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- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 19 h y 24 m
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He's insisting he's a Tide Lord and he's begging us to try again...to kill him, that is. When a routine hanging goes wrong, the survivor announces he is Cayal the immortal Prince, a Tide Lord. However, the only known record of the immortal beings of Amyrantha is the Tide Lord Tarot...and everyone knows it is only a parlour-game, an amusement. Arkady Desean, an expert on the legends of the Crasii - a part-animal, part-human race - is sent to interrogate Cayal.
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really hard to listen to
- De Scott Oeskovic en 02-09-18
De: Jennifer Fallon
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Fishers of Men
- Kingdom and the Crown, Vol. 1
- De: Gerald N. Lund
- Narrado por: Larry A. McKeever
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
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In an ancient land in a time foretold by prophets, a babe was born beneath a shining star. Thirty years later, Jesus of Nazareth began teaching a message of hope, peace, and love. He claimed to be the Son of God, and his words - and his life - would change the world. Though David ben Joseph is quick to accept Jesus as the Messiah, the rest of his family is more cautious.
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- De Elizabeth en 07-06-16
De: Gerald N. Lund
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Galilee
- De: Clive Barker
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 23 h y 56 m
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The Barbarossa family’s roots are far more ancient and ethereal, but they are bound to the Gearys by a shared history of murder, insanity, and adultery. When Rachel Geary and Galilee, the seductive prince of the Barbarossa clan, fall in love, they unleash powerful enmities that could destroy both dynasties. Shorter and more conventional than some of Barker’s other work, this novel is especially rich with complex, passionate, three-dimensional characters, lush settings, and elegant language.
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An Audiophile's Dream
- De Joseph en 09-01-11
De: Clive Barker
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Lion of Senet
- Second Sons, Book 1
- De: Jennifer Fallon
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 19 h y 25 m
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On the world Ranadon there is no night as both suns shine brightly. The intervention of Belagren, High Priestess of the Shadowdancers, and the sacrifice of a child of royal blood, has banished the Age of Shadows from the skies. Belagren's position is unquestioned...until circumstances begin to tip political rivalries into a deadlier game altogether.
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Really enjoyed it
- De Amazon Customer en 09-15-17
De: Jennifer Fallon
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The Golden Notebook
- De: Doris Lessing
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 27 h y 33 m
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Author Anna Wulf attempts to overcome writer’s block by writing a comprehensive "golden notebook" that draws together the preoccupations of her life, each of which is examined in a different notebook. Anna’s struggle to unify the various strands of her life – emotional, political, and professional – amasses into a fascinating encyclopaedia of female experience in the ‘50s.
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Transcendent narration of a masterpiece.
- De @vmarinelli en 07-03-12
De: Doris Lessing
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Every Heart a Doorway
- De: Seanan McGuire
- Narrado por: Cynthia Hopkins
- Duración: 4 h y 44 m
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Children have always disappeared under the right conditions - slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere...else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced...they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
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Utterly Moving
- De tm en 07-12-16
De: Seanan McGuire
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Time Enough for Love
- The Lives of Lazarus Long
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 23 h y 30 m
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Time Enough for Love is the capstone and crowning achievement of Heinlein's famous Future History series. Lazarus Long is so in love with life that he simply refuses to die. Born in the early 1900s, he lives through multiple centuries, his love for time ultimately causing him to become his own ancestor. Time Enough for Loveis his lovingly detailed account of his journey through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Using the voice of Lazarus, Heinlein expounds his own philosophies, including his radical ideas on sexual freedom.
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Age changes perspective
- De Candis en 08-27-16
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Death Comes as the End
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: Emilia Fox
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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It is Egypt in 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that it was fate - she deserved to die like a snake! But at her father's house on the banks of the Nile, the priest's daughter Renisenb believes that the woman's death is suspicious. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within their household - and watches helplessly as the family's passions explode in murder.
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Just listen to this. Yesterday.
- De Jesse en 12-02-20
De: Agatha Christie
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The Fountainhead
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 32 h y 5 m
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One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, a genius; Gail Wynand, a newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire; and Dominique Francon, a devastating beauty.
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The Fountainhead
- De Zachary en 06-04-10
De: Ayn Rand
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Lord of the World
- De: Robert Hugh Benson
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Secular humanism has triumphed. Everything the late Victorians and Edwardians believed would bring human happiness has been achieved: Technology has made it so no one needs to work for a living, the social sciences ensure a smooth-running social order, and, in the name of tolerance, religious beliefs have been uprooted and eliminated except for a single holdout - a largely discredited and rapidly shrinking Catholic Church. Yet people are unhappy.
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Supringly prophetic ,
- De Mary Clare Murphy en 10-17-17
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The God Game
- A Novel
- De: Danny Tobey
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
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Charlie and his friends enter the God Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it’s God. Through their phone screens and high-tech glasses, the teens’ realities blur with a virtual world of creeping vines, smoldering torches, runes, glyphs, gods, and mythical creatures. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them with expensive tech, revenge on high-school tormentors, and cash flowing from ATMs. Slaying a hydra and drawing a bloody pentagram as payment to a Greek god seem harmless at first. Fun even.
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If social media could be used like a magnifying glass on an ant hill.
- De Jared Lipscomb en 02-18-20
De: Danny Tobey
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We Hear Voices
- De: Evie Green
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that's all that matters. But soon Delfy is telling Billy what to do, and the boy is acting up and lashing out in ways he never has before. As Delfy's influence is growing stranger and more sinister, and rising tensions threaten to tear Rachel's family apart, she clings to one purpose: to protect her children at any cost - even from themselves.
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Unique, Bizarre, and Nothing Like What I Expected
- De Jeffrey veals en 12-08-20
De: Evie Green
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Nova
- De: Samuel R. Delany
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost 16 light-years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it.
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Just as fresh as my first reading 4+ decades ago
- De Gary Gray en 02-27-21
De: Samuel R. Delany
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Alpha Test
- Angromoria, Book 1
- De: David R. Pendleton
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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The advertisement offered the ultimate Virtual Reality experience. Using a new technology known as Immersive Virtual Reality or IVR, you could truly experience the game as if you were in it. For someone who has been confined to a wheelchair all of his life, the promise was impossible to ignore, but only a few would be invited to take part in the Alpha test of the new game. Devon decided he would be one of those few.
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Pretty Good
- De Christopher en 06-30-19
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
- De: Rivers Solomon
- Narrado por: Cherise Boothe
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, whom they consider to be less than human.
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Well-balanced space opera
- De William Emmons en 08-06-18
De: Rivers Solomon
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Lord of the World
- De: Robert Hugh Benson
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Secular humanism has triumphed. Everything the late Victorians and Edwardians believed would bring human happiness has been achieved: Technology has made it so no one needs to work for a living, the social sciences ensure a smooth-running social order, and, in the name of tolerance, religious beliefs have been uprooted and eliminated except for a single holdout - a largely discredited and rapidly shrinking Catholic Church. Yet people are unhappy.
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Supringly prophetic ,
- De Mary Clare Murphy en 10-17-17
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The God Game
- A Novel
- De: Danny Tobey
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
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Charlie and his friends enter the God Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it’s God. Through their phone screens and high-tech glasses, the teens’ realities blur with a virtual world of creeping vines, smoldering torches, runes, glyphs, gods, and mythical creatures. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them with expensive tech, revenge on high-school tormentors, and cash flowing from ATMs. Slaying a hydra and drawing a bloody pentagram as payment to a Greek god seem harmless at first. Fun even.
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If social media could be used like a magnifying glass on an ant hill.
- De Jared Lipscomb en 02-18-20
De: Danny Tobey
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We Hear Voices
- De: Evie Green
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that's all that matters. But soon Delfy is telling Billy what to do, and the boy is acting up and lashing out in ways he never has before. As Delfy's influence is growing stranger and more sinister, and rising tensions threaten to tear Rachel's family apart, she clings to one purpose: to protect her children at any cost - even from themselves.
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Unique, Bizarre, and Nothing Like What I Expected
- De Jeffrey veals en 12-08-20
De: Evie Green
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Nova
- De: Samuel R. Delany
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost 16 light-years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it.
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Just as fresh as my first reading 4+ decades ago
- De Gary Gray en 02-27-21
De: Samuel R. Delany
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Alpha Test
- Angromoria, Book 1
- De: David R. Pendleton
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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The advertisement offered the ultimate Virtual Reality experience. Using a new technology known as Immersive Virtual Reality or IVR, you could truly experience the game as if you were in it. For someone who has been confined to a wheelchair all of his life, the promise was impossible to ignore, but only a few would be invited to take part in the Alpha test of the new game. Devon decided he would be one of those few.
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Pretty Good
- De Christopher en 06-30-19
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
- De: Rivers Solomon
- Narrado por: Cherise Boothe
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, whom they consider to be less than human.
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Well-balanced space opera
- De William Emmons en 08-06-18
De: Rivers Solomon
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The Salvation Gambit
- A Novel
- De: Emily Skrutskie
- Narrado por: Jaclyn Kelso
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Murdock has always believed in Hark, the woman who shaped her from a petty thief and lowlife hacker into a promising con artist. Hark is everything Murdock aspires to be, from her slick fashion sense to her unfailing ability to plan under pressure. Together with Bea, a fearless driver who never walks away from a bet, and Fitz, Murdock’s infuriatingly mercurial rival who can sweet-talk the galaxy into spinning around her finger, they form a foursome with a reputation for daring heists, massive payoffs, and never, ever getting caught. Well, until now.
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quick, space story
- De Ashley en 10-23-23
De: Emily Skrutskie
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A Beginning at the End
- De: Mike Chen
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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Six years after a virus wiped out most of the planet’s population, former pop star Moira is living under a new identity to escape her past. Desperate for a fresh start herself, jaded event planner Krista navigates the world for those still too traumatized to go outside, but she never reaches out on her own behalf. Rob has tried to protect his daughter, Sunny, by keeping a heartbreaking secret, but when strict government rules threaten to separate parent and child, Rob needs to prove himself worthy in the city’s eyes by connecting with people again.
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Read his first book instead
- De NMwritergal en 01-19-20
De: Mike Chen
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The Seep
- De: Chana Porter
- Narrado por: Shakina Nayfack
- Duración: 3 h y 4 m
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Trina FastHorse Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle--but nonetheless world-changing--invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep’s utopian influence--until Deeba begins to imagine what it might be like to be reborn as a baby, which will give her the chance at an even better life.
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“This is my pain. Let me have it!”
- De Martin Gibbs en 02-03-20
De: Chana Porter
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The Future Is Yours
- A Novel
- De: Dan Frey
- Narrado por: Cary Hite, Vikas Adam, Kyla Garcia, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And they’re betting everything that you’ll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the internet one year from now, so you can see who you’ll be dating, where you’ll be working, even whether or not you’ll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impossible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, they’re now its hottest commodity.
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A fun read that sneaks up on you with its heart and philosophical questions
- De Jennifer en 02-21-21
De: Dan Frey
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Lent
- De: Jo Walton
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent", the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it.
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A Monumental Waste Of Time
- De Selu en 06-03-20
De: Jo Walton
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The Oncoming Storm
- Angel in the Whirlwind, Book 1
- De: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrado por: Lauren Ezzo
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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In the year 2420, war looms between the galaxy's two most powerful empires: the tyrannical Theocracy and the protectionist Commonwealth. Caught in the middle sits the occupied outpost system Cadiz, where young officer and aristocrat Katherine "Kat" Falcone finds herself prematurely promoted at the behest of her powerful father. Against her own wishes, Kat is sent to command the Commonwealth navy's newest warship, Lightning.
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Narrators never up to Nuttall's stories
- De Trudy Owens en 09-23-15
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Grim Reaper
- End of Days
- De: Steve Alten
- Narrado por: Michael Braun
- Duración: 18 h y 28 m
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Dante's Inferno, his depiction of hell, was written while Europe was suffering through war, famine, the corruption of the Church, and the evils of the pogrom - the brutal massacre of countless Jews. Shortly after Dante's passing, the black plague killed off half the world's population, an end-of-days-like event that birthed a legend depicted in paintings and dance: the Grim Reaper. What few people know is that Dante's poem draws inspiration from the Zohar, an ancient text that warns that the true end of days will be brought on by the corruption of man.
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great book great book wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
- De david en 12-10-19
De: Steve Alten
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Farthing
- Small Change, Book 1
- De: Jo Walton
- Narrado por: John Keating, Bianca Amato
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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One summer weekend in 1949 - but not our 1949 - the well-connected "Farthing set", a group of upper-crust English families, enjoy a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter in one of those families; her parents were both leading figures in the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Herr Hitler eight years before....
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It Couldn't Happen Here, Right? RIGHT?
- De Nancy J en 05-29-13
De: Jo Walton
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The Postman
- De: David Brin
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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He was a survivor - a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter’s day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery. This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night
- De Ed Pegg Jr en 12-09-20
De: David Brin
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Lockdown
- De: Peter May
- Narrado por: Peter Forbes
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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London is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble. A psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?
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Murder case not a “pandemic” story
- De Lindsay S. Nixon en 05-14-20
De: Peter May
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Future Reborn
- Future Reborn, Book 1
- De: Daniel Pierce
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
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Jack Bowman is out of luck and out of money. That is, until he gets an offer to be a part of an experiment for a major scientific research company. All he has to do is get cryogenically frozen for a few years and he'll be rich. What could go wrong? Quite a bit, as it turns out. When Jack's pod splits open and he's met by two beautiful women, he's introduced to a very different world from the one he left behind. There are warring tribes, mutated animals, actual monsters, and even ogres. With so many threats, how can anyone hope to survive?
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I wanted this to be a good story - it wasn't
- De J en 04-15-19
De: Daniel Pierce
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The Last Sword Maker
- The Course of Empire Series, Book 1
- De: Brian Nelson
- Narrado por: Bradford Hastings
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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In the high mountains of Tibet, rumors are spreading. People whisper of an outbreak, of thousands of dead, of bodies pushed into mass graves. It is some strange new disease...a disease, they say, that can kill in minutes. The Chinese government says the rumors aren't true, but no one is allowed in or out of Tibet. At the Pentagon, admiral James Curtiss learns that satellite images prove that a massive genocide is underway. This is no disease. It's a weapons test. Chinese scientists have developed a way to kill based on a person's genetic traits.
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Scary Future Possibilities of China VS USA
- De Kris en 09-12-20
De: Brian Nelson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Just City
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- Janet Goodyear
- 02-27-17
Interesting idea, but not compelling
I liked the tale, but often got a little tired of the dialogue. I understand this is a beginning to a series or set, but even though it seems like the story will continue, I probably won't get the next one, at least not right away.
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- Hector hernandez
- 09-23-16
The just city
I liked a lot about this book the theory that the story consist around I just felt it could have went another way. The writer spent so much time trying to make it so brilliant I feel it lost some human aspect of reaction to some situations.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-21
A very interesting story to contemplate a lot!
This book got me very interested in Greek philosophy. It is a very accessible first step into thinking about interesting topics and has very good messages. It is also quite motivational as it makes you want to pursue excellence after reading it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-08-18
compelling, provocative and thoughtful..
interesting characters and characterizations. not a dystopia, but an effort at utopia with both the philososophy and reality presented for debate and actually debated.
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- Chris
- 03-05-20
A good listen and food for the mind
Here we have numerous philosophical ideals and arguments expertly adorned in an interesting story and personable characters. The primary story asks the question, what if the Greek gods are real and what would happen if two in particular decided to implement Plato’s Just City with a little over 10,000 human beings from throughout history (nearly all children around 10 years). Set in the time before the Trojan war, we get to follow the development of this real world thought experiment, all the while secretly knowing the god Apollo has decided to become one of these children and discover what it means to live a human life. The introduction of Socrates in the city later on the book especially serves to deliver an interesting story. The only drawback to the audio version of this book is the narrator only has two voices, one male and one female, that makes it very confusing to know who is speaking and which characters we are following. Despite this,I’ll be giving book 2 a try as the story is compelling.
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- Beoguard
- 06-24-22
Classical philosophy brought to life
So valuable and enjoyable. Classical and fundamental philosophical traditions and founders brought to life in a way that matters to us living today. Such a joy to feel that Socrates as presented was credible and to have that time with this version of him.
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- Barryberger
- 05-25-18
Hard to listen to
Feels like I’m listening to a boring lecture in college. Story line is about creating a utopian society but it’s just unlistenable. Maybe if there was a female narrator I could make it through, but hearing a male try to pretend to be so many female characters in book is not a good idea, especially when I feel he can’t do better than a soft spoken male, let alone a female. Wish I could just have my credit back to get another book.
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- Ambrose
- 02-09-21
Felt Too Juvenile
As someone trained in philosophy and history, I thought this would be right up my alley, an interesting concept to explore. But the writing, for me, came across as too juvenile and superficial. Sounds like it's written from the vantage point of a tween girl, which if I were that, would be great, I can only assume. I am not, though.
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- Martha K.
- 04-22-17
Could Not Get Past Mispronunciations
I am a huge fan of Jo Walton, and have every book of hers on Audible except those in this series, so I was excited to find this book on a sale. However after multiple attempts I have only managed to get about half way through this book, and will probably return it. Like most Jo Walton books it has plenty of interesting ideas to get across and well developed characters. Just City does not have a strong plot, which is also characteristic of Jo Walton's writing style. Her ideas, and characters are what draw you into her worlds.
What killed this book for me was that the narrator did not know how to pronounce Athene, who is a main character that gets mentioned about once every ten minutes. Instead of pronouncing the last syllable like a na (as anyone who has taken so much as a middle school level class on Greek mythology would know to do) he says nee. Every time this happened it pushed me out of the story, and I just could not get past it. There were also a few other words like supplicant, and Catullus that the narrator also mispronounced.
If the mispronunciations are something you can get past I would recommend this book to you. Jo Walton is a great author and her stories always give you plenty to think about, and have great re-readability. If you can not get past this give the audible version a pass. If you are not sure if you can get past the mispronunciations you probably can't. They are constant, and even if it only irritates you a little at first, believe me, that irritation will grow.
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