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Dynomite!
By: Jimmie Walker
Narrated by: Jimmie Walker
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Raised in the South Bronx projects, Jimmie Walker made his way out of the perilous ghetto thanks to an ability to make people laugh. Performing in small clubs alongside friends such as Richard Pryor, Freddie Prinze, David Brenner, and Richard Lewis; opening for Black Panther rallies; and emceeing at the Apollo and for Motown tours, he was a... Read more
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The Receptionist
By: Janet Groth
Narrated by: Judith West
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Thanks to a successful interview with the painfully shy E.B. White, a beautiful, 19-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from the cornfields of Iowa lands a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker magazine. There she stays two decades, becoming general all-around factotum—watching and registering the comings and goings, marriages and divorces, scandalous... Read more
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Amy, My Daughter
By: Mitch Winehouse
Narrated by: Mitch Winehouse & Rupert Farley
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The intimate, inside story of the ultimately tragic life of multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse (“Rehab,” “Back to Black”) is told by the one person most able to tell it—Amy’s closest advisor, her inspiration, and best friend: her father, Mitch. Amy, My Daughter includes exclusive, never-before-seen photos and... Read more
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The Letter
By: Marie Tillman
Narrated by: Marie Tillman
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A love story and an inspirational tale of recovery and self-discovery, Marie Tillman opens up for the first time about her marriage to ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, and her journey to rebuild her life after his death.
In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave... Read more
The Cornbread Mafia
By: James Higdon
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 14 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon—whose... Read more
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Life in the Ocean
By: Claire A. Nivola
Narrated by: Nicole Poole
Length: 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Best-selling author Claire A. Nivola has won multiple awards for her captivating books introducing historical figures to young audiences. In this critically acclaimed profile of noted oceanographer Sylvia Earle, listeners follow Sylvia as her childhood adventures in the Gulf of Mexico help inspire her life's work: discovering the secrets of... Read more
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The Beautiful Fall
By: Alicia Drake
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 16 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion’s most beloved luminaries—Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant... Read more
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Barack Obama
By: David Maraniss
Narrated by: David Maraniss
Length: 24 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
The groundbreaking multigenerational biography, a richly textured account of President Obama and the forces that shaped him and sustain him, from Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, political commentator, and acclaimed biographer David Maraniss.
In Barack Obama: The Story, David Maraniss has written a deeply reported generational biography teeming... Read more
Fooling Houdini
By: Alex Stone
Narrated by: Alex Stone
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics,... Read more
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An American Son - Abridged
By: Marco Rubio
Narrated by: Marco Rubio
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Convention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to... Read more
Charles Dickens
By: Claire Tomalin
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England. His books had made them laugh, shown them the squalor and greed of English life, and... Read more
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Wheels of Change
By: Sue Macy
Narrated by: Meredith Orlow
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, Sue Macy's Wheels of Change offers young listeners an eye-opening account of how, beginning in the late 19th century, the bicycle helped change the course of women's history. Macy meticulously documents how women used the freedom of their newfound mobility to effect social... Read more
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Slouching Toward Adulthood
By: Sally Koslow
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Millions of American parents sit down to dinner every night, wondering why fully grown children are joining them—or, more likely, grunting good-bye as they head out for another night of who knows what. Sally Koslow, a journalist, novelist, and mother of two "adultescents" digs deep to reveal what lies behind the current generation's... Read more
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A Life Too Short
By: Ronald Reng
Narrated by: John Telfer
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life?
On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old.
Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top... Read more
Freud
By: Peter D. Kramer
Narrated by: William Dufris
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Sigmund Freud’s life bridged the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and his reputation and influence have endured, even intensified, in the twenty-first. Often referred to as “the father of psychoanalysis,” Freud did, in fact, conceive of many of its defining characteristics: he was the original advocate of the “talking cure,” and... Read more
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
By: Colm Toibin
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Novelist and critic Colm Tóibín provides “a fascinating exploration of writers and their families” (Entertainment Weekly) and “an excellent guide through the dark terrain of unconscious desires” (The Evening Standard) in this brilliant collection of essays that explore the relationships of writers to their families and their work.
Colm... Read more
Road to Valor
By: Aili McConnon & Andres McConnon
Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de France twice, but also holds the record for the longest time span between victories. During the ten years that separated his hard-won triumphs, his actions, both on and off the racecourse, ensured him a permanent place in Italian hearts and minds.
In... Read more
You Let Some Girl Beat You?
By: Ann Meyers Drysdale & Joni Ravenna
Narrated by: Pam Ward
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys, and she never let anyone keep her down.
A female first in... Read more
Papillon
By: Henri Charriere
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Length: 18 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Henri Charrière, called ""Papillon,"" for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was... Read more
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Not Taco Bell Material - Abridged
By: Adam Carolla
Narrated by: Adam Carolla
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In his second book, Adam Carolla—author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster—reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.
Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about... Read more
Michael Morpurgo
By: Maggie Fergusson
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The life of Michael Morpurgo OBE, as a biography, and autobiographical stories. Michael Morpurgo OBE is a national treasure. With books such as ‘Private Peaceful’, ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ and ‘The Wreck of the Zanzibar’ he has enchanted a whole generation of children, weaving stories for them in a way that is neither contrived... Read more
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Not Lost Forever
By: Carmina Salcido & Steve Jackson
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Not Lost Forever is Carmina Salcido’s remarkable story of survival and healing following the 1986 murderous rampage by her father, Mexican immigrant Ramon Salcido in the wine country of Sonoma Valley, California. Left for dead at three years old—her throat brutally slashed—Carmina miraculously survived what is widely considered one of... Read more
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Hell in the Pacific
By: Jim McEnery & Bill Sloan
Narrated by: Robert Fass
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettably immersive chronicle of horror and heroism.
Made famous by the HBO miniseries The Pacific, McEnery's rifle company—the... Read more
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails
By: Anthony Swofford
Narrated by: Anthony Swofford
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also nearly killed him.
Now with the same unremitting intensity he brought to his first memoir,... Read more