Kathryn
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No Time for Goodbye
- Auteur(s): Linwood Barclay
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Lane
- Durée: 10 h et 52 min
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The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family - mother, father, and brother - had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.
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wonderful book - kept me intrigued all the way thr
- Écrit par Linda L. le 2018-05-04
- No Time for Goodbye
- Auteur(s): Linwood Barclay
- Narrateur(s): Christopher Lane
STRAIGHTFORWARD ENTERTAINMENT
Évalué le: 2019-02-20
After struggling through a slew of multi-layered British mysteries and suspense, this was a refreshing change. What I liked about it was the conversational tone of the dialogue. It does lack intricate subplots and nuanced character, however. Like a lot of American mysteries, it's one-dimensional, simplistic, straightforward and easy to read. I was ready for a non-intellectual experience that was purely entertaining. I did object to the bad mother/villain stereotype, leading poor innocent men to their downfall. That's simplicity for the simple. But, I liked it, anyway.
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Something in the Water
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Catherine Steadman
- Narrateur(s): Catherine Steadman
- Durée: 11 h et 41 min
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Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....
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brutally obvious and drawn out
- Écrit par Jamie le 2018-08-09
- Something in the Water
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Catherine Steadman
- Narrateur(s): Catherine Steadman
What's to love?
Évalué le: 2018-08-11
I found this book to be a great disappointment after the reviews. The plot was improbable.( SPOILER ALERT: How did the narrator bury the bodies of two large, grown men all by herself, in record time, with a head injury? ) The characters were one-dimensional, shallow and completely unlikable, with not one redeeming quality. The only thing that motivates these characters is greed. Much of the plot is left unexplained, such as, what, specifically, was encrypted on that USB. The only good thing I can say about it is that the performance is excellent and made me want to like the narrator, which, in the end, I just couldn't. It was easy to listen to, and I kept expecting something significant to occur, or some wisdom to surface, but it was completely plot-driven and very unsatisfying.
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Only Child
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Rhiannon Navin
- Narrateur(s): Kivlighan de Montebello
- Durée: 9 h et 10 min
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Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art.
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A straightforward look at grief
- Écrit par Kathryn le 2018-07-08
- Only Child
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Rhiannon Navin
- Narrateur(s): Kivlighan de Montebello
A straightforward look at grief
Évalué le: 2018-07-08
This is not the kind of book that generally interests me, but I found the child's perspective compelling and believable. The narration is clear and crisp. The devastation at the senseless killing of school school aged child among members of a family is realistic., complete with the break up of parents, who in their grief, struggle to communicate. The religious prespective that comforts the child was somewhat off-putting to myself , as is the lack of social and political context for school shootings. That is why I give it 3 stars. The family's final act of forgiveness of the shooter's father is a first step toward resolution, but left me somewhat disappointed. An easy read and realistic look at PTSD, but somewhat unsatisfying without a look at what leads to these mass tragedies.
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The Book of Night Women
- Auteur(s): Marlon James
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 15 h et 45 min
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The story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the 18th century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they - and she - will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age and reveals the extent of her power, they see her as the key to their plans.
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very good.
- Écrit par Carla le 2019-02-12
- The Book of Night Women
- Auteur(s): Marlon James
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
Horrifying and brilliant
Évalué le: 2018-07-02
Difficult to listen to but a timely reminder of the inhumanity of slavery. Beautifully read.
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A Tale for the Time Being
- Auteur(s): Ruth Ozeki
- Narrateur(s): Ruth Ozeki
- Durée: 14 h et 43 min
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In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace - and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox - possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami.
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A book to savour multiple times
- Écrit par Hamish on the couch le 2020-07-07
- A Tale for the Time Being
- Auteur(s): Ruth Ozeki
- Narrateur(s): Ruth Ozeki
Amazing book that confronts the difficult
Évalué le: 2018-06-23
A difficult book for those who want easy answers. I see it as a serious exploration of death and life. Don't expect to not feel the pain of life. This book is much needed in such heartbreaking times.
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How to Be Sick
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
- Auteur(s): Toni Bernhard
- Narrateur(s): Deon Vozov
- Durée: 6 h et 10 min
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How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and their Caregivers is a life-affirming, instructive, and inspiring book about living gracefully and purposefully with the challengesfaced by those with chronic pain or illness. These conditions, while not always life-threatening, are life-disrupting and stressful. The audiobook contains over two dozen tools and practices to help people live skillfully and to find equanimity and joy despite the profound changes in their lives.
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Actual Help for the Chronically Ill
- Écrit par Kathryn le 2018-05-09
- How to Be Sick
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
- Auteur(s): Toni Bernhard
- Narrateur(s): Deon Vozov
Actual Help for the Chronically Ill
Évalué le: 2018-05-09
It is rare that a self-help book would capture my attention as this one has. It provides a Buddhist perspective on enduring and living well with chronic illness. The author, herself, is chronically ill and mindful of the way this affects our lives. I have been reticent to really speak about what it is like to live this way, as it causes me shame and I experience rejection if I am too forthcoming. Bernhard breaks those silences, which, in itself, is comforting. She offers real direction in adopting the very practical methods that Budhhists have learned about dealing with both pain and suffering. The techniques aren't new, but put into the context of helping us live through medical difficulties, this book helps break the stigma we often attach needlessly to our suffering selves. It is not a pill one can take to feel better instantly; one must internalize and practice this very different way of speaking, thinking and acting. I recommend this book to all people I know are dealing with chronic illness.
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The Likeness
- Dublin Murder Squad, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Tana French
- Narrateur(s): Grainne Gillis
- Durée: 21 h et 37 min
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Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective.
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I didn't want to stop listening!
- Écrit par Rachel Kyle le 2019-08-25
- The Likeness
- Dublin Murder Squad, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Tana French
- Narrateur(s): Grainne Gillis
Three tries before getting into this , but ...
Évalué le: 2018-03-08
It was well worth my patience. Fascinating irony upon irony. Intelligent and thoughtful crime drama.
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Heather O'Neill
- Narrateur(s): Julia Whelan
- Durée: 12 h et 2 min
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Exquisitely imagined and hypnotically told, The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. Set in the early part of the 20th century, it is an unparalleled tale of abandoned children, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose fortune hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to escape one's origins. It might also take true love.
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Best novel of 2017
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2017-12-27
- The Lonely Hearts Hotel
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Heather O'Neill
- Narrateur(s): Julia Whelan
Heartbreakingly Tragic and Whimsically Humourous
Évalué le: 2018-02-16
This is a truly brilliant work, both in writing and performance. The narration, by deeply traumatized children, and their unchanging perspective as they grow into adults, is so completely True on the deepest level. The tone reminded me of the sweet, searing ice-pick sound of the electric mandolin. The reading is sublime and totally in keeping with the tone of the novel. The most horrific crimes of abuse by orphanage nuns are told from an almost whimsical perspective, as children so realistically try to interpret the horrors inflicted upon them into stories that explain the egregious behaviour of adults, at whose mercy they survive. It is startlingly beautiful, heartbreakingly honest, and oddly hilarious at times. Those who survive into adulthood are forced into lives of poverty, disenfranchisement, crime, and constant exploitation, and rarely acknowledged as the resourceful and creative survivors that they are. A unique work of art, read with love and understanding of complex characters. Yet, there are few sentimental moments and it is never too difficult to read. The best book I have heard in years, and totally engrossing. I read it in 1 day, then had to go back and read it again. Congratulations, Audible for this production of a great contemporary work of art.
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The Wisdom of Your Cells
- How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology
- Auteur(s): Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.
- Narrateur(s): Bruce H. Lipton
- Durée: 8 h et 8 min
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In the tradition of Carl Sagan, Rachel Carson, and Stephen Hawking, a new voice has emerged with the unique gift of translating cutting-edge science into clear, accessible language: Dr. Bruce Lipton. With The Wisdom of Your Cells, this internationally recognized authority on cellular biology takes listeners on an in-depth exploration into the microscopic world, where new discoveries and research are revolutionizing the way we understand life, evolution, and consciousness.
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tRNA to my mRNA
- Écrit par Tanya Hollingshead le 2018-01-13
- The Wisdom of Your Cells
- How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology
- Auteur(s): Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.
- Narrateur(s): Bruce H. Lipton
A hard won account of truth telling
Évalué le: 2018-01-04
Thank you for this excellent and very useful insight into how the mind works. It is not only in line with contemporary science, but also with ancient Buddhism.
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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
- Auteur(s): Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Hoye
- Durée: 11 h et 35 min
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Bolder even than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness.
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Narration destroys anything of value in this book
- Écrit par Kathryn le 2017-12-27
- The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
- Auteur(s): Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Hoye
Narration destroys anything of value in this book
Évalué le: 2017-12-27
I think many ideas in this book are very exciting. However, I could not get past the terrible narration. The reading is far too fast and monotone. Not at all what is needed in an academic history of myth. I want to return it.