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NPR Road Trips Collection
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NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures
- Stories That Take You Away . . .
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve come to expect from NPR. Grand Canyon National Park is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders, with 4.4 million visitors each year. Who keeps them safe, fed, and happy?
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NPR Funniest Driveway Moments
- Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Robert Krulwich
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 15
What's a "driveway moment"? It's when you're so captivated by a story on NPR that you stay in your car to hear it to the end - even if you're sitting in your own driveway. For years, listeners have written to NPR to describe such moments. Some are serious, some are touching, and some, like the stories included here, are very, very funny.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By H. Van Osdol on 08-24-19
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NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations
- Stories that Take You Away
- By: National Public Radio
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. We all have memories of family vacations - some successful, some less so, and some gone terribly awry. When it comes to reporting colorful, compelling tales of family vacations, no one does it better than National Public Radio.
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2 out of 5 stars
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mediocre npr broadcast
- By My3Sons on 05-26-19
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NPR Classic Driveway Moments
- Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Michele Norris
- Length: 2 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Presented together for the first time, here are the very first, and very best, definitive listener favorites that came to be known as Driveway Moments: the classic, spellbinding stories that keep getting better with repeated listening, selected from the National Public Radio archives. These tales were first heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and other NPR programs.
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Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3
- By: Matt Smith, Karen Smith
- Narrated by: David Colacci, Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
In their third book of the series, follow Matt and Karen as they work their way around the western United States discovering some of our most beautiful public lands, hidden gems, and revisiting a few of their favorite national parks. Share their trials and tribulations as they hit the road in an RV for the first time in Arizona and hike the same trail the Klondike Gold Rush prospectors took in Alaska. Through a series of emails written to their friends, Bob and Sue, the couple brings the listener along on their adventures, sharing their experiences as they explore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Adventure!!!
- By Miriam on 12-06-19
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The National Parks
- America's Best Idea
- By: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Ken Burns
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 544
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 543
America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars from this National Park junkie
- By Katie on 04-01-13
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NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures
- Stories That Take You Away . . .
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve come to expect from NPR. Grand Canyon National Park is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders, with 4.4 million visitors each year. Who keeps them safe, fed, and happy?
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NPR Funniest Driveway Moments
- Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Robert Krulwich
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 15
What's a "driveway moment"? It's when you're so captivated by a story on NPR that you stay in your car to hear it to the end - even if you're sitting in your own driveway. For years, listeners have written to NPR to describe such moments. Some are serious, some are touching, and some, like the stories included here, are very, very funny.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By H. Van Osdol on 08-24-19
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NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations
- Stories that Take You Away
- By: National Public Radio
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. We all have memories of family vacations - some successful, some less so, and some gone terribly awry. When it comes to reporting colorful, compelling tales of family vacations, no one does it better than National Public Radio.
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2 out of 5 stars
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mediocre npr broadcast
- By My3Sons on 05-26-19
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NPR Classic Driveway Moments
- Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Michele Norris
- Length: 2 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Presented together for the first time, here are the very first, and very best, definitive listener favorites that came to be known as Driveway Moments: the classic, spellbinding stories that keep getting better with repeated listening, selected from the National Public Radio archives. These tales were first heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and other NPR programs.
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Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3
- By: Matt Smith, Karen Smith
- Narrated by: David Colacci, Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
In their third book of the series, follow Matt and Karen as they work their way around the western United States discovering some of our most beautiful public lands, hidden gems, and revisiting a few of their favorite national parks. Share their trials and tribulations as they hit the road in an RV for the first time in Arizona and hike the same trail the Klondike Gold Rush prospectors took in Alaska. Through a series of emails written to their friends, Bob and Sue, the couple brings the listener along on their adventures, sharing their experiences as they explore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Adventure!!!
- By Miriam on 12-06-19
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The National Parks
- America's Best Idea
- By: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Ken Burns
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 544
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 543
America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars from this National Park junkie
- By Katie on 04-01-13
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Little Weirds
- By: Jenny Slate
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Hello! I looked into my brain and found a book. Here it is. Inside you will find: the smell of honeysuckle; heartbreak; a French-kissing rabbit; a haunted house; death; a vagina singing sad, old songs; young geraniums in an ancient castle; birth; a dog who appears in dreams as a spiritual guide; divorce; electromagnetic energy fields; emotional horniness; the ghost of a sea captain; and more. I hope you enjoy these little weirds. Love, Jenny Slate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet. Strange. Deeply Insightful.
- By Lauren K. on 11-06-19
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Ranger Confidential
- Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
- By: Andrea Lankford
- Narrated by: Julia Motyka
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 582
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 535
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Story4 out of 5 stars 536
The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks. For 12 years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Depressing from Cover to Cover
- By Drew (@drewsant) on 04-13-15
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Don't Make Me Pull Over!
- By: Richard Ratay
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
In the days before cheap air travel, families didn’t so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them - from being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn’t believe in bathroom breaks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it! Super for Oldsters!
- By Sharey on 07-08-18
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Walking Thru
- A Couple’s Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
- By: Michael Tyler
- Narrated by: William Sarris
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 16
Bored and fed up with life, staring down a 50th birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life had become routinized and unexciting. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis, or maybe just a yearning for one last big adventure. Mike decides to try hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, just to see what happens. Mike convinces his wife, Margo, to join him. Together, they embark on a five-month hike full of anticipation. They hike through some of the most stunning and remote places in the country on a trail full of unique, offbeat characters.
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1 out of 5 stars
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terrible
- By Leroy taylor on 10-22-19
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NPR Road Trips: Fairs and Festivals
- Stories That Take You Away...
- By: National Public Radio
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Step right up as the gates swing open at fairgrounds across the USA. This delightful collection explores the unique joys of the public gatherings that take place in cities and small towns, when people of all stripes and sizes meet to gawk at cows, ponder seed art, get hypnotized, compete in husband-calling contests, and eat virtually anything on a stick. Farming, food, politics, parades, shilling, glad-handing, people-watching, and silliness are celebrated here. If you've been to a fair or festival, you'll love this collection. If you haven't, here's what you've been missing.
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NPR Road Trips: Roadside Attractions
- Stories That Take You Away....
- By: National Public Radio
- Narrated by: Noah Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. Prairie Dog Town in western Kansas. The Elvis Is Alive Museum in Wright City, Missouri. The Velvet Museum ("Velveteria") in Portland, Oregon. A 13-foot Styrofoam scale model of Stonehenge....
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The Last Englishman
- Book 1
- By: Keith Foskett
- Narrated by: Adam Stubbs
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
The Last Englishman is an extraordinary travel memoir by an experienced long-distance hiker. If you believe there’s more to life than work, yearn for new horizons and challenges, and believe in overcoming adversity, then you’ll love Keith Foskett’s tale of exploration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite book of my library
- By John E. Wright Jr. on 03-31-19
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Dear Bob and Sue
- By: Matt Smith, Karen Smith
- Narrated by: David Colacci, Susan Ericksen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Dear Bob and Sue is the story of our (Matt and Karen Smith's) journey to all 59 US National Parks. We wrote the book as a series of emails to our friends, Bob and Sue, in which we share our humorous and quirky observations. It is at times irreverent, unpredictable, and sarcastic, all in the spirit of humor. We describe a few of our experiences in each park but do not provide an exhaustive overview of each experience or park.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dear Matt and Karen, just stop
- By Di B on 09-18-18
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NPR More Funniest Driveway Moments
- Radio Stories that Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Robert Krulwich
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
Most NPR listeners have experienced at least one "driveway moment": You’re so captivated by a story, interview, or essay you’re hearing on the radio that you sit in your driveway, motor running, to hear it all the way through. Even if the ice cream is melting in the trunk. The latest collection of this best-selling series features memorable tales, bits, and commentary from NPR favorites, regulars, and guests. Smartly chosen, sincerely hilarious, this collection will leave you in stitches.
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Carsick
- John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
- By: John Waters
- Narrated by: John Waters
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 762
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 699
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Story4 out of 5 stars 693
John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I’m Not Psycho", he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash?
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5 out of 5 stars
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another great piece of filth from john waters!
- By randy on 06-06-14
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NPR Driveway Moments Dog Tales
- Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Andrea Seabrook
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Dog lovers will delight in this audio celebration of the canine character. From our earliest encounters with Lassie, to the magical moments we share with our own imperfect but thoroughly lovable companions, dogs have become an integral part of our culture and beloved members of our family. NPR proudly presents these tales of unforgettable animals and their devoted human friends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just a joy!
- By Sarah M. on 01-18-15
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 140,339
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 129,770
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Story5 out of 5 stars 129,149
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-17
Publisher's Summary
With frequent stops at pop culture meccas and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative, and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. Includes five unique collections assembled especially for the family drive to Yellowstone - and for armchair travelers as well:
- Family Vacations
- Roadside Attractions
- Postcards from Around the Globe
- National Park Adventures
- Fairs and Festivals
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- Abdel Khoury
- 07-12-17
Great buy
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Very good for road trips, I have been listening to npr for many years. Can't wait until my next trip to use it.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- S. Winchester
- 05-31-17
Enjoyable!
If you are a fan of NPR, or Rick Sebak type shows, you will love this. It's an interesting look into the everyday trips people take with their families, and places you may have never heard of. Great to listen to while driving, though it might make you want to take a detour to the world's largest ball of twine or toilet museum...
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- Kindle Bug
- 01-02-19
Are we there yet?
I love NPR and have had so many driveway moments where I just couldn’t bear to miss the end of the story but, unfortunately I mostly found myself waiting for a driveway moment that never happened.