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Laila Lalami
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco.
As four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain, author Laila Lalami asks: What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger?
There's Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who's been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who's fleeing her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose faith is at odds with an influential man determined to destroy her future.
Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping audiobook about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to US citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of American rights, liberties, and protections.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Blew my mind!
- De Leila Jaafari en 10-20-20
De: Laila Lalami
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Secret Son
- De: Laila Lalami
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 18
Casablanca's stinking alleys are the only home that 19-year-old Youssef El-Mekki has ever known. Raised by his mother in a one-room home, he dreams of escape - until, one day, the father he thought dead turns out to be very much alive and whisks him from the slums into the luxurious life of Casablanca's elite. But as he leaves the poverty of his childhood behind him, he comes up against a starkly unglittering reality...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intimate story of identity and family
- De Steve en 02-03-23
De: Laila Lalami
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The Other Americans
- A Novel
- De: Laila Lalami
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, P.J. Ochlan, Adenrele Ojo, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 622
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 619
From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Moor’s Account, here is a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant—at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't bother - there are so many better stories
- De Robin Davis en 10-22-19
De: Laila Lalami
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The Dream Hotel
- A Novel
- De: Laila Lalami
- Narrado por: Frankie Corzo, Barton Caplan
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 134
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The next parable of the sower
- De Jess en 03-18-25
De: Laila Lalami
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The Sheltering Sky
- A Novel
- De: Paul Bowles
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend other cultures--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The Sheltering Sky is at once merciless and heartbreaking in its compassion. It etches the limits of human reason and intelligence--perhaps even the limits of human life --when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the dessert.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic Work of American 20th Century Fiction
- De Christian B. Kaufman en 06-12-24
De: Paul Bowles
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Andromeda Klein
- De: Frank Portman
- Narrado por: Deirdre Lovejoy
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 9
Andromeda Klein has a few problems of her own. Her hair is kind of horrible. Her partner-in-occultism, Daisy, is dead. Her secret, estranged, much older and forbidden boyfriend-in-theory, has gone AWOL. And her mother has learned how to text. In short, things couldn't get much worse. Until they do. Daisy seems to be attempting to make contact from beyond, books are starting to disappear from the library, and then, strangely and suddenly, Andromeda's tarot readings are beginning to predict events with bizarrely literal accuracy.
De: Frank Portman
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In Morocco
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 40
In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to that country during World War I. With her characteristic sense of adventure, Wharton set out to explore Morocco and its people, traveling by military jeep to Rabat, Moulay Idriss, Fez, and Marrakech, from the Atlantic coast to the high Atlas. Along the way, she witnessed religious ceremonies and ritual dances, visited the opulent palaces of the Sultan, and was admitted to the mysterious world of his harem.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A colorful but dated travelogue
- De Brad en 12-12-10
De: Edith Wharton
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The Keepers of Metsan Valo
- A Novel
- De: Wendy Webb
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 654
In Metsan Valo, her family home on Lake Superior, Anni Halla’s beloved grandmother has died. Among her fond memories, what Anni remembers most vividly is her grandmother’s eerie yet enchanting storytelling. By firelight she spun tall tales of spirits in the nearby forest and waters who could heal - or harm - on a whim. But of course those were only stories.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- De Mark D en 10-07-21
De: Wendy Webb
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Ashfall
- De: Mike Mullin
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 502
For Alex, being left home alone for the weekend means the freedom to play his computer games and hang out with his friends without hassle from his mother. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence. Alex begins a harrowing trek to search for his family and finds help in Darla, a travel partner he meets along the way. Together they must find the strength and skills to survive and outlast an epic disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Different
- De Corey J. Polesel en 08-30-15
De: Mike Mullin
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Daughters of the Lake
- De: Wendy Webb
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,621
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,607
After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents' home on Lake Superior to pull herself together - only to discover the body of a murdered woman washed into the shallows. Tucked in the folds of the woman's curiously vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She's seen her before. In her dreams...
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1 out of 5 stars
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Oy! Better read this one on your own!
- De Sandy Greene en 03-14-19
De: Wendy Webb
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Trick
- De: Domenico Starnone, Jhumpa Lahiri - translated by
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson. Daniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario. Shut inside his childhood home, grandfather and grandson match wits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book
- De MB en 05-25-22
De: Domenico Starnone, y otros