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Getting the Love You Want
- A Guide for Couples: 20th Anniversary Edition
- De: Harville Hendrix Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 917
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 645
Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. This 20th-anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to the groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix's updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples' daily interactions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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PLEASE match narration to content!
- De WordNerd en 08-14-10
- Getting the Love You Want
- A Guide for Couples: 20th Anniversary Edition
- De: Harville Hendrix Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
Remarkable insights; Remarkable delivery
Revisado: 08-12-23
Needless to say, the material is wonderful, mind-blowing, revolutionary, inventive, and insightful. I was on pins and needles, and I felt challenged to grow from the first paragraph. This is the most interesting, original and authentic book I’ve encountered on the topic of relationships.
I must emphasize: the narration is perfect. The performance is a masterclass in how to handle the narration of non-fiction material that is instructive, contemplative, and complex. The book is engaging both intellectually and emotionally, and the reader’s presence should allow the listener to be present and undistracted in both realms.
I’ve listened to narrations of at least three other books I consider important and well written on the topics of yoga, metaphysics and love relationships. At least one was read by the author. Hearing Jack Garrett narrate “Getting the Love You Want” is the first time I’ve heard a narrator strike a perfect balance in his performance.
The material, in part thanks to Mr. Garrett’s read, is extremely engrossing. On occasion, I will check to see if I’m paying any attention to the reader himself. The answer is always ‘no.’ *The only reason I shift focus to check is that I’ve found the narrators of various excellent non-fiction works extremely distracting and mannered. I’ve heard narrators grossly under-modulate and over-modulate; I’ve heard some who have quirks, overly distinct speech patterns or who sound downright peculiar. Jack Garret’s voice and read are a joy to behold! I’m an actor and voice actor, so a part of me is always interested in the approach and effectiveness of audiobook narration/performance.
Here, Jack Garrett has all the qualifications a listener could want: a clear, pleasant, beautifully modulated voice. He is able to make crystal clear the sense and importance of the text. I attribute his great success with the material to his acting skills, his intelligence and his strong preparation, but at the same time, I am never conscious of him other than that he is warm enough to keep the material engaging at all times. He is masculine and strong, yet he never draws attention to his personality. His attributes merely serve his pitch-perfect delivery of the book.
I found every part of the book stirring on some level. I find it amazing and even amusing that when I heard the very last section of the book, which, aloud, initially sounds like an index, I was still so immersed that I forgot there was anything but the author’s message and me.
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Room on the Sea
- De: André Aciman
- Narrado por: Jeff Daniels
- Duración: 2 h y 35 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 847
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 775
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 769
Paul was reading a newspaper. Catherine was reading a novel. So begins Room on the Sea, André Aciman's scorching and elegiac love-story about a middle-aged man and woman who meet in the bullpen of jury selection and spend a sultry summer’s week trespassing ever further into each other's hearts. What begins as a flirtation quickly evolves into something deeper, something Paul and Catherine must carry on in secret - and with the understanding that anything more than a casual crush is out of the question.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating!
- De Owen L en 02-01-22
- Room on the Sea
- De: André Aciman
- Narrado por: Jeff Daniels
Winning, great performance
Revisado: 12-29-22
I've become a big fan of Jeff Daniels. If he is speaking, I know it's important. The prose was nice, and his voice and acting kept me committed. I found the story engaging and well crafted, but I needed to go over the last third several times. The story seemed to have one ending following another. I understood the device of Naples and Paul's connection to it, but felt it would have been more potent if the metaphor had been confined to the here and now of the beloved barista and the painting and hotel room the couple reveled in together. Lovely as the sentiments about Paul's mother were, receiving all that information about her as the final coda asks us either to recalibrate our thinking about Paul, or view his affair with Catherine merely as impetus for his Pilgrimage to the MOTHERland, or to understand that Paul's mother was/is possibly the only driving force in his life.
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