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How the Word Is Passed
- A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- Auteur(s): Clint Smith
- Narrateur(s): Clint Smith
- Durée: 10 h et 6 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 49
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional!
- Écrit par gene le 2021-10-13
- How the Word Is Passed
- A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- Auteur(s): Clint Smith
- Narrateur(s): Clint Smith
precise, rousing, and masterful
Évalué le: 2021-06-14
clear prose with a poetic edge. such attention to historical accuracy. all told from an evocative and moving emotional perspective. even as a canadian this was an exceedingly good read. learned so much, of which i should have know and which we should ALL know. would recommend this to ANYONE, ANYWHERE. 100/10!!! thank you so much for this, dr. smith.
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Days by Moonlight
- Auteur(s): André Alexis
- Narrateur(s): André Alexis
- Durée: 7 h et 37 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents’ friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. Alfred and the Professor encounter towns where Black residents speak only in sign language and towns that hold indigenous parades; it is a land of house burnings, werewolves, and witches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Andre Alexis is a national treasure
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-07-24
- Days by Moonlight
- Auteur(s): André Alexis
- Narrateur(s): André Alexis
new favourite book
Évalué le: 2021-06-13
brilliant prose, fascinating plot, and impeccable narration. can’t wait to buy a print copy to reread!!! 100% recommend esp if you live in ontario ahah
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The Silent Patient
- Auteur(s): Alex Michaelides
- Narrateur(s): Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
- Durée: 8 h et 33 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3 867
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3 306
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 3 296
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2019-02-21
- The Silent Patient
- Auteur(s): Alex Michaelides
- Narrateur(s): Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
brilliant brilliant brilliant !!!
Évalué le: 2020-12-11
listened to his in one day!!!! absolutely fantastic !!!! i had inklings of a few of the twists but i was still blown away. the narration is fantastic too. wonderful!!
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Enter the Aardvark
- Auteur(s): Jessica Anthony
- Narrateur(s): Matt Amendt
- Durée: 5 h et 39 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 1
It's early one morning on a hot day in August, and millennial congressman Alexander Paine Wilson (R), planning his first reelection campaign and in deep denial about his sexuality, receives a mysterious, over-sized FedEx delivery on his front stoop. Inside is a gigantic taxidermied aardvark. This outrageous, edge-of-your-seat novel hurtles between contemporary Washington, DC, where Wilson tries to get rid of the unsightly beast before it destroys his career, and Victorian England - where we meet Titus Downing, the taxidermist who stuffed the aardvark....
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5 out of 5 stars
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offbeat, shrewd and hilarious political satire
- Écrit par Jackie le 2020-06-25
- Enter the Aardvark
- Auteur(s): Jessica Anthony
- Narrateur(s): Matt Amendt
offbeat, shrewd and hilarious political satire
Évalué le: 2020-06-25
loved this!! wasn’t sure what to make of it for a while but once you get into it, you’re strapped in and along for the ride...
the parallel narratives of congressman wilson and the taxidermist make for a well wrought tale equal in sense as nonsense. anthony’s writing is sharp and virtuosic, and endlessly entertaining. the use of second person is really clever and vaguely disturbing in wilson’s parts. in forcing us to become uncomfortably intimate with wilson, we, the reader consuming this are our inside the “skin of the enemy,” referencing the aardvark’s Namibian origins and ethos. really loved that. as funny a satire as this is, it also contains sincere, heartfelt tragedy, and explores the genuinely profound.
wasn’t sure what i was getting into when i started this, but i’m really happy i read this book!
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The Great Believers
- Auteur(s): Rebecca Makkai
- Narrateur(s): Michael Crouch
- Durée: 18 h et 17 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 82
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 82
In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A haunting story
- Écrit par Alysha le 2020-04-30
- The Great Believers
- Auteur(s): Rebecca Makkai
- Narrateur(s): Michael Crouch
devastating and gorgeous
Évalué le: 2020-05-21
i cried four times while listening to this. brilliantly and painstakingly immortalizes a story of grief and loss and life and love. truly left me speechless. this book is so, so important. makkai is an incredible author! so worth it!!
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