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We Matter
By: Etan Thomas
Narrated by: Julian Thomas
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Featuring interviews by former NBA player Etan Thomas with over fifty athletes, executives, media figures, and more--and interwoven with essays and critiques by Thomas--We Matter shares the personal tales and opinions of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook, Steve Kerr, Oscar Robertson, Mark Cuban, Michael Bennett,... Read more
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Other Colors
By: Orhan Pamuk
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 16 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
A luminous essay collection about loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped the experience of a Nobel Prize winner and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red.
"One of the essential writers that both East and West can gratefully claim as their own.” —The New York Times Book Review
In the three decades that Nobel... Read more
Stay Hungry
By: Sebastian Maniscalco
Narrated by: Sebastian Maniscalco
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
From comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco—star of the film About My Father with Robert DeNiro—an inspiring, honest, uproarious collection of essays tracing his career from playing boxing rings and bowling alleys to reaching the pinnacles of comedy success.
At twenty-four, Sebastian Maniscalco arrived in LA with a suitcase and saved up minimum... Read more
Everybody Is Awful
By: Jim Florentine
Narrated by: Jim Florentine & Jim Norton
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A rant-ish memoir by the veteran stand-up comedian and former cohost of That Metal Show, with a foreword by Jim Norton.
Twitter Trolls. Facebook Freaks. Instagram Exhibitionists. These are just a few of the creatures our technology-obsessed culture has spawned in its quest to simplify our lives. The madness is so universal now that everyone has... Read more
And It Was Good
By: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrated by: Pamela Almand
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
This classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers life-transforming insights on the rich heritage of the Bible and shows how the characters of this ancient text are relevant for living the good life now.In the first book of her Genesis Trilogy, beloved author Madeleine L’Engle casts long, loving, and perceptive... Read more
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Stories I Love to Tell
By: Gene Edwards
Narrated by: Milton Bagby
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
America’s beloved storyteller will guide and thrill your imagination with these classic tales. Join Gene Edwards as he recounts his favorite stories from more than 50 years of travel and ministry. Considered the “Paul Harvey” of Christian writers, Gene Edwards is one of America’s most beloved authors. Stories I Love to Tell, his new book, is a... Read more
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A Stone for a Pillow
By: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrated by: Pamela Almand
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
This classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers life-transforming insights on the rich heritage of the Bible and shows how the characters of this ancient text are relevant for living the good life now.In this book for the curious, spiritual seeker, Madeleine L’Engle offers relevant lessons drawn from the life of... Read more
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What Are We Doing Here?
By: Marilynne Robinson
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith.Whether... Read more
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Sold into Egypt
By: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrated by: Pamela Almand
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This classic work of spirituality from the author of A Wrinkle in Time offers life-transforming insights on the rich heritage of the Bible and shows how the characters of this ancient text are relevant for living the good life now.Is Joseph—the deserted son of Jacob from the Old Testament—relevant in our modern age? For Madeleine L’Engle, the... Read more
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Words Are My Matter
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Words Are My Matter gathers talks, essays, introductions to beloved books, and book reviews by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of our foremost public literary intellectuals. A must-listen collection, Words Are My Matter is a manual for investigating the depth and breadth of contemporary fiction—and, through the lens of deep considerations of contemporary... Read more
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Politics Of The Womb
By: Pinki Virani
Narrated by: Monisha Narang
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Among life’s choices is to have children or remain childfree. Yet those who want a child and find themselves unable, live through the trauma of ‘infertility’—cruelly attributed as ‘their fault’—to undergo the tribulations of assisted reproductive technology.
But how safe is aggressive Ivf, invasive Icsi, exploitative ovarian hyper-stimulation... Read more
I've Got This Round
By: Mamrie Hart
Narrated by: Mamrie Hart
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Hilarious, candid, and full of shenanigans, YouTube sensation Mamrie Hart—the New York Times bestselling author of You Deserve a Drink—is back with more adventures.
When Mamrie simultaneously enters her 30s and finds herself single for the first time since college, the world is suddenly full of possibilities. Emboldened by the cool confidence... Read more
Up Up, Down Down
By: Cheston Knapp
Narrated by: Cheston Knapp
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Daring, wise, hilarious, and tender, this exhilarating collection of seven linked essays by Cheston Knapp tackles Big Questions through seemingly unlikely avenues: an examination of a local professional wrestling promotion becomes a meditation on pain and his relationship with his father; a profile on UFO enthusiasts ends up probing his history... Read more
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I Wrote This Book Because I Love You
By: Tim Kreider
Narrated by: Tim Kreider
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
*A People Top 10 Book of 2018*
The New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.
Psychologists have told him he’s a psychologist. Philosophers have told him he’s a philosopher. Religious groups have invited him to speak. He had a... Read more
Feel Free
By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Nikki Amuka-Bird
Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
A New York Times Notable Book
From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a new collection of essays
Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's... Read more
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
By: Orhan Pamuk
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
From the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red—an inspired, thoughtful, and deeply personal book of essays about reading and writing novels.
In this fascinating set of essays, based on the talks he delivered at Harvard University as part of the distinguished Norton Lecture series, Pamuk presents a comprehensive... Read more
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
By: Ralph Ellison
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman & Arthur Morey
Length: 33 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a body of cogent and subtle commentary on the questions... Read more
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Nasty Women
By: Kate Harding & Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
When fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and ninety-four percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite in Trump’s America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move... Read more
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Winter
By: Karl Ove Knausgaard
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and letters addressed directly to Knaugsaard's unborn daughter 2 December - It is strange that you exist, but that you don't know anything about what the world looks like. It's strange that there is a first time... Read more
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This Idea is Brilliant
By: John Brockman
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Charles Constant
Length: 16 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org—dubbed “the world’s smartest website” by The Guardian—brings together 206 of the world’s most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know.As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects of our everyday lives, a scientifically... Read more
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Paperbacks from Hell
By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades—if you dare! Hear shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate.Horror author and vintagepaperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next... Read more
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Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged
By: Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz
Narrated by: Michael Quast & Moritz Stoepel
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Joachim Ringelnatz zählt heute zu den wenigen Dichtern, die das deutschsprachige Kabarett seinerzeit überhaupt hervorgebracht hat. Aber nicht nur auf den Brettl-Bühnen, auch im alltäglichen Leben war er ein Original, ohne dies überhaupt sein zu wollen. Mit seinen Streichen lieferte er jedoch ausreichend Stoff für unzählige Anekdoten, die... Read more
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Stockholms hemligheter - Spökhus
By: Martin Stugart
Narrated by: Martin Stugart
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Här letar Marin Stugart, Dagens Nyheters välkända stockholmsciceron, upp ruggiga miljöer, eller kanske ännu hellre det som en gång var ruggiga miljöer. Har ges rika möjligheter att bli lagom rädd kanske på ställen du inte hade en aning om att du borde vara det. Read more
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India 2020
By: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Narrated by: Pradeep Kumar
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
In this ground-breaking vision document, first published in 1998, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Y.S. Rajan offer a blueprint for India to be counted among the world’s top five economic powers by the year 2020. They cite growth rates and development trends to show that the goal is not unrealistic. Past successes—the green revolution and... Read more
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