The Snake, the Scorpion, the Sage
A Poetry Book
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Narrated by:
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Margaret Woodall
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Tadhg Culley
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The Snake, the Scorpion, the Sage: A Poetry Book contains 38 poems across the themes of chaos, madness, lost love, violence, shadow work, dreams, nightmares, death, and the messy side of life experience.
Tadhg Culley is a professional screenwriter, published author, and poet from the UK. He has written 11 poetry books, 10 feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one novelette, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theater, animation, and games. He is a BAFTA Scholar and graduate of both the National Film and TV School (NFTS) and the University of Creative Arts (UCA).
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- By Julie A Quinn on 04-23-09
By: Salman Rushdie
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
- A Novel
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 556
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 512
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Story4 out of 5 stars 516
From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling.
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3 out of 5 stars
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1001 whimsical, capricious, and wanton jinn
- By Darwin8u on 09-16-15
By: Salman Rushdie
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Abandon Me
- Memoirs
- By: Melissa Febos
- Narrated by: Melissa Febos
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment. In her dazzling Abandon Me, Febos captures the intense bonds of love and the need for connection - with family, lovers, and oneself. First, her birth father, who left her with only an inheritance of addiction and Native American blood, its meaning a mystery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This journey is captivating to say the least!
- By Ilanna on 08-11-17
By: Melissa Febos
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Bikeman
- By: Thomas F. Flynn
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Seasoned journalist Tom Flynn shares his experiences on that "forever September morning" from his perspective as a journalist and neutral observer who stands apart from the event, but also as a participant, a survivor, and now a defining chronicler of the morning that changed our nation forever: September 11, 2001.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely wonderful
- By Mebythesea on 09-11-08
By: Thomas F. Flynn
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My Blood Approves
- My Blood Approves, Book 1
- By: Amanda Hocking
- Narrated by: Hannah Friedman
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 457
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 411
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Story4 out of 5 stars 411
Seventeen-year-old Alice Bonham's life feels out of control after she meets Jack. With his fondness for pink Chuck Taylors and New Wave hits aside, Jack's unlike anyone she's ever met. Then she meets his brother, Peter. His eyes pierce through her, and she can barely breathe when he's around. Even though he can't stand the sight of her, she's drawn to him. But falling for two very different guys isn't even the worst of her problems. Jack and Peter are vampires, and Alice finds herself caught between love and her own blood....
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3 out of 5 stars
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GOOD BOOK
- By Stephanie on 05-08-12
By: Amanda Hocking
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New American Best Friend
- By: Olivia Gatwood
- Narrated by: Olivia Gatwood
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes. The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably, the book moves toward celebration, culminating in a series of odes: odes to the body, to tough women, to embracing your own journey in all its failures and triumphs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Amazing poetry, but the music
- By Keaira on 07-29-19
By: Olivia Gatwood
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You Better Be Lightning
- By: Andrea Gibson
- Narrated by: Andrea Gibson
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story5 out of 5 stars 125
You Better Be Lightning ranges from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By Rikki B. on 01-31-23
By: Andrea Gibson
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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
- A Novel
- By: Mathias Malzieu, Sarah Ardizzone - translator
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Story4 out of 5 stars 197
A fantastical novel, a wildly inventive tale—by turns poignant and funny, lusty and wrenching—about love and heartbreak. Edinburgh, 1874: Born with a frozen heart, Jack is nearly dead when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine—witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans—who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. It is in her orphanage that Jack grows up, amid tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, a man with a musical spine.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Jim Dale is the only reason to listen
- By Jeanie on 04-13-10
By: Mathias Malzieu, and others
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The Watchers
- By: A.M. Shine
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,821
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,684
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,684
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprising and original
- By Leia Schoeck on 10-08-22
By: A.M. Shine