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The Receptionist

An Education at The New Yorker

de Janet Groth ...

In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at famous watering holes throughout bohemian Greenwich Village, ... Leer más

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In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at famous watering holes throughout bohemian Greenwich Village,
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La réceptionniste du New Yorker

de Janet Groth ...

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Janet Groth entre au New Yorker en 1957 – pour en repartir en 1978. Vingt-et-un ans de bons et loyaux services derrière le desk du plus prestigieux magazine américain. Elle y débarque toute jeune femme – dix-neuf ans, belle, ambitieuse, des étoiles plein les yeux et des rêves plein la tête – elle en ressort diplômée de littérature et professeur. Car au 18e étage de la mythique revue, Janet rêve d ... Leer más

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Janet Groth entre au New Yorker en 1957 – pour en repartir en 1978. Vingt-et-un ans de bons et loyaux services derrière le desk du plus prestigieux magazine américain. Elle y débarque toute jeune femme – dix-neuf ans, belle, ambitieuse, des étoiles plein les yeux et des rêves plein la tête – elle en ressort diplômée de littérature et professeur. Car au 18e étage de la mythique revue, Janet rêve d
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The Receptionist

An Education at The New Yorker

de Janet Groth ...

Narrado por Judith West ...

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8 hora 14 minutos

Thanks to a successful interview with the painfully shy E.B. White, a beautiful, 19-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from the cornfields of Iowa lands a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker magazine. There she stays two decades, becoming general all-around factotum—watching and registering the comings and goings, marriages and divorces, scandalous affairs, failures, triumphs, and tragedies of the ... Leer más

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Thanks to a successful interview with the painfully shy E.B. White, a beautiful, 19-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from the cornfields of Iowa lands a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker magazine. There she stays two decades, becoming general all-around factotum—watching and registering the comings and goings, marriages and divorces, scandalous affairs, failures, triumphs, and tragedies of the
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The Receptionist

An Education at The New Yorker (Digital Edition)

de Janet Groth ...

Narrado por Susanna Burney ...

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7 hora 12 minutos

Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978-the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. ... Leer más

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Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978-the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions.
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The Curiosity

A Novel

de Stephen P. Kiernan ...

Narrado por Kate Udall, Erik Bergmann, George Guidall, Jason Culp ...

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15 hora 38 minutos

The Curiosity, Stephen Kiernan’s debut novel, is a gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller that raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity—man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid plaything, as a living being, as a curiosity.…Dr. Kate Philo and her scientific exploration team make a breathtaking discovery in the Arctic: the body of a man buried deep in the ... Leer más

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The Curiosity, Stephen Kiernan’s debut novel, is a gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller that raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity—man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid plaything, as a living being, as a curiosity.…Dr. Kate Philo and her scientific exploration team make a breathtaking discovery in the Arctic: the body of a man buried deep in the
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The Long Weekend

Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939

de Adrian Tinniswood ...

Narrado por Steven Crossley ...

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11 hora 26 minutos

As World War I drew to a close, change reverberated through the halls of England's country homes. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes.In The Long Weekend, historian Adrian Tinniswood introduces us to the tumultuous, scandalous, and glamorous history of English country houses during the years between world wars. As estate ... Leer más

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As World War I drew to a close, change reverberated through the halls of England's country homes. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes.In The Long Weekend, historian Adrian Tinniswood introduces us to the tumultuous, scandalous, and glamorous history of English country houses during the years between world wars. As estate
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The Lady Queen

The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily

de Nancy Goldstone ...

Narrado por Christine Lakin ...

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15 hora 6 minutos

The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial -- and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages.On March 15, 1348, twenty-two-year-old Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for the murder of her husband before the Pope and his court in Avignon. Determined to defend herself, Joanna won her acquittal against overwhelming odds. Victorious, she returned to Naples ... Leer más

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The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial -- and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages.On March 15, 1348, twenty-two-year-old Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for the murder of her husband before the Pope and his court in Avignon. Determined to defend herself, Joanna won her acquittal against overwhelming odds. Victorious, she returned to Naples
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Hollywood's Eve

Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

de Lili Anolik ...

Narrado por Jayme Mattler ...

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7 hora 45 minutos

The quintessential biography of Eve Babitz (1943-2021), the brilliant chronicler of 1960s and 70s Hollywood hedonism and one of the most original American voices of her time.“I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve’s singular irresistible glitz.” —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker“The Eve Babitz book I’ve been waiting for. ... Leer más

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The quintessential biography of Eve Babitz (1943-2021), the brilliant chronicler of 1960s and 70s Hollywood hedonism and one of the most original American voices of her time.“I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve’s singular irresistible glitz.” —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker“The Eve Babitz book I’ve been waiting for.
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Pieces of My Heart

de Robert J. Wagner ...

Narrado por Robert J. Wagner ...

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5 hora 48 minutos

The New York Times bestseller Pieces of My Heart is the revelation-filled memoir from one of Hollywood’s most talented actors, Robert J. Wagner. He offers readers a candid and deeply personal look at his life and career, from his rise to stardom among legends like Cary Grant and Barbara Stanwyck to his troubled marriage, divorce, and remarriage to starlet Natalie Wood. With color photographs and ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

The New York Times bestseller Pieces of My Heart is the revelation-filled memoir from one of Hollywood’s most talented actors, Robert J. Wagner. He offers readers a candid and deeply personal look at his life and career, from his rise to stardom among legends like Cary Grant and Barbara Stanwyck to his troubled marriage, divorce, and remarriage to starlet Natalie Wood. With color photographs and
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The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

A Novel

de Susan Jane Gilman ...

Narrado por Susan Jane Gilman ...

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16 hora 30 minutos

A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America.In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid ... Leer más

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A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America.In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid
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The Road from Gap Creek

de Robert Morgan ...

Narrado por Emma Galvin ...

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11 hora 17 minutos

When Gap Creek was published in 1999, it became an instant national bestseller, attracting hundreds of thousands of readers to the story of a marriage begun with love and hope at the turn of the twentieth century. Set in the Appalachian South, it followed Julie and Hank Richards as they struggled through the first year and a half of their union. But what of the years following? What did the future ... Leer más

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When Gap Creek was published in 1999, it became an instant national bestseller, attracting hundreds of thousands of readers to the story of a marriage begun with love and hope at the turn of the twentieth century. Set in the Appalachian South, it followed Julie and Hank Richards as they struggled through the first year and a half of their union. But what of the years following? What did the future
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Afterworlds

de Scott Westerfeld ...

Narrado por Sheetal Sheth, Heather Lind ...

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15 hora 13 minutos

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a “masterful” (Cory Doctorow) novel-within-a-novel that you won’t be able to put down.Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. But lucky for Darcy, she’s taken under the wings of other ... Leer más

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a “masterful” (Cory Doctorow) novel-within-a-novel that you won’t be able to put down.Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. But lucky for Darcy, she’s taken under the wings of other
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