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Title: Gai Oni

Author: Shulamit Lapid

Narrator: Liat Shnapp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-08

Publisher: SonicBooks Ltd.

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Fania, a 16-year-old survivor of a pogram in the Ukraine, arrives in pre-state Israel with her old uncle, a deranged brother and an unwanted baby, the product of rape. On her arrival in Jaffa she meets Yehiel, a 26-year-old widower, father of two, one of the few courageous souls left in Gai Oni.

Severe drought and exhausting work have driven away most of the pioneers, leaving behind only a few tenacious families. Fania moves in with Yehiel and throws herself into the life of a peasant woman, trying to squeeze a living out of the stony ground despite hunger and disease. Dressed in Arab dress, she rides through the bandit-infested country and breaks into the male-dominated worlds of commerce and politics, even of defence. Eventually, Yehiel succumbs to malaria and exhaustion and Fania is left to continue the struggle without her partner.

Gai Oni is Shulamit Lapid fifth novel out of nine novels, five collections of short stories, three plays, a book of poetry and six books for children and youth. She has received the Prime Minister`s Prize for Literature (1987), the International Theater Institute Award (1988), the German Krimipreis (1996) and the Newman Prize.

Please note: This title is in Hebrew.

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Title: Ticket Home

Author: James Michael Pratt

Narrator: Bruce Reizen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

What ties two brothers together? And what can tear them apart? Lucien and Norman Parker are as close as twin brothers can be. Together with their father, they run a railway station in Warm Springs, OK, during the Depression. But they never expect a woman to come between them: both Lucien and Norman fall in love with the same girl. Lucien marries her, and soon World War II takes both men away from home, to the Pacific. It is there, as prisoners of war, that their bond breaks: one of them dies, and the other makes the agonizing decision that will change his life forever.

Members Reviews:

Great book!

A really good read! At times it made me cry as if I actually knew the characters in the story.

Loved it

This was a wonderful book. My Dad was a twin and I believe this truly described the bond twins share beyond mortal life.

Ticket Home, couldn't lay it down.

Couldn't lay it down. So good to be able to read without having to deal with obsenities of any nature including basic vocabulary. Would recommend to anyone looking for same high caliber of story telling and have done so.

History and love, a good combination.

A beautiful book of true love and forgiveness. Anything James Michael Pratt writes is beautiful.

Who Gets the Girl?

I just love J.M. Pratt's books and this one is no exception. His stories a full of WWII and the people who lived through this time, but this story has a wonderful twist to it. Gotta love it!

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Title: Eva's Cousin

Author: Sibylle Knauss

Narrator: Kim Edwards-Fukei

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The two women sneak off and skinny-dip in a nearby lake, watch films in the Fuhrer's private cinema, and flirt with the SS officers at the dinner table - one of whom will become Marlene's first lover.

But soon a clandestine mission of mercy forces Marlene to question her allegiance to both her cousin and her country - and to face the chilling reality that exists outside her sheltered world.

Translated by Anthea Bell.

Critic Reviews:

"Knauss' first novel to be translated into English is based on her interviews with Gertrude Weisker, the cousin of Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun....Both passively complicit and helpless, Marlene is nonetheless a character who commands the reader's sympathy and interest." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Two Stars

This book was ok, I just couldn't get into it.

Good reading.

although this was a work of fiction, i believe some of the incidents and characters were based on fact. I read a lot of WWII book, and i based it on that. Good reading.

Different aspect on WW 11

I've read a lot about World War II but this was an aspect that had never been covered in anything I had ever read. Eva Braun's cousin - how could I pass that up. I read about this book in BOOKMARKS magazine and after finding it in Amazon ' s used books I snapped it up. I have passed on to one friend who passed it on to another . . . It is a unique perspective on THE war. It's a pretty amazing book.

5 stars

Great WWII book told from a German perspective.

An Eye-Opening Novel About "The Banality Of Evil!"

Eva's Cousin" is a work of fiction. Sibylle Knauss had always been interested in matters of German history and how they could be transformed into literature. Before beginning her novel, the author, had the opportunity to interview Gertrude Weisker, Eva Braun's real cousin and the model for her central character, Marlene. Eva Braun had indeed invited Ms. Weisker, 20 years-old at the time, to stay with her at Berchtesgaden in the spring of 1944, a year before WWII would end with Germany's unconditional surrender to Allied Forces, her cities, country and people laid waste. Hitler was away in east Prussia, waging war, and Eva was lonely - she needed to be amused. Although based on fact, many of the folks who people these pages are fictional, as are their stories. Essentially, however, Ms. Knauss captures the true characters of Eva, her cousin, and those who surrounded them, as well as the very ambiance of the Berghof itself, and the period, which represent, as Hannah Arendt worded it, "the banality of evil."

This is beautifully written, nuanced fiction, not an action-packed thriller, but I was riveted to the page even so. More dramatic and disturbing than the image of Nero fiddling while Rome burned, is one of the New Year Eve Ball, (1944-45), at the Platerhof Hotel in Obersalzberg, near Adolph Hitler's Bavarian mountain retreat. It was not a party for ascetics. Featured on the menu were: goose liver pate, larded saddle of venison, eels in aspic, Parma ham and overflowing bottles of champagne - all one could drink, and more. However, the hungry were not to be fed at this feast. The hungry and starving were in Auschwitz and Dachau. They were slave laborers in German factories. They were women and children throughout Europe. They were soldiers at the front.

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Title: Storm

Author: Reg Grant

Narrator: Cameron Beierle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Now you can witness Luther's stand against Charles V and his surprising romance with former nun Kate von Bora, view the societal changes that led to the Reformation, and see how God equipped one extraordinary man to stand strong, though it often meant standing conspicuously alone in the midst of the raging storm.

Members Reviews:

Lightning strikes

This is not really my cup of tea; too much fiction and too fanciful. I feel as though I got out of the lift on the wrong floor. However I will plod on through the story eventually and perhaps revise my opinion.

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Title: The Solitude of Thomas Cave

Author: Georgina Harding

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In 1616 an English whaling ship heads for home, leaving behind the quiet, headstrong Thomas Cave, who has bet the rest of the crew that he can spend a winter on an Arctic island - alone. But nothing so threatens the sailor as his own mind, haunted by the remembrances of another life and a lost love.

©2007 Georgina Harding; (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"In a free and direct style that touches on period dialect but is never heavy-handed...Harding probes Cave's solitude and his responses to a landscape that, in a heartbeat, can be unrelentingly bleak or dazzling. It's a simple story of spiritual purification, and it is handled beautifully throughout." (Publishers Weekly)

"Although Cave survives the physical trial, this is not a 'happily ever after' book, and the ending is thought-provoking and realistic." (School Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Another haunting little book

This book has the feel of a Bergman film, or perhaps of an iceberg floating in the northern seas, so little is said but so much is felt floating beneath the surface. It's the perfect listen for a night before the fire with a good bottle of wine and lots of solitude.

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Title: Pengarron Land

Author: Gloria Cook

Narrator: Patricia Gallimore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-07

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Pengarron is horrified but, pragmatic to the last, agrees to the deal, and the distraught Kerensa has to learn to live with the consequences of an unwanted marriage. As the months pass, they begin to trust one another. But will she ever forget the old loyalties that linger?

Members Reviews:

great series

I listened to Pengarron Land on just a whim for I love historical fiction and this time setting.

I fell in love with the characters and their love triangle and couldn't wait to listen to the rest of the series. I was not disappointed on how it ended and it really showed how choices in ones life can change the fate of one family for generations. I did think overall it had a lot of emphasis on sex and that a little more depth of the characters would have been nice without so much dwelling on their lust. The reader was great and very believeable for each character man or woman. Don't start Pengarron Land unless you want to hear all 4 books and then you will be lost in the 1750's for many hours.

A good listen

This is the first in the Pengarron series and I enjoyed it immensly. An interesting story full of romance and adventure, set in beautiful Cormwall.

I look forward to listening to all in the series which fortunately for me, Audible has purchased.

The reader, Patricia Gallimore is excellent.

Pengarron Land

This book is the start of a most delightful and enjoyable family saga! I do wish there were more like it! It was wonderful, and I am sorry that I have now listened to, and come to the end of all five books! More from this lady, Please!

Pengarron Land

Enjoyed this book. Can't wait to download the next one. I'm hooked.

Wonderful

Loved the whole story, beautifully read, so many twists and turns. Conjured up a real feel for the place and time.

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Title: Letters from an Age of Reason

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Nora Hague

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney, Jeff Woodman

Format: Abridged

Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-07

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the capable hands and fanciful imagination of their creator, these improbable lovers defy convention in a setting where convention - or, at least, its semblance - is all.

A romantic adventure rich in historical detail and filled with vivacity and humor, Letters from an Age of Reason is a beautifully crafted tour-de-force of exceptional depth, passion, and power that introduces an extraordinary new writer.

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Title: The Castle in the Forest

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Norman Mailer

Narrator: Harris Yulin

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-07

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The narrator, a mysterious SS man who is later revealed to be an exceptional presence, follows the young Adolf from birth through his adolescence. En route, revealing portraits are offered of Hitler's father and mother, sisters, and brothers.

A tapestry of unforgettable characters, The Castle in the Forest delivers its myriad twists and surprises with astonishing insight into the nature of the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all. At its core is a hypothesis that is employed with stunning originality. Norman Mailer may well be saying more than he ever has before.

Critic Reviews:

"Mailer arrives at a somber, compelling portrait of a monstrous soul." (Publishers Weekly)

"This remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailer's most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. No wonder it is narrated by a devil. Mailer doesn't inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them." (The New York Times Book Review)

Members Reviews:

Diary of a Madman

In this ambitious novel on the formative years of Adolf Hitler, author Norman Mailer delivers a tour-de-force by delving into the dysfunctional family and very bizarre habits that molded this dictator and murderer of millions.

Told through the burning gaze and biting commentary of Dieter, a devil who was given the task by the Maestro (Satan), the years of 1837-1903 are covered, with an emphasis on Adolf's father, Alois, a customs official whose home every night is truly the bed he places his shoes under, and mother, Klara, who is Alois's niece and daughter.

Adolf is shown at his most diabolical as he manipulates his doting mother, molds youngsters who are willing to follow his every command and glows with glory while winning at all costs in games of war.

This is a middle-class Austrian home that would make Freud blush and decide to flee into another profession. That it is ultimately a diary of a madman up to the age of 14 makes it a brilliant, disturbing story.

Very interesting historical fiction

Every mad man was once a child and had a mother that loved him. This interesting fictional account of the child Hitler tries to portray what could have been the psychosexual seeds of history's embodiment of evil. Also had fun little descents into spiritual themes of Devils, Angels, and possession

A very good novel about Hitler - I could not believe how fiction can be so real

This book about the origin of Hitler as a devil's arrangement and design makes sense. The way Norman Mailer describes the devils organization with its members resembles a big corporation so well brought up by Akira Kurosawa in his movie The Bad Man Man Slleps Well.

The novel is superb.

I enjoyed it and plan to read more material by this ...

This is a very creative exploration into the young mind of a boy who would, one day, became a notorious dictator. This my first reading of work by Norman Mailer. I enjoyed it and plan to read more material by this author.

Some real surprises here that better explain the historical Hitler

Some real surprises here that better explain the historical Hitler. Mailer was a dark enough thinker to be able to probe the subject well.

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Title: The Meaning of Night

Author: Michael Cox

Narrator: David Timson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-06

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death.

So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. This seems the stuff of dreams, until a chance discovery convinces Glyver that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. And he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he now knows is rightfully his.

Glyver's path leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onwards, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt.

Thirty years in the writing, The Meaning of Night is a stunning achievement. Full of drama and passion, it is an enthralling novel that will captivate listeners right up to its final thrilling revelation.

Includes an exclusive recorded interview with the author.

Members Reviews:

great narration

A very interesting story of anger and revenge. Wonderful narration!

Pantomime

I enjoy most of the Victorian classic writers, but this modern attempt to emulate them simply did not work for me. John Fowles managed the trick masterfully, but Michael Cox does not. The book simply seemed to be trying too hard, with characters speaking as wooden caricatures, and cliches rolling in thick and fast. This was not helped by the narrator, who played it out as an amateur pantomime. I'm aware that the book has had rave reviews, so others may well enjoy it.

Enthralling

A truly captivating tale, one that unravels tantalisingly yet satisfyingly. I have rarely been so swept up in a narrative, so impatient at being interrupted by real life, so eager to return to the haunts of E.G. in any of his varied guises. Where I would once have secluded myself by the fireside or by the pool to read, I now do housework and gardening oblivious to the drudgery, in thrall to my ipod and stunning works of fiction such as 'The Meaning of Night'. A masterpiece indeed!

A little bit unpleasant

I'm a fan of the neo Victorian novel and this had quite a lot going for it. The central mystery is interesting, and the final explanation of it satisfying. The first person narration and flashbacks generally worked well. There was lots of suspense (if I had read it rather than listened to it, I would have said that it was a page turner).

However, I never warmed to the central character (I know he's supposed to be morally ambiguous, but I just found him unpleasant). I also felt that some of the revelations and twists were drawn out too long, or telegraphed too far in advance.

Overall it was clever and interesting, but I was quite relieved when I finally finished it and could go on to something else.

Utterly Captivating

I had put this in 'My next listen' a while ago and downloaded it to my iPod, so when I started to listen, I had forgotten about it and why I'd chosen it, so everything came as a surprise.

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Title: Leigh

Subtitle: The Women of Ivy Manor, Book 3

Author: Lyn Cote

Narrator: Anna Fields

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-06

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

At 18, Leigh watches the powers that be collide with the radical causes of the 1960s. Choosing the dangerous path of a journalist, she witnesses and writes about the protests and riots against segregation and the war in Vietnam. While caught up in the winds of change and idealism, she falls in love. But when a series of misfortunes and misjudgments leads to heartbreak, Leigh must mature quickly and call on God's forgiving grace. Can she become the strong and capable woman that her family, and the world, needs?

Critic Reviews:

"Lyn Cote hooked me from the very beginning, then expertly reeled me across the pages...Pages full of romance, suspense, heartbreak, forgiveness, acceptance, and, ultimately, a satisfying ending." (Sylvia Bambola, author of Waters of Marah and Return to Appleton)

Members Reviews:

I should have stopped at book 2

I have read the entire series. I liked books 1 and 2 more than this one. But knowing me, I will finish the series.

kaleidoscope look at major events mostly during the 1960s and 1970s

Linda Leigh Sinclair was born in 1947 to an overprotective mom. When the teen watches the civil rights and other monumental movements on TV news during the 1960s, she knows she wants to become a reporter. Over the objection of mom, she covers the 1963 rally led by the Reverend King in nearby Washington, D.C. for her high school paper

Five years later Leigh covers the Democratic National Convention in Chicago when riots break out. When her best friend Mary Beth vanishes, Leigh uses her still fledgling investigative skills to trace her to the anti-war counterculture in San Francisco. She falls in love, but that does not work out though he returns her feelings. Not long afterward she meets someone else and gives birth to Carly, but she and the father go separate ways. Leigh knows how her mom felt as she wants to protect Carly from life's precarious nature. When Carly turns up missing, Leigh turns to God for solace just as she has done before when tumultuous events made no sense.

The third generation Women of Ivy Manor (see CHLOE and BETTE) is a kaleidoscope look at major events mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The story line moves quickly from the Freedom March to the Chicago Convention to Give Peace a Chance rallies as Leigh proves she is in deed an Ivy Manor descendent with her survival instincts. Interestingly her faith in God comes from a no atheist in the fox hole perspective as she worries about her daughter just like her mom used to agonize over her. Lyn Cote writes a warm entry starring an interesting protagonist, but it is the backdrop of events that ignite the tale.

Harriet Klausner

Not as good as the first two.

Although I liked, but was was not crazy about the first book in the "Women of Ivy Manor" series, "Chloe", the second book, "Bette" seemed to be such a great improvement over the first, that I was really looking forward to reading "Leigh". Unfortunately "Leigh" was a great disappointment for me. I realized very shortly into the novel that it was not going to be able to top the excitement and intrigue of "Bette". The main character, Leigh Sinclair, was very one-dimensional, and did not seem to grow up during the course of the book the way that her mother did in "Bette".