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Bestsellers
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The View from the Cheap Seats
- Selected Nonfiction
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The View from the Cheap Seats brings together, for the first time ever, more than 60 works of Neil Gaiman's outstanding nonfiction on topics and people close to his heart....
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The very best View is from the Cheap Seats
- By Jessica on 06-20-16
By: Neil Gaiman
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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Returned - Not "Unabridged"
- By Michael Augustus Ennis on 12-03-21
By: Seneca, and others
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A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries (2003-2020)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head....
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Tracey Ullman?
- By Kelley R. on 10-05-21
By: David Sedaris
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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An Amazing book to get rich!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-23
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The Road to Dune
- By: Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At long last, millions of Dune fans can now hear the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah....
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Reality Check
- By Amazon Customer on 01-02-07
By: Frank Herbert, and others
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The View from the Cheap Seats
- Selected Nonfiction
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The View from the Cheap Seats brings together, for the first time ever, more than 60 works of Neil Gaiman's outstanding nonfiction on topics and people close to his heart....
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The very best View is from the Cheap Seats
- By Jessica on 06-20-16
By: Neil Gaiman
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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Returned - Not "Unabridged"
- By Michael Augustus Ennis on 12-03-21
By: Seneca, and others
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A Carnival of Snackery
- Diaries (2003-2020)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head....
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Tracey Ullman?
- By Kelley R. on 10-05-21
By: David Sedaris
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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An Amazing book to get rich!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-23
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The Road to Dune
- By: Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At long last, millions of Dune fans can now hear the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah....
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Reality Check
- By Amazon Customer on 01-02-07
By: Frank Herbert, and others
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.....
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Letters to a Young Poet
- A New Translation and Commentary
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Anita Barrows - translator, Joanna Macy - translator
- Narrated by: Trevor White
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom....
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Watch out
- By Juan Garzón on 01-08-23
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison
- Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics
- By: Jim Morrison, Tom Robbins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jim Morrison, Liz Phair, Oliver Ray, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks....
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WOW
- By MadDog 72 on 07-14-21
By: Jim Morrison, and others
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Good Things Out of Nazareth
- The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O'Connor and Friends
- By: Flannery O'Connor, Ben Alexander
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer, Dorothy Dillingham Blue, full cast
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A literary treasure of over 100 unpublished letters from National Book Award-winning author Flannery O'Connor and her circle of extraordinary friends....
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this narrator's faux southern accent is abominable
- By Tnarg Yrat on 11-10-19
By: Flannery O'Connor, and others
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The Reagan Diaries
- Extended Selections
- By: Ronald Reagan
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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The Reagan Diaries provides a striking insight into one of this nation's most important presidencies and sheds new light on the character of a true American leader....
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True American Hero
- By Stephen on 06-21-07
By: Ronald Reagan
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The Proud Highway
- Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Gonzo Letters, Book 1)
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists - Hunter S.Thompson....
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Biography
- By GanjaPlanta on 11-14-14
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Soledad Brother
- The Prison Letters of George Jackson
- By: George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson Jr. - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Jackson Jr.
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life....
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The narrator brings emotion that can only come from a family member that has truly been affected by this story.
- By Dakota Hoch on 02-07-24
By: George Jackson, and others
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The Letters of Jane Austen
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends....
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To be in the life of this wonderful writer
- By Yvette Jackson on 02-21-24
By: Jane Austen
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Journal of a Novel
- The East of Eden Letters
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man....
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Just go read or listen to East of Eden
- By S. Sweeney on 06-29-22
By: John Steinbeck
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King's Counsellor
- Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
- By: Sir Alan Lascelles, Duff Hart-Davis
- Narrated by: Pip Torrens
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century....
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One of the most enjoyable audiobooks I've heard.
- By Elizabeth on 04-14-21
By: Sir Alan Lascelles, and others
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Care Of
- Letters, Connections, and Cures
- By: Ivan Coyote
- Narrated by: Ivan Coyote
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Writer and performer Ivan Coyote has spent decades on the road, telling stories around the world. For years, Ivan has kept a file of the most special communications received from readers and audience members....
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An incredible collection from an incredible story teller
- By A.J. on 02-20-24
By: Ivan Coyote
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A Private Spy
- The Letters of John le Carré
- By: John le Carré, Tim Cornwell - editor
- Narrated by: David Harewood, Florence Pugh
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The never-before-seen correspondence of John le Carré, one of the most important novelists of our generation, is collected in this beautiful volume. During his lifetime, le Carré wrote numerous letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors and public figures....
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Truly engrossing from start to finish
- By Dan on 01-31-23
By: John le Carré, and others
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Letters to Camondo
- By: Edmund de Waal
- Narrated by: Edmund de Waal
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A tragic family history told in a collection of imaginary letters to a famed collector, Moise de Camondo....
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Extraordinary journey
- By Dorothy Bedford on 11-25-22
By: Edmund de Waal
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Beautifully written, beautifully narrated
- By Anonymous User on 01-22-22
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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Exquisite. Truly!
- By Erick DuPree on 01-10-23
By: Sei Shōnagon
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1
- I Know My Own Heart
- By: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread - editor
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's novel Learned By Heart....
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Her words are pure, honest, and brilliantly wrapped with a side of afternoon tea!
- By Noah W. on 01-30-24
By: Anne Lister, and others
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Too Much of Life
- The Complete Crônicas
- By: Clarice Lispector
- Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In the magnificent feast of Clarice Lispector’s books, her crônicas―short, intensely vivid newspaper pieces―are the delicious canapés....
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Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
- A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The candid, poignant, unforgettable writing of the young girl whose own life story has become an everlasting source of courage and inspiration. Hiding from the Nazis in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building in Amsterdam, a 13-year-old girl named Anne Frank became a writer....
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Jeanie story
- By Jeanie Smith on 02-23-16
By: Anne Frank
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The Dark Interval
- Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation
- By: Ulrich Baer - translator, Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrated by: Rosanne Cash, Ulrich Baer
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death's place in our lives....
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touched by magic
- By Vanessa Nazarek on 03-01-20
By: Ulrich Baer - translator, and others
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Alphabetical Diaries
- By: Sheila Heti
- Narrated by: Kate Berlant
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, these are her alphabetical diaries....
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I love this book and the narration.
- By Ruth Marks on 02-17-24
By: Sheila Heti
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The Diary Keepers
- World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
- By: Nina Siegal
- Narrated by: Nina Siegal, Maggi-Meg Reed, Nan McNamara, and others
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times....
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Superior work!
- By Anonymous User on 02-24-23
By: Nina Siegal
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First, I Believe You: A True Story of Healing from Hidden Memories of Severe Childhood Trauma
- By: Carol C. Boyce
- Narrated by: Carol Boyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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First, I Believe You is an astonishing memoir of resilience and recovery from severe childhood trauma she had no memory of. Terrifying flashbacks haunted her for decades despite an affluent, advantaged childhood, resulting in severe depression, food addiction, anxiety, and nightmares....
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Honesty and courage to tell her story
- By Jayne on 02-20-24
By: Carol C. Boyce
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The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- By: William Anderson
- Narrated by: John Morgan, Tish Hicks
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Available for the first time, the letters of one of America's most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder - a treasure trove that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life....
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Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
- By Sara on 06-29-16
By: William Anderson
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Ordinary Notes
- By: Christina Sharpe
- Narrated by: Christina Sharpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake....
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Very good…
- By lawrence fauntleroy on 10-01-23
By: Christina Sharpe
New releases
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Great with Child
- Letters to a Young Mother
- By: Beth Ann Fennelly
- Narrated by: Melissa Epp
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A toddler's mother, both an intimate guide and an affectionate coach, writes to a pregnant friend about the transforming experience of motherhood.
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- By: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.
By: Ariane Bankes
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Four Horsemen and the Rolling Thunder
- A Poetry and Prose Collection
- By: Joshua Wells
- Narrated by: Caleb Floyd
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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I could not imagine a world where everyone believes they think freely while another third watches them wander around like puppets doing the same repetitive things having burned out all their brain cells. They never questioned if they’ve even had a thought all their own.
By: Joshua Wells
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I Awoke One Morning to Find Three Psychoanalysts in the Closet
- And Other Writing
- By: Robert McLay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Selling firecrackers by the side of the road, floating in space with no hope of rescue, reflecting on goldfish philosophy, the sunsets at San Nada, and the trees at Appomattox, I Awoke One Morning to Find Three Psychoanalysts in the Closet is a collection of short stories, prose poems, and other short writing. The topics, and the words used to fill them in are often silly, occasionally poignant, but always aiming to entertain.
By: Robert McLay
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Letters with Smokie
- Blindness and More-than-Human Relations
- By: Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley
- Narrated by: Kent Sheridan, Allen Sawkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.
By: Rod Michalko, and others
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Great with Child
- Letters to a Young Mother
- By: Beth Ann Fennelly
- Narrated by: Melissa Epp
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A toddler's mother, both an intimate guide and an affectionate coach, writes to a pregnant friend about the transforming experience of motherhood.
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The Quality of Love
- Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
- By: Ariane Bankes
- Narrated by: Deryn Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.
By: Ariane Bankes
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Four Horsemen and the Rolling Thunder
- A Poetry and Prose Collection
- By: Joshua Wells
- Narrated by: Caleb Floyd
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
I could not imagine a world where everyone believes they think freely while another third watches them wander around like puppets doing the same repetitive things having burned out all their brain cells. They never questioned if they’ve even had a thought all their own.
By: Joshua Wells
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I Awoke One Morning to Find Three Psychoanalysts in the Closet
- And Other Writing
- By: Robert McLay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Selling firecrackers by the side of the road, floating in space with no hope of rescue, reflecting on goldfish philosophy, the sunsets at San Nada, and the trees at Appomattox, I Awoke One Morning to Find Three Psychoanalysts in the Closet is a collection of short stories, prose poems, and other short writing. The topics, and the words used to fill them in are often silly, occasionally poignant, but always aiming to entertain.
By: Robert McLay
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Letters with Smokie
- Blindness and More-than-Human Relations
- By: Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley
- Narrated by: Kent Sheridan, Allen Sawkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.
By: Rod Michalko, and others
-
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others