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The Magic Table
- Prose & Poetry Inspired by the Over-Eighty Crowd
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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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Essays of E. B. White
- De: E. B. White
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 203
Legendary author and essayist E. B. White writes, "The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest." Covering a large number of subjects, this classic collection features 31 of White's most memorable essays.
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5 out of 5 stars
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E.B. White writes honestly, fearlessly and clearly
- De Bonny en 09-03-17
De: E. B. White
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
- De: Amos Oz
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 23 h y 52 m
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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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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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Bitter in the Mouth
- De: Monique Truong
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ikeda
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
Growing up in the small town of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the 70’s and 80’s, Linda believes that she is profoundly different from everyone else, including the members of her own family. “What I know about you, little girl, would break you in two” are the cruel, mysterious last words that Linda’s grandmother ever says to her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"Tasting Words" made this hard to hear!
- De Kate Anderson en 11-06-11
De: Monique Truong
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The Nine of Us
- Growing Up Kennedy
- De: Jean Kennedy Smith
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inside the Kennedy Family~ excellent and funny~
- De Molly en 10-30-16
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Mother Tongue
- De: Demetria Martinez
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
A nameless El Salvadoran man, fleeing torture and imprisonment, arrives in the United States - his only hope for asylum. The American woman who has volunteered to help him is searching for something to add meaning to her life. When these two lonely people meet, their haunting relationship fulfills their hearts' desires, but it also gives life to their darkest dreams.
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Will's Red Coat
- The Story of One Old Dog Who Chose to Live Again
- De: Tom Ryan
- Narrado por: Tom Ryan
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 205
Drawn by an online post, Tom Ryan adopted Will, a frightened, deaf, and mostly blind elderly dog, and brought him home to live with him and Atticus. The only owners Will ever knew had grown too fragile to take care of themselves or of him. Ultimately Will was left at a kill shelter in New Jersey. Tom hoped to give Will a place to die with dignity amid the rustic beauty of the White Mountains of his New Hampshire home. But when Will bites him numerous times and acts out in violent displays, Tom realizes he is in for a challenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wildflowers And Drunken Butterfly Dances
- De Gillian en 05-06-17
De: Tom Ryan
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The Dark Flood Rises
- A Novel
- De: Dame Margaret Drabble
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 125
Francesca Stubbs has a very full life. A highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age, she drives restlessly round England. Amid the professional conferences she attends, she fits in visits to old friends, brings home-cooked dinners to her ex-husband, texts her son, who is grieving over the sudden death of his girlfriend, and drops in on her daughter, a quirky young woman who lives in a floodplain in the West Country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life Observed By An Exceptional Writer
- De Sara en 03-22-17
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Gary Sinise
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,485
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,813
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,811
In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck’s attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature—to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons. His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gary Sinise is fantastic!
- De C. Wilson en 01-11-17
De: John Steinbeck
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- De: Maya Angelou
- Narrado por: Maya Angelou
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,412
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,281
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,249
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age - and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. But years later, she learns about love for herself and the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional & Powerful
- De Miss Toni en 06-30-13
De: Maya Angelou
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Until I Say Good-Bye
- My Year of Living with Joy
- De: Susan Spencer-Wendel, Bret Witter
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Susan Spencer-Wendel's Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). After Spencer-Wendel, a celebrated journalist at the Palm Beach Post, learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures, traveling to several countries and sharing special experiences with loved ones.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Until I Say Good-Bye is a paradox for me.
- De Bonny en 03-19-13
De: Susan Spencer-Wendel, y otros
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Love and Other Ways of Dying
- Essays
- De: Michael Paterniti
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
In the 17 wide-ranging essays collected for the first time in Love and Other Ways of Dying, he brings his full literary powers to bear, pondering happiness and grief, memory and the redemptive power of human connection. In the remote Ukranian countryside, Paterniti picks apples (and faces mortality) with a real-life giant; in Nanjing, China, he confronts a distraught jumper on a suicide bridge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly intimate voice for humanity
- De Ed Hodges en 01-02-16
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Freddy and Fredericka
- De: Mark Helprin
- Narrado por: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duración: 25 h y 29 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 211
Best-selling, critically acclaimed author Mark Helprin's work has drawn favorable comparisons to an elite group of literary legends, including James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, and Thomas Mann. Helprin's sheer comic brilliance shines in this ingenious farce.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't rate it high enough (and I'm a tough grader)
- De Annette en 09-06-05
De: Mark Helprin
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Annie Dunne
- De: Sebastian Barry
- Narrado por: Caroline Lennon
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah’s small farm running. Suddenly, Annie’s young niece and nephew are left in their care. Unprepared for the chaos that two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie finds the interruption of her normal life and her last chance at happiness complicated further by the attention being paid to Sarah by a local man with his eye on the farm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Splendid
- De Shady en 06-21-23
De: Sebastian Barry
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She Walks in Beauty
- A Woman's Journey Through Poems
- De: Adrienne Rich, Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, y otros
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd, Campbell Scott, Jane Alexander, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
She Walks in Beauty draws on poetry’s eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and challenges of being a woman. Caroline Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and universal experiences in a woman’s life, and she begins each of these sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the most important elements of life’s journey.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Still struggling with poetry
- De Beatrice en 01-30-12
De: Adrienne Rich, y otros
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
- De: Amy Tan
- Narrado por: Amy Tan, Joan Chen
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 726
Set in contemporary San Francisco and in a Chinese village where Peking Man is being unearthed, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes. Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, brilliantly presents "storytelling in its oldest and truest form".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptionally good
- De Eileen Finn en 03-25-03
De: Amy Tan