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Beautiful Things
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Hunter Biden
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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New York Times Best Seller
“I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving and “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir of addiction, loss, and survival.
When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of 46. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
In Beautiful Things - “an astonishingly candid and brave book about loss, human frailty, wayward souls, and hard-fought redemption” (Dave Eggers, New York Times best-selling author) - Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety. The story ends with where Hunter is today - a sober married man with a new baby, finally able to appreciate the beautiful things in life.
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Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was on DACA when she decided to write about being undocumented for the first time using her own name. It was right after the election of 2016, the day she realized the story she'd tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell. So she wrote her immigration lawyer's phone number on her hand in Sharpie and embarked on a trip across the country to tell the stories of her fellow undocumented immigrants—and to find the hidden key to her own.
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Raw, heartbreaking - we can do better by others
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He Came in with It
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- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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Bobi Conn was raised in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia. She remembers her tin-roofed house tucked away in a vast forest paradise; the sparkling creeks, with their frogs and crawdads; the sweet blackberries growing along the road to her granny’s; and her abusive father. An elegiac account of survival despite being born poor, female, and cloistered, Bobi’s testament is one of hope for all vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls caught in the cycle of poverty and abuse.
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For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past. Throughout her rise to fame and during some of the most pivotal moments of her life, Demi battled addiction, body image issues, and childhood trauma that would follow her for years - all while juggling a skyrocketing career and at times negative public perception.
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I loved this Memoir
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Pesos
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- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Pietro La Greca Sr. was an intimidating Napolitano con man dubbed “Mexico’s real-life Don Corleone”. He ran Mexico’s biggest money-laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history. His was a world of fast cars, mansions on the water, and VIP treatment at Las Vegas casinos. His exploitation of Mexico’s financial free fall made him a wealthy man. But while he was running his criminal empire, his son, Pietro Jr., a.k.a. Picho, was learning his father’s tricks—if only to bring the man down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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From the cow fields of Connecticut to the streets of San Francisco, Joe Clifford's Junkie Love traverses the lost highways of America, down the rocky roads of mental illness to the dead ends of addiction. Based on Clifford's own harrowing experience with drugs as a rock 'n' roll wannabe in the 1990s, the audiobook draws on the best of Kerouac and the Beats, injecting a heavy dose of pulp fiction as it threads a rollicking narrative through a doomed love triangle, lit up by the many strange characters he meets along the way.
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WOW! an inside look into an junkies mind
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The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
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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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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 140
On New Year’s Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day - chosen completely at random - was Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. That Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness, cruelty, heroism, cowardice, genius, idiocy, and much more....
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm giving this book more credit for its concept
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Falling Apart in One Piece
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Just when Stacy Morrison thought she had it all, her husband of 10 years announced that he wanted a divorce. She was left alone with a new house that needed lots of work, a new baby who needed lots of attention, and a new job in the high-pressure world of New York publishing. Morrison had never been one to believe in fairy tales. As far as she was concerned, happy endings were the product of the kind of ambition and hard work that had propelled her to the top of her profession.
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5 out of 5 stars
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so helpful
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Trejo
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On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He’s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend.
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Pain Killer
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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.
- By Brew2go on 06-14-21
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A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty. Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America’s prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacted to her reserve with a campaign of harassment and vilification.
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- By NedNickelson on 05-22-24
By: Elizabeth Beller
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- jerimah
- 04-13-21
Beautiful and Raw
I had never heard of Hunter Biden before the 2020 election when the president asked “where’s Hunter?” To be honest I was asking “who is Hunter?”
This book answers both of those questions in an incredibly raw and revealing picture of addiction and the spiral downward.
Hunter narrates very well in his emotional performance. I really enjoyed the book and it’s convinced me to stay even further away from drugs and alcohol.
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- Doug Robinson
- 04-11-21
The redemptive power of unconditional love and hum
In his book “Beautiful Things” Hunter Biden reveals the redemptive power of unconditional love and human compassion. While complete disclosure robs all venom from negative aspersions it also enhances the courage of any recovering addict with knowledge that those beyond his or her immediate family can fully share in the hopeful power of shared experience. Described at its beginning, the full significance of the book’s title reaches full disclosure only in the book’s concluding chapter and epilogue. I believe this book will deepen the compassion and understanding of any reader for the often-devastating experiences of others. Hunter's personal narration makes this audio book expecially memorable.
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- jwf__
- 04-11-21
Love love love
This story is a truly brilliantly perfectly beautiful thing. Thank goodness our country and world can now be led by a Biden... it’s all going to be OK. ♥️
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- Amanda C
- 04-11-21
a TRUE accounting of alcoholism and addiction
as a 20 years sober recovering alcoholic I found his telling of his addiction honest , compelling and hopeful , in the sense that being this honest (and hopefully continuing to keep it right up front) about your disease is usually what will keep you sober.
Although I am a bit surprised not to hear more insight into how his addiction affected his family. A father (Joe) that had already lost two children, now suffering for years, worrying if today will be the day when he gets the phone call that Hunter is dead as well.
But regardless of mt own 'Take" on long term recovery, I found this memoir honest and an easy read. it's interesting,fast-paced and I read it all in one day, wanting to know how everything turned out in the end!
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- Dana M Craighead
- 09-03-21
Emotionally insightful
This book goes beyond politics, beyond Joe Biden. This is Hunter Biden’s crazy, twisted, and deep life story. It is a story of heartbreak, addiction, losing what you love, but prevailing through it all. I highly recommend this book.
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- jesse andrew greer
- 05-08-21
Surprisingly great
I started this out of curiosity but found it really engaging. There are some really touching moments and deeply tragic ones as well. I finished this even angrier about Rudy’s smear campaign against him that occurred at some of the most vulnerable moments of his life. Hunter was incredibly candid about his failings in relationships and to addiction and he did a terrific job narrating his life story.
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- Sandra Stein
- 05-02-21
As real as it gets
No matter your politics or rather set that aside and open your mind to our shared, common humanity. For anyone who has struggled to understand addiction, and the complicated family dynamics, this book is for you. Ultimately this is a story of redemption through the power of love.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-03-21
Unexpected Gem
Over the course of the campaign and impeachment trial I heard a hundred different opinions about Hunter but I had never actually heard him speak. I got the book more out of curiosity and I am glad I did. It’s honest. Brutally honest. It’s hard to listen to how addiction tears apart Hunters life but the insights and lessons taken on the other side were worth the listen. Stay strong Hunter I wish you all the best.
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- Muddy Paws
- 04-13-21
Wow! Raw and yet uplifting.
Well done Hunter. You didn’t shy away from the tough stuff. Very interesting and thanks for letting me hear it in your words and your own voice. Sending loving, healing vibes your way...keep it up. I am proud of you.
Thank you for sharing your story instead of us getting it through the rumor mill.
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- steph
- 04-15-21
Beautiful
Thank you Hunter. This is a beautiful book, I am so Greatful for you and your family. Thank you all for your service to our country.
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