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The Definition of Beautiful
- A Memoir
- De: Charlotte Bellows
- Narrado por: Charlotte Bellows
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Charlotte Bellows wrote The Definition of Beautiful between the ages of 15 and 17, in the wake of lockdown and in recovery from anorexia. In the tradition of Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar and Françoise Sagan in Bonjour Tristesse, Bellows writes with deceptively straightforward urgency, pushing through society's constraints on the bodies and minds of girls and women to offer a story both achingly familiar and devastatingly new.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest, beautiful body of work
- De Andrea Harrington en 10-08-24
- The Definition of Beautiful
- A Memoir
- De: Charlotte Bellows
- Narrado por: Charlotte Bellows
Puerile
Revisado: 09-24-24
Redundant ,boring and puerile, but maybe a good book for adolescents who are struggling with eating disorders.
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Inside Out
- A Memoir
- De: Demi Moore
- Narrado por: Demi Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17,789
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 15,641
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,555
For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past. Throughout her rise to fame and during some of the most pivotal moments of her life, Demi battled addiction, body image issues, and childhood trauma that would follow her for years - all while juggling a skyrocketing career and at times negative public perception.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this Memoir
- De mrsbee19 en 09-25-19
- Inside Out
- A Memoir
- De: Demi Moore
- Narrado por: Demi Moore
Narcissistic
Revisado: 08-30-24
Sounds like she had lots of good counseling, and she shares every morsel with us…
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Ride with Me, Mariah Montana
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 241
Ivan Doig has been hailed by the New York Times as “dean of Western American letters.” In Ride with Me, Mariah Montana, widower Jick McCaskill, his daughter Mariah, and Mariah’s ex-husband Riley take a road trip back and forth across Montana. As Jick recounts his memories of the area, Riley and Mariah fall in and out of love—and Jick unexpectedly discovers a new partner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Laugh, cry, think...you'll do it all!
- De Joe Wittwer en 07-27-12
- Ride with Me, Mariah Montana
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
Not for me
Revisado: 01-12-23
Didn’t seem on a par with his previous work- Liked all the other Ivan Doig recordings, but just couldn’t get into this one.
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Varina
- A Novel
- De: Charles Frazier
- Narrado por: Molly Parker
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 817
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 711
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 708
With her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a life of security as a landowner. He instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history - culpable regardless of her intentions. The Confederacy falling, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own, now fugitives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read it rather than listen
- De Anonymous en 08-31-18
- Varina
- A Novel
- De: Charles Frazier
- Narrado por: Molly Parker
Narration a disappointment
Revisado: 08-17-22
Narration brings this otherwise excellent Frazier book down a disappointing degree. Clearly delivered and well-articulated, it is understandable, but that’s the best that can be said of it.
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The Abundance
- Narrative Essays Old and New
- De: Annie Dillard, Geoff Dyer - foreword
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 8 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If you enjoy Annie Dillard
- De E. R. en 01-04-19
- The Abundance
- Narrative Essays Old and New
- De: Annie Dillard, Geoff Dyer - foreword
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
What did Annie Dillard think of this narrator?
Revisado: 11-13-20
Annie Dillard, certainly one of America's uncontested BEST authors, is always remarkable reading. Likewise the audio versions: Her An American Childhood is phenomenal, as is The Mayfield's. So I was very excited to purchase The Abundance audiobook...
Unfortunately, the narration is just so difficult for me to listen to that I couldn't get through it! So I bought the book to read, instead, and of course it as excellent as one would expect from Annie Dillard's pen.
Generally I've been amazed at the quality of narration with the selections on Audible!
Maybe it was just me, or the contrast with the (excellent!) naration for the previous books, but I was so disappointed with this selection! I returned to it numerous times, trying to get past the aggravating narration, but wasn't able to even finish the first chapter! (Well, I listen as I fall asleep at night, so I might have "heard" more,, but I certainly didn't LISTEN to it!) (ZZzzzzz...)
I'd like to return it, but I've had it in my library for a long time, thinking that I should be able to get past the narration, that maybe in a different setting or a different mood it would strike me differently.
Nope; never happened.
Truly disappointed on this, and surprised to be so!
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The Quiet Rise of Introverts
- De: Brenda Knowles
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
More and more, people are identifying as introverts. Studies show that at least one-third of the people we encounter in our lives are introverts. The Quiet Rise of Introverts: 8 Practices for Loving and Living in a Noisy World is a guide to help tenderhearted and introverted individuals grow and nurture their peace, purpose, and relationships. Author, speaker, and life coach Brenda Knowles presents eight unique practices to help readers learn that they are not alone or flawed in their sensitivity and introversion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No the book I was expecting
- De Roger en 12-25-20
- The Quiet Rise of Introverts
- De: Brenda Knowles
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
Re-re-re-re-dundant!
Revisado: 11-13-20
Great concept, BUT not worthy of a full-length book. Feels like I wasted a credit here...
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An Irish Country Courtship
- De: Patrick Taylor
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 892
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 777
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 775
In An Irish Country Courtship, after less than a year, young Barry Laverty, M.B., is settling in to the village, with only a few months to go before he becomes a full partner in the practice. He's looking forward to becoming a fixture in the community, until an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. Will he truly be happy tending to routine coughs and colds for the rest of his career? After all, even when a more challenging case comes along, like a rare tropical disease, all he can do is pass it on to a qualified specialist or big-city hospital.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite book series
- De Angelyn S. Furst en 11-02-10
- An Irish Country Courtship
- De: Patrick Taylor
- Narrado por: John Keating
Wish I had a better review to offer...
Revisado: 11-04-20
...but the plot is just so puerile and predictable!
The narrator is a favorite, and if you missed him for Sara Baum’s “Spill Simmer Falter Wither” you’re in for a treat! But the material in this case doesn’t work for me...too bad.
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Zen and Now
- On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- De: Mark Richardson
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that was the basis for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has inspired generations with its searching personal and philosophical narrative. After rereading the book at the onset of middle age, reporter Mark Richardson tuned up his old Suzuki dirt bike and became a "Pirsig Pilgrim".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De James en 04-17-09
- Zen and Now
- On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- De: Mark Richardson
- Narrado por: Buck Schirner
Don’t bother
Revisado: 10-02-20
The only writing in this work of any merit are the direct quotes from Pirsig. The rest reads like a puerile imitation.
I accidentally touched the link for this when trying to order the original, but thought it might be worth a listen since it landed in my library.
It wasn’t.
The narrator deserves a higher score, but couldn’t rise beyond the confines of the script...
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61,287
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54,782
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54,684
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- De Cynthia en 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
Excellent on many levels
Revisado: 09-18-20
Thanks so much to JD Vance for this 5 stars Audiobook. It’s an important offering for those of us who haven’t much exposure to the world he shares: The cultural mores, family values and political stance of the greater Appalachia demographic as shared through the author’s very credible narrative were very valuable.
Excellent on so many levels!
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The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
- De: Syrie James
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato
- Duración: 16 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 629
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 565
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 560
From Syrie James, the best-selling author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, comes a novel that captures the passionate heart and restless soul of Charlotte Brontë—the author who gave the world Jane Eyre while longing for a soulmate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Twice a year
- De Victoria Evangelina en 03-23-12
- The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
- De: Syrie James
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato
Disappointing
Revisado: 02-24-18
I’d hoped the author’s writing would be more worthy of the Brontë sisters. Instead I found it pedestrian and stilted. The only well-written parts are those that are taken directly from the Brontës sisters books, diaries or letters. The concept was good, and probably a valiant effort on the part of the author, but I’d I did advise skipping this one...
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