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Título: Retrato del Artista Joven [Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]

Autor: James Joyce

Narrador: Hernando Ivan Cano

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-24-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

Joyce made an autobiographical recount of his youth in Ireland, where stirring moments alternate with episodes of great humor and satire. The accurate portrait of characters, as well as the description of the steps to form a great artist, makes this a fundamental literary work.

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Título: Las Minas del Rey Salomon [The Mines of King Salomon]

Autor: H. Rider Haggard

Narrador: Carlos J. Vega

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 1 min

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-16-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 4 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

The author himself was aware that a simple description of adventures was too easy and because of this, his romantic stories have a human fundation that makes his works a favorite to the public, especially for the imagination that is shown.

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Título: El Sombrero de Tres Picos [The Three-Cornered Hat]

Autor: Pedro de Alarcon

Narrador: Laura Garcia

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 25 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-19-05

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 5 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

A brilliant romance full of humor that narrates the erotic desires of a commander towards a chaste girl is the base of this novel, full of grace and that even with its sensual background, is full of good taste. As the author says, even nuns and children that know that a husband sleeps with his wife can read it. It is a delightful sample of one of the gratest Spanish writers.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Romance at the mill

A slight, but amusing, novella, the basis for the popular ballet of the same title by Manuel de Falla. The story, set in Spain in the mid-nineteenth century, is a farce with hints of possible tragedy. A miller and his beautiful wife live in domestic happiness and fidelity until a magistrate casts his lustful eyes upon the wife. The magistrate's efforts to seduce her provide the basis for hugely comical scenes of confusion and mistaken identity. All's well that ends well, the wicked are punished and the good rewarded. Enjoyable reading.

Un sainete novelado, un costumbrismo sin añoranza

Un clásico con una presentación larga de los personajes, y una trama de sainete escrito en forma de novela corta con mucha carga de humor hacia los personajes, hacia la época que se da por afortunadamente concluída. En una época donde se puso de moda el costumbrismo, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón escribe una novela netamente costumbrista, retrotrayéndose a una época en la que las peculiaridades patrias eran más diferentes del ambiente español y europeo de la fecha en la que él escribe, retratando de manera jocosa una realidade de abuso de poder, arbitrariedad, corrupción e injusticia. Lejos del idealismo quijotesco, la situación viene dada de manera práctica y "sanchopancesca"... humana.

Five Stars

Classic.

El Sombrero de Tree Picos es una novela llena de ...

El Sombrero de Tree Picos es una novela llena de sopresas que dice mucho acerca de la vida en Espana durante el reino de Carlos IV. En esos dias era menester evitar qualquier dicho que no era de acuerdo con los dictados del Rey. Ojala que eso nunca ocurre aqui en los Estados Unidos.

Vale la pena leer este cuento chistoso.

FH

A WONDERFUL GREAT CLASSIC OF SPANISH LITERATURE

ON MY PRIORITY LIST TO READ, BECAUSE OF ITSI GREAT INSIGHTS INTO SPANISH CHARACTER. ONE

OF THE GREAT MASTER WORKS OF SPANISH LITERATURE. VERY GRATEFUL THAT AMAZON HAS MADE THIS AVAILABLE.

JULES VERNE STEINHAUER

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Título: El Filo de la Navaja [The Razor's Edge]

Autor: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrador: Pedro Montoya

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-15-05

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 2.5 de 5 de 5 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

Larry Darrell is a young man whose experiences in World War I lead him to question the meaning of his comfortable life. Postponing his engagement to Isabel, he travels first to Europe and then to India, where his studies with a Hindu holy man change his life.

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Title: Beau Geste

Author: Percival C. Wren

Narrator: David Case

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-99

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A group of Legionnaires reaches Fort Zinderneuf to find everyone dead, and a note in one of the sergeant's hands confesses to the theft of a precious gem called "the Blue Water." The mystery of the gem and the deaths actually begins 15 years earlier. A kindly woman named Thatcher is raising 3 orphans, the Geste brothers, and to support them she sells the family jewel, the Blue Water, and replaces it with a fake. Young Michael "Beau" Geste and his brothers witness this deed, and to protect their guardian, they steal the phony gem and join the Foreign Legion. The mystery begins to unfold when the brothers are sent to North Africa and encounter a tyrannical sergeant.

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Members Reviews:

The Great Adventure StoryâWorth the Read even without Garry Cooper

Beau Geste is a ripping good yarn, well-written, well-plotted, thoroughly stirring. I would suggest it to mature readers as a great piece of escapist literature. I would also suggest that it is a good "boy's book"âand just as boys like good "girl's books," many girls will enjoy a tale like this oneâwith the proviso that the young person must be mature enough to understand that attitudes toward race and empire Wren assumes areâwell, simply wrong.

Duty and Honor Epitomized (Read Kindle Edition)

If you have a young man in your house who's not keen on reading, get him this book. That said, it's not a juvenile book. With one of the all-time great opening chapters, it draws you into a thrilling story of adventure and, above all, honor.

A French force speeding to relieve an embattled fortress finds its occupants all dead at their posts and fort's the commanding officer murdered, yet somehow the outpost remains unconquered. From this beginning, PC Wren weaves the story of how these strange events transpired, and their connection to the theft of a priceless Indian Sapphire. At the center of the tale are the Geste brothers, three heroes from another time--brave, tough, intelligent, funny, bound by duty and honor--and they are still worthy of our admiration. There is no glorification of violence here, nor any adolescent fantasies about indestructibility. The Geste brothers understand danger, yet they also understand the virtue and occasional necessity of maintaining a stiff upper lip (or even laughing) in the face of death. They are utterly devoted to each other and to upholding their gentlemanly honor--indeed, honor is at the center of the story. PC Wren writes with great verve, humor and humanity (excepting a few then-acceptable racial stereotypes). I was genuinely sorry to see it end.

A note on the Kindle Edition: I read the Thomas C. Breuer version, which as far as I can tell is the only version currently available for the Kindle. The formatting is excellent, with an active table of contents. Books like this--out of print in hard copy or unavailable in affordable editions--make the Kindle worthwhile. For $3.99 you'll be hard-pressed to find a good hard copy.

Story great, product awful

I read a different edition of Beau Geste that I checked out from a library and was hooked from the beginning. I couldn't put it down. But this particular copy that I purchased right here is so uninviting. The font is ridiculously small and no one wants to crack the cover because of it.

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Titel: Business Class

Autor:: Martin Suter

Erzähler: Martin Suter

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 55 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-28-07

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Business Class" spielt auf dem glatten Parkett der Chefetagen, im Dschungel des mittleren Managements, in der Welt der ausgebrannten niederen Chargen, beschreibt Riten und Eitelkeiten, Intrigen und Ängste einer streßgeplagten Zunft.

(c)+(p) 2007 Diogenes Verlag AG

Kritik Bewertungen:

Suter seziert die Geschäftswelt. Clever.

--Celebrity

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Title: Zabelle

Author: Nancy Kricorian

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

As Zabelle's family assembles for her funeral in present-day Massachusetts, it becomes clear that her children hardly knew her. But as this alternatively comic and heartbreaking novel unfolds - beginning with Zabelle's survival of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in Turkey and her subsequent emigration to America for an arranged marriage - an unforgettable character emerges.

Members Reviews:

Terrific story of Turkey and the genocide of Armenians

Terrific story of Turkey and the genocide of Armenians. You get a beautiful idea of what Armenian culture was like before they were slaughtered and turned out to the desert of Syria to starve. Then, you go to America with the survivors. She is a good writer.

Interesting

A good story, easy to read. A sharing of the life of a women, not in control of her destiny.

A fascinating and wonderful story

THe minute I started reading "Zabelle" all I could think of was what happens to her next. What a remarkable lady what a beautiful life story. I am so glad Nancy Krikorian decided to narrate her life so all of us could share and in someways make "Zabelle" a part of our lives forever. If Nancy Krikorian's goal was to eternalize "Zabelle", well I think it worked, whoever gets the opportunity to read this Novel will never forget Zabelle and each time they remember her their faces will light up with a smile becasue durig those few moments each and everyone of us went back in time and re-lived the life, hardship and joy of our ancestors.

Armenian woman's tale!

A moving and articulate portrait of a archetypical Armenian woman transplanted to the USA in her youth. The suffering endured by the Armenians by the Turkish government has been told before, but never enough. As a fictional memoir (although surely based on a real or a composite of actual real women) it portrays the strength of character of a people who have survived centuries of persecution and a world-wide diaspora. This book dares to examine the triumphs of their spirit while not shying away from examining intra-cultural cruelties inflicted by arcane concepts of family life, as imported from the middle east. Both the women and the men are warped by biblical era role models of society which hopefully will not be passed on to future generations. Preserving the good, while rejecting the repugnant, is a major challenge to immigrant groups in the multi-cultural climate of this blessed country. Understanding the challenge from the view of one person has more power than hours of detached theoretical pontificating . Ms. Kricorian has rendered a real service in this regard. It is not only educational but very well written and readable. I have recommended it to both my Armenian and non-Armenian friends.

Running from History

This isn't just a tale of the Armenian holocaust, it's

a tale of a survivor, an immigrant's struggle to fit in,

in America. If there are two forms of annihilation,

genocide and assimilation, Zabelle experiences both;

perhaps her son Moses's repudiation of his Armenian

heritage is, in the end, the more painful of the two.

Still, Zabelle faces her problems - near starvation, life

as an orphan and a servant, an unloving husband, an

horrific mother-in-law - with wit and humour, and has

a unique voice in American fiction. The virtue of this

book is that it not only makes you cry, but it makes you

laugh out loud. I've read it a few times, and savor it

more every time.

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Title: Lover

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Anna Raverat

Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-17

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

You can learn a lot about a husband by reading his email - sometimes, too much.

Kate, a senior executive at a multinational hotel company, has devoted her life to her job and her family. Catering to the needs of others comes easily to her, but now, after 10 years of marriage and two children, Kate discovers emails from her husband to another woman. Forced to take a long look at her marriage, she finds that there are all kinds of things she's been doing her best not to see. At the same time, the political machinations in her office begin to take on an increasingly Shakespearean level of drama and ferocity. With both her work and home lives crumbling around her, Kate has to keep up appearances for her daughters as she tries to figure out who her husband really is and what he means to her now. Lover, the British writer Anna Raverat's US debut, is a detailed observation of love, work, and life told through a woman's crumbling marriage. In a first-person voice so compelling that the novel feels like a thriller, Raverat paints an acute portrait of the female psyche, exploring intimacy and the politics of work. Lover is both an intellectually rich and an emotionally gripping story about a woman finding her place in the world.

Members Reviews:

Emotional and honest look at a wife betrayed

I loved the character of Kate and loved her young daughters, although they had some very real-life bratty moments at times. Kate was very relatable regarding both her personal life and professional life with both of their ups and downs. I started out wanting to give Adam the benefit of the doubt, however, that ship quickly sailed. Still, the authorâs character development regarding Adam and the effect the guilt and regret had on him was amazing. I liked some issues that Lover brings up. First, itâs surprising how little we know about our significant others and is it possible that they could do such horrible things right under our noses. Second, affairs donât always mean that the relationship is over, there are people that manage to get through these circumstances. Third, and most important, the spouse who is cheated on has every right to take their time to figure out if they want to and are able to work at rebuilding the relationship.

Kate had great friends and the support of her parents throughout this novel, but the fact still remained that she discovered secrets about her husband that had a huge impact on her. Parenting is difficult enough but to suddenly be a single parent and working a very demanding job is incredibly challenging â and I think Kate rolled with the punches quite well. Anna Raverat did a beautiful job of demonstrating the ever-changing emotions and feelings of a woman recently separated from her husband and especially a woman that feels so betrayed. Kate had good days and bad days, and often there were just maybe a few good moments in any given day, but she carried on trying to determine what was best for her and her daughters. The writing style was amazing and flowed flawlessly, grabbing my attention but also prompting me to truly think and consider that events and emotions of the novel.

Although not the most original or unique storyline out there, this was an excellent read that I highly recommend to fans of Womenâs fiction.

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Titel: Am Ufer des Rio Piedra saß ich und weinte

Autor:: Paulo Coelho

Erzähler: Ursula Illert

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-18-10

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Sie waren Jugendfreunde, ehe sie sich aus den Augen verloren. In Madrid treffen sie sich wieder: sie, eine angehende Richterin, die das Leben gelehrt hat, stark und vernünftig zu sein; er, Weltenbummler und sehr undogmatischer Seminarist, der vor seiner Ordination Pilar noch einmal wiedersehen will. Beide verbindet ihr Drang, aus ihrem sicheren Leben auszubrechen und ihre Träume zu wagen.

(c)+(p) 2009 Diogenes Verlag

Kritik Bewertungen:

Eine wunderbare Liebesgeschichte, die zugleich einen tiefen Einblick in die Mystik bietet.

--Max

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Title: Jellicle Girl

Author: Stevie Mikayne

Narrator: Erin Spencer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-14

Publisher: Evolved Publishing LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Evolved Publishing presents Jellicle Girl, by Stevie Mikayne, a story about the blurred lines of love and friendship, and how one young woman copes with the permanent consequences of a reckless mistake.

When Beth met Jackie, she was 15 and shy, living in the shadow of her mother - talented artist Heather Sarandon. Jackie, wilful, cheeky, and confident, made Beth see things in herself that she never imagined, and do things she never thought she would. As memories of Beths last night with Jackie grow more like waking nightmares, Beth does everything she can to forget the girl who was so much more than a friend.

Beth has a self-destructive ritual she swears shell keep secret, even from the psychologist trying to help her. But Dr. Nancy Sullivan doesnt have time for secrets. In fact, she doesnt have much time at all. Shes been charged with helping Beth break through the barriers of her past, knowing very well that her own demons might end her career before she can get through to the stubborn young woman.

Meanwhile, a young foster child with a wicked sense of humour and a devastating past reminds Beth that secrets seem powerful, but can destroy the person who holds them too close. Jellicle Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story about redemption, identity, and learning to let go of secrets that scar.

Members Reviews:

Tough Review to Write--In a Good Way

This is a toughie of a review to write, and here is the reason why:

This book is well-written, so much so that it really pulls you in and won't let you go. That's a good thing and a bad thing. Good, because that's what makes a great book--one that won't let you put it down. But bad, because you really feel what Beth is going through and boy is it not pretty.

I loved the writing style of this book. One of the best I've read in a long while. The descriptions and setting of scenes were wonderful. I loved the character development. Now, will everyone love Beth? I don't know. She is a tough character to wrap your mind and arms around, but that's not necessarily a bad thing at all. Beth is going through a lot on this book, making hard life choices, and trying to figure out who she is and how she fits into the world. Not having supportive parents to help ease that transition as a kid (yes, age 17 is still a kid) doesn't make it easy either. There is no other way this character, under the circumstances she has found herself placed in, could be written any differently. The self-destruction Beth pulls us into is understandable, though not pretty. I do like how it was handled. It wasn't glorified or looked at lightly, because these kind of self-destructive tendencies with kids, especially teen girls, is quite common, and we definitely don't want teen girls to think this is solution. So I really liked how Stevie Mikayne handled it. It was realistic and blunt, but also handled delicately.

So Beth may be a little hard to truly relate to, and you may not completely agree with all her decisions, but you will love her by the end of this book. That's a given. You will want good things to come her way, which, by the way things ended, I believe does happen :) BUT, I will tell you this...even if you don't fully "get" Beth, you WILL absolutely adore the secondary characters. Lizzy and Dr. Sullivan are probably my very favorite characters in the book. Well done. This is a very good thing.