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"I lost a big battle this morning. The battle was whether to stay in bed and take it easy all day or tell you about Bill Klase and Jack Swift. About a wonderful moment we had together in the sun...and the worst beating I ever got in my life.
"I lost the struggle and got up and am now typing this.
"There is a memory in my mind I cherish and will cherish until they say, 'he's dead,' and pull the sheet over my head. It's not the beating. It's something that happened right before the beating.
"It is this: It is the Summer of 1972 and I am with two of the most wonderful guys I have ever met. It is Florida, St. Petersburg, a beautiful, sunny day. I am at Bill Klase's house and Jack Swift is there. We are standing next to Jack's shiny new sports car, and Bill is smiling, and I am smiling, and Jack Swift is smiling. All is well and wonderful in the world for that one moment...."
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
The word conquer has changed meaning for Bryan Anderson. As a U.S. army sergeant in Iraq, it meant taking down the enemy. After becoming Iraq’s fourth triple amputee from a roadside explosive, what he had to conquer got a bit more personal. On October 23, 2005, the moment Bryan looked down and realized he no longer had legs, he cracked a joke. It was a tragedy that could break many, but Bryan transformed it into something positive, something that propelled him forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What Heroes are made of
- De Emmaus Dan en 08-03-17
De: Bryan Anderson, y otros
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On Drinking
- De: Charles Bukowski
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man”, Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments, as well as some of his most joyful and inspired. In On Drinking, Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer’s most profound, funny, and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't read this sober
- De Lowball en 03-02-19
De: Charles Bukowski
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All My Friends are Going to be Strangers
- De: Larry McMurtry
- Narrado por: John Randolph Jones
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 97
Danny Deck - Emma's friend from Terms of Endearment - is a promising young writer losing touch with his talent and drifting from Texas to California because "that's where all the writers are." Set in the early 60s, this is a very funny (and raunchy) satire of life in Texas and California and a true and American portrait of an artist as a young man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Favorite audio book ever
- De melanie christner en 06-01-16
De: Larry McMurtry
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Crash and Burn
- De: Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,070
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,071
At a high point in his career, Artie Lange performed a sold-out show in Carnegie Hall-and he did it with a pocketful of heroin. In the midst of a deep, self-destructive depression, addicted to heroin, cocaine, and prescription drugs, he lashed out at everyone around him-from his cohosts on The Howard Stern Show to celebrity guests and even his longtime friends. Then came his legendary meltdown on-air, with 6 million people listening, after which Lange pulled himself together enough to go to a buddy's bachelor party in Amsterdam.
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3 out of 5 stars
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[Narrator Fail] Comic Genius+Depression+Drugs=Mess
- De Hilary en 11-07-13
De: Artie Lange, y otros
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The Chris Farley Show
- A Biography in Three Acts
- De: Tom Farley, Tanner Colby
- Narrado por: Therese Plummer, L. J. Ganser, Mark Boyett
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,096
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,083
The New York Times best-selling biography of an American comedy legend. After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He fought hard against them, but it was a fight he would lose in December 1997. Farley's fans immediately drew parallels between his death and that of his idol, John Belushi. Without looking deeper, however, many failed to see that Farley was much more than just another Hollywood drug overdose. In this officially authorized oral history, Farley's friends and family remember his work and life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly sad....
- De Marie B en 04-12-15
De: Tom Farley, y otros
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The Eden Express
- A Memoir of Insanity
- De: Mark Vonnegut
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Mark Vonnegut set out in search of Eden with his VW bug, his girlfriend, his dog, and his ideals, but genetic predisposition and a whole lot of shit going down made him crazy in a culture that told him mental illness is a myth and schizophrenia is a sane response to an insane society. Describing his experiences during the late '60s and early '70s, Eden Express reveals how Mark went from being a recent college grad who was in love and living communally on a farm to having nervous breakdowns.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Touches the challenges of human condition
- De Glenn Ainsworth en 06-23-23
De: Mark Vonnegut
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The Todd Glass Situation
- A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Standup Comedy
- De: Todd Glass, Jonathan Grotenstein
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
Growing up in a Philadelphia suburb in the 1970s was an easy life. Well, easy as long as you didn't have dyslexia or ADD, or were a Jew. And once you added gay into the mix, life became more difficult. So Todd Glass decided to hide the gay part, no matter how comic, tragic, or comically tragic the results. Now, Todd has written an open, honest, and hilarious memoir in an effort to help everyone - young and old, gay and straight - breathe a little more freely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth It
- De Heather en 11-17-14
De: Todd Glass, y otros
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The Pact
- De: Cody Garbrandt, Mark Dagostino
- Narrado por: Dave Hoffman
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 115
Cody Garbrandt grew up in a rough town in the Central Appalachian region of Ohio, surrounded by a longstanding culture of fighting - and drugs. Raised in this environment by a single mom (his dad left him at the young age of three to reside in the Ohio State Penitentiary), Cody grew up fighting, and he grew up wild. His future seemed predestined to end in the coal mines or in prison. Thankfully, Cody had visions of something more. His American dream? Mixed martial arts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Yikes.
- De Rebecca Whitman en 06-20-18
De: Cody Garbrandt, y otros
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Running with Raven
- The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired
- De: Laura Lee Huttenbach
- Narrado por: Allyson Ryan
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Raven Kraft has changed the lives of thousands who have run with him - many of them hundreds of times. From all 50 states and dozens of countries, across all age groups and backgrounds, they come to run with Raven, and in the process find friendship, inspiration - and a nickname. Among them is author Laura Lee "White Lightning" Huttenbach, who has logged over 1,000 miles of Raven Runs. Here she explores the stories of dozens of others about why they started running with Raven - and why they keep coming back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De ChargingDC en 02-14-24
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Salinger
- De: David Shields, Shane Salerno
- Narrado por: Peter Friedman, January LaVoy, Robert Petkoff, y otros
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 120
Shields and Salerno illuminate most brightly the last 56 years of Salinger’s life: a period that, until now, had remained completely dark to biographers. Provided unprecedented access to diaries, letters, legal records, and secret documents, listeners will feel they have, for the first time, gotten beyond Salinger’s meticulously built-up wall. The result is the definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ingenious novel or biography? Hard to tell....
- De Melinda en 09-05-13
De: David Shields, y otros
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Pain Killer
- A Memoir of Big League Addiction
- De: Brantt Myhres, Michael Landsberg - foreword
- Narrado por: Brantt Myhres, Michael Landsberg
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 64
Brantt Myhres wasn't around for the birth of his daughter. Myhres had played for seven different NHL teams, and had made millions. But he'd been suspended four times, all for drug use, and he had partied his way out of the league. This is his story, in his own words, of how he fought his way out of minor hockey into the big league, but never left behind the ghosts of a bleak and troubled childhood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love hockey.
- De Brew2go en 06-14-21
De: Brantt Myhres, y otros
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Young Hearts Crying
- De: Richard Yates
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship in the 1950s to their divorce in the '70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II, and at first he and his new wife, Lucy, enjoy their life together. But as the decades pass and the success of others creates a fear of failure in both Michael and Lucy, their once bright future gives way to a life of adultery and isolation.
De: Richard Yates
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Loudmouth
- Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone
- De: Craig Carton
- Narrado por: Craig Carton
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In this debut, Carton invites the listener to join him as he recounts tales from his suburban youth, defends his long-held love affair with the New York Jets, reminisces about the shenanigans of some of the highest paid and most celebrated athletes playing today, and reflects on his work as one of radio's craftiest, most hilarious personalities ever to get behind the microphone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun but too much about early life
- De Anthony A. Ciaccio en 07-13-13
De: Craig Carton
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The Cost of These Dreams
- Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
- De: Wright Thompson
- Narrado por: Wright Thompson
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 396
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 394
There is only one Wright Thompson. He is, as they say, famous if you know who he is: his work includes the most-read articles in the history of ESPN (and it's not even close) and has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series ten times, and he counts John Grisham and Richard Ford among his ardent admirers. But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is a book about a cattle drive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just great
- De ACK en 06-02-19
De: Wright Thompson
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Basketball Junkie
- A Memoir
- De: Chris Herren, Bill Reynolds
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 86
At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family’s and the city’s dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald’s All-American, featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story, and at just seventeen years old became the central figure in Fall River Dreams, an acclaimed book about the 1994 Durfee team’s quest for the state championship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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most powerful recovery story I've ever heard
- De Brian Swasey en 03-23-22
De: Chris Herren, y otros
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The Priority List
- A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons
- De: David Menasche
- Narrado por: David Menasche
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 105
David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students, and between lessons on Shakespeare and sentence structure, he forged a unique bond with his kids, buoying them through personal struggles while sharing valuable life lessons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly Inspiring!!
- De Trish en 07-13-14
De: David Menasche
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Because I Come from a Crazy Family
- The Making of a Psychiatrist
- De: Edward M. Hallowell
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
When Edward M. Hallowell was 11, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, an alcoholic mother, an abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behaviour from those around him and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love and connection permeates through this book!
- De Steve Steinmetz en 06-29-18
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The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
- De: Chris Gardner
- Narrado por: Andre Blake
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
At the age of 20, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story!
- De Lito Da Critic en 06-02-06
De: Chris Gardner