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    Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend

    by Flea ...
    Narrated by Flea ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which sparked Flea's interest in music. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Flea became fascinated with the trumpet, idolizing musicians like Miles, Dizzy, and ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Art of Asking

    How I learned to stop worrying and let people help

    by Amanda Palmer ...
    Narrated by Amanda Palmer ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    'When we really see each other, we want to help each other' - Amanda PalmerImagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. Or touring Europe in a punk cabaret band, and finding a place to sleep each night by reaching out to strangers on Twitter. For Amanda Palmer, actions like these have gone beyond ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition

    A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

    by Nikki Sixx ...
    Narrated by Ross Marquand, Nikki Sixx, Sophie Kargman ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 11 min

    In honor of the ten-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx’s definitive and bestselling memoir on drug addiction is reissued with exclusive new content. This shocking, gripping, and at times darkly hilarious memoir explores Nikki’s yearlong war with a vicious heroin addiction. Now more than ever, with opioid addiction ravaging our country and rising by twenty percent in the past year ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cinema Speculation

    by Quentin Tarantino ...
    Narrated by Quentin Tarantino, Edoardo Ballerini ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 9 min

    A unique cocktail of personal memoir, cultural criticism and Hollywood history by the one and only Quentin Tarantino.The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the number one New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being a... ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The View from the Cheap Seats

    Selected Nonfiction

    by Neil Gaiman ...
    Narrated by Neil Gaiman ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 29 min

    The View from the Cheap Seats draws together myriad non-fiction writing by international phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. From Make Good Art, the speech that went viral, to pieces on artists and legends including Terry Pratchett and Lou Reed**, the collection offers a glimpse into the head and heart of one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.**</p... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Love and Let Die

    Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche

    by John Higgs ...
    Narrated by John Higgs ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 57 min

    The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day - Friday, 5 October 1962. Most countries can only dream of a cultural export becoming a worldwide phenomenon on this scale. For Britain to produce ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    What Are You Looking At?

    150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye

    by Will Gompertz ...
    Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 16 min

    Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan.What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Greek Myths

    Digitally narrated using a synthesized voice

    by Martin J. Dougherty ...
    Narrated by William Birch (Male Synthesized Voice) ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 40 min

    This recording has been digitally produced, by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.Plato dismissed Greek mythology as ‘old wives’ chatter’ but such chatter, from the Minotaur to the Trojan Horse, from Zeus to ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    New Kings of the World

    Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop

    by Fatima Bhutto ...
    Narrated by Soneela Nankani ...
    series Columbia Global Reports

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    A lively, inside look at how Bollywood, Turkish soap operas, and K-Pop are challenging America's cultural dominance around the world.There is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge yet to Hollywood, McDonald's, and blue jeans. This is an audiobook about these new arbiters of mass culture arising from the ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Curepedia

    An A-Z of The Cure

    by Simon Price ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Their popularity is not limited to any one country, or even continent. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they have earned four Platinum albums, and they are estimated to have sold 30 million albums worldwide. Their iconic status as elder statesmen of ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Goodbye Europe

    The unique must-have collection

    by Various ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul, Tim Collins, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Joe Jameson, Jonathan Lynn, Jenni Murray, Tania Rodrigues, Willow Nash ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity, geography, smoking and nature.Featuring pieces of exceptional quality from some of our most treasured ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Unique Hustle

    My Drive to be the Best Car Customizer in Hip Hop and Sports

    by Will Castro ...
    Narrated by Will Castro ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 57 min

    Will Castro, star of Velocity Channel's Unique Rides and one of the most popular car customizers in America, has achieved the American Dream, finding great success doing something he loves. He has worked with marquee names in entertainment and Unique Hustle is packed with anecdotes of some of the biggest names in sports, music, film, and television. Discover Will's inspiring journey to success ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Warhol

    A Life as Art

    by Blake Gopnik ...
    Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

    Unabridged

    43 hours 32 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.When critics attacked Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings as shallow, the Pop artist was happy to present himself as shallower still: He claimed that he silkscreened to avoid the hard work of painting, although he was actually a meticulous workaholic; in interviews he presented himself as a silly naïf when in private he was the canniest of sophisticates. Blake Gopnik's ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    I Strongly Believe in Incredible Things: A creative journey through the everyday wonders of our world

    by Rob Auton ...
    Narrated by Rob Auton ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 16 min

    A selection of the world’s most incredible things according to award-winning writer, comedian, artist and podcaster Rob AutonI Strongly Believe In Incredible Things is a book of poetic prose, musings, short stories and biro drawings detailing a selection of the Earth’s incredible things by award-winning writer, comedian, artist and podcaster Rob Auton.Unique, enchanting and utterly life affirming, ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    That Was Awkward

    The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug

    by Emily Flake ...
    Narrated by Emily Flake, Amanda Duarte, Peter Stray ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 7 min

    **A Lit Hub "Most Anticipated Books of 2019"From New Yorker humorist Emily Flake, a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of observations and advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to make physical contact with each other**We've all been there.You encounter the mother of your recent ex. That guy your best friend dated sophomore year. That friend-of-a-friend ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    A Goomba's Guide to Life

    by Steven R. Schirripa, Charles Fleming ...
    Narrated by Steven R. Schirripa ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 38 min

    Attention would-be paesans: Can’t distinguish “gabagool” from “pasta fazool”? Not sure how to properly accessorize your track suit with gold chains? Does the phrase “go to the mattresses” make you sleepy? Now Steven R. Schirripa, The Sopranos’ own Bobby Bacala, exposes the inner mysteries of this unique Italian-American hybrid in A Goomba’s Guide to Life so that anyone can walk, talk, and live ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    See What You're Missing

    31 Ways Artists Notice the World – and How You Can Too

    by Will Gompertz ...
    Narrated by Matt Addis ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 1 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Artists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case.In his typical engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the minds of artists - from contemporary stars to old masters, the ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Cinécdoque

    by Luis Alberto Reséndiz ...
    Narrated by Luis Alberto Reséndiz, Ana Ragazol, Fernanda Solórzano ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 53 min

    Cinécdoque es el libro que los cinéfilos necesitaban para repensar el cine comercial, reflexionar sobre sus cambios y llevar más allá de la pantalla las conquistas del séptimo arte.Con prólogo de Fernanda Solórzano.«Los textos de Cinécdoque aportan una mirada profunda a películas y fenómenos que otros, desde la pereza, consideran ligeros. Más importante, su autor es un defensor acérrimo del ensayo ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    It's All Too Much

    Adventures of a Teenage Beatles Fan in the '60s and Beyond

    by David Stark ...
    Narrated by David Stark, Richard Buskin (Foreword #1), Lesley-Ann Jones (Foreword #2), Pete Shotton (1983 interview) ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 22 min

    British music industry veteran David Stark grew up in north-west London during the 1960s as a dedicated Beatles fan, who was lucky enough to meet his musical heroes on various memorable occasions. From gatecrashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere in 1968 and sitting right behind them, to meeting the group individually in some extraordinary circumstances, he recalls his many Beatles encounters ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Fencepost Knows Too Much

    by Jack Piatt ...
    Narrated by Jack Piatt ...

    Unabridged

    30 min

    The latest release from poet and spoken word artist Jack Piatt takes us on an introspective journey.Rich with philosophical jaunts, occasional comedic undertones and self-effacing references to darker dives for lost coins into the wishing well of his youth, Piatt invites us into his space and allows us to touch the art.With an authentic telling, Piatt's shares relatable revelations about himself ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The World Needs Your Art

    by Danielle E. Fournier ...
    Narrated by Joe Wise ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 44 min

    The World Needs Your Art, and only you can make it.Ever wondered why you just HAVE to make something, anything, or you will just burst? Artists are born, not made. And if you yearn to create, that makes you an artist, no matter your medium. Photography, painting, performance art, writing, singing, or fashion, all are forms of expression of the creative soul.Often, creative people are not ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Black Roses

    Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women

    by Harold Green III ...
    Narrated by Harold Green III ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 26 min

    The poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living pays tribute to all Black women by focusing on visionaries and leaders who are making history right now, including Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae, Kamala Harris, Misty Copeland, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Robin Roberts, Roxane Gay, and Simone Biles—with this compilation of celebratory odes.Black women are exceptional. To honor how Black ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Off-Road with Clarkson, Hammond & May

    Behind The Scenes of Their "Rock and Roll" World Tour

    by Phillipa Sage ...
    Narrated by Julie Maisey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 52 min

    For over 12 years Phillipa Sage worked alongside Clarkson, Hammond and May as their PA, gofer, and fixer where she saw the boys at their best and, hilariously, at their worst. A closet petrol head, Phillipa started working in the motor industry on live events over 20 years ago and first worked with Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman (formerly Top Gear and now the Grand Tour’s Executive Producer) in ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Small Guide to the Universe

    by Ella Frances Sanders ...
    Narrated by Imogen Church ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 59 min

    Winner of AudioFile's Magazine Earphones AwardHave you ever found yourself wondering what we might have in common with stars or why the Moon never leaves us? Thinking about the precise dancing of planets, the passing of time or the nature of natural things?Our world is full of unshakeable mystery, and although we live in a civilisation more complicated than ever, there is beauty and reassurance to ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial