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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- Written by: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid memoir.
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so disappointed
- By Cristy on 2022-11-13
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A Court of Frost and Starlight (Dramatized Adaptation)
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 4
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Amanda Forstrom, Colleen Delany, Eva Wilhelm, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve.
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Skip it
- By Anonymous User on 2023-12-08
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From Blood and Ash (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Blood and Ash, Book 1
- Written by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Khaya Fraites, Matthew Bassett, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure....
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Performances can’t save poor content
- By A on 2025-07-10
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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- Written by: Rick Rubin
- Narrated by: Rick Rubin
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us....
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Better books out there
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-01-26
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House of Sky and Breath (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Crescent City, Book 2
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Sura Siu, Devon Lexington, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal—they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.
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Too much background noise
- By Wisconsion Winter on 2025-04-08
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Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alyson Stoner
- Narrated by: Alyson Stoner
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Alyson Stoner narrates her revelatory and incisive memoir—from family violence and betrayal, to eating disorders and religious trauma—which may begin in Hollywood, but its chilling relatability will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose, and mental health in a digital age.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- Written by: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid memoir.
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so disappointed
- By Cristy on 2022-11-13
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A Court of Frost and Starlight (Dramatized Adaptation)
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 4
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Amanda Forstrom, Colleen Delany, Eva Wilhelm, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve.
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Skip it
- By Anonymous User on 2023-12-08
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From Blood and Ash (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Blood and Ash, Book 1
- Written by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Khaya Fraites, Matthew Bassett, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure....
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Performances can’t save poor content
- By A on 2025-07-10
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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- Written by: Rick Rubin
- Narrated by: Rick Rubin
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us....
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Better books out there
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-01-26
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House of Sky and Breath (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Crescent City, Book 2
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Sura Siu, Devon Lexington, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal—they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.
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Too much background noise
- By Wisconsion Winter on 2025-04-08
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Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alyson Stoner
- Narrated by: Alyson Stoner
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Alyson Stoner narrates her revelatory and incisive memoir—from family violence and betrayal, to eating disorders and religious trauma—which may begin in Hollywood, but its chilling relatability will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose, and mental health in a digital age.
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House of Sky and Breath (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Crescent City, Book 2
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Kit Swann, Rayner Gabriel, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal—they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.
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Incredible performances
- By Nicki on 2024-12-22
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Shadow Princess (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 4
- Written by: Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
- Narrated by: Lydia Kraniotis, Gabriel Michael, full cast, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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The shadows are in my blood. I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage. But the darkness within me isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me.
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Graphic audio has ruined me
- By amelly gagne on 2025-07-16
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The Awakening (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 1
- Written by: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Lydia Kraniotis, Daniel Llacal, Gregory Linnington, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae.
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I wish music wasn’t in dramatized adaptations
- By Chillee on 2025-04-01
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From Blood and Ash (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Blood and Ash, Book 1
- Written by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Wyn Delano, Katie Boothe, David Cui Cui, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family.
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incorrect pronunciations
- By Jane on 2025-02-25
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The Reckoning (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 3
- Written by: Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham, James Konicek
- Narrated by: Julian Dailey, Daniel Llaca, Jon Vertullo, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Hell Week has begun. Senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure torture as we prepare to face The Reckoning—the assessment that will decide whether we stay at Zodiac Academy or lose our places here forever.
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They are in their stride
- By Jacqueline Lafleur on 2025-06-04
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House of Flame and Shadow (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Crescent City, Book 3
- Written by: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: full cast, Colleen Delany, Debi Tinsley, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.
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series has gone downhill
- By Jesse Hetu on 2025-05-05
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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Blood and Ash, Book 2
- Written by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Katie Boothe, Wayne LeGette, Torian Brackett, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him.
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The Reckoning (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 3
- Written by: Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
- Narrated by: Jessica Schly, Gabriel Michael, full cast, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Hell Week has begun. Senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure torture as we prepare to face The Reckoning—the assessment that will decide whether we stay at Zodiac Academy or lose our places here forever.
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Two parts took me out
- By Chelsea on 2025-04-22
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Ruthless Fae (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 2
- Written by: Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
- Narrated by: Lydia Kraniotis, Khaya Fraites, Karenna Foley, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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The Celestial Heirs think the stars are on their side. But they don't know what's coming. We have to be smart. Fighting them one on one isn't an option so we have to be stealthy.
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Great, few mistakes by Darius character
- By Anonymous User on 2024-11-05
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Shadow Princess (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Zodiac Academy, Book 4
- Written by: Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
- Narrated by: full cast, Gabriel Michael, Daniel Llaca, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The four Celestial Heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet that we're the strongest creatures they've ever known.
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The Storyteller: Expanded
- ...Because There's More to the Story
- Written by: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller created a sensation when it was initially published, becoming a global bestseller and thrilling fans and critics alike....
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Amazing
- By Karalyn on 2025-01-25
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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Blood and Ash, Book 2
- Written by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: full cast, Torian Brackett, Robb Moreira, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden.
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pronunciation issues
- By Jane on 2025-02-26
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Fahrenheit-182
- A Memoir
- Written by: Mark Hoppus, Dan Ozzi - contributor
- Narrated by: Mark Hoppus
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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A smart, funny, and refreshingly candid memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. Narrated in his own voice, the audiobook offers an intimate and immersive experience that fans won’t want to miss.
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Didn’t want it to end
- By Eric on 2025-05-31
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The Red Book
- A Reader's Edition
- Written by: C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani - editor translator
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung's later works.
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Fantastic!
- By Lea Johnson on 2021-07-08
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Wildflower
- Written by: Drew Barrymore
- Narrated by: Drew Barrymore
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Wildflower is a portrait of Drew Barrymore's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years....
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Interesting
- By Alison on 2018-09-18
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John & Paul
- A Love Story in Songs
- Written by: Ian Leslie
- Narrated by: Chris Addison
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.
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A Great Story
- By PDubya on 2025-05-30
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Iron Gold (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Red Rising, Book 4
- Written by: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Jenna Sharpe, Alex Hill-Knight, Todd Scofield, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.
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Amazing, can’t wait for the next.
- By Anonymous User on 2025-01-23
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Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Secret Projects, Book 1
- Written by: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Walker, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a rollicking, riveting tale set in the Cosmere universe—a standalone adventure perfect for fans of The Princess Bride.
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Great performance
- By Levi on 2025-04-25
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Morning Star (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Red Rising Saga, Book 3
- Written by: Pierce Brown
- Narrated by: Andrew James Spooner, Julie-Ann Elliott, Jenna Sharpe, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back.
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HIMothy
- By Leslie Onyeanwu on 2025-07-17
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Lorne
- The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
- Written by: Susan Morrison
- Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio, Susan Morrison
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show.
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Ok story - annoying narration
- By Susie GP on 2025-07-10
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The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy
- How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going
- Written by: Austin Kleon
- Narrated by: Austin Kleon
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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It’s an audio compilation of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work and Keep Going, the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life....
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A PLEASANT SURPRISE
- By MJB on 2021-12-05
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A Life in Parts
- Written by: Bryan Cranston
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father, a struggling actor and director, cast him in a United Way commercial....
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Loved it!
- By Marie on 2020-08-11
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So Gay for You
- Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All
- Written by: Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey
- Narrated by: Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word—including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives.
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Never finished a book faster!
- By Rachel Welsh on 2025-07-14
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Walking Disaster
- My Life Through Heaven and Hell
- Written by: Deryck Whibley
- Narrated by: Deryck Whibley
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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This candid memoir of music, fame, and endurance from Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41, follows his rise from a punk kid to an international star.
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Raw truth and overcoming
- By Krista DeCarle on 2024-10-30
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Dead Outlaw
- Written by: David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses
- Narrated by: Andrew Durand, Dashiell Eaves, Eddie Cooper, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Based on a “that can’t actually be true” story, Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive new musical about Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century outlaw who became a traveling corpse and accidental celebrity. After a botched train robbery and an untimely death, Elmer’s body embarks on a decades-long postmortem adventure—through carnivals, roadside attractions, wax museums, and even a Hollywood film set. Dead Outlaw dives into the absurdity of fame, the inevitability of failure, and the meaning—or utter meaninglessness—of legacy.
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Amazing show, amazing story, very well done
- By Cool Dad Mike on 2025-07-17
Written by: David Yazbek, and others
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From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture
- Written by: Grace D. Gipson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Grace D. Gipson
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that seeks to explore and transform the experience of the African diaspora. Stretching across multiple art forms and genres, the movement taps into the limitless potential of creativity and the imagination to envision Black liberation through stories, music, architecture, fashion, music, and so much more.
Written by: Grace D. Gipson, and others
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We Might Just Make It After All
- Written by: Elyce Arons
- Narrated by: Elyce Arons
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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We Might Just Make It After All brings us on the rollercoaster of adventures (and misadventures) that the best friends embarked on, from transferring colleges on a whim, to falling in and out of love with suitors, cramming into roach-infested Hell’s Kitchen apartments, and eventually designing the chic, simple bag that would launch the pair to global fame. Through it all, Katy and Elyce’s friendship remained unshakeable.
Written by: Elyce Arons
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Comedy Samurai
- Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter
- Written by: Larry Charles
- Narrated by: Larry Charles
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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To tell Larry Charles's life story is to tell the story of modern American comedy. Over the last 40 years, few comedians have been a part of so many iconic, beloved projects. Larry was one of the original writers and producers on the first five seasons of Seinfeld, directed over 20 episodes each of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage, and served as the showrunner for Mad About You. His film directing credits include Borat, Bruno, and The Dictator, Bill Maher’s Religulous, and Bob Dylan’s Masked and Anonymous. In Comedy Samurai, Charles pulls back the curtain.
Written by: Larry Charles
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The Absence
- Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer
- Written by: Budgie
- Narrated by: Budgie
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' became one of the era-defining drummers in the much-mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A man and musician whose creativity and singular style came to define the goth-pop 1980s as much as any other individual, Budgie's life is both fabulously glamorous and a tawdry cautionary tale. For the first time the story of this most exalted and mysterious of bands has been told by one who survived inside the belly of the beast.
Written by: Budgie
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You Wanna Be on Top?
- A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model
- Written by: Sarah Hartshorne
- Narrated by: Sarah Hartshorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Tyra Banks’s America’s Next Top Model was a cultural phenomenon with more than six million weekly viewers at its peak. Over its fifteen-year run, the show captured the glitz of the early aughts as well as its most toxic attitudes—from the glamorous but often questionable photo shoots to the cutting feedback from its highly respected if out-of-touch judges. Watching ANTM now, it feels impossible to imagine a show like this airing today, and as its fans have grown up, they’ve also begun to reckon with the enduring ways that the show has affected their body image and self-esteem.
Written by: Sarah Hartshorne
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Dead Outlaw
- Written by: David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses
- Narrated by: Andrew Durand, Dashiell Eaves, Eddie Cooper, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Based on a “that can’t actually be true” story, Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive new musical about Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century outlaw who became a traveling corpse and accidental celebrity. After a botched train robbery and an untimely death, Elmer’s body embarks on a decades-long postmortem adventure—through carnivals, roadside attractions, wax museums, and even a Hollywood film set. Dead Outlaw dives into the absurdity of fame, the inevitability of failure, and the meaning—or utter meaninglessness—of legacy.
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Amazing show, amazing story, very well done
- By Cool Dad Mike on 2025-07-17
Written by: David Yazbek, and others
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From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture
- Written by: Grace D. Gipson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Grace D. Gipson
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that seeks to explore and transform the experience of the African diaspora. Stretching across multiple art forms and genres, the movement taps into the limitless potential of creativity and the imagination to envision Black liberation through stories, music, architecture, fashion, music, and so much more.
Written by: Grace D. Gipson, and others
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We Might Just Make It After All
- Written by: Elyce Arons
- Narrated by: Elyce Arons
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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We Might Just Make It After All brings us on the rollercoaster of adventures (and misadventures) that the best friends embarked on, from transferring colleges on a whim, to falling in and out of love with suitors, cramming into roach-infested Hell’s Kitchen apartments, and eventually designing the chic, simple bag that would launch the pair to global fame. Through it all, Katy and Elyce’s friendship remained unshakeable.
Written by: Elyce Arons
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Comedy Samurai
- Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter
- Written by: Larry Charles
- Narrated by: Larry Charles
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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To tell Larry Charles's life story is to tell the story of modern American comedy. Over the last 40 years, few comedians have been a part of so many iconic, beloved projects. Larry was one of the original writers and producers on the first five seasons of Seinfeld, directed over 20 episodes each of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage, and served as the showrunner for Mad About You. His film directing credits include Borat, Bruno, and The Dictator, Bill Maher’s Religulous, and Bob Dylan’s Masked and Anonymous. In Comedy Samurai, Charles pulls back the curtain.
Written by: Larry Charles
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The Absence
- Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer
- Written by: Budgie
- Narrated by: Budgie
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' became one of the era-defining drummers in the much-mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A man and musician whose creativity and singular style came to define the goth-pop 1980s as much as any other individual, Budgie's life is both fabulously glamorous and a tawdry cautionary tale. For the first time the story of this most exalted and mysterious of bands has been told by one who survived inside the belly of the beast.
Written by: Budgie
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You Wanna Be on Top?
- A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model
- Written by: Sarah Hartshorne
- Narrated by: Sarah Hartshorne
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Tyra Banks’s America’s Next Top Model was a cultural phenomenon with more than six million weekly viewers at its peak. Over its fifteen-year run, the show captured the glitz of the early aughts as well as its most toxic attitudes—from the glamorous but often questionable photo shoots to the cutting feedback from its highly respected if out-of-touch judges. Watching ANTM now, it feels impossible to imagine a show like this airing today, and as its fans have grown up, they’ve also begun to reckon with the enduring ways that the show has affected their body image and self-esteem.
Written by: Sarah Hartshorne
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Slaves to Fashion
- Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
- Written by: Monica L. Miller
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Slaves to Fashion is a cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art world. Interpreting performances and representations of black dandyism in particular cultural settings and literary and visual texts, Monica L. Miller emphasizes the importance of sartorial style to black identity formation in the Atlantic diaspora.
Written by: Monica L. Miller
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The Dragonbone Chair (Part 1 of 3) (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Book 1
- Written by: Tad Williams
- Narrated by: full cast, Lise Bruneau, Dylan Lynch, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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A war fueled by the powers of dark sorcery is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard—for Prester John, the High King, lies dying. And with his death, the Storm King, the undead ruler of the elf-like Sithi, seizes the chance to regain his lost realm through a pact with the newly ascended king. Knowing the consequences of this bargain, the king’s younger brother joins with a small, scattered group of scholars, the League of the Scroll, to confront the true danger threatening Osten Ard.
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Absolutely Amazing
- By Paul Ranstoller on 2025-07-09
Written by: Tad Williams
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Hope I Get Old Before I Die
- Why Rock Stars Never Retire
- Written by: David Hepworth
- Narrated by: Paul Fox
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July of 1985, we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was forty-three years old. As the forty years since have shown, he—and many others of his generation—were just getting started. This was the time when live performance took over from records. The big names of the '60s and '70s exploited the Age of Spectacle that Live Aid had ushered in to enjoy the longest lap of honor in the history of humanity, continuing to go strong long after everyone else in the business had retired.
Written by: David Hepworth
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Dreaming Japanese
- Written by: Marty Friedman, Jon Wiederhorn
- Narrated by: Marty Friedman, Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Marty Friedman's upbringing was as atypical as his career. Growing up in a Jewish household in Maryland, the son of an NSA executive, he lacked motivation until he discovered the guitar. Enjoying a hazy adolescence overflowing with partying, music, and teen antics, he achieved local stardom in Deuce, then burst onto the national scene by pioneering a radically new style of playing, bringing attention to the guitar aficionado label, Shrapnel Records. Friedman moved to California and scored a gig in Megadeth.
Written by: Marty Friedman, and others
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The Chancellor's Mansion
- A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and Mystery
- Written by: Jamie Arty
- Narrated by: Jamie Arty
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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The Chancellor’s Mansion was built by William Townsend McCoun, a public servant and abolitionist in New York City. The once-grand house on a hill in Oyster Bay, Long Island, had been abandoned for years. Many would have torn the property down and built something new on the land. But Jamie and Frantz Arty realized the house had more to give. The couple purchased the home, moved in, and began period-specific renovations at the height of the pandemic, along with their parents and three children—including newborn twins.
Written by: Jamie Arty
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Clint
- The Man and the Movies
- Written by: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
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C-L-I-N-T. In that short, sharp syllable, there is an emblem of American manhood and morality and sheer bloody-minded will, for better and worse, on screen and off, for more than sixty years. Whether he's holding a pistol, an orangutan, or a boxing glove; whether he's facing down bad guys on a western street (Old West or new, no matter); staring through the lens of a camera; or accepting one of his thirteen Oscars (including two for Best Picture); he is as blunt, curt, and solid as his name.
Written by: Shawn Levy
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Getting High
- The Adventures of Oasis
- Written by: Paolo Hewitt
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
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Getting High is an illuminating, funny, sometimes shocking reminder of how big a band can get, and how quickly the insanity sets in. Oasis have today sold in excess of 70 million records worldwide. Hewitt's intimate account of this explosive and beloved band, in their prime, is a rock classic and a riveting narrative.
Written by: Paolo Hewitt
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It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network
- Written by: Kimberly Potts
- Narrated by: Brian Unger
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Charlie, Dennis, Mac, Sweet Dee, and Frank are deplorable characters. They will never mature, become more self-aware, or less self-involved. That is what the creators of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are committed to—and that’s why the show’s millions of devoted fans have stuck with the cult comedy hit for over sixteen seasons and counting. As thoughtful, provocative, and engaging as the show itself, this book also explores how the show has pushed the envelope and used absurdist comedy to explore major societal issues, including the #MeToo movement, LGBTQ+ rights, racism, and more.
Written by: Kimberly Potts
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Hit Girls
- Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop's Shiniest Decade
- Written by: Nora Princiotti
- Narrated by: Nora Princiotti
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Low-rise jeans, butterfly clips, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and Paris Hilton’s nights out. The early 2000s were a time of major moments in fashion, media, celebrity culture, and especially music. The aughts were a particularly fruitful era for female artists—still the only decade in the history of recorded music when women made up more than half the list of highest-grossing performers—and especially pop stars. Artists such as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Beyoncé were leading the charge—their success not only leading to a new respect for female artists, but for pop stardom itself.
Written by: Nora Princiotti
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Live Forever
- The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis
- Written by: John Robb
- Narrated by: Daniel Millar
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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Think Oasis was just Britpop and brawls? Think again. In this, the definitive book on Britain’s biggest band, John Robb peels back the layers of Manchester's best known musical export, revealing a tale of ambition, ego, talent, and a whole lot of attitude. From the gritty pubs of Manchester to the dizzying heights of global stardom, this unauthorized biography is a rollercoaster ride through the Gallagher brothers' turbulent lives and the music that defined a generation.
Written by: John Robb
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City of Wood
- San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry
- Written by: James Michael Buckley
- Narrated by: Rick Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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California's 1849 gold rush triggered creation of the "instant city" of San Francisco as a base to exploit the rich natural resources of the American West. City of Wood examines how capitalists and workers logged the state's vast redwood forests to create the financial capital and construction materials needed to build the regional metropolis of San Francisco. Architectural historian James Michael Buckley investigates the remote forest and its urban core as two poles of a regional "city."
Written by: James Michael Buckley
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Burning Down the House
- Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock
- Written by: Jonathan Gould
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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“Psycho Killer.” “Take Me to the River.” “Road to Nowhere.” Few artists have had the lasting impact and relevance of Talking Heads. One of the foundational bands of downtown New York’s 1970s music scene, Talking Heads have endured as a musical and cultural force for decades, their unique brand of transcendent, experimental rock a lingering influence on popular music—despite having disbanded over thirty years ago. Now on the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, acclaimed music biographer and contributor to The New Yorker Jonathan Gould offers the definitive story of Talking Heads.
Written by: Jonathan Gould
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The Story of ABBA
- Melancholy Undercover
- Written by: Jan Gradvall
- Narrated by: Ian Hallard
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Through exclusive interviews and over a decade of deep research, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secrets to ABBA’s success.
Written by: Jan Gradvall
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Loud and Clear
- The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection
- Written by: Brian Anderson
- Narrated by: Brian Anderson
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Loud and Clear is the first book to tell the full story of the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound,” an unprecedented and since unparalleled speaker system that was as tall as a school bus is long and more than a hundred feet wide. The band’s quest for roaring yet crystal clear sound began after their formation in 1965, colliding with the ‘60s progressive social climate.
Written by: Brian Anderson
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The Great Chinese Art Heist
- Imperialism, Organized Crime, and the Hidden Story of China's Stolen Artistic Treasures
- Written by: Ralph Pezzullo
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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The extraordinary story of the theft of priceless Chinese antiques around the world and the connection to crimes spanning more than two centuries—with present-day implications.
Written by: Ralph Pezzullo
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The Tenderness of Silent Minds
- Benjamin Britten and His War Requiem
- Written by: Martha C. Nussbaum
- Narrated by: Tawnya Rollingson
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way. In The Tenderness of Silent Minds, Martha C. Nussbaum, a leading thinker on emotion, morality, and justice, conducts a pioneering study of Benjamin Britten's musical representations of the tender male body amidst the brutality of war, and their ability to transform consciousness by evoking potent, non-personal emotions.
Written by: Martha C. Nussbaum
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Shouting Out Loud
- Lives of the Raincoats
- Written by: Audrey Golden
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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The Raincoats were formed in London in 1977 as an experimental punk band synonymous with their indie label, Rough Trade. They went on to create what Vivien Goldman called “a new legacy of punk” and arguably became the most pioneering female band of the post-punk era while inspiring a new wave of DIY and queercore artists.
Written by: Audrey Golden
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The Club
- Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris
- Written by: Jennifer Dasal
- Narrated by: Jennifer Dasal
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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In Belle Époque Paris, the Eiffel Tower was newly built, France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were painting the town and gathering at a female-only Residence known as The American Girls' Club in Paris. Opened in 1893, The Club was the center of expatriate living and of dedication to a calling in the fine arts, and singularly harbored a generation of independent, talented, and driven American women. Now in The Club, curator, art historian, and podcast host Jennifer Dasal presents the never-before-told story of the Club.
Written by: Jennifer Dasal
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Those Empty Eyes (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Written by: Charlie Donlea
- Narrated by: Sam Intrater, Nathaniel Priestley, Jenna Sharpe, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She's no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.
Written by: Charlie Donlea
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Música latinoamericana y panamericana
- La invención de la música latinoamericana - Una historia transnacional, Parte 3
- Written by: Pablo Palomino
- Narrated by: Sebastian Rivero Rama
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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En estas páginas, la exploración de la música latinoamericana conduce hacia la historia más amplia de la conceptualización de la región. Tal como sostiene Palomino: "La música proporciona así un modelo para comprender ahora los mecanismos nacionales y transnacionales que siguen produciendo el lugar de América Latina en el marco de la cultura global conflictiva y fascinante que habitamos".
Written by: Pablo Palomino
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Mille milliards de rubans
- Written by: Loïc Prigent
- Narrated by: Loïc Prigent
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Voici le livre de Loïc Prigent que tout le monde attendait : son histoire de la mode. Dans ce récit savant, personnel et aussi irrésistible que l'achat d'un vêtement superflu et donc indispensable, il dévoile la couture, du XIXe siècle à l'ouverture de la première boutique de Gabrielle Chanel en 1913. Des premiers grands couturiers (Worth) et des premières acheteuses stars (l'impératrice Eugénie) à l'industrie qui s'en mêle et aux débuts de la commercialisation de masse, nous découvrons les dessus et les dessous de cette folie française.
Written by: Loïc Prigent
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Reframing Blackness
- What’s Black about “History of Art”?
- Written by: Alayo Akinkugbe
- Narrated by: Alayo Akinkugbe
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.
Written by: Alayo Akinkugbe
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Sculpting Faces
- Visual Inspiration for the Artist
- Written by: Hope Mason
- Narrated by: Ashley Chavez
- Length: 45 mins
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This powerful reference book is a must-have for sculptors, painters, sketch artists, and visual creators of all levels. Faces: A Multicultural Art Portfolio features over 100 striking portraits representing people from a wide range of ethnicities, ages, and cultural backgrounds. Each face is carefully selected to showcase diverse bone structures, expressions, skin textures, and emotional depth—making this collection an invaluable tool for mastering anatomy, studying expression, and fueling creative inspiration.
Written by: Hope Mason
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Saturday Morning Forever
- The Cartoon Network Effect
- Written by: James Johnson
- Narrated by: Callum Knight
- Length: 47 mins
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Saturday Morning Forever: The Cartoon Network Effect is a soul-charged, nostalgia-laced journey through the cartoons that shaped a generation. From the suburban scams of Ed, Edd n Eddy to the emotional myth-building of Steven Universe, JJ unpacks the emotional, spiritual, and subconscious weight behind the madness.
Written by: James Johnson
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From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture
- Written by: Grace D. Gipson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Grace D. Gipson
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that seeks to explore and transform the experience of the African diaspora. Stretching across multiple art forms and genres, the movement taps into the limitless potential of creativity and the imagination to envision Black liberation through stories, music, architecture, fashion, music, and so much more.
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola.
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Superb!
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Written by: Paul Strathern
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Will in the World
- How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
- Written by: Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
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Award-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world. An acclaimed interpreter of Shakespeare's works, his ideas have changed the way countless people approach the classics. Now Greenblatt's uniquely brilliant voice delivers a magnificent biography of the Bard himself.
Written by: Stephen Greenblatt
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Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' Roll!
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Talent, energy, dedication, discipline, passion, innovation, education, drive, mind, body, spirit, vision, honor, truth, and drums make the man: Kenny Aronoff. Voted by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest drummers of all time, Aronoff is arguably the most sought-after recording and touring beat master ever.
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incredible life, energy, ability, drive,& ethic
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Written by: Kenny Aronoff, and others
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When Giants Walked the Earth
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- Written by: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
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They were the last great band of the '60s and the first great band of the '70s. They rose, somewhat unpromisingly, from the ashes of the Yardbirds to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction, and death.
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Great story, great performance
- By Kelly Coe on 2019-10-21
Written by: Mick Wall
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The Last Showman
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- Written by: Usher, Gerrick Kennedy
- Narrated by: Usher
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.
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Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that seeks to explore and transform the experience of the African diaspora. Stretching across multiple art forms and genres, the movement taps into the limitless potential of creativity and the imagination to envision Black liberation through stories, music, architecture, fashion, music, and so much more.
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Superb!
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Will in the World
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Award-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world. An acclaimed interpreter of Shakespeare's works, his ideas have changed the way countless people approach the classics. Now Greenblatt's uniquely brilliant voice delivers a magnificent biography of the Bard himself.
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Talent, energy, dedication, discipline, passion, innovation, education, drive, mind, body, spirit, vision, honor, truth, and drums make the man: Kenny Aronoff. Voted by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest drummers of all time, Aronoff is arguably the most sought-after recording and touring beat master ever.
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When Giants Walked the Earth
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They were the last great band of the '60s and the first great band of the '70s. They rose, somewhat unpromisingly, from the ashes of the Yardbirds to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction, and death.
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The Last Showman
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For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.
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With intimate detail, author Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother, Marlene Dietrich, the charismatic star of stage and screen whose career spanned much of the 20th century. Opening with Dietrich's childhood in Schöneberg, Riva's biography introduces us to an energetic, disciplined, and ambitious young actress whose own mother equated show business with a world of vagabonds and thieves.
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Holy moly
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The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
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Fresh off the success of her groundbreaking first play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window tells the tragicomic story of a young bohemian couple in New York's Greenwich Village, struggling to do what's right in a world that rewards everything that's wrong. Sidney is a dreamer who wants his own Walden Pond; Iris is a budding actress whose own backstory is a performance. They're caught in a moment where, "the world is about to crack right down the middle," as the play tackles racism, sexism, antisemitism, homophobia, liberal complacency, and more.
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An Audible treat.
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
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In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. During the four extraordinary years that Michelangelo spent laboring over the ceiling, power politics and personal rivalries swirled around him. He battled ill health, financial and family difficulties, inadequate knowledge of the art of fresco, and the Pope's impatience - a history that is more compelling than most novels.
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Excellent!
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares
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As a precocious kid who took Broadway by storm at the age of 18, Laura Benanti spent her formative years playing grown-ups onstage, but it took her a while to figure out how to be one in real life. With her razor-sharp wit and unapologetic candor, Benanti shares her hard-won insights on topics like marriage, motherhood, perimenopause, female friendship, and making peace with the younger versions of ourselves.
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Loved this
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Things the Grandchildren Should Know
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In this poignant and original coming-of-age story, indie rock musician Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of his unsteady upbringing and how it fed into his creativity. The insecure son of a genius physicist, Everett was left to run wild with his sister while his father was off in some parallel universe of his own invention. A string of tragedies would claim his family members one by one, yet somehow Everett managed to not only survive, but to make a life.
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5 stars
- By Ashlynn on 2023-06-09
Written by: Mark Oliver Everett
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The Way I See It
- A Look Back at My Life on Little House
- Written by: Melissa Anderson
- Narrated by: Jane Pfitsch
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From age 11, in 1974, until she left the show, in 1981, Melissa Anderson literally grew up before the viewers of Little House on the Prairie. Melissa, as Mary, is remembered by many as the blind sister - and she was the only actor in the series to be nominated for an Emmy. In The Way I See It, she takes listeners onto the set and inside the world of the iconic series created by Michael Landon, who, Melissa discovered, was not perfect, as much as he tried to be. In this memoir she also shares her memories of working with guest stars like Todd Bridges, Mariette Hartley, Sean Penn, Patricia Neal, and Johnny Cash.
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Yes, I've seen the show, tell me about you!
- By Irene Gold on 2023-08-31
Written by: Melissa Anderson
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Wishing on the Moon
- The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
- Written by: Donald Clarke
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues - and this authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who knew Lady Day in all stages of her short, tragic life - from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore, through the early days of success in New York and the years of fame, to her tragic decline.
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riveting story
- By Kofi Arthiabah on 2019-10-01
Written by: Donald Clarke
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Opera 101
- A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
- Written by: Fred Plotkin
- Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.
Written by: Fred Plotkin
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Marilyn Monroe
- The Biography
- Written by: Donald Spoto
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Fifty years after her death, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe still beguiles the world, her image enthralling millions. Many books have attempted to explain her allure and tell her story, but none has succeeded as well as this work by acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto. Spoto’s exhaustive research uncovers a conspiracy of silence, allowing him to present the facts, free from often-repeated myths and speculation. Granted access to more than thirty-five thousand pages of formerly sealed files containing letters, diaries, appointment books, and other intimate papers, he also interviewed nearly two hundred people who had never before spoken on record.
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interesting information
- By GrimmLynn on 2025-06-13
Written by: Donald Spoto
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Break Shot: My First 21 Years
- Words + Music, Vol. 2
- Written by: James Taylor
- Narrated by: James Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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"I’m James Taylor and I’m a professional autobiographer", says the celebrated folk singer at the start of this tender audio memoir. Through decades of music by one of the best-selling musicians of all time, who created classics like "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind", James Taylor has doled out his history in the poetry of his work. Taylor says his early life is, "the source of many of my songs", and Break Shot is a tour of his first 21 years in rich, new detail.
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Transfixing
- By Denise on 2022-01-08
Written by: James Taylor
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Under My Control
- Words + Music, Vol. 38
- Written by: Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
- Narrated by: Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Tegan and Sara recount their unique navigation through sisterhood and the music industry. Once twin sisters fighting over their shared guitar in rural Canada, now chart-topping, award-winning indie rock icons, they reflect on the highs and lows of their relationship and their career.
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Loved
- By Bruce Novakowski on 2024-01-26
Written by: Tegan Quin, and others
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The Kids in the Hall
- One Dumb Guy
- Written by: Paul Myers, Seth Meyers - foreword
- Narrated by: Paul Myers
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy spans the entirety of the Kids' storied career, from their early club shows in Toronto to their recent live reunion tours across North America-and everything in between. Along for the ride are a plethora of fans, peers, and luminaries to celebrate the career and legacy of Canada's most subversively hilarious comedy troupe. You'll hear tributes from Seth Meyers, Judd Apatow, Garry Shandling, Paul Feig, Mike Myers, David Cross, Michael Ian Black, Brent Butt, Jonah Ray, Dana Gould, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Richter, and Baroness Von Sketch.
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The world needs more Kids In The Hall
- By Al on 2021-04-19
Written by: Paul Myers, and others
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Rat Pack Confidential
- Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Show Biz Party
- Written by: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Frank Sinatra. Dean Martin. Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford. Joey Bishop. They call themselves The Clan. But to an awed world, they are known as The Rat Pack. They had it all. Fame. Gorgeous women. A fabulous playground of a city and all the money in the world. The backing of fearsome crime lords and the blessing of the President of the United States. But the dark side - over the thin line between pleasure and debauchery, between swinging self-confidence and brutal arrogance - took its toll. In four years, their great ride was over, and showbiz was never the same.
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Unfortunate Narration
- By Jennifer on 2019-12-31
Written by: Shawn Levy
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
- The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
- Written by: Don Thompson
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Why were record prices achieved at auction for works by 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? Don Thompson explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored.
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too much time spent on the who and not the what
- By Matt on 2020-05-25
Written by: Don Thompson
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The Spotify Play
- How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
- Written by: Sven Carlsson, Jonas Leijonhufvud
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Steve Jobs tried to stop this moment from ever happening. Google and Microsoft made bids to preempt it. The music industry blocked it time and again. Yet, on a summer's eve in 2011, the whiz-kid CEO of a Swedish start-up celebrated his company's US launch. In the midst of the Apple-Android tech war and a music-label crusade against piracy and illegal downloading, Spotify redrew the battle lines, sent shock waves through Silicon Valley, and got the hardline executives at Universal, Sony, and Warner to sign with its "free-mium" platform.
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Listen to this
- By Roberta W on 2024-06-08
Written by: Sven Carlsson, and others
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The Late Shift
- Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night
- Written by: Bill Carter
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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When beloved host Johnny Carson announced his retirement after 30 years on The Tonight Show, millions of Americans mourned. But inside the television industry, the news ignited a battle between two amazing talents - Jay Leno and David Letterman - who both yearned to occupy the departing legend's chair. For NBC, it would be a decision with millions of dollars at stake. Soon these two comedians with strikingly different styles, who had once shared a friendship as they worked the clubs together, would be engaged in a fierce competition for the prize.
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A must for David Letterman fans...
- By Gregg Anderson on 2025-01-15
Written by: Bill Carter
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The Wonder of Stevie
- Written by: Wesley Morris
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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The year 1972 saw the beginning of a five-year span in which Stevie Wonder released five groundbreaking, critically acclaimed albums, garnering him more than half a dozen Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold, securing his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history. For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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Gave me a new appreciation of Stevie
- By Anonymous User on 2025-03-13
Written by: Wesley Morris
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How to Do Nothing
- Resisting the Attention Economy
- Written by: Jenny Odell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity...doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Our attention is the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and find more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.
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ROBOT VOICE narration is UNLISTENABLE!
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-03-17
Written by: Jenny Odell
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Levon
- From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond
- Written by: Sandra B. Tooze
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Levon is the dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm - the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of The Band.
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The effort put into each of the voices and the unwavering side that was Levons story no one elses
- By Rory Vear on 2025-07-03
Written by: Sandra B. Tooze
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The Sopranos Sessions
- Written by: Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, and others
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's debut, Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode. Featuring a series of new long-form interviews with series creator David Chase, as well as selections from the authors' archival writing on the series, The Sopranos Sessions explores the show's artistry, themes, and legacy, examining its portrayal of Italian Americans, its graphic depictions of violence, and its deep connections to cinematic and television classics.
Written by: Matt Zoller Seitz, and others
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Mastering Stand-Up
- The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian
- Written by: Stephen Rosenfield
- Narrated by: Stephen Rosenfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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This entertaining and sharply written guide - for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers - examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C. K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, and more as a means of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing stand-up.
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a must for anyone in or looking to be in stand up
- By DrewAndrew on 2019-04-12
Written by: Stephen Rosenfield
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The Craft of Scene Writing
- Beat by Beat to a Better Script
- Written by: Jim Mercurio
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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No one comes out of a movie talking about structure. What audiences love and remember about a movie are great scenes. Marlon Brando in the back seat in On the Waterfront giving his "I could'a been a contender" speech. Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in Katz's Deli in When Harry Met Sally with the climactic punch line: "I'll have what she's having." In Superbad, Jonah Hill professing "I love you" to his friend Michael Cera by touching his nose with a "boop".
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Great for writers interested in film
- By Karla Baritto on 2025-04-16
Written by: Jim Mercurio
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The Beatles
- Written by: Hunter Davies
- Narrated by: Edward Lewis
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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As the only authorized biographer, Davies had full access to the Fab Four, as well as their help and ecouragement. He spent 18 months with them when they were at the peak of their musical genius and at the pinnacle of their popularity, making a mark on history and popular culture that would never fade.
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don't bother
- By mona on 2021-03-10
Written by: Hunter Davies
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The Queer Art of Failure
- Written by: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives.
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Inspiring
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-08-26
Written by: Jack Halberstam