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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- Written by: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life....
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AN INSPIRING READ
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-08-18
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Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- Written by: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself....
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Awesome book!
- By Maryse on 2019-04-21
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- Written by: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire....
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This guy could read me the phone book! *swoon*
- By Bobbie on 2019-04-27
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Endure
- How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
- Written by: Cameron Hanes
- Narrated by: Cameron Hanes, David Goggins, Joe Rogan
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes's lifelong philosophies and disciplines....
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Passion and dedication this intense is contagious
- By Alec B on 2022-07-06
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- Written by: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me....
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We think we are alone…truth is, we are not.
- By RITU GIACOBBE on 2022-05-28
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Greenlights
- Written by: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud....
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I can’t say enough good things about this book!
- By Ann on 2020-10-21
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- Written by: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life....
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AN INSPIRING READ
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-08-18
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Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- Written by: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself....
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Awesome book!
- By Maryse on 2019-04-21
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- Written by: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire....
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This guy could read me the phone book! *swoon*
- By Bobbie on 2019-04-27
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Endure
- How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
- Written by: Cameron Hanes
- Narrated by: Cameron Hanes, David Goggins, Joe Rogan
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes's lifelong philosophies and disciplines....
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Passion and dedication this intense is contagious
- By Alec B on 2022-07-06
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- Written by: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me....
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We think we are alone…truth is, we are not.
- By RITU GIACOBBE on 2022-05-28
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Greenlights
- Written by: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud....
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I can’t say enough good things about this book!
- By Ann on 2020-10-21
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I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
- Essays
- Written by: Tom Segura
- Narrated by: Tom Segura
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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From Tom Segura, the massively successful stand-up comedian and cohost of chart-topping podcasts 2 Bears 1 Cave and Your Mom’s House, hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more....
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I came up in May
- By garrett press on 2022-07-05
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
- Written by: James Acaster
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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This is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you....
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We Were Dreamers
- An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
- Written by: Simu Liu
- Narrated by: Simu Liu
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Marvel’s newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, ranging from China to the bright lights of Hollywood. An immigrant who battled everything from parental expectations to cultural stereotypes, Simu Liu struggled to forge a path for himself....
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Incredible true life story!
- By Amy McGuire, Author of The Hope Valley Saga on 2022-05-13
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Untamed
- Written by: Glennon Doyle
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, best-selling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep....
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Not what I expected
- By Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty Good on 2020-03-11
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A Promised Land
- Written by: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world....
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I wanted to love this eAudiobook so much more
- By Laurie ‘The Baking Bookworm’ on 2020-12-19
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The Storyteller
- Tales of Life and Music
- Written by: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to tell these stories....
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My reason to get Audible 💗
- By Anika on 2021-10-10
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MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls
- Written by: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb, Vince Merritt, and others
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella, the Contributors
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
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In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable....
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Loved it... but too short.
- By Goody on 2022-08-11
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Escape from Manus Prison
- One Man's Daring Quest for Freedom
- Written by: Jaivet Ealom
- Narrated by: Yusuf Zine
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar's brutal regime, where Rohingya like him were being persecuted and killed, and boarded a boat of asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of finding refuge, he was transported to Australia's infamous Manus Regional Processing Centre....
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Revenge
- Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors
- Written by: Tom Bower
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors....
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Scars and Stripes
- An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
- Written by: Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano
- Narrated by: Tim Kennedy
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself....
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honest
- By Steve on 2022-08-19
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Becoming
- Written by: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her....
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I tried so hard to love this book...but couldn't..
- By Makizzo on 2019-01-28
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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
- A Memoir
- Written by: Bob Odenkirk
- Narrated by: Bob Odenkirk, Steve Rudnick, Leo Benvenuti
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Bob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs to a dramatic career full of award nominations, it’s almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks....
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Perfect listen for any fan of alternative comedy
- By Adam on 2022-08-17
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How to Change Your Mind
- What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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An investigation by Michael Pollan into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs - and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences....
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Educational, enlightening, and optimistic.
- By Bryar C on 2018-05-31
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Will
- Written by: Will Smith, Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Will Smith
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned....
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Still a fan, but maybe a little more reluctantly
- By EmSprack on 2021-11-17
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Educated
- A Memoir
- Written by: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of The Glass Castle about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University....
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Hard to listen to at times
- By Stephanie Coulson on 2019-02-11
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I Can't Make This Up
- Life Lessons
- Written by: Neil Strauss - contributor, Kevin Hart
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words....
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Hilarious hardcore truth
- By Julia B. on 2018-01-04
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The World's Worst Assistant
- Written by: Sona Movsesian, Conan O'Brien - foreword
- Narrated by: Sona Movsesian, Conan O'Brien
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Sona Movsesian didn’t wake up one day and decide to become the World’s Worst Assistant. Achieving such greatness is a gradual process—one that starts with long hours and hard work before it eventually descends into sneaking low-dosage edibles into your lunch....
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Entertaining!
- By Jennifer C. on 2022-08-17
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- Written by: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands....
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Better Than Expected
- By PDubya on 2021-02-18
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MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls
- Written by: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella, the Contributors
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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Gather around for campfire stories with the MeatEater crew as they share 16 harrowing true tales of survival, grit, and misfortune in the great outdoors - an immersive audio experience from the host of the long-running Netflix series and top-ranked wilderness podcast....
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Excellent for my cross Canada journey
- By Lee kelly on 2021-08-11
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Yearbook
- Written by: Seth Rogen
- Narrated by: Seth Rogen, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express. Hi! I’m Seth! Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best....
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hilarious
- By Leanna on 2021-05-15
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- Written by: Lori Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands....
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So good on so many levels!
- By Ben and Courtney on 2019-11-09
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Inside the Montreal Mafia
- The Confessions of Andrew Scoppa
- Written by: Félix Séguin, Eric Thibault, Julia Jones - translator
- Narrated by: Gianpaolo Venuta
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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This book is the product of two journalists’ dangerous investigation, a deep look into the heart of the North American Mafia. It lifts the veil on the life—and on the end—of some of the most influential actors of organized crime of recent years: Vito Rizzuto and Andrew Scoppa....
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Talking to Canadians
- A Memoir
- Written by: Rick Mercer
- Narrated by: Rick Mercer
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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What is Rick Mercer going to do now? That was the question on everyone's lips when the beloved comedian retired his hugely successful TV show after 15 seasons - and at the peak of its popularity. The answer came not long after, when he roared back in a new role as stand-up-comedian....
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Don't pay for someone to scream at you for 10 hrs.
- By Kiki on 2022-01-09
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Kitchen Confidential
- Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- Written by: Anthony Bourdain
- Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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deliciously funny and shockingly delectable audiobook, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike....
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A must hear / Must read.
- By Justin on 2020-09-01
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
- Written by: James Acaster
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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This is a self help-book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you. When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f--king Zuckerberg). He knew that in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media used to give him with three-dimensional real-life activities.
Written by: James Acaster
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Seeing Eye Girl
- A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
- Written by: Beverly J. Armento
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. Beverly’s mother regained her sight and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into delusions. In this memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey.
Written by: Beverly J. Armento
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Joe Biden
- A Biography of an American President
- Written by: Joseph Greene
- Narrated by: Marty Ravenel
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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Joe Biden has been a well-known political figure for decades. This book aims to serve as a biography-to-date of Joe Biden, detailing both his life and career up to this point in time. Inside this book, you will learn about Joe’s upbringing, his childhood, education, career, political beliefs, and more. Ultimately, the goal of this book is to provide an unbiased look at the POTUS, void of any political agenda so that the listener may better understand who the President is, and what the future of the United States might look like under his leadership.
Written by: Joseph Greene
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The Last Jewish Gangster
- The Middle Years
- Written by: David Larson
- Narrated by: Tom Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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The Last Jewish Gangster: The Middle Years starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to 12 years in the world’s most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother’s counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her respect. Once he’s released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts back into a world of crime. He gets Sammy “the Bull” Gravano to join his crew to pull major heists like kidnapping drug lords for million-dollar ransoms and robbing cop bag men. To evade the law, he goes to Europe and ends up in Israel.
Written by: David Larson
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Brett Polar
- Written by: Brett Hardy
- Narrated by: Matthew Fuller
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Brett Polar is an intoxicating roller-coaster ride that will leave you as much elated as devastated. It is engaging, empowering, educational, and ultimately gives hope to people living with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. Brett’s story involves a mental health sojourn that spans 20 years from 2000 to 2020. Prepare to ride alongside him as he goes through the bipolar motions of extreme highs, devastating lows, and all the semi-stable moments in between. His story is proof that an individual living with mental illness can not only survive but thrive!
Written by: Brett Hardy
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Mother Trauma
- Running from, Fighting with, and Refusing to Repeat the Deepest Betrayal
- Written by: Emily Lewis Bowers
- Narrated by: Maria Marquis
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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When you’re a cog in a cycle of generational trauma, how do you disrupt harmful patterns and build your own? How do you become a healthy mom when you never had one? In Mother Trauma, Emily Bowers shares her story to reveal the truth about emotional abuse and its lifelong impact on survivors. She reveals the steps she’s taken to heal old wounds, learn self-love, and grow into the mother she wanted and needed as a child. You can learn from trauma rather than live in it, but you need hope, healing, and compassion—from others and yourself.
Written by: Emily Lewis Bowers
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
- Written by: James Acaster
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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This is a self help-book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you. When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f--king Zuckerberg). He knew that in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media used to give him with three-dimensional real-life activities.
Written by: James Acaster
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Seeing Eye Girl
- A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
- Written by: Beverly J. Armento
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. Beverly’s mother regained her sight and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into delusions. In this memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey.
Written by: Beverly J. Armento
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Joe Biden
- A Biography of an American President
- Written by: Joseph Greene
- Narrated by: Marty Ravenel
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Joe Biden has been a well-known political figure for decades. This book aims to serve as a biography-to-date of Joe Biden, detailing both his life and career up to this point in time. Inside this book, you will learn about Joe’s upbringing, his childhood, education, career, political beliefs, and more. Ultimately, the goal of this book is to provide an unbiased look at the POTUS, void of any political agenda so that the listener may better understand who the President is, and what the future of the United States might look like under his leadership.
Written by: Joseph Greene
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The Last Jewish Gangster
- The Middle Years
- Written by: David Larson
- Narrated by: Tom Lennon
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The Last Jewish Gangster: The Middle Years starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to 12 years in the world’s most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother’s counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her respect. Once he’s released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts back into a world of crime. He gets Sammy “the Bull” Gravano to join his crew to pull major heists like kidnapping drug lords for million-dollar ransoms and robbing cop bag men. To evade the law, he goes to Europe and ends up in Israel.
Written by: David Larson
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Brett Polar
- Written by: Brett Hardy
- Narrated by: Matthew Fuller
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Brett Polar is an intoxicating roller-coaster ride that will leave you as much elated as devastated. It is engaging, empowering, educational, and ultimately gives hope to people living with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. Brett’s story involves a mental health sojourn that spans 20 years from 2000 to 2020. Prepare to ride alongside him as he goes through the bipolar motions of extreme highs, devastating lows, and all the semi-stable moments in between. His story is proof that an individual living with mental illness can not only survive but thrive!
Written by: Brett Hardy
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Mother Trauma
- Running from, Fighting with, and Refusing to Repeat the Deepest Betrayal
- Written by: Emily Lewis Bowers
- Narrated by: Maria Marquis
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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When you’re a cog in a cycle of generational trauma, how do you disrupt harmful patterns and build your own? How do you become a healthy mom when you never had one? In Mother Trauma, Emily Bowers shares her story to reveal the truth about emotional abuse and its lifelong impact on survivors. She reveals the steps she’s taken to heal old wounds, learn self-love, and grow into the mother she wanted and needed as a child. You can learn from trauma rather than live in it, but you need hope, healing, and compassion—from others and yourself.
Written by: Emily Lewis Bowers
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Holly (New Edition)
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At 17, Rachel Pope lost her dad to cancer, and eight years later, her eldest brother in a tragic car accident. Little did she know that her grief journey would come full circle with the death of her husband, at the same age and from the same cancer as her dad. Why do we have such a hard time talking about grief and what can we do, as a society, to cope better? As a grieving person, how do we make sense of our new life, post-loss, in a culture that expects us to "move on"? In this book, Rachel Pope dives into those important conversations through her own years of facing grief head-on.
Written by: Rachel Pope
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American Buddhist Rebel
- Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz
- Written by: Liz Lewinson
- Narrated by: Liz Lewinson
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the Eric Hoffer and Benjamin Franklin literary awards, this biography tells the story of Rama, Dr. Frederick P. Lenz, (1950-1998), an enlightened spiritual teacher who taught a brilliant, boundary-breaking form of American Buddhism to tens of thousands of people. This biography includes interviews and stories from over 100 students and colleagues, each with a different perspective. Rama did not just speak about enlightenment; he modeled it. Compassionate, controversial, wise, honest, prescient, reverent, irreverent, he was always teaching and still is.
Written by: Liz Lewinson
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Love Is Blind
- Written by: Ruth E. Vallis
- Narrated by: Robbie Shelburn
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Love Is Blind is the memoir of Ruth Vallis. Blind before the age of three, Ruth was the youngest pioneer of integration in the public school system in Canada, blazing a trail for many to follow. At every stage of her extraordinary life, Ruth defied the low expectations of others, and took on such challenges as biking from Ottawa to Toronto, completing a master’s of science degree online before technology accessibility was legislated, and more. Through it all there was her tender, tough-loving mother, Peach.
Written by: Ruth E. Vallis
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Three Years Among the Comanches
- The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger
- Written by: Nelson Lee
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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On April 2, 1855, Texas Ranger Nelson Lee was one of four survivors of a night attack by the Comanches. He escaped death by torture by fascinating his captors with an alarm watch, convincing them he alone had the spiritual powers to make the watch work. This classic tells the tale of Lee's captivity and daring escape.
Written by: Nelson Lee
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Marginal Eyes
- A Mixed American's Struggle for Identity in a Nation of Black and White
- Written by: Aaron Douglas Keller
- Narrated by: Aaron Keller
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Aaron Douglas Keller recounts the struggles, adventures, and lessons of his journey to self-remembrance, acceptance, and celebration in this memoir. Along with renewed happiness and freedom, he gained empathy for what so many of us grieve: inner clarity and peace we lost when our nuanced humanity was covered by racism, religious ideology, nationalism, and other black-and-white mentalities. Aaron shares his story of trauma and survival as part of his escape from toxic racial dynamics, along with insights he gained about safeguarding our humanity from inhuman forces in American culture.
Written by: Aaron Douglas Keller
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Look! We Have Come Through!
- Living with D. H. Lawrence
- Written by: Lara Feigel
- Narrated by: Emily Pennant-Rea
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Lara Feigel listens to birds outside her window—their circling, strident calls—and thinks of D. H. Lawrence. It is the spring of 2020 and, as the pandemic takes hold, she locks down in rural Oxfordshire with her partner, her two children, and that most explosive of writers. Proceeding month by month through the year, she sets out to start again with Lawrence: to find vital literary companionship; to use him as a guide to rural living and even, unexpectedly, to child-rearing; to find a way through his writing to excavate the modern world she feels he helped bring into being.
Written by: Lara Feigel
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Don't Be Sorry
- Further Adventures Bringing Up a Son with Down Syndrome
- Written by: Sarah Roberts
- Narrated by: Sarah Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs
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Sarah’s story is one for any parent; it is not just about the highs and lows of having a child with additional needs, but also simply as a mum of three. She talks candidly about coming to terms with the decision to move Oscar to a SEN (Special Educational Needs) school, another big milestone in Oscar’s young life. Whilst Sarah may have found herself on a different path to the one she’d imagined for herself, it has not been a bad one. There is sadness, certainly; and there have been struggles along the way; but there has been so much laughter and happiness, too.
Written by: Sarah Roberts
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Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy
- The Real-Life Killer Clown
- Written by: Brad Hunter
- Narrated by: Robert G Slade
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In this new book, he enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It. Drawing on his many years' experience investigating and interviewing perpetrators of terrible crimes, Hunter seeks to understand what drove Gacy to unleash a reign of terror in suburban Chicago.
Written by: Brad Hunter
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The Terrible Speed of Mercy
- A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'Connor
- Written by: Jonathan Rogers
- Narrated by: Jeremy Childs
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Jonathan Rogers follows the roots of Flannery O’Connor’s fervent Catholicism and traces the outlines of a life marked by illness and suffering, but ultimately defined by an irrepressible joy. In her stories, and in her life story, Flannery O’Connor extends a hand in the dark, warning and reassuring us of the terrible speed of mercy.
Written by: Jonathan Rogers
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Ready Steady Go
- My Unstoppable Journey in Dance
- Written by: Paul Oakenfold
- Narrated by: Robert Elms
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Follow Paul Oakenfold—world-renowned DJ and dance music pioneer—as he tells his incredible story of a phenomenal career at the beating heart of dance. Paul's journey takes him from a musical baptism in 1980s New York and underground club nights in London to running a seminal dance record label and a legendary trip to Ibiza that introduced him to trance and changed the face of dance music forever.
Written by: Paul Oakenfold
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The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
- Military Memoirs
- Written by: Benjamin Randell Harris
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the battalion's cobbler—'the lapstone I took the liberty of flinging to the Devil'. Rifleman Harris was a natural storyteller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
Written by: Benjamin Randell Harris
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- Written by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
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Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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how could they leave off the epilogue?
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-21
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The Never-Ending Present
- The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
- Written by: Michael Barclay
- Narrated by: George Stroumboulopoulos
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance.
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Loved the band, loved the book!