art therapist at the Westbury Park psychiatric hospital, where she has been having a rebellious love affair with her colleague Gil, a dashing but married doctor. One spring afternoon they receive a call about a disturbance at a derelict, vine-covered Victorian house a few miles up the road. There the police find a mute, thirty-seven-year-old man called William Tapping, his hair and beard down to his waist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good story
- De The sender en 02-26-25
De: Clare Chambers
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Brightly Shining
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- H Price
- 12-25-24
Scandinavian Noir Christmas
Loosely based on The Little Match Girl, this Scandinavian noir Christmas novella is quiet and thoughtful and somewhat bleak. Don't grab it if you want Christmas cheer, because you'll be disappointed. What this is, is poignant, heartbreaking, and enigmatic.
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- Bryndis Brown
- 01-02-25
The narrator was very good. Thanks for making an effort to get the Norwegian pronunciations correct!
This book is not for everyone, but I loved it. If you are a person that loves the story of The Little Match Girl- this is a wonderful updated version. Without spoilers, just know this is not a traditional happy Christmas story.
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- Denise
- 12-04-24
What? Christmas? More like depression!
I found this very depressing especially for a Christmas story. This is something you should read in the middle of the year. Definitely not a joyful book.
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