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Thalia Book Club: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- By: Marilynne Robinson
- Narrated by: James Wood
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Marilynne Robinson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling second novel, the lyrical, luminous, unforgettable story of minister John Ames, as told poetically in a long letter to his young son. His powerful story spans three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century. This is a book that is being passed hand to hand and that booksellers nationwide are recommending.
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Disappointing
- By Kremer on 17-07-18
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Thalia Book Club: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Narrated by: James Wood
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-05-06
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Brian Jacques' Redwall Series
- By: Brian Jacques
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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A rollicking conversation between British author Brian Jacques and Jon Scieszka about the newest installment in Jacques' beloved Redwall series, Eulalia!. Redwall's heroes are peace-loving mice, moles, shrews, squirrels, and their friends who exhibit human characteristics in a medieval setting. They face the dark side of the animal world, represented by rats, weasels, stoats, foxes, and their villain allies, in the day-to-day struggle of good versus evil.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Brian Jacques' Redwall Series
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-08-08
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club Special Event: Salman Rushdie, 'Joseph Anton: A Memoir'
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: John Freeman, Colum McCann
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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The author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses talks with Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) about his long-anticipated, enthralling and provocative new memoir of his exile under the fatwa that sentenced him to death in 1989.
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Thalia Book Club Special Event: Salman Rushdie, 'Joseph Anton: A Memoir'
- Narrated by: John Freeman, Colum McCann
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 17-02-14
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrated by: John Waters, Amy Ryan, Zoe Kazan, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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In honor of the release of the concluding installment in the Neapolitan Novels, John Waters, Amy Ryan, Sonali Deraniyagala, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Thurman, and Parul Sehgal celebrate the author with readings and discussion. Hosted by Amanda Stern.
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Thalia Book Club: Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
- Narrated by: John Waters, Amy Ryan, Zoe Kazan, Sonali Deraniyagala, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Thurman, Parul Sehgal
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 23-10-15
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 50th Anniversary
- By: E. L. Konigsburg
- Narrated by: Blue Balliett, Chris Grabenstein, Wendy Mass, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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An afternoon of readings and lively discussion with contemporary authors, including Blue Balliett ( Chasing Vermeer), Chris Grabenstein ( Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library), Wendy Mass ( The Candymakers), and Alexander London ( The Wild Ones) who have been inspired by E. L. Konigsburg's Newbery Award-winning classic about a sister and brother who run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and find themselves caught up in a mysterious adventure.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 50th Anniversary
- Narrated by: Blue Balliett, Chris Grabenstein, Wendy Mass, Alexander London, Susannah Rodgers
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 15-11-17
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Nicole Krauss' 'Great House'
- By: Nicole Krauss
- Narrated by: Deborah Treisman
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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A large wooden desk with many drawers is at the mysterious center of Krauss' deeply engrossing new novel of interwoven lives. The author of the best-selling The History of Love discusses her 2010 National Book Award nominated book, with Deborah Treisman (fiction editor at The New Yorker). An excerpt will be performed by Lois Smith. Performance playlist: Reading by Lois Smith, conversation between Nicole Krauss and Deborah Treisman, and a discussion with the audience.
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Thalia Book Club: Nicole Krauss' 'Great House'
- Narrated by: Deborah Treisman
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan
- By: Scott Westerfeld
- Narrated by: Matthew Cody
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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The New York Times best-selling author of Uglies discusses his latest series - which takes readers on a fantastical adventure around the world, set in an alternate-history World War I, complete with living airships-with Matthew Cody ( Powerless) and middle graders and teens ages 12 and up.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan
- Narrated by: Matthew Cody
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 22-02-11
- Language: English
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Abbi Jacobson Carry This Book
- By: Abbi Jacobson
- Narrated by: Lena Dunham
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Broad City's Abbi Jacobson brings together an evening of conversation centered on her latest book, a wonderfully weird and weirdly wonderful illustrated look at the world around us - all through the framework of the things we carry. In conversation with Lena Dunham ( Girls).
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Abbi Jacobson Carry This Book
- Narrated by: Lena Dunham
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 23-11-16
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Salman Rushdie Two Years and Twenty-Eight Nights
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: A. M. Holmes, Michael Potts
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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The author of Midnight's Children discusses Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights with A. M. Homes. Rushdie's novel is a masterpiece about the age-old conflicts that remain in today's world, and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling.
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Thalia Book Club: Salman Rushdie Two Years and Twenty-Eight Nights
- Narrated by: A. M. Holmes, Michael Potts
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 23-10-15
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Jamaica Kincaid, 'See Now Then'
- By: Jamaica Kincaid
- Narrated by: Ian Frazier
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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The author of Annie John, Lucy, and The Autobiography of My Mother delves into her long-awaited new novel about a complicated modern family, featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children, Heracles and Persephone, who live in the Shirley Jackson house in Vermont. Kincaid discusses her novel with her old friend Ian Frazier ( The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days).
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Thalia Book Club: Jamaica Kincaid, 'See Now Then'
- Narrated by: Ian Frazier
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 17-02-14
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
- By: Rick Riordan
- Narrated by: Adam Gidwitz
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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The number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus series returns to launch the first book in his newest series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer. In conversation with Adam Gidwitz ( A Tale Dark and Grimm).
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misleading it appears as a book is just a review
- By Kindle Customer on 10-04-20
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
- Narrated by: Adam Gidwitz
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 23-10-15
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: An Evening with Jane Gardam
- By: Jane Gardam
- Narrated by: Stacy Schiff, Paul Hecht
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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In a rare New York appearance, the beloved British author of Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat, the funny, romantic and surprising paired novels about a 50-year marriage between a crusty British barrister and his sparkling surprising Betty, discusses these books and Last Friends, her brand-new third chapter in this remarkable series. Paul Hecht will read from the book. In conversation with Stacy Schiff ( Cleopatra).
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Thalia Book Club: An Evening with Jane Gardam
- Narrated by: Stacy Schiff, Paul Hecht
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-03-14
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Studio 360 Explores Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen, Ben Marcus, Helen Phillips, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, has captivated readers and artists for 100 years. Studio 360's Kurt Andersen leads spirited conversation exploring the classic story and its impact on arts and culture with guests Ben Marcus ( Leaving the Sea), Helen Phillips ( The Beautiful Bureaucrat), Eric Jarosinski ( NeinQuarterly), and translator Susan Bernofsky. With a reading by Heather Burns ( Bored to Death).
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Thalia Book Club: Studio 360 Explores Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen, Ben Marcus, Helen Phillips, Eric Jarosinski, Susan Bernofsky, Heather Burns
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-12-15
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Zombies vs. Unicorns
- By: Libba Bray, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Maureen Johnson, and others
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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An all-star line-up of children’s book authors, including Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier, Libba Bray, and Maureen Johnson, debate the question, “Which are better: zombies or unicorns?”
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Alexa does not play nice with this book.
- By Tony on 19-12-22
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Zombies vs. Unicorns
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of a Biographer
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- By: James Atlas, Edmund Morris, Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Symphony Space invited three renowned biographers, James Atlas, Edmund Morris and Stacy Schiff, to reveal the fascinating, all-absorbing process of researching and writing another person's life story. The conversation delved deeply into the challenges the authors encountered and the pleasures they enjoyed in writing the lives of Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Vera Nabakov and Saul Bellow, as well as the difficulty of getting past the "unreliable narrator."
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The Autobiography of a Biographer
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- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-06-09
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Madame Bovary
- By: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrated by: Jennifer Egan, Siri Hustvedt, Margot Livesey, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Back by popular demand, Jennifer Egan ( A Visit from the Goon Squad), Siri Hustvedt ( The Blazing World), and Margot Livesey ( The Flight of Gemma Hardy) revisit Gustave Flaubert's classic in a lively discussion. With a reading by Amanda Quaid ( Pericles at the Public Theater).
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Thalia Book Club: Madame Bovary
- Narrated by: Jennifer Egan, Siri Hustvedt, Margot Livesey, Amanda Quaid
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-07-15
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee's Clementine series
- By: Sara Pennypacker, Marla Frazee
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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The author and illustrator team behind the popular Clementine - a funny, independent third-grader who has taken her place alongside such beloved book characters as Ramona Quimby, Super Fudge, and Judy Moody - discuss their latest collaboration, Clementine, Friend of the Week.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee's Clementine series
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pseudonymous Bosch's This Isn't What It Looks Like
- By: Pseudonymous Bosch
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The mysterious author of the New York Times best-selling book The Name of This Book is Secret, as well as the other dangerous and daring adventures in the hugely popular The Secret series makes a rare appearance to talk with Matthew Cody ( Powerless) about the latest installment. Performance playlist: Reading by the Author followed by a conversation with Pseudonymous Bosch and Matthew Cody.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pseudonymous Bosch's This Isn't What It Looks Like
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Edwidge Danticat's 'Brother, I'm Dying'
- By: Edwidge Danticat
- Narrated by: Jonathan Demme
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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Edwidge Danticat discusses her deeply personal new memoir, a National Book Award finalist for 2007, with her friend, director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs).
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Thalia Book Club: Edwidge Danticat's 'Brother, I'm Dying'
- Narrated by: Jonathan Demme
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-02-08
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Emma Donoghue's 'Room'
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Michael Cunningham
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Emma Donoghue discusses her extraordinary new novel with author Michael Cunningham ( The Hours and By Nightfall). This wondrous book is told from the point of view of a five-year-old boy who lives with his mother in an 11-by-11 foot room.
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Thalia Book Club: Emma Donoghue's 'Room'
- Narrated by: Michael Cunningham
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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