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Título: Donde aúllan las colinas [Where the Hills Howl]

Autor: Francisco Narla

Narrador: Iñigo Purroy

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 4 hrs and 32 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-10-16

Editor: Leer-e 2006 S.L.

Categorías: Fiction, Historical

Resumen del editor:

En Hispania la guerra civil ha terminado. Roma está en manos de un solo hombre: Julio César. Pero su ambición no tiene límites, y conoce un lugar en las colinas del norte donde se guarda un secreto que garantizaría el poder que ambiciona. Y hasta la ancestral Galicia envía a un grupo escogido de sus legionarios que, haciéndose pasar por alimañeros, acabarán con los lobos que merman el ganado de las tribus locales. Sin embargo, algo saldrá mal.La última loba preñada es acorralada. Y el lobo no tendrá piedad con los hombres que han matado a su compañera. Los perseguirá hasta el corazón de la misma Roma y truncará los planes secretos de Julio César.Una novela histórica cargada de aventura y tensión que profundiza en la ancestral lucha entre el hombre y la naturaleza. Una lectura imprescindible.Sigue las huellas del lobo....

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Five Stars

me a gustado

Muy bueno y recomendable

Muy bueno, me encantó desde principio a fin, quizás como las buenas historias se me ha hecho corto pero así pasa a veces

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Titolo: Ipazia

Autore: Charles Kingsley

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-10-16

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Fiction, Historical

Riepilogo Editore:

Ipàzia (Alessandria d'Egitto,) fu una matematica, astronoma e filosofa greca, e viene considerata come una "martire della libertà di pensiero." Ipazia" era giunta a tanta cultura da superare di molto tutti i filosofi del suo tempo, a succedere nella scuola platonica riportata in vita da Plotino e a spiegare a chi lo desiderava tutte le scienze filosofiche. Per questo motivo accorrevano da lei da ogni parte tutti coloro che desideravano pensare in modo filosofico". Così Socrate Scolastico, storico della Chiesa scrive nel 440.

Già con i decreti dell'imperatore Teodosio era stata sancita la proibizione di ogni genere di culto pagano, punibile con la morte. Quando ad Alessandria divenne vescovo Cirlillo, questi, sempre secondo Socrate Scolastico, rese l'episcopato più simile ad un principato, dominandola cosa pubblica oltre il limite consentito all'ordine episcopale.

Nel marzo del 415 un gruppo di cristiani dall'animo surriscaldato, guidati da un predicatore di nome Pietro, si misero d'accordo e si appostarono per sorprendere la donna mentre faceva ritorno a casa. Tiratala giù dal carro, la trascinarono fino alla chiesa che prendeva il nome da Cesario; qui, strappatale la veste, la uccisero usando dei cocci. "Dopo che l'ebbero fatta a pezzi membro a membro, trasportati i brandelli del suo corpo nel cosiddetto Cinerone, cancellarono ogni traccia bruciandoli. Questo procurò non poco biasimo a Cirillo e alla chiesa di Alessandria. Infatti stragi, lotte e azioni simili a queste sono del tutto estranee a coloro che meditano le parole di Cristo". (Socrate scolastico).

Questa la storia. Il romanzo di questo autore, sacerdote e scrittore storico, ripercorre fedelmente i fatti offrendo i punti di vista di tutte le parti in causa, affiancando personaggi immaginari a personaggi storici, in un mix stimolante e coinvolgente.

© Dominio pubblico (P)2016 Silvia Cecchini

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Title: When the Sky Fell Apart

Author: Caroline Lea

Narrator: Lara J West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-16

Publisher: Lamplight Audio

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Jersey, June 1940: it starts after the bombs land, obliterating the last shred of hope that Hitler will avert his attention from the Channel Islands.

Within weeks 12,000 German troops land on the Jersey beaches. For 10-year-old Claudine, it means a reeducation under German rule, and for Maurice it means protecting his sick wife at all costs. These memorable characters take you on a journey through the war that you will not forget.

Critic Reviews:

"The writing is beautiful. The characters growing affinities, and the complications those relationships brings with them, make for fascinating reading." (Cecelia Ekback, author of Wolf Winter)

Members Reviews:

beautiful story form new author

Loved this intimate story of people's lives, passions, compassion and struggles to survive. This is a very personal tale set against a backdrop of history's most earth shattering periods

Beautifully written

A fascinating and touching subject; this was utterly compelling from start to finish, with truly lovely turns of phrase and well rounded characters.

Refunded

This may well have been a great book but sadly I couldn't cope with the narration. The delivery was painfully slow, so much so, that it made it impossible for me to follow the story. I listened to about half an hour but then applied for a refund.

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Title: Acquaintance

Subtitle: A Novella

Author: Gev Sweeney

Narrator: Laura E. Richcreek

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-16

Publisher: Gev Sweeney

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

An estate gambled away. A daughter taking a chance on revenge. A stranger at risk of losing his heart. Will a match be made through the ties that blind and other unspeakable acts?

©2015 Gev Sweeney (P)2016 Gev Sweeney

Members Reviews:

Seriously clever writing!

Don't take this too seriously. If you do, youâll miss the point: the plot will be mystifying, and the characters will seem bizarre. Instead, look for the subtle humor, the delicate sense of mischief that threads it's way through the narrative. Let that guide you.

For this is a joke - a deliciously clever, finely crafted parody of its own genre. It takes the classic (and perhaps slightly cliched?) elements and gives them a finely calculated tweak. Just enough to make the characters slightly quirky, the plot a little overdone, the dialogue (especially that carried out by the means of lengthy handwritten notes!) almost but not quite bordering on the ridiculous. All put together with a smooth flow of words that moves the story along without any awkward phrases or clumsy sentences to distract. It is a pleasure to read - whether you're enjoying the story, smiling at the humor, or just admiring the craftsmanship with which it has been written. Just don't take it seriously!

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Titre: D'infinies promesses

Auteur: Annie Degroote

Narrateur: Séverine Bordes

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 05-04-16

Éditeur: CdLEDITIONS

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Une flamboyante saga en Flandre et en Bourgogne, au temps de la Toison d'or."

1430, à Lille. Naëlle du Hesdin, modeste enlumineuse, est follement éprise du seigneur Thibault de Ghiselin. La disparition inquiétante de leur neveu amène Naëlle et son frère Nicolas, maître verrier, à solliciter l'aide de Thibault pour retrouver cet enfant très vulnérable. C'est l'occasion inespérée pour Naëlle d'approcher le mystérieux chevalier sur lequel pèsent de lourdes insinuations et menaces. Pourquoi veut-on causer sa perte ? Qui est, dans son ombre, ce prince de Saklikent, ancien croisé de retour de captivité chez les Ottomans ? Pour sauver son unique amour, Naëlle n'aura pas d'autre choix que de forcer le destin...

Secrets, serments, vengeances, trahisons, mais aussi faste, couleurs, lumière : l'auteur des Racines du temps, de Renelde, fille des Flandres, de La Splendeur des Van Eyck entraîne dans un tourbillon d'aventures aux plus riches heures de la Flandre bourguignonne.

Native des Flandres françaises, Annie Degroote vit à Paris. Avant de se consacrer à la littérature, elle fut comédienne, metteur en scène, et auteur dramatique. Personnalité du Nord, chroniqueuse à La Voix du Nord, récompensée par le Grand Prix des Lettres de la Société des arts et des lettres de la ville de Lille, ses romans ont rencontré un succès qui s'étend aujourd'hui à toute la France.

La lectrice : Séverine Bordes, qui excelle dans différents domaines audio, est régulièrement sollicitée chez CdL EDITIONS pour la justesse de son ton et son élocution prenante.

©2015 Calmann-Lévy (P)2016 CdL Éditions

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Titel: Der rote Himmel

Autor:: Iny Lorentz

Erzähler: Anne Moll

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-29-16

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

1860, im Süden der USA: Die Situation ist äußerst angespannt. Walther Fitchner tritt als einer von wenigen für den Erhalt der Union an - und wird von seinem politischen Gegner Montgomery zum Duell gefordert. Fitchner gewinnt das Duell, muss danach aber die Hauptstadt verlassen. Währenddessen versucht der inzwischen zum General aufgestiegene Burke, sich Walthers Besitz aufgrund eines neuen Gesetzes anzueignen. Um dem zu entgehen, bleibt Walther nichts anderes übrig, als den Eid auf die neugegründeten Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika abzulegen. Doch dies ist nicht die letzte Intrige, die Walthers Feinde gegen ihn spinnen...

©2016 Bastei Lübbe (P)2016 Lübbe Audio

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Title: Shadow and Dust: A Throne of the Caesars Story

Author: Harry Sidebottom

Narrator: Colin Mace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A tense and brilliantly dramatic short story from the best-selling author of The Throne of the Caesars Series. This thrilling short story opens at the end of Blood & Steel and is the perfect trailer for Harry Sidebottom's new novel, Fire & Sword.

AD 238. When Gordian the Younger is brutally cut down at the battle of Carthage, his ally, Phillyrio, and a centurion from his army must make for the hills of Northern Africa to escape Maximinus' army. But their enemy, led by Capelianus, is determined to hunt them down.

Critic Reviews:

"An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge." (The Times)

"Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship." (The Times)

"Superior fiction, with depth, authenticity and a sense of place." (TLS)

"A storming triumph...wonderful fight scenes, deft literary touches and salty dialogue." (Daily Telegraph)

"Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama." (Guardian)

Members Reviews:

Desert pursuit is gripping - and moving

Picture this: battle lines are drawn - it could go either way. Nothing goes to plan. You - in the guise of a Roman special forces' scout - hurtle through lethal challenges towards whatever end Fortuna decrees.

Harry Sidebottom's short story Shadow and Dust is a narrative offshoot of Blood and Steel, the second novel in his Throne of the Caesars series. It precedes his latest novel Fire and Sword. The action is set in North Africa in the tumultuous 3rd Century Roman Empire and in moments of respite Sidebottom's characters reflect on the pros, cons and consequences of empire in terms relevant to contemporary politics.

For readers like myself, who are not military history buffs or re-enactors, the initial descriptions of how battle forces are arrayed are slightly confronting (but I have trouble telling left from right). Once the set-piece strategies break down the tale is unfailingly tense, gripping - and fast. It's a tribute to Sidebottom's storytelling skills that his characterisations are as strong as the action.

The ending packed a punch. I found the epitaph - an actual historical inscription - moving.

tTooExpensive

Much as I like the books and I have read them all, I think $10is a bit much for 20 orso pages

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Titel: Die Kapelle im Moor (Moor-Trilogie 2)

Autor:: Tom Finnek

Erzähler: Elmar Börger

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-21-16

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Das Münsterland nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg: Im Sommer des Jahres 1668 kehrt der Schausteller und Taschendieb Daniel Wagenknecht anlässlich einer Kirchweih in das Moordorf Ahlbeck zurück, in dem er als Säugling von drei Bauern lebendig begraben wurde. Daniel will die Geheimnisse von damals lüften - und sich an den Schuldigen rächen.

Begleitet wird er von seinem Ziehvater Roloff. An der Stelle im Moor, wo dieser ihn einst gefunden hat, steht nun eine geheimnisvolle Kapelle, in der ein geistig verwirrter Pater auf die Rückkehr des Satans wartet. Während alle sich auf die bevorstehende Kirmes vorbereiten, kommt Daniel dem Geheimnis des Dorfes und einem grauenvollen Verbrechen auf die Spur...

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©2002 Tom Finnek (P)2016 Audible GmbH

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Title: The Debt

Author: L. J. Bonham

Narrator: Wes Elliott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-16

Publisher: Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Sir William de Clopton has come to defend the Crusaders' last toe hold in the Holy Land only to find it besieged by a terror so great even his supposed enemies have fled. Now he must face history's greatest marauder, Tamir the Lame, and his army who have laid waste a continent. Sir William's only hope lies with a small band of the Knights of St. John and warriors who serves the sworn enemy of his king. They must hold the port of Smyrna at all costs or they, and thousands of innocents, will die horribly.

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Title: The Penny Heart

Author: Martine Bailey

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-16

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Sentenced to death for a simple confidence trick, Mary Jebb escapes the gallows...but her reprieve is harsh: seven years in the unforgiving penal colony of Botany Bay. Yet Mary is determined not to be forgotten, sending two pennies, engraved with a promise, to the two men who sealed her fate.

Timid artist Grace Moore jumps at the opportunity to marry handsome gentleman Michael Croxon - happy if only to get away from her drunken father. But when Grace takes on a new cook, the two penny heart love tokens reveal she is tied to a world she didn't know existed...a world of deceit, double crossing, revenge and murder.

Members Reviews:

I loved âAn Appetite for Violetsâ

I loved âAn Appetite for Violetsâ, and was eager to read Martine Baileyâs second novel. âThe Penny Heartâ is a strong successor: atmospheric, dramatic and haunting. There are characteristics common to both books: beautiful writing, sumptuous and vivid period detail that instantly transports you to the eighteenth century, and a fast-moving, constantly surprising plot. Both are written in the âCulinary gothicâ style â a term coined by Faye Weldon especially for Baileyâs writing. There are eighteenth century recipes at the start of each chapter, and food plays a significant part throughout.

The Penny Heart is darker in tone than An Appetite for Violets, yet there is redemption at the end. From the first page, Bailey creates a sinister atmosphere, as two brothers are tricked and robbed by a woman on the streets of Manchester. She is Mary Jebb, an orphan who was raised in The Life, Manchesterâs criminal underworld. As punishment for the robbery, Mary is deported to the Australian colonies, where she loses everything that made life worth living, except a burning desire for revenge

Grace Moore leads a desperately unhappy life, caring for her brutal, alcoholic father. She marries Michael Croxon, though she hardly knows him, to get away. However, Michael is not everything he seems. Grace must shed her naivety and rely increasingly on her wits in order to survive.

The novel has a clever structure, with alternating chapters written from Maryâs and Graceâs point of view. Bailey cleverly builds suspense, keeping the reader one step ahead of Grace at all times, yet not far ahead enough to know what is going to happen. The action moves from the slums of Manchester to the Australian penal colonies to New Zealandâs Maori tribes. Bailey has a fine eye for place, vividly describing each setting.

Grace and Mary are completely different characters, yet both are strong and memorable. It is part of the magic of Baileyâs writing that you sympathise with Mary, while being aware of her wickedness.

This is a highly recommended novel that lingers in the mind long after you have finished reading. I am already looking forward to Martine Baileyâs next book!

A Gothic Tale with Depth

I really enjoyed Baileyâs first novel, An Appetite for Violets, and was intrigued to see what she had conjured up in her next book. Itâs definitely darker and more Gothic and I was soon drawn into this strange 18th century world of thievery, treachery and survival. Throughout this wicked tale are insightful moments as we stop to ponder Maryâs fate and the lack of compassion shown towards her, which fuels her final revenge.