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Musashi
- By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,946
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,440
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,432
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Novel
- By The Walking Dude on 08-11-19
- Musashi
- By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Great story and best narrator
Reviewed: 07-01-23
I had already read this book ten years ago, but enjoyed listening to it now even more. Not only does the narrator give real life to the characters, but he is Japanese mother language and pronounces every Japanese term correctly, without butchering words. I look forward to listening more books by him.
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The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,747
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,358
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,345
This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and ever relevant
- By bbots on 07-04-20
- The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Amazing work!
Reviewed: 06-04-23
Subtle, ironic, delicate writing style. The reader is perfect too. One of Ishiguro’s best works.
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The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
- By: Ritchie Robertson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 40 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
This magisterial history - sure to become the definitive work on the subject - recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The quickest 40 hour audio book I’ve listen to
- By Joey Caster on 04-02-21
- The Enlightenment
- The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
- By: Ritchie Robertson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
The reader does not speak foreign languages
Reviewed: 01-15-22
It is not only absurd but ridiculous for he has to read excerpts in French, German Italian and even Spanish. The book has too much data, a paper copy offers a better overview of what is being said. Otherwise it is very well written and informative.
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,127
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2,159
It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not So Luminous
- By Mel on 11-10-13
- The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Strange original book
Reviewed: 07-27-21
This book is quite strange. Written by a woman who depicts two despicable women and a hoard of men, seems kind of unwarranted. The last fifty pages were composed of fragments with barely paragraphs, which she could have embedded within the text.
I think the story is original, the characters are interesting and curious, but the narration is extremely repetitive.
Nothing happens in the scenes: life is lived through someone else’s story, it’s always before or after,and there’s very little action.
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La peste
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Christian Gonon
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story5 out of 5 stars 116
Suite à une épidémie de peste, les autorités décident de fermer la ville d'Oran. Les habitants s'organisent pour survivre au siège de cette maladie mortelle et en particulier le docteur Rieux. Il est l'un des premiers à identifier les symptômes de la maladie et devient une figure centrale dans l'organisation sanitaire de la ville.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A perfect read for COVID19
- By Courtiol Alexandre on 05-02-20
- La peste
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Christian Gonon
Livre magnifique et lecteur excellent
Reviewed: 06-20-21
C’est la troisième fois que je le lis et la première que je l’écoute. Il est aussi génial que les autres fois, voir plus car le lecteur est fantastique. Il a rendu à la perfection l’esprit du livre. Merci pour cette expérience.
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Debout les morts
- By: Fred Vargas
- Narrated by: Philippe Allard
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Un hêtre peut-il pousser en une seule nuit dans un jardin, rue Chasle à Paris, sans que personne l'ait planté ? Oui. Chez la cantatrice Sophia Siméonidis ; et elle n'en dort plus. Puis elle disparaît sans que cela préoccupe son époux. Après une série de meurtres sinistres, ses trois voisins "dans la merde", aidés par l'ex-flic pourri Vandoosler, découvriront les racines du hêtre, vieilles de quinze ans, grasses de haine et de jalousie.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Superficiel et un festival des stéréotypes
- By Cinzia Laura on 06-20-21
- Debout les morts
- By: Fred Vargas
- Narrated by: Philippe Allard
Superficiel et un festival des stéréotypes
Reviewed: 06-20-21
Malgré un début prometteur j’ai été déçue par la superficialité du texte, par des personnages qui ressemblent par moments à des pantins grotesques et par une auteure féminine qui offre une esquisse de femmes opaques et sans épaisseur. Quelques bons moments d’ironie sur la vie de chercheurs académiques et un très bon narrateur.
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The Judge Hunter
- By: Christopher Buckley
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored, and Charles II sits on the throne. The men who conspired to kill his father are either dead or disappeared. Baltasar “Balty” St. Michel is 24 and has no skills and no employment. He gets by on handouts from his brother-in-law Samuel Pepys, an officer in the king’s navy. Fed up with his needy relative, Pepys offers Balty a job in the New World. He is to track down two missing judges who were responsible for the execution of the last king, Charles I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprise!
- By mary j miller on 06-12-18
- The Judge Hunter
- By: Christopher Buckley
- Narrated by: James Langton
Strange book
Reviewed: 05-15-21
I enjoyed listening to it, the narrator was funny and made great voices. His accents were not disturbing. Still, i wonder, if in the 21st century we still need books about evil “indians” perpetuating the greatness of britain against other nations.
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Soul Mountain
- By: Gao Xingjian
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
Facing time on a prison farm for defying his country’s laws of cultural conformity, artist/writer Gao Xingjian embarked on an epic search for his roots and for freedom. His journey through Southern China’s ancient mountains and forests, inspired this immensely wise and beautiful novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Charles N. on 07-24-16
- Soul Mountain
- By: Gao Xingjian
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
The reader does not speak chinese
Reviewed: 04-07-21
Just terrible hearing him mispronounce all the names. I had to quit and return the book.
Please have a chinese speaking reader read it! Like you did with a japanese soeaking reader for soseki and yoshikawa!
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The Magic Mountain
- By: Thomas Mann
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 37 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,014
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 883
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 877
Hans Castorp is, on the face of it, an ordinary man in his early 20s, on course to start a career in ship engineering in his home town of Hamburg, when he decides to travel to the Berghof Santatorium in Davos. The year is 1912 and an oblivious world is on the brink of war. Castorp’s friend Joachim Ziemssen is taking the cure and a three-week visit seems a perfect break before work begins. But when Castorp arrives he is surprised to find an established community of patients, and little by little, he gets drawn into the closeted life and the individual personalities of the residents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Magical Journey
- By Paul on 08-20-20
- The Magic Mountain
- By: Thomas Mann
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
Best book of the year-pandemic times must read!
Reviewed: 04-07-21
Amazing story, about time passing on in a different way. Definitely helpful while bearing the toll of the pandemic. Infinitely poetic and lovely. The reader is wonderful: he speaks german moreover, which makes the reading of german names easier and pleasant for the reader (who does not have to “squint” his years to understand what is being said: see the soul mountain by gao xingjiang read by a reader who does not speak chinese bleark). I look forward to starting the buddenrbooks, same author, same reader!
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L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere
- By: Milan Kundera
- Narrated by: Fabrizio Bentivoglio
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Pietra miliare della letteratura del Novecento, il romanzo mette in scena un perfetto quadrilatero amoroso entro cui le storie dei protagonisti s'intrecciano con le grandi domande della vita, come quelle sul valore delle scelte individuali, sul rapporto tra pesantezza e leggerezza, libertà e costrizione. Alla fine degli anni Sessanta, tra la Primavera praghese e l'invasione sovietica, la giovane Tereza e il marito Tomáš, la pittrice Sabina e il suo amante Franz, oscillando tra fedeltà e tradimenti, esplorano passioni e vertigini di un mondo che è diventato una trappola.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Piaciuto molto!
- By Cliente Amazon on 07-19-23
- L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere
- By: Milan Kundera
- Narrated by: Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Sessualità maschilista
Reviewed: 01-16-21
Totalmente delusa da un libro di cui ero curiosa. Le donne in questo romanzo sono rappresentate come pure e semplici oggetti e la sessualità del protagonista libertino e egocentrico è il tema centrale del romanzo. Che noia e disgusto. Bentivoglio è un lettore eccellente, peccato il libro sia pessimo.
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