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Title: If You Want Me to Stay

Author: Michael Parker

Narrator: T. Ryder Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-06

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Caught between the endless idealism of childhood and the sobering tests of adulthood, Joel and Tank bravely negotiate their way through a landscape of love and beauty, abandonment and betrayal, to learn that the one sure thing is often right by your side.

Members Reviews:

heartbreaking story of family love and damage

Powerfully written and horrifying story of mental illness and the inadequateness of a young boy to protect himself and his siblings from an out-of-control adult world. The fact that we hear the story from the boy's perspective is very effective in showing how underprepared a child is in making decisions in abusive, unhealthy situations. Oh how he needed a responsible grown up to hold and help!

Five Stars

This book is so heart wrenching and yet so well written you can't put it down!

Can't praise this book enough!

This is one of my favorite books. I purchased two additional copies to give away. Mr Parker is a craftsman.

An Excellent Use of Voice

I am not a big fan of the summer novel. I tend to read exactly the same kind of novels during the summer as I would any other time of year. That said, I honestly think that If You Want Me To Stay is the perfect book for summer. It's one of the rare books that manages to be exciting and readable without compromising on quality. Full disclosure: Michael Parker is one of my professors at UNCG, and his class on the contemporary novel was one of my favorites. It was partially because I loved his teaching that I decided to pick up his collection of short stories (The Geographical Cure) and then one of his novels. I can tell you now that I have not been disappointed. Set in North Carolina during a hot summer (much like the one we're having now), If You Want Me to Stay is a luminous example of the power of voice in creating a truly enjoyable reading experience.

Narrated by a 14-year old boy, If You Want Me to Stay is above all an incredible example of the effective use of narrative voice. Joel Jr. is an incredibly interesting narrator with a voice that is both unique and believable. Having lived in North Carolina for a good portion of my life, I can tell you that I have met boys who talk exactly like Joel. He is sometimes funny, sometimes cynical, almost always honest, and completely real. But Parker's use of voice goes far beyond the simple mastery of dialect. Where Parker really shines is in how he gets into Joel's head. If You Want Me to Stay starts with a sort of free narrative style, with Joel as the narrator. He tells the story, but with little asides, thoughts, and observations thrown in that make it feel like a real person talking or thinking. What I really loved about the style was that as the novel progressed Joel's narration became more stream-of-consciousness than not. The last few sections are in a nearly impressionistic style, painting the images Joel sees and mixing them with his thoughts, feelings, memories, and the music that courses throughout the novel. It's a great device, because the narrative gets more stream of consciousness as the boys get more tired and confused, making the style match the content and theme of the novel.

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Título: Pedro y Juan [Peter and John]

Autor: Guy de Maupassant

Narrador: Carlos J. Vega

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-18-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Los dos hermanos, Pedro y Juan, son rivales por el amor de una mujer y Pedro hace uso de toda clase de recursos para traicionar a su hermano, que parece ser el exitoso.

© and (P)2001 Editorial Fonolibros de Colombia

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Título: Investigacion de Mercados [Una Herramienta Gerencial]

Autor: Flavio Vera Lizarazo

Narrador: Flavio Vera Lizarazo

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 29 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-10-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 1.5 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Definetely a a must for any enterpreneur looking to position his company in this competitive world. With exhaustive and proven techniques.

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Title: Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love

Author: Lauren Grodstein

Narrator: Ernie Schwartz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-06

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It's a Saturday morning in Brooklyn. Joel Miller, age 28, stands outside his locked bathroom door. Behind it are his girlfriend Lisa, a Dixie cup, and a pregnancy test. While she stalls for time, Miller is left in his hallway to wonder and wait: for the results of the test, for the pieces of his addled life to come together, for some kind of divine intervention to guide his actions when Lisa finally emerges.

Thus begins Lauren Grodstein's beguiling debut novel, a wise, wonderfully assured journey deep into the heart of the commitment-phobic male. Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love fearlessly charts the romantic odyssey of one endearing New York bachelor, and in so doing illuminates some universal truths about family, loyalty, devotion, and love.

Critic Reviews:

"Sweet, honest....Compulsively readable." (Publishers Weekly)

"An insightful study of our search for meaningful connections" (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Terrible Reader

This story isn't bad in and of itself, but the reading is awful. The narrator's voice is annoying and he mispronounces several simple everyday words. I had trouble making it through to the end of this one, but I wanted to find out what happened to the characters enough to muscle through.

Flat presentation

I wish I had read the book rather than listening to the audio version. The narrator had such a flat, uninteresting voice that I was utterly bored. I think the story, itself, is probably worth reading, but the reading is just too monotone. (And he mispronounces a surprising number of words--how did that get past an editor?)

Good story, horrible narrator

I liked the story. It was an interesting depiction of NYC dating in the late 80's early 90's ish.

I liked the characters and also thought they were honestly portrayed, to the point where at times, you DIDN'T like them.

The narrator was HORRIBLE. He sounded like he had a mouthful of phlegm thru alot of it, and he pronounced the word Khaki like COCKY. Eh? He was awful.

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On rare occasion an author can accurately and insightfully speak from the perspective of the other gender. This is not one.

The main character is an early-mid twenties male, living with a girlfriend. The author doesn't even get close to estimating his internal dialog and emotional states.

Particularly bad are the parts where he is waiting for his girlfriend to take a pregnancy test and where he is reflecting on his relationship with his divorced parents. Both of which I have had some experience with :)

Caveat: these scenes are at the begining of the novel. I did not read on. Who knows... maybe it get's better?

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Título: Estrategias de Producto [Product Strategies]

Autor: Juan Alejandro Gutierrez Hurtado

Narrador: Juan Alejandro Gutierrez Hurtado

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 57 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-10-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 1 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

In this audiobook you will find a concrete, agile, and practical analysis of the basic strategies that can be implemented in the efficient administration of a product, taking as a fundamental base the knowledge of each one of the attributes and characteristics of a product. The topics that are analyzed are: marketing fundamental concepts, trends of the new millennium, product administration, definitions of a product, product classification, product features (content, marking, packaging, price, etc.), its managing, and strategies.

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Título: El Camino del Exito y Como Mejorar la Calidad de Vida [The Road to Success and How to Improve the Quality of Life]

Autor: Hugo Tapias

Narrador: Pedro Montoya

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 1 hr and 23 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 04-12-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 2 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

¡El exito no es cuestion de suerte o azar! Aqui estan las formulas para lograr exito: en la vida, en las relaciones, en los negocios, y al ser exitoso su calidad de vida mejorara.

© & (P)2001 Disonex S.A.

Opiniones de los miembros:

I see yoiu on the top

good motivation

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Título: Tifon [Typhoon]

Autor: Joseph Conrad

Narrador: Hernando Ivan Cano

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 1 min

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-14-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

A boat filled with a group of poor chinamen, returning to their country with their life savings is a victim of a tropical storm. The dangers of the seas and the way the personal growth of all concerned is recognized by each one are masterly described.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Four Stars

Ningúna obra de Conrad, hasta ahora, me ha defraudado

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Title: Late and Soon

Author: Robert Hughes

Narrator: Robert Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-06

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

So begins a story set in the rarified but fast-paced world of art auctions and the cultural and social whirl of New York City. Late and Soon chronicles Claire's emotional course as she puts together a sale of paintings that could make her career. She is captivated by one painting in particular that speaks to her; a James Tissot work titled "The Widow", and is taken under wing by the painting's owner, an elderly, well-to-do society matron of the old school, who loves the painting too, and who's parting with it for reasons that Claire finds poignant, especially regarding her own romantic longings.

Critic Reviews:

"Claire's emotional twists and turns, rendered in ornamental prose attuned to the slightest shift in feeling or nuance, are...affecting in this credible tale of longing and hope." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

insufferable

I had thought this was going to be a book by the art critic, Robert Hughes. What a nasty surprise I got as I sat, trapped on my car trip, with this instead. Amateurish with a heavy dose of pomposity, boring. Pseudo-profound. I'm stunned that this book could find a publisher!

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Title: The Third Brother

Author: Nick McDonell

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-05

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Mike is a journalist interning in Hong Kong when his editor gives him the assignment: find Christopher Dorr, a brilliant journalist gone AWOL. So begins a propulsive journey that will take a young man headlong through fast nights in Thailand, into the grip of family tragedy, and into the heart of September 11, 2001. Along the way he encounters a kaleidoscope of characters: the Flying Circus, a hard-living band of journalists trying to expose the Thai government's murderous repression of drug dealers; Tweety, an inexplicably alluring prostitute hungry to leave her world of poverty and desperation; and the third brother, a mysterious, imaginary sibling created by Mike's haunted older brother. The Third Brother moves with the speed and purpose of a bullet, offering a devastating portrait of a family caught between love and turmoil, and of a young man stretching to come to terms with his past and to find his future.

©2005 Nick McDonnell; (P)2005 Tantor Media

Critic Reviews:

"McDonnell has a knack for capturing place with sharp-eyed, vivid prose." (Publishers Weekly)

"McDonell is immensely talented." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Thanks

NEW VOICE IN TEEN LIT

I think Nick McDonell is an young and important voice in new American teen lit. And his talent has developed over the 5 or six years since "Twelve," which, if I were teaching h.s. English, I'd assign. Can't wait for his next work.

Something of a sophomore slump

McDonell's first novel "Twelve" was effective because although it wasn't beautifully written (and it did have moments of this), the book's style served its purpose well. In other words, the shallow characters and short chapters helped us understand these disillusioned characters a bit better and weirdly enriched the book. Bret Easton Ellis did this (fast pacing, shallow characters) before McDonell in both "Less Than Zero" and "The Rules of Attraction", but McDonell made his book unique and exciting.

"The Third Brother" is certainly not difficult to read. It is not a tedious piece of modern "literary" fiction. It is written in much the same style as "Twelve." The problem with this is that given the characters and action of "The Third Brother," short chapters make no sense. McDonell needs to garner the confidence to let his characters have depth and complexity. He needs to allow for longer dialogues, scenes, and chapters. There is nothing inherently wrong with short chapters and basic characterizations in fiction, but 21st-century expatriate journalists and intelligent post-adolescents, as nihilistic or hedonistic as they may be, aren't best portrayed like this.

As has been mentioned in reviews not on Amazon, McDonell's three-piece narrative is also weak and again smacks of a lack of confidence in his ability to maintain a good story.

McDonell nonetheless has a lot of talent and the potential to do well -- or at least much, much better than this second effort.

Great Gag Gift

My girlfriend bought this book for me for Christmas so I felt obligated to read it. After reading it I am seriously contemplating breaking up with her.

The only positive thing about the book is that it's a quick read, mainly because it is at a 7th grade reading level. Little Johnny might like this one while his mom is driving him to soccer practice.

The story is weak and fragmented.

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Title: Came Back to Show You I Could Fly

Author: Robin Klein

Narrator: Dino Marnika

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-05

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It's the summer holidays and eleven-year-old loner, Seymour, lodged with a fussy guardian in an inner-city suburb, is bored and unhappy in his confined world. By chance he meets Angie, beautiful, charismatic Angie. He is bewitched, and his world is opened as she takes him on unexpected holiday outings and shopping sprees. Angie, however, is not what she seems. Far from being extrovert and carefree, she too is lonely and trapped in her own unhappy world. Angie is using drugs.

© Robin Klein; (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing Pyt Ltd by arrangement with Penguin Group (Australia)

Editorial Reviews:

For eleven-year-olds like Seymour, there is no better time than summer holiday. Unfortunately, little Seymour is a bit of a loner and stuck with a fussy guardian, so this summer is shaping up to be a real bore. A chance meeting with the enchanting teenager Angie, however, looks to turn everything around. Performed with an incredible energy by veteran actor, Dino Marnika, Came Back to Show You I Could Fly is the heartfelt story of two unlikely friends and the secret one of them harbors that could send everything spiraling out of control.

Critic Reviews:

"A splendidly readable and optimistic book." (London Independent [UK])

Members Reviews:

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" for the Younger Set

This is a lovely book. Heartbreaking, cautiously optimistic, and ultimately affirmative. Like Holly Golightly and maybe even Sally Bowles our heroine Angie is gay, sad, independent, and damaged. She's burdened by her past and uncertain about her future, and the story told here is both her story and the story of observant, timid and perceptive thirteen year old hero Seymour.

"Breakfast...", to me, is almost unendurably sad, cast as it is in shades of black and grey, and leaving its main characters rather lost and hopeless. That's why I say that this book is aimed at a younger readership. Both Angie and Seymour end up the better for their adventures, with both being at least offered paths up and out of their personal dilemmas.

The book opens slowly, but elegantly. Seymour undertakes to explore his new neighborhood, (that's how he ends up first meeting Angie), and this section of the book reads like one long, beautifully crafted, deeply atmospheric tracking shot. By the time Seymour meets Angie we know pretty much everything we need to know about the setting and about Seymour. Angie's appearance is like a lightning strike; well, she is so languid and mellow it's more like shimmery heat lightning. From that point on the reader is transfixed.

There's a reason why this book was celebrated and awarded when it came out over twentyfive years ago, and why it is still vibrant and pertinent and rewarding today. It is beautifully conceived, framed, crafted, and written, and lays out a clear and compelling standard for quality YA literary fiction. A great discovery.

(Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

Came back to show you I could fly by Robin Klein

The novel is about a boy named Seymour, who stays with a fussy old guardian who wont let him out, worried his father might take him away.