Jack Herzig
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Vasily Grossman from the Front Line
- By: Vasily Grossman
- Narrated by: Elliot Levey
- Length: 40 mins
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Vasily Grossman, author of Life and Fate, was transformed by his experiences as a war correspondent. Following the shock invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Grossman volunteered for front line duty. Declared unfit for active service he was assigned to Red Star newspaper as a special correspondent. In these BBC Radio programmes, Elliot Levey reads three of Vasily Grossman's front line despatches.
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Important Text, Well Read, and Impossible to Comfortably Listen to with Headphones/Earbuds
- By Rajeev A. on 07-28-17
- Vasily Grossman from the Front Line
- By: Vasily Grossman
- Narrated by: Elliot Levey
Extremely moving
Reviewed: 05-24-24
A very moving human document of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Grossman was the chronicler of the bravest who opposed the Nazis and the barbarisms who exterminated an entire people. This a recording that every should hear.
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A Good Country
- My Life in Twelve Towns and the Devastating Battle for a White America
- By: Sofia Ali-Khan
- Narrated by: Kelsey Jaffer
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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Sofia Ali-Khan’s parents emigrated from Pakistan to America, believing it would be a good country. With a nerdy interest in American folk history and a devotion to the rule of law, Ali-Khan would pursue a career in social justice, serving some of America’s most vulnerable communities. By the time she had children of her own—having lived, worked, and worshipped in twelve different towns across the nation—Ali-Khan felt deeply American, maybe even a little extra American for having seen so much of the country.
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Excellent, poignant memoir with history
- By Anonymous User on 05-23-23
- A Good Country
- My Life in Twelve Towns and the Devastating Battle for a White America
- By: Sofia Ali-Khan
- Narrated by: Kelsey Jaffer
Required Reading
Reviewed: 07-05-22
Written in searing prose, Sofia Ali-Khan has provided what is destined to become the standard reference for the Muslim American experience in America. Detailing her own experiences growing up in the US and those of her family members, she powerfully describes the plight of a community, besieged by anti-Muslim hatred, prejudice and even violence. This is a side of the American dream few have dared recount and one that deserves careful reading by all those concerned about racism and exclusion in this country.
The narrator Kelsey Jaffer provides a sensitive and moving interpretation of the work.
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Des fleurs pour Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Grégory Gadebois
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Algernon est une souris de laboratoire dont le traitement du Pr. Nemur et du Dr. Strauss vient de décupler l'intelligence. Enhardis par cette réussite, les deux savants tentent alors, avec l'assistance de la psychologue Alice Kinnian, d'appliquer leur découverte à Charlie Gordon, un simple d'esprit. C'est bientôt l'extraordinaire éveil de l'intelligence pour le jeune homme. Il découvre un monde dont il avait toujours été exclu, et entame une incroyable métamorphose. Mais un jour les facultés supérieures d'Algernon déclinent.
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Amazing performance!
- By Jack Herzig on 04-04-22
- Des fleurs pour Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Grégory Gadebois
Amazing performance!
Reviewed: 04-04-22
This is the French version of Flowers for Algernon. The narrator is absolutely perfect. I highly recommend this to French speakers and those learning French
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La Planète des singes
- By: Pierre Boulle
- Narrated by: Bernard Gabay
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Y a-t-il des êtres humains ailleurs que dans notre galaxie ? C'est la question que se posent les passagers d'un vaisseau spatial survolant une planète proche de Bételgeuse : on y aperçoit des villes, des routes curieusement semblables à celles de notre Terre. Après s'y être posés, les trois hommes découvrent que la planète est habitée par des singes. Ceux-ci vont les capturer et se livrer sur eux à des expériences. Il faudra, devant les singes, faire la preuve de son humanité.
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Une histoire captivante (and great for learning!)
- By Taiger Murphy on 08-25-22
- La Planète des singes
- By: Pierre Boulle
- Narrated by: Bernard Gabay
Planet of the Apes - French edition
Reviewed: 03-25-22
Magnificent production! Pierre Boulle was a great writer. This novel and the Bridge on the River Kwai were his two masterpieces. The plot is incredible, the narration superb! Highly recommended.
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Death on the Nile
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems.
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Bravo Mr. Branagh!!!!!
- By Big D on 07-10-20
- Death on the Nile
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
Painful narration
Reviewed: 02-09-22
I love Agatha Christie, and I have great admiration for Kenneth Branagh— but this recording was painful to listen to. Branagh’s interpretation of the female voice, particularly that of the central female character, Linnet Ridgeway, was absolutely atrocious. For a better listening experience, I would stick with the fabulous performance by David Suchet.
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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You'll be awe-inspired by the heroic efforts of the crew of the Endurance, a ship that battled its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice while ironically only a day's sail from its destination.
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Get the Unabridged one (also on Audible)
- By MP on 07-28-03
- Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
Thrilling Story of Courage and Endurance
Reviewed: 02-09-22
This audible book almost took my breath away. It’s the most inspiring book I’ve ever heard. The narrator is perfect, the story sublime. If I could, I’d give it 10 stars!
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Beast in View
- By: Margaret Millar
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wydra
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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At 30, Helen Clarvoe is alone: Her only visitors are the staff at the hotel where she lives, and her only phone calls come from a stranger. Until that stranger, with a quiet, compelling voice, lures the aloof and financially secure Miss Clarvoe into a world of extortion, pornography, vengeance, madness, and murder. But who is the hunter and who is the victim?
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Irritating performance
- By Katherine T. Reed on 01-01-17
- Beast in View
- By: Margaret Millar
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wydra
Extraordinary mystery!
Reviewed: 01-02-22
It is a pity that Margaret Millar us not better known. This is one of the best mysteries I have ever come across— and the narrator is superb!
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Shutter Island
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island carries the listener into a nightmare world of madness, mind control, and CIA Cold War paranoia and is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.
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Outstanding psychological thriller set in the 50s
- By Barry S. Sharpnack on 06-17-09
- Shutter Island
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
One of the very best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to
Reviewed: 06-15-21
This book is nothing less than a masterpiece, and the reader was phenomenal. There is some extreme violence which I found a little hard to take, but as a whole, the book is an amazing novel about insanity, about justice, war and illusion.
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L'intérêt de l'enfant
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Marie-Christine Barrault
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Fiona Maye, juge spécialisée en droit de la famille, est passionnée par son travail. Elle en délaisse son mari, surtout depuis l'affaire Adam Henry. Cet adolescent de dix-sept ans est atteint de leucémie, mais les croyances religieuses de ses parents interdisent toute transfusion sanguine. Les médecins s'en sont remis à la cour. Après avoir entendu les deux parties, Fiona se rend à l'hôpital. Mais la rencontre avec Adam s'avère troublante et, indécise, la magistrate peine à rendre son jugement.
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A sublime performance!
- By Jack Herzig on 03-23-19
- L'intérêt de l'enfant
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Marie-Christine Barrault
A sublime performance!
Reviewed: 03-23-19
This moving novel comes to life through the voice of this acclaimed actress. I cannot imagine anyone else -- French or English -- interpreting the text with such depth of feeling as Marie-Christine Barrault.
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Correspondance (1944-1959)
- By: Albert Camus, Maria Casarès
- Narrated by: Isabelle Adjani, Lambert Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Le 19 mars 1944, Albert Camus et Maria Casarès se croisent chez Michel Leiris. L'ancienne élève du Conservatoire, originaire de La Corogne et fille d'un républicain espagnol en exil, n'a que vingt et un ans. L'écrivain vit alors seul à Paris, la guerre l'ayant tenu éloigné de son épouse Francine, enseignante à Oran. Sensible au talent de l'actrice, Albert Camus lui confie le rôle de Martha pour la création du Malentendu en juin 1944. Et durant la nuit du Débarquement, Albert Camus et Maria Casarès deviennent amants.
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Magnificent audiobook. Deeply moving!
- By Jack Herzig on 12-08-18
- Correspondance (1944-1959)
- By: Albert Camus, Maria Casarès
- Narrated by: Isabelle Adjani, Lambert Wilson
Magnificent audiobook. Deeply moving!
Reviewed: 12-08-18
These letters by Albert Camus and Maria Casares are a real gem. Written from the heart and soul, they capture the beauty, joy, and tenderness of love.
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