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The Last Rose of Shanghai Part 2
- A Novel
- By: Weina Dai Randel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbounding.
- By Agatha K on 05-30-23
- The Last Rose of Shanghai Part 2
- A Novel
- By: Weina Dai Randel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg, Emily Woo Zeller
Spellbounding.
Reviewed: 05-30-23
Beautifully written. I binge listened the whole book with few stops. Love is hard even in the best of time. What an unexpected story in war-torn China!!!
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Three Pianos
- A Memoir
- By: Andrew McMahon
- Narrated by: Andrew McMahon
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 388
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 357
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Story5 out of 5 stars 355
From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir about the challenges and triumphs of his life and career, as seen through the lens of his personal connection to three pianos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An utterly lovely memoir from a man who created the soundtrack to my life
- By Kaitlin Schmidt on 10-26-21
- Three Pianos
- A Memoir
- By: Andrew McMahon
- Narrated by: Andrew McMahon
Heart-crinchingly BEAUTIFUL
Reviewed: 04-21-23
The journey with the 3 pianos and Andrew McMahon was incredible, bringing tears and laughter at surprising frequency. What a beautiful and poetic memoir. I want to listen to this book again just to soak in its poetry.
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Yeager Part 2
- An Autobiography
- By: Chuck Yeager
- Narrated by: Chris Browning, Pamela Dillman, David Stifel, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
General Chuck Yeager was the greatest test pilot of them all - the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound...the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang...the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff. Now he tells his whole incredible life story with the same “wide-open, full throttle” approach that has marked his astonishing career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Book
- By Alex h on 03-06-24
- Yeager Part 2
- An Autobiography
- By: Chuck Yeager
- Narrated by: Chris Browning, Pamela Dillman, David Stifel, Dan Mills, Arthur Morey, Fred Sanders, Jason Culp, Joseph Grimm, Rod Shapiro, Dominic Hoffman
Supersonically inspiring
Reviewed: 04-02-23
From 0 to Mach 2.5, I have enjoyed the story, the courage, the humour, the patriotism, and the unbeatable spirit. Absolutely well presented. Listening to this book through audible, I imagined it must have been similar in the old days when people gathered around a radio hooked on a story. Well done, General Yeager.
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