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Jaxie Clackton is a brutalized rural youth who flees from the scene of his father's violent death and strikes out for the vast wilds of Western Australia. All he carries with him is a rifle and a waterjug. All he wants is peace and freedom. But surviving in the harsh saltlands alone is a savage business. And once he discovers he's not alone out there, all Jaxie's plans go awry. He meets a fellow exile, the ruined priest Fintan MacGillis, a man he's never certain he can trust, but on whom his life will soon depend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning!
- De Antoniya Boyd en 07-09-18
De: Tim Winton
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
- De: Katherine Rundell
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27
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Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can't prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called "a glorious adventure". Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story about friendship and growing up
- De Heather Kornacki en 02-24-23
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Midnight Robber
- De: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 498
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It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival - until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Through the Dimensions, Girls Are Not Safe
- De mary en 12-11-12
De: Nalo Hopkinson
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Everything Under
- A Novel
- De: Daisy Johnson
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 74
The dictionary doesn’t contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a private language of their own invention. Her mother disappeared when Gretel was a teen, abandoning her to foster care, and Gretel has tried to move on, spending her days updating dictionary entries. One phone call from her mother is all it takes for the past to come rushing back. To find her, Gretel will have to recover buried memories of her final, fateful winter on the canals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A brilliantly understated classic
- De Jeff Lacy en 10-29-19
De: Daisy Johnson
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Disappearing Act
- A Host of Other Characters in 16 Short Stories
- De: Robert Sheehan
- Narrado por: Robert Sheehan
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In his debut collection of short stories, Robert Sheehan disappears into characters, challenging the complacencies of everyday experience, often from entirely unexpected angles. Informed by the author’s peripatetic life, Disappearing Act reflects on the absurdity of human behaviour. Sheehan delves deep into his characters’ streams of self-talk and self-imposed delusions, exploring the dark impulses that lurk below the shiny surfaces of many outwardly normal lives.
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2 out of 5 stars
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as strange as he is
- De DEKEY en 04-08-24
De: Robert Sheehan
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The Trees
- De: Ali Shaw
- Narrado por: Ben Onwukwe
- Duración: 18 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
There came an elastic aftershock of creaks and groans and then, softly softly, a chinking shower of rubbled cement. Leaves calmed and trunks stood serene. Where, not a minute before, there had been a suburb, there was now only woodland standing amid ruins. There is no warning. No chance to prepare. They arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Post apocalypse with a little bit of magic
- De Tam en 09-20-16
De: Ali Shaw
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Once
- De: Morris Gleitzman
- Narrado por: Morris Gleitzman
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Felix lives in a convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home. The journey to find his parents is a long and difficult one, as all of Poland is occupied by the Nazis and a dangerous place for a Jewish boy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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once ..loved by all
- De Denis en 03-04-06
De: Morris Gleitzman
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The Kneebone Boy
- De: Ellen Potter
- Narrado por: Alex Barrett
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble children take off on an adventure that begins in the seedy streets of London and ends in a peculiar sea village where legend has it a monstrous creature lives who is half boy and half animal.
In this wickedly dark, unusual, and compelling novel, Ellen Potter masterfully tells the tale of one deliciously strange family and a secret that changes everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't Stop Listening
- De nicole en 12-11-15
De: Ellen Potter
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Stepping on the Cracks
- De: Mary Downing Hahn
- Narrado por: Rachel Dulude
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 228
Margaret and her best friend Elizabeth both have brothers fighting the war against Hitler and, like everyone else they know, they are filled with feelings of patriotism. But the girls are also involved in their own personal war at home. Gordy Smith, the worst bully in the sixth grade, teases and torments them, and Margaret is scared to death of him. But when Gordy and his pals Toad and Doug grow bolder than ever, Margaret and Elizabeth come up with a daring plan to get even. That’s when the girls discover a shocking secret about Gordy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
- De Anonymous User en 10-15-19
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Oz Reimagined
- New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond
- De: Douglas Cohen - editor, John Joseph Adams - editor
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, best-selling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card and Jane Yolen to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Many Faces of Dorothy or Dot
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 07-19-14
De: Douglas Cohen - editor, y otros
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Bone Gap
- De: Laura Ruby
- Narrado por: Dan Bittner
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 334
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 307
Bone Gap is the story of Roza, a beautiful girl who is taken from a quiet Midwestern town and imprisoned by a mysterious man, and Finn, the only witness, who cannot forgive himself for being unable to identify her kidnapper. As we follow them through their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, and their uncertain futures, acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery, regret and forgiveness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beauty is In the Eye of the Beholder
- De FanB14 en 11-23-15
De: Laura Ruby
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A Man's Got to Have a Hobby
- Long Summers with my Dad
- De: William McInnes
- Narrado por: William McInnes
- Duración: 2 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
William McInnes' best-selling memoir, A Man's Got to Have a Hobby, takes us back to the long summer holidays of the 1960s and '70s and the last of the baby-boomer childhoods. William narrates with humour and affection about his family and especially his mum and dad, who talked to the TV set and enjoyed life in their house near the bay. William McInnes is a talented writer and a natural storyteller.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story
- De Dodie en 08-05-22
De: William McInnes
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Astrid the Unstoppable
- De: Maria Parr, Guy Puzey - translator
- Narrado por: Devon Sorvari
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Speed and self-confidence, that’s Astrid’s motto. Nicknamed “the little thunderbolt,” she loves to spend her days racing down the hillside on her sled, singing loudly as she goes, and visiting Gunnvald, her grumpy, septuagenarian best friend and godfather, who makes hot chocolate from real chocolate bars. She just wishes there were other children to share her hair-raising adventures with. But Astrid’s world is about to be turned upside down by two startling arrivals to the village of Glimmerdal: first a new family, then a mysterious, towering woman who everyone seems to know.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Language warning
- De Kendra F. en 02-17-22
De: Maria Parr, y otros
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Arcadia
- De: Lauren Groff
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 320
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 318
Lauren Groff’s acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Luscious prose, intimate and realistic
- De Kathleen en 03-22-12
De: Lauren Groff
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The Canal Bridge
- A Novel of Ireland, Love, and the First World War
- De: Tom Phelan
- Narrado por: Paul Nugent
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel, lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later, while en route to India, their troop ship is recalled and they soon find themselves in the European slaughterhouse that was World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, disturbing and unforgettable
- De Kathy en 05-25-16
De: Tom Phelan
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Long Lankin
- De: Lindsey Barraclough
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
When Cora and her little sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their great-aunt in the isolated village of Bryers Guerdon, they receive a less than warm welcome and are desperate to go back to London. But Auntie Ida’s life was devastated the last time two young girls were at Guerdon Hall, and now her nieces’ arrival has reawakened an evil that has lain in wait for years. A haunting voice in an empty room; a strange, scarred man lurking in the graveyard; mysterious words scrawled on the walls of the abandoned church ... all point to a horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its grip for centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING!!!
- De Sharron en 09-06-14
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Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
- A Novel
- De: Ruth Emmie Lang
- Narrado por: Piper Goodeve, Peter Berkrot, Cassandra Campbell, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 687
Stopping a tornado was the first of many strange events that seem to follow Weylyn from town to town, although he doesn't like to take credit. As amazing as these powers may appear, they tend to manifest themselves at inopportune times and places. From freak storms to trees that appear to grow over night, Weylyn's unique abilities are a curiosity at best and at worst, a danger to himself and the woman he loves. But Mary doesn't care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Accidental Wonder!
- De Brandy Pendergrass en 02-16-18
De: Ruth Emmie Lang
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
- Television Series
- De: John Marsden
- Narrado por: Suzi Dougherty
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
The book that began the series that became the legend.... Now a major television series. Somewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hiding. They're shocked, they're frightened, they're alone. Their world has changed with the speed of a slamming door. They've got no weapons - except courage. They've got no help - except themselves. They've got nothing - except friendship. How strong can you be when the world is full of people trying to kill you?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really fun
- De Matthew Davis en 09-05-23
De: John Marsden