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Title: Stand By Me

Author: S. D. Robertson

Narrator: Luci Fish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-18

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

They'll always have each other...won't they?

Lisa and Elliot have been best friends ever since the day they met as children. Popular, bright and sporty, Lisa was Elliot's biggest supporter when the school bullies made his life a misery, and for that, he will always be grateful.

Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart, and Lisa is struggling. Her marriage is floundering, her teenage kids are being secretive and she's so tired she can't think straight. So when Elliot knocks on the door, looking much better than she remembers, she can't help but be delighted to see her old friend again.

With Elliot back in their lives, Lisa's family problems begin to improve - he's like the fairy godmother she never had. As their bond deepens, she realises how much she's missed him and prays that this is one friendship that will last a lifetime. But sometimes life has other ideas....

A heartwarming story, perfect for fans of Keith Stewart and Jojo Moyes, that will leave you with a tear in your eye but hope in your heart.

Critic Reviews:

"A heartbreaking tale." (The Sun)

"Exceptionally beautiful." (Miranda Dickson, Sunday Times best seller)

"A wonderful tale of devastation and ultimately hope." (Kathryn Hughes)

Members Reviews:

A superb story of love and friendship

So the award for the first book in 2018 to make me cry goes to STAND BY ME by S.D. Robertson. What a beautifully written, heartwarming and emotional story about the importance of friendship and family.

When Lisa moved house as a child all those years ago she never realised that it would bring such a special friendship with it. But it did and as she grew up, Elliot played such a huge part in her life, and her in his. Now twenty years later, Lisa may not have seen much of Elliot since he moved halfway around the world years ago, but she has never forgotten her best friend. Especially now when her life seems to be falling apart at the seams. Her marriage is floundering ever since the incident, and her kids have become more serious and seem to be hiding something. Lisa could do with Elliot's advice. And just like that, he appears on her doorstep for he will always be there for the best friend who saved him so many times during their childhood. With Elliot's arrival comes fresh hope as he slots perfectly into their lives and seems to know exactly what to do and say to make things easier. But Elliot cannot stay forever ... can he?

This amazing story completely sucked me in from the very first page and didn't let me up for air until the very end. Be prepared to laugh, smile, and sob, as you fall in love with these characters. The story moves from past to present so that we can see the depth of Lisa and Elliot's friendship which really conveys to the reader just how beautiful and caring their love for each other is. Lisa's life is stressful and as Elliot does his best to bring her fragmented family back together you cannot help but wonder what will happen if Elliot must leave.

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STAND BY ME by S.D. Robertson is a superb tale of love, loss, and the value of real friends who will do anything for those they love. An outstanding novel that deserves to be read far and wide. I'm a forever fan of S.D. Robertson after finishing this novel.

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Wow! Fantastic Novel

Stand By Me was such an emotional roller coaster of a read. S.D.

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Title: Iris & Lily: Book Two

Author: Angela Scipioni, Julie Scipioni

Narrator: Angela Scipioni, Julie Scipioni

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-18

Publisher: Scipioni Enterprises

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In Book Two, the demands of marriage come crashing down on Iris and Lily, now living thousands of miles apart, both determined to gain the love and approval of their husbands and acquired families.

The fairy-tale life Iris imagined herself living in Italy is abruptly put into focus by her overprotective husband, the respected anesthesiologist Gregorio Leale. Dottor Leale does not take kindly to alternative viewpoints or challenges to his authority and is disturbed by displays of spontaneity and individualism, stifling Iris' budding sensuality and dampening her innate enthusiasm.

Lilys circumstances as Mrs. Joe Diotallevi are even more daunting as she struggles to comprehend the peculiar dynamic of the close-knit Diotallevi tribe and its protectionist politics. Traditional values distorted by ignorance dictate the simplistic rules of existence which effectively condone Joes burgeoning gambling addiction and abusive behavior, leaving Lily dissatisfied as a woman, dismayed as a wife, and pinching pennies to pay the bills.

Discouraged but not thwarted in their quests for personal development, in their desire to experience motherhood, in their dream of building a life with a man who will love and respect them, Iris and Lily silently stick to their choices despite moments of despair and temptation, shamed by their Catholic upbringing, paralyzed by their fear of failure and rejection, in the hope that a kinder destiny will reveal itself.

Traveling back and forth between the Ligurian Riviera and Upstate New York, accompanied by the alternating voices of Iris and Lily, chapter by chapter you become the closest confidante of both, delving into each womans most intimate hopes and fears and learning more about her private predicaments than she feels comfortable revealing to her faraway sister - or admitting to herself.

Iris & Lily: Book Two is the second in a three-volume series. The entire novel is also available as Iris & Lily: The Complete Series.

Members Reviews:

Great book and reading!

I loved this book! It held my interest all the way through.

Book 1 was a good read and thoroughly enjoyed it as it reminded me ...

I just finished reading Book 2. Book 1 was a good read and thoroughly enjoyed it as it reminded me of growing up in a large Italian family with similar lifestyle. Book 2 left me a bit disappointed. I may try Book 3 to see where it ends up after I read all the reviews for it. I was very disappointed by so many typos and hate reading a book when it is so poorly edited.

Five Stars

A must read. Interesting story of two sisters

Five Stars

Great

Five Stars

The journey has been interesting & character driven love their stories! âï

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Título: House of Cards [Spanish Edition]

Autor: Michael Dobbs

Narrador: Juan M. Valdivieso

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 12 hrs and 7 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-29-17

Editor: Audible Studios

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 6 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

¿Es la política tan endeble como un castillo de naipes? ¿Qué hacen los políticos cuando no los vemos? ¿Tienen límites sus ambiciones? Una audio novela más realista de lo que parece. De hecho su autor la escribió furioso contra Margaret Thatcher cuando trabajaba con ella.

House of Cards se publicó en 1989 y pronto se convirtió en una famosa serie de la BBC, protagonizada por Ian Richardson. Hoy vuelve a triunfar mundialmente en la serie de televisión de Netflix protagonizada por Kevin Spacey y adaptada a la política norteamericana. Una intriga política de alta intensidad que engancha al oyente hasta el final. La ironía y el cinismo de esta apasionante historia da vértigo y a la vez nos hace sonreír.

Diseño de la cubierta por The Book Designers. Imágenes de la portada pisaphotography, arturasker/Shutterstock. (Cover design by The Book Designers. Cover images copyright pisaphotography, arturasker/Shutterstock.)

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Crítica Comentarios:

"¡Qué personaje! ¡Qué creación más brillante!" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Esta historia de sangre y fuego, tan parecida a la realidad y tan absolutamente cínica tiene, sin ninguna duda, el sello de la autenticidad...un gran éxito." (The Independent)

"Afilado como una cuchilla. Sin compasión." (Daily Mail)

Opiniones de los miembros:

Ser político requiere sacrificios, de los demás

Excelente novela política que es la base de la series del mismo nombre: la inglesa producida por la BBC y la americana.

Una lección de lo pervertida que puede ser la lucha por el poder, con un desarrollo excelente de los personajes y salpicada de frases cínicas que se han hecho celebres.

La narración es muy buena.

Buena historia enfocada al Reino Unido

Buena historia y personajes; sin embargo, se debe considerar que la trama está enfocada a un país como el Reino Unido, el cual es menos interesante que si la trama hubiera estado enfocada a otros países o a Estados Unidos (como en la serie de televisión).

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Title: Half of a Yellow Sun

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrator: Zainab Jah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Baileys Prize Best of the Best

Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece.

Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy English writer, is in thrall to Olanna's enigmatic twin sister. As the horrific Biafran War engulfs them, they are thrown together and pulled apart in ways they had never imagined.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's masterpiece, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, is a novel about Africa in a wider sense: about the end of colonialism, ethnic allegiances, class and race - and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.

Critic Reviews:

"Vividly written, thrumming with life...a remarkable novel. In its compassionate intelligence as in its capacity for intimate portraiture, this novel is a worthy successor to such twentieth-century classics as Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and V. S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River." (Joyce Carol Oates)

"Here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers." (Chinua Achebe)

"[Deserves] a place alongside such works as Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy and Helen Dunmore's depiction of the Leningrad blockade, The Siege." (The Guardian)

"Heartbreaking, funny, exquisitely written and, without doubt, a literary masterpiece and a classic." (Daily Mail)

"Stunning. This novel is an immense achievement." (The Observer)

Members Reviews:

In my living memory

I remember the terrible pictures of Biafran babies, I had a friend who was a Nigerian Ibo, she had been raised in the UK and I never knew the complexity of the story of those times. A magnificent book heartbreaking and extraordinary in the evil and goodness threaded through societies the world .

I will need to hear it again and again. Brilliantly read.

ezcellent

such a moving story. I didn't know the story of Biafra before and almost wish I didnt now. beautifully written and reaf

wonderful telling of the end of formal colonialism

loved this story. learnt a huge amount about a war i didn't know anything about.

No words to describe

Absolutely incredible. No book has ever moved me so much. I am left truly stunned and in awe.

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Title: The Death Committee

Author: Noah Gordon

Narrator: Jon Paulo Vargas, Brian Troxell, Jacob York, Jacobi Hollingshed

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

What if hospitals and doctors could quietly bury their mistakes? This fascinating, best-selling novel tells you why they can't.

Three young men from different backgrounds have graduated from medical schools and have become surgical fellows at a leading teaching hospital in Boston. They learn to become surgeons, to communicate with patients and families, and to be observed and appraised by their peers and professors on daily rounds. And each month - sometimes with dry mouth and rapid pulse - each attends the meeting of the Mortality Conference, known to all as the Death Committee, which examines every patient loss for possible human error, in order to prevent it from happening again. How the Death Committee affects and is affected by the lives, loves, and ambitions of three new doctors is the theme of this intriguing and profoundly moving novel.

Members Reviews:

Doctors and dealing with lack of success

I have read happily all of Noah Gordon's books. My first encounter with his written work was when I was at college, almost five decades ago; I was a student and had the opportunity to read "The Rabbi" and follow the career and personal life of a man who enters this profession. Probably, Gordon's best known work is his trilogy about medicine as practiced a thousand years ago, then 175 years ago, and then 25 years ago. And, of course, his interesting and well developed characters serving in such professions are a hallmark of his writing. Using hospital mortality clinics is a great device to see "doctors" at various developmental stages dealing with their knowledge limitations and their emotions. The pace of the book was just right for the topic at hand. It reinforced my standing rule that recent medical school graduates and interns don't have sufficient experience to be trusted by me when treating my family. Good read.

Another home run for Noah Gordon

I have enjoyed every Noah Gordon book. This was no exception. I loved all the people in the book and getting to know them, and I was sorry when it ended. It could be a series book. If buy this book you will be very happy with it. Noah writes so everyone can read and understand what they are reading and the connections are all there.

Disappointing

Having read the Cole trilogy, I was expecting this novel to mesmerize in a way that transfixed and made me really enjoy the characters. This book seemed hastily written, as though the author was on a schedule and needed to produce something in a hurry. Boring, uninteresting characters, with loose ends galore. Very uneven. I'm quite disappointed, so much so, I'm not sure I'll even bother to read any other of his works that I have on my Kindle...it will be a long time if ever I do.

Bo

Except for the fact the switching back and forth between the various doctors made it difficult to follow from time to time ,I found this to be a very entertaining a tivity .The ending , however didn't seem to fit .

I have read almost all the books written by Noah Gordon and this book didn't fill the expectations that I expected of this excel

Not of the quality of the author. I have read almost all the books written by Noah Gordon and this book didn't fill the expectations that I expected of this excellent author. I highly recommend his other books like The Physician, The Shaman, The Last Jew and The Winemaker.

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Title: A Christmas Flower

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Bryan Mooney

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When a New England Christmas reunites two lifelong friends, romance blooms. From the author of Christmas in Vermont.

Miracles are like snowflakes - no two are alike, but each one is precious and beautiful. This Christmas, Dr. Beth Harding could use a few miracles. The hospital she runs in River Dale, New Hampshire, is being shut down, unless she can convince the Scrooge-like board to save it. At least her closest friend, firefighter Logan Mitchell, is home for the holidays to offer a broad shoulder to lean on.

In California, Logan is a smoke jumper, but jumping into a romance with his best friend scares him more than any forest fire. After losing his parents at sixteen, Logan was taken in by Beth's family. As kids, they were like brother and sister. Now they're grown up, and sparks keep flying between them. If only Beth wasn't already engaged. Maybe with a Christmas miracle or two, Beth can keep those hospital doors open - and two dear friends can finally allow their one true love to blossom.

Members Reviews:

A Christmas Flower

I fully enjoyed this book. The firefighters side of the story was very insightful. All of the book was a delight.

A Christmas Flower

I loved the story. It was good that everyone 's problems worked out! It was a good ending! This was a feel good book!

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Title: Last Flag Flying

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Darryl Ponicsan

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-17

Publisher: Novel Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This sequel to the acclaimed cult novel is now a major motion picture.

Darryl Ponicsan's debut novel, The Last Detail, was named one of the best of the year and widely acclaimed, catapulting him to fame when it was first published. The story of two career sailors assigned to escort a young seaman from Norfolk to the naval prison in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - and of the mayhem that ensues - was made into an award-winning movie starring Jack Nicholson. Last Flag Flying, set 34 years after the events of The Last Detail, brings together the same beloved characters - Billy Bad-Ass Buddusky, Mule Mulhall, and Meadows - to reprise the same journey, but under very different circumstances.

Now middle-aged, Meadows seeks out his former captors in their civilian lives to help him bury his son, a Marine killed in Iraq, in Arlington National Cemetery. When he learns that the authorities have told him a lie about the circumstances of his son's death, he decides, with the help of the two others, to transport him home to Portsmouth. And so begins the journey, centered around a solemn mission, but, as in the first book, a protest against injustice and celebration of life, too, at once irreverent, funny, profane, and deeply moving. Last Flag Flying is now a major movie, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne.

Members Reviews:

Great story

Great story can't wait to see the movie but we all know books are always better than the movies

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Title: No Place Id Rather Be

Author: Cathy Lamb

Narrator: Lisa Flanagan, Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Food, family, and secrets combine in Cathy Lamb's emotional and deeply honest novel as one woman discovers the recipes and life lessons that have shaped her family's past, and could guide her toward a second chance at happiness.

Two years ago, Olivia Martindale left behind her Montana hometown and her husband, Jace, certain it was the best decision for both of them. Back temporarily to protect her almost-adopted daughters from their biological mother, she discovers an old, handwritten cookbook in the attic. Its pages are stained and torn, their edges scorched by flame. Some have been smeared by water or tears. The recipes are written in different hands and in different languages. In between the pages are intriguing mementos, including a feather, a pressed rose, a charm, and unfamiliar photographs.

Hoping the recipes will offer a window into her grandmother's closely guarded past, Olivia decides to make each dish, along with their favorite family cake recipes, and video record her attempts. The result, like much of her life to date, involves a parade of near-disasters and chaotic appearances by her doctor mother, her blunt grandma, her short-tempered sister, and Olivia's two hilarious daughters. The project is messy, real - and an unintended hit with her viewers.

Even more surprising is the family history Olivia is uncovering, and her own reemerging ties to Montana, and to Jace. Generations of women have shared these recipes, offering strength and nourishment to each other and their loved ones. Now it's Olivia's turn to find healing - and determine where her home and her heart truly belong.

Members Reviews:

really good book

loved it, love all the strong women and the diverse characters. very happy with this read.

Overall good book

The one issue I had was how the main character kept going on and on about having sex with her husband, mentioned once or twice was ok - but over and over was just annoying

Awesome!

I love Cathy Lamb books. This one does not disappoint either! great story, read by great ladies! very enjoyable!

Excellent and very moving realistic story

The writer made me really fell the inner turmoil and how many decisions can be so very difficult and confusing.

read the book instead. horrible narration.

save your time and credit. the narrator is a drag. the story is great so read the book. such a shame because i love cathy lamb.

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Title: The Graybar Hotel

Subtitle: Stories

Author: Curtis Dawkins

Narrator: Pete Simonelli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-17

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle with their humor and insight, even as they describe a harsh and barren existence.

In Curtis Dawkins' first short story collection, he offers a window into prison life through the eyes of his narrators and their cellmates. Dawkins reveals the idiosyncrasies, tedium, and desperation of long-term incarceration - he describes men who struggle to keep their souls alive despite the challenges they face.

In "A Human Number", a man spends his days collect-calling strangers just to hear the sounds of the outside world. In "573543", an inmate recalls his descent into addiction as his prison softball team gears up for an annual tournament against another unit. In "Leche Quemada", an inmate is released and finds freedom more complex and baffling than he expected. Dawkins' stories are funny and sad, filled with unforgettable detail - the barter system based on calligraphy-ink tattoos, handmade cards, and cigarettes; a single dandelion smuggled in from the rec yard; candy made from powdered milk, water, sugar, and hot sauce. His characters are nuanced and sympathetic, despite their obvious flaws.

The Graybar Hotel tells moving, human stories about men enduring impossible circumstances. Dawkins takes listeners beyond the cells into characters' pasts and memories and desires, into the unusual bonds that form during incarceration and the strained relationships with family members on the outside. He's an extraordinary writer with a knack for metaphor, and this is a powerful compilation of stories that gives voice to the experience of perhaps the most overlooked members of our society.

Members Reviews:

Rang with truthful perspectives

I thought this piece to be riddled with realistically modern detail in conveying a lawless memoir.

More like a fictional novel rather than a true sto

More like a fictional novel not really like a true story of life in the penitentiary

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Title: Grief Cottage

Author: Gail Godwin

Narrator: Jacob York

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 60 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The haunting tale of a desolate cottage, and the hair-thin junction between this life and the next, from best-selling National Book Award finalist Gail Godwin.

After his mother's death, 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live on a small South Carolina island with his great aunt, a reclusive painter with a haunted past. Aunt Charlotte, otherwise a woman of few words, points out a ruined cottage, telling Marcus she had visited it regularly after she'd moved there 30 years ago because it matched the ruin of her own life.

Eventually she was inspired to take up painting so she could capture its utter desolation. The islanders call it 'Grief Cottage', because a boy and his parents disappeared from it during a hurricane 50 years before. Their bodies were never found, and the cottage has stood empty ever since. During his lonely hours while Aunt Charlotte is in her studio painting and keeping her demons at bay, Marcus visits the cottage daily, building up his courage by coming ever closer, even after the ghost of the boy who died seems to reveal himself.

Full of curiosity and open to the unfamiliar and uncanny given the recent upending of his life, he courts the ghost boy, never certain whether the ghost is friendly or follows some sinister agenda. Grief Cottage is the best sort of ghost story, but it is far more than that - an investigation of grief, remorse, and the memories that haunt us. The power and beauty of this artful novel wash over the listener like the waves on a South Carolina beach.

Members Reviews:

I really wanted to like this

I read Gail Godwin years ago and loved her books. I so wanted to like this as much but I was disappointed. Although her writing is very good, I didn't feel any empathy for the characters at all and I found Markus to be a totally unrealistic 11 year old. The plot also seemed a little contrived and there's no way this could be construed as a ghost story. Because I live on the coast, I thought the information about the turtles and the area itself would help keep my interest but it was so dry - almost like a brochure for the area. I did finish it, but just barely. Darn it. I wanted it to be more.

outstanding

twist on a ghost story...so tender...Will read again...someday. for now I kind of smile through years

Recommended

The story is engaging and characters richly developed. Wraps up too quickly at end.

Grief Cottage

This is an absolutely stellar book, with great characters! Each is so unique, they will grab your interest with each one you meet. The story keeps you on the edge of your seat with no boredom. I could read this author all the time, an absolutely new favorite author!!! Dont miss this one!!

Character story or ghost story ?

I finished this thinking that the author wasn't sure what kind of story she wanted to write. It doesn't work as a ghost story, although there is an attempt at injecting a supernatural element into the narrative. It is more successful as a character drama, but the characters end up being rather one dimensional. Too bad, because there is a beautifully rendered feeling of location, and the information about loggerhead turtles was wonderful. I enjoyed the first half of the book, but it lost its way and ended in an anti-climatic rush.