Bestsellers
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him....
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Perseverance
- By Joan on 04-19-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts
- The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative
- By: Gregg Hecimovich
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death.
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Great companion piece to 'The Bondwoman's Narrative’, not so much as a standalone
- By William Hinton on 02-23-24
By: Gregg Hecimovich
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
- By: Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn, Brendan O'Hea, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra....
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Perfect for fans of Shakespeare
- By Richard A. Nathan on 04-24-24
By: Judi Dench, and others
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The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- By: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....
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What's normal?
- By Kmrsy on 11-30-13
By: Jeannette Walls
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Letter to My Daughter
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....
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Wisdom that not only experience can give...
- By Theodore on 09-17-11
By: Maya Angelou
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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Emotional & Powerful
- By Miss Toni on 06-30-13
By: Maya Angelou
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him....
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Perseverance
- By Joan on 04-19-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts
- The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative
- By: Gregg Hecimovich
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death.
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Great companion piece to 'The Bondwoman's Narrative’, not so much as a standalone
- By William Hinton on 02-23-24
By: Gregg Hecimovich
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
- By: Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn, Brendan O'Hea, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra....
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Perfect for fans of Shakespeare
- By Richard A. Nathan on 04-24-24
By: Judi Dench, and others
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The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- By: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....
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What's normal?
- By Kmrsy on 11-30-13
By: Jeannette Walls
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Letter to My Daughter
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....
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Wisdom that not only experience can give...
- By Theodore on 09-17-11
By: Maya Angelou
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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Emotional & Powerful
- By Miss Toni on 06-30-13
By: Maya Angelou
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Ghosted
- An American Story
- By: Nancy French
- Narrated by: Nancy French
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A compelling, thought-provoking memoir about Nancy French's journey from her family's mountain roots to success as a ghostwriter, only to be rejected by her party, church, and community....
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Amazing!!!
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-24
By: Nancy French
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On Writing
- A Memoir of the Craft
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill, Owen King
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have....
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Who needs a print edition when King reads King?
- By Cather on 11-18-05
By: Stephen King
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The Distance Between Us
- A Memoir
- By: Reyna Grande
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border....
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opened my eyes to the beauty of our stories
- By Evelyn on 09-18-20
By: Reyna Grande
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Capote's Women
- A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
- By: Laurence Leamer
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published final novel, Answered Prayers....
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You need to know a bit about the players
- By Etoile NEOhio on 12-30-21
By: Laurence Leamer
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes...
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Subtly Funny Musings on Life Experiences
- By FanB14 on 09-03-12
By: David Sedaris
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The Water Is Wide
- By: Pat Conroy
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten....
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A powerful look at life of the island peoples.
- By L. W. LARSON on 04-22-23
By: Pat Conroy
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Eat, Pray, Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....
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An Inner Journey within an External One
- By YoginiZora on 07-20-06
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Catullus' Bedspread
- The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet
- By: Daisy Dunn
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Born to one of Verona's leading families, Catullus spent most of his young adulthood in Rome, mingling with the likes of Caesar and Cicero and chronicling his life through his poetry....
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Wonderful exciting historical
- By Architecto on 03-19-23
By: Daisy Dunn
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Ian Fleming
- The Complete Man
- By: Nicholas Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers....
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A better than expected review of life.
- By Anonymous User on 04-16-24
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Walden
- Life in the Woods
- By: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrated by: Alec Sand
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life describes his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years....
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Excellent book and narration
- By Kindle Customer on 06-14-11
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Reasons to Stay Alive
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Matt Haig
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again....
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Beware of Tuesdays and October. I cried laughing
- By colin on 12-05-23
By: Matt Haig
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These Precious Days
- Essays
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....
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Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed
- By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
By: Ann Patchett
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Splinters
- Another Kind of Love Story
- By: Leslie Jamison
- Narrated by: Leslie Jamison
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love....
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Masterful writing
- By Natalie Bovis on 04-05-24
By: Leslie Jamison
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A Man of Two Faces
- A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
- By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Narrated by: Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life....
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If you don't like coddled, cry-babies, then avoid
- By Wayne A. Curto on 12-30-23
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
- Their Stories Are Better than the Bestsellers
- By: James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
- Narrated by: Tom Force, Nancy Peterson, Jenn Lee, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, inspiring true stories as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson....
By: James Patterson, and others
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Deliberate Cruelty
- Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
- By: Roseanne Montillo
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This scintillating and glittery look at the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman Capote sweeps us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society—where even the richest cannot escape murder and infamy....
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offensive narration
- By GM on 05-12-23
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The Rigor of Angels
- Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: David Glass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak....
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The most ridiculous narration
- By Anonymous User on 03-07-24
By: William Egginton
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Dry
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants...
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Sobriety with a sense of style....
- By heidi on 09-28-03
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A Moveable Feast
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works....
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Hemingway without being TOO Hemingway
- By Cathy Dopp on 09-20-06
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Traveling Mercies
- Some Thoughts on Faith
- By: Anne Lamott
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her often troubled past to illuminate her devout but quirky walk of faith. In a narrative spiced with stories and scripture, Lamott tells how, against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself....
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So so good
- By Nathan on 09-21-20
By: Anne Lamott
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.....
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Shakespeare
- The World as Stage
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition....
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Too Little, Too Short
- By Charles L. Burkins on 11-30-07
By: Bill Bryson
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
- Essays and Arguments
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: Paul Garcia
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the best-selling Infinite Jest....
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Wonderful book, terrible narration!
- By Karen on 08-20-13
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Running with Scissors
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of being Anne Sexton) gave him away...
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NOT what I was expecting
- By Art H on 04-25-03
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On Writers and Writing
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?
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l just love Margaret Atwood.
- By Brandy Ringleb on 01-11-21
New releases
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and creator of the Little Prince: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
- By: Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn, Brendan O'Hea, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O'Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.
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Perfect for fans of Shakespeare
- By Richard A. Nathan on 04-24-24
By: Judi Dench, and others
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Rudyard Kipling - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Rudyard Kipling, India-born Britishman and nobel prize laureate: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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MARK TWAIN
- Whispers of the Enchanted Quill
- By: Morghan Knight
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a literary titan who straddled the American 19th and 20th centuries. More than just a humorist, Twain was a multifaceted author, essayist, social critic, and entrepreneur whose legacy transcends mere entertainment. His prose shimmered with wit, his satiric scalpel deftly exposing the societal hypocrisies of his time. Yet, his empathy for the marginalized and disenfranchised pulsed beneath the surface, lending depth and nuance to his narratives. Twain's literary landscape is vast and varied. He immortalized the idyllic boyhood ...
By: Morghan Knight
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Joseph Roth - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Joseph Roth, literary genius and tragic figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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God Stories
- By: Susan Peabody
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1985, I had a dream in which God asked me to write a book about a rock. I told God I was not qualified to write such a book because I was not a geologist. God laughed and said, "The rock is just a metaphor. I want you to write a book about me." "Oh, no," I replied. I just met you for the first time three years ago. I have nothing to say about you at this point in my life." "You will," he said. Then I woke up from the dream. For the next 35 years I experienced many miracles that I believe were from God because he wanted to make me happy and tell others about him. Finally, six months ago, ...
By: Susan Peabody
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and creator of the Little Prince: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
- By: Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
- Narrated by: Barbara Flynn, Brendan O'Hea, Judi Dench
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O'Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.
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Perfect for fans of Shakespeare
- By Richard A. Nathan on 04-24-24
By: Judi Dench, and others
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Rudyard Kipling - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Rudyard Kipling, India-born Britishman and nobel prize laureate: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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MARK TWAIN
- Whispers of the Enchanted Quill
- By: Morghan Knight
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a literary titan who straddled the American 19th and 20th centuries. More than just a humorist, Twain was a multifaceted author, essayist, social critic, and entrepreneur whose legacy transcends mere entertainment. His prose shimmered with wit, his satiric scalpel deftly exposing the societal hypocrisies of his time. Yet, his empathy for the marginalized and disenfranchised pulsed beneath the surface, lending depth and nuance to his narratives. Twain's literary landscape is vast and varied. He immortalized the idyllic boyhood ...
By: Morghan Knight
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Joseph Roth - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Joseph Roth, literary genius and tragic figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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God Stories
- By: Susan Peabody
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1985, I had a dream in which God asked me to write a book about a rock. I told God I was not qualified to write such a book because I was not a geologist. God laughed and said, "The rock is just a metaphor. I want you to write a book about me." "Oh, no," I replied. I just met you for the first time three years ago. I have nothing to say about you at this point in my life." "You will," he said. Then I woke up from the dream. For the next 35 years I experienced many miracles that I believe were from God because he wanted to make me happy and tell others about him. Finally, six months ago, ...
By: Susan Peabody
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The Book-Makers
- A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
- By: Adam Smyth
- Narrated by: Adam Smyth
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error.
By: Adam Smyth
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Jules Verne - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Jules Verne, French author and inventor of science fiction: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.
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Perseverance
- By Joan on 04-19-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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Muse of Fire
- World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation—destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England—and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that took over 25,000,000 lives.
By: Michael Korda
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.
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His will power and pen power
- By Aneerudha Borkotoky on 04-23-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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Ghosted
- An American Story
- By: Nancy French
- Narrated by: Nancy French
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A compelling, thought-provoking memoir about Nancy French's journey from her family's mountain roots to success as a ghostwriter, only to be rejected by her party, church, and community. Ghosted by New York Times bestselling author Nancy French is for all who were alienated by those closest to them and left spiritually and politically homeless.
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Amazing!!!
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-24
By: Nancy French
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.
By: Salman Rushdie
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Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life
- Especially If You've Had a Lucky Life
- By: Joseph Epstein
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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An autobiography usually requires a justification. The great autobiographies—those by Benvenuto Cellini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Brooks Adams—were justified by their authors living in interesting times, harboring radically new ideas, or participating in great events. Joseph Epstein qualifies on none of these counts. His life has been quiet, lucky in numerous ways, and far from dramatic. But it has also been emblematic of the great changes in our country since World War II. Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life is an intimate look at one life steeped in radical change.
By: Joseph Epstein
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Leo Tolstoy - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Leo Tolstoy, Russian nobleman and most famous author: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Agatha Christie - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Agatha Christie, British queen of crime novels: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black–black clothes, black mask–rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond.
By: Salman Rushdie
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Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover
- The Many Lives of Agyeya
- By: Akshaya Mukul
- Narrated by: Dishant Narang
- Length: 27 hrs and 54 mins
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Sachchidanand Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya' is unarguably one of the most remarkable figures of Indian literature. From his revolutionary youth to acquiring the mantle of a (highly controversial) patron saint of Hindi literature, Agyeya's turbulent life also tells a history of the Hindi literary world and of a new nation—spanning as it does two world wars, Independence and Partition, and the building and fraying of the Nehruvian state.
By: Akshaya Mukul