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1Q84
- By: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10,797
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,508
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,483
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, WOW, WOW.
- By Amanda on 11-06-11
- 1Q84
- By: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
1Q84 and Town of Cats
Reviewed: 11-08-12
1Q84 is a slightly surreal novel by Haruki Murakami, but in my opinion a bit tedious and far to long. Especially heavy on repetition, which made it at times tiresome to read. I guess several of the somewhat superfluous sex scenes were necessary in order to sell copies…
Anyway, what I will remember best is the well written short story “Town of Cats”.
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Polar Star
- By: Martin Cruz Smith
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,019
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 878
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Story4 out of 5 stars 875
Ex-Chief Investigator Arkady Renko is in deep on the “slime line” - the fish-gutting station - in the Polar Star, a Soviet fish factory ship of some 250 souls, almost as many secrets, and a dangerous shipboard sub-culture that cares little for the Party, and less for human life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Probably the greatest audiobook ever. Really.
- By Richard Delman on 07-10-12
- Polar Star
- By: Martin Cruz Smith
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
Stellar
Reviewed: 11-08-12
The Polar Star is rusty factory ship working together with american trawlers in the Bering sea. A dead women is caught in the net, and the scene is set for an artic game between spys, commissars, smugglers and the political unstable Arkady Renko (the protagonist from Gorky Park).
A decaying soviet state entering perestroika makes a great setting for any crime novel – all in all an entertaining read by Martin Cruz Smith.
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You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- By: David McRaney
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,326
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,720
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,707
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK - delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Based on the popular blog of the same name, You Are Not So Smart collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Covers a lot of old territory
- By Sarah Dumoulin on 07-19-12
- You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- By: David McRaney
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
You think you are smart?
Reviewed: 11-08-12
Your Are Not So Smart by David McRaney is a set of brief presentations of famous psychology projects and papers covering the human nature, most of them you probably are familiar with. An easy red, but agreeable introduction to the limits of our brains.
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A Year in the Merde
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
A Year in the Merde is the almost-true account of the author's adventures as an expat in Paris. Based loosely on his own experiences and with names changed to "avoid embarrassment, possible legal action, and to prevent the author's legs being broken by someone in a Yves Saint Laurent suit (or quite possibly, a Christian Dior skirt)", A Year in the Merde is the story of Paul West, a 27-year-old Brit who is brought to Paris by a French company to open a chain of British "tea rooms".
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3 out of 5 stars
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A different kind of travelog
- By Beth on 05-17-05
- A Year in the Merde
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
Laughing at the French
Reviewed: 11-08-12
An amusing account by Stephen Clarke of an Englishman moving to Paris and gaining the insights in the nuances of Paris life. Filled with cultural stereotypes, which might bother the occasional French reader, but rather entertaining for the rest of us.
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Parisians
- An Adventure History of Paris
- By: Graham Robb
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4 out of 5 stars 122
This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction. A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night, Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Difficult....but worth it
- By Myrna Minkoff on 10-11-10
- Parisians
- An Adventure History of Paris
- By: Graham Robb
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
The parisians that shaped city of lights
Reviewed: 11-08-12
Parisians is a collection of anecdotes covering Paris, from the revolution to the 21st century, by Graham Robb. The author presents a human perspective on essential events, figures and places. Each story is written in a different style, reflecting the theme and characters. This is pulled of excellently, only the story about Juliette Greco, written in screenplay style, fails to engage.
It is interesting and well written – almost poetic at times. An excellent read for those inclined to history or those just fascinated by the city of lights
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