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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,199
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,247
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,215

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    James Patterson by James Patterson Audiobook By James Patterson cover art
    • James Patterson by James Patterson

    • The Stories of My Life
    • By: James Patterson
    • Narrated by: James Patterson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 157
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 145
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 145

    How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a joy.

    • By Anna on 06-12-22
    James Patterson by James Patterson

    By: James Patterson

    On Writing Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
    • 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
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 13,758
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,390
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,293

    Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Who needs a print edition when King reads King?

    • By Cather on 11-18-05
    On Writing

    By: Stephen King

    Me Talk Pretty One Day Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
    • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    • By: David Sedaris
    • Narrated by: David Sedaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,276
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,034
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,010

    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...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Sedaris - Not for everyone

    • By Michael on 06-05-20
    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    By: David Sedaris

    Leonardo da Vinci Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Leonardo da Vinci

    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Alfred Molina
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,794
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,512
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,437

    Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wish the sample was not from the preface!

    • By Chris M. on 11-13-17
    Leonardo da Vinci

    By: Walter Isaacson

    The Glass Castle Audiobook By Jeannette Walls cover art
    • The Glass Castle

    • A Memoir
    • By: Jeannette Walls
    • Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,124
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,040
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,044

    Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A CAPTIVATING READ

    • By Jennifer on 09-25-12
    The Glass Castle

    By: Jeannette Walls

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,199
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,247
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,215

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    James Patterson by James Patterson Audiobook By James Patterson cover art
    • James Patterson by James Patterson

    • The Stories of My Life
    • By: James Patterson
    • Narrated by: James Patterson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 157
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 145
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 145

    How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a joy.

    • By Anna on 06-12-22
    James Patterson by James Patterson

    By: James Patterson

    On Writing Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
    • 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
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 13,758
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,390
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,293

    Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Who needs a print edition when King reads King?

    • By Cather on 11-18-05
    On Writing

    By: Stephen King

    Me Talk Pretty One Day Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
    • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    • By: David Sedaris
    • Narrated by: David Sedaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,276
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,034
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,010

    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...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Sedaris - Not for everyone

    • By Michael on 06-05-20
    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    By: David Sedaris

    Leonardo da Vinci Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Leonardo da Vinci

    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Alfred Molina
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,794
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,512
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,437

    Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wish the sample was not from the preface!

    • By Chris M. on 11-13-17
    Leonardo da Vinci

    By: Walter Isaacson

    The Glass Castle Audiobook By Jeannette Walls cover art
    • The Glass Castle

    • A Memoir
    • By: Jeannette Walls
    • Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,124
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,040
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,044

    Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A CAPTIVATING READ

    • By Jennifer on 09-25-12
    The Glass Castle

    By: Jeannette Walls

    Going There Audiobook By Katie Couric cover art
    • Going There

    • By: Katie Couric
    • Narrated by: Katie Couric
    • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,772
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,412
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,391

     

    ​For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Walk Down Memory Lane 4 Me

    • By Sedona Woman on 10-27-21
    Going There

    By: Katie Couric

    Eat, Pray, Love Audiobook By Elizabeth Gilbert cover art
    • 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
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,033
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,625
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,604

    She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Another Geographical Cure

    • By Pamela Harvey on 08-21-07
    Eat, Pray, Love

    By: Elizabeth Gilbert

    All the President's Men Audiobook By Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein cover art
    • All the President's Men

    • By: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
    • Narrated by: Richard Poe
    • Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,742
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,533
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,532

    This is the book that changed America....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I had forgotten all that really happened...

    • By RDB on 05-28-15
    All the President's Men

    By: Bob Woodward, and others

    Anna Audiobook By Amy Odell cover art
    • Anna

    • The Biography
    • By: Amy Odell
    • Narrated by: Imogen Church
    • Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 116
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 103
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 102

    This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would—with singular and legendary focus—become one of the most powerful people in media....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • WONDERFUL, SPLENDID, I LOVED IT!!

    • By Liz Jardine on 05-13-22
    Anna

    By: Amy Odell

    These Precious Days Audiobook By Ann Patchett cover art
    • These Precious Days

    • Essays
    • By: Ann Patchett
    • Narrated by: Ann Patchett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 960
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 882
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 876

     

    “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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed

    • By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
    These Precious Days

    By: Ann Patchett

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Audiobook By Hunter S. Thompson cover art
    • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    • By: Hunter S. Thompson
    • Narrated by: Ron McLarty
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,430
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,521
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,520

    No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Too Much Fear and Loathing

    • By Hugh on 05-21-11
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    By: Hunter S. Thompson

    Festival Days Audiobook By Jo Ann Beard cover art
    • Festival Days

    • By: Jo Ann Beard
    • Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 37
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 29
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 29

    An exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville, Festival Days presents Jo Ann Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Moments of brilliance

    • By P. Bergh on 08-23-21
    Festival Days

    By: Jo Ann Beard

    The Year of Magical Thinking Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
    • The Year of Magical Thinking

    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
    • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 3,710
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,522
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 2,534

    In The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion explores with electric honesty and passion a private yet universal experience....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great book to Read, but I didn’t like it

    • By Michael on 05-08-15
    The Year of Magical Thinking

    By: Joan Didion

    Tokyo Vice Audiobook By Jake Adelstein cover art
    • Tokyo Vice

    • An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
    • By: Jake Adelstein
    • Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
    • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,305
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,049
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052

    From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package

    • By Steven on 02-07-10
    Tokyo Vice

    By: Jake Adelstein

    Walden Audiobook By Henry David Thoreau cover art
    • Walden

    • Life in the Woods
    • By: Henry David Thoreau
    • Narrated by: Alec Sand
    • Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,476
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 1,246
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,246

    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....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Energetic but choppy presentation

    • By Dan Jensen on 03-17-10
    Walden

    By: Henry David Thoreau

    Bookends Audiobook By Zibby Owens cover art
    • Bookends

    • A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
    • By: Zibby Owens
    • Narrated by: Zibby Owens
    • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
    • Performance
      0 out of 5 stars 0
    • Story
      0 out of 5 stars 0

    A deeply personal memoir about one woman’s journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books....

    Bookends

    By: Zibby Owens

    We Don't Know Ourselves Audiobook By Fintan O'Toole cover art
    • We Don't Know Ourselves

    • A Personal History of Modern Ireland
    • By: Fintan O'Toole
    • Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
    • Length: 22 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 127
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 114
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 113

    In We Don't Know Ourselves, Fintan O'Toole weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Brilliant. Pure pleasure.

    • By Jim Dunn on 03-22-22
    We Don't Know Ourselves

    By: Fintan O'Toole

    Bomb Shelter Audiobook By Mary Laura Philpott cover art
    • Bomb Shelter

    • By: Mary Laura Philpott
    • Narrated by: Mary Laura Philpott
    • Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 97
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 86
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 85

     

    A lifelong worrier, Philpott always kept an eye out for danger, a habit that only intensified when she became a parent. But she looked on the bright side, too, believing that as long as she cared enough, she could keep her loved ones safe....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I couldn’t love this book more

    • By Sara Neufeld on 06-26-22
    Bomb Shelter

    By: Mary Laura Philpott

    The Bully Pulpit Audiobook By Doris Kearns Goodwin cover art
    • The Bully Pulpit

    • Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
    • By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,049
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,651
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,643

    Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wow! Patience Rewarded!

    • By Carole T. on 01-22-14
    The Bully Pulpit

    By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Unbelievable Audiobook By Katy Tur cover art
    • Unbelievable

    • My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
    • By: Katy Tur
    • Narrated by: Katy Tur
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,044
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,758
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,747

    Intriguing, disturbing, and powerful, Unbelievable is an unprecedented eyewitness account of the 2016 election from an intelligent, dedicated journalist at the center of it....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • ENLIGHTENING WITH MUCH HUMOR -LIKE YOU WERE THERE

    • By v2o777 on 09-18-17
    Unbelievable

    By: Katy Tur

    Letter to My Daughter Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • Letter to My Daughter

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,904
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,574
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,563

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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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wisdom that not only experience can give...

    • By Theodore on 09-17-11
    Letter to My Daughter

    By: Maya Angelou

    The White Album Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
    • The White Album

    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Susan Varon
    • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 806
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 694
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 698

    First published in 1979, The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Time Capsule of a Bygone Age

    • By Ian C Robertson on 10-21-15
    The White Album

    By: Joan Didion

    We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It Audiobook By Tom Phelan cover art
    • We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It

    • A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood
    • By: Tom Phelan
    • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 76
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 66
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 66

    In the tradition of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and Alice Taylor’s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelan’s We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Warning: you'll laugh and cry

    • By danielle on 12-13-19
    We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It

    By: Tom Phelan

    A Moveable Feast Audiobook By Ernest Hemingway cover art
    • A Moveable Feast

    • By: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: James Naughton
    • Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,331
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,882
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,878

    Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hemingway without being TOO Hemingway

    • By Cathy Dopp on 09-20-06
    A Moveable Feast

    By: Ernest Hemingway

    True Crime Addict Audiobook By James Renner cover art
    • True Crime Addict

    • How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
    • By: James Renner
    • Narrated by: James Renner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,138
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,937
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,938

    When 11-year-old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Honest. Surprising. Fascinating.

    • By River Holmes-miller on 05-27-16
    True Crime Addict

    By: James Renner

    The Vanity Fair Diaries Audiobook By Tina Brown cover art
    • The Vanity Fair Diaries

    • 1983-1992
    • By: Tina Brown
    • Narrated by: Tina Brown
    • Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 428
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 390
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 388

    The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her 20s who arrives in New York City with a dream....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • There is something about the Brits...

    • By Sylvia on 12-11-17
    The Vanity Fair Diaries

    By: Tina Brown

    Reasons to Stay Alive Audiobook By Matt Haig cover art
    • Reasons to Stay Alive

    • By: Matt Haig
    • Narrated by: Matt Haig
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 545
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 473
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 472

    Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is his inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wonderful entry to those just starting to struggle with anxiety and depression

    • By polevaultercourtney on 07-25-16
    Reasons to Stay Alive

    By: Matt Haig

    Capote's Women Audiobook By Laurence Leamer cover art
    • 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
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 341
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 294
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 294

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • OMG!!! Riveting. Exciting. Movie???

    • By June Watson on 10-15-21
    Capote's Women

    By: Laurence Leamer

    Junkie Love Audiobook By Joe Clifford cover art
    • Junkie Love

    • By: Joe Clifford
    • Narrated by: Timothy McKean
    • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 110
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 95
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 95

    From the cow fields of Connecticut to the streets of San Francisco, Joe Clifford's Junkie Love traverses the lost highways of America....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Riveting - Hard to Put Down...just WOW!

    • By KimR on 06-28-17
    Junkie Love

    By: Joe Clifford

    On Writers and Writing Audiobook By Margaret Atwood cover art
    • On Writers and Writing

    • By: Margaret Atwood
    • Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 170
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 151
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 151

    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?

    • 5 out of 5 stars
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