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    C. S. Lewis - A Life

    Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

    by Alister McGrath ...
    Narrated by Robin Sachs ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 57 min

    In honor of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, celebrated Oxford don Dr. Alister McGrath presents us with a compelling and definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis, the author of the well-known Narnia series. For more than half a century, C. S. Lewis’ Narnia series has captured the imaginations of millions. In C. S. Lewis — A Life, Dr. Alister McGrath recounts the unlikely path of ... Read more

    $37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Some People Need Killing

    A Memoir of Murder in My Country

    by Patricia Evangelista ...
    Narrated by Patricia Evangelista ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 16 min

    TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “riveting” (The Atlantic) account of the Philippines’ state-sanctioned killings of its citizens under President Rodrigo Duterte, hailed as “a journalistic masterpiece” (The New Yorker)“Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story.”—Tara Westover, #1 New York Times ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    The Copenhagen Trilogy

    Childhood; Youth; Dependency

    by Tove Ditlevsen ...
    Narrated by Stine Wintlev ...
    Series series The Copenhagen Trilogy

    Unabridged

    11 hours 52 min

    Called "a masterpiece" by The Guardian, this courageous and honest trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing, explores themes of family, sex, motherhood, abortion, addiction, and being an artist. This program contains all three volumes of her memoirsTove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Personal History

    A Memoir

    by Katharine Graham ...
    Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie ...

    Unabridged

    30 hours 30 min

    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULTIZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    Survival Is a Promise

    The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

    by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ...
    Narrated by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 41 min

    **This program is read by the author.A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde.**We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lorde’s teachings on “the creative power of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    by David Sedaris ...
    Narrated by David Sedaris ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 51 min

    A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Furious Hours

    Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    by Casey Cep ...
    Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 15 min

    **ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY *Time, LitHub, Vulture, Glamour, O Magazine, Town and Country, Suspense Magazine, Inside HookNew York Times* Best Seller**“Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Country Girl

    A Memoir

    by Edna O'Brien ...
    Narrated by Edna O'Brien ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    "Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public RadioWhen Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Letter to My Daughter

    by Maya Angelou ...
    Narrated by Maya Angelou ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 32 min

    For a world of devoted fans, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    The Freaks Came Out to Write

    The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

    by Tricia Romano ...
    Narrated by Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 44 min

    You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, The Village Voice was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas. It reported on the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers dismissed it as a gay disease. In 1979, the Voice’s Wayne Barrett uncovered Donald Trump as a ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Unmask Alice

    LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

    by Rick Emerson ...
    Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud.In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    by Maya Angelou ...
    Narrated by Maya Angelou ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 11 min

    Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    The Glass Castle

    A Memoir

    by Jeannette Walls ...
    Narrated by Jeannette Walls ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 25 min

    Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Into the Wild

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Narrated by Philip Franklin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 3 min

    In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself..."Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama wandering of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Into Thin Air

    A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Narrated by Jon Krakauer ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 58 min

    When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    by Maya Angelou ...
    Narrated by Maya Angelou ...

    Abridged

    3 hours

    Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Angela's Ashes

    by Frank McCourt ...
    Narrated by Frank McCourt ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 8 min

    A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD $29.99 USD

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    A Small Place

    by Jamaica Kincaid ...
    Narrated by Robin Miles ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 48 min

    From the award-winning author of Annie John comes a brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua.“If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the prime minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a prime minister would want an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Travels with Charley in Search of America

    by John Steinbeck ...
    Narrated by Gary Sinise ...
    Series series Penguin Audio Classics

    Unabridged

    7 hours 58 min

    An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writersTo hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

    Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

    by Catherine Gray ...
    Narrated by Catherine Gray ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 14 min

    'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ... ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Into Thin Air

    A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Narrated by Philip Franklin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Going There (read by Katie Couric)

    by Katie Couric ...
    Narrated by Katie Couric ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 27 min

    This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Great Shark Hunt

    Strange Tales from a Strange Time

    by Hunter S. Thompson ...
    Narrated by Scott Sowers ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Gonzo Papers

    Unabridged

    29 hours 7 min

    The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson’s bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in his signature style.Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling “Gonzo Papers” is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Papillon

    by Henri Charriere ...
    Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 26 min

    Henri Charrière, called ""Papillon,"" for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's ... Read more

    $38.99 USD