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Titel: Bad Monkeys

Autor:: Matt Ruff

Erzähler: Jasmin Tabatabai, Heikko Deutschmann, Oliver Brod

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-19-08

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ist sie völlig verrückt, lügt sie oder ist die Wahrheit ganz anders? Wenn Jasmin Tabatabai und Heikko Deutschmann lesen, wird Matt Ruffs Roman rasant wie ein Videoclip voller Abgründe und Höhenflüge, gespickt mit Zitaten und Anspielungen auf Macht und Ohnmacht, Freiheit und Moral.

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Titel: Slam

Autor:: Nick Hornby

Erzähler: Matthias Schweighöfer

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-05-08

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Gerade als alles richtig gut läuft für Sam, lässt seine Ex-Freundin die Bombe platzen: Sie teilt ihm mit, dass sie schwanger ist. Eine Katastrophe für den 18-jährigen Sam. Er kann sich nur an eine Person wenden, an seinen Helden, die Skater-Legende Tony Hawk. Aber sogar der scheint diesmal nicht weiterhelfen zu können.Und so hängt es in dieser witzigen, bewegenden Geschichte allein von Sam ab, die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen. Mit jugendlicher Ausstrahlung liest Matthias Schweighöfer souverän diesen neuen Wurf von Nick Hornby und verströmt ganz nebenbei noch reichlich Charme

(c)+(p) 2008 Der Hörverlag

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Tender and funny

Written by: Nick Hornby

Narrated by: Nicholas Hoult

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

âSlamâ was the 2007 contemporary young adult novel from Nick Hornby, and Iâve been meaning to read it ever since Hornby said this very intelligent thing about YA books:

âI see now that dismissing YA books because youâre not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the grounds that youâre not a policeman or a dangerous criminal, and as a consequence, Iâve discovered a previously ignored room at the back of the bookstore thatâs filled with masterpieces Iâve never heard of.â

I always feel like hugging that quote.

So, âSlamâ is Hornbyâs first and only young adult book to date â but now that Iâve read it (via listening on audiobook) Iâm really crossing my fingers that he writes something else for this readership because âSlamâ was just so darn good.

Itâs hard to pinpoint what I love most about Nick Hornbyâs books. Iâve read most of them and most recently fell head-over-heels in love with his 2014 book âFunny Girlâ â and now that Iâve read his YA offering in âSlamâ I can safely say that a real strength in his writing for younger audiences is that he brings a lot of his adult sensibilities over. âSlamâ, without giving too much away, is all about teen pregnancy from the perspective of 16-year-old father-to-be Sam Jones. Like with most of Hornbyâs books, we first meet our protagonist from a place of âWTF have I done?!â and the rest of the novel is an attempt to untie the knots of their lives.

I must admit â I went in a little sceptical of a âteen pregnancyâ book from the perspective of the teen father. Even as I count Angela Johnsonâs âThe First Part Lastâ (which is on the same subject) as one of my favourite books of all time. Whatâs great about âSlamâ is that Hornby brings no preaching, tick-the-boxing âsorting teen problemsâ feel to this book. Hornby and Sam both know what a monumental fuck-up this is, and Sam is suitably terrified â especially because the men in his family have a history of repeating this particular mistake, and heâs well aware of the repercussions. This repeating of history also means that Sam sets himself up to be a better father than his own, who is uneducated and wholly uninterested in helping to raise his son.

I also wonder if part of my loving âSlamâ so much was the audiobook itself â it is narrated by actor Nicholas Hoult, who had a break-out role in the movie adaptation of Hornbyâs âAbout a Boyâ playing Marcus Brewer.

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Titel: Don Juan de la Mancha oder Die Erziehung der Lust

Autor:: Robert Menasse

Erzähler: Robert Menasse

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 56 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-22-07

Herausgeber: Hoffmann und Campe

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die Geschichte der Liebe ist eine Geschichte von Freiheitskämpfen. Zuerst ging es um die Befreiung der Sexualität, dann mithilfe der freien Liebe um die Befreiung der Gesellschaft. Schließlich um die Befreiung von diesem Anspruch. Aber kann einer zu zweit glücklich werden? Nathan lernt in diesem Erziehungs- und Entwicklungsroman: Kann ihn eine nicht erlösen, kann keine ihn erlösen.

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Titel: Der Teufel von Mailand

Autor:: Martin Suter

Erzähler: Julia Fischer

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-01-07

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Sonias Sinne spielen verrückt: Sie sieht auf einmal Geräusche, schmeckt Formen oder fühlt Farben. Ein Aufenthalt in den Bergen soll ihr Gemüt beruhigen, doch das Gegenteil tritt ein: Im Spannungsfeld von archaischer Bergwelt und urbaner Wellness, bedrohlichem Jahrhundertregen und moderner Telekommunikation beginnt ihre überreizte Wahrnehmung erst recht zu blühen oder gerät die Wirklichkeit aus den Fugen?

(c)+(p) 2007 Diogenes Verlag AG

Kritik Bewertungen:

Martin Suter versteht sich auf Spannung, Julia Fischer macht sie hörbar.

--BücherPick

Ein Pageturner der Extraklasse.

--BücherPick

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Titel: Die Tränen der Wüste

Autor:: Paulo Coelho

Erzähler: Gert Heidenreich

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 6 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-21-07

Herausgeber: Diogenes Verlag AG

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Vom Missionar in Marokko, der die Tränen der Wüste stillt. Von verpaßten Gelegenheiten und Begegnungen, die nicht stattfinden. Von den Statuten des neuen Jahrtausends und den Fallstricken der Suche. Geschichten und Gedanken für jeden Tag, ausgewählt aus dem Band Sei wie ein Fluß, der still die Nacht durchströmt.

(c)+(p) 2007 Diogenes Verlag AG, übersetzt Maralde Meyer-Minnemann

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Title: The Parasites

Author: Daphne Du Maurier

Narrator: Eleanor Bron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-07

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Maria, Niall, and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents: their father a flamboyant singer and their mother a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secrets of their parents' pasts.

Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best, and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world.

Members Reviews:

Not her best

While DuMaurier is one of my favorite authors, this book was not in her regular form. It held no suspense and was rather dull.

Inrteresting.

I enjoyed this book, although my first of her books was "Rebecca", and this doesn't quite meet my expectations after that. It was interesting to see how a disfunctional family of artists turns out as adults.

A bit disappointing

Unfortunately, not up to du Maurier's usual standard: the pace is stately and there are few excitements. It's about a theatrical family, and the three children who are allowed to run wild. Eleanor Bron is a great reader, though.

The Parasites

A rare look at life behind the footlights. Glamerous and squalid in equal proportions as well as funny and sad.

Deserves to be better known

Bron's delivery is absolutely perfect. Range, accents, tone, mood, pace all a joy. The pronunciation of Niall was a surprise to me, but no big deal.

The story is evocative. A bit thin in terms of narrative, but brilliantly structured and minutely observed. A world the author knew well and one that is now gone forever. A story I shall listen to again, definitely.

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Título: Babbitt

Autor: Sinclair Lewis

Narrador: Fabio Camero

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-29-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

The portrait of real estate broker George Babbit tries to portray a typical American with a naturalistic and almost journalistic technique that ends up being not only a mirror image of the character but of all society.

Opiniones de los miembros:

The ultimate middleman

In 1922 the ultimate middleman, George F. Babbitt from Floral Heights, Cincinnati, took the stage and showed a character who was crass, pushy, materialistic, conformist yet occasionally sympathetic. Caustic but funny satirical novel never gets old, possibly because American class distinctions haven't changed all that much over the years. This is the starting place for Sinclair Lewis's most important novels, not MAIN STREET which showed Americans the way things had been, but BABBITT that showed Americans they way things were (and Europeans the way things they'd always suspected). Highly recommended.

Classic critique of conformism

Lewis' portrait of the striving middle class is just as appropriate for today's society as it was when he wrote it. His critique of the ideal citizen rings just as true now as then. The hypocracy is just as obvious, and the reward for 'virtue' just as strong. When one of the good fellows starts to think through his position and criticize it, he is ostracized for his unorthodox thoughts, for becoming a red, even though he's nothing close to it. The worst of the red-baiting was yet to come when Lewis wrote Babbitt, but he captures the idea of it pretty well, and the modern parallel seems to be anti-muslim sentiment.

One of the more interesting recurring themes in the book is discussing the benefit of Prohibition while flouting it. In good society, one must always discuss the virutes of Prohibition, especially for the lower classes who need it, so as not to exceed in their imbibing. "Congress didn't understand the right system. Now, if I'd been running the thing, I'd have arranged it so that the drinker himself was licensed, and then we could have taken care of the shiftless workman - kept him from drinking - and yet not 've interfered with the rights - with the personal liberty - of fellows like ourselves." The sentiment of this statement seems to be expressed constantly by various groups still today. Let's take away the rights that these people certainly cannot be trusted with, but make sure we still get to exercise them. It seems preposterous to say who can and cannot have a drink, based on another man's opinion of him, but yet we seem to think it's alright for a number of other activities...

In Babbitt's world, the Good Citizen is the ideal citizen, the man who knows what's best for society and does it, without complaining. He enjoys what he is supposed to enjoy (the modest benefits of a modern, consumerist society), and loathes what he's supposed to loathe (anyone that business leaders tell you is threatening the current situation).

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Título: La Cartuja de Parma [The Charterhouse of Parma]

Autor: Stendhal

Narrador: Pedro Montoya

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 17 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-16-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

A compelling novel of passion and daring, of prisons and heroic escape, of political chicanery and sublime personal courage.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Four Stars

un clasico de la literatura

Excelente novela

Esta es una gran novela. Ojo, el review negativo no corresponde a esta edición, sino a una kindle del año 2012.

Poor quality

I bought this book hoping to accomplish a good reading experience. I found that this version is the exact same one on the net, with the same many errors.

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Título: El Gran Gatsby

Autor: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrador: Hernando Ivan Cano

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 56 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-14-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers.

Opiniones de los miembros:

I will think about this one for years

In all these years, I'd never read this great classic. Now I have and am eager to see the movie.

There are four things I want from a novel and this has all of them:

- Richly developed characters, honestly portrayed with flaws, people we end up interested in, if not caring about. All the characters here are colorful, glamorous -- and shallow and flawed.

- Great writing that mostly is invisible, like background music, swelling occasionally to the point where it's noticed as a pleasant surprise. F. Scott is a master at this, with a constant bed of unusual, rich phrasing and images like no one else's.

- An engaging story.

- A theme -- a takeaway that triggers thought for a days and weeks afterward. I see myself in these broken characters -- how I have treated wealth and being accepted, the lengths we go to find love and when that's missing, to find a level of acceptance that suffices for love.

Overall, a must-read. (And it's not very long. Could read in a weekend.)

"A Consciously Artistic Achievement..."

Contemporarily, when one undertakes a classic literary paragon such as "Gatsby", it isn't usually just for the sheer pleasure of reading a "good book"...one typically reads it to feel the need to be connected to writing so sublime that one could almost draw spiritual innervations from it. Some, on the other hand, may feel the need to be grounded in literature so rich and provocative that upon returning to contemporary fiction, they then have a yardstick with which to compare. Others, still, may derive and extract lost emotions that only the classics can emote.

Whatever vehicle drives one back to consider "Gatsby", the outcome can only lead to some interesting and, perhaps, novel conclusions. This reader's motivation, for example, was a recent reading of Dan Okrent's marvelous account of the bootlegging `20's in "Last Call" a history of prohibition wherein Okrent describes disparate characters very much similar to Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby and the socio-culture of the "jazz-age" that is depicted so eloquently in "Gatsby". Whatever the engine, returning to this prodigious work by Fitzgerald, the reader is again struck by the grandiloquence of the wording, the grandeur of the scene setting, the power of the plot and the gut-wrenching and heartfelt sensibilities of the narrator as he and thus the reader are dragged along in a story so strong and powerful, we immediately recognize the brilliance of Fitzgerald as an archetype fiction writer and also, then, the work of "Gatsby" as his literary masterpiece.

True, there are criticisms that have abounded for decades...the character development especially for Daisy and Tom Buchanan are almost deplorably one dimensional. Some of the criticisms of Gatsby follow this same line...he appears to be horribly shallow and unfeeling; immature in an unsettling way as to drive the reader to wonder what Daisy (no mature stalwart herself by any standard) ever saw in him.

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Título: El Hombre Que Rie [The Man Who Laughs]

Autor: Victor Hugo

Narrador: Laura Garcia

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-10-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

The protagonist of this book is a boy kidnapped by child robbers that have deformed his face in such form that he has a permanent smile. After a life of adventures, he manages to recover his birthright, but when he makes a brilliant speech to describe the sufferings of the others, his deformed face makes everybody think that he's telling a joke and all laugh at him.