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Title: Kufr Ke Liye [Hindi Edition]

Author: Neeraj Agnihotri

Narrator: Dheeraj Sharma

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-17

Publisher: Author's Republic

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

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Please note: This audiobook is in Hindi.

Members Reviews:

This Book for all persons who love humanity.

This is my first audiobook. Best part of the audiobook is "Master ji" and his thought. Middle part of the audiobook is cunfusing and but overall good book. *****

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Title: Wish You Well

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: David Baldacci, Norma Lana

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-17

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From best-selling author and master storyteller David Baldacci, Wish You Well is a dramatic and enthralling tale of family unity in the face of adversity.

Tragedy strikes the New York-based Cardinal family when their car is involved in a terrible accident. Twelve-year-old Lou and seven-year-old Oz survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a coma. It would seem their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children on her Virginia mountain farm.

But before long their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the mountain. Determined to protect her home from the ravages of big business, Louisa Mae refuses to sell, but when the neighbours hear of the potential wealth the company could bring, they begin to turn against her. And now the Cardinal family find themselves ensnared in another battle, to be played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom: a battle for justice, for survival, and for the right to stay together in the only place they know as home.

Filled with both rich humour and desperate poignancy, Wish You Well is a tale of family, faith, humanity and prejudice, set against the magical backdrop of the Virginia high rock. Baldacci triumphs with his best novel yet, an utterly captivating drama.

Members Reviews:

Written for movie

I wasn't very taken with this book. The ending, in particular, was a little too "written for movies" for me. Too many coincidences, all coming happily together in the end. Kind of schmaltzy.

Good story, but....

Excellent story. Ordered the hardback. The ink on some pages were barely visible and some pages were "folded". Edges of pages were probably made rough (give an old look), but, was hard to turn.

Excellent story of a young girl coming of age in ...

Excellent story of a young girl coming of age in the beautiful Virginia mountains. A far cry from this well known best selling author's suspense novels. Told with gentle prosaic words and beautiful descriptive style, one can imagine and sense the wonder of the beautiful Virginia landscape. I had read this year's ago and I bought it for my teenage granddaughter who reminded me of three main character. And, I loved the inclusion of Baldacci,s family history and photos. Knowing ones roots and family history is very important, as is passing it on. I've begun a family tree to leave for my family.

Excellent writing but a slow read

Excellent writing but a slow read. May be a great took for teens and young adults as it reflects on a life style that really built character.

I LOVED IT - IT MADE ME CRY

I love David Baldacci's books and was intrigued to see that he wrote a book that was anything other than a fast-paced adventure. This book was so lovingly crafted and so descriptive that it reminded me of "To Kill A Mockingbird" which is one of my favorite books of all time. Lou and Oz are almost orphans after their father is killed in an auto accident and their mother is left in a brain damaged catatonic state. The three of them are sent to the Virginia mountains to live with the children's great grandmother, Louisa Mae Cardinal, after whom Lou was named. Louisa had also raised Lou and Oz's father and Lou bore a striking resemblance to her great grandmother. The year was 1940 and the children moved from New York City to far less sophisticated rural Virginia on a mountain in the Appalachians.

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Title: The Harsh Cry of the Heron

Subtitle: Tales of the Otori, Book 4

Author: Lian Hearn

Narrator: Henri Lubatti, Julia Fletcher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Set 15 years after the seismic events of Brilliance of the Moon, The Harsh Cry of the Heron is an elegiac and bittersweet successor to the best-selling series by Lian Hearn, Tales of the Otori.

Otori Takeo and Kaede have ruled the Three Countries peacefully for over 16 years, following the events laid out in the epic Tales of the Otori. They have three daughters: Shigeko, 15 years old and heir to the Otori, and Maya and Miki, 13-year-old twins who have inherited the supernatural skills of their father. Kaede knows nothing of the prophecy that Takeo will die at the hands of his son and longs to give him a male child. Nor does she know of the boy he fathered 16 years ago - a boy whose heart is filled with hatred and whose skills as a Ghostmaster give him the power to incite the dead.

Takeo is determined that clan conflicts will never again ravage the Three Countries, but warriors are born to fight: the warlord Arai Zenko has deadly ambitions, the Emperor himself has challenged Takeo's rule and, despite a delicate truce between the deadly Tribe and the Otori, revenge still eats at the heart of renegade leader Kikuta Akio....

Against these gathering threats, Takeo draws strength from his love for Kaede, but even this is not beyond the reach of their enemies....

Critic Reviews:

"Hearn writes with a delicate attention to detail that creates an all-encompassing world around her characters." (Sunday Telegraph)

"A thrilling tale of love, violence, loyalty and betrayal, fast moving, set in a far-away country long ago." (The Guardian)

"The Harsh Cry of the Heron was voted Number Five in the 'Our critics choice of the hottest tickets'." (Independent on Sunday Top Fifty)

"The plot is gripping and the writing is beautiful, packed with authentic, atmospheric detail." (Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

Voicing my opinion

Let mer first point out that for the most part the narrators (Henri Lubatti & Julia Fletcher) did an excellent job. They told the story with passion and it was easy to follow along.

My two main issues were that Henri struggled with pronounciations and that Julia made every male character sound like the same one old pretentious nob.

I just wish it'd been done by Aiko Nakasone & Kevin Gray instead, as their performance in the original trilogy was flawless!

Storywise, this is a good sequel, but that's also the problem - you really feel it's a sequel, with the usual faults. The story isn't as engaging, some plots/twists are undeveloped, and the end actually feels rushed.

All this negativity aside though, it is a great story and well worth your time if you enjoyed the trilogy!

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Title: Alkemistens dotter

Author: Carl-Michael Edenborg

Narrator: Viktoria Flodström

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-17

Publisher: Word Audio Publishing International

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Rebis Aurora Drakenstierna föds som den sista i en släkt av alkemister i slutet p 1700-talet och växer upp p grden Hermestorp, där den ständiga röken frn athanoren färgar himlen svart. När fadern oväntat gr bort lämnas Rebis ensam med en ofattbar hemlighet: hon är utvald att slutföra ett uppdrag som rör hela mänskligheten, och som kommer att förändra världen oterkalleligt.

Rebis sökande efter släktens hemlighet tar henne ut i Europa och redan frn början str det klar att hon motarbetas av dunkla krafter. Resan gr till Berlin, via Marstrand och Paris smutsiga hamnar och bordeller. Där möter hon släktens avfälling Andreas, men kan hon lita p honom? Alkemistens dotter bär hela världen p sina axlar och för den utvalda finns ingen plats för tvivel.

Carl-Michael Edenborg är tillbaka med en glödande och sprakande äventyrsroman om alkemi och ideologi, en märkligt modern historisk roman om blind tro, bomber, och kärlekens makt.

©2014 Natur och Kultur (P)2014 HörOpp

Critic Reviews:

Med "Alkemistens dotter" har Carl-Michael Edenborg skapat sin egen Kill Bill, en svensk krigarprinsessa... Jag förstr varför romanen nominerats till Augustpriset, det skulle inte förvna mig om den vann... "Alkemistens dotter" är oemotstndlig, Rebis Drakenstierna ett bombnedslag.

-- Anna Hallberg, Dagens Nyheter

Romanen m vara bde blodig, ibland vidrig, och mustig. Ytterst är det änd en berättelse om mjuk, innerlig kärlek. En kärlek som varken kräver personens eller världens undergng och som, p ett litterärt ovanligt och respektingivande sätt, gestaltar kvinnor i en historisk miljö utan att göra dem till offer.

-- Ingrid Bosseldal, Göteborgs-Posten

Intrigen i Carl-Michael Edenborgs nya roman är oemotstndligt storslagen... Alkemistens dotter är en skamlöst underhllande roman.

-- John Sjögren, Upsala Nya Tidning

Det är en fängslande tidsskildring, en fartfylld och ngande äventyrsberättelse och ett inträngan de porträtt av en ung kvinnas utveckling. Allt i ett. Jag sträckläser... Edenborg skriver fram miljöerna med imponerande skärpa: de dimmiga gränderna, latrinstanken, skiten och fattigdomen, men ocks den överddiga prakten i tidens societetssalonger.

-- Oline Stig, Sydsvenskan

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Title: Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Miranda Emmerson

Narrator: Luci Christian Bell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In this sparkling debut novel imbued with the rich intrigue of Kate Atkinson's literary mysteries and the spirited heart of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress.

In the dreary days of November 1965, American actress Iolanthe Green has become the toast of the West End. Charismatic, mysterious, and beautiful, she brings color and a sprinkling of glamour to the scuffed boards of Soho's Galaxy Theatre. But one evening, after another rapturously received performance, Iolanthe walks through the stage door, out into the cold London night, and vanishes.

All of London is riveted as Fleet Street speculates about the missing actress' fate. But as time passes and the case grows colder, the public's interest turns to the unfolding Moors Murders and erupting political scandals. Only Anna Treadway, Iolanthe's dresser at the Galaxy, still cares. A young woman of dogged determination with a few dark secrets of her own, she is determined to solve the mystery of the missing actress.

A disparate band of London émigrés - an Irish policeman, a Turkish coffee-house owner and his rebellious daughter, and a literature-loving Jamaican accountant - joins Anna in her quest, an odyssey that leads them into a netherworld of jazz clubs, backstreet doctors, police brutality, and seaside ghost towns. Each of these unusual sleuths has come to London to escape the past and forge a new future. Yet as they draw closer to uncovering the truth of Iolanthe's disappearance, they may have to face the truth about themselves.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

I expected to like this book a lot, but I'm afraid I found it rather dull. It tries to make important points about race and diversity in general, but it didn't engage me enough to make them with any force.

The story, set in late 1965 is ostensibly about the disappearance of an actress and the attempts of her dresser (the eponymous Anna Treadway) and the police to locate her. In fact, it is largely about the characters of the story and lengthy back-stories are rather ploddingly revealed of Anna herself, a West Indian man whom she meets, a Cypriot café-owner, a Northern Irish police sergeant and so on and so on. It was all reasonably competently done, but I never became involved enough in the characters to care sufficiently so it just got rather boring, I'm afraid.

Part of the problem is the period setting. I am, sadly, old enough to remember the mid-60s, and this just didn't feel like that time to me. Again, it wasn't badly done as such; there were only a few anachronisms in speech and nothing stood out as being out of place, but I never got any real sense of period either. There are some slightly clunky topical references to try to establish the period, but I just never felt that I was there somehow.

This is not an actively bad book by any means. Miranda Emerson writes decent prose and it's all perfectly competent, but I just couldn't find any real period atmosphere or interest in the characters.

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Title: The Trout Pond

Author: Hubert Clark Crowell

Narrator: Lee Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-20-17

Publisher: Hubert C. Crowell, Lee Thompson

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A fisherman makes a find in a pond that tears a small town apart. As the mystery unfolds more people become involved and the conflict grows. A trout pond, like a small town, has big fish eating small fish. All kinds of creatures live in and around a pond, and it's the same in a small town, the bigger they are, the better the catch, or the harder they fall! The Trout Pond tells about people who change. Most of us are resistant to change, but as you will see in this story we can and do often change when the circumstances force us, or when the opportunity for a better life comes along.

Members Reviews:

Very interesting story.

This was an interesting read. It is fiction, but has some real events mixed in. It was an quick read that doesn't require you to think hard to solve the mystery. It was entertaining and enjoyable.

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Title: The Draughtsman

Author: Robert Lautner

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-09-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Speak out for the fate of millions or turn a blind eye? We all have choices.

Germany, 1944. Ernst Beck's new job marks an end to months of unemployment. Working for Erfurt's most prestigious engineering firm, Topf & Sons, means he can finally make a contribution to the war effort, provide for his beautiful wife, Etta, and make his parents proud. But there is a price.

Ernst is assigned to the firm's smallest team - the Special Ovens Department. Reporting directly to Berlin, his role is to annotate plans for new crematoria that are deliberately designed to burn day and night. Their destination: the concentration camps. Topf's new client: the SS.

As the true nature of his work dawns on him, Ernst has a terrible choice to make: turning a blind eye will keep him and Etta safe, but that's little comfort if staying silent amounts to collusion in the death of thousands.

This bold and uncompromising work of literary fiction shines a light on the complex contradictions of human nature and examines how deeply complicit we can become in the face of fear.

Critic Reviews:

"Absolutely exceptional. So beautifully written, with precision and wisdom and real emotional acuity. The horrors are illuminated and rendered on a human scale by Lautner's wonderfully gripping narrative, drawing me in to the intimate story of Ernst and Etta, and their very affecting portrayal as individuals caught up in larger events. With outrage and tenderness he describes a moment in time most of us would say we knew too much about already - and sheds new light on it. A remarkable achievement." (Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon English)

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Title: H Fonissa

Author: Alexandros Papadiamantis

Narrator: Leonidas Kakouris, Titika Sarigouli, Leonidas Chrisomallis, Lydia Lenosi, Katerina Milioti, Spyros Bereris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-17

Publisher: Studio aMID

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

"The Murderess" by Alexandros Papadiamantis is now available in audio form, thus enabling anyone who wants to "listen" in an expressive way to the context of this magnificent work of the author. 14 actors and narrators personify the heroes of the book attributing to each one the local dialect and accompanied by original musical sounds and effects.

In this performance, Papadiamantis takes us to his homeland, the island of Skiathos, back at the time of Ottoman rule, when life of poor women promised only pain, suffering and hardship, which eventually affected the mind of Chadoula, the heroine, who started a series of murders, killing young girls to deliver them from this hideous life. But she ends up tormented between faith and conscience.

All audio performances by Studio Amid include sound performance of all necessary information - including audio information for people with visual impairments.

Please note: This audiobook is in Greek.

©2017 Studio aMID (P)2017 Studio aMID

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Title: A Soldier's Vow

Author: Jackie M. Smith

Narrator: Denise Kahn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-17

Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Winnie Douglas always loved taking pictures of her family and her hometown. One day, while reading a war magazine, she admires pictures of the soldiers, whose strength and courage touch her. With her family's blessing, she journeys to Paris where a French magazine hires her to take pictures of the war.

Henry Whitfield answers the call of duty and travels halfway across the world to fight in the war. Far away from his family and Canadian hometown, he feels the loneliness. On the battlefield, he meets an angel. Afraid she is just a dream, he befriends Winnie.

Can two strangers brought together by war find love amidst the turmoil and tragedy?

Members Reviews:

War Romance

Wini leaves her home in the US to talk a job with a France magazine taking war time photos. Henri is with the Canadian Army stationed in France. The two meet and begin a war time romance.

The author has done great research to make this book seem authentic to the time. It is well written. The narrator does a good job with the characters. It is easy to follow and easy to distinguish between characters throughout the book.

I was provided a free audio version of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It's a great book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone that enjoys wartime romance novels.

A story that touches your heart and soul

Any additional comments?

A Soldiers Vow has a little bit of everything from finding love from afar, jealousy, pain, sorrow, death, fun, at times humor, love, lose, starting over, sadness as the author spins a story of fighting, dying and the pain it brings with it. You will have your heart ripped out only to have it thrown back at you as you turn the pages waiting to see what twist the author gives you next. I really enjoyed the story and thought the plot was wonderful. This is one story you will not be able to get through without it touching your heart and soul from so many different angles.

Ms. Kahn really needs to get some type of filter. Her narration is wonderful but there is a bad echo throughout the audio. Her character voices are great, she puts emotion in her audios. Her voices are very pleasant from her normal voice to her character voices. Her male voices are wonderful, her children voices are a delight and her women ones are delightful. There is no background noise but for the echo. There are a few places where she repeats wording. The volume stays the same throughout. You always know who is talking and what they are feeling. I really had no trouble picturing the scenes from the battles to the love these two share as well as the pain from the lose of friends and love ones. I did very much enjoy the audio and most likely will listen to it again. The narrator must really work on her sound system and get rid of the echo which does take away from it.

Winnie decided to do what she loved best and went to Paris to do her part by sharing pictures of the war from the good and bad side. Being a woman in this time period it was hard for a woman to take on a job such as this. They didnt want her near the front line. Over time she got what she wanted and met the love of her life. This is a very hard time for her setting on pins and needles waiting to see if Henry would make it out alive so they can start their family and love each other until the end of time.

Henry wasnt very nice at first but overtime he came to understand what drove Winnie. He has lost so many friends.

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Title: On Seas So Crimson

Subtitle: Usurper's War Collection, No. 1

Author: James Young

Narrator: K. Caldwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-17

Publisher: James L. Young Jr

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This is a collection for James Young's Usurper's War. It contains Acts of War and Collisions of the Damned

"Author James Young shows himself to be a master of that science fiction sub-genre called 'Alternate History'." - Midwest Book Review

Adolf Hitler is dead. Great Britain lies prostrate, subdued under a storm of poison gas and incendiaries that have turned the great city of London into a blazing abattoir. The Royal Family's whereabouts are unknown, while Heinrich Himmler, new Fuhrer of the victorious Reich, prepares to dictate terms.

For RAF Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, London's destruction is the nightmare outcome of years spent fighting the specter of Fascism. With his own combatant status uncertain, Adam must rush to save as many of his Polish-speaking pilots as he can.

Great Britain's subjugation also has an immediate effect on Lieutenant (j.g.) Eric Cobb. Thrust unwillingly into combat between the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine, Eric must immediately make choices that not only affect himself, but will alter the course of history.

In the Pacific, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi witnesses firsthand the myriad opportunities that Germany's victory has provided for Japan. Defeated in China by Soviet forces after the Imperial Army foolishly attached northwards in December 1941, Japan has not only changed governments to a Navy dominated cabinet, but also changed strategies. It is to the south, in the oil rich Dutch East Indies, that Nippon will find her destiny. Yamaguchi, as the new head of the Kido Butai, must develop a plan that prevents American interference while simultaneously husbanding the Imperial Japanese Navy's strength for a single, great decisive battle.

Members Reviews:

Excellent alternate history

Excellent alternate history. Good premise, well developed. Combat scenes well done. Young's grasp of technical issues, operations/logistics, and weapons systems of the time is truly impressive; and it's very clearly and interestingly explained.

Sustained, compelling narrative. A good story that carries you along. Highly recommended.

Speed-read through the obligatory "Family and Human Interest" scenes (unfortunately, that includes the first few pages - keep going, it gets much better); their essence is accurate, but the scenes are labored.

The dialogue tends to the leaden, but it's not too bad.

Looking forward to next volume!

Historically believable and dramatically riveting story-telling alternate history of World War Two as it could have been.

This alternate history of WW II is quite well written, and keeps the action going as it shows the drama from both the AXIS and ALLIED sides of battles. What if this or that part of known history had happened just a little differently, and how much it would have affected the battles and structure of the WAR MACHINES of both sides is wonderfully brought to life in these remarkable pages of believable battles. Which figures will be remembered by history and which will be swept away to obscurity by events and circumstance different from what we know in our time-line?

James Young has studied his history well, taken great care to make the conflicts, politics, and personal issues of the times to follow a believable and acceptable alternative timeline .