Against the sumptuous backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, South of Broad gathers a unique cast of sinners and saints. Leopold Bloom King, our narrator, is the son of an amiable, loving father who teaches science at the local high school. His mother, an exnun, is the high school principal and a wellknown Joyce scholar. After Leo's older brother commits suicide at the age of 13, the family struggles with the shattering effects of his death, and Leo, lonely and isolated, searches for something to sustain him.
Eventually, he finds his answer when he becomes part of a tightly knit group of high school seniors that includes friends Sheba and Trevor Poe, glamorous twins with an alcoholic mother and a prisonescapee father; hardscrabble mountain runaways Niles and Starla Whitehead; socialite Molly Huger and her boyfriend, Chadworth Rutledge X; and an everwidening circle whose liaisons will ripple across two decadesfrom 1960s counterculture through the dawn of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
The ties among them endure for years, surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hardwon successes and devastating breakdowns, and Charleston's dark legacy of racism and class divisions. But the final test of friendship that brings them to San Francisco is something no one is prepared for South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest; a longawaited work from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon....
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Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban....
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When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with cancer....
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You've either done it or know someone who has: the onenight stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding....
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Every schoolchild is taught the great turning points in American history, such as Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, and 9/11....
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An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off...
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Junger's ontheground account follows a single platoon through a 15month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley....
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Against the sumptuous backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, South of Broad gathers a unique cast of sinners and saints....
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As provocative, wellreasoned, robust, and informed as his onair commentary, Levin's narrative will galvanize listeners to begin a new era in conservative thinking and action....
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As provocative, wellreasoned, robust, and informed as his onair commentary, Levin's narrative will galvanize listeners to begin a new era in conservative thinking and action....
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Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii, disappears. Fearing the worst, her parents travel to Hawaii to investigate for themselves, never expecting the horror that awaits them....
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On the eve of the publication of an expose on a sex trafficking organization , the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.....
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The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse....
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An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope....
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On the eve of the publication of an expose on a sex trafficking organization , the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.....
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It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another....
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Moving, funny, tender, and triumphant, Barbery's novel exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
reliable service. Whether you are using an IPod, IPhone,
mobile phone, Dune or one of the many other MP3 players
availalbe, Audilbe makes downloading great quality audio
content easy and umcomplicated.
In addition to this, Audible also boasts the most comprehensive collection
of audio books anywhere. Depending on the promotion currently on
offer, you can download any audiobook of your
choice for free (including almost
certainly the title on this
page, too).
This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
Indeed, now that the digital age is upon, listening to your
favourite novel, biography or factual book has become
incredibly easy. Digital audiobooks weigh nothing and can be
easily downloaded in mp3, wma or other format to an almost
limitless number of mobile devices, including ipods, iphone,
zune, android, laptops, PCs and mobile phones.
Just imagine listening to a bestselling classic while
driving. Good audiobooks really do take the boredom out of
travel and long car journeys. Thanks to Ipod and co. you
don’t even need a CD player anymore! And there are many
thousands of great audiobooks to choose in an incredibly
diverse range of categories. From comedy to business and
from children’s to Adult, you are guaranteed to find your
downloadable favourite.
Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
books that can be downloaded from audible. At audible
audiobooks you get your own online library, which makes
downloading a piece of cake. You can then easily move them
over to your Ipod or mp3 player. You can also sign up for
the trial and get a
free audiobook.
