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The Haunted Bookshop
- De: Christopher Morley
- Narrado por: J. M. Smallheer
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2
"The Haunted Bookshop" is a so called "bibliomystery" (a mystery story set in the world of books) from 1919. It is the story of the eccentric owner of the Haunted Bookshop, Roger Mifflin, who some readers might remember from "Parnassus on Wheels". This second-hand, Brooklyn bookstore is "haunted by the ghosts of all great literature." It is set around the time of the end of World War I. A young man, Aubrey Gilbert, stops by the shop, trying to sell Mifflin advertising copy. He fails but is intrigued by the proprietor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I just couldn’t!
- De Lucky en 01-20-25
- The Haunted Bookshop
- De: Christopher Morley
- Narrado por: J. M. Smallheer
I just couldn’t!
Revisado: 01-20-25
I rarely do not finish a book but I just ‘cannot’ with this reader. I’m so disappointed.
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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 61,298
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54,792
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54,694
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
Sorry I wasted my time
Revisado: 08-22-24
If I could I would return this book. A big waste of time and money!
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
- How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature
- De: Elizabeth Winkler
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English literature. Scholars admit that the Bard’s biography is a “black hole,” yet to publicly question the identity of the god of English literature is unacceptable, even (some say) “immoral.” In Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, journalist and literary critic Elizabeth Winkler sets out to probe the origins of this literary taboo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Virgil Tracy en 06-03-23
- Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
- How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature
- De: Elizabeth Winkler
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
Unfortunate choice in narrator
Revisado: 07-18-24
A mishmash of info made much worse by the reader. I persevered, but I will avoid this combination of author and reader in the future.
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Around the World in 80 Books
- De: David Damrosch
- Narrado por: David Damrosch
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Inspired by Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University’s department of comparative literature and founder of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic’s restrictions on travel by exploring 80 exceptional books from around the globe.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ruined by writer narrating
- De Xander Holden en 01-21-24
- Around the World in 80 Books
- De: David Damrosch
- Narrado por: David Damrosch
I REALLY wanted to like this book,
Revisado: 04-07-24
I mean what's not to like? Right? I think for me, the distraction was the reader. It's been said before,,, why do authors read their books when there are so many excellent narrators out there? Sadly, I was disappointed. This should have been 5 stars across the board.
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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare
- De: William Shakespeare, Paul Edmondson - editor, Stanley Wells - editor
- Narrado por: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14
How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality? Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least 30 years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays, as prologues, as epilogues, and as part of their poetic texture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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peaceful
- De resol en 12-04-23
Sonnet 151
Revisado: 12-31-23
Maybe it's me? But I couldn't find Sonnet 151 in the wonderful Audible recording. Anyone else?
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Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater
- De: Matteo A. Pangallo
- Narrado por: Bob Dio
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Among the dramatists who wrote for the professional playhouses of early modern London was a small group of writers who were neither members of the commercial theater industry writing to make a living nor aristocratic amateurs dipping their toes in theatrical waters for social or political prestige. Instead, they were largely working- and middle-class amateurs who had learned most of what they knew about drama from being members of the audience.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book, Awful Narrator
- De Susan R. en 12-07-20
- Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater
- De: Matteo A. Pangallo
- Narrado por: Bob Dio
What am I listening to?
Revisado: 07-01-23
This has been one of the most painful listens I've suffered through in quite awhile. I've listened for over 4 hours and I just can't anymore. It's sad. I buy and read every book in Audible that relates to Shakespeare and this book makes me feel like I'm an idiot. Perhaps it's the speedreading narrator...? Oh. for a Simon Vance or Neville Jason to read this book would have made such a difference. I'm afraid I have to stop. I won't return it, (because I've also purchased the hardcover edition thinking this would be a very important addition to my Shakespearean library) but I just can't anymore. What a great dissapointment. Authors...your narrators can make or break your book. Take heed. This one is is an utter disappointment.
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The Modern Scholar: Celts and Germans
- The Enduring Heritage of the European Northlands
- De: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Narrado por: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Duración: 5 h y 21 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will find, the legacy of the European Northlands formed a cultural pattern that continues to this day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Source of Information and Engaging Lecturer
- De Kate en 03-23-17
- The Modern Scholar: Celts and Germans
- The Enduring Heritage of the European Northlands
- De: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Narrado por: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
C'mon Modern Scholar
Revisado: 04-26-23
No notes to this complicated material? Are you kidding me? The narrator was bad enough. but without notes it was painful.
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The Good Wife of Bath
- A Novel
- De: Karen Brooks
- Narrado por: Fran Burgoyne
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 441
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 440
England, 1364: When married off at aged twelve to an elderly farmer, brazen redheaded Eleanor quickly realizes it won’t matter what she says or does, God is not on her side—or any poor woman’s for that matter. But then again, Eleanor was born under the joint signs of Venus and Mars, making her both a lover and a fighter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, funny and thought provoking
- De Dawn Umstot en 07-01-22
- The Good Wife of Bath
- A Novel
- De: Karen Brooks
- Narrado por: Fran Burgoyne
Meh
Revisado: 04-02-23
I persevered, probably longer than I should have, but I just couldn’t finish it. Halfway through, I realized I just didn’t care about the characters.
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Chaucer
- A European Life
- De: Marion Turner
- Narrado por: Marion Turner
- Duración: 20 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the center of political life - yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and their astonishing diversity and innovative language earned Chaucer renown as the father of English literature. Marion Turner, however, reveals him as a great European writer and thinker.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A dense slog, perhaps better read than listened to
- De Jeff W en 02-06-22
- Chaucer
- A European Life
- De: Marion Turner
- Narrado por: Marion Turner
Amazing scholarship - less so narration
Revisado: 03-20-23
Why do authors insist on reading their own books? This would have been so much better, and easier to comprehend in the hands (or voice) of any of a number of seasoned audiobook readers. I persevered but what a slog.
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Literary Wonderlands
- A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
- De: Laura Miller
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
Literary Wonderlands is a thoroughly researched, wonderfully written, and beautifully produced book that spans 4,000 years of creative endeavor. From Spenser's The Fairie Queene to Wells' The Time Machine to Murakami's 1Q84, it explores the timeless and captivating features of fiction's imagined worlds including the relevance of the writer's own life to the creation of the story, influential contemporary events and philosophies, and the meaning that can be extracted from the details of the work.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The narrator ruined it for me
- De Lucky en 03-15-23
- Literary Wonderlands
- A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
- De: Laura Miller
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
The narrator ruined it for me
Revisado: 03-15-23
I persevered, but this would have been such an amazing read with a better reader.
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