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Title: The Boys from Brazil

Author: Ira Levin

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

In this classic thriller, Ira Levin imagines Dr Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich. Alive and hiding in South America 30 years after the end of the Second World War, Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for a sinister project - the creation of the Fourth Reich. Ageing Nazi hunter Yakov Lieberman is informed of the plot, but before he hears the evidence, his source is killed....

Spanning continents and inspired by true events, what follows is one of Levin's most masterful tales, both timeless and chillingly plausible.

Critic Reviews:

Praise for Ira Levin:

"Levin is the Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel." (Stephen King)

Members Reviews:

Fantastic!

Great story, excellent performance. Thoroughly recommended. An adventure story to put others to shame. Brilliant.

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Title: Bones of an Inland Sea

Author: Mary Akers

Narrator: Erin Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-17

Publisher: Mary Akers

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Evocative and brimming with redemption, Mary Akers' newest collection Bones of an Inland Sea takes the reader on a journey of exploration and transformation that begins with a 19th century shipwreck, passes through Bikini Atoll's atomic testing, sinks into the heart of a devastating tsunami, and slides forward into a futurist island utopia floating in the Sargasso Sea.

Characters connect on remote beaches and forgotten islands, while family ties prove - like the ocean - to be both powerful and unpredictable. These fourteen stories form a captivating mosaic of intertwining narratives that convey a strong sense of the eternal and the possible.

Members Reviews:

excellent short story collection for audiobook

If you could sum up Bones of an Inland Sea in three words, what would they be?

Far reaching stories about water and human emotion ranging from floods, to islands, to sunken treasure, to global warming. Beautifully written and beautifully read/narrated.

Who was your favorite character and why?

all of them, but I especially loved the lead character in the Bikini Atoll story whose father witnessed the hydrogen bomb test there and insists it was beautiful, despite the cost.

What about Erin Joness performance did you like?

She caught the emotion of the stories perfectly.

If you could take any character from Bones of an Inland Sea out to dinner, who would it be and why?

The narrator of the final story. It sounded like she hadn't eaten a decent meal ever since she became an adult. I'd make sure she got all the butter she wanted.

Any additional comments?

These stories are very well-suited to an audio version and Erin Jones's reading is a huge bonus.

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Titel: Alles, was mein kleiner Sohn über die Welt wissen muss

Autor:: Fredrik Backman

Erzähler: Heikko Deutschmann

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 35 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-26-17

Herausgeber: Argon Verlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Ich bitte dich um Entschuldigung. Für alles, was ich in den kommenden achtzehn Jahren tun werde. Für alles, was ich versäumen werde. Alles, was ich nicht verstehe. Für all die Situationen, in denen ich dir schrecklich peinlich bin. Alle Ferienlager, bei denen ich mich freiwillig als Helfer melde. Alle Freundinnen, die du niemals zum Essen mit nach Hause bringst. Für das eine Mal, wenn deine Schule alle Eltern zu einem Brennball-Turnier einlädt und ich die Sache ein kleines bisschen zu ernst nehme. Und für mein T-Shirt mit der Aufschrift 'Echte Männer wiegen über 90 Kilo.'"

Fredrik Backman hat einen hinreißenden Brief an seinen kleinen Sohn geschrieben: Humorvoll und immer direkt aus dem Herzen erklärt er ihm und uns die Welt und alles, was man darüber wissen sollte.

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©2012 / 2017 Fredrik Backman (Buchvorlage: Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel "Saker min son behöver veta om världen" im Verlag Forum, Stockholm) / S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main / Published by arrangement with Bonnier Group Agency, Stockholm. Übersetzung von Stefanie Werner (P)2017 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin

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Titel: Statt etwas oder Der letzte Rank

Autor:: Martin Walser

Erzähler: Martin Walser

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 7 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-26-17

Herausgeber: Argon Verlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Wer sagt das? Seine Frau nennt ihn mal Memle, mal Otto, mal Bert, er versucht zu erkennen, wie aus Erfahrungen Gedanken werden. Den Widerstreit von Interessen hat er hinter sich gelassen, Gegner und Feinde auch, sein Wesenswunsch ist, sich herauszuhalten, zu schweigen, zu verstummen. Am liebsten starrt er auf eine leere, musterlose Wand, sie bringt die Unruhe in seinem Kopf zur Ruhe. "Mir geht es ein bisschen zu gut", sagt er sich dann, "zu träumen genügt."

Ein Höhepunkt in Martin Walsers Alterswerk, ein Roman als Summe und Bilanz.

©2017 Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg / Argon Verlag (P)2017 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin / Bayerischer Rundfunk

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Title: Good Hearts

Author: Reynolds Price

Narrator: Paul Fleschner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-17

Publisher: William S. Price, Jr. for the Estate of Reynolds Price

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

This novel rejoins the characters from A Long & Happy Life, Rosa and Wesley Beavers, after 30 years of marriage. Bored and despairing, Wesley leaves home just before Christmas. He drives to Nashville, and begins an affair with a much younger woman.

Members Reviews:

Smooth writing and strong characters, non-goal directed plot

This being my third Reynolds Price book to read, it was with interest that I realized this was a sequel of sorts to his very first and wildly successful A Long and Happy Life. The book starts out strong but begins to fizzle in the last third, concluding weakly with great disappointment and rather ambiguously. Strong writing, personal depth, and life philosophy come through in typical Price fashion, but without plot goals the story loses its purpose.

Wesley hits his fifties and after years of a great marriage, leaves the house, and finds himself in Nashville living in a trailer with a woman age 25. While the sex is good, eventually Wilson (her name) wants something more permanent. This and a letter from his wife Rosa causes Wesley to return home. Meanwhile, during Wesley's absence, a man we later learn named Wave, breaks into Rosa's home and rapes her. For protection, Rosa's brother Rato moves in with her, leaving his mother by herself. By the end of the book, Wesley and Rosa are back together, Rato is back home, the mother is fine, and Wave goes on his way an improved person we think.

Wesley's confusion throughout the book is never completely resolved (he even has moments of homosexual activity) and he does not seem to know how to love his wife. His weak character does not grow in any sense and we are not sure what his problem really is. Rato, probably the most interesting character in the book, does not reach his potential and remains an enigma throughout the story. Wave...well, he is just a disgusting individual with an obsession and sexual weakness. We don't know why he rapes women nor why he decides to leave Rosa alone at the end of the book. Perhaps we were hoping he would be caught and justly punished.

Maybe the most confusing detail of the book is that Rosa is suspicious of Wave, but does not act on her suspicions. Who are these people and why do they react so poorly to life's problems? It all makes for a random, ambiguous study of people without goals and without any kind of reason for the story. Nice people and some positive moments, but nothing really anguishing or even joyful. Everyone is sort of ho-hum and aside from the rape, the events are generally average. Just one big average reading experience of average people who do not accomplish much. Nothing robust or purposeful here.

On the other hand, the writing style is poetic, beautiful at times, and Rosa is a strong woman with excellent character. A rewriting of the philosophies presented might make for several excellent essays apart from the people. Not one of Price's best, but certainly a well-written book by an outstanding writer.

Emotionally powerful

Middle-aged Wesley Beavers abandons his middle-aged wife Rosa and heads for points west. He takes up with a younger woman in Nashville. But back home Rosa is raped, and Wesley moves back to be with her. The rapist, Wave Willbanks, is depicted as "the victim of a misguided pathology," and is treated with kindness by the protagonists.

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Title: Reanimacja

Author: Danuta Mikolajewska

Narrator: Maria Rybarczyk

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-17

Publisher: Heraclon / storybox.pl

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Polska, lata 80. Ambitna doktor Ewa przeprowadza sie z metropolii do malego miasteczka. Pod wplywem czynników osobistych i zawodowych, przeZywa wewnetrzny kryzys.

Debiut swiadczacy o ogromnej wraZliwosci autorki. Polecam wszystkim, którzy chca odbyc podróZ wspomnien do niedawnej historii naszego kraju, widzianej oczyma kobiety dzielnej, gotowej walczyc o swoje Zycie. Akcja w srodowisku medycznym gwarantuje dodatkowe atrakcje.

Hinweis: Dieses Hörbuch ist in polnischer Sprache.

(P)2016 Storybox

Critic Reviews:

Gdy wiosna 1989 autorka przyniosla pierwsza wersje "Reanimacji", natychmiast chcialem zrobic film, jakiego dotad nie bylo. Gdyby telewizyjni decydenci mieli wówczas wiecej wyobrazni, wytyczyliby standardy medycznego serialu, których nie musielibysmy sie wstydzic. A tak zostalismy skazani: "Na dobre i na zle".

-- Juliusz Machulski

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Title: Hush Now, Don't Explain

Author: Dennis Must

Narrator: Annette Romano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-16

Publisher: Coffeetown Enterprises, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Honor, an orphan, finds her way to the Victorian boarding house where she thinks her mother might have birthed her. World War II has just ended, which alerted many Americans to the world beyond, but Honor and Billy's lives are limited to the dead-end town of DeForest Junction, Ohio, and its nearby notcherie, where exotic women sell their bodies to the rail men. Alongside her mixed-race "cousin" Billy, Honor grows to womanhood, cared for by Miss Alsada and enchanted by the colorful stories of the shanty store owner, Mr. Augustus Willard, who claims to have traveled far and wide.

One day, an itinerant blues musician shows up at the boardinghouse, electrifying Billy with his skill at the upright piano. He departs just as quickly, leaving behind hints that he might be Billy's father. Soon after Buster Stanley's departure, men in white hoods burn a cross in the field behind the boardinghouse and torch a number of shacks occupied by black families. Honor and Billy decide to leave DeForest Junction - a feat they accomplish with the help of Mr. Willard, whose shanty store was burned. With Honor disguised as a boy for safety's sake, the three friends ride the rails southward to their ultimate destination, New Orleans. Billy is on the trail of Buster Stanley, but Honor is on an intense quest for Honor. How will she escape the fate of those women, waiting for a man to fill up the void in her life?

Members Reviews:

I recommend Hush Now

Dennis Must writes a complex story in pure language. His story telling skills are braced with musicality that enhances not just the story line but the characters as well. Itâs a rare treat to find a literary novel of this quality in todayâs nichified writing world where fusion has given way to spinelessness. There is at one and the same time a gone world and a new creation here and itâs hard to encompass it all. And then, there is the silken, melodic, actor-trained voice of Annette Romano. Romano doesnât just narrate this novel, she sings it, becomes the characters. The fusion of writer, story, and voice, underscores the intricacies of this very exciting novel. I recommend Hush Now, Donât Explain for those readers who are not convinced that we live in a post-literate society where language is reduced to code and depth has disappeared.

A heart-rending book with unforgettable voice

A magically-real song of a novel. Lyrical and mysterious, Dennis Must's book weaves together two generations of dispossessed souls in search of identity, souls striving for a different path than that dictated by race and poverty. Main characters Honor, Billy, and Augusta Willard ride the rails and steal away through cities "that care forgot," from Akron to New York City to New Orleans, chasing an ever-elusive melody. Jazz, the adult Mr. Willard contends to young Billy and Honor, is the music through which "true jazzmen compose their souls." The book explores modern themes of race, gender, family lineage, sexuality and the search for identity. It's a contemporary Homeric odyssey, the three hapless travelers journeying through hardship, temptation, revelry, and madness. 'You ain't nothing until bad things happen to you, Honor. Sometimes very bad things. Then you become somebody," Billy says. The language in "Hush Now, Don't Explain" reverberates with a wail as piercing as a train whistle.

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Title: Kysset

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Ann-Britt Mathisen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-16

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Isabelle Forrester m finde sig i at blive tiltalt som en tjenestepige af sin mand, hre p hans sylespidse nedladende bemrkninger og leve i et gteskab, der er prget af ligegyldig rutine. Penge er der nok af, men hvad med krligheden?Isabelle og hendes mand, Gordon, bor i en stor villa i Paris, Gordon tjener formuer i den franske bankverden, mens Isabelle tager sig af hjem og brn - sammen har de en teenagedatter og en yngre sn, hvis for tidlige fdsel gr ham svagelig og et let offer for sygdom - et faktum, som Gordon mener, Isabelle brer skylden for. Men Isabelle har et lyspunkt. Hun har til en fest mdt en amerikansk forretningsmand, Bill Robinson, og de er straks p blgelngde, og Isabelle fler lettelse ved at mde nogen, der forstr og respekterer hende. deres fortrolighed holdes ved lige i lange telefonsamtaler, indtil de igen mdes i London. Dette mde bliver skbnesvangert, for nu m de erkende, at der ikke kun er fortrolighed imellem dem -lidenskaben gnistrer, og de overgiver sig til deres flelser. Et kys i en bilder torpederes af en bus -og ndrer begges liv for evigt.

©2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof

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Titel: Das Jahr der Delfine

Autor:: Sarah Lark

Erzähler: Yara Blümel

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 12-09-16

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Köln, Gegenwart: "Wie soll mein Leben weitergehen?", fragt sich Laura. Jetzt, da ihre beiden Kinder zunehmend selbstständig werden und sich ihr Mann immer weiter von ihr entfernt, denkt Laura an ihren einstigen Traum zurück, Meeresbiologin zu werden. Als sich die Chance bietet, für einige Zeit im Bereich der Wal- und Delfinbeobachtung in Neuseeland zu arbeiten, ergreift sie diese mit gemischten Gefühlen. In Neuseeland eröffnet sich Laura eine ganz andere Welt, und sie findet völlig überraschend eine neue Liebe. Doch kann diese von Dauer sein?

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©2016 Bastei Lübbe (P)2016 Lübbe Audio

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Title: The Columbarium

Author: Emily Gallo

Narrator: Emily Gallo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-16

Publisher: Emily Gallo

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Where can you find a cookie jar in the shape of a baseball filled with the ashes of an 84-year-old Chinese woman or a cardboard take-out carton with the remains of a 350-pound, agoraphobic pot-dealer? The Columbarium is the backdrop for peering into the eccentric lives of some of the dead, as well as of the people they left behind. Jed, a Jonestown survivor, takes a job fixing up the columbarium and ultimately comes to terms with his past and his own psychological demons. When the columbarium is vandalized, the mourners and Jed band together to preserve the memories of their loved ones, and in the process, they understand that belonging and connecting to others is what gives life meaning. A house for the dead becomes a venue for celebrating life.

Members Reviews:

"The Columbarium" A review by a long time nonfiction audiobook "reader."

Generally, my recreational reading consists of biography and autobiography delivered through ear buds. It was an unusual circumstance that would motivate me to actually sit down an read a novel. I purchased this one book out of approximately 300,000 published in the US this year because I have met Emily and have been a long time friend of her husband. I purchased this book as a sign of support, while hoping it would not be the kind of read the makes me constantly conscious that this is a book written by someone I know. As I read I went from pleasantly surprised, to proud to know the author and finally to immersion in the story. After I finished the reading the book I was left with the feeling that I hadn't felt in a long while. I actually missed the characters in the novel. I am looking forward to reading the prequel and the next installment of her work. Also, I will definitely be visiting the real Columbarium the next time I am in San Francisco.

Emily Gallo did It again....

....another terrific book. After reading Venice I have been waiting impatiently for the release of her next book and I wasn't disappointed. Emily Gallo is a talented writer and I highly recommend 'The Columbarium' to anyone who loves a good page-turner!

Odd Otis, 2nd Edition: An Unusual Tail (Tale)

A Well Written Novel

I just finished reading, "The Columbarium". After reading "Venice Beach", I was eager to read this sequel. I couldn't put it down. The plot was very easy to follow, and the characters were very real. Being Jewish, I especially was able to relate to the Jewish foods, Jewish customs, and Yiddish expressions mentioned in the story.Although I consider myself a slow reader, I finished it in one day. I highly recommend, "Venice Beach" and this sequel, The Columbarium". Emily Gallo is an excellent writer and I look forward to reading her next novel.

A delightful tale that follows Jed's tale from Venice Beach ...

A delightful tale that follows Jed's tale from Venice Beach to San Francisco. Guaranteed to keep you turning the pages to its delightful conclusion.

chasefordreams

Very imaginative and an enjoyable read