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The Human Scale
- A Novel
- De: Lawrence Wright
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 18 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Tony Malik, a half-Irish, half-Arab FBI agent based in New York, specializes in tracking money from drug and arms deals. His life takes a dramatic turn when a long-term relationship ends and his job hangs in the balance. Amid personal turmoil, Malik becomes intrigued by his Palestinian father's past. He decides to visit his ancestral homeland for his niece's wedding, accepting a seemingly simple FBI assignment along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A History Lesson within a Mystery/Thriller
- De Kat en 04-20-25
- The Human Scale
- A Novel
- De: Lawrence Wright
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
A standout informative novel
Revisado: 05-04-25
Excellent docudrama like storyline grounded in journalistic and historical detail with a very balanced but subtle view of the opposing parties. Brings to life the complexities and human suffering underlying the numbing daily headlines of this seemingly never ending conflict.
Full marks to the reader too: his easy-to-listen-to style, articulation, pacing, seamless intonation and measured delivery.
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Precipice
- A Novel
- De: Robert Harris
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 298
In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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outstanding in every way
- De Rosalind Britton en 10-10-24
- Precipice
- A Novel
- De: Robert Harris
- Narrado por: Samuel West
Top notch!
Revisado: 10-12-24
Engrossing, informative, very well written - as usual from this author - and an over-the-top reading by Samuel West...
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Hamnet
- De: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,312
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8,092
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,026
Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A masterpiece
- De Molly-o en 08-03-20
- Hamnet
- De: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
Exceptional through-and-through
Revisado: 08-06-20
Loved the storyline, and was enthralled by the prose... even found myself replaying certain passages and, yes, even a chapter or two for the sheer beauty of the language and the performance... which underscores the sympathetic narration by Ell Potter. One of those rare books whose conclusion one never quite wants to reach.... Bravo!!!
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Sweet Sorrow
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Rory Kinnear
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 19
In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not up to expectations...
- De Cary en 03-09-20
- Sweet Sorrow
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Rory Kinnear
Not up to expectations...
Revisado: 03-09-20
I thoroughly enjoyed both One Day and Us by Nicholls. Not so this outing however. Could not get fully engaged with the characters especially the protagonist, Charlie Lewis who's an out-and-out winger and whiner. The girlfriend, Fran held some initial promise but for her inexplicable continued attraction to Charlie.
That said, Nicholls' writing shone in a few set pieces.
Bottom line: but for the truly exceptional reading performance by Rory Kinnear, I likely would have given up on the book a third of the way through...
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The President's Hat
- De: Antoine Laurain
- Narrado por: Luke Thompson, Peter Noble, David Timson, y otros
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand’s black felt hat has been left behind. After a few moments’ soul-searching, Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir of an extraordinary evening. It’s a perfect fit, and as he leaves the restaurant Daniel begins to feel somehow...different.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You need this book. I need that hat.
- De Amber en 10-25-13
- The President's Hat
- De: Antoine Laurain
- Narrado por: Luke Thompson, Peter Noble, David Timson, Sandra Duncan, Jane Collingwood, Rebecca Egan
Wonderful all around...
Revisado: 11-19-19
Delightful novella that captures ones imagination... matched by a terrific series of English narrators whose French is parfait!
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Tightrope
- De: Simon Mawer
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 277
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 257
This captivating historical thriller brings back Marian Sutro, ex-special operations agent, and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old loyalties. As Allied forces close in on Berlin in spring 1945, a solitary figure emerges from the wreckage that is Germany. It is Marian Sutro, whose existence was last known to her British controllers in autumn 1943 in Paris.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Oh my, this is another one
- De Diana Pearson en 11-19-20
- Tightrope
- De: Simon Mawer
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
Marvelous!
Revisado: 07-02-19
A perfect marriage of plot, character and prose. Kate Redding's vocalisation is suitably sensational. Bravo!
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A Taste for Vengeance
- A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel
- De: Martin Walker
- Narrado por: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duración: 11 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 553
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 551
When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis, the worried hostess is quick to call on Bruno for help. Monica Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British major, is unreachable. And not long after Bruno discovers that Monica was traveling with a mysterious Irishman (her lover?), the two turn up dead. The Irishman's background in intelligence and his connection to Monica's husband only raise more questions for Bruno.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of the best
- De Sharon Major en 06-28-18
- A Taste for Vengeance
- A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel
- De: Martin Walker
- Narrado por: Robert Ian Mackenzie
Return to form...
Revisado: 07-11-18
"I've read all the Bruno books and, while they're all very good, unsurprisingly some are better than others. This one get's full marks. Interesting believable characters with a compelling and believable story line that kept me enthralled thru to the end. The one constant in the series, is the exceptional narrator, Robert Ian MacKenzie. His modulated, evenly paced delivery is exemplary. More of this series, s.v.p.
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The Hate U Give
- De: Angie Thomas
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 45,877
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41,614
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41,462
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Book Changed My Entire Perspective
- De Wendi en 01-14-18
- The Hate U Give
- De: Angie Thomas
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
A truly exceptional audio performance but...
Revisado: 06-24-18
...while the young writer shows a lot of talent and her use of dialogue is of particular note, the constant teeny-bopper whinging and verbal interplay got a bit too tiresome for me, a much older white man... accurate though her rendering may well be.
[FWIW. I came by this book, which normally would have been way off my radar screen, by virtue of a very good review that appears on Adrian McKinty, a fave of mine's, website]
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Young Bloods
- Wellington and Napoleon, Book 1
- De: Simon Scarrow
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 19 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 409
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 406
Arthur Wesley (the future Duke of Wellington) was born and bred to be a leader. With a firm belief that the nation must be led by a king, the red-coated British officer heads for battle against the French Republic, to restore the fallen monarchy. Napoleon Bonaparte joins the French military on the eve of the Revolution. He believes leadership is won by merit, not by noble birth. When anarchy explodes in Paris, he's thrust into the revolutionary army poised to march against Britain.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- De Jean en 02-26-16
- Young Bloods
- Wellington and Napoleon, Book 1
- De: Simon Scarrow
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
Plesant surprise!
Revisado: 04-01-16
Approached this book cautiously, fearing a watered down or, worse, overly fantasized rendering of two fascinating historical giants and their times. To the contrary, I found this is a well-scripted, informative without being overly bogged down in minutiae and, yes, highly entertaining historical novel - an Audible Masterpiece Theatre, if you will - which is thoroughly appealing. Helped along by a splendid narrator, Jonathan Keeble, with the appropriate voice inflections, accurately delivered accents etc., It makes one crave for the three remaining and yet unrecorded books in the series, to be similarly executed. And "soon" is not good enough! My first Scarrow outing.
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- De: Colm Tóibín
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,050
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,579
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,584
It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn to a crowded boarding house. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life - until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Big Disappointment
- De Cariola en 06-21-09
- Brooklyn
- A Novel
- De: Colm Tóibín
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
Saw the movie...
Revisado: 02-05-16
....then bought the book and was enthralled even more. Wonderful sensitive rendering of the post-WWII emigres experience to America (unlike say, "Angela's Ashes" where unremitting poverty becomes the prime impetus to leave) underscoring the notion that to emigrate is to become a foreigner in two countries as the same time. The reader gives a more than credible rendering of the various accents and is quite engaging besides.
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