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After 16 months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries. The plight of the honey bee has become an international crisis and Carol is faced with unsettling news about the hives on her own olive farm....
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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- Narrado por: Carol Drinkwater
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- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 148
Alone and un-tethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as home, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country. Ramkissoon, a Gatsby-like figure who is part idealist and part operator, introduces Hans to an "other" New York populated by immigrants and strivers of every race and nationality.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Get Your Post-Colonial Gatsby ON!
- De Darwin8u en 04-13-12
De: Joseph O'Neill
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The Memory of Trees
- De: F. G. Cottam
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Billionaire Saul Abercrombie owns a vast tract of land on the Pembrokeshire coast. By restoring the original forest that covered the area before medieval times, he believes he will rekindle the spirits of ancient folklore. But the re-planting of the forest will revive an altogether darker and more dangerous entity - and young arboreal expert Tom Curtis will find himself engaging in an epic, ancient battle between good and evil. A battle in which there can be only one survivor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cottam and Rintoul make a great team!
- De Kolton en 05-23-15
De: F. G. Cottam
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The Wolf Border
- De: Sarah Hall
- Narrado por: Louise Brealey
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
For almost a decade, Rachel Caine has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the eccentric Earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the grey wolf to the English countryside, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District. The earl's project harks back to an ancient idyll of untamed British wilderness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous.
- De V en 05-27-15
De: Sarah Hall
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- De: Peter Godwin
- Narrado por: Peter Godwin
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 80
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downward into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the listen.
- De SEE en 09-06-21
De: Peter Godwin
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The Garden of Evening Mists
- De: Tan Twan Eng
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 671
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 674
Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best
- De Susan Gardner Bowers en 03-11-13
De: Tan Twan Eng
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Breakfast in Burgundy
- A Hungry Irishman in the Belly of France
- De: Raymond Blake
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
Laced with compelling writing about French food and its ways, Breakfast in Burgundy is part travel memoir, part foodie detective story, and part love song to Raymond's adopted home. This audiobook tells the story of the Blake's decision to buy a house in Burgundy. Raymond describes the moments of despair such as the water leak that cost a fortune and the fantastic times too. Blake has admitted to being fascinated by flavor and how it is created."
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5 out of 5 stars
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surprisingly lulz and interesting
- De Amazon Customer en 12-02-21
De: Raymond Blake
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Aunt Dimity's Death
- De: Nancy Atherton
- Narrado por: Teri Clark Linden
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 426
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 375
Down-on-her-luck Lori learns she's about to inherit a sizable estate - if she can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters in Dimity's English country cottage. What begins as a fairy tale becomes a mystery - and a ghost story - in an improbably cozy setting, as Aunt Dimity's indominable spirit leads Lori on an otherworldly quest to discover how, in this life, true love can conquer all.
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2 out of 5 stars
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great book, lousy reader
- De Bill en 04-27-13
De: Nancy Atherton
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House of Stone
- A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
- De: Anthony Shadid
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
When Anthony Shadid—one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted—was freed, he went home, not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma, where he was raised by his Lebanese American family, but to an ancient estate built by his great-grandfather, a place filled with memories of a lost era when the Middle East was a world of grace, grandeur, and unexpected departures.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bit depressing
- De Astrid Dahl en 03-17-12
De: Anthony Shadid
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A Pleasure and a Calling
- A Novel
- De: Phil Hogan
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
You won't remember Mr. Heming. He was the estate agent who showed you around your comfortable home, suggested a financial package, negotiated a price with the owner, and called you with the good news. The less good news is that, all these years later, he still has the key. That's absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine? The answer is; he has the keys to them all. William Heming's most at home in a stranger's private things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Invisible Man
- De Janice en 02-05-15
De: Phil Hogan
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Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
- Auntie Poldi, Book 1
- De: Mario Giordano
- Narrado por: Matt Addis
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 88
Auntie Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around. When death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino - and under mysterious circumstances at that - Poldi will not take it lying down. Perhaps it's in her blood, but Auntie Poldi's hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served - if it's the last thing she does....
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5 out of 5 stars
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More fun and murder in Sicily!
- De MolllyT en 02-19-18
De: Mario Giordano
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The Bucolic Plague
- How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
- De: Josh Kilmer-Purcell
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 192
A happy series of accidents and a doughnut-laden escape upstate take Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner, Brent Ridge, to the doorstep of the magnificent (and fabulously for sale) Beekman Mansion. And so begins their transformation from uptight urbanites into the 200-year-old-mansion-owning Beekman Boys. Suddenly Josh---a full-time New Yorker with a successful advertising career---and Brent find themselves weekend farmers, surrounded by nature's bounty and an eclectic cast.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Selling your dream and name dropping
- De Mark en 09-13-12
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Sahara
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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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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Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English
- De: Natasha Solomons
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
At the start of World War II, Jack and Sadie Rosenblum flee Berlin for London with their baby daughter, Elizabeth. Upon arrival, Jack receives a pamphlet from the German Jewish Aid Committee on how to act like a proper Englishman. He follows it to the letter -Saville Row suits, the BBC, trips to Covent Garden, a Jaguar - and it works like a charm. The Rosenblums settle into a prosperous new life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Endearing
- De Emily en 09-09-11
De: Natasha Solomons
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The Tenth Chamber
- De: Glenn Cooper
- Narrado por: Henri Lubatti
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 533
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 460
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 458
Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to read the startling 14th-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it contains - and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the abbey. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc Simard and the two men go exploring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Leaves Dan Brown's "INFERNO" in the Dust
- De karinzart en 07-06-13
De: Glenn Cooper
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The Eight
- A Novel
- De: Katherine Neville
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 25 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 649
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 653
New York City, 1972: A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Plot-Driven Novel I've Ever Read
- De Tango en 09-08-13
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Return to the Olive Farm
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- A. Rettich
- 05-14-20
Another delightful Carol Drinkwater book
I loved all of the Olive books. Her candid revelations endear her to me. I want to be Carol!!!
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Historia2 out of 5 stars
- Anne
- 09-20-14
Tried but just couldn't get into it!
What would have made Return to the Olive Farm better?
Perhaps a little less attention to minute mundane details, in contrast to the first in this series which I found enchanting!
Has Return to the Olive Farm turned you off from other books in this genre?
No
Would you be willing to try another one of Carol Drinkwater’s performances?
Yes
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Not that I can think of!
Any additional comments?
I tried many times but just couldn't stay in the story. I wish it would've been more like the first as I loved that one!
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