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Title: In Office Hours

Author: Lucy Kellaway

Narrator: Alison Reid

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Stella Bradberry and Bella Chambers work for Atlantic Energy, a global oil company in London. Bella is a pretty single mother who dropped out of college and is doomed to work as an invisible assistant to a series of men of half her intelligence. Stella is 20 years older, about to get a seat on the board, and is the original no-glass-ceiling, high-achieving, multi-tasking mother of two. Everyone admires her: she's so straightforward and sensible. So what possesses both women to embark on affairs with men they wouldn't have looked twice at outside the office?

Smart, funny, moving, and agonizing, In Office Hours holds up a mirror to modern corporate life. It's all here: the lies and sabotage, and the obsessive, dangerous conduct of work colleagues who, in the grip of passion, break all the rules.

Members Reviews:

What I particularly liked was how the book reflected the many facets of ...

Couldn't put this book down. What I particularly liked was how the book reflected the many facets of the modern workplace: office politics, manager-subordinate relationships, power, office communications, diversity and affairs between co-workers. The book does an excellent job in exploring the conflicts arising from the pursuit of adventure, fulfilment and happiness from romantic relationships in the office, while at the same time not putting careers (and marriages) in jeopardy.

What Happens in the Boardroom Stays In the Boardroom--not!

I loved this book. Everything about it: cover to ending. I started reading it yesterday, put it down to go to bed last night and got up twice during the night to keep reading. At times it had a "Working Girl" feel about it, maybe the environment of office politics and secret affairs. At one point I thought the ending might be predictable, but I was happily surprised to see that it wasn't. I highly recommend it!

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It kept my interest to the end, but not my enthusiasm. Predictable ending. I felt no sympathy or empathy for the plight of any of these characters.

There is no free ride in life but this book takes you on an interesting trip

At some point your misdeeds do catch up to you and regardless of whether you try to cover them up someone will find out. Office relationships at best are tricky when unmarried men and women become involved but when there are spouses involved and nosey co-workers it is not going to end well.

This book is told from the perspective of Stella a rising star in the company who can't balance her work and personal life. She blames each one for taking her away from the other and punishes everyone including herself for her failures. But when she enters into a relationship with her intern the situation goes from bad to ballistic. He is young and feels that she now owes him and he does not want love as a payment.

The other voice you hear is Bella a single mom who did believe she was balancing everything and that her promotions were due to her skill not her ability to keep the boss satisfied in bed. She loved him and he deceived her and while she thinks throwing everything off for him is worth it he does not.

You absolutely can have it all you just can't have it all at the same time, something has to give in your life and filling the void with a relationship that is nonsustainable never goes well for anyone. Stella and Bella are great characters and strong women who know when to walk away but still have trouble saying no.

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Titre: Le safari de la vie

Auteur: John P. Strelecky

Narrateur: Alain Lawrence

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2 hrs and 13 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-31-15

Éditeur: Coffragants

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

De l'auteur du best seller international Le Why Café nous vient une histoire puissante et inspirante.

Jack, un jeune homme cherchant le bonheur, répond à un appel intérieur intense et part visiter l'Afrique, principalement la Savane. Il y fait la rencontre d'une vieille femme, Ma Ma Gombé, elle-même à la poursuite de sa quête personnelle. Contre toute attente, Ma Ma Gombé devient le guide de Jack alors qu'ils traversent le continent africain à pieds. À travers la sagesse de Ma Ma Gombé et les enseignements que lui fournit la Savane, Jack retrouve le sens de sa vie et apprend à libérer le potentiel qui sommeille en lui.

Fidèle à sa réputation, John P. Strelecky nous offre une fois de plus une histoire merveilleuse et touchante, dans un cadre dépaysant et mystérieux cette fois-ci. Ce petit livre audio surprendra et inspirera les auditeurs qui, dans la foulée du personnage principal, découvrirons l'étonnant potentiel en eux.

©2010 Le Dauphin Blanc (P)2011 Productions Alexandre Stanké inc.

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Title: New Jerusalem News

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: John Enright

Narrator: J. Paul Guimont

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The summer season on Cape Cod is over - now it's time for the real fun to begin. Dominick is always just passing through. He is a professional houseguest who follows the sun and the leisure class from resort to resort. But this winter he lingers on a quaint New England island and, in spite of his best intentions, becomes involved in the travails of his eccentric geriatric hosts. An environmental protest against a proposed liquid natural gas terminal turns ugly, and by accident and happenstance Dominick becomes a mistaken suspect in terrorist bombings. But New Jerusalem News is really about its characters - the plot is just to keep them busy as we get to know them. None of them is young - these are white-bearded men and blue-coiffed women busy with aging, dementia, and ungrateful children. But Dominick strives to float above it all in a life of itinerant escape. A New England comedy of sorts, on another level New Jerusalem News is an extended meditation on history, identity, and what it means to drift.

Members Reviews:

Very enjoyable.

This is a book that I might have missed if it were not provided to me for purposes of a review. I went into it without even glancing at the summary because I was ready to be surprised. I am glad I had the chance to spend some time with such a wonderful story. There is so much going on and it does feel very true-to-life in the way it is presented. There is a bit of mystery and intrigue, but above all, there are interesting characters and a well-told story that is not quite a whodunnit, but more of a "what is really going on" sort of tale. While I did find the "romance scenes" somewhat blocky and awkward, I am not entirely sure that was not by design. The ending sort of reminded me of an episode of Seinfeld where I sort of had to as myself if that was actually it.

The narration was solid and well done. Perhaps it was the narration that made the "intimate" scenes seem so awkward. It felt clinical and detached.

This is something you might miss or pass over for a number of reasons, I would advise you to reconsider.

Good story

I received a free copy of the audiobook for an honest review.

New Jerusalem News is a different kind of book. It's about a drifter who lives off of the guilt money from his deceased, always absent, father. He has many friends and is a professional houseguest. When he starts to feel like a burden, or starts to get too close, or gets bored, he moves on.

The characters are well developed. They are older, dealing with the problems of the elderly, whether it is their health, their memory, or their children. I liked how complex they are. For example, Dominick tells himself that he won't get too close to anyone, but every time he decides to leave, something comes up and he has to help someone out. He also has some interesting thoughts about sex. Another example is Lydia. She loves her husband and is usually pleasant to everyone, but she can't stand her twin daughters.

The narrator had a clear voice that was easy to understand. He did fairly well at the different voices.

Although the FBI and ICE show up and Dominick is considered a suspect in possible terrorist attacks, New Jerusalem News isn't suspenseful like you would think. It's interesting, even includes a little history, and is often funny.

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Title: Miracle Girl

Author: Andrew Roe

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-15

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A car accident has left young Anabelle Vincent in a comalike state - unable to move or speak. Her mother spends her days and nights taking care of her frozen child, but Anabelle's father has left: unable to cope, broken under the responsibility of having been the car's driver. Then, one day, a visiting friend experiences what seems like a miracle. She thinks it's because of Anabelle. Word spreads. There are more visitors. More miracles. But is there a connection? And does it matter? Will Anabelle ever wake up, and if she does, will the miracles cease?

Andrew Roe has crafted an intricate story told by Anabelle, her parents, and the visitors, who include neighbors, a priest, the affluent, and the downtrodden. What becomes clear is that life's cruelties show no prejudice, but becoming a believer - in something, anything, even if you don't understand it - can bring salvation.

More than a novel about a family in crisis, The Miracle Girl tells a larger cultural story of how we live and hope and dream.

Critic Reviews:

"In Andrew Roe's TThe Miracle Girl, we're reminded that the desire for miracles always connotes dissatisfaction, even as it articulates a hope. Roe deftly explores this paradox with clean, sharp prose; the novel's intuitive, shifting structure generates a multi-faceted exploration into what it means to believe. Also, Roe's novel examines the strange responsibility of being believed in. A stunning, confident debut." (Peter Rock, author of My Abandonment and The Shelter Cycle)

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Title: Kali Yuga

Author: Deni Bechard

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Set against the backdrop of a newly post-9/11 world, Kali Yuga tells the story of two half brothers who could not be more different. Hugh is a forever-searching free spirit who worships the Beats and later enlists in the US military. Andrew resides safely in the bubble of academia and in a relationship that has long been in a rut. But when their absentee writer father dies, Hugh and Andrew are reconnected, and both are forced to look deeper at their father's influence in their adult lives. Award-winning author Deni Béchard constructs an ornate story that seamlessly traverses one brother's many past selves and another brother's continued stasis only to seal their bond in the end.

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Title: Frito Lay

Author: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Narrator: Amy Tallmadge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore weaves a dreamy, suspenseful tale: a clever child's recollection of a summer's day turned frightening. Francesca, Kelly, and Kelly's teenage sister Amanda are only meant to spend several hours at the pool together, while their professor parents finish up an afternoon of work at their lush, Oregon college. The younger girls are caught up in hair braiding and Marco Polo, but Amanda is poised on the cusp of an adult realm bursting with cruel secrets.

When the girls run into a beautiful, anxious woman and her toddler, Amanda starts to act in ways that may well transform an unremarkable day into a dark turning point in all their lives. By turns enchanting and terrifying, and always bursting with vivid emotion, Frito Lay brings us deep into our own childhood memories, reminding us that the dark and sinister were never quite as far away as we might have believed.

Critic Reviews:

"Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." (New York Times Book Review)

"A sickly addictive thriller..." (Entertainment Weekly)

"Bittersweet is worth savoring - it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark. (People)

Members Reviews:

Don't let the title fool you - this is the antithesis of mental junk food.

This is a terrific story, both for the way it draws the characters & events, and for the way it leaves just enough undrawn to let the readers work out themselves some of the action and motivations. By presenting it from the POV of a young girl, the narrator's lack of knowledge becomes a feature that heightens the effect of what an adult reader comprehends. Wonderful detail and timing. I mean it as a compliment that I do not want to know anything else about the characters when the story ends - the suspense at that point is delicious.

What story?

This is not even worth buying It starts out like it's going to be something then it just ends ! Fyi: it's just a few pages

Interesting

It had excellent story line drama loneness a sense of dread because so many innocents fall victim to crazy people who look and act normal

Four Stars

I love this author, I wish she would write more novels!!! Very pleased to find this little gem. Recomend!

Three Stars

A little disapointed about it, but did read it to the end, for Miranda's sake

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Title: The Street

Author: Mordecai Richler, William Weintraub - afterword

Narrator: Charles Officer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-23-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this beguiling collection of short stories and memoirs, first published in 1969, Mordecai Richler looks back on his childhood in Montreal, recapturing the lively panorama of St. Urbain Street: the refugees from Europe with their unexpected sophistication and snobbery; the catastrophic day when there was an article about St. Urbain Street in Time; Tansky's Cigar and Soda with its "beat-up brown phonebooth" used for "private calls"; and tips on sex from Duddy Kravitz.

Overflowing with humor, nostalgia, and wisdom, The Street is a brilliant introduction to Richler's lifelong love affair with St. Urbain Street and its inhabitants.

Members Reviews:

Even the Street name is mispronounced

One of Mr. Richler's best early books is rendered useless by the narrator. St Urbain is pronounced St Urbin in English. He pronounces it St Urbane.It defies rational thought that anyone would put out an audiobook and have the centrepiece mangled.

A St Urbain street resident for 37 years

yr ol pal

Campbell

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Title: Cocksure

Author: Mordecai Richler

Narrator: Martha Henry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-23-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Cocksure evokes the outrageous and bawdy years of the 'Swingin' Sixties'. Mordechai Richler has assembled the most bizarre gallery of types - Mortimer Griffin, worried about impotence and with good reason; Rachel Coleman, slinky Black Panther of the boudoir; the Star Maker, a movie tycoon of truly unnerving erotic abilities and a living miracle of spare-part surgery; a precocious group of schoolchildren with a taste for the teachings of the Marquis de Sade and many more characters all working out their problems against the frantic background of post-war freedom discovering Sixties Britain.

Members Reviews:

Weird book, dark satire that misses the mark

This is very dark satire set in Swinging London in the 1960's. The plot is fairly disjointed and I didn't really find the book very enjoyable or good. I liked some of Richler's other books but I think this one fell very short of its mark.

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Title: Lilith

Author: Ambika Devi

Narrator: Ambika Devi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-15

Publisher: Mythologem Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Follow Lilith, our feisty heroine, through a single day as she engages in conversations with her guardian nature spirits and makes realizations about relationships, love, and her childhood.

This transcendent story takes us on a trip throughout flashbacks, memories, and dreams inspired by a chance meeting with a man in an Italian Market cheese shop. Take a Sunday stroll with the pair through the streets of South Philadelphia and listen in on their conversation.

Time skews as parallel universes collide, creating a tight folding-in-upon-itself like the creases of a well-crafted burrito. Stories within stories are woven in reckless abandon until every moment converges as a single point in space. All existence magically becomes the present moment, proving that there is no such thing as time.

Members Reviews:

Amazing!

Hilarious and passionate. This story of "Lilith" made me realize I am indeed a timeless being and life is a joyride!

"Lilith a novel"

Loved this book!

A funny, spiritual, mystical, metaphysical book. A day in the life of "Lilith." Wisdom and daily life. Meeting of souls. Lessons to be learned and life to be lived. Lilith is smart, talented, and independent. She's funny, and, she's fun. But, she's also on a path. She's enlightened, and, questioning, Dreams, Gandharva, and, Apsarasa help Lilith on her path. Lilith is a heroine. I laughed and I had to think.

Fantastic read!

Refreshingly charming, Lilith is a heartfelt story by a talented author. Great debut!

Enchanting!

The exploits, characters and depictions of Lilith's life in Philly

are so enjoyable. You feel as though you are right there, in

the moment! Definite "must read".

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Título: El paraíso era una canción [Paradise Was a Song]

Autor: Fernando Riquelme

Narrador: Alba Sola

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-19-15

Editor: Booka

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Anna, una mujer que dejó su trabajo en la gerencia de un hotel para ocuparse de sus hijas y de su marido, recibe un mazazo al conocer la noticia de la muerte de su esposo en un accidente. El golpe es doble al enterarse de que, en el momento de ser atropellado, salía de un hotel de la mano de su mejor amiga. A partir de ese momento, Anna va descubriendo la vida oculta de su marido, que la engañaba con sus amigas y dilapidó el dinero familiar en oscuras inversiones de arte. Con la vida partida, la cuenta corriente en números rojos y la autoestima por los suelos, Anna no se deja arrinconar por el destino y decide luchar en solitario para recuperar su dinero, su vida profesional y su lugar en el mundo.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.