Bestsellers
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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The Best Thing? It Really Happened!
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-07-17
By: Mark Sullivan
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca....
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Mixed Feelings
- By carpsmarsh on 02-14-21
By: Ariel Lawhon
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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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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....
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A Treat For This Academic Librarian!
- By AlTonya on 07-14-21
By: Marie Benedict, and others
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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
- A Novel
- By: Allison Pataki
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all....
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That's 10 hours of my life I'll never get back
- By Andrea L. Helms on 03-30-22
By: Allison Pataki
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Becoming Madam Secretary
- By: Stephanie Dray
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins....
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The story line dull
- By Montana Annie on 10-12-24
By: Stephanie Dray
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Hold Strong
- A Novel
- By: Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, Chris Crabtree
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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From Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree comes an epic and inspiring novel—based on true events—about love, heroism, and resilience during the darkest chapters of World War II.
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Historically Grounded, Amazing Book
- By MAC on 02-20-25
By: Robert Dugoni, and others
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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The Best Thing? It Really Happened!
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-07-17
By: Mark Sullivan
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca....
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Mixed Feelings
- By carpsmarsh on 02-14-21
By: Ariel Lawhon
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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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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....
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A Treat For This Academic Librarian!
- By AlTonya on 07-14-21
By: Marie Benedict, and others
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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
- A Novel
- By: Allison Pataki
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all....
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That's 10 hours of my life I'll never get back
- By Andrea L. Helms on 03-30-22
By: Allison Pataki
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Becoming Madam Secretary
- By: Stephanie Dray
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins....
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The story line dull
- By Montana Annie on 10-12-24
By: Stephanie Dray
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Hold Strong
- A Novel
- By: Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, Chris Crabtree
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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From Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree comes an epic and inspiring novel—based on true events—about love, heroism, and resilience during the darkest chapters of World War II.
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Historically Grounded, Amazing Book
- By MAC on 02-20-25
By: Robert Dugoni, and others
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- By: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary....
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Enchanted
- By Lulu Can on 04-07-21
By: Pip Williams
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The Only Woman in the Room
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....
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incredible true story about heddy Lamar
- By S. Loew on 01-26-19
By: Marie Benedict
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Hamnet
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1580s England, during the Black Plague, a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this “exceptional historical novel” (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction....
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A masterpiece
- By Molly-o on 08-03-20
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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The Queens of Crime
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Bessie Carter
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder.
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Great story, Fantastic narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 02-26-25
By: Marie Benedict
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The Brothers Karamazov
- (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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Well Worth Your Time
- By Scole on 12-06-24
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
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Musashi
- By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....
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Good Historical Novel
- By The Walking Dude on 08-11-19
By: Eiji Yoshikawa, and others
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The First Ladies
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—a forbidden friendship that changed the world....
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A Wake Up Call to history and today
- By JoeKristina Smith on 07-11-23
By: Marie Benedict, and others
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Harlem Rhapsody
- By: Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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She found the literary voices that would inspire the world…. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian.
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Horrible Representation
- By Kwana Nicholas on 04-05-25
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The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....
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Too Religious
- By Laurie N. on 06-02-21
By: Mark Sullivan
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The Cardinal
- A Novel of Love and Power
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey enjoyed one of the most meteoric careers in history. His rise from humble beginnings coincided with young Henry VIII’s ascension to the throne in 1509.
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I enjoy English history especially when it’s presented accurately with a top notch narrator. A++
- By itrainonpulse on 06-01-25
By: Alison Weir
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An American Beauty
- By: Shana Abe
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm....
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Loved everything about it
- By Leigh H. on 07-10-23
By: Shana Abe
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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him....
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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When We Cease to Understand the World
- By: Benjamin Labatut, Adrian West - translator
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction....
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the true heir w.g. sebald
- By Thomas on 12-23-21
By: Benjamin Labatut, and others
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I Was Anastasia
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Sian Thomas, Ariel Lawhon
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia....
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Even knowing the true story,still enjoyed the book
- By Emily on 04-02-18
By: Ariel Lawhon
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley....
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Absolutely the best!
- By Katherine Dunigan on 06-29-24
By: Mark Sullivan, and others
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Belle Cora
- A Novel
- By: Phillip Margulies
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat, Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In the home where Arabella Godwin was raised it is forbidden to speak her name, and her picture is turned to the wall. But in the turbulent America of the 1850s, everyone knows her as "Belle Cora", madam of San Francisco's finest bordello. Judges and senators do her bidding....
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excellent
- By Patricia on 05-15-20
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Carnegie's Maid
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From the author of The Other Einstein, the mesmerizing tale of what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty....
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Shallow
- By Mary Smiroldo on 06-26-18
By: Marie Benedict
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America's First Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph....
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Great Story Great Narration
- By MissSusie66 on 03-30-16
By: Stephanie Dray, and others
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The Invention of Wings
- A Novel
- By: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women....
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If it Weren't True, I Wouldn't Have Believed it
- By FanB14 on 03-04-14
By: Sue Monk Kidd
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- By: Sam Greenlee, Natiki Hope Pressley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Natiki Hope Pressley
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Dan Freeman, the “spook who sat by the door,” is enlisted in the CIA’s elitist espionage program. Upon mastering agency tactics, however, he drops out to train young Black Chicagoans to combat racism as “Freedom Fighters” in this explosive novel....
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The Book that Threatened the White Establishment
- By Kerr on 06-22-20
By: Sam Greenlee, and others
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When We Were Young & Brave
- A Novel
- By: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones, Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path....
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heart wrenching And inspiring!!
- By Justin Drogoszewski on 11-22-20
By: Hazel Gaynor
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Schindler's List
- By: Thomas Keneally
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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An “extraordinary” (New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II....
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really well done
- By Neil H. Greenberg on 03-09-19
By: Thomas Keneally
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight....
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Philippa back on track
- By Bonnie-Ann on 11-26-11
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
By: Hilary Mantel
New releases
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Euphoria
- By: Lily King
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Xe Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.
By: Lily King
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Sad Tiger
- By: Neige Sinno, Natasha Lehrer -translator
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At nineteen, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather, and Sinno started a new life in Mexico.
By: Neige Sinno, and others
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The Bell Jar
- By: Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The story follows Esther Greenwood, a bright and ambitious college student who wins a prestigious internship in New York City. What begins as a promising experience quickly unravels as Esther feels increasingly disconnected from the glamorous world around her and begins to spiral into depression. Plath's prose is both lyrical and razor-sharp, capturing the nuances of Esther's internal conflict with remarkable precision. Through her protagonist's descent into mental illness, Plath explores themes of alienation, gender roles, and the suffocating pressures of perfectionism and conformity.
By: Sylvia Plath
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The Teacher of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Wendy Holden
- Narrated by: Wendy Holden, George Naylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Amid the brutality of the Holocaust, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang, staged plays, wrote poetry, and learned about the world. Within those four walls, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free, received better food, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch.
By: Wendy Holden
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The Secret Year of Zara Holt
- By: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrated by: Janet Watson Kruse
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Melbourne, 1927. The summer flowers smell like Christmas the night Zara Dickins meets Harry Holt. Zara is wearing a dress she has designed and made herself. White organdie over a short black slip, with black embroidery and a crimson taffeta sash. It is party season and the university crowd are celebrating end-of-year exams. Zara loves dancing with the boys and flirting with them, but it's a game to her. Nothing serious. Until Harry. He plans to be a politician once he finishes law. She, a fashion designer, if she can find a way to break out of the secretarial pool.
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My favorite writer my least favorite character
- By Liliana Condon on 06-25-25
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Sheribaby
- A Little Girl's Big Voice in Post-Independence Jamaica
- By: Sharon Gordon
- Narrated by: Sharon Gordon
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Sheribaby is a captivating and insightful look at post-independence Jamaica through the eyes of a sharp, outspoken young girl. Set between 1969 and 1975, the novel explores themes of classism, political identity, family, and cultural traditions with authenticity and depth. Blending nostalgia with social commentary, Sheribaby offers a vivid portrayal of Jamaican history while telling a universally relatable story of personal growth and change.
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Captivating Story
- By W C on 06-13-25
By: Sharon Gordon
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Euphoria
- By: Lily King
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Xe Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.
By: Lily King
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Sad Tiger
- By: Neige Sinno, Natasha Lehrer -translator
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At nineteen, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather, and Sinno started a new life in Mexico.
By: Neige Sinno, and others
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The Bell Jar
- By: Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The story follows Esther Greenwood, a bright and ambitious college student who wins a prestigious internship in New York City. What begins as a promising experience quickly unravels as Esther feels increasingly disconnected from the glamorous world around her and begins to spiral into depression. Plath's prose is both lyrical and razor-sharp, capturing the nuances of Esther's internal conflict with remarkable precision. Through her protagonist's descent into mental illness, Plath explores themes of alienation, gender roles, and the suffocating pressures of perfectionism and conformity.
By: Sylvia Plath
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The Teacher of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Wendy Holden
- Narrated by: Wendy Holden, George Naylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Amid the brutality of the Holocaust, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang, staged plays, wrote poetry, and learned about the world. Within those four walls, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free, received better food, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch.
By: Wendy Holden
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The Secret Year of Zara Holt
- By: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrated by: Janet Watson Kruse
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Melbourne, 1927. The summer flowers smell like Christmas the night Zara Dickins meets Harry Holt. Zara is wearing a dress she has designed and made herself. White organdie over a short black slip, with black embroidery and a crimson taffeta sash. It is party season and the university crowd are celebrating end-of-year exams. Zara loves dancing with the boys and flirting with them, but it's a game to her. Nothing serious. Until Harry. He plans to be a politician once he finishes law. She, a fashion designer, if she can find a way to break out of the secretarial pool.
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My favorite writer my least favorite character
- By Liliana Condon on 06-25-25
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Sheribaby
- A Little Girl's Big Voice in Post-Independence Jamaica
- By: Sharon Gordon
- Narrated by: Sharon Gordon
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Sheribaby is a captivating and insightful look at post-independence Jamaica through the eyes of a sharp, outspoken young girl. Set between 1969 and 1975, the novel explores themes of classism, political identity, family, and cultural traditions with authenticity and depth. Blending nostalgia with social commentary, Sheribaby offers a vivid portrayal of Jamaican history while telling a universally relatable story of personal growth and change.
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Captivating Story
- By W C on 06-13-25
By: Sharon Gordon
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La Virtuose
- By: Harriet Constable
- Narrated by: Anne Le Coutour
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Le monde a oublié son nom. Il est temps de connaître son histoire. Harriet Constable voue son premier roman à la mise en lumière des artistes femmes oubliées de l'Histoire, en racontant l'histoire vraie d'Anna Maria della Pietà, violoniste vénitienne d'exception du XVIIIe siècle ayant largement contribué à l'œuvre de Vivaldi avant d'être effacée par son mentor.
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Mademoiselle Spencer (French Edition)
- By: Christine Orban
- Narrated by: Caroline Roussel
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Christine Orban invite le lecteur à plonger dans la déchirante confession de Diana, pauvre créature sacrifiée à la royauté, et l’invite dans les coulisses d’un mariage somptueusement raté.
By: Christine Orban
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Sleeping Children
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Passeron, Frank Wynne - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Caplan
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1981. As a wave of mysterious infections sweeps across the United States, a doctor in Paris encounters something unexpected: a case of a disease long thought to have been eradicated. It matches what is happening across the Atlantic—and thus begins a race to make sense of a deadly virus, one that will define a generation. Miles away, in rural France, Anthony Passeron’s family is dealing with a crisis of their own. Their small village is gripped by another epidemic: heroin addiction. Anthony’s uncle Désiré, once the pride of the family, has become one of the “sleeping children.”
By: Anthony Passeron, and others
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Edison's Last Breath
- By: Patrick Kendrick
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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1931. As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and confidant, Henry Ford. But forty-two tubes were lost after he died. Then, year after year, one of the tubes of Edison’s breath would arrive at Ford’s Florida winter home where Ford would open it and breathe in the breath of his dead friend. He thought it brought him strength and wisdom.
By: Patrick Kendrick
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A Daughter of Warwick
- Queen to Richard III
- By: Judith Arnopp
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Daughter of the ambitious Earl of Warwick, Anne Neville is drawn into the ferocious war between Lancaster and York; a series of battles we now know as the Wars of the Roses. When Anne's father falls foul of Edward IV she is married without royal sanction to the Lancastrian heir, a man she has been taught to loathe.
By: Judith Arnopp
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Silenzio
- Le sette vite di Diana Karenne
- By: Melania G. Mazzucco
- Narrated by: Melania G. Mazzucco
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Nelle sue molte vite, Diana Karenne è stata qualsiasi cosa: straniera misteriosa, femme fatale, zingara, cantante, imprenditrice cinematografica, spia, suora strappata al convento, santa, contessa, regina, zarina. Prima che il tempo ne cancellasse ogni ricordo, fra il 1916 e il 1919 è stata soprattutto la più affascinante diva del cinema muto italiano. Diana si destreggia fra aristocratici, diplomatici, produttori dalla fama di banditi, attori a caccia di conquiste, sempre inseguita dal sospetto di essere una spia. Si sposta da Roma a Torino, da Milano a Napoli e Genova.
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Con la giustizia in testa
- By: Simonetta Agnello Hornby
- Narrated by: Aurora Peres
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Simonetta Agnello Hornby prende le mosse dalla domanda più semplice, più diretta, con cui ci interroghiamo quotidianamente: "Quello che sto facendo è giusto o sbagliato?". A partire da lì si toccano la giustizia dentro l'istituto famigliare, i fenomeni di ingiustizia sociale, lo spettro delle guerre (esistono guerre giuste?), l'amministrazione della giustizia, l'educazione di figli e nipoti. Agnello Hornby cerca esempi nella vita animale e indaga sulla rappresentazione della giustizia nella cultura popolare, nell'arte, nella letteratura, nelle storie che contribuiscono a creare una sensibilità civile.
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Dancing with Life
- By: Tina Lindegaard
- Narrated by: Karen Gundersen
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Blending biographical fiction with the introspective intimacy of a modern woman’s diary, this novel delves into themes of growth, resilience, and the search for meaning in a life lived across generations. It’s a deeply personal exploration of self-discovery and reflection, perfect for listeners drawn to heartfelt stories of personal growth and the beauty of life's unfolding journey.
By: Tina Lindegaard
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Fabulous Beasts
- A Love Story
- By: W.A. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Vivienne Holland, an enormously talented yet mentally fragile woman, comes of age in mid-century America and dreams of becoming a famous writer. However, trapped by the restrictions of pre-feminist society, a scientifically limited medical system unprepared to cope adequately with her mental illness, and her own tragic family background, she faces daunting obstacles.
By: W.A. Schwartz
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Unapologetic
- By: Beth Jannery
- Narrated by: Hedy Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Beth Jannery's novel Unapologetic explores the life of Delilah Auburn, a woman at a crossroads in her middle age, seeking to break free from a past marked by upheaval and emotional distance. Finally, a novel that turns childhood trauma into truth and healing. Unapologetic stands as a testament to the resilience and courage required for personal healing and growth. In the same spirit as the works of Miranda July and Glennon Doyle, Jannery’s novel bravely exposes raw emotions and tackles real topics with a vulnerability that feels akin to walking through the world with no skin—exposed and raw.
By: Beth Jannery
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Sputnik (German Edition)
- By: Christian Berkel
- Narrated by: Christian Berkel
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Am 4. Oktober 1957 erreichen die ersten Satelliten die Erdumlaufbahn. Kurz darauf erblickt in Westberlin Sputnik das Licht der Welt. Er wächst auf zwischen den Geschichten von Sala, der geliebten Mutter, die der Wirklichkeit ihre eigenen Bilder entgegenhält, und den Büchern des Vaters Otto. Schon früh wird ihm die Welt zur Bühne, alle scheinen eine Rolle zu spielen, und wie sonst sollte man das Leben begreifen? Als Jugendlicher dann die Flucht nach Paris: in die Welt der Literatur und zu Annie, die ihn Begehren, Liebe und Eifersucht lehrt.
By: Christian Berkel
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The Call Up Letter
- By: Toluwalope Olotu
- Narrated by: Marcus Mulenga
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This book will accentuate the need for relevance in service. In The Call up Letter, Toluwalope Olotu explores, albeit elegantly, a bio fiction’s prodding yet scintillating story that expresses a typical life escapades of a young African man as he journeys through life phases. It is a bio-fictitious potpourri of a sort with traces of verisimilitude, undulating in waves of doggedness in determination, faith, and in exploring every given opportunity that comes knocking. It is also a harvest of a deeply creative, adventurous, observant, and innovative mind.
By: Toluwalope Olotu
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Die Sternenforscherin
- By: Nico Mahler
- Narrated by: Ann Vielhaben
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Sie weist den Astronauten den Weg zu den Sternen... Schon früh weiß Maureen, dass die Sterne ihr Lebensthema sind. Sie will unbedingt Astronomin werden und setzt sich gegen alle Widerstände durch. Selbst die Liebe kann sie nicht aufhalten. So schafft sie es bis ganz nach oben: Als erste Chef-Astronomin der NASA arbeitet sie federführend an der Entwicklung des bahnbrechenden Weltraumobservatoriums. Der Sternenhimmel – überwältigend, bezaubernd und letztlich unerklärlich – bleibt die Leidenschaft ihres Lebens. Aber ist der Preis, den sie für ihre Karriere zahlen muss, letztlich zu hoch?
By: Nico Mahler
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Una peccatrice
- By: Giovanni Verga
- Narrated by: Letizia Lucchini
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Il romanzo trae ispirazione da un'esperienza autobiografica e narra la storia di un'intensa passione vissuta tra Pietro Brusio e Narcisa Valderi. L'uomo, attratto dalla trasgressione, conquista la donna, liberandola dal suo matrimonio, e si afferma come uno scrittore di grande successo, affrontando persino un duello per difenderla. La colpa diventa il filo conduttore che unisce i protagonisti. Il tema del matrimonio e dell'adulterio non si limita a essere una trasgressione o una conferma dei valori tradizionali, ma assume una sfumatura più complessa.
By: Giovanni Verga
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Una mujer insignificante
- By: Catalina Murillo
- Narrated by: Dalia de la Peña Wing
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Pido perdón por lo que a continuación voy a relatar, pregunto. Aunque, ¿a quién podría ya pedirle perdón? No tengo inclinación a hablar con gente muerta, me espanta la posibilidad de que me respondan. Me rindo. Acepto que hay algo impúdico en contar la vida de quien mantuvo su intimidad bajo llave. Así que me aguanto. Y no pido perdón. Ni me perdono.
By: Catalina Murillo
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I sopravviventi
- By: Girolamo Grammatico
- Narrated by: Daniele Ornatelli
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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«Ho lavorato con le persone senza dimora per circa diciassette anni. Le storie che racconto sono vere, nel senso che si sono svolte nella trama della mia vita. Sono esperienze che ho vissuto, sentimenti che ho provato, persone che ho incontrato.» Il protagonista di questo romanzo è lui, o meglio il suo doppio giovanissimo: un ragazzo siciliano arrivato a Roma per studiare Sociologia pieno di ideali in testa, che sceglie di fare servizio civile nel più grande centro d'accoglienza della capitale per persone senza dimora.
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La Fanfarlo e il Giovane Incantatore
- By: Charles Baudelaire
- Narrated by: Letizia Lucchini
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Scritto più di 10 anni prima de Les Fleurs du Mal, La Fanfarlo e il Giovane Incantatore è l'unica opera in prosa di Baudelaire. Questo volume snello è un esercizio di autobiografia vagamente romanzata. Racconta la storia di un giovane poeta, Samuel Cramer, che nel cercare di aiutare la sua amica d'infanzia, la signora de Cosmelly - una donna il cui marito è affascinato da una carismatica e attraente ballerina, Fanfario - finisce per innamorarsene lui stesso.
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Evelina & Dear Little Burney
- Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Fanny Burney
- Narrated by: Laura Doddington, Timothy West, Juliet Aubrey, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Before Jane Austen, there was Fanny Burney. In the 1780s, she was England’s most celebrated female author, having achieved extraordinary success with two hit novels. She went on to become a royal servant, marry an exile from the French Revolution and undergo a gruelling mastectomy without the aid of anaesthetic – all events chronicled in her diaries, which were published posthumously to great acclaim. Contained here are dramatisations of her first and most famous novel, and her remarkable journals and letters.
By: Fanny Burney
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Je m'appelais Jane
- By: Florence Buades
- Narrated by: Lisa Milet
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Lola est biographe et prête sa plume aux autres pour les aider à écrire leur vie. Elle se perd avec eux dans leurs souvenirs et couche sur le papier ces fragments de vie ressuscités. Lorsqu'elle accepte de rédiger la biographie de la baronne Jeanne de Beaumond, elle est loin d'imaginer ce qui l'attend. Cette fois, Lola va aider la baronne à se libérer d'un terrible secret et se laisser emporter dans un tourbillon de rencontres et de révélations qui la mèneront de la Côte d'Azur à la République dominicaine.
By: Florence Buades
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Moi cinq ans violée ! Mon enfance volée
- By: Eric Oswald
- Narrated by: Christine Saint-Léger
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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« L'innocence volée de ma tendre enfance plane sur mon être depuis le début de ma vie, l'innocence violée et mes années de souffrance, lorsqu'un un père a volé ma fraîcheur et mes envies ! » De rendez-vous à l'hôpital en interrogatoires de police, Astrid fut bientôt prise en charge par la direction des affaires sanitaires et sociales qui a organisé son placement en famille d'accueil le temps de trouver une institution. Alors elle se revoit placée chez la voisine du dessus, chez des amis ou de simples relations, chez des oncles ou des tantes.
By: Eric Oswald
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La Signora Meraviglia
- By: Saba Anglana
- Narrated by: Saba Anglana
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Nel 2015 a Roma, Dighei è una signora etiope dal carattere ribelle. Ha bisogno di prendere la cittadinanza. La nipote Saba aiuta la zia a muoversi nella burocrazia di una città faticosa e contraddittoria. Questo percorso frustrante alla ricerca della agognata signora Meraviglia – come in casa chiamano la cittadinanza italiana – si rivela decisivo per comprendere la natura di un turbamento che da nonna Abebech fino a Saba stessa ha infestato tutte loro.
By: Saba Anglana
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Caged Pride
- Choosing to Remember, Book 2
- By: Makitia Thompson
- Narrated by: James Matthews Vannoy
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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In the second novel of the 'Choosing to remember' series, Jerome Clarkson takes a swan dive into his past and the trauma he's carried for far too long. Jerome grew up in a very toxic and unloving environment, unable to escape the torture. His mother had him at just 13 and went on to have seven more children, that she took her frustrations out on constantly. Jerome was berated as child for being different and his mother often abused him because she believed that he was gay. From the moment his mother first beat him, Jerome felt the need to please his mother and prove her suspicions to be wrong.
By: Makitia Thompson
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Dom Róży
- By: Anna Stryjewska
- Narrated by: Anna Krypczyk
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Zrezygnowana i rozczarowana postawą najbliższych, Rozalia porzuca dotychczasowe życie i przenosi się do upragnionego domu na wsi. Jednak nawet ta decyzja nie pozwala jej żyć spokojnie. Wkrótce Róża musi zdecydować, czy ulec presji i poddać się namowom córki, czy być wierną swoim postanowieniom. Fabuła powieści rozgrywa się w dwóch planach czasowych – teraźniejszości, kiedy to Rozalia walczy o niezależność, oraz w latach 70. i 80., w czasie, na który przypadły jej młodość, pierwsza miłość, rozbudzone nadzieje i obciążone konsekwencjami decyzje.
By: Anna Stryjewska
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Looking After the Ashes
- By: Kopi Soh
- Narrated by: Angela Kanwar
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Looking After the Ashes is a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh’s childhood stories. Growing up in a large extended Taoist influenced Peranakan family filled with strong women, Kopi hears these words of ‘wisdom’ daily. She used to live in a world where clipping finger nails at night was strictly forbidden, pointing at the moon would result in one’s ears getting chopped off, and children were forced to stay indoors during sundown for fear of collision with evil forces.
By: Kopi Soh