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Peter Coates
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Anton Chekhov
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One great example of Chekhov's minimalism is found in The Beauties, a very short "story" - I use the term loosely, because it is really just two snapshots, two unrelated anecdotes in which a man describes seeing true beauty in two different women. These women are imperfect, yet enigmatically alluring.
Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think. The narrator of this apparently inconsequential tale fixes on exactly the right details, from a myriad of possible ones, to strike at the heart. It's a masterpiece of minimalism.
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Ever since she sat next to me in class and gave me death eyes, Willa Sutter's been on my shit list. Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa is the kind of chaos I don't need in my tidy life. She's the next generation of women's soccer. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. And a temper that makes the devil seem friendly. She's a thorn in my side, a menacing, cantankerous pain-in-the-ass who's turned our business mathematics course into a goddamn gladiator arena. I'll leave this war zone unscathed, coming out on top....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unnecessarily drawn out
- De stephanie Shirley en 09-17-24
De: Chloe Liese
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Six Women of Salem
- The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
- De: Marilynne K. Roach
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 160
Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the 20 who were executed and the five who perished in prison, 207 individuals had been accused, 74 had been "afflicted", 32 had officially accused their fellow neighbors, and 255 ordinary people had been inexorably drawn into that ruinous and murderous vortex, and this doesn't include the religious, judicial, and governmental leaders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Robotic Reader
- De DangerousBlossom en 12-15-18
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The Myth of Chinese Capitalism
- The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World
- De: Dexter Roberts
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 21
Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today's financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Immensely valuable
- De Seth en 08-28-20
De: Dexter Roberts
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One of Us Knows
- A Thriller
- De: Alyssa Cole
- Narrado por: Susan Dalian
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 153
Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can’t refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she’s determined not to ruin their opportunity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pronouns? No thank you. Fiction for story not politics
- De Anonymous User en 05-16-24
De: Alyssa Cole
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Go Set a Watchman
- A Novel
- De: Harper Lee
- Narrado por: Reese Witherspoon
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 16,520
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,023
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 14,979
An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, best-selling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.
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5 out of 5 stars
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To Kill A Mockingbird vs Go Set A Watchman
- De Sara en 07-15-15
De: Harper Lee