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Gregory Maguire
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Gregory Maguire
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Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that the ageless, exquisite Cinderella could be recast as the silly story of an enormous yet lovable elephant who plods along to the ball with glass pie plates on her feet; or that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes, and one very bad walrus.
©2004 Gregory Maguire (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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"In his first narration of his own work, Gregory Maguire whips up an array of clever voices for the cast of creatures in Leaping Beauty....Maguire thoroughly enjoys himself on this collection as he plays for laughs. His timing and character voices are pitch-perfect for the text." (AudioFile)
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The summer of 1899 is HOT in Calpurnia Virginia Tate's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life - all you have to do is look through a microscope!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Lovely Coming of Age Story
- De Julie en 03-13-12
De: Jacqueline Kelly
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Caramelo
- De: Sandra Cisneros
- Narrado por: Sandra Cisneros
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Lala Reyes’ grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl-makers. The striped (caramelo) is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala’s possession. The novel opens with the Reyes’ annual car trip - a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels - from Chicago to “the other side”, Mexico City. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family’s stories, separating the truth from the “healthy lies” that have ricocheted from one generation to the next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love, family, history, and fantasy, Caramelo
- De Michele en 08-07-20
De: Sandra Cisneros
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Egg & Spoon
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 697
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 624
Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. Her brothers have been conscripted into the Tsar's army and taken as servants in the house of the local wealthy landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in St. Petersburg - a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book Ever!!!
- De Kindle Customer2 en 10-15-14
De: Gregory Maguire
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Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,548
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,556
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,595
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
De: Gregory Maguire
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Midnight Robber
- De: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 459
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 459
It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival - until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Through the Dimensions, Girls Are Not Safe
- De mary en 12-11-12
De: Nalo Hopkinson
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The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
- De: Nancy Farmer
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Zimbabwe, 2194. General Matsika's three children sneak out of the house on a forbidden adventure and disappear. Immediately,the general calls Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Together these three detectives combine their superhuman powers to find the missing children. It's a dangerous mission that leads them from the seedy streets of the Cow's Guts to the swaying top of the Mile-High MacIlwaine Hotel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Amazing premise, decent execution
- De David Hoffman en 01-23-16
De: Nancy Farmer
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
- De: Truman Capote
- Narrado por: Michael C. Hall
- Duración: 2 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,143
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,931
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,912
Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Better to look at the sky than live there"
- De W Perry Hall en 02-12-14
De: Truman Capote
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The Ordinary Princess
- De: M. M. Kaye
- Narrado por: Simone Tetrault
- Duración: 2 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 152
Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become a Queen. When her royal parents try to marry her off, Amy runs away and, because she's so ordinary, easily becomes the 14th assistant kitchen maid at a neighboring palace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Blair likes it
- De julie en 02-17-13
De: M. M. Kaye
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- De: Allan Gurganus
- Narrado por: Barbara McCulloh
- Duración: 49 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and fans alike fell in love with the voice of 99-year-old Confederate widow Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heroines in American literature. Lucy married at the turn of the 20th century, when she was 15 and her husband was 50. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dated.
- De edie butler en 04-06-21
De: Allan Gurganus
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All-of-a-Kind Family
- De: Sydney Taylor
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 360
It's the turn of the 20th century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters. Follow along on their adventures and experience their holiday fun.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story about family life.
- De lavenderknitter en 10-27-15
De: Sydney Taylor
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The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker
- De: E. D. Baker
- Narrado por: Emily Bauer
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Cory is a young tooth fairy in training who wants to be anything but that, except there's no way the Tooth Fairy Guild or her mother will let that happen. After yet another bad night on the job, Cory quits to explore other things--like babysitting an adventurous Humpty Dumpty, helping Suzy organize seashells by the seashore, and attempting to finally rid the spiders that plague Marjorie Muffet. But it isn't until Marjorie asks Cory to help set her up with a boy that Cory taps into a power she never knew she had.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just alright
- De Angela Hunt en 01-27-15
De: E. D. Baker
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Running on Red Dog Road
- And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
- De: Drema Hall Berkheimer
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 173
Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that feels like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and traveling carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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real life
- De Richard M. en 10-05-22
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Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang
- De: Emma Thompson
- Narrado por: Emma Thompson
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album For Children. Who better to read the novel of the new Nanny McPhee film than Nanny McPhee herself, Emma Thompson, who also wrote both the screenplay and the novel. This delightful audio edition captures the magic and the mayhem of Nanny McPhee’s brand new adventure – it will have you laughing out loud!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story+Film Diary+Emma Thompson=Joy
- De Pam M en 08-02-17
De: Emma Thompson
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Delta Wedding
- A Novel
- De: Eudora Welty
- Narrado por: Sally Darling
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
Set on the Mississippi Delta in 1923, this story captures the mind and manners of the Fairchilds, a large aristocratic family, self-contained and elusive as the wind. The vagaries of the Fairchilds are keenly observed, and sometimes harshly judged, by nine-year-old Laura McRaven, a Fairchild cousin who takes The Yellow Dog train to the Delta for Dabney Fairchild’s wedding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Soul Food
- De Carolyn en 03-06-13
De: Eudora Welty
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The Thirteenth Princess
- De: Diane Zahler
- Narrado por: Jenna Lamia
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Zita is not an ordinary servant girl—she’s the13th daughter of a king who wanted only sons. When she was born, Zita’s father banished her to the servants’ quarters to work in the kitchens, where she can only communicate with her royal sisters in secret. Then, after Zita’s 12th birthday, the princesses all fall mysteriously ill. The only clue is their strangely worn and tattered shoes. With the help of her friends, Zita follows her bewitched sisters into a magical world of endless dancing and dreams.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but not complete
- De THoward en 11-18-15
De: Diane Zahler
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
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Lost
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 77
Winifred Rudge, a bemused writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mass-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her stepcousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence seems to have taken over his home.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No action
- De Jan en 12-17-07
De: Gregory Maguire
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After Alice
- A Novel
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 338
From the best-selling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's beloved classic. When Alice toppled down the rabbit hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance?
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5 out of 5 stars
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it got a bit hard to follow
- De V. K. Hanson en 10-29-15
De: Gregory Maguire
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Egg & Spoon
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 697
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 624
Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. Her brothers have been conscripted into the Tsar's army and taken as servants in the house of the local wealthy landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in St. Petersburg - a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book Ever!!!
- De Kindle Customer2 en 10-15-14
De: Gregory Maguire
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Mirror Mirror
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough, Kate Forbes, Barbara Rosenblat, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 202
It is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives at Montefiore, the farm of her father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up to the farm. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia, no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a quest, he leaves Bianca under the care of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but salvation can be found in the dark forest as well.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting re-telling of the fairy tale.
- De Patricia en 03-04-10
De: Gregory Maguire
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Hiddensee
- A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 202
Hiddensee recreates the backstory of the Nutcracker, reimaging how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how it magically guided an ailing little girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a snowy Christmas Eve. It also brings to life the mysterious godfather Drosselmeier - the ominous, canny, one-eyed toymaker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's ballet - who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this and I tried
- De Veronica en 12-26-17
De: Gregory Maguire
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The Next Queen of Heaven
- A Novel
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 25
With the new millennium approaching, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues after being clocked by a Catholic statuette. Her daughter, Tabitha, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus - whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Frantic, Funny and Farcical??
- De Linda en 01-05-11
De: Gregory Maguire
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Lost
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 77
Winifred Rudge, a bemused writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mass-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her stepcousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence seems to have taken over his home.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No action
- De Jan en 12-17-07
De: Gregory Maguire
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After Alice
- A Novel
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 338
From the best-selling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's beloved classic. When Alice toppled down the rabbit hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance?
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5 out of 5 stars
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it got a bit hard to follow
- De V. K. Hanson en 10-29-15
De: Gregory Maguire
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Egg & Spoon
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 697
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 624
Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. Her brothers have been conscripted into the Tsar's army and taken as servants in the house of the local wealthy landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in St. Petersburg - a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book Ever!!!
- De Kindle Customer2 en 10-15-14
De: Gregory Maguire
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Mirror Mirror
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough, Kate Forbes, Barbara Rosenblat, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 202
It is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives at Montefiore, the farm of her father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up to the farm. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia, no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a quest, he leaves Bianca under the care of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but salvation can be found in the dark forest as well.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting re-telling of the fairy tale.
- De Patricia en 03-04-10
De: Gregory Maguire
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Hiddensee
- A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 202
Hiddensee recreates the backstory of the Nutcracker, reimaging how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how it magically guided an ailing little girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a snowy Christmas Eve. It also brings to life the mysterious godfather Drosselmeier - the ominous, canny, one-eyed toymaker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's ballet - who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this and I tried
- De Veronica en 12-26-17
De: Gregory Maguire
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The Next Queen of Heaven
- A Novel
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 25
With the new millennium approaching, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues after being clocked by a Catholic statuette. Her daughter, Tabitha, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus - whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Frantic, Funny and Farcical??
- De Linda en 01-05-11
De: Gregory Maguire
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What-the-Dickens
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 65
On the darkest night, amidst a terrifying storm, Dinah's parents go missing. While anxious Dinah and her brother and sister worry and huddle for warmth, their cousin Gage tells them an unlikely story - that tooth fairies, known as skibbereen, are living in warring colonies right in the neighborhood. According to Gage, they actually put those teeth to good use. And he, Gage, has met them. Dinah is skeptical, but as the story unfolds and the storm rages on, she begins to believe.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Droning and stupid
- De Kae See en 12-30-10
De: Gregory Maguire
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A Wild Winter Swan
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 23
Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I think it was...okay?
- De Anisia en 01-10-21
De: Gregory Maguire
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 349
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 304
Gregory Maguire proves himself to be “one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers” (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dark and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years—including the novel Wicked, which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical—Maguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the familiar in a brilliant new light.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Very Human Story!
- De SamiJo McQuiston en 05-02-18
De: Gregory Maguire
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The Brides of Maracoor
- A Novel (Another Day, Book 1)
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Debra Wise
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz. But “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is here, 25 years after Wicked first flew into our lives.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A slog
- De candi hurst en 07-15-22
De: Gregory Maguire
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Cress Watercress
- De: Gregory Maguire, David Litchfield - illustrator
- Narrado por: Suzy Jackson
- Duración: 3 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 18
Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It’s a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what’s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone’s business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Sonja T. en 09-13-24
De: Gregory Maguire, y otros
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Missing Sisters
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Angela Goethals
- Duración: 4 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Alice's life is about to change. She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her - one of the nuns at the orphanage - gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident. And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name. Miami, she says. Miami Shaw. Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away. Who has what Alice has always dreamed of - a whole wonderful family.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing ever happens
- De shannonnn en 06-27-16
De: Gregory Maguire
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Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,548
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,556
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,595
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
De: Gregory Maguire
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Elphie
- A Wicked Childhood
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life.
De: Gregory Maguire
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Oz: The Complete Collection
- De: L. Frank Baum
- Narrado por: Charles Hubbell
- Duración: 64 h y 23 m
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Here you will find the complete OZ Collection.
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Good book
- De Anonymous User en 11-20-24
De: L. Frank Baum
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A Villains Collection
- The Villains Trilogy
- De: Serena Valentino
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
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This collection includes all three books in Serena Valentino's Villains trilogy: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen, The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince, and Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch.
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This is not your childhood Disney experience!
- De Krista Jasper en 08-27-18
De: Serena Valentino
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The Ickabog
- De: J.K. Rowling
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustache you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers, and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect - except for the misty Marshlands to the north, which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Oh, dear...
- De ili pika en 11-11-20
De: J.K. Rowling
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From the Wizarding Archive
- Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter
- De: J.K. Rowling, Evanna Lynch - foreword
- Narrado por: Evanna Lynch, Hugh Quarshie, Finlay Robertson, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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If you’ve ever wondered why Squibs are never offered a place at Hogwarts, what happened when Vernon Dursley first met James Potter, or how Dumbledore and McGonagall formed their lifelong friendship, From the Wizarding Archive should go straight to the top of your wish list. Containing 80 articles written by J.K. Rowling for the original Pottermore website and available for the first time in audio, exclusively from Audible, Harry Potter fans everywhere are in for a treat.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Rowling stuff, horrible introductions
- De lad en 08-31-24
De: J.K. Rowling, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Leaping Beauty
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Total4 out of 5 stars
- Jennifer
- 09-14-06
Take the Leap
Leaping Beauty is a great collection of fun stories for kids and adults. The best part is that it is read by the author. Each story lights up with charm and humor. Go for it.
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Total2 out of 5 stars
- Nik
- 05-16-08
Fair listen.
I thought the stories were imaginative and amusing. However, I did not like the narrator. I think some authors should leave the narration to the professionals.
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- Phaden
- 07-05-16
It's not great
It's more of a children story book with animals the roles of humans. But it's dus have some interesting turn I'm each story.
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- Winifred
- 03-12-05
Wonderful and fun
Our whole family loved this book. We have now adopted some of the expressions, "So What". The only negative is that the book ended.
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- Jennifer
- 06-29-06
So funny!
This is a lovely collection of stories. They're all so witty....it was an absolute hoot to listen to. I don't know how many times I had to stop myself from blurting out "HA!" at the gym or on the bus...
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- Aimee
- 09-25-06
Fun Book
Having read many of Maguires other books I was delighted to see this offered on Audibles. Fun, entertaining and wildy creative. Maguires books always have a different twist or perspective on familiar tales that make them fun for those adults who miss their childhood story days.
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