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De: Larry McMurtry
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The Night Listener
- De: Armistead Maupin
- Narrado por: Armistead Maupin
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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This unprecedented audio project is as thought-provoking as it is mesmeric. The Night Listener is a meditation on the power of voices and the faith we place in them, and an extraordinary audio experience from an American literary icon.
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Wheels within wheels
- De Naomi en 07-06-03
De: Armistead Maupin
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Outside Looking In
- A Novel
- De: T. C. Boyle
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students at Harvard are gradually drawn into the inner circle of renowned psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary. Fitzhugh Loney, a psychology PhD student, and his wife, Joanie, become entranced by the drug’s possibilities such that their “research” becomes less a matter of clinical trials and academic papers and instead turns into a freewheeling exploration of mind expansion, group dynamics, and communal living.
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STORYTELLING AS CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
- De Christopher Meeks en 05-25-19
De: T. C. Boyle
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All My Friends are Going to be Strangers
- De: Larry McMurtry
- Narrado por: John Randolph Jones
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Danny Deck - Emma's friend from Terms of Endearment - is a promising young writer losing touch with his talent and drifting from Texas to California because "that's where all the writers are." Set in the early 60s, this is a very funny (and raunchy) satire of life in Texas and California and a true and American portrait of an artist as a young man.
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Favorite audio book ever
- De melanie christner en 06-01-16
De: Larry McMurtry
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Everybody's Son
- A Novel
- De: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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During a terrible heat wave in 1991 - the worst in a decade - 10-year-old Anton has been locked in an apartment in the projects, alone, for seven days, without air conditioning or a fan. With no electricity, the refrigerator and lights do not work. Hot, hungry, and desperate, Anton shatters a window and climbs out. Cutting his leg on the broken glass, he is covered in blood when the police find him. Juanita, his mother, is discovered in a crack house less than three blocks away, nearly unconscious and half-naked.
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Engaging and insightful
- De Amazon Customer en 07-12-17
De: Thrity Umrigar
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Lolita
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.
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An Absolutely Gorgeous Audible Experience
- De Jim en 10-26-05
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch
- De: Haywood Smith
- Narrado por: Anne Gartlan
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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Southern housewife Linwood Breedlove Scott was happily content in her comfortable 30-year marriage, but when her husband cleans out their bank accounts and runs off with a stripper, her life takes a hilarious, yet touching, right turn into reality. With no place to go but home, she's forced back to her eccentric family she escaped by marrying at 19. But despite her newly dependent situation, Lin begins to stand on her own two feet and wake up to the joys - and perils - of life as a single woman.
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Haywood Smith is royal with this book!
- De Dave en 12-09-12
De: Haywood Smith
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Maybe the Moon
- De: Armistead Maupin
- Narrado por: Armistead Maupin
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where, as she says, "you can die of encouragement". Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star.
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short but good
- De Charlene en 08-06-07
De: Armistead Maupin
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The Keep
- The Adversary Cycle, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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"Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims. When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the problem, the men find something that's both powerful and terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on folklore - who just happens to be Jewish - to shed some light on the mysterious happenings.
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At long last, The classic horror novel on Audible
- De Shieldslinger en 07-22-20
De: F. Paul Wilson
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Disturbing the Peace
- De: Richard Yates
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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To all appearances, John Wilder has all the trappings of success, circa 1960: a promising career in advertising, a loving family, a beautiful apartment, even a country home. John's evenings are spent with associates at quiet Manhattan lounges and his weekends with friends at glittering cocktail parties. But something deep within this seemingly perfect life has long since gone wrong.
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7 hours and 27 minutes pure blisd
- De Mia en 01-05-13
De: Richard Yates
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Christopher and His Kind covers the most memorable 10 years in the writer's life, from 1929, when Isherwood left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitely, to 1939, when he arrived in America. When the book was published in 1976, readers were deeply impressed by the courageous candor with which he describes his life in gay Berlin of the 1930s and his struggles to save his companion, Heinz, from the Nazis.
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Isherwood's story centers on the production of the vacuous fictional melodrama Prater Violet, set in 19th-century Vienna, providing ironic counterpoint to tragic events as Hitler annexes the real Vienna of the 1930s. The novel features the vivid portraits of imperious, passionate, and witty Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann and his disciple, a genial young screenwriter: the fictionalized Christopher Isherwood.
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First published in the 1930s, The Berlin Stories contains two novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin. Classics of modern fiction, these novellas capture 1931 Berlin—charming, grotesque, and dangerous, as Hitler was ascending to power. The Berlin Stories is inhabited by a wealth of characters, in particular the nightclub performer Sally Bowles, whose misadventures were popularized on stage and screen in I Am a Camera and Cabaret.
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First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic.
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What An Unexpected Delight!
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Candide (AudioGO Edition)
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When first published in 1759, Candide became an instant best seller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire’s preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in this philosophical tale. A master storyteller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and oriental tales with which his public was more familiar.
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Guaranteed to keep you smiling if not LOL
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The Weary Blues (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Langston Hughes was only twenty-four when he published his debut collection of poetry, The Weary Blues. The poems included here blend vernacular speech and musical rhythms to offer a bracing perspective on the African American experience. Traversing a wide range of settings—including the jazz clubs of Harlem, expansive natural landscapes, and seaside taverns—Hughes’s voice as a poet ties these various places together.
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Unheard poems and stories In
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An Overlooked Isherwood
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The Berlin Stories
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First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic.
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When first published in 1759, Candide became an instant best seller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire’s preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in this philosophical tale. A master storyteller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and oriental tales with which his public was more familiar.
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Guaranteed to keep you smiling if not LOL
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The Weary Blues (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Langston Hughes was only twenty-four when he published his debut collection of poetry, The Weary Blues. The poems included here blend vernacular speech and musical rhythms to offer a bracing perspective on the African American experience. Traversing a wide range of settings—including the jazz clubs of Harlem, expansive natural landscapes, and seaside taverns—Hughes’s voice as a poet ties these various places together.
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Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?
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Light-skinned Black woman Irene Redfield encounters an old childhood friend - Clare - who is now "passing" as a White woman. Clare is married to a racist White man, who doesn't know she has African American blood. In spite of the danger of being found out by her husband and society at large, she finds herself helplessly drawn to Irene's world.
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Almost didn't finish-so glad I did.
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Originally published in 1982 as the first of Edmund White's trilogy of autobiographical novels, A Boy's Own Story became an instant classic for its pioneering portrayal of homosexuality. The audiobook's unnamed narrator, growing up during the 1950s, is beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, compelling him to seek out works of art and literature as solace-and to uncover new relationships in the struggle to embrace his own sexuality.
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When John Durbeyfield discovers a family connection to the ancient Norman family, the D'Urbervilles, the fate of daughter Tess is transformed. Sent by her ambitious parents to visit her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess attracts the attention of the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded by him and alone in the world, she finds work as a milkmaid and the love of Angel Clare. Yet his love cannot accept the truth about Tess's past.
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After surviving the Dunkirk retreat, Laurie Odell, a young homosexual, critically examines his unorthodox lifestyle and personal relationships, as he falls in love with a young conscientious objector and becomes involved with a circle of world-weary gay men.
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Wonderful recitation by Richard Armitage
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In its voracious hunger to fill its decks and spars with the bodies of strong young sailors, the nineteenth century US Navy and the commercial maritime industry welcomed eccentrics, criminals, outcasts, and misfits into a community of the marginalized, one that held very different values and expectations than the towns and villages from which the young men fled, a community that offered a tentative refuge to men who were sexually attracted to other men. Benemann provides an in-depth examination of nineteenth century LGBTQ culture as it developed at sea and in America's port cities.
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Great listen regardless of sexual preference
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Maurice
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'Ah for darkness...not the darkness of a house which coops up a man among furniture, but the darkness where he can be free!' Maurice Hall knows he must choose between living life in the shadows or denying himself a chance at love and fulfilment. Aware of his attraction to the same sex, in a time where it was considered unlawful and immoral to have homosexual desires, Maurice must decide whether to battle or submit to a prejudiced 20th-century English society.
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Finally!!! It's past time!
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Patience and Sarah
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Set in the 19th century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White and Sarah Dowling, whose romantic bond does not sit well with their puritanical New England community. In addition to being an inspiring love story, the audiobook for Patience and Sarah is an ideal listen for young-adult audiences. It is a story that shows how irrelevant race, religion, and gender are to love and that loving and being loved are what keep us human and sane.
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A beautiful tale blooms with great narration.
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- Alexandra
- 01-26-23
The whole book is like a strain of thought
I didn’t particularly liked the storyline as it maid me feel sad and depressed for most of the book the only part that I enjoyed was much closer towards the end. Honestly, I liked the ending and there are a lot of very interesting thoughts in here, all I’m saying is that this is not a lighthearted read.
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- Vio
- 03-02-23
So beautifully written, not for everyone
This is such a hard book to describe. it is essentially a day in the life of the main character that also examines his past, his identity, his pain. Nothing much happens plot wise and yet you really get to know George by the end. The writing is beautiful. It is definitely NOT the kind of book where plot drives the story. It is heavy on introspection and character development- almost
voyeuristic - you drop into the mind of the character in a stream of thought style. There are some dated parts and definitely some cringey bits but I do find them quite interesting actually- since I did not live at the time it shows me the social discourse at the time the book was written and it adds to my personal understanding of social issues.
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- BC
- 03-30-24
Great Read
This is interesting to the point it is almost morbid. It’s a very depressing look at how life was or could be. It is filled with promise and a need for understanding or at least a reckoning of what a future can bring.
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- Carl
- 05-09-19
Absolutely splendid!!
This is a truly great book with an absolutely splendid narration. Isherwood is a remarkable author and it’s a pity that there are so few of his titles available on audio. Simon Prepple’s narration is flawless. A truly great listening experience!
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- Amerye
- 01-26-16
Well-done
Unusual for it's time and still today--this pathetic yet often humorous description of a bereft, aging, highly self-aware homosexual.
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- jdc
- 01-26-16
absolutely amazing
Would you listen to A Single Man again? Why?
when the story was over i immediately started the story over!
Who was your favorite character and why?
george is the main character and is the meat of the story. i am straight and in my thirties, but i can still relate to his life.
What does Simon Prebble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
his narration was beyond fantastic. his accent and tone made george so much realer. i usually don't like voices like this, but i feel the simon really captured georges character
Who was the most memorable character of A Single Man and why?
George most definitely.
Any additional comments?
i watched the trailer for the movie and was extremely disappointed. the main plot for the movie was merely a paragraph in the book. isn't that how it always goes though?
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- Timothy A Mason
- 08-09-16
Great story, too short
The story was enthralling, performance was great, but it left charlies tale with loose ends & was way too short for the price of the book.
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- Jami
- 04-03-15
George's Day
This book was very interesting and much more than I expected. The book details a 24 hour period in George's life; while the description made me think it would focus on his experience as a gay man, that was not the sole focus. Yes, the issue is prevalent, but it was presented in the way of this is who he is. George's sexual orientation was part of many of his interactions, but the listener learns of many aspects of his life.
This was written in 1964, and I found it interesting that the attitudes described about George due to his sexual orientation have not changed much today. It was also perceptive of the author when he observed that colleges campuses would soon be overtaken by the parking lots; I recall many a day circling my college campus looking for a place to park in the 90s and 2000s!
The writing was excellent and I enjoyed the narrator. This is one of the books that I think I would have enjoyed equally in print and audio format. I was not prepared for the ending, but I like how it tied in with the opening scene of the story.
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- Kate
- 02-21-16
Beautifully written.
I gobbled this recording right up. Isherwood remains us of the art of language and storytelling.
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- Daniel Cascaddan
- 04-19-23
Truly Magnificent
The funny thing is, even though it is supposed to be a story about a gay man, I can highly relate to him. I can relate to the professor most of all, to the single adult man living alone, to the lonely, sullen introvert as well. It is so beautifully written.
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