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Title: Mac-netic Attractions

Author: Elizabeth Cameron

Narrator: Barb Keeling

Format: Unabridged

Length: 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-14

Publisher: Peony Productions LLC

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Here's a little off-beat short story about a man, his wife, and his computer. Computers can be a good thing, in the right hands, and under the right circumstances. One has to ask if a man can have an affair with a computer?

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Title: Her Private Drive

Author: Sue Ludahl

Narrator: Melissa Silvestro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-14

Publisher: Dallas Sue Ludahl

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

An old secret, hidden for decades, comes to light, when Diane LeNell agrees to let her doctor use hypnosis. She recalls a memory of her birthmother, a twenty year old woman of Scottish royalty. Lady Mariel Conners dies moments after giving birth to Diane. A Nun at the hospital believes it's a sign from God. She takes the baby into a new room, laying it in the bassinette next to an unconscious woman who delivered a still born baby, that was immediately taken to Mariel's room to make it look like the mother and child died together. The new mother awakens from a cesarean surgery thinking Diane is her baby. While growing up, Diane struggles with complex feelings of abandonment. She feels that something went wrong on the day of her birth, and is determined to find out the mystery of her real parents disappearance.

Members Reviews:

Great read!

Intriguing story, lots of twists and turns. Once you pick this book up, its hard to put it back down. Currently at chapter 20 but excited to read the rest.

Page turner.

This book is a very deep and powerful. Once you start reading you can't help but to read another chapter.

An honest novel

Thank you for the brave and honest novel. I look forward to the sequel. I'm rooting for Diane, of course...!

This book was interesting.

Interesting but a little drawn out. The author could have taken about a third off and told the story. sometimes reading it was a little repetitious. the story line was good, but l found myself skipping paragraphs to get to the end.

Huh?

I didn't.t think the book ended .what was the ending? drawn out too long and never got back to where it started.

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Title: Alt falder fra hinanden

Author: Chinua Achebe

Narrator: Torben Sekov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-14

Publisher: Viatone

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Okonkwo er kendt viden om som en stor bryder og kriger, og han er en af landsbyen Umuofias mest lovende mnd. I modstning til sin far, som han foragter, er Okonkwo hrdtarbejdende, tapper og stolt, og hans strste ambition er at blive en af stammens stormnd. Han har fra et fattigt udgangspunkt langsomt arbejdet sig hen imod dette ml, da sort uheld tvinger ham og hans familie ud i syv rs landflygtighed. Da de endelig kan vende hjem til Umuofia, hvor Okonkwo planlgger at tage fat, hvor han slap, har alting forandret sig; engelske missionrer har gjort deres indtog og medbragt britisk administration og retsvsen. Som flge heraf er stammens ldgamle traditioner og hierarkier i opbrud, og Okonkwo ser magtesls til, mens alt omkring ham falder fra hinanden.

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Critic Reviews:

Det ville vre umuligt at sige, hvordan Alt falder fra hinanden har pvirket afrikanske forfattere. Det ville vre ligesom at sprge, hvordan Shakespeare har pvirket engelske forfattere eller, hvordan Pushkin har pvirket russiske. Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor i filosofi ved Princeton University

En af de fem bger alle br lse mindst én gang. Oprah Winfrey

Der var en forfatter, der hed Chinua Achebe, i hvis selskab fngselsmurene faldt ned. Nelson Mandela

"Hvis man kun vil lse en eneste afrikansk roman, foreslr jeg at man lser denne suvernt fortalte, sansemttede, smukke ogsmertefulde historie." Louise Windfeld-Heberg, Weekendavisen

Alt falder fra hinanden er fortalt lavmlt og ukunstlet. Det er en roman, der hviler i sig selv, overbevist om sin egen ndvendighed. Den lever p sin blanding af lidenskab og afklaret ro. Den ved, hvad den vil. Med sin dybt indlevede og samtidig helt saglige beskrivelse af afrikansk kultur opnr romanen en usdvanlig autencitet, og den er oplagt lsning for alle, der vil vurdere nutidens afrikanske problemer med fortiden i baghovedet. Claus Grymer, Kristeligt Dagblad

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Title: Hestehovedtgen [Horsehead Nebula]

Author: Ola Bauer

Narrator: Carsten Warming

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Den 11-rige Tom vokser op i efterkrigstidens Oslo sammen med sin mor, kunstmaleren Lister, og hendes to elskere. Krigen kaster fortsat skygger: Toms far er dd, myrdet som overlber og stikker for tyskerne af den modstandsgruppe som Munken var med i, og Lister forflges af tilnavnet Fehmers fisse. For at redde Munken, som befandt sig i Sachsenhausen, havde Lister nemlig under besttelsen et forhold til Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer, chefen for den tyske sikkerhedstjeneste. Med Tom som betragter fres vi ind i det hjspndte spil mellem Lister, storcharmren Robert og forfatteren Munken. Erotikken blomstrer, da den frodige hushjlp Helga ankommer fra Island, og for Tom frer det til en seksuel opvgnen.

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Critic Reviews:

Blndende roman. At lse hvert afsnit af den afdde nordmand Ola Bauers roman er som at bne en flaske champagne. Det bobler og syder i stningerne. Over dale og fjelde og gennem menneskelige afgrunde gr det i et hsblsende tempo. (Lars Ole Knippel, Jyllands-Posten, *****)

Romanen Hestehovedtgen af Ola Bauer, glimrende oversat af Jannie Jensen, er ganske enkelt noget af en benbaring. (Jrgen Johansen, Berlingske, *****)

Litterrt fortstter Ola Bauer en norsk vitalisme fra Aksel Sandemose og Agnar Mykle, men den er krydset med amerikanske beatforfattere som Charles Bukowski og Jack Kerouac, og hybriden er hans egen, ogs i den forrygende sproglige vitalitet. (Hans Hertel, Politiken)

... Ola er Sandemoses egentlige arvtager i Norge. Samtidig var han Norges eneste genuine beatforfatter, men han vidste mere om verden end dem, og hentede lige meget fra Jean Genet, Céline og Beckett, og fra den politiske virkelighed. (Per Petterson)

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Title: Natten der kommer [The Night Which Comes]

Author: Carl-Henning Wijkmark

Narrator: Carsten Warming

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Skuespilleren Hasse er indlagt p hospitalet og venter p at d. Frst i selskab med bl.a. de to dende spgefugle Harry og Börje og sidenhen alene plejet af sygeplejerskerne Birgit og Angela. Hasses livshistorie fortlles i glimtvise tilbageblik, men bogens hovedfokus er nuet, for p trods af morfinds og accelererende kropsligt forfald er Hasses liv op mod dden meget intenst. I stedet for at bekymre sig om sygdommen vlger Hasse at koncentrere sig om at udforske dden ved at kaste sig over den ene bog efter den anden, der omhandler emnet. Hans omgivelser er sikre p, at al den lsning om dden vil forkorte hans liv, men de tager fejl, for Hasse fr det i stedet bedre og bedre.

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Critic Reviews:

Wijkmarks ddskabaret er verdenslitteratur Hvilken indsigt i sindets vildveje, hvilken overlegen sprogkunst. Jes Stein Pedersen, Politiken, 6 hjerter

Med Natten der kommer har Carl-Henning Wijkmark skrevet en dyb, vemodssmuk roman om livet lige inden dden. Fortrinligt. Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, Berlingske, *****

Svenske Carl-Henning Wijkmark har skevet en lille mesterlig roman om livets sidste udbrud af vitalitet op mod den uafvendelige afslutning. Romanen er en lille litterr perle. Skrevet med den sene mesters lethed og suvernitet. Peter Nielsen, Information

Fuldkommen uforlignelig og fantastisk roman om en gammel, dende mands sidste store projekt. Litteraturens og sprogets magt forngter sig ikke, og livets ej heller. Litteratursiden.dk

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Title: England's Lane

Author: Joseph Connolly

Narrator: Nigel Peever, Brigit Forsyth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jim and Milly. Stan and Jane. Jonathan and Fiona. Winter, 1959: Three married couples: each living in Englands Lane, each with an only child, and each attending to family, and their livelihoods - the ironmonger, the sweetshop, and the butcher. Each of them hiding their lies, disguising sin, and coping in the only way they know how.

Critic Reviews:

"The tone is chatty and intimate, which makes the dark spots all the more chilling." (Times)"By turns hilarious and disturbing, it is the best novel Ive read this year." (Daily Mail)"Vibrant tragicomic slices of cosmopolitan Englishness." (Independent on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

Not enough of a story to keep me interested.

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

No one, not enough of a story, too broken, too much back and forth in the minds of the characters, unnecessary comments. Over all a pathetic book.

What was most disappointing about Joseph Connollys story?

The whole book!

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Narration by Nigel Peevers poorest of any book I have listened to.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None.

Any additional comments?

Don't spend the money!

3 couples who live on the same street whose lives

What disappointed you about England's Lane?

The narration by both Nigel Peever and Brigit Forsyth was the most irritating narration it has been my misfortune to listen to

What will your next listen be?

Something by Millie Johnson or Sheila O'Flanagan, Erica James or Carol Matthews

What didnt you like about Nigel Peever and Brigit Forsyth s performance?

The voices

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from England's Lane?

The part where the butcher chopped up the blackmailer. This voice was the worst of all and sounded like something out of Dickens

Any additional comments?

Don't waste your money or credit. I wish I hadn't.

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Title: Menneskets hjerte [The Human Heart]

Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Narrator: Bent Otto Hansen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Viatone

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

I Himmerige og helvede mistede drengen sin bedste ven til havet og uvejret. I Englenes sorg mdte han og postbudet dden i snestormen p fjeldet. I Menneskets hjerte, som er det tredje og sidste bind i Stefánssons trilogi, bor han i landsbyen hos Geirtrud, en egensindig kvinde, som m sls for sin selvstndighed mod kbmndene, der er byens magtfulde mnd. I landsbyen handler alt stadig om fiskeri, men ogs her melder de nye tider sig med dampskibet, telefonen og nye ideer. Menneskets hjerte er en bog om krlighed og frihed. Hvad vil det sige at elske og blive forelsket, sprger drengen. Og hvem skal man egentlig vlge?

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Critic Reviews:

Jón Kalman Stefánsson er en magels og fuldstndig tidls fortller og hver gang jeg lser ham, bliver jeg mindet om, hvad det hele handler om, bde nr man selv skriver, og nr man bare dette store, vanskelige bare lever. (Carsten Jensen)

En smuk islandsk saga blid som Guds ndedrag Den islandske forfatters store styrke er, at han ikke er bange for det patetiske og det sublime. (Le Monde)

Et mestervrk ... et tordenbrag. (La Quinzaine Littéraire)

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Title: Chute Roll (myrockandrollbooks)

Author: Sigmund Brouwer

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-14

Publisher: rockandrollbooks

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Welcome to Chute Roll, a fast-paced, fun-reading ebook for kids that is part of author Sigmund Brouwer's myrockandrollbooks collection.

Chute Roll: Skydiving - one mistake, and you fall like a piano...until, SPLAT! You're a blob of jam. Jeff Nichols works at a local flight school - just to pay for his skydiving. Then he hears of a plan to put his biggest rival into a 'chute roll, which he knows no skydiver has ever survived. But trying to stop it might put Jeff in in the air from an airplane at 10,000 feet - without his parachute.

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Title: Klopstock, or the Distant Sound

Author: Robert Cohen

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In 1924, hoping to cure his illness, Franz Kafka traveled to a sanatorium in Kierling, Austria, run by a Dr. Hugo Hoffman. He would spend his last days there. In Robert Cohens story, we see the end of Kafkas life through Dr. Hoffmans eyes. The doctor attempts to decipher the dying mans enigmatic communications, scribbled on scraps of paper, while being harried by Kafkas friend, Klopstock, and a young woman who has fallen in love with the then-unknown writer. As the case progresses, the once-practical and upstanding doctor gets pulled deeper and deeper into his strange patient's world.

Ploughshares, the literary magazine of Emerson College.

Members Reviews:

Kafka's last days as seen by his doctor

I loved this story, set in the sanatorium near Vienna where Franz Kafka died in 1924. The prose is beautiful, the pace somehow both leisurely & strained as the characters & the reader wait for the young writer, referred to here only as "the patient in room twelve," to die. Robert Cohen's made a really interesting & effective choice to have Kafka's doctor narrate the story. The doctor knows nothing of the fame that will come to Kafka after his death, and that very ignorance somehow humanizes everyone in the story. The piece reminded me a little of "Errand," Raymond Carver's terrific story about the death of Chekhov. Reading this has also made me want to check out the other "Ploughshares Solos" pieces -- it's very cool how this digital format might open the way to publication for more long-ish short stories.

Boring

Although this story was about Franz Kafka staying in the sanitarium towards the end of his days (before he is well know and famous), I found this story (told from the Dr.'s perspective) to be quite boring and tedious. I found the author's prose to be quite good but I started skimming the pages about 40% into it just because I was SOOOOO bored. It jumped all over the place and had a few too many smaller plots that made this read too jarring.

An interesting story

Somewhat an epic accounting of a man's final days, but I found it hard to concentrate on the details. I did read it to the end, but had trouble following the story line. I think I might need to read it again to understand it better, but I'm not ready to do that yet.

Dark

It is very interesting, I didn't know this happened, but, as everything related to Kafka, I found it a little dark.

Good book for Kafka lovers

Klopstock, or The Distnnt Sound

Was very strange. Perhaps because it written from a very different viewpoint than expected. Author or publisher should give a better understanding of the "story.

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Title: Origins of Love

Author: Kishwar Desai

Narrator: Vayu Naidu, Penelope Rawlins, Lyndam Gregory, Sam Dastor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In Delhi a small baby lies alone and abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she had been so coveted - until she was born with a fatal illness. Thousands of miles away in London, Kate and Ben are desperate for a baby. As Kate suffers another miscarriage, she knows something has to change. But will her desire for a baby stop at nothing...?

Critic Reviews:

"Desai's Simran Singh novels are endowed with something else: the sense that she is delving not just into mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply." (Independent On Sunday)

Members Reviews:

Thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing tale

I really enjoyed this book! It is a mixture of genres â chick lit, mystery tale and psychological thriller, all with a South Asian vibe â and I now want to read Kishwar Desai's other two books starring Simran Singh. It was a little confusing in places as it jumps between times and places, but definitely worth persevering. The novel is set in and around India's burgeoning IVF and surrogacy industry so is thought-provoking as well as enjoyable.