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Artful
- By: Ali Smith
- Narrated by: Ali Smith
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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Originally four lectures given by Ali Smith at Oxford University, Artful is a tidal wave of ideas in four thematically organised bursts of thought: On Time, On Form, On Edge and On Offer and On Reflection. Refusing to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted - literally - by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature. Full of both the poignancy and humour of fiction and all the sideways insights and jaunty angles you would expect from Ali Smith’s criticism
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Initially confusing, ultimately engrossing
- By B. on 03-04-16
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I Almost Forgot About You
- A Novel
- By: Terry McMillan
- Narrated by: Terry McMillan
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and successful career--aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. Georgia’s bravery reminds us that it’s never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile.
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loved it , had a lot of humour mixed in
- By L on 22-02-17
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I Almost Forgot About You
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Terry McMillan
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-06-16
- Language: English
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Everything to Gain
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Diana Quick
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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Mallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then, out of the blue, that world is shattered by tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear. Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must find a way to rebuild. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of her spirit. Returning to Connecticut, Mal opens a cafe and shop selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly successful venture. >But there still remains an aching void - a grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can assuage.
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Everything to Gain
- Narrated by: Diana Quick
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 25-10-12
- Language: English
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Slavnosti sněženek
- By: Bohumil Hrabal
- Narrated by: Pavel Soukup
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Autor nás zavádí do půvabné polabské krajiny kolem chatové osady v Kersku, kde od poloviny šedesátých let trávil svůj volný čas. Většina literárních postav má svůj reálný předobraz v lidech z autorova prostředí a máme tak jedinečnou možnost seznámit se s jejich zvláštními zálibami i osudy. V textu se snoubí poetično s realistickým popisem, stylizovaná nadsázka s humornou drobnokresbou, události veselé s událostmi smutnými.
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všichni lidé bratry jsou
- By daveman on 09-07-23
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Slavnosti sněženek
- Narrated by: Pavel Soukup
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: Czech
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Die Enkelin
- By: Bernhard Schlink
- Narrated by: Hanns Zischler, Nina Petri
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Birgit ist zu Kaspar in den Westen geflohen, für die Liebe und die Freiheit. Erst nach ihrem Tod entdeckt er, welchen Preis sie dafür bezahlt hat. Er spürt ihrem Geheimnis nach, begegnet im Osten den Menschen, die für sie zählten, erlebt ihre Bedrückung und ihren Eigensinn. Seine Suche führt ihn zu einer völkischen Gemeinschaft auf dem Land - und zu einem jungen Mädchen, das in ihm den Großvater und in dem er die Enkelin sieht. Ihre Welten könnten nicht fremder sein. Er ringt um sie.
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A Reflection on Family and Belonging
- By gudrid on 07-03-25
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Die Enkelin
- Narrated by: Hanns Zischler, Nina Petri
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-12-21
- Language: German
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Jakob der Lügner
- By: Jurek Becker
- Narrated by: August Diehl
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Die Geschichte des Juden Jakob Heym, der im Ghetto einer polnischen Stadt zum Lügner wird, um anderen Hoffnung zu schenken. Die Rote Armee ist nur noch wenige hundert Kilometer entfernt, diese Meldung hat Jakob zufällig vernommen. Mit der Aussicht auf baldige Befreiung wird ein Morgen wieder vorstellbar, deshalb will Jakob die frohe Botschaft mit seinen Mitgefangenen teilen.
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Jakob der Lügner
- Narrated by: August Diehl
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-05-18
- Language: German
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La próxima vez que te vea, te mato
- By: Paulina Flores
- Narrated by: Camila Valenzuela
- Length: 5 hrs
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Una oda al disparate como antídoto a la incertidumbre y el desamor. Javiera es una joven chilena que ha llegado a Barcelona gracias a una beca de posgrado en Literatura. Estudiar es el pretexto más decente, y genuino, que ha encontrado para dejar su país y descubrir el hemisferio del bienestar. Pero la disponibilidad apabullante de libros en la biblioteca y de papel higiénico en los supermercados se ve contrarrestada por unas condiciones habitacionales tan desastrosas como las del Cono Sur, aunque el doble de caras.
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La próxima vez que te vea, te mato
- Narrated by: Camila Valenzuela
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 19-02-25
- Language: Spanish
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With All My Love
- By: Patricia Scanlan
- Narrated by: Deirdre Purcell
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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On a crystal clear Mediterranean day, Briony McAllister sits playing with her four-year-old daughter, Katie, while she waits for her mother, Valerie, to join them. Valerie has recently moved to a picturesque town in southern Spain to finally leave behind her turbulent past and find a peace that has always eluded her. Briony has no idea that in a few moments time, her relationship with her mother will change irrevocably. As Katie plays, Briony pulls from her bag an old photo album, found in a box in her mother's new home. As she begins to study the faded photos, a letter falls to the ground.
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Love and forgiveness
- By JAINA on 08-02-20
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With All My Love
- Narrated by: Deirdre Purcell
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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Harold
- Hamilton, Book 3
- By: Catherine Cookson
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Catherine Cookson's well-loved novels Hamilton and Goodbye Hamilton tell the story of Maisie, who invented an imaginary horse to keep her company through the long years of an unhappy marriage and before she became a best-selling author. In this engaging sequel, Hamilton has vanished from Maisie’s life, and in the days after the death of her second husband she takes comfort from the company of a cheerful, bright-eyed little cockney boy named Harold.
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Fabulous
- By Anonymous user on 08-08-24
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Harold
- Hamilton, Book 3
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Series: Hamilton, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 29-08-19
- Language: English
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Kleine Probleme
- By: Nele Pollatschek
- Narrated by: Nele Pollatschek
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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31. Dezember. Steuererklärung, Wohnung putzen, Bett für die Tochter zusammenschrauben, Lebenswerk schreiben, mit dem Rauchen aufhören – eigentlich wollte Lars, neunundvierzigjähriger Vieldenker und angehender Schriftsteller, die Lücke zwischen den Jahren dafür nutzen, endlich alles zu erledigen, was in den letzten Dekaden so auf der Strecke geblieben ist. Doch die Woche, in der noch alles zu schaffen gewesen wäre – plötzlich ist sie aufgebraucht. Der letzte Tag des Jahres hat begonnen – mit Nieselregen, wie sonst? Das Haus ist immer noch chaotisch. Das Leben sowieso.
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Repetitiv und ermüdend
- By taptoflow on 17-04-24
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Kleine Probleme
- Narrated by: Nele Pollatschek
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-09-23
- Language: German
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Seizure
- By: Kathy Reichs
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues. A deadly pathIt isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure. Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
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virals
- By meshiel brown on 26-04-24
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Seizure
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Series: Virals, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-01-13
- Language: English
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Follow the Morning Star
- By: Di Morrissey
- Narrated by: Natalie Bate
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
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Queenie Hanlon has a perfect life. She's the mother of two adoring children, the wealthy owner of a thriving outback station, and the lover of handsome bushman TR Hamilton. Then one day when TR is seriously injured in a riding accident, Queenie's perfect life suddenly comes crashing down.
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Follow the Morning Star
- Narrated by: Natalie Bate
- Series: Queenie and TR, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 19-12-12
- Language: English
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Last Night at Chateau Marmont
- By: Lauren Weisberger
- Narrated by: Merrit Weaver
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Heartbreak, headlines and Hermes - welcome to Brooke's new world…. Brooke and Julian live a happy life in New York - she's the breadwinner working two jobs and he's the struggling musician husband. Then Julian is discovered by a Sony exec and becomes an overnight success - and their life changes for ever.Soon they are moving in exclusive circles, dining at the glitziest restaurants, attending the most outrageous parties in town and jetting off to the trendiest hotspots in LA.
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Last Night at Chateau Marmont
- Narrated by: Merrit Weaver
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-11-10
- Language: English
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The Watcher in the Shadows
- By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the magical beings he has created...a sickly wife locked away in a hidden room...an enigma involving strange lights that shine out from the small island on which an old, disused lighthouse stands...a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods...These are the elements of a mystery will bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in Blue Bay when her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for the enigmatic toymaker, Lazarus Jann.
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Great gothic story
- By Julia B on 23-10-17
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The Watcher in the Shadows
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Niebla, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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Le otto montagne
- By: Paolo Cognetti
- Narrated by: Jacopo Venturiero
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Pietro è un ragazzino di città, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di periferia, e farsi carico degli altri è il suo talento. Il padre è un chimico, un uomo ombroso e affascinante, che torna a casa ogni sera dal lavoro carico di rabbia. I genitori di Pietro sono uniti da una passione comune, fondativa: in montagna si sono conosciuti, innamorati, si sono addirittura sposati ai piedi delle Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
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Rilassante e alternativo
- By FrancescoFucci on 24-11-17
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Le otto montagne
- Narrated by: Jacopo Venturiero
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-11-17
- Language: Italian
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Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes
- By: Jean-Michel Guenassia
- Narrated by: Stéphane Ronchewski
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
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Michel Marini - douze ans en 1959, élève à Henri IV - a une passion, la littérature. Il ne s'en intéresse pas moins au rock'n'roll. Et au baby-foot. Au café où il joue tous les jours se réunit un club d'échecs fréquenté par Tibor, Léonid, Sasha, et les autres, tous réfugiés de l'Est qui ont dû s'exiler pour survivre.
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Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes
- Narrated by: Stéphane Ronchewski
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-07-13
- Language: French
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Mr Phillips
- By: John Lanchester
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Mr Phillips wakes on the morning of July 31st in his modest, nearly mortgage-free home, in the bed he has contentedly shared with his wife of 30 years - though to be honest, at night he lies beside her and dreams of other women. He's ready to face another ordinary day. Except that for Mr Phillips, it is not an ordinary day, for on July 28th, he was summarily sacked. Nonetheless, he rises at his usual hour and prepares himself as he has done his entire working life for the office he no longer has.
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Whimsical, poignant and risqué!!
- By susan on 12-05-19
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Mr Phillips
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-01-08
- Language: English
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Vous revoir
- By: Marc Levy
- Narrated by: Hugo Becker, Alice Isaaz, Thierry Janssen, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Je ne serai plus jamais seul puisque tu existes quelque part. Des comédien.nes distincts pour incarner chaque personnage, un accompagnement sonore sur-mesure.... Une immersion totale dans l'incroyable aventure vécue par Arthur et Lauren. Dans le décor d'un San Francisco lumineux bercé par la...
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Vous revoir
- Narrated by: Hugo Becker, Alice Isaaz, Thierry Janssen, Damien Laquet, Laurent Pasquier, Yvan Lecomte, Sandrine Henry, Sandra Vandroux, Jean-Christophe Acquaviva, Elodie Lasne, Sébastien Mortamet, Hélène Pierre, Gary Renna
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: French
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Stern Men
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into this feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the 'stern men'.
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Stern Men
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 23-04-18
- Language: English
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How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life
- By: Bernadette Strachan
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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On the surface, Ruby Gallagher has the perfect life: an adoring husband, Manny, a beautiful home and a luxury lifestyle that involves shopping, holidays and not much else. It's safe, predictable - exactly what she needs after her turbulent past. Until one day it all collapses as Manny is arrested for fraud. And it seems it's not only his business deals that have been shady - Ruby discovers he's been hiding a mistress and son too.
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How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 19-09-11
- Language: English
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