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Titel: Deine Juliet

Untertitel: Club der Guernseyer Freunde von Dichtung und Kartoffelschalenauflauf

Autor:: Mary Ann Shaffer

Erzähler: Luise Helm, Johannes Steck, Reinhart Kuhnert

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 29 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-21-13

Herausgeber: Argon Verlag

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Gelesen wird dieser "wirklich bezaubernde Briefroman" (Freundin) von Luise Helm (Juliet Ashton), Tanja Geke (Isola Pribby), Johannes Steck (Dawsey Adams), Luise Lunow (Amelia Maugery), Reinhard Kuhnert (Eben Ramsey), Uve Teschner (Sidney Stark), Oliver Rohrbeck (John Booker), Vera Teltz (Susan Scott), Tanja Fornaro (Remy Giraud und Billie Bee Jones), Karin David (Adelaide Addison), Denise Gorzelanny (Lady Bella Taunton), Detlef Bierstedt (Markham V. Reynolds), David Nathan (Will Thisbee), Dietmar Wunder (Micah Daniels), Leyla Rohrbeck (Sally Ann Frobisher), Helmut Krauss (Hochwürden Simon Simpless) und Jamie Schenker (Eli).

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Title: Doughnut

Author: Tom Holt

Narrator: Ray Sawyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-13

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 174 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The doughnut is a thing of beauty.

A circle of fried doughy perfection.

A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps.

For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more.

Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work has lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him. And he doesn't have any money.

Before Theo has time to fully appreciate the pointlessness of his own miserable existence, news arrives that his good friend Professor Pieter van Goyen, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, has died.

By leaving the apparently worthless contents of his safety deposit box to Theo, however, the professor has set him on a quest of epic proportions. A journey that will rewrite the laws of physics. A battle to save humanity itself.

This is the tale of a man who had nothing and gave it all up to find his destiny - and a doughnut.

Members Reviews:

A fun world for scifantasy fans

Tom Holt has created a group of quixotic characters and a vast universe of world for them to play in. I really hope audible gets the portable door series as well. If you like Pratchett, Moore and the like you will enjoy this series as well.

Good Book, but the audio seems out of order.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Hi,

I'm going to try and download the book again, I haven't finished the book yet but Part 2 seems to be jumping around to different sections and there is a 10 minute period that gets repeated.

Not Holt's Best

I adore some of Tom Holts books but this one disappointed. It drifted with little purpose; a string of alternate universes with a thin plot. I don't have much patience for the alternate universe trope when it seems more an exercise to demonstrate a writer's imagination than valid plot.

If you like alternate universe scenarios, read his Portable Door series ( with 'In Your Dreams', and 'Earth,Air, Fire & Custard'). In that series the alternate realities contribute to the story.

For slapstick fun, free of the alternate universe gimmick, I recommend 'Who's afraid of Beowulf'.

In other words, Tom Holt writes better books but Audible can't or won't get them.

A decent book. But drawn out unnecessarily

The book is read well, and it keeps your attention at the start. But about mid way through, its like a bad movie that has been unnecessarily extended with filler just to make it longer. The book has so much filler in the middle I was tempted to stop listening.

Fun writing, beautifully read, but nobody home

A confection. I liked the use of language, including lots of hilarious similes and resonant alliteration.

But, character development was thin, and there wasn't much arc of growth evident in any of them, so it was hard to care, hard to root for anybody. This so-far-so-what quality made the book easy to put down, though not to the point of hard to finish.

There were lots of surprises. By the end, however, they all seemed like the same surprise over and over, shampoo-rinse-repeat, so the last bit send devoid of any emotion.

Bottom line: finishing, but not worth buying the sequel.

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Title: The Suitors

Author: Cécile David-Weill

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

After sisters Laure and Marie learn of their parents plan to sell the familys summer retreat, LAgapanthe, they devise a scheme for attracting a wealthy suitor who can afford to purchase the estate. For the sisters, it has become a necessary part of their character, their lifestyle, and their past. LAgapanthe is the perfect venue to exercise proper etiquette and intellect, though not all its visitors are socially savvy - especially when its a matter of understanding the relationship between old money and the nouveau riche. And so the comedy of manners begins.

Members Reviews:

Comedy of Manners, aka Rich People Problems

This was a pleasant listen; seems other readers were annoyed with the details, but for me, those meticulously catalogued particulars were what made the book enjoyable.

The plot is as thin as consomme, and the narrator sounds far too mature to be the voice of a young 30-ish protagonist, but I still relished it, maybe because I've personally been the unwitting guest at similarly-situated country house weekends. The author truly does capture the almost-silly atmosphere of high-status people gathered together pretending to be...normal?

If you're as fascinated with social nuances as I am, I think you'll like this book.

But if you're looking for a strong story, or a romance...you'll probably want to pass on this one.

Boring!!!!!

What would have made The Suitors better?

The book needed a plot. The book is about 3/4 descriptive details about the house,dinners, napkins, food....so boring. Very little conversation, nothing exciting.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Boredom

An Awful Book About Awful People

Would you try another book from Cécile David-Weill and/or Kate Reading?

No.

Has The Suitors turned you off from other books in this genre?

No.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kate Reading?

I don't know. Kate Reading has a lovely French accent, but her manner of reading is horribly affected.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Suitors?

I would have cut everything involving the characters. The house sounded pretty nice, if it had been empty.

Any additional comments?

I kept waiting for the main character to have an epiphany about her shallow, snobbish life, but in the time I wasted listening, she didn't. So I stopped.

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Titel: Back to Blood

Autor:: Tom Wolfe

Erzähler: Frank Arnold

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 23 hrs and 30 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-30-13

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Genüsslich und packend taucht Tom Wolfe ein in die verrückteste Stadt Amerikas: Miami, wo die Spanisch sprechenden Kubaner inzwischen die Mehrheit, aber die Weißen immer noch das Geld haben. Wo die Jugend am Strand den ewigen Spaß und die Rentner beim Schönheitschirurgen das ewige Leben suchen. Wo die Blutlinien mitten durch den amerikanischen Traum verlaufen.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Wolfe gelingt eine bitterböse Gesellschaftssatire. Grell, übersteigert, mitreißend - sein bestes Buch seit Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten.

-- Focus

Kultautor Tom Wolfe liebt es, seinen Lesern den Spiegel vorzuhalten und sie spektakulär auf die Eigenarten der amerikanischen Gesellschaft zu stoßen.

-- Cosmopolitan

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Title: Funny Things I Heard at the Bus Stop: Volume 1: A Collection of Short Stories for Young Readers

Author: Angela Giroux

Narrator: Eric Nutting

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-13

Publisher: Cosmic Blip Media

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Are you ready to get swept away into a world of fantastic adventure and new discoveries? The Funny Things I Heard at the Bus Stop series of short stories for kids is the perfect book for bedtime reading, a quick after-school adventure, or any time that you want to get taken to a magical, funtabulous, amazing world of imagination that is perfect for kids aged three to one hundred and three! The four stories in this volume are tales of a magic teleportravelling bowl, a mysterious teacher that may - or may not be - a secret agent working for the government, a wonderful tale of an instrument called the Mysterious Window where things come to life in its view, and a crazy story about one boy's quest to become tall enough to ride the new roller coaster at the county fair. So sit back, snuggle up, and enjoy!

Members Reviews:

some good, some bad

I enjoyed most of this anthology, except for one story that was full of grammatical errors. I though kids would like it up to that point but I'd never recommend a story that had those kinds of errors. It almost felt like a different author wrote the one story. Writing in 'kid dialect' OK up to a point but that was out of line. Beside that, I enjoyed the stories and the prose, especially the introduction.

Funny, wacky short stories for middle graders!

Funny stuff! Back when my sprog was a pollywog, these short stories were perfect nighttime read-aloud material. Now that he's reading on his own, he's rediscovering these wacky stories that appeal to early middle-graders. I'm getting him more books by this author for his summer reading!

A Fun Read

I like it a lot. It is an intresting read with funny stories. I can't wait to get volumes 2 and 3. One of my favorite stories was about A napkins long journey. And how the bottom napkin always gets squished whatsoever! Overall, it's an exellent read with intresting stories that are good for ages 6 through twelve,parents, This is a MUST-HAVE for your child. Keep up the good work!

It Worked

Kids did not find the stories so funny but they enjoyed reading and they learned a few new words. It is worth it and the title alone will get the kids reading and that is why I bought it.

Kids Stories

Looking for something Your kids can read? Catch it hear. I enjoyed this book. Easy reading, which will create a wonderful picture in ones mind. Book with multiple stories, with life leasons as in, "A Visit from Nonna Esmeralda" or "The Mysterious Window". Or just fun reading like, "My Summer Vacation - What a ride?" Check it out.

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Title: Union Dues

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: John Sayles

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-26-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The setting is Boston, Fall of 1969. Radical groups plot revolution, runaway kids prowl the streets, cops are at their wits end, and work is hard to get, even for hookers. Hobie McNutt, a 17-year-old runaway from West Virginia drifts into a commune of young revolutionaries. It's a warm, dry place, and the girls are very available. But Hobie becomes involved in an increasingly vicious struggle for power in the group, and in the mounting violence of their political actions.

His father Hunter, who has been involved in a brave and dangerous campaign to unseat a corrupt union president in the coal miners union, leaves West Virginia to hunt for his runaway son. To make ends meet, he takes day-labor jobs in order to survive while searching for him. Living parallel lives, their destinies ultimately movingly collide in this sprawling classic of radicalism across the generations, in the vein of Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin, and Richard Price.

Members Reviews:

The Joys and Struggles of the Sixties

This is distinguished movie director John Sayles first novel and it is wonderful.

Boston: Fall 1969. Revolution is in the air, and the streets are full of runaways. Hobie McNutt is a seventeen-year-old runner who drifts into a commune of young kids with subversion on their minds. The good times roll and there's plenty of action for everyone. Unbeknowst to son Hobie, his coal miner union leader father is searching for him, leaving West Virginia behind with the same oblivion as his progeny.

A boy's paradise can't last forever though, and a bare-knuckle struggle for power divides Hobie's collective. Their competition fuels a game of "playing chicken" with tactics that beg the question: is this what we mean by "any means necessary?" Will his comrades go the way of exiled Weathermen, desparacidos or will things resolve in dignity, let alone sheer survival? How father and son finally collide will blow your mind.

If you've watched every movie John Sayles ever made... I sure have... this is a must.

Edoardo Balerini is the narrator of the year.

John Sayles wrote this book in 1977. For those of you who remember, he was a major figure on the political left in the 70s. He made several movies and wrote in several media. Union Dues is a story about a father and son. They live in the beginning in a small town in West Virginia, where the only industry at the time was coal mining. The setting was the time when unions were just getting involved, when black lung disease was first being recognized as the peril that we now know it to be. Hunter, the father, has two sons. The older, Darwin, joins the army and goes to Viet Nam. He comes back a "changed man." The younger son, Hobie, is the focus of the book. Hobie runs away from home and ends up in Boston, where he thinks his brother will be. Dar has left for Vermont, having essentially dropped out of society. The bulk of the story revolves around Hobie's activity in a political commune, and Hunt's attempt to find his son. Sayles's politics are long-winded and "leftie" in what now seems like a distant and very troubled time in this country. The book makes me think about what has happened during those past forty years. Both Hobie and Hunt live in poverty, and never truly find any work. The commune in which Hobie lives is full of windy, intellectual "radicals" who fight naive battles against overwhelming odds.

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Title: Mercury Rises

Subtitle: Mercury, Book 2

Author: Robert Kroese

Narrator: Kevin Stillwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 234 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Fresh off their successful quest to thwart not one, but two diabolical plots to destroy the world, jaded reporter Christine Temetri and rough cherub Mercury find that mysterious powers outranking even the Heavenly bureaucracy seem intent on keeping the Apocalypse on track. Mercury Rises continues author Robert Kroeses tale of the heroic cherub Mercury, who is generally well-intentioned, rarely well-behaved, and always well-armed with a droll remark. While the world is plagued by natural disasters and nations prepare for war, crazed billionaire Horace Finch plots to use a secret device hidden beneath the African desert to discover the deepest secrets of the Universe - even if he has to destroy the Universe to do it.

Meanwhile, unassuming FBI investigator Jacob Slater tries to find a rational explanation for the mysterious destruction of downtown Anaheim - a quest that ultimately brings him face to face with the unhinged Horace Finch. Together, Christine, Jacob, and Mercury must stop Finch from activating the device and tearing reality to pieces. Kroeses rapid-fire sense of humor and razor-sharp wit keep Mercury Rises moving at breakneck speed, hurtling toward a climax that is as funny as it is satisfying.

Members Reviews:

A humorous distraction, I enjoyed it very much!

it's just rather entertaining I'm not sure if I can find 20 words that completely could describe it.

other than enjoyable, fun, funny, & I had to replay parts to completely absorb some of the elements. I was looking for a humorous distraction and I found it.

worth the follow through

the story falls a little short of the first and it leaves a little early in favor of the third, but it is enjoyable and Still well makes it a pleasant past time.

Better than the first

Book 2 exceeded my expectations! It was better than the first one. It made more sense it was funnier than Mercury falls. The author's voices weren't as bad either. Much better Jon this time. I enjoyed this book. I hope the third gets even better!

More humor from the heavens.

Step one: Listen to first book and laugh.

Step two: Listen to this book and laugh harder.

The Mercury series is a humorous take on religious themes and viewpoints sprung from a story about a whimsical angel and the kooky other characters he interacts with while trying to delay the end of days. It uses biblical events as a reference to build it's wacky universe filled with funny reimaginings and goofy plot twists that is sure to make a listener smile. This audiobook is a self aware comedy that can't even take itself seriously if it tried.

"Mercury Rising" takes place after a breif recovery period from the first book. There are new characters, new comedic reimaginings of biblical events, and a pleasantly confusing jumble of humor and philosophical reflection that made the successful leap from the first book.

In all fairness, sometimes the plot can seem a bit tangled as the past and present leaps in logic are a bit jumbled sometimes due how many there are, but if a listener knows what took place in the first book and doesn't mind random flashbacks then it shouldn't be much of an issue. The jokes are still there regardless and they are great.

The narrator was simply hilarious. Kevin Stillwell really got into his voicework here, especially his interpritation of Noah singing his crazy "Who built the ark?" song.

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Title: Disobedience

Author: Jane Hamilton

Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-12

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

From Jane Hamilton, author of the beloved New York Times best sellers A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth, comes a warmly humorous, poignant novel about a young man, his mother's email, and the often surprising path of infidelity.

Henry Shaw, a high school senior, is about as comfortable with his family as any 17-year-old can be. His father, Kevin, teaches history with a decidedly socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, Beth, who plays the piano in a group specializing in antique music, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. Henry even accepts the offbeat behavior of his 13-year-old sister, Elvira, who is obsessed with Civil War reenactments and insists on dressing in handmade Union uniforms at inopportune times.

When he stumbles on his mother's email account, however, Henry realizes that all is not as it seems. There, under the name Liza38, a name that Henry innocently established for her, is undeniable evidence that his mother is having an affair with one Richard Polloco, a violin maker and unlikely paramour who nonetheless has a very appealing way with words and a romantic spirit that, in Henry's estimation, his own father woefully lacks.

Against his better judgment, Henry charts the progress of his mother's infatuation, her feelings of euphoria, of guilt, and of profound, touching confusion. His knowledge of Beth's secret life colors his own tentative explorations of love and sex with the ephemeral Lily, and casts a new light on the arguments - usually focused on Elvira - in which his parents regularly indulge. Over the course of his final year of high school, Henry observes each member of the family, trying to anticipate when they will find out about the infidelity and what the knowledge will mean to each of them.

Henry's observations, set down 10 years after that fateful year, are much more than the "old story" of adultery his mother deemed her affair to be. With her inimitable grace and compassion, Jane Hamilton has created a novel full of gentle humor and rich insights into the nature of love and the deep, mysterious bonds that hold families together.

Critic Reviews:

"Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope - but it's not a heavenly hope. It's a common one, caked with mud and held with gritted teeth. And it's probably the only kind that's worth reading about."(New York Times Book Review on The Book of Ruth)

"It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of our best." (Newsweek on A Map of the World)

"Stunning prose and unforgettable characters...an enthralling tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying ways our lives can spin out of control." (Entertainment Weekly on A Map of the World)

Members Reviews:

Thanks, Robert Sean Leonard!

Would you listen to Disobedience again? Why?

I was looking for narration by Robert Sean Leonard after hearing him read on Selected Shorts. So glad that search led me to Hamilton's book! This is a well-crafted, finely observed novel with distinctive characters. Worth the read!

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Titel: Der stille Amerikaner

Autor:: Graham Greene

Erzähler: Ulrich Noethen

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 6 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-13-12

Herausgeber: SWR Edition

Bewertung: 3 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die Buchausgabe "Der stille Amerikaner" von Graham Greene ist gebunden im Zsolnay Verlag und als Taschenbuch bei dtv erschienen.

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Title: The Wow O Rivven

Author: George Macdonald

Narrator: Paul Young

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-12

Publisher: Canongate Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The Wow O Rivven is a great example of George McDonald's wonderful storytelling. Rivven is Ruthven, Aberdeenshire, and The "Wow o Rivven" refers to the local church bell. The hero of the story is the old "fool", also known as "colonel" who is buried near to the old bell.