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American on Purpose
- The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
- Narrado por: Craig Ferguson
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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“With American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson somehow manages to avoid the pitfalls of self-indulgence and self-importance that plague most (okay, all) Hollywood autobiographies. He has, instead, written a book that is hilarious and irrepressibly daft, yet also kind, poignant, and undeniably wise. It was a joy to read.” (Dennis Lehane, New York Times best-selling author of The Given Day)
Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way, he stumbles through several attempts to make his mark - as a punk rock musician, a construction worker, a bouncer, and, tragically, a modern dancer. To numb the pain of failure, Ferguson found comfort in drugs and alcohol, addictions that eventually led to an aborted suicide attempt. (He forgot to do it when someone offered him a glass of sherry.) But his story has a happy ending: success on the hit sitcom The Drew Carey Show, and later as the host of CBS's Late Late Show. By far Ferguson's greatest triumph was his decision to become a US citizen, a milestone he achieved in early 2008.
In American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson talks a red, white, and blue streak about everything our Founding Fathers feared.
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In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to his hometown of New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers called the Improvisation. His goal? Simply to make a living, and if all went according to plan, to also make enough professional contacts to be able to mount his first Broadway show within a year's time. Later shortened to the Improv, its first West 44th Street location was in a seedy section of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Strange format, OK story.
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De: Budd Friedman, y otros
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Liner Notes
- On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
- De: Loudon Wainwright III
- Narrado por: Loudon Wainwright III
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
A memoir by the influential Grammy Award-winning singer and actor - son of journalist Loudon Wainwright, former husband of Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, and father of Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Lexie Kelly Wainwright - a captivating meditation on relationships and creativity from the patriarch of one of America's great musical families. With a career spanning more than four decades, Loudon Wainwright III has established himself as one of the most enduring singer-songwriters who emerged from the late '60s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best ever book for listening
- De Jeff Bernhardt en 10-29-17
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Digging Up Mother
- A Love Story
- De: Johnny Depp - foreword, Doug Stanhope
- Narrado por: Doug Stanhope and Friends
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,651
Doug Stanhope is one of the most critically acclaimed and stridently unrepentant comedians of his generation. What will surprise some is that he owes so much of his dark and sometimes uncomfortably honest sense of humor to his mother, Bonnie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not my thing.
- De J. Harral en 01-27-18
De: Johnny Depp - foreword, y otros
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I'm the One That I Want
- De: Margaret Cho
- Narrado por: Margaret Cho
- Duración: 4 h y 57 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
I'm the One That I Want, based on her show of the same name, is filled with dead-on insights about the experience of being a woman with attitude, of flowing with the highs and lows of life, and of creating one's own identity and acceptance. It is every bit as hilarious, shocking, and irreverent as she is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious and deeply engrossing
- De Ling en 04-10-03
De: Margaret Cho
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Coreyography
- De: Corey Feldman
- Narrado por: Corey Feldman
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,904
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,624
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,619
In this brave and moving memoir, Corey Feldman is revealing the truth about what his life was like behind the scenes: His is a past that included physical, drug, and sexual abuse, a dysfunctional family from which he was emancipated at age fifteen, three high-profile arrests for drug possession, a nine-month stint in rehab, and a long, slow crawl back to the top of the box office.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Didn't like the Two Coreys, but liked this.
- De ricketsj en 04-29-14
De: Corey Feldman
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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
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,099
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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You're Better than Me
- A Memoir
- De: Bonnie McFarlane
- Narrado por: Bonnie McFarlane, Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 266
In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively listenable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy person from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sandy!!! She wrote a book...it's crazy, a book!!!
- De Jonathan Placek en 03-02-16
De: Bonnie McFarlane
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What Fresh Lunacy Is This?
- The Authorised Biography of Oliver Reed
- De: Robert Sellers
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 17 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Oliver Reed may not have been Britain's biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came within a hairsbreadth of replacing Sean Connery as James Bond - but he is an august member of that small band of people, like George Best and Eric Morecambe, who transcended their chosen medium, became too big for it even, and grew into cultural icons. For the first time Reed's close family has agreed to collaborate on a project about the man himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ollie!
- De GK en 12-28-14
De: Robert Sellers
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Dynomite!
- Good Times, Bad Times…Our Times - A Memoir
- De: Jimmie Walker, Sal Manna
- Narrado por: Jimmie Walker
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
>Born into the violence of South Bronx ghetto life, the comic pioneer of TV’s Good Times fame offers a hilarious and politically charged review of his career as one of television’s first hugely successful Black stars. From opening for the Black Panthers and getting his first Tonight Show spot to becoming the first “Black” TV sitcom star, having comedians David Letterman and Jay Leno writing jokes for him, recording number-one comedy albums, and opening for rock n’ roll bands in 50,000 seat stadiums, Walker’s career hit all the highs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An transparent story of a socially but funny American icon.
- De John Lucasey en 05-08-21
De: Jimmie Walker, y otros
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There Are Worse Things I Could Do
- De: Adrienne Barbeau
- Narrado por: Adrienne Barbeau
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Adrienne Barbeau never set out to be a sex symbol, and she never planned on giving birth to twins when she was 51, but both those stories and a lot more are detailed in this witty, revealing memoir. With humor and fearlessness, she shares her romance with a superstar, her marriage to a famous film director, her marriage to a much younger man and her successful battle with infertility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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De: Adrienne Barbeau
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Here's the Story
- Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
- De: Maureen McCormick
- Narrado por: Maureen McCormick
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all. But what viewers didn't know about the always sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick was living a very different - and not so wonderful - life. Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen and the woman she became.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
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Stories I Only Tell My Friends
- An Autobiography
- De: Rob Lowe
- Narrado por: Rob Lowe
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,916
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,214
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,133
A teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last 25 years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book and Great Story
- De Natalie J. Belle MD en 04-30-11
De: Rob Lowe
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Little Me
- My Life from A-Z
- De: Matt Lucas
- Narrado por: Matt Lucas
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
Hello there. Welcome to my autobiography. Throughout this audiobook I talk about my life and work, including Little Britain, Come Fly with Me, Bridesmaids, Les Miserables, Alice in Wonderland and, of course, Shooting Stars. The thing is, this is a bit different to most memoirs you may have listened to, because it comes in the form of an A-Z. Anyway, I hope you buy it at least twice. Thank you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Food
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De: Matt Lucas
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They Call Me Supermensch
- A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll
- De: Shep Gordon
- Narrado por: Shep Gordon
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 476
In the course of his legendary career as a manager, an agent, and a producer, Shep Gordon has worked with and befriended some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Alice Cooper to Bette Davis, Raquel Welch to Groucho Marx, Blondie to Jimi Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone to Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross to Teddy Pendergrass. He is also credited with inventing the "celebrity chef" and has worked with Nobu Matsuhisa, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Roger Vergé, and many others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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De: Shep Gordon
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Mustaine
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,105
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James Hetfield, with whom many years ago Mustaine founded a band known as Metallica, once observed, with some incredulity, that Mustaine must have been born with a horseshoe up his ass. That's how lucky he's been, how fortunate he is to be pulling breath after so many close calls. And Hetfield is right. Mustaine has been lucky. He has been blessed. But here's the thing about having a horseshoe lodged in your rectum: It also hurts like hell. And you never forget it's there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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peace sells...I'm buying!!!
- De michael en 09-19-10
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The Mother of Black Hollywood
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- Narrado por: Jenifer Lewis
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Jenifer Lewis keeps it real in this provocative and touching memoir by a Midwestern girl with a dream whose journey from poverty to Hollywood will move, shock, and inspire listeners. Told in the audacious voice her fans adore, Jenifer describes a road to fame made treacherous by dysfunction and undiagnosed mental illness, including a sex addiction. Yet, supported by loving friends and strengthened by "inner soldiers", Jenifer never stopped entertaining and creating.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I could barely finish it.
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I Blame Dennis Hopper
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- De: Illeana Douglas
- Narrado por: Illeana Douglas
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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In 1969, Illeana Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider and were transformed. Taking Dennis Hopper's words - "That's what it's all about, man" - to heart, they abandoned their comfortable upper-middle-class life and gave Illeana a childhood filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love. Illeana writes, "Since it was all out of my control, I began to think of my life as a movie, with a Dennis Hopper-like father at the center of it." I Blame Dennis Hopper is a rollicking, funny, at times tender exploration of the way movies can change our lives.
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Loved Every Moment of this Book!
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I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else
- My Life on the Street, on the Stage, and in the Movies
- De: Danny Aiello, Gil Reavill
- Narrado por: Danny Aiello
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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Beloved stage and screen actor Danny Aiello’s big-hearted memoir reveals a man of passion, integrity, and guts - and lays bare one of the most unlikely success stories ever told. Danny Aiello admits that he backed into his acting career by mistake. That’s easy to see when you begin at the beginning: Raised by his loving and fiercely resilient mother in the tenements of Manhattan and the South Bronx, and forever haunted by the death of his infant brother, Danny struggled early on to define who he was and who he could be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want to give Danny Aiello a big hug.
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In the mid-70s, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. Born Standing Up is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away".
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Fantastic
- De Andrew en 11-30-07
De: Steve Martin
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The Way I Heard It
- De: Mike Rowe
- Narrado por: Mike Rowe
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s number-one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights. It’s a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-have. Mike Rowe’s The Way I Heard It collects 35 fascinating stories “for the curious mind with a short attention span”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I could listen to Mike read all day. And I am!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-15-19
De: Mike Rowe
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Into the Void
- Star Wars Legends (Dawn of the Jedi)
- De: Tim Lebbon
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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On the planet Tython, the ancient Je’daii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock learned the mysteries and methods of the Force - and found her calling as one of its most powerful disciples. But as strongly as the Force flowed within Lanoree and her parents, it remained absent in her brother, who grew to despise and shun the Je’daii, and whose training in its ancient ways ended in tragedy. Now, from her solitary life as a Ranger keeping order across the galaxy, Lanoree has been summoned by the Je’daii Council on a matter of utmost urgency.
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Pleasant surprise, best SW novels of late
- De AnthroGal en 05-30-13
De: Tim Lebbon
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre American on Purpose
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- shygrl
- 05-07-12
Great Book
What made the experience of listening to American on Purpose the most enjoyable?
I loved the fact that it was narrated by Craig Ferguson. It's great to hear his story from him. I love his show and this book makes me like him even more.
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- RJ Andrew
- 04-10-23
Inspiring and very funny
Really enjoyed it! Hard work really does pay off, though the blessings do help
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- Christopher Pence
- 04-21-23
Funny, touching, and unflinching
Ferguson’s story makes me want to be a better American. From depressing lows to soaring highs, Ferguson offers funny, touching, unflinching view of what it’s like to be an American immigrant in the 21st century, as well as a wannabe celebrity. A must-have for any fans of Ferguson, and a great reminder of what makes America great. 5/5
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- steve
- 11-08-23
Interesting story well delivered
Very insightful look into Craigs story. His rise. His falls, well done inspirational enjoyable overall.
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- Maggie Tulliver
- 04-29-24
Always hilarious and somehow insightful
Craig never fails to make me laugh and make me think. Love love love his work.
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- Mary T
- 02-28-10
Inspirational and a rollercoaster
As a First generation American myself, I loved to read his story of a fresh-faced new American. It's amazing he survived so much in his young life and turned the corner to a happy ending. Loved this book and gave gifts of it in print. Thanks Craig, write more!!
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- Caroline
- 12-04-11
Highly Entertaining
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Great story delivered in a highly addictive entertaining method.
What does Craig Ferguson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Its great to hear the expression, emphasis and pronunciation in Craig's Glaswegian accent.
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- dodfan
- 06-04-18
A compelling joy ride of a life
I'm not sure if this is an accurate to the t telling of a live story, but if it is even close to the truth then he has had one of the most tragic and beautifully interesting lives that I myself have ever had the privilege of reading about. on top of that his performance is as beautiful as the story it's self. overall this is an absolute winner and a must read/listen for anyone but especially if you are a ferguson fan.
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- Johanns Rogers
- 05-30-15
Choose Adventure
I've always loved Craig as a host and comedian. Noe, I admire him as a person. The raw emotion that he brings out with is calm Scottish accent (didn't know it was possible to be calm and Scottish at the same time) made laugh and made me cry.
I learned a valuable lesson listening to Craig's story. "Between safety and Adventure. Choose adventure."
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- Spoorthy
- 01-07-15
Awesome
I love Craig Ferguson and thought this book would be funny and maybe inspire me. All though the book wasn't as funny as expected, it definitely inspired me and made me feel like I know the author a bit more. This is by far, my favorite audiobook.
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