The Will
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Harvey Swados
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Finalist for the National Book Award: On the verge of receiving a vast inheritance, three brothers' clashing aspirations turn into an all-out war.
Brothers Leo and Max Land came to America from Romania in 1911, but they took different paths in pursuit of the American dream. Even as they worked together, Max sought out material things while Leo made a simple, private life for himself. Now, after the death of both brothers, Leo’s three sons - the only surviving heirs - learn that they stand to inherit a fortune. As they battle for control, they come to expose their own deeply complicated visions of success in America.
The Will is a stunning portrait of American idealism crushed under the weight of material desires.
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In 1956, when this novel was first published, communities all over New England snapped up copies to see if they were the town portrayed in the book. Peyton Place is the story of a repressive New England town known for its high standards of public morality, and the steamy sexual activities that take place behind its bedroom doors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I've read to date!
- De Crusader en 11-07-11
De: Grace Metalious
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 364
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 222
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
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The World We Found
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 110
Best-selling author and PEN and Beyond Margins Award finalist Thrity Umrigar’s acclaimed novels “resonate with rich prose and vibrant depictions of India” ( Booklist). In The World We Found, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta - once friends at the University of Bombay - reconnect 30 years later when Armaiti is diagnosed with cancer. Coming together, all four women are forced to reexamine their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story but performance not so much!
- De Alisha en 09-13-15
De: Thrity Umrigar
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The Lost Weekend
- De: Charles Jackson
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. A classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book - a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a terrific audiobook!
- De Bill en 11-10-14
De: Charles Jackson
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Facets
- De: Barbara Delinsky
- Narrado por: Joyce Bean
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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" Facets pits the arrogant, self-centered John against the newly vengeful Hillary, the creative and sensitive Pamela, and the doggedly self-made Cutter. Spanning three decades, Facets is as much a family drama as any I've ever written. My writing style may have changed since 1990, but the heart and soul of my characters have not. Please enjoy Facets as much as I did then - and do now."
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1 out of 5 stars
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not a great read (or listen)
- De Nicole Warn en 06-30-21
De: Barbara Delinsky
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One Amazing Thing
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Purva Bedi, Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 101
Winner of a Pushcart Prize for poetry and an American Book Award for her short stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores themes of women, immigration, and her vibrant Indian culture to great effect. Divakaruni expands on these ideas in One Amazing Thing, a project long in the making and full of electric prose.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An ok way to kill some time
- De R.Reader en 11-07-12
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Texas Rich
- De: Fern Michaels
- Narrado por: Erin Yuen
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 211
Young Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months, she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin...to the 250,000-acre spread known as Sunbridge and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, Billie fights to maintain control of her life and her marriage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awful Southern Accent
- De Tina Peters en 03-24-16
De: Fern Michaels
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Seize the Day
- De: Saul Bellow
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 306
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 268
Fading charmer Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children; at odds with his vain, successful father; failed in his acting career (a Hollywood agent once placed him as “the type that loses the girl”); and in a financial mess.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why?
- De Ashraf Abaza en 05-16-19
De: Saul Bellow
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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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 Deep Blue Good-By
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
- De: John D. MacDonald
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 6 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,902
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,348
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,356
He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before the A-Team, there was Travis McGee
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-12-16
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The Keep
- The Adversary Cycle, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 711
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 712
"Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims. When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the problem, the men find something that's both powerful and terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on folklore - who just happens to be Jewish - to shed some light on the mysterious happenings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At long last, The classic horror novel on Audible
- De Shieldslinger en 07-22-20
De: F. Paul Wilson
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When She Woke
- De: Hillary Jordan
- Narrado por: Heather Corrigan
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 727
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 646
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 644
Hannah Payne awakens to a nightmare. She is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home. She is now a convicted criminal, and her skin color has been genetically altered. Her crime, according to the State of Texas: the murder of her unborn child, whose father she refuses to name. Her color: red. The color of newly shed blood.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Thoughtful Dystopia
- De Amy en 01-28-13
De: Hillary Jordan
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- A Novel
- De: Michael Chabon
- Narrado por: Peter Riegert
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,564
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,381
For 60 years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the federal district of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the district is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Didn't finish...
- De Ann E O'Connor en 10-16-17
De: Michael Chabon
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Secrets of Bella Terra
- A Scarlet Deception Novel (Bella Terra Deception, Book 1)
- De: Christina Dodd
- Narrado por: Khristine Hvam
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Brooding and sexy Rafe Di Luca has returned to his family's luxurious vineyard resort and discovers that a long-ago quarrel has ignited once more, forcing him to work with Brooke Petersson, the woman he seduced...and betrayed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even better the second time around.
- De Judie Bouldry en 10-15-20
De: Christina Dodd
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Everybody's Son
- A Novel
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 372
During a terrible heat wave in 1991 - the worst in a decade - 10-year-old Anton has been locked in an apartment in the projects, alone, for seven days, without air conditioning or a fan. With no electricity, the refrigerator and lights do not work. Hot, hungry, and desperate, Anton shatters a window and climbs out. Cutting his leg on the broken glass, he is covered in blood when the police find him. Juanita, his mother, is discovered in a crack house less than three blocks away, nearly unconscious and half-naked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and insightful
- De Amazon Customer en 07-12-17
De: Thrity Umrigar