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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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Dynamic duo
- By Tania A Heinemann on 2023-09-27
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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Fun Fun Fun AND Totally Tasteless
- By Destry Rides on 2019-09-01
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- Written by: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary....
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Beautifully written historical love story of words
- By Chantal Plowman on 2023-01-11
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The Postcard
- Written by: Anne Berest, Tina Kover - translator
- Narrated by: Barrie Kealoha
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling....
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A memorable novel.
- By Brad Munt on 2023-06-28
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- Written by: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca....
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Excellent story
- By Allen Chocorlan on 2020-07-24
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L'adversaire
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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« Le 9 janvier 1993, Jean-Claude Romand a tué sa femme, ses enfants, ses parents, puis tenté, mais en vain, de se tuer lui-même. L'enquête a révélé...
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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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Dynamic duo
- By Tania A Heinemann on 2023-09-27
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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Fun Fun Fun AND Totally Tasteless
- By Destry Rides on 2019-09-01
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- Written by: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary....
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Beautifully written historical love story of words
- By Chantal Plowman on 2023-01-11
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The Postcard
- Written by: Anne Berest, Tina Kover - translator
- Narrated by: Barrie Kealoha
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling....
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A memorable novel.
- By Brad Munt on 2023-06-28
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- Written by: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca....
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Excellent story
- By Allen Chocorlan on 2020-07-24
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L'adversaire
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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« Le 9 janvier 1993, Jean-Claude Romand a tué sa femme, ses enfants, ses parents, puis tenté, mais en vain, de se tuer lui-même. L'enquête a révélé...
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue
- A Novel
- Written by: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley....
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Le Consentement
- Written by: Vanessa Springora
- Narrated by: Guila Clara Kessous
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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"Depuis tant d'années, je tourne en rond dans ma cage, mes rêves sont peuplés de meurtre et de vengeance. Jusqu'au jour où la solution..."
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Très bien décris
- By JP on 2021-11-08
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Crow Mary
- A Novel
- Written by: Kathleen Grissom
- Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House and the Glory Over Everything returns with a sweeping saga inspired by the true story of Crow Mary—an indigenous woman torn between two worlds in 19th-century North America....
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Wonderful story of the past
- By Maus on 2023-06-12
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The Other Einstein
- Written by: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most 20-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her....
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A magnificent story
- By Anne on 2020-11-27
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Restless Dolly Maunder
- Written by: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Federay Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.
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The Paris Wife
- A Novel
- Written by: Paula McLain
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.....
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Great listen!
- By DGC on 2018-09-13
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Half Broke Horses
- A True-Life Novel
- Written by: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother....
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Like when the author narrates😁
- By Margaret Gibb on 2018-09-13
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The Lindbergh Nanny
- Written by: Mariah Fredericks
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in 1932, the family makes international headlines. But there’s someone else in their household—Betty Gow, now known around the world by another name: the Lindbergh Nanny....
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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1
- A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
- Written by: Kent Monkman, Gisèle Gordon
- Narrated by: Gail Maurice
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle....
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The Last Boleyn
- A Novel
- Written by: Karen Harper
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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They were the Boleyns, once one of England's most powerful family. Anne Boleyn captured the hand of Henry VIII, and now we see the rise and fall of their family fortunes through the eyes of the eldest Boleyn daughter, Mary....
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Well writen but trigger warnings
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-02-12
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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
- A Novel
- Written by: Allison Pataki
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all....
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A fascinating story!
- By CherylN on 2023-09-15
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"Arrête avec tes mensonges" suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur
- Written by: Philippe Besson
- Narrated by: Antoine Leiris
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Quand j'étais enfant, ma mère ne cessait de me répéter : "Arrête avec tes mensonges." J'inventais si bien les histoires, paraît-il, qu'elle ne savait plus...
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Motherhood
- A Novel
- Written by: Sheila Heti
- Narrated by: Sheila Heti
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with candor, originality, and humor....
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The best Sheila Heti book so far
- By Emerset Farquharson on 2018-12-18
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Burma Sahib
- A Novel
- Written by: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Charlie Anson
- Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast and The Bad Angel Brothers comes a riveting new novel exploring one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell.
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The Christie Affair
- A Novel
- Written by: Nina de Gramont
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning new novel that reimagines the unexplained 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world....
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Tedious
- By K L on 2023-01-29
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Maldita Roma [Damn Rome]
- La conquista del poder de Julio César (Serie Julio César 2) [Julius Caesar's Conquest of Power (Julius Caesar Series, Book 2)]
- Written by: Santiago Posteguillo
- Narrated by: Raúl Llorens
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Mare Internum, año 75 a. C. Un barco mercante navega rumbo a la isla de Rodas. A bordo, Julio César acompañado sólo por su fiel Labieno....
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envolvente
- By Anonymous User on 2023-12-17
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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Great insight into the Italian Front
- By Frank on 2018-10-20
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Auschwitz Lullaby
- Written by: Mario Escobar
- Narrated by: Hayley Cresswell
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home....
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A Story About Bravery
- By Jessica on 2022-06-26
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The Splendor Before the Dark
- A Novel of the Emperor Nero
- Written by: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Steve West, Katharine Lee McEwan, Susan Denaker
- Length: 21 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero commands the Roman empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and cultural splendor. Although he has yet to produce an heir, his power is unquestioned....
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The Silver Star
- A Novel
- Written by: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning and heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world - a triumph of imagination and storytelling....
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loved the story
- By Becky on 2022-07-29
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
- Written by: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 49 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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This novel allows the unscrupulous and proud Queen of the Nile to recount her own tale....
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Love story
- By Vermeil on 2023-02-26
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Mary
- Mrs. A. Lincoln
- Written by: Janis Cooke Newman
- Narrated by: Anne Buelteman
- Length: 26 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Todd Lincoln is one of history's most misunderstood and enigmatic women....
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The Quintland Sisters
- A Novel
- Written by: Shelley Wood
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In Shelley Wood’s fiction debut, listeners are taken inside the devastating true story of the Dionne quintuplets, told from the perspective of one young woman who meets them at the moment of their birth....
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 2019-03-21
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The Wild Irish
- A Novel of Elizabeth I and the Pirate O'Malley
- Written by: Robin Maxwell
- Narrated by: Suzan Crowley
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Two female titans—perfectly matched in guts, guile, and political genius....
New Releases
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Of Mud and Honey
- Written by: Roxana Trabulsi
- Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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November 1967. Dara and Silloo Baruchas' serene life is interrupted when the British occupation announces its swift exit from the country. Things take a violent turn when they are targeted by members of the revolution: the family business is seized, Dara is whisked away as a political prisoner, and Silloo is put under house arrest with her three young children and mother-in-law. As the couple embarks on their separate harrowing journeys, in the hopes of being reunited, they are bombarded by challenges. The looming question: Will they make it out alive? Based on a true story.
Written by: Roxana Trabulsi
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Flight of the Wild Swan
- Written by: Melissa Pritchard
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art.
Written by: Melissa Pritchard
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The Beautiful People
- Written by: Michelle Gable
- Narrated by: Eleanor Caudill
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she’s just been hired as assistant to photographer Slim Aarons—famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars—and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better. From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is thrown headfirst into the glamorous jet-set world she so covets, observing its ways from behind the camera as Slim’s sidekick.
Written by: Michelle Gable
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The Lives Left Behind
- A Heartbreaking Historical Novel Based on a True Story
- Written by: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
- Narrated by: Bill Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Yosseleh Karlinski was born to a family of great Jewish rabbis. Gifted with a keen mind and unique talent for chess, he earned the respect and admiration of those around him–especially his childhood friend, Christina. But everything changes when the Germans conquer Lublin, forcing Yosseleh into a new reality in the cramped Lublin Ghetto.
Written by: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
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The Substitute
- Living a Meaningful Life, Book 10
- Written by: Brian Hunter
- Narrated by: Brian Hunter
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Living A Meaningful Life is a series for adults and teens of all ages. Book 10 of the series, "The Substitute," is a very amusing, inspiring, and touching installment which moves the series deeper into allowing the listener to experience the very deep, complex, and meaningful relationship between father and son. The themes are still very much about sacrificing to do what is right, but also shows us what a loving parent and child relationship can look like. This is a particularly fun and amusing installment, and Rudy does not disappoint.
Written by: Brian Hunter
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A Liberated Son
- A Liberated Son, Book 1
- Written by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
- Narrated by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on actual events in the author’s life, this compelling coming-of-age journey follows DJ Thompson as he navigates an unusual path of self-discovery. Struggling with both his sexuality and spirituality in a strict southern evangelical black Christian household, he leaves for the Big Apple right after high school to gain clarity and to pursue his dreams of becoming a famous music star.
Written by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
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Of Mud and Honey
- Written by: Roxana Trabulsi
- Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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November 1967. Dara and Silloo Baruchas' serene life is interrupted when the British occupation announces its swift exit from the country. Things take a violent turn when they are targeted by members of the revolution: the family business is seized, Dara is whisked away as a political prisoner, and Silloo is put under house arrest with her three young children and mother-in-law. As the couple embarks on their separate harrowing journeys, in the hopes of being reunited, they are bombarded by challenges. The looming question: Will they make it out alive? Based on a true story.
Written by: Roxana Trabulsi
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Flight of the Wild Swan
- Written by: Melissa Pritchard
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art.
Written by: Melissa Pritchard
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The Beautiful People
- Written by: Michelle Gable
- Narrated by: Eleanor Caudill
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she’s just been hired as assistant to photographer Slim Aarons—famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars—and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better. From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is thrown headfirst into the glamorous jet-set world she so covets, observing its ways from behind the camera as Slim’s sidekick.
Written by: Michelle Gable
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The Lives Left Behind
- A Heartbreaking Historical Novel Based on a True Story
- Written by: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
- Narrated by: Bill Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Yosseleh Karlinski was born to a family of great Jewish rabbis. Gifted with a keen mind and unique talent for chess, he earned the respect and admiration of those around him–especially his childhood friend, Christina. But everything changes when the Germans conquer Lublin, forcing Yosseleh into a new reality in the cramped Lublin Ghetto.
Written by: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
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The Substitute
- Living a Meaningful Life, Book 10
- Written by: Brian Hunter
- Narrated by: Brian Hunter
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Living A Meaningful Life is a series for adults and teens of all ages. Book 10 of the series, "The Substitute," is a very amusing, inspiring, and touching installment which moves the series deeper into allowing the listener to experience the very deep, complex, and meaningful relationship between father and son. The themes are still very much about sacrificing to do what is right, but also shows us what a loving parent and child relationship can look like. This is a particularly fun and amusing installment, and Rudy does not disappoint.
Written by: Brian Hunter
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A Liberated Son
- A Liberated Son, Book 1
- Written by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
- Narrated by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on actual events in the author’s life, this compelling coming-of-age journey follows DJ Thompson as he navigates an unusual path of self-discovery. Struggling with both his sexuality and spirituality in a strict southern evangelical black Christian household, he leaves for the Big Apple right after high school to gain clarity and to pursue his dreams of becoming a famous music star.
Written by: Joseff McKenneth Goodwin
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Champagne Widows
- First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot (Champagne Widows Novels)
- Written by: Rebecca Rosenberg
- Narrated by: Katherine Anderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1800 France, twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherits her great-grandfather's uncanny sense of smell and uses it to make great champagne, despite the Code prohibiting women from owning a business. When tragedy strikes and she becomes a Veuve (widow), she must grapple with a domineering partner, the complexities of making champagne, and the aftermath of six Napoleon wars. When she falls in love with her sales manager, Louis Bohne, she must choose between losing her winery to her husband to obey the Napoleon Code, or losing Louis.
Written by: Rebecca Rosenberg
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Simon’s Run and Other Adventures
- Written by: Stuart de Jong
- Narrated by: Chase Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Zane is an average guy that sometimes finds himself in extraordinary situations as he stumbles through life from one venture to the next. He navigates a dysfunctional childhood that drives him to run an ultramarathon. As he moves through life, he defends his country, spies for love, takes risks in business, and much more, all while keeping his ordinary day job.
Written by: Stuart de Jong
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K9 Odin
- The Redemptive Autobiography of a Patrol Tracking Canine that Transformed a Community and Inspired the World
- Written by: Lisa Slater
- Narrated by: Brandon Essig
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Rescued from being euthanized, Odin becomes a Patrol Tracking Canine, partnered with Adam Slater. As only Odin can narrate, he and Adam journey through mountainous challenges and ferocious fights with inhospitable terrain, remorseless subjects, and potentially spirit-shattering injuries. K9 ODIN is a redemptive story which demonstrates that anyone, or any dog, is capable of employing their courage and heart to transform a community and inspire the world.
Written by: Lisa Slater
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The Marlborough Diamond
- A Lawyer's Memoir
- Written by: Gregory Ellis
- Narrated by: Trevor O'hare
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Greg Ellis had a fascinating legal career. He grew up in Chicago. He graduated from Law School in Chicago in 1980. He defended Chicago mobsters and later prosecuted the worst mob murderers as a State’s Attorney. His first case out of Law School was a life changer. While working for a prominent criminal defense lawyer, Greg represented the two Marlborough Diamond Thieves. It is a 45-carat diamond in a necklace, stolen from a London jewelry store in 1980. It has never been recovered. This book follows its trail for the past 42 years. Where it has been and where it is now.
Written by: Gregory Ellis
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What the Mountains Remember
- Written by: Joy Callaway
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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April 1913—Belle Newbold hasn’t seen mountains for seven years—since her father died in a mining accident and her mother married gasoline magnate, Shipley Newbold. But when her stepfather’s business acquaintance, Henry Ford, invites the family on one of his famous Vagabonds camping tours, she is forced to face the hills once again—primarily in order to reunite with her future fiancé, owner of the land the Vagabonds are using for their campsite, a man she’s only met once before. It is a veritable arranged marriage, but she prefers it that way.
Written by: Joy Callaway
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American Daughters
- A Novel
- Written by: Piper Huguley
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick, Kristen Sieh
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women—separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen—forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington’s father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections. Dedicated to her father’s values, Portia contributed by teaching and performing spirituals and classical music.
Written by: Piper Huguley
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The Foxhunter
- To Die with Dignity
- Written by: Dr Andrew Rynne
- Narrated by: Scott Morgan
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This tragic story happened in a Dublin Hospital in the early 1970's. Through gross medical incompetence, negligence, poor practice, and judgement, compounded by denial and arrogance, a young woman is put into a chronic vegetative state from which there is no prospect of ever recovering. She is undergoing a surgical procedure that she did not need when she suffers a cardiac arrest with devastating consequences.
Written by: Dr Andrew Rynne
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The Beauties
- Written by: Lauren Chater
- Narrated by: Blazey Best
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husband’s lands and title are confiscated, her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes: King Charles II himself. But the king’s favour comes at a price. He will pardon Emilia’s husband only if she agrees to be his mistress. Torn, Emilia comes up with a condition of her own: she will consent, but not until her portrait hangs among the famed Windsor Beauties, a series commissioned by the Duchess of York to showcase the fairest women in the royal retinue.
Written by: Lauren Chater
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Restless Dolly Maunder
- Written by: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Federay Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence.
Written by: Kate Grenville
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Tarnished Glory
- A Novel Inspired by True Events
- Written by: Russell Brown
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Jim Nolan, a would-be hero, becomes a truck driver in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Despite the unglamorous role, he finds mobility that leads to exciting, sometimes funny, and often sad situations. Jim's changing attitudes about himself and the world around him affect the American soldiers he interacts with. He struggles internally between good and evil, trying to comprehend the difference.
Written by: Russell Brown
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar
- Written by: Nikki Eskow
- Narrated by: David Warner II
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar follows the adventures of Henry Sears O'Connor, a quick-witted and resourceful protagonist, and his accomplice, Antonio Rossi, during the Great Depression era. Henry, a skilled cat burglar teams up with Antonio, a handsome Italian getaway man, to pull off daring heists targeting the wealthy elite in upstate New York.
Written by: Nikki Eskow
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Orlando
- A Biography
- Written by: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan, England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history.
Written by: Virginia Woolf