- Biographical Fiction (1,465)
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- Written by: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one....
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Women in STEM and entertaining!
- By A on 2022-07-19
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The Covenant of Water
- Written by: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Stunning Book!
- By Suzanne Flaro on 2023-06-14
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of an Appalachian boy born to a single mother, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair.
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Brilliant narration of beautifully written story
- By Kareem on 2023-05-28
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Hello Beautiful
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Napolitano
- Narrated by: Maura Tierney
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him....
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Good story Robotic narration
- By Anonymous User on 2023-04-20
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All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Zach Appelman
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home....
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Best book, but narration brings it down a bit
- By Ben on 2018-01-31
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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Beautifully read, but a slow story to unravel.
- By Denise on 2023-08-29
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- Written by: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one....
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Women in STEM and entertaining!
- By A on 2022-07-19
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The Covenant of Water
- Written by: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Stunning Book!
- By Suzanne Flaro on 2023-06-14
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of an Appalachian boy born to a single mother, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair.
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Brilliant narration of beautifully written story
- By Kareem on 2023-05-28
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Hello Beautiful
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Napolitano
- Narrated by: Maura Tierney
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him....
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Good story Robotic narration
- By Anonymous User on 2023-04-20
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All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Zach Appelman
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home....
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Best book, but narration brings it down a bit
- By Ben on 2018-01-31
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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Beautifully read, but a slow story to unravel.
- By Denise on 2023-08-29
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- Written by: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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Beautifully written
- By kaitlyn on 2023-03-09
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- Written by: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
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Enjoyable book
- By Angela on 2017-10-07
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Yellowface
- A Novel
- Written by: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American....
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Am I missing something?
- By Katherine Provost on 2023-07-11
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The Hobbit
- Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In the prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Bilbo Baggins begins his great journey "there and back again." Narrated by Andy Serkis.
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Andy Serkis is incredible
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-04-22
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The Name of the Wind
- Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1
- Written by: Patrick Rothfuss
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend....
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My Absolute Favorite!!!
- By Kitty_Kittenator on 2019-01-19
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- A Novel
- Written by: Gabrielle Zevin
- Narrated by: Jennifer Kim, Julian Cihi
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name....
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Love the characters and gaming elements!
- By Katy on 2022-12-04
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The Bee Sting
- A Novel
- Written by: Paul Murray
- Narrated by: Heather O’Sullivan, Barry Fitzgerald, Beau Holland, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
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From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart....
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The Handmaid's Tale
- Special Edition
- Written by: Margaret Atwood, Valerie Martin - essay
- Narrated by: Claire Danes, Ray Porter, Margaret Atwood, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women....
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2x Speed
- By Tracey Lough on 2018-04-24
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- Written by: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....
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A Harlequin Romance, with Zoology Thrown In
- By Wandering on 2019-08-25
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The Maid
- A Novel
- Written by: Nita Prose
- Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by....
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The Maid
- By Kevin Heidt on 2022-02-28
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Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- Written by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's 20, her voice is getting noticed....
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OMG
- By Kelsey on 2019-03-10
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- Written by: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A charming, witty and compulsively readable novel on friendship and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant octopus.
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Beautiful, tragic, uplifting… in my top 5 EVER
- By Patrice L. Gordon on 2022-10-07
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Normal People
- A Novel
- Written by: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life changing begins....
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Read this instead of listen
- By David on 2021-01-13
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Circe
- Written by: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring, like her mother....
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Fascinating story, expertly read
- By libragal on 2018-06-20
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Indian Horse
- A Novel
- Written by: Richard Wagamese
- Narrated by: Jason Ryll
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Saul Indian Horse is in critical condition. Sitting feeble in an alcoholism treatment facility, he is told that sharing his story will help relieve his agony....
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Heart wrenching and Humbling
- By Anonymous User on 2018-11-11
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The House We Grew Up In
- Written by: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Years after an Easter weekend tragedy devastates a family, they return to the house they grew up in to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home....
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Multiple lenses made this book a winner
- By Matt Willman on 2020-06-08
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The Song of Achilles
- A Novel
- Written by: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the author of Circe.
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If I could only have one book for the rest of my life
- By Emily Hann on 2018-05-03
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The Three-Body Problem
- Written by: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.
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struggled to finish..
- By Iris on 2020-10-18
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Fayne
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Narrated by: Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Length: 30 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition....
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So rich in detail!
- By samONT on 2022-10-28
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Study for Obedience
- A Novel
- Written by: Sarah Bernstein
- Narrated by: Sarah Bernstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him....
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Beautifully Written
- By Katie on 2023-11-20
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Greenwood
- Written by: Michael Christie
- Narrated by: Raven Dauda, David Ferry, Christo Graham, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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t's 2038 and Jacinda (Jake) Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich-eco-tourists in one of the world's last remaining forests....
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A spellbinding account of human/nature
- By Leanne Fournier on 2020-01-13
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrated by Tom Hanks, The Dutch House is a moving story that explores the bond between two siblings and the house of their childhood.
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My heart could just burst!!!!
- By Anonymous User on 2019-10-14
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Birnam Wood
- Written by: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliantly constructed consideration of intentions, actions, and consequences, it is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival....
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Important story with outstanding performance
- By ultraLimitem on 2023-06-08
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- Written by: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A great American classic with many invaluable teaching moments. It continues to touch hearts and minds.
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wonderful
- By Sally on 2019-01-14
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Nowhere Alone
- The Alaska Thrillers Series, Book 2
- Written by: Andrew Cunningham
- Narrated by: Greg Hernandez
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Scott Harper makes his living flying hunters and fishermen into the wilds of Alaska. However, his current passenger is different, wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase. Scott’s strange passenger directs him by gunpoint to a remote landing strip in the middle of nowhere, and armed men suddenly surround his plane. Barely able to take off under fire, his aircraft is heavily damaged and crashes deep in the wilderness. With the men in hot pursuit, Scott must navigate the rugged terrain to stay one step ahead.
Written by: Andrew Cunningham
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I Am Mrs. Jesse James
- Written by: Pat Wahler
- Narrated by: Kendra Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The long, bloody Civil War is finally at an end when Zee Mimms, the daughter of a Missouri preacher, is tasked with nursing her cousin, Jesse James, back to health after he suffers a near-fatal wound. During Jesse's long convalescence, the couple falls in love, but Jesse's resentment against the Federals runs deep. He has scores to settle.
Written by: Pat Wahler
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Steel Valley
- Coming of Age in the Ohio Valley in the 1960s: A Love Story
- Written by: Jerry Madden
- Narrated by: Paul Turner
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Love's never easy, even in easier times, like the 1950s and 1960s in the Ohio Valley. The steel industry was booming. Second-generation immigrant families were reaching for the American middle class. And Catholic schools-made feasible by selfless Catholic nuns-promised bigger lives for everyone, including Jack Clark and Laurie Carmine. As they spent years searching for their separate futures, though, they were also stumbling toward love just as their world came crashing down.
Written by: Jerry Madden
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Hart's Destiny
- Written by: Kimberly Adkins
- Narrated by: Victoria North
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Jessica's return to her small hometown is about to get hairy. A chance encounter with Jackson Hart in the days before her friend's wedding seems coincidental-until she stumbles upon the Hart family's mysterious ties to the bride. Coincidence and fate may prove one and the same as Jessica struggles to protect her heart from Jackson and her friends' lives from unbelievable danger.
Written by: Kimberly Adkins
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Mine to Share
- A Novel
- Written by: Debbie Gilliland
- Narrated by: Lauren Pedersen
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Life has not been easy for Marta and her daughter, Jannah. On the brink of losing her home and suffering from a broken heart, Marta has lost all hope. James has never gotten over the fact that he wasn’t able to be a father to his own daughter. When he became Marta’s next-door neighbor years later, he was overjoyed to finally be the father he always wanted to be and has worked on building a relationship with Marta and Jannah ever since. Will he ever have the heart to connect Marta with the biological mother she has never known?
Written by: Debbie Gilliland
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Crimson Tide
- Echoes of Driftwood Bay - A Short Story
- Written by: J.N. Love
- Narrated by: Payton Jackson
- Length: 36 mins
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In a world transformed by climate catastrophe, floating towns become humanity's last refuge. Driftwood Bay, one such community, thrives atop the vast expanse of the ocean, until a shadow from the deep disrupts their tranquil existence. As the town confronts this ancient terror, young Luke is forced to face personal loss and collective responsibility.
Written by: J.N. Love
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Nowhere Alone
- The Alaska Thrillers Series, Book 2
- Written by: Andrew Cunningham
- Narrated by: Greg Hernandez
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Scott Harper makes his living flying hunters and fishermen into the wilds of Alaska. However, his current passenger is different, wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase. Scott’s strange passenger directs him by gunpoint to a remote landing strip in the middle of nowhere, and armed men suddenly surround his plane. Barely able to take off under fire, his aircraft is heavily damaged and crashes deep in the wilderness. With the men in hot pursuit, Scott must navigate the rugged terrain to stay one step ahead.
Written by: Andrew Cunningham
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I Am Mrs. Jesse James
- Written by: Pat Wahler
- Narrated by: Kendra Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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The long, bloody Civil War is finally at an end when Zee Mimms, the daughter of a Missouri preacher, is tasked with nursing her cousin, Jesse James, back to health after he suffers a near-fatal wound. During Jesse's long convalescence, the couple falls in love, but Jesse's resentment against the Federals runs deep. He has scores to settle.
Written by: Pat Wahler
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Steel Valley
- Coming of Age in the Ohio Valley in the 1960s: A Love Story
- Written by: Jerry Madden
- Narrated by: Paul Turner
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Love's never easy, even in easier times, like the 1950s and 1960s in the Ohio Valley. The steel industry was booming. Second-generation immigrant families were reaching for the American middle class. And Catholic schools-made feasible by selfless Catholic nuns-promised bigger lives for everyone, including Jack Clark and Laurie Carmine. As they spent years searching for their separate futures, though, they were also stumbling toward love just as their world came crashing down.
Written by: Jerry Madden
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Hart's Destiny
- Written by: Kimberly Adkins
- Narrated by: Victoria North
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Jessica's return to her small hometown is about to get hairy. A chance encounter with Jackson Hart in the days before her friend's wedding seems coincidental-until she stumbles upon the Hart family's mysterious ties to the bride. Coincidence and fate may prove one and the same as Jessica struggles to protect her heart from Jackson and her friends' lives from unbelievable danger.
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- Narrated by: Lauren Pedersen
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Life has not been easy for Marta and her daughter, Jannah. On the brink of losing her home and suffering from a broken heart, Marta has lost all hope. James has never gotten over the fact that he wasn’t able to be a father to his own daughter. When he became Marta’s next-door neighbor years later, he was overjoyed to finally be the father he always wanted to be and has worked on building a relationship with Marta and Jannah ever since. Will he ever have the heart to connect Marta with the biological mother she has never known?
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In a world transformed by climate catastrophe, floating towns become humanity's last refuge. Driftwood Bay, one such community, thrives atop the vast expanse of the ocean, until a shadow from the deep disrupts their tranquil existence. As the town confronts this ancient terror, young Luke is forced to face personal loss and collective responsibility.
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Boom, Boom, Boom
- Written by: Ian Kirkpatrick
- Narrated by: Ian Kirkpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Jan Bagan is a Ukrainian YouTuber living in the small, rural town of Nide, which leans against the Russian border. Though he stocks shelves at the only local grocery store at night, his true love is all things combustible. Explosive experiments fuel his modest YouTube channel where his only goal is to make art in the sky. Without any sort of classical training, he uses his senses to recognize and mix the chemicals to reach a satisfying ending.
Written by: Ian Kirkpatrick
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Oblivion Girl
- Oblivion Girl Series, Book 1
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- Narrated by: Imogen Strachan
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Essa didn’t ask for rumors to follow her like gum stuck to the bottom of her shoe. However, being known as ‘Oblivion Girl: Destroy of Cities’ was a rumor she could sink her teeth into. With the help of her sidekick, Atticus, the two were doing just fine hunting bounties, fighting pirates, and arguing with Gypsies. And she didn’t even mind when Alita joined the group—even though they constantly fought. This was all, of course, before she knew her brother Eden was still alive.
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Opelika Opiate
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“Opiate” – to induce sleep; to stupefy; to hijack the brain and change its normal function. Opelika, Alabama – where cars, men, and race collide to unhinge the life of a young woman. Piecing it back together will require figuring out the role she played, and who she really is – or wants to be.
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BellaRae
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She's brilliant, she's strong. She's funny, beautiful, and a bit unorthodox. She is respected, feared, and loved. BellaRae, the semi-retired psychiatrist all adore and admire in Comfort for the Afflicted: A Deranged Christmas, now, gives us her story. From her arduous childhood to her renewed present day, it is in this account we get a vivid view into BellaRae's vast and layered life. The life which cultivated her into the beloved flame that burns radiant and legendary in this extraordinary journey.
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The Revenge of the Foxes
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Moscow, during the collapse of the Soviet system: In a hospital, young people awaiting heart operations and possible death, live just for today with mischief-making and even love affairs, under the stringent gaze of the old matron, Baba Nastya. Here one of the patients, a young Turkmen, meets a Greek Comsomol boy, a Russian Stalinist with a ‘robotic’ heart, and the lovely but tragic Mary. To whom does the future belong – to the soulless robots or the poetical souls?
Written by: Ak Welsapar
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Kristin Lavransdatter (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- The Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
- Written by: Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally - editor translator, Brad Leithauser - introduction
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis, Stephen Graybill
- Length: 47 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses audiences in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally’s award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty.
Written by: Sigrid Undset, and others
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The Kingdom of Sweets
- A Novel of the Nutcracker
- Written by: Erika Johansen
- Narrated by: Grace Gray
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Light and dark—this is the cursed birthright placed upon Clara and Natasha by their godfather, Drosselmeyer, whose power and greed hold an entire city in his sway. Charming Clara, the favorite, grows into a life of beauty and ease, while Natasha is relegated to her sister’s shadow, ignored and unloved. But Natasha seizes the opportunity for revenge one Christmas Eve, when Drosselmeyer arrives at the family gala with the Nutcracker, an enchanted gift that offers entry into an alternate world: the Kingdom of Sweets.
Written by: Erika Johansen
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The Temple of My Familiar
- A Novel
- Written by: Alice Walker
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in The Temple of My Familiar, all of whom are dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, they must come to terms with the brutal stories of their ancestors in order to confront their own troubled lives.
Written by: Alice Walker
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The Woman Back from Moscow
- Written by: Ha Jin
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 21 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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As a promising young actress, Sun Weishi made the critical decision to pursue her studies in Moscow—with the blessing of her influential adoptive father, Zhou Enlai, and Mao himself. The valuable insights she gained there during World War II, most notably the significance of characters' inner lives, would enable her to excel back in China, where she produced works by Chekhov and Gogol, and other socially progressive dramas, such as an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her striking career as China's first female director of modern spoken drama (Huaju) would be derailed.
Written by: Ha Jin
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Meridian
- A Novel
- Written by: Alice Walker
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Meridian Hill, a dedicated and courageous young activist in the 1960s, works to create peace and understanding through her civil rights work, touching the lives of all those she meets even when her health begins to deteriorate. With the old rules of Southern society collapsing around her, her coworkers quitting and moving to comfortable homes and lives, and others turning to more violent means of achieving change, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanity—and that of all her people.
Written by: Alice Walker
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Joan Smokes
- Written by: Angela Meyer
- Narrated by: Angela Meyer
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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She used to be someone else, but now she’s arrived in Vegas, where she can start again. It won’t do to let the past leak in. It’s the Sixties now. She’s going to become Joan. She makes a list: Buy a new dress (fitted, floral). Dye her hair (dark). Curl it. Buy red lipstick. Buy cigarettes and a lighter, too: Joan, she decides, is a smoker. There’s no need to dwell on why she’s here, what went before. She is just moving forward, one foot in front of the other, becoming that new person. Joan.
Written by: Angela Meyer
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Heart Like a Bonfire
- Written by: John Hughes
- Narrated by: Nic Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Heart Like A Bonfire is a confluence of poignant tales from within a hospice company. Based on the author's 13 years as a spiritual care provider and bereavement specialist in a hospice, it explores dying, death, grief, and bereavement from several perspectives, facing these with a blend of gritty honesty and loving spirituality.
Written by: John Hughes