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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Plea for Cutting For Stone!
- By karenf on 14-05-2023
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
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wouldn't recommend
- By Larissa on 04-09-2017
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The Mountain Shadow
- Shantaram, Book 2
- By: Gregory David Roberts
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow....
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Didn’t want it to end!
- By Anonymous User on 18-02-2023
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Poor Things
- By: Alasdair Gray
- Narrated by: Russ Bain, Kathryn Drysdale
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation....
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Facinating historical Context
- By Anonymous User on 26-04-2024
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The Rachel Incident
- By: Caroline O'Donoghue
- Narrated by: Clara Harte
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the Rachel incident? When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But as the plot becomes increasingly complicated, their friendship is tested by impossible choices....
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Pitch perfect
- By tash on 24-10-2023
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The Moon Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 5
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland....
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Another engaging installment in the series
- By Tamara on 26-02-2019
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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Plea for Cutting For Stone!
- By karenf on 14-05-2023
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
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wouldn't recommend
- By Larissa on 04-09-2017
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The Mountain Shadow
- Shantaram, Book 2
- By: Gregory David Roberts
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow....
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Didn’t want it to end!
- By Anonymous User on 18-02-2023
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Poor Things
- By: Alasdair Gray
- Narrated by: Russ Bain, Kathryn Drysdale
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation....
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Facinating historical Context
- By Anonymous User on 26-04-2024
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The Rachel Incident
- By: Caroline O'Donoghue
- Narrated by: Clara Harte
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the Rachel incident? When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But as the plot becomes increasingly complicated, their friendship is tested by impossible choices....
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Pitch perfect
- By tash on 24-10-2023
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The Moon Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 5
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland....
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Another engaging installment in the series
- By Tamara on 26-02-2019
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has....
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Be patient
- By Peter on 19-12-2020
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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier....
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Hypnotic
- By C.J.R Flanagan on 03-02-2014
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- By: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrated by: John C. Reilly
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time....
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one of the favs
- By Andrew Mark Stewart Aussie on 08-02-2024
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The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed Hemingway's power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature....
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Character building
- By Damien Carson on 16-10-2018
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The Drover's Wife
- The Legend of Molly Johnson
- By: Leah Purcell
- Narrated by: Leah Purcell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep in the heart of Australia's high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson and her four surviving children, another on the way. Husband Joe is away months at a time droving livestock up north, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself....
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Wow! Powerful & Moving
- By Anonymous User on 08-11-2021
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Angels
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Gerri Halligan
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
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Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie Walsh has always done the right thing....
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Great book didn't like narration
- By Kimberly on 02-02-2017
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The Man in the High Castle
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war....
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Great
- By mitchell on 31-08-2015
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The Kite Runner
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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Vivid and emotive. Recommend
- By Anonymous User on 29-03-2019
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The Forgotten Garden
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....
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Poor narration
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2018
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Nineteen Minutes
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence....
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Great Read
- By Wendy Berry on 12-11-2017
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Crime and Punishment
- Penguin Classics
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oliver Ready
- Narrated by: Don Warrington
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
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This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before....
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A classic
- By David Graieg on 31-10-2020
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The Split
- By: S.E. Lynes
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Last night, we celebrated our anniversary. Over candlelight, we talked about the children, our work, and I was so happy, and felt so loved. But the next morning, when I check my phone, there is a message. From a friend.
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The Female Persuasion
- By: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, read by Rebecca Lowman. ‘Greer didn’t really know why Faith took an interest. But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.’ Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others....
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Phenomenal
- By Lola-Mae on 10-07-2018
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An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.
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Great book
- By Kate on 09-07-2019
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The Pisces
- By: Melissa Broder
- Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Lucy, staying in a beautiful home overlooking Venice Beach, can find no peace from her misery - not in therapy, not in Tinder hookups, not in her sister's dog's unquestioning devotion, not in ruminating on the ancient Greeks. Yet everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer one night while sitting alone on the beach rocks....
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Not finished
- By Anonymous User on 17-03-2024
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Everything Here Is Beautiful
- By: Mira T Lee
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Emily Woo Zeller, Ozzie Rodriguez, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters - Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. But Lucia impetuously plows ahead, marrying a bighearted older man only to leave him suddenly to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant.
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The Ensemble
- A Novel
- By: Aja Gabel
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest, the angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness String Quartet. In The Ensemble, each character takes the spotlight and picks up the melody, from the group's youthful rocky start through to middle age, through both devastating failures and wild success.
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really enjoyed this novel
- By Anonymous User on 19-10-2023
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Welcome to Lagos
- By: Chibundu Onuzo
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows that it is time to leave. As he travels towards Lagos, he becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a better life. Their arrival in the city coincides with the eruption of a political scandal. The education minister, Chief Sandayo, has disappeared and is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from government funds.
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A real gem
- By Ian Dickson on 19-06-2019
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Red Clocks
- By: Leni Zumas
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Five women. One question: what is a woman for? In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in vitro fertilisation is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers. This is a story of resilience, transformation and hope in tumultuous - even frightening - times.
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An interesting and easy listen.
- By Anonymous User on 13-05-2023
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The Merry Spinster
- Tales of Everyday Horror
- By: Daniel Mallory Ortberg
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From Daniel Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from his beloved Children's Stories Made Horrific series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to listeners of both The Toast and his best-selling debut Texts from Jane Eyre. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
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The Immortalists
- By: Chloe Benjamin
- Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes. We then follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and, in particular, how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day. This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make.
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Avoid
- By Chloe Starick on 13-04-2018
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The Female Persuasion
- By: Meg Wolitzer
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, read by Rebecca Lowman. ‘Greer didn’t really know why Faith took an interest. But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.’ Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others....
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Phenomenal
- By Lola-Mae on 10-07-2018
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An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.
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Great book
- By Kate on 09-07-2019
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The Pisces
- By: Melissa Broder
- Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Story
Lucy, staying in a beautiful home overlooking Venice Beach, can find no peace from her misery - not in therapy, not in Tinder hookups, not in her sister's dog's unquestioning devotion, not in ruminating on the ancient Greeks. Yet everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer one night while sitting alone on the beach rocks....
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Not finished
- By Anonymous User on 17-03-2024
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Everything Here Is Beautiful
- By: Mira T Lee
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Emily Woo Zeller, Ozzie Rodriguez, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters - Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. But Lucia impetuously plows ahead, marrying a bighearted older man only to leave him suddenly to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant.
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The Ensemble
- A Novel
- By: Aja Gabel
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest, the angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness String Quartet. In The Ensemble, each character takes the spotlight and picks up the melody, from the group's youthful rocky start through to middle age, through both devastating failures and wild success.
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really enjoyed this novel
- By Anonymous User on 19-10-2023
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Welcome to Lagos
- By: Chibundu Onuzo
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows that it is time to leave. As he travels towards Lagos, he becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a better life. Their arrival in the city coincides with the eruption of a political scandal. The education minister, Chief Sandayo, has disappeared and is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from government funds.
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A real gem
- By Ian Dickson on 19-06-2019
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Red Clocks
- By: Leni Zumas
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Five women. One question: what is a woman for? In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in vitro fertilisation is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers. This is a story of resilience, transformation and hope in tumultuous - even frightening - times.
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An interesting and easy listen.
- By Anonymous User on 13-05-2023
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The Merry Spinster
- Tales of Everyday Horror
- By: Daniel Mallory Ortberg
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From Daniel Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from his beloved Children's Stories Made Horrific series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to listeners of both The Toast and his best-selling debut Texts from Jane Eyre. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
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The Immortalists
- By: Chloe Benjamin
- Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes. We then follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and, in particular, how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day. This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make.
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Avoid
- By Chloe Starick on 13-04-2018
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Table for Two
- By: Amor Towles
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The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages.
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All Fours
- By: Miranda July
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- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
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My Stepmother's Secret
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- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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In the blink of an eye, life as Gabbie knows it crumbles. With her deceitful husband gone and her family shattered, she's left with no choice but to return to her childhood home – a house haunted by the woman who shattered their lives. Her stepmother. Her father's final wish was for his second wife to reside in their home indefinitely, a fact her stepmother clung to without a hint of leaving. Their relationship, strained and distant, must now weather an unexpected storm as she seeks her stepmother's help – for her daughters' sake, Olivia and Alice.
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The Tiger's Wife
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A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall - but for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages in the war-torn Balkans when she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery.
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Girls
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Everyone has heard of Girls. But what happened to the women they became? At the time of her death, the press wrote many things about Ingrid Olssen: She was a brilliant artist. She was a terrible mother to her girls, Mattie and Nora. And that her legacy would live on forever. Even so, it's unlikely the world will ever see another Ingrid Olssen exhibition - her last request to her daughters was to throw her ashes in the canyon and her paintings in the sea.
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In Budapest Noir 1945, 1956 and 1974 merge into 1991 and a nation is allowed to remember the dark days of its past and come to terms with its history before seeking to move on to a different future.
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Table for Two
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- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith Cameron
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The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages.
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All Fours
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A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
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In the blink of an eye, life as Gabbie knows it crumbles. With her deceitful husband gone and her family shattered, she's left with no choice but to return to her childhood home – a house haunted by the woman who shattered their lives. Her stepmother. Her father's final wish was for his second wife to reside in their home indefinitely, a fact her stepmother clung to without a hint of leaving. Their relationship, strained and distant, must now weather an unexpected storm as she seeks her stepmother's help – for her daughters' sake, Olivia and Alice.
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The Tiger's Wife
- By: Téa Obreht
- Narrated by: Antonia Whillans, Paul Slack
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall - but for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages in the war-torn Balkans when she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery.
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Girls
- By: Kirsty Capes
- Narrated by: Amber Gadd, Ryan Laughton
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard of Girls. But what happened to the women they became? At the time of her death, the press wrote many things about Ingrid Olssen: She was a brilliant artist. She was a terrible mother to her girls, Mattie and Nora. And that her legacy would live on forever. Even so, it's unlikely the world will ever see another Ingrid Olssen exhibition - her last request to her daughters was to throw her ashes in the canyon and her paintings in the sea.
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Budapest Noir
- Ilona Gets A Phone
- By: Alison Langley
- Narrated by: Alison Langley
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Abridged
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In Budapest Noir 1945, 1956 and 1974 merge into 1991 and a nation is allowed to remember the dark days of its past and come to terms with its history before seeking to move on to a different future.
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Fire Horse
- By: Pat Olney
- Narrated by: Madeline DeCorso
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For the past several years, since separating from his wife, Julia, he spends his days puttering around the isolated cabin he inherited from his father, and his evenings drinking alone on the porch, staring into the woods of northern Michigan. Julia, meanwhile, is living a life of comfort in London, together with her wealthy boyfriend, Gerrard. She goes through the motions of life, oblivious to the beauty of the city around her.
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Crucible of the Gods
- The Seventh Shaman, Book 3
- By: D.T. Read
- Narrated by: James R Cheatham
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Akuleh—Ku to his friends—thought his life would get easier after he learned his destiny wasn’t inescapably bound to his people’s death demon, Machitew. Then the enemy Supremacy gained a new ally that pushed the Resistance Pact forces into a two-front war across the galaxy. To halt the enemy’s advance and liberate a captured world, Ku’s unit, the 15th Aerospace Combat Wing, deploys to a planet aptly named for the destination of condemned souls. The terrain is rugged; the fighting worse.
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Blue Ruin
- By: Hari Kunzru
- Narrated by: Hari Kunzru
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the 1990's, and Jay is an artist tipped for greatness. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, a promising career is already taking shape before him. Despite the brutal end of his intense relationship with Alice, his great love, he's destined to make his mark on the world as one of the most brilliant young creatives of the last century. Everyone is going to remember his name. It's 2020, and Jay lives out of his car, working as a delivery driver in wealthy upstate New York. Jay arrives at an enormous mansion and collapses from exhaustion --- right at the feet of Alice.
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Long After We Are Gone
- A Novel
- By: Terah Shelton Harris
- Narrated by: Diontae Black
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Told in alternating viewpoints, Long After We Are Gone is a searing portrait on the power of family and letting go of things that no longer serve you, exploring the burden of familial expectations, the detriment of miscommunication, and the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children.
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Aliss at the Fire
- By: Jon Fosse, Damion Searls - translator
- Narrated by: Kåre Conradi
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In her old house by the fjord, Signe lies on a bench and sees a vision of herself as she was more than twenty years earlier: standing by the window waiting for her husband Asle, on that terrible late November day when he took his rowboat out onto the water and never returned. Her memories widen out to include their whole life together, and beyond: the bonds of family and the battles with implacable nature stretching back over five generations, to Asle's great-great-grandmother Aliss.
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Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Arthur Lane
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This captivating tale by George Orwell serves as a powerful allegory, warning against the dangers of totalitarianism, and remains relevant even today.
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The Rose Guardian
- By: Lorina Stephens
- Narrated by: Maria Campos
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Consummate storyteller Lorina Stephens returns with a novel of grief and the power of forgiveness. Do we sometimes seek absolution from the grave? Do we seek reconciliation between the child, the woman, the crone? In a story of unspoken truths and hidden fears, The Rose Guardian explores the cages we make when we fail to unlock our secrets.
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The More Beyond
- By: Jill Charlotte Thomas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Demetrios
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Morton Guthrie is a trust fund baby who doesn’t trust anyone. People disappoint. The world may be an oyster for some, but for her it’s only proven to be empty. Her father is busy with his boyfriends, her mother is occupied having nervous breakdowns.
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Laika...
- A Love Story
- By: J.F. McCarney
- Narrated by: Denel Honeyball
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This historical fiction follows Ayana Kenes, a peasant girl from Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union, who has unexpectedly risen to the top of the Soviet Space program. It is the dawn of the Space Race in 1957 and the Russians are in a race with the Americans. Ayana is tasked with helping to rush Laika, to become the first dog to orbit the Earth. But Ayana is distracted by a quirky, artistic lab technician, Nikolai Yinski, and his affection for Laika and the other dogs in the program.
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Mystic and the Secret of Happiness
- A Journey Toward Fearlessness...
- By: Anne-Claire Szubaniska
- Narrated by: Deedee Ash
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Have you ever felt more depressed than others and unable to join their state of happiness? You're not alone... At one time or another, we've all been in a pit of despair where it feels like happiness is an impossibility. It is here Mystic the cat begins his journey toward a place of pure joy and harmony—a place we all can reach. Mystic loses everything he thought was the cause of his joy and reason for existence when his best friend, an elephant named Bumpa goes missing.
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The Coast Road
- By: Alan Murrin
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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It’s 1994 in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is talking about Colette Crowley – the writer, the bohemian, the woman who left her husband and sons to pursue a relationship with a married man in Dublin. But now Colette is back, and nobody knows why. Returning to the community to try and reclaim her old life, Colette quickly learns that they are unwilling to give it back to her.
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Great Expectations
- By: Vinson Cunningham
- Narrated by: Aaron Goodson
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. Great Expectations is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign.