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One Hundred Names for Love
- A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing
- Narrado por: Barbara McCulloh
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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Following up on her international best seller The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman tells the breathtaking story of the stroke that deprived her husband, Paul West - a distinguished novelist and poet - of every scrap of language beyond the syllable "mem". In her characteristically glorious prose, Ackerman weaves together the latest science on stroke and the brain’s ability to store and process language with her intensely personal journey as caregiver in helping Paul to an extraordinary recovery, and the impact of all this on their decades-long marriage.
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Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life - two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Potent and Real
- De Susie en 09-17-15
De: Clare B. Dunkle
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 217
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
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The Emissary
- De: Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani - translator
- Narrado por: Julian Cihi
- Duración: 4 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 85
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Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient - frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tedious. Waste of time.
- De Kenneth McGovern en 02-17-19
De: Yoko Tawada, y otros
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White Noise
- De: Don DeLillo
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 856
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 752
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When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event", a lethal black chemical cloud floats over the Gladneys' lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys - radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings - pulsing with life yet suggesting something ominous.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Designed to be analyzed by an English class
- De RI in Canada en 10-15-16
De: Don DeLillo
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Speak
- A Novel
- De: Louisa Hall
- Narrado por: Suzan Crowley, Christopher Ashman, Adrienne Rusk, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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In a narrative that spans geography and time, from the Atlantic Ocean in the 17th century to a correctional institute in Texas in the near future, and told from the perspectives of five very different characters, Speak considers what it means to be human and what it means to be less than fully alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Like nothing else
- De Anonymous User en 06-22-17
De: Louisa Hall
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The Book Club
- De: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrado por: Deanna Hurst
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 330
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Discover this moving story of five remarkable friends as Mary Alice Monroe, the New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, explores the power of friendship with tenderness and honesty.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Beware: Title Is Deceptive !!
- De Fran Foster en 02-07-16
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The Vine of Desire
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunil's attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of America - and of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vine of desire
- De Mz Shantay en 03-27-21
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Three Daughters of Eve
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Alix Dunmore
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Set across Istanbul and Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith and friendship, tradition and modernity, love and an unexpected betrayal. Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife and mother, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Review 3 daughters of Eve
- De CA en 04-28-18
De: Elif Shafak
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The Body Artist
- De: Don DeLillo
- Narrado por: Laurie Anderson
- Duración: 2 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 100
Since the publication of his first novel 30 years ago, Don DeLillo has lived in the skin of our times. He has found a voice for the forgotten souls who haunt the fringes of our culture and for its larger-than-life real figures. The Body Artist is DeLillo's haunting and profoundly moving new novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent in every way
- De John en 04-30-05
De: Don DeLillo
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A Three Dog Life: A Memoir
- De: Abigail Thomas
- Narrado por: Abigail Thomas
- Duración: 4 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 187
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 164
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When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institution. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new life. How she built that life is a story of great courage and great change, of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, knitting, and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eloquent & Honest
- De Sara en 09-30-15
De: Abigail Thomas
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The Portable Veblen
- De: Elizabeth Mckenzie
- Narrado por: Julia Gibson
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 175
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 176
An exuberant, one-of-a-kind novel about love and family, war and nature, new money and old values by a brilliant New Yorker contributor. The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that's as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in and around Palo Alto amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current wars looming across its words, The Portable Veblen is an unforgettable look at the way we live now.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what it was cracked up to be
- De Linda en 02-03-16
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Murphy's Boy
- De: Torey Hayden
- Narrado por: Loretta Rawlins
- Duración: 12 h
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His name was Kevin but his keepers called him Zoo Boy. He didn't talk. He hid under tables and surrounded himself with a cage of chairs. He hadn't been out of the building in the four years since he'd come in. He was afraid of water and wouldn't take a shower. He was afraid to be naked, to change his clothes. He was nearly 16. Desperate to see change in the boy, the staff of Kevin's adolescent treatment center hired Hayden. As Hayden read to him and encouraged him to read, crawling down into his cage of chairs with him, Kevin talked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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want to meet Kevin
- De Cherish en 10-14-15
De: Torey Hayden
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An Available Man
- A Novel
- De: Hilma Wolitzer
- Narrado por: Fred Sullivan
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 125
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When Edward Schuyler - a modest and bookish 62-year-old science teacher - is widowed, he finds himself ambushed by female attention. There are plenty of unattached women around, but a healthy, handsome, available man is a rare and desirable creature. Edward receives phone calls from widows seeking love, or at least lunch, while well-meaning friends try to set him up at dinner parties. The problem is that Edward doesn’t feel available. He’s still mourning his beloved wife, Bee, and prefers solitude and the familiar routine of work, gardening, and bird-watching.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely book, easy read, wonderful characters
- De Molly-o en 02-17-12
De: Hilma Wolitzer
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My Glory Was I Had Such Friends
- A Memoir
- De: Amy Silverstein
- Narrado por: Erin Moon
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Nearly 26 years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein's donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart - immediately. A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: "I'm there." Nine remarkable women - Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane - put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy's side.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- De Natalie en 05-13-23
De: Amy Silverstein
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The Notebook: Booktrack Edition
- De: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrado por: Barry Bostwick
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story - it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again.... At 31, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best love stories ever written!
- De Jennifer B. en 06-27-18
De: Nicholas Sparks
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre One Hundred Names for Love
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- Linda
- 04-13-15
Tragic, touching, a story of undying love.
What made the experience of listening to One Hundred Names for Love the most enjoyable?
Paul's stroke is a vivid disaster, and you feel his trying to make someone understand him urgent and while not enjoyable, raw and emotional.
What did you like best about this story?
The intimacy between poet and writer.
What does Barbara McCulloh bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She was spot on. didn't distract from story.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Love, loss and hope.
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- Rebekah Birkett
- 09-10-23
Beautiful story of love and endurance
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to believe in the power of enduring love and anyone who wants to understand some of what a stroke can do to an individual’s brain. Love can overcome so many obstacles and save someone from the darkness (in this case after a stroke and an inability to communicate for someone who loves words and expression). The beautiful twists and turns the author’s backstory provides of their love was interwoven so perfectly with the challenges and sadnesses of change. Love evolves with the relationship and gives hope that someone can remain true even in the toughest of circumstances. The entire book is phrased and describes every feeling so perfectly that you become immersed and can imagine yourself in their circumstances. One of my favorite books ever.
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- Amber
- 02-14-22
So supportive
This is a good read for any spouse of a stroke/TBI patient. Appreciated her ability to convey how to BE and LIVE simply while healing.
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