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Title: Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn

Author: Sarah Miller

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-06

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Gideon's naive compared to the wolves at Midvale Academy, especially Cullen and Nicholas, his charming, morally ambiguous roommates. They welcome Gid by trashing his music and betting big on when he'll lose his virginity. Will he lose it with the cute and feisty Molly McGarry? Or with Pitar Benitez-Jones, the most beautiful girl Gid's ever seen? Gid actually likes Molly, and hooking up with her might be possible. But winning Pilar would be legendary. Gid is torn; he wants to prove himself to his roommates, but he also wants love. Through it all there's one hysterically funny girl sharing every thought in Gid's conflicted little mind. But who is she?

Critic Reviews:

"If J.D. Salinger and Candace Bushnell had a daughter, she would write like Sarah Miller." (Melissa Kantor, author of Confessions of a Not It Girl)

Members Reviews:

Vivid, Enjoyable Insight into Adolecence

Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn gives a vivid insight into lives previleged prep school students beyond the glamorous facades and into the lives of a number of diverse characters. Sarah Miller gives Gideon a diverse personality through the thoughts of a mysterious girl, with whom he unknowingly shares. Gideons emotions and thoughts are evaluated by the mysterious girl, who does not reveal herself until the end. There is also a strong number of supporting characters - sophisticated Pilar, witty/beautiful Molly, and Gid's scheming roommates Cullen and Nicholas (to name a few). There are exciting moments within the story where there is a sense of suspense. A very descriptive, enjoyable and exciting first novel by Sarah Miller, who I hope will write a sequel with similar caliber.

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Título: Negocios de Familia [Family Business]

Autor: Basilio Balli Morales, Oscar Bravo Pelaez, y Braulio Vivas

Narrador: Basilio Balli Morales, Oscar Bravo Pelaez, y Braulio Vivas

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 24 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-10-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 2 de 5 de 4 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Great guided techniques and guidelines to establish a well-grounded family business.

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Title: Intuition

Author: Allegra Goodman

Narrator: Jenna Stern

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

So when the experiments of Cliff Bannaker, a young postdoc in a rut, begin to work, the entire lab becomes giddy with newfound expectations. But Cliff's rigorous colleague and girlfriend, Robin Decker, suspects the unthinkable: that his findings are fraudulent. As Robin makes her private doubts public and Cliff maintains his innocence, a life-changing controversy engulfs the lab and everyone in it.

Critic Reviews:

"Extremely engaging....A truly humanist novel from the supposedly antiseptic halls of science." (Publishers Weekly)

"Goodman's sympathetic yet floundering characters are compelling, their conflicts provocative, and her writing spellbinding....Vivid, incisive, and funny." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

not recommended

This slow, plodding account is not worth your time. All characters, whether main or secondary, are less than one dimensional and have no appealing or engaging dimensions. The plot churns along at a crawl, offers no surprises or lessons and ends abruptly, suggesting that the author might have run out of steam, interest, or ideas. The book's narrator/reader was capable and quite satisfactory.

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Title: Season of the Snake

Author: Claire Davis

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-22-06

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

As a snake scientist, she is attuned to the dangers of the natural world, but she is unaware of the danger in her own house. With Meredith's arrival, Nance begins to suspect her husband of being a sexual predator. As Ned's behavior unfolds, the two sisters struggle to come to some understanding of what separates them and fight to discover the strength they need to survive.

Critic Reviews:

"Hillary Huber's narration is lyrical enough to be set to music." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Wow!

This book will keep you on the edge of your seat! The story builds slowly, but has you in it's clutches fairly soon. It may well be one of the creepiest books I've ever read or heard. It's quite a character study. I don't want to give anything away here tho. The narrator was a good choice as well. Highly recommend!!

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Title: Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

Author: Ayelet Waldman

Narrator: Susan Denaker

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

For Emilia Greenleaf, life is by turns a comedy of errors and an emotional minefield. Yes, she's a Harvard Law grad who married her soulmate. Yes, they live in elegant comfort on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. But with her one-and-only, Jack, came a stepson, a know-it-all preschooler named William who has become her number one responsibility every Wednesday afternoon. With William, Emilia encounters a number of impossible pursuits, such as the pursuit of cab drivers who speed away when they see William's industrial-strength car seat and the pursuit of lactose-free, strawberry-flavored, patisserie-quality cupcakes, despite the fact that William's allergy is a figment of his over-protective mother's imagination.

As much as Emilia wants to find common ground with William, she becomes completely preoccupied when she loses her newborn daughter. After this, the sight of any child brings her to tears, and Wednesdays with William are almost impossible. When his unceasing questions turn to the baby's death, Emilia is at a total loss. Doesn't anyone understand that self-pity is a full-time job? Ironically, it is only through her blundering attempts to bond with William that she finally heals herself and learns what family really means.

Critic Reviews:

"[An] honest, brutal, bitterly funny slice of life." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Beautiful

This book was the most beautifully honest book I have ever read dealing with love and lost. I would recommend this book to anyone

a fun, quick read

Really enjoyed this book because I am a step mom who has struggled with her stepson, trying to find a balance between being too much Mommy and not enough distance. It's a really hard tightrope to walk. This book gave me some insight, and solace. Nice to know I'm not the only one to have walked this line before. Found her humorous, and very honest. A quick and helpful read.

Very talented writer, a great read ---especially for Upper West Siders

Waldman is super in touch with Manhattanite moms, nannies, therapists and very precocious NYC kids. Perfect mix of humor, frustration, sadness and painful awareness

so very good

I am now and will remain a complete fan of Ayelet Waldman. This is the third of her books if have read in ten days, and they are marvelous! Why didn't I find her earlier?

but I really enjoyed the characters and the plot

The story held my interest. It isn't a masterpiece, but I really enjoyed the characters and the plot.

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Title: Flora's Lot

Author: Katie Fforde

Narrator: Emilia Fox

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-06

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Stuck with a cat about to burst with kittens, Flora has little choice but to accept the offer to stay in an abandoned holiday cottage miles from any neighbours, let alone a trendy winebar. And between fighting off dinner invitations from the devastatingly handsome Henry, and hiding her secret eco-friendly lodger, William, Flora soon discovers country life is far from dull as she sets about rebuilding the crumbling business.

Members Reviews:

Very Basic and Predictable

This story is very predictable, and you can pretty much guess what is going to happen from the first chapter. What is also weird is the relationship between the main character and her cousin.... I found it a bit cringe worthy at the end and incestuous. This could just be me.

I think a young adult or teenager especially would enjoy this book.

A novel with charm and spirit

Although at first glance the world of auctioneering seems as stuffy as Flora's cousin, like her, you soon get drawn in. Flora has an independent spirit mixed with beguiling charm, to say nothing of her cats! I only wish the novel were longer as the abridgement leaves you with odd gaps in details of the story.

Disappointing :-(

I normally love Katie Fforde but this just bored me- It didn't have any depth and the characters were not interesting or loveable.

Try a different Katie Fforde.

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Title: Angel's Crest

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Leslie Schwartz

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-05

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Ethan Denton is a lucky man. Most things have gone his way, and being granted full custody of Nate, his young son and "North Star", has given him a near-perfect life. On a crisp winter morning just before the start of deer season, Ethan and Nate set off together to discover the beauties of the forest. As he parks the truck, Ethan spots a pair of magnificent bucks, and, eager to take a closer look, leaves Nate asleep in the car seat, a brief, impulsive decision any parent might make. When he returns only a few minutes later, the door of the truck is open and Nate is nowhere to be seen.

As an unexpected blizzard blankets the woods, Ethan searches for the missing three-year-old with the help of other townspeople: Ethan's ex-wife and his ex-best friend; an older Jewish judge, whose concern and involvement is colored by recent problems with his own son; a middle-aged lesbian couple; and others touched by the crisis. Nate's disappearance brings up past wounds for everyone, but also miraculously provides the chance for love and redemption as they struggle to make sense of the inexplicable.

Angel's Crest is a beautifully wrought work, a seamless blend of dramatic suspense and emotional truth.

Critic Reviews:

"This beautiful, moving novel works brilliantly as a study of a tragedy and the various characters' reactions to the tragedy itself, as well as how it causes them to reexamine their own lives." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Good Read

This book took me to a place no parent ever wants to even think about going. The loss of a child is probably the most devastating thing that can happen to a parent. The book was well thought out and presented various view points all of which one can see would be valid from that character's personality in the book. Quite engrossing. I highly recommend this book.

thought provoking!!! enlightening!

each character was so finely built that you truly saw how and why they interacted with one another as they did. There is something so heartbreaking in this story that really touches home and I could not put it down. You may weep as I did for loss...this truly is a story of loss and how we all deal with it differently. I was exhausted after reading it but fully believe I am different, hopefully more understanding because of it.Powerful!

I love this movie and the book

Shes so good at describing the characters... but i do have to say if i wouldnt have seen the movie first it wouldn't make much sense...

Shockingly, sadly lovely.

Angels Crest is sorrowful, thoughtful, and entirely engrossing. What I loved most: Schwartz's descriptions of the unique and compelling landscape of this town and portrayals of its inhabitants, from the most mundane to the most profound of their experiences. The downside is simply how sad the subject matter is.

Captivating, character driven story

Uniquely told, this is a darkly fascinating snapshot of human behavior. Schwartz brings the characters to life as they grapple with tragedy in different ways.

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Title: The Golden Cup

Author: Marcia Willett

Narrator: June Barrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Paradise has been home to generations of Trevannions: paradise, the house at the head of a sheltered Cornish valley where Mrs Trevannion lives, surrounded by her family. Frail and elderly, Honor Trevannion, bedridden following a nasty fall, is inexplicably anxious and distressed by the arrival of a young American bearing an old black and white photograph of a double wedding and looking for a long-lost relation. Honor's children try to nurse her back to health, unaware of the secrets she keeps from those closest to her.

©2005 Marcia Willett; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Poor storyline!

I was extremely disappointed in this book as I usually enjoy a Marcia Willett and I have read many of her books, not all on Audible.

It wasnt one I would recommend as it doesnt keep your interest at all.

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Título: El Ruisenor y la Rosa/El Cumpleanos de la Infanta [The Nightingale and the Rose] (Texto Completo)

Autor: Oscar Wilde

Narrador: Carlos Zambrano

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 58 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-12-05

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

A nightingale, seeing the sorrow of a student who has no red rose to give to his love, stains a white rose crimson with her own blood.

©& (P)2002 Editorial Yoyolibros de Columbia

Opiniones de los miembros:

A Real Gem

The nightingale in this story is my favorite tragic heroine. Just as most things in life are easier than we expect them to be, the nightingale affords the human the equal of his hubris and sacrifices her life for their shared ideal. But love, like truth, is a shallow emotion in humans and all too often ends in waste, and in this case a wasted life. This story teaches charity, chivalry, and humility.

I love Oscar Wilde but this story is so sad

It is honestly hard to share my feelings on this. I love Oscar Wilde but this story is so sad. Yet does represent society sometimes. I try to keep a more positive outlook but can see how one can have a hard time and see life in this color of red.

Brilliant! Such a beautifully written account of the shallowness of the human heart. As we grieve and mourn that which we do n

Brilliant! Such a beautifully written account of the shallowness of the human heart. As we grieve and mourn that which we do not have, we most often fail to appreciate that which we do. The fantasy of the unattainable robs our focus and often cheats us out of the very thing at the core of our hearts' desires. Sadly, most of us carry on without even the knowing.

Unrequited love

Ahh the story of unrequited love. Someone willing to sacrifice themselves to see another happy, only to have done so in vain.

Tribute to Selfless Love

This classic allegory is a tribute to the beauty of selfless love and should be read and pondered by all.

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Title: The Birdcage

Author: Marcia Willett

Narrator: June Barrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It was Felix who named it The Birdcage, the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lived with her tenant, the beautiful and talented actress Angel, and Angel's daughter, Lizzie. It was Felix whom they all adored and who was so in love with Angel, but while Lizzie longed for a father, Felix had other commitments: to his insecure, possessive wife Marina and to their son Piers, both living at beautiful, mellow Michaelgarth, the family home on the edge of Exmoor. Many years later, when Lizzie comes at last to Michaelgarth and meets Piers for the first time, she finds a family in trouble.

©2004 Marcia Willett; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

As always - Fabulous!

Another wonderful book from Marcia Willet - I'm working my way through everything she's written - I do that when I find an author that I love.

I'm never disappointed with her descriptive and inventive way of writing - with storylines that don't disappoint and the narration is spot on!