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The Lacuna
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,724
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
Born in the United States, but reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his thrilling odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and, one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed muralist Diego Rivera. When he goes to work for Rivera, his wife, exotic artist Kahlo, and exiled leader Lev Trotsky, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Writers need Great Narrators
- By Gypsy Wife on 12-04-09
- The Lacuna
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
interesting weaving of story lines me
Reviewed: 10-01-24
A little slow at the start. but the story begins to weave fairly quickly.
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The Shortest History of Germany
- From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel: A Retelling for Our Times
- By: James Hawes
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871 - yet today, Germany is the world's fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The narrator can’t pronounce German
- By Vauras Ilmari on 03-22-19
- The Shortest History of Germany
- From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel: A Retelling for Our Times
- By: James Hawes
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
much needed summary in English!
Reviewed: 02-03-20
I would like another on the same subject for comparison and contrast since I'm ba
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Days Without End
- A Novel
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,253
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,045
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,039
Thomas McNulty, having fled the Great Famine in Ireland and now barely 17 years old, signs up for the US Army in the 1850s and with his brother in arms, John Cole, goes to fight in the Indian Wars - against the Sioux and the Yurok - and, ultimately, in the Civil War. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves, they find these days to be vivid and alive, despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee, Sebastian Barry's latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is about love of two men
- By KEITH on 08-26-17
- Days Without End
- A Novel
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
A poetic look at Western history
Reviewed: 04-15-19
without romanticism or cynicism and with some humor and touching lightness. An important look back at our overly romanticized and 'holier than thou' imaginings of the Western expansion
The reading is also a work of art!
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Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126,865
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 111,823
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Story5 out of 5 stars 111,435
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Perfectly title for what follows
Reviewed: 04-15-19
The last book I read about fanatical religions was about Scientology. Westover enlightens my endless quest for meaning in the psyches of religious fanatics! It is as hard to understand as ever but the antidote is still the same...also the vaccination: education.... not a perfect work but a very good one.
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Fascism
- A Warning
- By: Madeleine Albright
- Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,562
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,044
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,007
At the end of the 1980s, when the Cold War ended, many, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, believed that democracy had triumphed politically once and for all. Yet nearly 30 years later, the direction of history no longer seems certain. A repressive and destructive force has begun to reemerge on the global stage - sweeping across Europe, parts of Asia, and the United States - that to Albright, looks very much like fascism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warning!
- By JAL on 04-19-18
- Fascism
- A Warning
- By: Madeleine Albright
- Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
outstanding analysis,historical comparisons
Reviewed: 07-15-18
excellent weaving of history,biography, and political science as applied to current era realities.,
like being in a seminar in her living room
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Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,004
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,504
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,427
Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- By Chris M. on 11-13-17
- Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
fantastic and inspiring story
Reviewed: 05-18-18
outstandingly engaging ,Isaaccson , hits a home run with his treatment of DaVinci...a hero of mine from middle school days!
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The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
- A Novel
- By: Mira Jacob
- Narrated by: Mira Jacob
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 355
With depth, heart, and agility, debut novelist Mira Jacob takes us on a deftly plotted journey that ranges from 1970s India to suburban 1980s New Mexico to Seattle during the dot.com boom. The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing is an epic, irreverent testimony to the bonds of love, the pull of hope, and the power of making peace with life’s uncertainties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I have read in a long time
- By Cmlmmomii on 01-10-15
- The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
- A Novel
- By: Mira Jacob
- Narrated by: Mira Jacob
Written with heart;Narrated Brilliantly
Reviewed: 03-22-15
What made the experience of listening to The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing the most enjoyable?
The author's narration was excellent. Loved her acting and accents
What about Mira Jacob’s performance did you like?
Her ability to act all of her characters.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Made me laugh in places cry in others.
Any additional comments?
The book's characters and their story portray the many shades of love.
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Conservatives Without Conscience
- By: John W. Dean
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116
John Dean's last New York Times best seller, Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, offered the former White House insider's unique and telling perspective on George W. Bush's presidency. Once again, Dean employs his distinctive knowledge and understanding of Washington politics and process to examine the conservative movement's current inner circle of radical Republican leaders, from Capitol Hill to Pennsylvania Avenue to K Street and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book Every American Should Read
- By savjk on 09-11-06
- Conservatives Without Conscience
- By: John W. Dean
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Constitutional Democracy is at stake
Reviewed: 08-13-06
John Dean, as a former Goldwater Republican, cannot be easily dismissed as a "loon" or "Republican hating". What he describes in this interesting, well written and researched book is the far right wing of conservatism that has taken over most of the power of all branches of the United States government at this time. These people are not "conservatives" as they have been known in the past.
Dean's book also explains how in a democracy a tiny minority can amass enormous power one would expect would arise from a super majority of the people. Dean alerts the reader to the true danger that lurks in the current regime's psychological and philosophical makeup. Nothing less than Constitutional Democracy is at stake.
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