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Caryl Phillips
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Caryl Phillips has received international acclaim for his works, including the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and membership in the Royal Society of Literature.
Dancing in the Dark brilliantly re-creates the life of Bert Williams, the first Black entertainer to achieve stardom in America. In 1896, when Bert decides to perform his stage routine in blackface, he is accused of reviling his race even as he becomes a star in Ziegfeld's Follies.
©2005 Caryl Phillips (P)2006 Recorded Books,LLCLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- The Decline of a Family
- De: Thomas Mann
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 26 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 683
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First published in 1900, when Thomas Mann was 25, Buddenbrooks is a minutely imagined chronicle of four generations of a North German mercantile family - a work so true to life that it scandalized the author’s former neighbours in his native Lübeck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where Have You Been All My Life, Thomas Mann?
- De Virginia Waldron en 03-30-17
De: Thomas Mann
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The Gods of Tango
- A Novel
- De: Carolina De Robertis
- Narrado por: Carolina De Robertis
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, carrying only a small trunk and her father's cherished violin, leaves her Italian village for a new home, and a new husband, in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos Aires, she discovers that he has been killed, but she remains: living in a tenement, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. Still, she is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A rousing tale
- De Jean en 07-24-15
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Now, Voyager
- Femmes Fatales
- De: Olive Higgins Prouty
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Boston blueblood Charlotte Vale has led an unhappy, sheltered life. Lonely, dowdy, repressed, and pushing 40, Charlotte finds salvation at a sanitarium, where she undergoes an emotional and physical transformation. After her extreme makeover, the new Charlotte tests her mettle by embarking on a cruise and finds herself in a torrid love affair with a married man which ends at the conclusion of the voyage. But only then can the real journey begin, as Charlotte is forced to navigate a new life for herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Inspiration for The Movie Classic
- De Susie en 12-17-12
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Russian Winter
- A Novel
- De: Daphne Kalotay
- Narrado por: Kathleen Gati
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 117
In Russian Winter, the beautiful debut novel by critically acclaimed writer Daphne Kalotay, a famed ballerina’s jewelry auction in Boston reveals long-held secrets of love and family, friendship and rivalry, harkening back to Stalinist Russia. Called “tender, passionate, and moving” by Jenna Blum, the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us, Russian Winter is a perfect choice for fans of the novels of Debra Dean (The Madonnas of Leningrad), Ann Patchett (Bel Canto), and Ian McEwan (Atonement).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read this review; Sophisticated and wonderful!
- De Cookie en 01-15-12
De: Daphne Kalotay
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American Rose
- A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
- De: Karen Abbott
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, best-selling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age - told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well done biography of a complicated Icon
- De Moire en 01-27-11
De: Karen Abbott
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The Girl from the Savoy
- A Novel
- De: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrado por: Jennifer Jones, Lucy Rayner, Paul Fox
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 153
Dolly Lane is a dreamer, a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life. When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London's grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz, and rebellion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL‼️❤️❤️❤️
- De Leslie Gail Mnich en 12-05-19
De: Hazel Gaynor
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The Bastard
- The Kent Family Chronicles, Book 1
- De: John Jakes
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 19 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
Set against the colorful tumult of events that gave rise to our fledgling nation, this novel of romance and adventure introduces Phillipe Charboneau. The illegitimate son of an English nobleman, Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the men who set our course for freedom. The Bastard is the first volume in the Kent Family Chronicles, a series of novels that details one family's journey in the early years of the American nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Amazing Tale
- De will en 11-06-13
De: John Jakes
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Golden Earrings
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 20 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 483
Catalina, grand-daughter of Spanish refugees, is a disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet. Little gets inthe way of her career until the visit of an otherworldly being, who leaves her a mysterious pair of golden earrings. Given a quest, Catalina realises she must explore her own Spanish heritage and makes the connection between the visitor and ‘La Rusa’, a young Andalusian flamenco star. La Rusa died in exile in Paris in 1952, her death ruled as suicide. But as Catalina begins to discover, there were those in the community, who had good reason for wanting La Rusa dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous story
- De Paddington en 10-19-12
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Call Me Zelda
- De: Erika Robuck
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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If you want to read about Zelda and Scott, move on
- De Leahmgordon en 11-14-17
De: Erika Robuck
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The Luxe
- De: Anna Godbersen
- Narrado por: Nina Siemaszko
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City's elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone from the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud threatens Elizabeth's and Diana's golden future. With the fate of the Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family duty and true love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but. . .
- De Shellra en 05-17-09
De: Anna Godbersen
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The Patriots
- A Novel
- De: Sana Krasikov
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren, George Guidall
- Duración: 22 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Florence Fein grows up in Brooklyn in the 1930s, in a family that is gaining a foothold in the middle class. At City College she becomes engaged politically with the left-leaning student groups, and eventually, in the midst of the Depression, she takes a job with a trade organization that has a position for her in Moscow. There, she falls in love with another expatriate American and has a son. Soon after, Florence is sent to a work camp and her son to an orphanage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Point of View of characters, past and present collide
- De Angela Adams en 01-29-19
De: Sana Krasikov
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Silver Wattle
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 384
In fear for their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adéla and Klára must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. Later, Adéla becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood. But even while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a really terrific read
- De Paddington en 06-21-11
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli
- De: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 257
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Max Tivoli is uniquely cursed. His mind ages normally, but he is born with the withered body of a 70-year-old man, and his body ages in reverse. Despite this torment, Max manages three times to cross paths with Alice, the woman who captures his heart. Because he appears to be a different person each time they meet, Max has three chances for true love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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odd premise, but it works!
- De Sean Dunnahoo en 03-03-04
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex but Compelling
- De Cariola en 04-14-13
De: Elif Shafak
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The Perfume Collector
- A Novel
- De: Kathleen Tessaro
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,894
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,595
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,580
London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young woman. Despite her sheltered upbringing in Oxford, her recent marriage has thrust her into the heart of London's most refined and ambitious social circles. Then one evening a letter arrives from France that will change everything. Grace has received an inheritance. There's only one problem: she has never heard of her benefactor, the mysterious Eva d'Orsey. Told by invoking the three distinctive perfumes she inspired, Eva d'Orsey's story weaves through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable Narration
- De D McKay en 08-05-15
De: Kathleen Tessaro
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Galilee
- De: Clive Barker
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 23 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 285
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 258
The Barbarossa family’s roots are far more ancient and ethereal, but they are bound to the Gearys by a shared history of murder, insanity, and adultery. When Rachel Geary and Galilee, the seductive prince of the Barbarossa clan, fall in love, they unleash powerful enmities that could destroy both dynasties. Shorter and more conventional than some of Barker’s other work, this novel is especially rich with complex, passionate, three-dimensional characters, lush settings, and elegant language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Audiophile's Dream
- De Joseph en 09-01-11
De: Clive Barker