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Lucky
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 20
Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky—and the roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then—through a combination of hard work and serendipity—she started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English countryside to the tropical beaches of St. Thomas, from Cleveland to Los Angeles and back again.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Jane, you can do better.
- De Bryn en 05-29-24
- Lucky
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
Poor character development and superficial
Revisado: 04-29-24
The story isn’t well developed or meaningful. There is far too much discussion of boring food American food than anything else. I kept listening because I kept thinking that the book would have something of merit, but blah! At one point, the protagonist happens upon Virginia Wolfe’s house, realizing she hasn’t read her, she buys To the Lighthouse. I thought the book might have added some depth, but no. We learn what she ate instead of what she read. Stupid worthless book.
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Solito
- A Memoir
- De: Javier Zamora
- Narrado por: Javier Zamora
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,196
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,960
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,955
Javier Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MASTERPIECE of Poetic Prose, Outstanding Narration
- De Mary Burnight en 01-12-23
- Solito
- A Memoir
- De: Javier Zamora
- Narrado por: Javier Zamora
Melt the cold heart of nationalism
Revisado: 10-26-22
Javier, thank you for reaching powerfully beneath the congealed layers of fear and hate, beneath borders and boundaries of self and other. Any ember of love that persists will be rekindled by your words, burning away the lies that separate us from each other. Thank you, Javier.
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Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
- De: John Monaghan, Peter Just
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 5 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropology's most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic, its doctrine of cultural relativism, and its methodology of fieldwork and ethnography.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good listen - great overview
- De Orion en 09-15-16
- Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
- De: John Monaghan, Peter Just
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
Excellent text for undergraduate or advanced high school intro course
Revisado: 05-01-16
Sufficiently nuanced while retaining clarity enhanced with fascinating ethnographic examples makes for illuminating interesting text
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Circling the Sun
- A Novel
- De: Paula McLain
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,432
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,964
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,956
This powerful novel transports listeners to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa—1920s Kenya—and reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Pro: It made me want to read "West With the Night"
- De Ilana en 08-01-15
- Circling the Sun
- A Novel
- De: Paula McLain
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
Though set in colonized Kenya, the brutal injustice of colonialism is obfuscated, and the lives of African people are presented
Revisado: 09-08-15
Though set in colonized Kenya, the brutal injustice of colonialism is obfuscated, and the lives of African people are presented as minutia, nearly non-existent. White people once again are treated as if their's are the only lives that mater. The writing is gorgeous and the reading superb, and if this is what matters, then enjoy the solipsism of imperialism
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The Interestings
- A Novel
- De: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
- Duración: 15 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,691
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,356
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,368
The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age 15 is not always enough to propel someone through life at age 30; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs a better title, but a good read (listen)
- De Tango en 04-12-13
- The Interestings
- A Novel
- De: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Jen Tullock
Poor performance diminishes already low quality
Revisado: 02-01-15
Would you try another book from Meg Wolitzer and/or Jen Tullock?
no
What could Meg Wolitzer have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
characters need development. Story is purely sensational without any depth. Historical and cultural accuracy were good, but also very superficial.
What didn’t you like about Jen Tullock’s performance?
She uses the ska monotone and attitude for each male character.
What character would you cut from The Interestings?
Not possible to tell the story without each character.
Any additional comments?
I really dislike this story and the narrator.
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