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  • Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

  • Unabridged Selections
  • Auteur(s): Alice Wong
  • Narrateur(s): Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...

  • Missing the First Essay

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-25
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  • The Practicing Stoic

  • Auteur(s): Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrateur(s): John Lescault
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....

  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • Happy-Go-Lucky

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
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An Audie Award Winner David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on...

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  • Écrit par Thought this would be a brilliant efficient time saver, but after a few uses found it more frustrating than helpful, and just went back to handwashing brushes le 2023-01-06
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  • The Inconvenient Indian

  • A Curious Account of Native People in North America
  • Auteur(s): Thomas King
  • Narrateur(s): Lorne Cardinal
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The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history - in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America....

  • Angry, embarrassed, disgusted, horrified, nauseous, scared and so so sad, but hopeful and now informed.

  • Écrit par Shantelle Lamouche le 2021-01-18
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  • Field Notes from the Frontier of American Excess (t)
  • Auteur(s): Evan Osnos
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and...

  • Book of vignettes

  • Écrit par _MJH_ le 2025-08-23
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  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • Auteur(s): John Green
  • Narrateur(s): John Green
  • Durée: 10 h et 42 min
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“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author...

  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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  • Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

  • Unabridged Selections
  • Auteur(s): Alice Wong
  • Narrateur(s): Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
  • Durée: 8 h et 1 min
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...

  • Missing the First Essay

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-25
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  • The Practicing Stoic

  • Auteur(s): Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrateur(s): John Lescault
  • Durée: 9 h et 57 min
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....

  • Best Stoicism book

  • Écrit par J in Victoria le 2019-10-20
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  • Happy-Go-Lucky

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
  • Narrateur(s): David Sedaris
  • Durée: 7 h et 30 min
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An Audie Award Winner David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on...

  • disappointed

  • Écrit par Thought this would be a brilliant efficient time saver, but after a few uses found it more frustrating than helpful, and just went back to handwashing brushes le 2023-01-06
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  • The Inconvenient Indian

  • A Curious Account of Native People in North America
  • Auteur(s): Thomas King
  • Narrateur(s): Lorne Cardinal
  • Durée: 9 h et 56 min
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The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history - in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America....

  • Angry, embarrassed, disgusted, horrified, nauseous, scared and so so sad, but hopeful and now informed.

  • Écrit par Shantelle Lamouche le 2021-01-18
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  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • Field Notes from the Frontier of American Excess (t)
  • Auteur(s): Evan Osnos
  • Narrateur(s): Evan Osnos
  • Durée: 10 h et 51 min
  • Version intégrale
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and...

  • Book of vignettes

  • Écrit par _MJH_ le 2025-08-23
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  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • Auteur(s): John Green
  • Narrateur(s): John Green
  • Durée: 10 h et 42 min
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    448
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“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author...

  • Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.

  • Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
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  • What the Dog Saw

  • And Other Adventures
  • Auteur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
  • Narrateur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
  • Durée: 12 h et 46 min
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The bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are...

  • Light but Compelling

  • Écrit par GTHA001 le 2018-09-18
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  • The Best of Me

  • Auteur(s): David Sedaris
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  • Durée: 13 h et 8 min
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David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career - as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook....

  • Be Careful

  • Écrit par Q le 2022-06-13
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  • Love's Executioner

  • Auteur(s): Irvin D. Yalom
  • Narrateur(s): C.M. Carlson
  • Durée: 10 h et 59 min
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The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....

  • I don't say this lightly; this is astounding

  • Écrit par Alexandre L'Écuyer le 2019-01-30
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  • Little Weirds

  • Auteur(s): Jenny Slate
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  • Durée: 4 h et 19 min
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Step into Jenny Slate's wild imagination in this "magical" (Mindy Kaling), "delicious" (Amy Sedaris), and "poignant" (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive -- "this book is something new and wonderful" (George Saunders). You may "know" Jenny Slate from...

  • little hopes

  • Écrit par sacha ouellet le 2020-05-13
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  • The Fire Next Time

  • Auteur(s): James Baldwin
  • Narrateur(s): Jesse L. Martin
  • Durée: 2 h et 25 min
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • I had to listen to it a few times

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-24
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  • The Myth of Sisyphus

  • Auteur(s): Albert Camus
  • Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
  • Durée: 5 h et 39 min
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....

  • requires further reading

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-08-19
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  • Arguably

  • Essays by Christopher Hitchens
  • Auteur(s): Christopher Hitchens
  • Narrateur(s): Simon Prebble
  • Durée: 28 h et 22 min
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"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront...

  • Read anything written by Christopher Hitchens

  • Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-19
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  • Girls Play Dead

  • Acts of Self-Preservation
  • Auteur(s): Jen Percy
  • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
  • Durée: 8 h et 16 min
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A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misun­derstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. “A groundbreaking exploration of women’s often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault...Extensive, empathetic...

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  • This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

  • Auteur(s): Ann Patchett
  • Narrateur(s): Ann Patchett
  • Durée: 11 h et 36 min
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A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick “I had been so engaged by Ann Patchett’s multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job. […] As the best personal essays often do, Patchett’s is a two-way mirror, reflecting both the author and her readers...

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  • Les millionnaires ne sont pas ceux que vous croyez

  • Auteur(s): Nicolas Bérubé
  • Narrateur(s): Pierre Corriveau
  • Durée: 5 h et 9 min
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Comment décririez-vous la vie d'un millionnaire ? Conduirait-il un VUS électrique ? Habiterait-il un loft haut perché ou une maison avec des tourelles ? Sur les relevés de ses cartes de crédit, trouverait-on des achats de vêtements chics....

  • L'exemple même de ma vie

  • Écrit par Lavoie005 le 2022-06-23
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  • Trick Mirror

  • Reflections on Self-Delusion
  • Auteur(s): Jia Tolentino
  • Narrateur(s): Jia Tolentino
  • Durée: 9 h et 46 min
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York...

  • Reflection on the book

  • Écrit par Rov le 2021-02-08
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  • The Harder I Fight the More I Love You

  • A Memoir
  • Auteur(s): Neko Case
  • Narrateur(s): Neko Case
  • Durée: 7 h et 1 min
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From a beloved Grammy-nominated musician, a "heartbreaking and funny" memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desires, and indispensable friendships that reflects on the way art and music and a deep connection to nature guided her journey towards stardom (Maggie Smith, NYT bestselling...

  • Heartbreaking & beautiful

  • Écrit par Jason Haywood le 2025-08-21
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  • Hijab Butch Blues

  • A Memoir
  • Auteur(s): Lamya H
  • Narrateur(s): Ashraf Shirazi
  • Durée: 7 h et 32 min
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A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this “raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations” (Linah Mohammad, NPR). “A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power...

  • Cheffe d'oeuvre

  • Écrit par Gaby Gagné le 2023-08-20
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  • The Rebel

  • Auteur(s): Albert Camus
  • Narrateur(s): Edoardo Ballerini
  • Durée: 11 h et 44 min
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By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is an essay on revolution. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, this classic resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times....

  • Not the best of Camus

  • Écrit par Reza le 2019-12-21
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  • The Collected Schizophrenias

  • Essays
  • Auteur(s): Esmé Weijun Wang
  • Narrateur(s): Esmé Weijun Wang
  • Durée: 7 h et 51 min
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An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to the core....

  • shocking lack of depth, cogency, and empathy

  • Écrit par Steph W le 2024-12-10
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  • The Future of Truth

  • Auteur(s): Werner Herzog, Michael Hofmann - translator
  • Narrateur(s): Werner Herzog
  • Durée: 3 h et 39 min
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From legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth—and how to find it in our “post-truth” era? For over half a century...

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  • Consider the Lobster

  • And Other Essays
  • Auteur(s): David Foster Wallace
  • Narrateur(s): David Foster Wallace, Robert Petkoff
  • Durée: 15 h et 8 min
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

  • David Foster Wallace is a good

  • Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-09-13
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  • Life on a Little-Known Planet

  • Dispatches from a Changing World
  • Auteur(s): Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
  • Durée: 12 h et 39 min
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A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural world "To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series...

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  • The Best American Essays 2025

  • Auteur(s): Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman
  • Narrateur(s): Jean Ann Douglass, Jensen Olaya, Rasha Zamamiri, Autres
  • Durée: 14 h et 10 min
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“The essay has taught me how to live,” writes Jia Tolentino, this year’s Best American Essays guest editor. In a time of escalating authoritarianism and disinformation, we turn to artists and writers to make sense of the world around us. The twenty-one authors featured in this collection...

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  • Mr. Know-It-All

  • The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
  • Auteur(s): John Waters
  • Narrateur(s): John Waters
  • Durée: 10 h et 2 min
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No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling—than John Waters....

  • It's O-k

  • Écrit par paul caron le 2020-09-17
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  • The Book of (More) Delights

  • Essays
  • Auteur(s): Ross Gay
  • Narrateur(s): Ross Gay
  • Durée: 6 h et 48 min
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From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. Ross Gay’s essays have been called “exquisite” (Tracy K. Smith), “imperative” (the New...

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  • The Old Man and the Gun

  • And Other Tales of True Crime
  • Auteur(s): David Grann
  • Narrateur(s): Mark Deakins
  • Durée: 3 h et 13 min
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a mesmerizing collection of true-crime stories that includes "The Old Man and the Gun"—the inspiration for the movie starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, along with two other riveting tales. "The Old Man and the...

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  • The Short-Timers

  • Auteur(s): Charles Dickens
  • Narrateur(s): David McCran
  • Durée: 33 min
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Within so many yards of this Covent-garden lodging of mine, as within so many yards of Westminster Abbey, Saint Paul's Cathedral...

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  • The Memory Palace

  • True Short Stories of the Past
  • Auteur(s): Nate DiMeo
  • Narrateur(s): Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, Autres
  • Durée: 8 h et 41 min
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Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. “One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The...

  • Love the podcast, love the book!

  • Écrit par Strohbi le 2025-07-11
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