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Scar Tissue
By: Anthony Kiedis
Narrated by: Rider Strong
Length: 14 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. Much has been written about him, but until now we've only had his songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest... Read more
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On Michael Jackson
By: Margo Jefferson
Narrated by: Andrea Johnson
Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Michael Jackson was once universally acclaimed as a song-and-dance man of genius; Wacko Jacko is now, more often than not, dismissed for his bizarre race and gender transformations and confounding antics, even as he is commonly reviled for the child molestation charges twice brought against him. Whence the weirdness and alleged criminality? How... Read more
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Marian McPartland’s Jazz World
By: Marian McPartland
Narrated by: Marian McPartland
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
In this collection of musical portraits, jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland pays sparkling tribute to such beloved and legendary figures as Benny Goodman, Bill Evans, Joe Morello, Paul Desmond, Alec Wilder, Mary Lou Williams, and others.In a preface to this new edition, published originally as All in Good Time, McPartland extends her... Read more
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Without You
By: Anthony Rapp
Narrated by: Anthony Rapp
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Anthony Rapp captures the passion and grit unique to the theater world as he recounts his life-changing experience in the original cast of the Pulitzer Prize–winning musical Rent.Anthony Rapp had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent as early as his first audition, which won him a starring role as the video artist Mark... Read more
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Mahalia Jackson
By: Montrew Dunham
Narrated by: Pam Ward
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
“Halie” Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans, hunting for alligators for food along the Mississippi River with her brother, Peter. But every Sunday young Mahalia sang proudly in the church choir, the youngest member at age five. She left school after eighth grade and worked as a maid to help support her family. However, her... Read more
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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
By: Mick Brown
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 17 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Phil Spector, born in the Bronx in 1939, grew up an outsider despised by his peers. Yet after his family moved to California, he learned everything he could about music, formed a band, and had a number-one hit with "To Know Him Is to Love Him." He quickly became the top producer of early rock and roll, originator of such girl groups as the... Read more
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Miles to Go
By: Chris Murphy
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration of Miles Davis’ eccentric working life, drug habits, paranoia, depression, and subsequent recovery. Murphy explores Davis’ troubled relationship with his children and the controversial role Cicely Tyson played in his life. The book also delves into the dynamics that made Davis’ band work so well... Read more
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Top Girls
By: Caryl Churchill
Narrated by: Amy Brenneman, Megan Austin Oberle, Kirsten Pot...
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Abridged: No
In this play by Caryl Churchill, it's the middle of the high-flying, go-getting 80's in Maggie Thatcher's England and Marlene finally has something to celebrate—she's just been made Managing Director of Top Girls Employment Agency. But with no friends to speak of, and a past she'd just as soon forget, the guests at Marlene's party are a... Read more
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Laurel Canyon
By: Michael Walker
Narrated by: Lloyd James
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark on our music and our culture. Starting with The Byrds in 1965, these musicians... Read more
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Room Full of Mirrors
By: Charles R. Cross
Narrated by: Lloyd James
Length: 13 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
For many, the name Jimi Hendrix conjures up a larger-than-life image of the man who set fire to guitars, women’s hearts, and the status quo. In this groundbreaking account, music journalist Charles R. Cross takes a far deeper look. Beyond Hendrix’s legendary onstage and offstage magnetism and his excessive lifestyle was a man who struggled to... Read more
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All Shook Up
By: Carson Holloway
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The national debate over popular music’s effect on character is both furious and confused. Conservatives complain primarily about lyrics, appealing to public decency and safety. Liberals, swift to the defense of any self-expression, simultaneously celebrate rock’s liberating ethos and deny its cultural influence. Carson Holloway is out to... Read more
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Heavier Than Heaven
By: Charles R. Cross
Narrated by: Lloyd James
Length: 14 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
When Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994, it was an act of will that typified his short, angry, inspired life. Veteran music journalist Charles R. Cross fuses his intimate knowledge of the Seattle music scene with his deep compassion for his subject in this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance and the pain that extinguished... Read more
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Kickin' Back
By: John Smith
Narrated by: Bec Kageyama
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
The artistry of John Smith speaks for itself. "Just being real" is a prominent theme throughout all his music. and yet, to simply say that John Smith is a great singer/songwriter would not be enough. Smith possesses the even rarer gift of being able to share his soul. Read more
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The Beatles - Abridged
By: Bob Spitz
Narrated by: Alfred Molina
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
2007 Audie Award Winner for Non-Fiction, Abridged
Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth -- until now.
The product of almost a decade of... Read more
Bayerische Messe
By: Helmut Zöpfl
Narrated by: div. Darsteller
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Nach der Musik von Paul Schmotz schrieb Helmut Zöpfl die Texte zu dieser Mundartmesse. Ein Schatz in der Sammlung bayerischer Messen und religiöser Lieder. Ausführende: Capella Mediaevalis München unter der Leitung von Thomas Schmid. Einleitungsmusik, Zum Eingang, Zum Gloria, Zwischengesang, Fürbitten, Zum Sanctus, Nach der Wandlung, Zum Agnus... Read more
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Coming Home to Myself
By: Patsi Bale Cox & Wynonna Judd
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar.
From the heart of one of the most beloved performers in music comes a candid memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory-a coming-of-age account of a very private search for harmony and a very public rise to fame.
Coming Home to Myself is the result of... Read more
Replay
By: Sharon Creech
Narrated by: Christopher Burns
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a ""warm, funny, philosophical novel"" by Kirkus Reviews.With the backdrop of a large... Read more
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John
By: Cynthia Lennon
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Julian Lennon & Cynthia Lennon
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage
When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon,... Read more
John - Abridged
By: Cynthia Lennon
Narrated by: Cynthia Lennon
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage
When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon,... Read more
Lucas Cranach - Abridged
By: Richard Muther
Narrated by: Michael Kommant
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1550 trafen zwei berühmte alte Herren zusammen: der 72jährige Tizian aus Venedig und der 78jährige "ehrenfeste, hochweise und fürtreffliche Herr Lucas Cranach, Bürgermeister und Maler aus der churfürstlich Sächsischen Hauptstadt Wittenberg". Welchen Eindruck machten sie auf einander? Was sagte wohl Tizian zu dem... Read more
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Sing mal wieder - Abridged
By: Karin Ruppelt & Werner Kopelke
Narrated by: Various Artists
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Wer täglich frohen Herzens singt, den Doktor um die Praxis bringt!" So lautet ein einfaches und noch dazu preiswertes Rezept, ohne Nebenwirkungen. Denn Singen ist Erquickung für Körper und Geist. Wer singt, atmet bewusster und bringt seinen Kreislauf in Schwung. Beim Singen werden körpereigene Hormone freigesetzt, Stress und Frustration... Read more
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THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH - Abridged
By: Laurence Leamer
Narrated by: Laurence Leamer
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Every June, in gratitude to their devoted fans, the stars of country music appear at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to sign autographs for hours and perform during the week called Fan Fair. Though the 1996 Fan Fair was a phenomenal success, for Nashville itself it was also a time of doubt, uncertainty and dramatic change. The week was like a... Read more
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Theater Shoes
By: Noel Streatfeild
Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A beautiful gift edition of the beloved classic about three orphan siblings and their love of music, theater, and dance.
When orphans Sorrel, Mark, and Holly are sent to live with their grandmother, a famous English actress, she enrolls them in the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, the same Academy that made the orphans from... Read more
From Pieces to Weight - Abridged
By: 50 Cent
Narrated by: J.D. Williams
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the New York Times bestseller From Pieces to Weight, rap mogul 50 Cent, a.k.a. Curtis Jackson, lifts the veil on his complicated life, from the murder of his mother when he was twelve, to hustling on the streets; from the assassination attempt that nearly finished him to his meteoric rise to the top of hip hop royalty.
This violent and... Read more