Elizabeth B Carothers
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The Kingdom of Prep
- The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
- By: Maggie Bullock
- Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Once upon a time, a no-frills J.Crew rollneck sweater held an almost mystical power—or at least it felt that way. The story of J.Crew is the story of the original “lifestyle brand,” whose evolution charts a sea change in the way we dress, the way we shop, and who we aspire to be over the past four decades—all told through iconic clothes and the most riveting characters imaginable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FANtastic Read!
- By Hello World on 08-16-23
- The Kingdom of Prep
- The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
- By: Maggie Bullock
- Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
Really interesting niche history
Reviewed: 03-15-23
This was such a fun listen! I love a good niche history. Really interesting story of a company that we know of so well.
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Wallflower at the Orgy
- By: Nora Ephron
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 90
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 91
From her Academy Award-nominated screenplays to her best-selling fiction and essays, Nora Ephron is one of America's most gifted, prolific, and versatile writers. In this classic collection of magazine articles, Ephron does what she does best: embrace American culture with love, cynicism, and unmatched wit. From tracking down the beginnings of the self-help movement to dressing down the fashion world's most powerful publication to capturing a glimpse of a legendary movie in the making, these timeless pieces tap into our enduring obsessions with celebrity, food, romance, clothes, entertainment, and sex.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- By KZ on 10-11-21
- Wallflower at the Orgy
- By: Nora Ephron
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
Didn’t love this like her others
Reviewed: 01-30-23
Didn’t love this one as much as her others. An interesting look back at the late 60’s and early 70’s through her writing.
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Anna
- The Biography
- By: Amy Odell
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 323
As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL, SPLENDID, I LOVED IT!!
- By Liz Jardine on 05-13-22
- Anna
- The Biography
- By: Amy Odell
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Extremely well written biography
Reviewed: 08-09-22
I loved this biography. Amy Odell did exhaustive research and interviews from Anna’s early life to the present. The people associated painted a vivid picture of a person who is such and enigma in so many ways. The reader is very reserved. Others have found her boring but I felt that she was a perfect tone for a woman who is half-British and publicly, very reserved. Great read!
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Taste
- My Life Through Food
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,659
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,100
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,064
Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them. Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should include a pdf of recipes
- By Jen Griffin on 10-23-21
- Taste
- My Life Through Food
- By: Stanley Tucci
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
The most lovely love letter to food
Reviewed: 10-11-21
Stanley Tucci’s love for food comes through in this lovely memoir. It’s a delight to listen to.
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Beach Read
- By: Emily Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,265
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes best-selling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal Storytelling... with a caveat
- By S.R.V. on 05-22-20
- Beach Read
- By: Emily Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Perfect Summer Read
Reviewed: 07-08-20
Perfect light fun summer reading! Intriguing story but not too dark. Julia Whalen does a lovely reading, as always.
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Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,714
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,445
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,425
With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved every chapter except one
- By Yanina Sarquis Adamson on 01-18-20
- Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- By: Emily Oster
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Another excellent read...
Reviewed: 04-29-19
Another excellent read from Emily Oster. Love her practical, evidence based books. Information is delivered in a straightforward way and without judgement, merely gives one the tools to make a decision. If you liked Expecting Better, you’ll like this one too!
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Save Me the Plums
- My Gourmet Memoir
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Ruth Reichl
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,512
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,326
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,325
When Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no? This is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, shame there wasn't a recipe PDF
- By Kathleen on 05-14-19
- Save Me the Plums
- My Gourmet Memoir
- By: Ruth Reichl
- Narrated by: Ruth Reichl
Loved it!
Reviewed: 04-03-19
Another wonderful book from Ruth Reichl. Loved hearing about her years at Gourmet. Her narration is fantastic. I always love hearing authors read her own work. I wish it hadn’t ended so quickly.
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Bite Me
- How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me
- By: Ally Hilfiger, Tommy Hilfiger - foreword
- Narrated by: Ally Hilfiger
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of 18. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now Ally was pushed to a psychotic break after struggling since she was seven years old with physical symptoms that no doctor could explain - everything from joint pain to night sweats, memory loss, nausea, and brain fog.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It’s a hard pass for me.
- By gabriella on 12-08-17
- Bite Me
- How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me
- By: Ally Hilfiger, Tommy Hilfiger - foreword
- Narrated by: Ally Hilfiger
Interesting but difficult to relate
Reviewed: 09-26-18
This was an interesting listen. As always, much better to have the author reading because the listener really gets her tone. Her story is astounding and having had a friend with chronic Lyme, it gave me much better insight into what it must have been like for my friend to struggle for so long. Ally Hilfiger comes from such and extraordinary background, that is is a little difficult to relate to her. Nonetheless, an interesting read and quite a story.
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Shopaholic to the Rescue
- A Novel
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 727
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Story4 out of 5 stars 645
Becky is on a major rescue mission through the American West to Las Vegas! Her father has vanished from Los Angeles on a mysterious quest with the husband of Becky’s best friend, Suze. Becky’s mum is hysterical; Suze is flat-out desperate. Worse, Becky must tolerate an enemy along for the ride, who she’s convinced is up to no good.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best shopaholic story yet
- By Kiayaj on 11-09-15
- Shopaholic to the Rescue
- A Novel
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Always great to hear a Becky story...
Reviewed: 11-03-15
Always great to revisit Becky et al. But this round felt a little played out. Hated the cliffhanger in the last book and was looking forward to this one. As always, a fun story but a little far fetched, well more then usual.
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