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Sister Outsider
By: Audre Lorde
Narrated by: Robin Eller
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action... Read more
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The World's Largest Man
By: Harrison Scott Key
Narrated by: Harrison Scott Key
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Harrison Scott Key was born in Memphis, but he grew up in Mississippi, among pious, Bible-reading women and men who either shot things or got women pregnant. At the center of his world was his larger-than-life father—a hunter, a fighter, a football coach, "a man better suited to living in a remote frontier wilderness of the nineteenth century... Read more
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Naked in the Rideshare
By: Rebecca Shaw & Ben Kronengold
Narrated by: Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold, Mark Sanderlin, O...
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
From Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, the youngest comedy writers ever for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and masterminds behind the viral 2018 Yale graduation speech, comes a hilarious collection of short stories taking on coming-of-age, memes, sex, politics, relationships, and Goop, with satire, self-deprecation, and utter... Read more
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Maeve in America
By: Maeve Higgins
Narrated by: Maeve Higgins
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
“If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins.” —Glamour
A startlingly hilarious essay collection about one woman’s messy path to finding her footing in New York City, from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins was a bestselling author and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old... Read more
Look Alive Out There
By: Sloane Crosley
Narrated by: Sloane Crosley
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author
Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! These small doses of wit and sass make for an exuberant, unforgettable audiobook.
From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays... Read more
Tales of Two Americas
By: John Freeman
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt & Corey M. Snow
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
America is broken. You don't need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause of this inequality is systemic... Read more
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A Sense of Direction
By: Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Narrated by: Erik Singer
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to... Read more
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The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
Narrated by: John Lescault
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for... Read more
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Small Victories
By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling author of Stitches, and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace.
Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It’s an approach that has become her trademark. Now in Small Victories, Lamott offers a new message... Read more
Seriously...I'm Kidding
By: Ellen DeGeneres
Narrated by: Ellen DeGeneres
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
~b~>With the winning, upbeat candor that has made her show on of the most popular and honored daytime shows on the air, beloved talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres shares her views on life, love, and American Idol.
"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit... Read more
After Cooling
By: Eric Dean Wilson
Narrated by: Eric Dean Wilson
Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
This “ambitious [and] delightful” (The New York Times) work of literary nonfiction interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world.
In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning... Read more
David Attenborough Life On Air: Memoirs Of A Broadcaster
By: David Attenborough
Narrated by: David Attenborough
Length: 19 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
David Attenborough reads his own bestselling memoir
'An enthralling autobiography from one of the linchpins of television' Good Book Guide
David Attenborough is the acknowledged voice of nature, loved and revered worldwide for his groundbreaking wildlife documentaries. Over the course of his long BBC career, David has risen from trainee producer... Read more
Material Girls
By: Kathleen Stock
Narrated by: Kathleen Stock
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard
'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times
Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an... Read more
Oranges
By: John McPhee
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a magazine article, but John McPhee kept encountering so much irresistible information that he wrote a book. It is perhaps the last word on the subject (the first came in 500 BC and is attributed to Confucius). McPhee writes about the botany, history, and industry of oranges, from the great... Read more
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
By: Alice B. Toklas
Narrated by: Carol Monda, Romy Nordlinger & Mark Bramhall
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.” —Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being HadA beautiful new edition of the classic culinary memoir by Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein’s romantic partner, with a new introduction by beloved... Read more
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The Funny Thing Is...
By: Ellen DeGeneres
Narrated by: Ellen DeGeneres
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
An indispensable reference for anyone who knows how to read—or wants to fool people into thinking they do—The Funny Thing Is... is sure to make you laugh.
Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...And I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen... Read more
Underqualified Advice
By: Drew Hayes
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
My name is Drew Hayes, and for the past six years I've made my living as a writer. In that time, I've published twenty books, written hundreds of thousands of words, and made countless mistakes—most of which I like to think I've learned from.
Underqualified Advice (and Other Amusing Diversions) is my attempt to compile those lessons and share... Read more
Are We There Yet?
By: Shefa Gold
Narrated by: Shefa Gold
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
It's the perpetual question: Are we there yet? We've probably asked and answered it countless times. But impatience can cloud the real question: Where are we right now? Are We There Yet? shows a way to turn travel into a spiritual practice.From the Gully to the Crossroads--walking, driving, flying--Rabbi Shefa Gold shares her experience and... Read more
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If You Live to 100, You Might As Well Be Happy
By: Rhee Kun Hoo
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This endearing, giftable guidebook by Korean bestseller Dr. Rhee reflects on the wisdom he’s learned during his life: how to forgive, persevere, and stop the rat race, plus the joys of living simply and the power of ordinary happiness. He explores his relationships with his wife, children, and grandchildren, and how to stay whole as your body... Read more
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Mattie, Milo, and Me
By: Anne Abel
Narrated by: Jen Jacob & George Hahn
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages and tanks, but on his tenth birthday she can no longer say no—and she proceeds to fall in love... Read more
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A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter
By: Julian Norton
Narrated by: Simon Slater
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The Yorkshire Vet embarks on this newest adventure treating the animals and their assorted owners across the Yorkshire Dales.
A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter follows Julian's veterinary stories and amusing anecdotes through his work as a mixed practice vet in North Yorkshire.
Julian has spent over twenty years working in Thirsk, literally... Read more
The Oregon Trail
By: Francis Parkman
Narrated by: Robert Morris
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the classic account of Francis Parkman’s rugged trip over the eastern part of the Oregon Trail with his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw in the spring and summer of 1846. They left St. Louis by steamboat and traveled on horseback, in company with guides and occasionally other travelers. They encountered storms and buffalo hunts, meeting Indians,... Read more
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Ann Patchett
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick“I had been so engaged by Ann Patchett’s multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job. […] As the best personal essays often do, Patchett’s is a two-way mirror, reflecting both the author and her readers.” — New York Times Book ReviewBlending literature and memoir, New... Read more
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A Walk in the Woods
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Rob McQuay
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and... Read more
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