Dena
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
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In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- By Cathy Lindhorst on 08-27-17
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Procative, sweet and profound
Reviewed: 08-05-23
Loved it...will read it again just to see what I missed. I am planning to get the hard copy.
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Stardust
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve the star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran on the most unforgettable adventure of his life.
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This is an ADULT fairytale
- By Rebecca on 01-25-08
- Stardust
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
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Reviewed: 07-23-22
Convoluted,, vulgar, couldn't stay focused on it. Gave up. I wouldn't recommend it. Maybe others would like it but not me.
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The Book Thief
- By: Markus Zusak
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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Glad I took a chance.
- By Robert on 08-20-11
- The Book Thief
- By: Markus Zusak
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
READ the Book Thief. You must!
Reviewed: 03-12-22
Probably the most descriptive and poignant
book I have ever read. I LOVED it. You will too.
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Island Queen
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Riley
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
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Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent. Vanessa Riley’s novel brings Doll to vivid life as she rises above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism by working the system and leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life
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BRILLIANT
- By PJMcGhee on 07-11-21
- Island Queen
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Riley
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
A saga...
Reviewed: 08-07-21
I loved this book. If there was a drawback it was that it was so long as to be hard to get finished. Still, the story was poignant and the narration (Adjoa Andoh) was admirable. Naturally when you give one voice so many voices to do there will be disappointments but when she did the voice of Dorothy (Dolly) she did it with conviction and insight and sympathy. I'm a little skeptical that a single person in her circumstances could have amassed that kind of fortune, but then I wasn't there. It is a saga...stay with it.
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Last Port of Call
- The Queenstown Series, Book 1
- By: Jean Grainger
- Narrated by: Siobhan Waring
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Twelve-year-old Harp Delaney is an unusual child, quiet and intelligent far beyond her years. She would rather spend her days in the library of the grand Georgian house that she sees as her home than playing on the streets with other children. Her mother, Rose, is the reserved and ladylike housekeeper at the Cliff House. The local women envy her grace and poise while the men admire her beauty. She behaves not as a servant should, but as someone who belongs at the ancestral home of eccentric loner Henry Devereaux.
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Engaging story for a series, once you read a third of the book
- By JAMD on 07-25-21
- Last Port of Call
- The Queenstown Series, Book 1
- By: Jean Grainger
- Narrated by: Siobhan Waring
Great story
Reviewed: 07-20-21
Interesting setting... new plot with people easy to identify with. The reader was excellent. I really liked this fresh, well thought out "story". I look forward to reading more of her work.
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Last Port of Call
- The Queenstown Series, Book 1
- By: Jean Grainger
- Narrated by: Siobhan Waring
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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The day Titanic sails from Queenstown, taking with it the hopes and dreams of so many, Harp’s life too is devastated. The small port town is shaken to its foundations at the loss of the unsinkable ship, but the revelation of a long-held secret means that Harp and Rose have a much more pressing issue to solve, one that could destroy them if they cannot find a solution.
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Love, love, love
- By Anij on 06-13-23
- Last Port of Call
- The Queenstown Series, Book 1
- By: Jean Grainger
- Narrated by: Siobhan Waring
Great story
Reviewed: 07-20-21
Interesting setting... new plot with people easy to identify with. The reader was excellent. I really liked this fresh, well thought out "story". I look forward to reading more of her work.
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The Devil's Novice
- The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peters and Saint Paul, in September of the year of our Lord 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive 19-year-old novice. Brother Cadfael has never seen two men more estranged than the Lord of Aspley and Meriet, the son he coldly delivers to the abbey to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howls earn him the nickname the Devil's Novice. Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priest's dreadful fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Meriet's innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boy's pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose.
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Why is a woman narrating this tale?
- By Amy Atkinson on 12-25-03
- The Devil's Novice
- The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
BIG fan
Reviewed: 07-13-21
Big fan of the whole series. a refreshing absence of violence and gratuitous sex...just good stories. ☺
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The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
- By: Celeste Lecesne
- Narrated by: Celeste Lecesne
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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This live performance of a powerful police procedural comes to life through the artistry of Celeste Lecesne and is accompanied by the original music of Duncan Sheik. Celeste portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as they unravel the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant 14-year-old boy who has gone missing. A luminous force of nature whose magic is only truly felt once he is gone, Leonard becomes an unexpected inspiration as the town’s citizens question how they live, who they love, and what they leave behind.
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A Story About People Like Me, But Not For Us.
- By 'Nathan on 09-16-19
- The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
- By: Celeste Lecesne
- Narrated by: Celeste Lecesne
Sensitive story
Reviewed: 06-14-20
Loved this book. Insightful, sympathetic and touching. It's a sometimes funny but always thoroughly engaging story.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah, Born A Crime
Reviewed: 03-06-19
He's quite a writer! I was right there with him every step of the way. I was impressed not only by the narrative, but how he was able to step back and analyse every situation and find reasons for every action that made you sympathetic and understanding. I don't think a writer has ever done that for me before. He made me see things from an unfamiliar angle and some of it was quite uncomfortable. I had very mixed feelings about how it ended....maybe not a good reflection on me.
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