Added Nov. 15, 2019. (Published May 9th 2017 by Grand Central Publishing.) By: Sarah Shoemaker Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
"A gorgeous, deft literary reAdded Nov. 15, 2019. (Published May 9th 2017 by Grand Central Publishing.) By: Sarah Shoemaker Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
"A gorgeous, deft literary retelling of Charlotte Bronte's beloved Jane Eyre--through the eyes of the dashing, mysterious Mr. Rochester himself." [FROM GOODREADS DESCRIPTION]
Mr. Rochester is a likable character and that kept me reading. However, some parts were very heart-wrenching.
Added Nov. 15, 2019. (first published May 1st 2013) Narrated by: Michael Prichard
I LISTENED TO _Cronkite's War - His World War II Letters Home_. IT WASAdded Nov. 15, 2019. (first published May 1st 2013) Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Added November 6, 2019. (first published September 1st 1976) This is a short children's story (13 minutes) narrated by John Lithgow. It's wonderful! doAdded November 6, 2019. (first published September 1st 1976) This is a short children's story (13 minutes) narrated by John Lithgow. It's wonderful! don't miss it!
I FOUND IT VIA SALON OVERDRIVE AND LISTENED IN MY BROWSER. JOHN LITHGOW TELLS THE STORY SO WELL!
SEE WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ama... "The story is about how Pearl the pig is walking home from school, and finds a magic bone on the ground, which has the ability to imitate any sound and speak in any language (It samples Spanish, Polish and German for her). Pearl takes it with her, and on the way home they have several misadventures, including an encounter with a hungry fox who wants to eat Pearl for dinner."
Added November 6, 2019. (Published June 7th 2016 by Listening Library.) Narrated by: Jazz Jennings
I AM LISTENING TO THIS AUDIO BOOK CALLED: _Being Jazz Added November 6, 2019. (Published June 7th 2016 by Listening Library.) Narrated by: Jazz Jennings
I AM LISTENING TO THIS AUDIO BOOK CALLED: _Being Jazz - My Life as a (Transgender) Teen_, by Jazz Jennings
THE BOOK DESCRIPTION SAYS: "At the age of five, Jazz transitioned to life as a girl..." SEE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR A MORE COMPLETE BOOK DESCRIPTION: LINK: https://www.audible.com/pd/Being-Jazz... ...more
ADDED NOVEMBER 5, 2019. (Published May 29th 2018 by Little, Brown and Company) Narrated by: David Sedaris Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins Categories: Comedy, ADDED NOVEMBER 5, 2019. (Published May 29th 2018 by Little, Brown and Company) Narrated by: David Sedaris Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins Categories: Comedy, Memoirs
Literary Awards: Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2019) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humor (2018)
I'M LISTENING TO THIS AUDIOBOOK CALLED _Calypso_ - Essays - by David Sedaris. SOMETIMES IT'S FUNNY AND OTHER TIMES IT'S INTERESTING. BUT IT'S KEEPING MY ATTENTION. SEE THE DESCRIPTION AT: https://www.audible.com/pd/Calypso-Au......more
Added October 31, 2019. Published February 21st 2012 by Doubleday. Narrated by: Susan Duerden https://salon.overdrive.com/media/583252 https://www.audiblAdded October 31, 2019. Published February 21st 2012 by Doubleday. Narrated by: Susan Duerden https://salon.overdrive.com/media/583252 https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Dressm... ============================ Publisher's Summary: "Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy.
"Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men, one a roughly-hewn but kind sailor and the other an enigmatic Chicago millionaire. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes.
"Amidst the chaos and desperate urging of two very different suitors, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat. Tess’s sailor also manages to survive unharmed, witness to Lady Duff Gordon’s questionable actions during the tragedy. Others - including the gallant Midwestern tycoon - are not so lucky.
"On dry land, rumors about the survivors begin to circulate, and Lady Duff Gordon quickly becomes the subject of media scorn and later, the hearings on the Titanic. Set against a historical tragedy but told from a completely fresh angle, The Dressmaker is an atmospheric delight filled with all the period's glitz and glamour, all the raw feelings of a national tragedy and all the contradictory emotions of young love." ABOVE IS FROM:https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Dressm... ============================== ...more
This book is historical fiction about actress, Loretta Young, and many other Hollywood stars, including Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable.
For example, the book talks about the time Loretta Young and Clark Gable were filming the movie, "Call of the Wild". "Call of the Wild" (1935): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026164/... "During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman." Director: William A. Wellman (as William Wellman) Writers: Jack London (story), Gene Fowler (screenplay) and Leonard Praskins (screenplay) Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie
Added October 28, 2019. Published June 4th 2018 by Little, Brown and Company and Knopf Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy DaAdded October 28, 2019. Published June 4th 2018 by Little, Brown and Company and Knopf Narrated by: Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò
Adapted to film: "A Wrinkle in Time" (2003): IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290382/... "A young girl and her genius kid brother are aided by three curious witches in their search for their missing scientist father, captive of an omnipotent otherworldly villain simply called 'It' whose evil is slowly infecting the universe."
"A Wrinkle in Time" (2018): IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620680/... "After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him."
GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: "Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season."
"The book is told from the perspective of five main characters: Rachel Chu, Nicholas (Nick) Young, Eleanor Young, Astrid Leong, and Edison Cheng. The story revolves around the grand wedding of Singapore's most eligible bachelor, Colin Khoo, and a fashion icon, Araminta Lee, which everyone calls the wedding of the year." FROM WIKI:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_R......more
Added October 24, 2019. (first published 2011) _Charles Dickens_ - A Life - by Claire Tomalin Narrated by: Alex Jennings - Audiobook
=====================Added October 24, 2019. (first published 2011) _Charles Dickens_ - A Life - by Claire Tomalin Narrated by: Alex Jennings - Audiobook
========================= ABOUT THE NICKNAME "BOZ" [from Wiki]:
[Dicken's] "journalism, in the form of sketches in periodicals, formed his first collection of pieces, published in 1836: "Sketches by Boz" - - Boz being a family nickname he employed as a pseudonym for some years.
Dickens apparently adopted it from the nickname "Moses", which he had given to his youngest brother Augustus Dickens, after a character in Oliver Goldsmith's "The Vicar of Wakefield". When pronounced by anyone with a head cold, "Moses" became "Boses"—later shortened to Boz.
Added October 15, 2019. (first published May 2015) _The Japanese Lover_ by Isabel Allende Narrated by: Joanna Gleason Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins https://wAdded October 15, 2019. (first published May 2015) _The Japanese Lover_ by Isabel Allende Narrated by: Joanna Gleason Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Japane... https://salon.overdrive.com/media/216...
============================ "In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family - like thousands of other Japanese Americans - are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world.
"Decades later, [THIS IS WHERE THE STORY BEGINS] Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years." ABOVE IS FROM: https://salon.overdrive.com/media/216... =========================...more
Added October 13, 2019. (first published August 24, 2013) _The Book of Lost Things_ (Mister Max #1) by Cynthia Voigt Narrated by: Paul Boehmer Length: 1Added October 13, 2019. (first published August 24, 2013) _The Book of Lost Things_ (Mister Max #1) by Cynthia Voigt Narrated by: Paul Boehmer Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins https://www.audible.com/pd/Mister-Max... https://salon.overdrive.com/media/121...
I'm enjoying this well-told story with an unusual plot which keeps you listening. Twelve year old Max's parents have mysteriously disappeared. He is alone except for his grandmother. What happened to Max's parents? What will Max do?
There are 25 chapters and I'm only on Chapter 7. I hope I can keep my interest up. Sometimes I lose interest when a book is too long.
I fell asleep and missed some chapters but I finally got to the end. It was a good story....more
Added October 13, 2019 _The Secret Chord_ by Geraldine Brooks Published October 6th, 2015 by Viking Narrated by: Paul Boehmer Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins hAdded October 13, 2019 _The Secret Chord_ by Geraldine Brooks Published October 6th, 2015 by Viking Narrated by: Paul Boehmer Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins https://salon.overdrive.com/media/216...
Publisher's Summary: =========================== "A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David... Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.
"The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those who love him or fear him - from the prophet Natan, voice of his conscience; to his wives, Mikhal, Avigail, and Batsheva; and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like old age." ABOVE IS FROM: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Secret... ===========================...more
Publisher's Summary: "Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home." ABOVE IS FROM: https://www.audible.com/pd/Educated
BELOW IS FROM THE GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: "_Educated_ is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it."
COMMENT FROM A GOODREAD MEMBER: "Where the book does succeed is as a portrait of physical and emotional abuse." FROM: Emily May's Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Literary Awards: Audie Award for Best Female Narrator (2019) Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Biography (2018) ALA Alex Award (2019) Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019) National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Autobiography (2018) Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2018), PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019) Reading Women Award for Nonfiction (2018)...more
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