Avelina Damonte
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The Personal Librarian
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,186
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,136
In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Treat For This Academic Librarian!
- By AlTonya on 07-14-21
- The Personal Librarian
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
History and fiction beautifully combined
Reviewed: 11-05-21
Not many words come to mind when you hear such a wonderful, well written and researched story. Excellent and moving and encouraging.
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Fly Away
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,430
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,865
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,843
Fly Away is the story of three women who have lost their way and need each other - plus a miracle - to transform their lives. An emotionally-complex, heart-wrenching novel about love, family, motherhood, loss, and redemption, Fly Away reminds us that where there is life, there is hope and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark visceral storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Book Cover. One Darned Depressing Novel
- By tooonce72 on 04-26-13
- Fly Away
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Is there a third book?
Reviewed: 05-26-21
Excellent as the first one!
I am going through a health difficult times kind of like Katie but I ve been lucky and caught on time surgery alone was enough.
I was born in the US but lived abroad until I was 21 and moved back.
I was already married and only lucky enough to find a girlfriend just fifteen years ago but I am grateful for it.
The book touched so many issues and points and I think anybody can relate to most of the story.
Waiting for the next one.
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Una columna de fuego [A Column of Fire]
- Saga Los pilares de la Tierra 3 [Pillars of the Earth, Book 3]
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Jordi Boixaderas
- Length: 37 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 572
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 572
Una columna de fuego arranca cuando el joven Ned Willard regresa a su hogar en Kingsbridge por Navidad. Corre el año 1558, un año que trastocará la vida de Ned y que cambiará Europa para siempre. Las antiguas piedras de la catedral de Kingsbridge contemplan una ciudad dividida por el odio religioso. Los principios elevados chocan con la amistad, la lealtad y el amor, y provocan derramamientos de sangre. Ned se encuentra de pronto en el bando contrario al de la muchacha con quien anhela casarse, Margery Fitzgerald.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive
- By JohnCandy on 11-18-17
- Una columna de fuego [A Column of Fire]
- Saga Los pilares de la Tierra 3 [Pillars of the Earth, Book 3]
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Jordi Boixaderas
History and Follet
Reviewed: 01-22-21
There are books and authors that don’t need more than two or three words to described them. Ken Follet is one of those. Excellent, magnificent, superb. Can’t wait for the next on which I am sure has to do with the Mayflowers, the Puritans, and will be set in our land. Please hurry!
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Silk Tether
- A Novel
- By: Minal Khan
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 176
This is the real world of modern Karachi as seen through the eyes of a young woman in an elite family. Here are the hidden dramatic realities of the upper class, the undertow of religion, revealing the truth sometimes spoken in hushed whispers, more often swept away by the flourish of silk saris at extravagant dinner parties...or perhaps never mentioned at all.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Awful!
- By PenfieldShopper on 09-25-20
- Silk Tether
- A Novel
- By: Minal Khan
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
Women of the world
Reviewed: 10-14-20
Incredible story full of feelings not only women living in control with such restrictions feel but women even living in America feel.
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 106,479
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96,665
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96,443
The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
- By PatrioticMimi on 02-17-15
- The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
The Nightingale
Reviewed: 10-08-20
We’ve all have heard stories for WEII and concentration camps.The topic is not new by any stretch of the imagination but I cried while reading and listening this book.
I am a teacher and I see the lack of resilience and grit today’s generation has and how over protected and sheltered we all have our kids.
I am not saying we need a war to change that but those people I. Europe and our people lived through so much last century that made them want something better and they knew they had to work hard and make sacrifices.
Great book!
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83,028
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 71,572
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71,481
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an Alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Timeless Tale
- By Judi on 01-07-07
- The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
Coelho
Reviewed: 05-17-20
Always a genius always makes you think. He is great in his genre. Like Khalil Gibran. Two of my favorites
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