Bestsellers
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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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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 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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Triumph of Life
- By Donna Ponte on 04-17-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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Small Acts of Courage
- A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Ali Velshi
- Narrated by: Ali Velshi
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact....
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Incredible book!
- By Sally J Blanchard on 05-11-24
By: Ali Velshi
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world....
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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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Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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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....
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- By Chris M. on 11-13-17
By: Walter Isaacson
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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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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 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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Triumph of Life
- By Donna Ponte on 04-17-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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Small Acts of Courage
- A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Ali Velshi
- Narrated by: Ali Velshi
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact....
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Incredible book!
- By Sally J Blanchard on 05-11-24
By: Ali Velshi
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world....
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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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Leonardo da Vinci
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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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....
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Wish the sample was not from the preface!
- By Chris M. on 11-13-17
By: Walter Isaacson
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The Rulebreaker
- The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page....
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Very well written and very interesting
- By Anonymous User on 04-29-24
By: Susan Page
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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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Mostly What God Does
- Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
- By: Savannah Guthrie
- Narrated by: Savannah Guthrie
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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If you ever struggle with your connection to God (or whether you even feel connected to a faith at all!), you're not alone. Especially in our modern world, with its relentless, never-ending news cycle, we can all grapple with such questions....
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A Wonderful Treasure!
- By e. taylor on 02-22-24
By: Savannah Guthrie
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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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Suffering with whimsy
- By Christina on 05-13-24
By: Nancy French
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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 Friday Afternoon Club
- A Family Memoir
- By: Griffin Dunne
- Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances....
By: Griffin Dunne
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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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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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Dust Tracks on a Road
- An Autobiography
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston....
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Very nice!
- By Joi Wilson on 10-31-16
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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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While You Were Out
- An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
- By: Meg Kissinger
- Narrated by: Meg Kissinger
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them....
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Beautiful memoir
- By Maureen Shannon O'Leary on 09-12-23
By: Meg Kissinger
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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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The Sum of Our Days
- By: Isabel Allende
- Narrated by: Blair Brown, Isabel Allende
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator....
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She does not disappoint
- By ChiChi's Rule on 06-01-22
By: Isabel Allende
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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
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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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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Hope after divorce
- By Katie H on 05-14-24
By: Leslie Jamison
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Some People Need Killing
- A Memoir of Murder in My Country
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
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A courageous mission
- By Karen Campbell on 05-12-24
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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
- One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
- By: Robert Sheffield
- Narrated by: Scott Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of the national bestseller Love is a Mix Tape returns, with a different--but equally personal and equally universal - spin on music as memory....
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Before there was Team Edward...there was Team John
- By Tricia, Audible Editor on 04-11-12
By: Robert Sheffield
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A Letter to My Father
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered....
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Good story - TERRIBLE READING
- By Michael Norman on 05-03-20
By: Franz Kafka
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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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Anna
- The Biography
- By: Amy Odell
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This definitive New York Times bestselling biography of Anna Wintour, now featuring a new afterword, 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....
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WONDERFUL, SPLENDID, I LOVED IT!!
- By Liz Jardine on 05-13-22
By: Amy Odell
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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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Inventor of the Future
- The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
- By: Alec Nevala-Lee
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century....
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I learned much about Buckminster Fuller!
- By Richard J. Chandler on 09-12-22
By: Alec Nevala-Lee
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I Will Show You How It Was
- The Story of Wartime Kyiv
- By: Illia Ponomarenko
- Narrated by: Sergey Nagorny
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In late February 2022, a series of missiles and rocket strikes began falling upon Ukraine, as the Russian military barreled over the border and fanned out across the country. First they took Chernobyl, then Kherson, then Mariupol.
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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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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.
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Another Word for Love
- A Memoir
- By: Carvell Wallace
- Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Wallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career on writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it—to make sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world.
By: Carvell Wallace
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The Art of Dying
- Writings, 2019-2022
- By: Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin - foreword by, Jarrett Earnest - introduction by
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker’s art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, “The Art of Dying,” in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, “These extra months are a luxury that I hope to have put to good use.”
By: Peter Schjeldahl, and others
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Caspar David Friedrich - 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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Caspar David Friedrich, German painting genius of the 18th century: 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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Frederick Douglass: Voice of Freedom
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into the extraordinary life of Frederick Douglass with the compelling biography, "Frederick Douglass: Voice of Freedom." This book offers an in-depth exploration of Douglass's journey from a life in chains to becoming one of the most influential figures in American history. Through meticulously researched narratives and vivid storytelling, the biography covers major aspects of his life and legacy. Escape from Slavery: The book opens with a dramatic recounting of Douglass's brave escape from slavery, setting the stage for his transformation into a national leader for abolition. ...
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Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Statesman
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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"Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Statesman" is a compelling biography that explores the profound journey of one of the most influential African American leaders in post-Civil War America. This detailed narrative captures Washington's rise from the shackles of slavery to his pivotal role as an educator and public figure. The book begins with Washington's early years of hardship and resilience, born into slavery in Virginia. It vividly details his emancipation and the transformative effects of the newfound freedom that fueled his lifelong quest for education. Readers will follow ...
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.
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Another Word for Love
- A Memoir
- By: Carvell Wallace
- Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Wallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career on writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it—to make sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world.
By: Carvell Wallace
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The Art of Dying
- Writings, 2019-2022
- By: Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin - foreword by, Jarrett Earnest - introduction by
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker’s art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, “The Art of Dying,” in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, “These extra months are a luxury that I hope to have put to good use.”
By: Peter Schjeldahl, and others
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Caspar David Friedrich - 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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Caspar David Friedrich, German painting genius of the 18th century: 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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Frederick Douglass: Voice of Freedom
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into the extraordinary life of Frederick Douglass with the compelling biography, "Frederick Douglass: Voice of Freedom." This book offers an in-depth exploration of Douglass's journey from a life in chains to becoming one of the most influential figures in American history. Through meticulously researched narratives and vivid storytelling, the biography covers major aspects of his life and legacy. Escape from Slavery: The book opens with a dramatic recounting of Douglass's brave escape from slavery, setting the stage for his transformation into a national leader for abolition. ...
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Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Statesman
- By: Philip Martin McCaulay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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"Booker T. Washington: From Slavery to Statesman" is a compelling biography that explores the profound journey of one of the most influential African American leaders in post-Civil War America. This detailed narrative captures Washington's rise from the shackles of slavery to his pivotal role as an educator and public figure. The book begins with Washington's early years of hardship and resilience, born into slavery in Virginia. It vividly details his emancipation and the transformative effects of the newfound freedom that fueled his lifelong quest for education. Readers will follow ...
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Francisco de Goya - 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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Francisco de Goya, Spanish painting genius of the 18th century: 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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In Bed with Broadcasting
- A Memoir
- By: Ken Davis
- Narrated by: Ken Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Davis began his career as a small-town radio DJ during his college years. Little did he know he would later find himself face-to-face with a notorious serial killer in the middle of the night; be nearly shot by a world-famous music producer; or unexpectedly come across the lifeless body of a legendary Hollywood bombshell. Along the way, he hung out with everyone from Barack Obama to Walter Cronkite to Sting.
By: Ken Davis
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Lydia Maria Child
- A Radical American Life
- By: Lydia Moland
- Narrated by: Lydia Moland
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America's most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.
By: Lydia Moland
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I Have Known Love
- Poems of Love and Loss
- By: Nina Bingham
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This award-winning author's approach has been described as "distinctively confessional." Her poetry is both heartbreaking and optimistic. Her personal style transports readers through a wide spectrum of emotions and introduces them to a variety of poetry genres, from delicate and romantic Shakespearean sonnets to bawdy and humorous limericks. The author's meaning is rich in visceral metaphors of desire and loss, conveyed with honesty and exquisite sensitivity. Self-deprecating about her subjective experience of love, she exposes its unrealistic goals. However, skepticism disappears as the ...
By: Nina Bingham
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Passionate Persistence
- The Life of My Mother, Ruth Chew (Author of The Wednesday Witch)
- By: Eve Sprunt
- Narrated by: Patrice C. Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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If you enjoyed The Wednesday Witch, you'll be fascinated to learn more about the life of its author. Complete with entries from Ruth Chew's diaries and never-before-seen sketches from her personal notebooks, this book gives you an insight to the author behind The Wednesday Witch.
By: Eve Sprunt
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Less
- Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
- By: Patrick Grant
- Narrated by: Patrick Grant
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but despairing of a broken global system Patrick Grant considers the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better-quality things. Weaving in his personal journey through fashion, clothing and the other everyday objects in his life, this is a book that celebrates craftsmanship, making things with care, buying things with thought and valuing everything we own.
By: Patrick Grant
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Literature for the People
- How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse
- By: Sarah Harkness
- Narrated by: Sarah Harkness
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Daniel and Alexander Macmillan arrived in London in the 1830s at a crucial moment of social change. These two idealistic brothers, working-class sons of a Scottish crofter, set up a publishing house that spread radical ideas on equality, science and education across the world. They also brought authors like Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy and Charles Kingsley, and poets like Matthew Arnold and Christina Rossetti, to a mass audience. No longer would books be just for the upper classes. In Literature for the People Sarah Harkness brings to life these two amusing, warm-hearted men.
By: Sarah Harkness
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The Scandal of the Century
- By: Lisa Hilton
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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There are few labels not attached to Aphra Behn - playwright, poet, a spy, a scarlet woman condemned for loose morals. And yet, for all her notoriety Aphra Behn is an enigma. Born in around 1640, her early life isn't well recorded and facts about her are continually disputed. Her birth name may have been Eaffrey Johnson and she could have been the daughter of a Canterbury barber, although neither fact is certain. And, just after the Restoration she probably briefly lived in the English colony of Surinam in South America, where she was perhaps embroiled in political espionage.
By: Lisa Hilton
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Peter Paul Rubens - 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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Peter Paul Rubens, painting genius of the 16th century: 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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Another Sort of Freedom
- A Memoir
- By: Gurcharan Das
- Narrated by: Ashish David
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Another Sort of Freedom is a funny, moving and honest memoir of a man's struggle to break free from expectations. Gurcharan Das was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, during World War II, when Hitler, Churchill and Hirohito were bashing everyone around. His mother noted in her diary, 'This is a restless baby.' By age two he had become 'a difficult child', and by three she was calling him a 'troublemaker'. He discovered one day that he could run, and he has been running ever since.
By: Gurcharan Das
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I Will Show You How It Was
- The Story of Wartime Kyiv
- By: Illia Ponomarenko
- Narrated by: Sergey Nagorny
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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I Will Show You How It Was is Illia Ponomarenko’s heart-wrenching memoir of the war on his homeland, offering a fiery diatribe against Russian hypocrisy and a moving look at what is being lost. But it’s also a story of pride and even elation as Ukrainian forces come together, find their mojo, and oust the invaders from Kyiv. The most powerful and personal chronicle of the war to date, I Will Show You How It Was is an exceptional literary achievement, chronicling a stunning feat of resistance and a courageous people set on a miraculous victory.
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Small Acts of Courage
- A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Ali Velshi
- Narrated by: Ali Velshi
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Small acts of courage matter. Sometimes, they change the world. Our history books are filled with the stories of those who fought for democracy and freedom—for idealism itself—against all odds, from Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. These iconic struggles for social change illustrate the importance of engagement and activism, and offer a template for the battles we are fighting today. But using the right words is often easier than taking action; action can be hard, and costly.
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Incredible book!
- By Sally J Blanchard on 05-11-24
By: Ali Velshi