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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Michael Palin is off again, this time to the seemingly desolate Sahara Desert. There's no easy way across, as he and his team discover on their most challenging expedition yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful journey.
- De David en 05-22-05
De: Michael Palin
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Nine Continents
- A Memoir In and Out of China
- De: Xiaolu Guo
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Xiaolu Guo has traveled further than most to become who she needed to be. Now, as she experiences the birth of her daughter in a London maternity ward surrounded by women from all over the world, she looks back on that journey. It begins in the fishing village shack on the East China Sea where her illiterate grandparents raised her, and brings her to a rapidly changing Beijing, full of contradictions: a thriving underground art scene amid mass censorship, curious Westerners who held out affection only to disappear back home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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must read
- De Jeff Darlington en 10-22-17
De: Xiaolu Guo
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The Road Home
- De: Rose Tremain
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008, The Road Home is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant.
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4 out of 5 stars
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OK - nice narration - good characters
- De bea en 02-21-11
De: Rose Tremain
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A House for Mr. Biswas
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Sam Dastor
- Duración: 21 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 330
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 280
A House for Mr. Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man's struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr. Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his constant rebellion is motivated by the one thing that can symbolize his independence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Performance makes a fatal mistake. No Trini accent
- De Christopher en 01-04-19
De: V. S. Naipaul
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Hunters in the Dark
- De: Lawrence Osborne
- Narrado por: Stephen Hogan
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
From the novelist the New York Times compares to Paul Bowles, Evelyn Waugh, and Ian McEwan, an evocative new work of literary suspense. Adrift in Cambodia, Robert Grieve - pushing 30 and eager to sidestep a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher - decides to go AWOL. As he crosses the border from Thailand, he tests the threshold of a new future.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Graham Greene
- De Foxhuntingman en 02-26-16
De: Lawrence Osborne
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All for Nothing
- De: Walter Kempowski, Anthea Bell - translator, Jenny Erpenbeck - introduction
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat, and the Red Army is approaching. The von Globig family's manor house, the Georgenhof, is falling into disrepair. Auntie runs the estate as best she can since Eberhard von Globig, a special officer in the German army, went to war, leaving behind his beautiful but vague wife, Katharina, and her bookish 12-year-old son, Peter. As the road fills with Germans fleeing the occupied territories, the Georgenhof begins to receive strange visitors - a Nazi violinist, a dissident painter, a Baltic baron, even a Jewish refugee.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All for Nothing
- De Lynn en 03-16-19
De: Walter Kempowski, y otros
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Married to a Bedouin
- De: Marguerite van Geldermalsen
- Narrado por: Cat Gould
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
"Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. "Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?" Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen's story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was 1978, and she and a friend were travelling through the Middle East when Marguerite met the charismatic Mohammad who convinced her that he was the man for her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Ellen en 12-03-23
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The Last King of Scotland
- De: Giles Foden
- Narrado por: Mirron E. Willis
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a bizarre accident: Idi Amin, careening down a dirt road in his Maserati, has hit a cow. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator, obsessed with all things Scottish, appoints him as his personal physician. So begins a fateful dalliance with the African leader whose Emperor Jones-style autocracy would transform into a reign of terror.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst Production Ever
- De James en 01-24-07
De: Giles Foden
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
- De: Amos Oz
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 23 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 298
It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the 40s and 50s in a small apartment crowded with books in 12 languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was 12 and a half years old, his mother committed suicide - a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen to join a kibbutz.
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1 out of 5 stars
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His life was interesting, but not his memoir
- De DR Harle en 01-27-19
De: Amos Oz
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A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
- De: Brigid Pasulka
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 696
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 591
The novel opens on the eve of World War II. In the mountain village of Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon, under the approving eyes of the entire village, courts the beautiful Anielica Hetmanska. But the war's arrival wreaks havoc in all their lives and delays their marriage for six long years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Old & New Worlds Converge & Transcend Time
- De Sara en 11-22-16
De: Brigid Pasulka
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White Dog Fell from the Sky
- De: Eleanor Morse
- Narrado por: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 116
Botswana, 1976: Isaac Muthethe thinks he is dead. Smuggled across the border from South Africa in a hearse, he awakens covered in dust, staring at blue sky and the face of White Dog. Far from dead, he is, for the first time, in a country without apartheid. A medical student in South Africa, he was forced to flee after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly Stunning Work!
- De Kathi en 03-15-13
De: Eleanor Morse
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Oil on Water
- De: Helon Habila
- Narrado por: Richard Allen
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, a British oil executive's wife has been kidnapped. Two journalists - a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq - are sent to find her. In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and Timely
- De Lynn en 07-16-11
De: Helon Habila
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Fragile Things
- De: Neil Gaiman
- Narrado por: Neil Gaiman
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,472
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,673
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,653
Marvelous creations, including a short story set in the world of The Matrix and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction, can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his entertaining (and dark) sense of humor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Perhaps a different format?
- De Karen en 11-03-10
De: Neil Gaiman
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The Places in Between
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 619
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 312
In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day, he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Brilliant Work of Nonfiction
- De Kimberlee Joos en 01-26-07
De: Rory Stewart
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The Masked Rider
- Cycling in West Africa
- De: Neil Peart
- Narrado por: Brian Sutherland
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 430
The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through journal entries and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the listener that this is not just another travel book - it is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Trip Across Cameroon
- De Diann Sedam en 11-26-19
De: Neil Peart
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Finding George Orwell in Burma
- De: Emma Larkin
- Narrado por: Emily Durante
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she has come to know all too well the many ways this police state can be described as "Orwellian". The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. The connection between George Orwell and Burma is not simply metaphorical, of course; Orwell's mother was born in Burma, and he was shaped by his experiences there as a young man working for the British Imperial Police.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Orwell's Horrors Brought to Life
- De Roger en 09-21-10
De: Emma Larkin