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Michael Butler Murray
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John Gardner
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Laid to waste by drink, Agathon, a seer, is a shell of a man. He sits imprisoned with his apprentice, Peeker, for his presumed involvement in a rebellion against the Spartan tyrant Lykourgos. Confined to a cell, the men produce extraordinary writings that illustrate the stories of their lives and give witness to Agathon's deterioration and the growth of Peeker from a bashful young apprentice to a self-assured and passionate seer.
Captivating and imaginative, The Wreckage of Agathon is a tribute to author John Gardner's passion for ancient storytelling and those universal themes that span the course of all human civilization.
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De: R. A. MacAvoy
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Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,727
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,722
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,761
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
De: Gregory Maguire
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Tess of the Road
- De: Rachel Hartman
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 527
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 528
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is none of these things. Tess is...different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. But on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running away, she's running towards something.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and Boring, Both.
- De Ryan en 04-05-19
De: Rachel Hartman
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Fire from Heaven
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- De: Mary Renault
- Narrado por: Roger May
- Duración: 18 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 165
Alexander's beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Renewed Pleasure
- De James en 01-28-15
De: Mary Renault
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A Shadow in Summer
- Long Price Quartet, Book 1
- De: Daniel Abraham
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 273
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 270
The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit Seedless, an and at bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht has always been too strong for the Galts to attack, but now they see an opportunity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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REALLY Hard to Rate!
- De Trip Williams en 04-27-15
De: Daniel Abraham
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Grass
- De: Sheri S. Tepper
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 18 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 399
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 359
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 358
What could be more commonplace than grass or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets - and nothing will ever be the same again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Speculative & Creative, Yet well Paced and Unique
- De Zach Wilson en 04-17-17
De: Sheri S. Tepper
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The Reluctant Swordsman
- De: Dave Duncan
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 530
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 479
Wallie Smith can feel the pain. He goes to the hospital, remembers the doctors and the commotion, but when he wakes up it all seems like a dream. However, if that was a dream how do you explain waking up in another body and in another world? Little Wallie finds himself in the physique of a barbarian swordsman, accompanied by both an eccentric priest babbling about the Goddess and a voluptuous slave girl. Is this a rude awakening or a dream come true?
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4 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable listen
- De Joe en 10-21-12
De: Dave Duncan
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The Architect's Apprentice
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Piter Marek
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 327
In 1540, 12-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's beautiful daughter Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire's chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota's help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I feel like I should like it more than I do
- De nyog en 04-19-17
De: Elif Shafak
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The Memory of Earth
- Homecoming, Volume 1
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,486
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,823
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,832
High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet, to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats...to protect them, most of all, from themselves.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I keep hoping, but, alas, ...
- De Ole Hippie en 02-22-10
De: Orson Scott Card
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The House of the Stag
- De: Kage Baker
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Before the Riders came to their remote valley, the Yendri led a tranquil, pastoral life. When the Riders conquered and enslaved them, only a few escaped to the forests. Rebellion wasn't the Yendri way; they hid, or passively resisted, taking consolation in the prophecies of their spiritual leader. Only one possessed the necessary rage to fight back: Gard the foundling, half-demon, who began a one-man guerrilla war against the Riders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightfully humorous
- De Katherine en 09-09-11
De: Kage Baker
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The Satanic Verses
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 21 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,938
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,680
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,670
Inextricably linked with the fatwa called against its author in the wake of the novel’s publication, The Satanic Verses is, beyond that, a rich showcase for Salman Rushdie’s comic sensibilities, cultural observations, and unparalleled mastery of language. The book begins with two Indians plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their airliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Use an audiobook to really enjoy Satanic Verses
- De David Edelberg en 11-24-12
De: Salman Rushdie
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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
- Stories
- De: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrado por: Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 734
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 655
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great! One quibble with the audiobook editing
- De L en 03-05-19
De: N. K. Jemisin
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The Moor's Last Sigh
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra
- Duración: 20 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie combines a ferociously witty family saga with a surreally imagined and sometimes blasphemous chronicle of modern India and flavors the mixture with peppery soliloquies on art, ethnicity, religious fanaticism, and the terrifying power of love. Moraes "Moor" Zogoiby, the last surviving scion of a dynasty of Cochinese spice merchants and crime lords, is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The performance is enchanting.
- De Kelly en 05-04-18
De: Salman Rushdie
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The River of No Return
- De: Bee Ridgway
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
Bee Ridgway’s wildly inventive debut novel, The River of No Return, blends romance, conspiracy, and time travel for a tale sure to intrigue listeners. When soldier and aristocrat Nick Falcott is sent from a Napoleonic battlefield in 1815 to modern-day London, he never expects to go back - until the Guild calls for him. Returning home as if from the dead, Nick reunites with his lost love, Julia Percy, and enlists her help in finding a mysterious object known as the Talisman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great book, but sudden ending ruined the good will
- De Shelly en 04-27-14
De: Bee Ridgway
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Desired
- The Untold Story of Samson and Delilah
- De: Ginger Garrett
- Narrado por: Rebecca Gallagher
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
Three women loved him. Two betrayed him. One fulfilled his destiny. Desired tells the story of the legendary strongman through the eyes of the three most important women in his life. The fiercely loving Jewish mother who nags him toward greatness … and rebellion. The impoverished Philistine girl, Amara, who becomes Samson’s bride. And the emotionally damaged seductress—the legendary Delilah—who becomes the instrument of his destruction and the key to his tragic triumph.
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4 out of 5 stars
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really cool perspective on this story
- De Lisa en 02-11-13
De: Ginger Garrett
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Son of Avonar
- Bridge of D'Arnath, Book 1
- De: Carol Berg
- Narrado por: Angele Masters
- Duración: 19 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Magic is forbidden throughout the Four Realms. For decades, sorcerers and those associating with them were hunted to near extinction.But Seri, a Leiran noblewoman living in exile, is no stranger to defying the unjust laws of her land. She is sheltering a wanted fugitive who possesses unusual abilities-a fugitive with the fate of the realms in his hands...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Series!
- De Bob-o en 08-30-16
De: Carol Berg