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Narrado por:
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George Backman
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Yan Lianke
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Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2016
In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books.
But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive. Divided into four narratives, The Four Books tells the story of the Great Famine, one of China’s most devastating and controversial periods.
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Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best
- De Susan Gardner Bowers en 03-11-13
De: Tan Twan Eng
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Far North
- A Novel
- De: Marcel Theroux
- Narrado por: Yelena Schmulenson
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 281
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 144
My father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He'd say it had gone west. But going west always sounded pretty good to me. After all, westwards is the path of the sun. And through as much history as I know of, people have moved west to settle and find freedom. But our world had gone north, truly gone north, and just how far north I was beginning to learn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbinding!
- De Joan en 01-14-10
De: Marcel Theroux
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The Poet of Tolstoy Park
- De: Sonny Brewer
- Narrado por: Rick Bragg
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
This book is based on the true life of Henry Stuart. When the 67-year-old former professor finds out he is dying of tuberculosis, he vows to “learn in solitude how to save myself.” He sets off for Fairhope, Alabama, with only the writings of his beloved Tolstoy for company. There, the barefoot poet builds himself a small hut and slowly becomes an inspiration for the rest of the utopian town. When his last few months become his last few years, Henry’s attempt to understand death becomes a lesson on life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- De Jimmy Oaks en 03-23-15
De: Sonny Brewer
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To Live
- A Novel
- De: Yu Hua, Michael Berry
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Phillip King en 05-30-18
De: Yu Hua, y otros
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First They Killed My Father
- A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
- De: Loung Ung
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,098
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,093
One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brutal, Heartbreaking
- De Gillian en 01-27-15
De: Loung Ung
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The Bell Messenger
- De: Robert Cornuke
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Adventurer and author Robert Cornuke delivers an archaeological thriller that crosses the globe and spans two centuries. With these hopeful words, a dying Confederate lad bequeaths his Bible to the Union soldier who just shot him: "Be God's messenger as I have been." And so begins the journey of Elijah Bell's cherished Bible as it travels the world, transforming hearts wherever it goes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice Historical Fiction
- De Michael & Cora en 09-16-24
De: Robert Cornuke
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The Long Walk
- The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
- De: Slavomir Rawicz
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,672
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,349
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,346
Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring and absorbing
- De A. Millard en 05-30-07
De: Slavomir Rawicz
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Stars Between the Sun and Moon
- One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom
- De: Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland
- Narrado por: Janet Song
- Duración: 7 h y 39 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 196
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 196
Born in 1970s North Korea, Lucia Jang grew up in a typical household - her parents worked in the factories, and the family scraped by on rations. Nightly she bowed to her photo of Kim Il-Sung. It was the beginning of a chaotic period with a decade-long famine. Jang married an abusive man who sold their baby. She left him and went home to help her family by illegally crossing the river to China to trade goods. She was caught and imprisoned twice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story. Well read.
- De Jfm en 02-20-16
De: Lucia Jang, y otros
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The Seamstress
- De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, Marlene Bernstein Samuels
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,827
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,649
Told with the same old-fashioned narrative power as the novels of Herman Wouk, The Seamstress is the true story of Seren (Sara) Tuvel Bernstein and her survival during wartime. This powerful eyewitness account of survival, told with power and grace, will stay with listeners for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overcome with Emotion
- De Meryl en 05-16-13
De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, y otros
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Zorba the Greek
- De: Nikos Kazantzakis
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 948
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 946
A wonderful tale of a young man’s coming of age, Zorba the Greek has been a classic of world literature since it was first translated into English in 1952 and made into an unforgettable movie with Anthony Quinn. Zorba, an irrepressible, earthy hedonist, sweeps his young disciple along as he wines, dines, and loves his way through a life dedicated to fulfilling his copious appetites. Zorba is irresistible in this charming audio production by veteran narrator George Guidall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Drink life to the lees
- De Scot Potts en 04-25-13
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The Samurai's Garden
- A Novel
- De: Gail Tsukiyama
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 432
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 428
The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Novel Painted with a Master's Brush
- De Bay Area Califa en 06-25-18
De: Gail Tsukiyama
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Rena's Promise
- A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
- De: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam
- Narrado por: Heather Dune Macadam
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 311
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 307
"I do not hate. To hate is to let Hitler win." - Rena Kornreich Gelissen. On March 26, 1942, the first mass transport of Jews - 999 young women - arrived in Auschwitz. Among them was Rena Kornreich, the 716th woman numbered in camp. A few days later, her sister Danka arrives and so begins a trial of love and courage that will last three years and 41 days, from the beginning Auschwitz death camp to the end of the war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Content / Horrible Production
- De Simone en 07-23-15
De: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, y otros
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Into the Forest
- De: Jean Hegland
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 191
As America collapses in the chaos of war, pollution, and bankruptcy, two sisters pool their resources to survive alone in the hills above San Francisco. Although dwindling food and increasing isolation threaten them, they soon find a more immediate danger standing at their door. When a young man arrives, his friendship offers tantalizing fulfillment, but his love threatens to divide the sisters.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Depressing, boring, & disturbing
- De The Ropers en 07-14-16
De: Jean Hegland
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Edge of Eternity
- De: Randy Alcorn
- Narrado por: Roger Marsh, Phil Ross
- Duración: 4 h y 25 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Nick Seagrave is a disillusioned business executive who has lost loved ones to tragedy and his family to neglect. Now, at a point of great crisis, he finds himself inexplicably transported to what appears to be another world. Suddenly he's confronted with profoundly clear views of his own past and personality. And he's enabled to see, hear, taste, and smell the realities of both heaven and hell - realities that force him to face dangers and trials far greater than any he's known before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING
- De Julie R. VanderMate en 08-12-10
De: Randy Alcorn
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She Would Be King
- A Novel
- De: Wayétu Moore
- Narrado por: Wayétu Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 888
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 793
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 790
Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful example of magical realism.
- De Danielle en 10-07-18
De: Wayétu Moore
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The List
- De: Patricia Forde
- Narrado por: Imogen Wilde
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 72
In the post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval city of Ark, speech is constrained to 500 sanctioned words. If somewhere were to speak outside that approved lexicon, they'd face banishment. The only exceptions to this rule are the Wordsmith and his apprentice, Letta. Together, they are the keepers and archivists of all language. But when Letta's master dies, she is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith and finds the situation more complicated than she knew.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love is Language
- De Jennie Smith en 02-19-21
De: Patricia Forde
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Wolf Winter
- De: Cecilia Ekback
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija, her husband Paavo and her daughters Frederika and Dorotea arrive from their native Finland, hoping to forget the traumas of their past and put down new roots in this harsh but beautiful land. Above them looms BlackAsen, a mountain whose foreboding presence looms over the valley and whose dark history seems to haunt the lives of those who live in its shadow.
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3 out of 5 stars
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So atmospheric, it hurts
- De Bookmarque en 08-24-15
De: Cecilia Ekback