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Titre: Le philosophe qui n'était pas sage

Auteur: Laurent Gounelle

Narrateur: François Hatt

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 02-22-13

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 3.5 sur 5 sur 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Deux destins qui s'affrontent, deux conceptions de la vie que tout oppose. Sandro, jeune philosophe rongé par l'amertume depuis la disparition de sa femme, décide de se rendre au cœur de la forêt amazonienne pour s'attaquer au bonheur d'une tribu réputée être la plus heureuse au monde. Mais face à son désir de vengeance va se dresser la jeune Elianta, déterminé à protéger les siens...

Un roman captivant ; plein d'humour, de sens et de suspense. Une histoire surprenante qui cache une subtile remise en cause de notre société.

L'auteur

est un spécialiste du développement personnel. Depuis quatorze ans, il parcourt le monde à la rencontre de praticiens exceptionnels, qu'ils soient experts américains en neurosciences, shamans péruviens ou sages balinais.

©2012 Editions Kero, en coédition avec les Editions Plon (P)2012 Audiolib

Revues par les critiques:

Le mot de l'auteur :

"J'avais envie d'inviter chacun de nous à une prise de conscience, et oser la question : est-ce vraiment ce que nous voulons ?"

Laurent Gounelle

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Title: Music of a Life

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Andrei Makine, Geoffrey Strachen (translator)

Narrator: Gregory St. John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

May 24, 1941: Alexeï Berg, a classical pianist, is set to perform his first solo concert in Moscow. But just before his début, his parents - his father a renowned playwright, and his mother a famed opera singer - are exposed for their political indiscretions and held under arrest. With World War II on the brink, and fearing that his own entrapment is not far behind, Alexeï flees to the countryside, assumes the identity of a Soviet soldier, and falls dangerously in love with a general officer's daughter. What follows is a two-decades-long journey through war and peace, love and betrayal, art and artifice - a rare ensemble in the making of the music of a life.

Editorial Reviews:

As the narrator of this brief, dreamlike, and pointedly philosophical novel waits for a delayed train at a snowy station in the Russian countryside in 1941, he contemplates history, fatality, and the absurd. Andrei Makine, a Russian émigré to France in the 1980s and author of the much heralded Dreams of My Russian Summers, weaves sensory details and philosophical inquiry into one tight, elegiac whole. Performed in a pleasing and energetic American dialect by Gregory St. John, Music of a Life introduces the listener to a young pianist searching for a "tragic harmony" as his country descends into Soviet madness and dispiriting war. Like Voltaires Candide, Camuss The Stranger, and other brief novels of philosophical weight, Music of a Life consoles even as it confounds.

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Title: Scent of Darkness

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Margot Berwin

Narrator: Margot Berwin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-13

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In her best-selling debut, Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire, Margot Berwin brought us to the rain forests of Mexico - to a land of shamans, spirit animals, and snake charmers - in the search for nine rare and valuable plants. Now, with her hotly anticipated second novel, Berwin takes us somewhere darker: deep into the bayous of Louisiana, to a world of fortune-tellers, soothsayers, and potent elixirs. Scent of Darkness is a magical, seductive story about the power of scent, and about what happens when a perfume renders a young woman irresistible.

Evangeline grows up understanding the extraordinary effects of fragrance. Her grandmother Louise is a gifted aromata, a master of scent-making and perfume. When Eva was a girl, Louise carefully explained that lavender under her pillow would make her dream of the man she would marry; eucalyptus would make her taller; almandine, fatter; and jasmine, Louise promised, would wrap her life in a mystery. When Eva is eighteen, Louise leaves her the ultimate gift - a scent created just for her. The small perfume vial is accompanied by a note in Louises slanted script: Do not remove the stopper, Evangeline, unless you want everything in your life to change.

From the moment Eva places a drop - the essence of fire, leather, rose, and jasmine - on her neck, men dance closer to her, women bury their noses deep into her hair, even the cats outside her bedroom cry to be near her. After a lifetime spent blending into the background, Eva is suddenly the object of intense desire to everyone around her. Strangers follow her down the street; a young boy appears at her door asking for a favor; and two men, one kind and good, the other dark and seductive, fall deeply, madly in love with her. As her greatest gift becomes an unbearable curse, Eva must uncover the secret of her scent and the message her grandmother, the woman who loved her most, wanted to tell her.

A bewitching tale of love, blood, power, and magic, Scent of Darkness is a wildly inventive novel that will seduce the readers every sense.

Critic Reviews:

Profound thoughts are deeply explored by the protagonist Evangeline (aka Eva) in Scent of Darkness. . . . Fascinating . . . Which path will Eva choose and with what outcome? Will the powerful scent be used for evil or good? To answer this question would be to give away the twists and turns in Scent of Darkness - and that would certainly be unfair, for Scent of Darkness is thoroughly engrossing. (Laura Schultz, New York Journal of Books)

Berwin follows Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire with a tale about the mysterious and luscious world of the aromata, professional perfume makers. . . . Berwins prose is poetic and measured, and her enchanting novel will leave readers searching for a scent of their own. (Amber Peckham, Booklist)

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Title: Jacques and His Master

Subtitle: A Play

Author: Milan Kundera

Narrator: Simon Callow, David Timson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-13

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.

When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera explains, he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century - "And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humor, and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste." The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot," which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here, Jacques and His Master, newly translated by Simon Callow, is a text that will delight Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.

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Title: The Boy I Love

Subtitle: The Boy I Love, Book 1

Author: Marion Husband

Narrator: Ben Elliot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The story is set in the aftermath of World War One. Paul Harris, still frail after shellshock, returns to his fathers home and to the arms of his secret lover, Adam. He discovers that Margot, the fiancée of his dead brother, is pregnant and marries her through a sense of loyalty. Through Adam he finds work as a schoolteacher; while setting up a home with Margot he continues to see Adam.

Pat Morgan who was a sergeant in Pauls platoon, runs a butchers shop in town and cares for his twin brother, Mick who lost both legs in the war. Pat yearns for the closeness he experienced with Paul in the trenches. Set in a time when homosexuality was the love that dare not speak its name the story develops against the backdrop of the strict moral code of the period. Paul has to decide where his loyalty and his heart lies as the entire characters search hungrily for the love and security denied them during the war.

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Title: The Last Chance Ranch

Author: Ruth Wind, Barbara Samuel

Narrator: Larry Oliver

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-13

Publisher: Barbara Samuel

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fans of Barbara Freethy and Susan Wiggs will devour this full length contemporary romantic tale of food and dogs, redemption and second chances by RITA award winner Barbara Samuel.

As a romantic teen, Tanya Bishop married a passionate, intense man who ultimately ended up nearly killing her more than once. When she finally killed him to save herself and her son, Tonio, she was sent to prison, and her son went into the custory of her husband's cousin, Ramon Quezada, who runs a ranch for troubled boys. When Tanya is finally released, Ramon offers her a home and job, working in the kitchens of the ranch, where she can have a chance to develop a relationship again with her son-and maybe learn to love again herself. A highly emotional, uplifting story of second chances from a writer of rare power, The Last Chance Ranch is a timely and moving romantic novel.

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Title: Russell Wiley Is Out to Lunch

Author: Richard Hine

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Russell Wiley is in deep trouble. A media executive for the failing Daily Business Chronicle, his career is teetering on the brink of collapse, and his sexless marriage is fast approaching its expiration date. With his professional and personal lives floundering, its no wonder Russell is distracted, unhappy, and losing faith in himself. Making matters worse are his scheming boss, a hotshot new consultant, and the beguiling colleague whose mere presence has a disconcerting effect on Russells starved libido. Disaster seems imminent...and thats before he makes a careless mistake that could cost the paper millions. Russell realizes he must take drastic action if he is going to salvage his career, his love life, and what little remains of his self-respect. Sardonic, edgy, and true to life, this gripping novel from author Richard Hine offers an insiders view into a newspapers inner sanctum and the people who oil the wheels of the old media machine.

Heralded by Publishers Weekly as one part Glengarry Glen Ross and two parts Sophie Kinsella, Russell Wiley Is Out to Lunch is a debut novel that will delight any listener who has waded through the uncharted territories of the heart or witnessed the ironies of corporate life.

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Title: Bare Essence

Author: Meredith Rich

Narrator: Isabelle Gordon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The birth of a great scent is the main focus in Meredith Rich's absorbing drama about the rise and fall of people behind the perfume industry. Throughout wonderful settings, gorgeous women, handsome men, power, and romance, Rich's first outing paints a colorful portrait of a pampered heroine on the brink of self-discovery, and the effect it causes to those around her.

Bare Essence touches themes such as trust, betrayal, love, greed, independence, and the power of forgiveness: all the right ingredients for making this novel a sure-fire best seller. With a clear prose behind a rich jet-set frame of mind, the author's talent definitely shines from cover to cover.

Editorial Reviews:

The perfume industry is the sumptuous backdrop for Bare Essence, Meredith Rich's popular drama about the creation of a stirring new scent. Rich's evocative prose takes on a sensual character under Isabelle Gordon's velvety narration, as she describes the exploits of Tiger, a beautiful and rich divorcee discovering herself in 1980s New York. A heady mix of corporate intrigue, thrilling sexual escapades, and high drama, Bare Essence captures the soul of the 80s and distills it into pure, decadent listening pleasure.

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Title: Mystery in Prior's Ford

Author: Evelyn Hood

Narrator: Lesley Mackie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-12

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Famous cookery writer Laura Tyler arrives in Priors Ford determined to become immersed in village life and the village drama groups forthcoming production of offers her the perfect opportunity. But Laura has cause to regret her involvement when murder calls a halt to rehearsals of the play. As for Constable Neil White, the death means that now he must team up with his estranged wife, Sergeant Gloria Frost, to conduct the subsequent investigation. Priors Ford is thrown into chaos, with the locals wondering if the killer is a stranger or, worse still, a neighbour. American visitor Amy Rose, with her passion for crosswords and mystery-solving, cant resist dabbling in a spot of amateur sleuthing

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Title: No Time Like the Present

Author: Nadine Gordimer

Narrator: Jon Cartwright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-12

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

At the heart of this story is an interracial couple, Steve and Jabulile, living in a newly tentatively free South Africa. He is a university lecturer, she a lawyer, both comrades in the Struggle and now parents of children born in freedom. There is nothing so extraordinary about their lives, and yet, in telling their story, and the stories of their friends and families, Gordimer manages to capture the tortured, fragmented essence of a nation struggling to define itself in the post-apartheid world.

Critic Reviews:

"Gordimer has undoubtedly become one of the Worlds Great Writers." (Independent)

"Every once in a while, you begin to read a book and suddenly realize you are experiencing greatness." (Washington Times)

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