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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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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 Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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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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So relevant for our times.
- By Anonymous User on 2024-04-29
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Miss Eliza's English Kitchen
- A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
- Written by: Annabel Abbs
- Narrated by: Ell Potter, Bianca Amato
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses....
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Delicious!
- By Jude on 2022-10-13
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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 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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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 Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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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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So relevant for our times.
- By Anonymous User on 2024-04-29
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Miss Eliza's English Kitchen
- A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
- Written by: Annabel Abbs
- Narrated by: Ell Potter, Bianca Amato
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses....
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Delicious!
- By Jude on 2022-10-13
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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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Memoirs and Misinformation
- A Novel
- Written by: Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege — but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs....
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A wild ride through the wilds of Jim Carrey’s mind
- By Dean O 1965 on 2020-07-20
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Anne Boleyn
- A King's Obsession
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the spring of 1527. Henry VIII has come to Hever Castle in Kent to pay court to Anne Boleyn. He is desperate to have her....
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Good book but has some inaccuracy
- By Samantha Ley on 2019-05-15
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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
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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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Swimming in Paris
- A Life in Three Stories
- Written by: Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin - translator, Natasha Lehrer - translator
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Seventeen, Friendship, and Swimming, Colombe Schneck orchestrates a coming-of-age in three movements....
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Caroline
- Little House, Revisited
- Written by: Sarah Miller
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the frigid days of February 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory....
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It is fine.
- By Anonymous User on 2023-11-14
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The Queen of Sugar Hill
- A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
- Written by: ReShonda Tate
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars—and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed classic film Gone With the Wind.
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The Royal Nanny
- A Novel
- Written by: Karen Harper
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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April 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. She is excited, exhausted - and about to meet royalty. So begins the unforgettable story of Charlotte Bill, who would care for a generation of royals as their parents never could....
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Mrs Van Gogh
- Written by: Caroline Cauchi
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind. Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled talent finally recognised. The tireless efforts of one woman gave the world one of its greatest creative minds....
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Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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Best-selling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, a 19-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series....
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Enjoyed
- By Ann on 2020-06-06
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Marvelous
- A Novel
- Written by: Molly Greeley
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A mesmerizing novel set in the French royal court of Catherine de’ Medici during the Renaissance, which recreates the touching and surprising true story behind the Beauty and the Beast legend, from the acclaimed author of The Clergyman’s Wife and The Heiress....
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Intriguing!
- By Amy on 2024-04-01
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Atuk, elle et nous
- Written by: Michel Jean
- Narrated by: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Michel Jean
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette, fille d’Almanda et de Thomas Siméon, parlait peu de ses origines innues. Pourtant, cette femme toujours vêtue et coiffée avec soin a vécu le quotidien des chasseurs de la forêt boréale jusqu’à sa rencontre avec celui qui allait transformer son existence....
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Magnifique
- By Anna on 2023-08-29
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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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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Triste tigre
- Written by: Neige Sinno
- Narrated by: Neige Sinno
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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J’ai voulu y croire, j’ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m’accueillerait comme n’importe lequel des orphelins qui y...
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Un livre important
- By CBo on 2023-12-08
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The Lipstick Bureau
- Written by: Michelle Gable
- Narrated by: Eleanor Caudill
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.
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Why Mummy’s Sloshed
- Why Mummy, Book 4
- Written by: Gill Sims
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Number one best-selling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel....
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The House of Doors
- Written by: Tan Twan Eng
- Narrated by: David Oakes, Louise-Mai Newberry
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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From the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists comes a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption....
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Spellbinding
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-05-14
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Elizabeth I
- A Novel
- Written by: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 31 hrs and 7 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen as she confronts rivals to her throne and to her heart....
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fascinating and well read
- By Anonymous User on 2019-08-17
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Le tatoueur d'Auschwitz
- Written by: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Isabelle Miller
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Sous un ciel de plomb, des prisonniers défilent à l'entrée du camp d'Auschwitz. Bientôt, ils ne seront plus que des numéros tatoués sur...
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Wow!
- By Guillaume on 2018-11-22
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The Christie Affair
- A Novel
- Written by: Nina de Gramont
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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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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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- Written by: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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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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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
- A Novel
- Written by: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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From The New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past 200 years....
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A perfect storm
- By Patricia Hamilton on 2020-08-28
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Fast Girls
- A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team.
- Written by: Elise Hooper
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Kristyl Dawn Tift, Reba Buhr, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real-life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany....
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Awesome
- By Kris Clemis-Love on 2022-02-18
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That Churchill Woman
- A Novel
- Written by: Stephanie Barron
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome....
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The Lioness of Boston
- A Novel
- Written by: Emily Franklin
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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The Lioness of Boston is a portrait of what society expected a woman's life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and was determined to live on her own terms....
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Emma the Heroine
- Emergency Landing
- Written by: Jay Ramirez
- Narrated by: Cynthia Bickford
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In my two previous books, "Emergency Landing—Based on a True Story" and "Emergency Landing—The Life of Carlos", I described my experience during my stay in Oregon and the flight back to Houston. During that flight, one of the passengers, Carlos Pérez, suffered two severe epileptic episodes halfway through the trip. The nurse, who was traveling as a passenger on the plane, and me had to provide first aid, I was playing the role of translator from English to Spanish and, at the same time, assisting and facilitating the nurse's work.
Written by: Jay Ramirez
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The Education of Joshua Chastain
- A Gay Mormon Memoir
- Written by: Nicolas Shumway
- Narrated by: Ron Cook
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Education of Joshua Chastain is a fictional memoir about a gay boy who grows up in a small Mormon community in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. The novel describes Josh's journey of self-discovery as he explores his sexuality, engages in various sexual relationships during his teenage years (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and sometimes physical abuse from teachers and classmates.
Written by: Nicolas Shumway
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Swimming in Paris
- A Life in Three Stories
- Written by: Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin - translator, Natasha Lehrer - translator
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Seventeen, Friendship, and Swimming, Colombe Schneck orchestrates a coming-of-age in three movements. Beautiful, masterfully controlled, yet filled with pathos, they invite the listener into a decades-long evolution of sexuality, bodily autonomy, friendship, and loss.
Written by: Colombe Schneck, and others
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John Croft in Burma
- John Croft Series, Book 1
- Written by: Lee B. Croft
- Narrated by: Remy Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a work of "faction" based on the life of the author's great great grandfather, John Croft (1807-1883), who was born in Hertfordshire, England, served as a young officer in the British East India Company Army during the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), became one of Australia's wealthiest men (1843-1859), then returned to England as a landed gentleman who married into a prominent family of industrialists.
Written by: Lee B. Croft
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Rise of the Parent
- Saving the World One Boob at a Time, Book 2:
- Written by: Shona Reidy
- Narrated by: Shona Reidy
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is based on a true story, a mother who finally gets the man of her dreams, only to find that it comes with a confusing family legacy of abuse and manipulation. Read how this young woman eventually hears the wild woman within trying to save her, and learns how, through the art of self-help and meditation, to overcome it all.
Written by: Shona Reidy
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
Written by: Mark Sullivan, and others
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Emma the Heroine
- Emergency Landing
- Written by: Jay Ramirez
- Narrated by: Cynthia Bickford
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In my two previous books, "Emergency Landing—Based on a True Story" and "Emergency Landing—The Life of Carlos", I described my experience during my stay in Oregon and the flight back to Houston. During that flight, one of the passengers, Carlos Pérez, suffered two severe epileptic episodes halfway through the trip. The nurse, who was traveling as a passenger on the plane, and me had to provide first aid, I was playing the role of translator from English to Spanish and, at the same time, assisting and facilitating the nurse's work.
Written by: Jay Ramirez
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The Education of Joshua Chastain
- A Gay Mormon Memoir
- Written by: Nicolas Shumway
- Narrated by: Ron Cook
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Education of Joshua Chastain is a fictional memoir about a gay boy who grows up in a small Mormon community in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. The novel describes Josh's journey of self-discovery as he explores his sexuality, engages in various sexual relationships during his teenage years (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and sometimes physical abuse from teachers and classmates.
Written by: Nicolas Shumway
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Swimming in Paris
- A Life in Three Stories
- Written by: Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin - translator, Natasha Lehrer - translator
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In Seventeen, Friendship, and Swimming, Colombe Schneck orchestrates a coming-of-age in three movements. Beautiful, masterfully controlled, yet filled with pathos, they invite the listener into a decades-long evolution of sexuality, bodily autonomy, friendship, and loss.
Written by: Colombe Schneck, and others
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John Croft in Burma
- John Croft Series, Book 1
- Written by: Lee B. Croft
- Narrated by: Remy Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a work of "faction" based on the life of the author's great great grandfather, John Croft (1807-1883), who was born in Hertfordshire, England, served as a young officer in the British East India Company Army during the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), became one of Australia's wealthiest men (1843-1859), then returned to England as a landed gentleman who married into a prominent family of industrialists.
Written by: Lee B. Croft
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Rise of the Parent
- Saving the World One Boob at a Time, Book 2:
- Written by: Shona Reidy
- Narrated by: Shona Reidy
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is based on a true story, a mother who finally gets the man of her dreams, only to find that it comes with a confusing family legacy of abuse and manipulation. Read how this young woman eventually hears the wild woman within trying to save her, and learns how, through the art of self-help and meditation, to overcome it all.
Written by: Shona Reidy
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
Written by: Mark Sullivan, and others
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
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Ella
- A Novel
- Written by: Diane Richards
- Narrated by: Alexandra Grey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.
Written by: Diane Richards
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The Dove upon Her Branch
- Written by: DM Denton
- Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Christina Georgina Rossetti is the youngest of four siblings in a close-knit, creative Anglo-Italian family. A spirited child like her brother, Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in adolescence she struggles with being sickly and depressed. She emerges "a dove on a solitary branch," realizing her voice through writing, most exceptionally poetry.
Written by: DM Denton
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Polyamorous Love Song
- Written by: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
Written by: Jacob Wren
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My Sister, My Protector
- Written by: S.O. Strenuo
- Narrated by: Alyssa Boaldin
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family. It covers three generations of abuse, starting with seventeen-year-old Mary. If you or anyone you know can relate to this story, there is help. Please talk to someone.
Written by: S.O. Strenuo
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Naked Girl
- Written by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Narrated by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land. As Jackson uses their new home to create a communal cult, the siblings are forced to raise themselves in a carefree, chaotic oasis. Living amidst the vagrant seekers who take up residence in Jackson's utopia, Sienna and Siddhartha strive to protect their unconventional family.
Written by: Janna Brooke Wallack
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Involuntary Bliss
- Written by: Devon Code
- Narrated by: Hugh Gunz
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intense and densely layered, Involuntary Bliss is the latest intriguing story from the award-winning young Canadian writer Devon Code. Situated in modern-day Montreal during a weekend in late August, two young men attempt to restore their friendship.
Written by: Devon Code
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The Bootlegger's Daughter
- A Novel
- Written by: Nadine Nettmann
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Allyson Ryan, Keong Sim
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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It’s 1927. Letty Hart’s father is long gone, but his old winery provides a meager wage and a legal livelihood for selling sacramental wine. But when that contract goes bust, Letty stumbles upon a desperate option: her father’s hidden cellar—and enough liquor to tempt Letty to bootleg the secret stash. In an underworld dominated by merciless men, Letty is building an empire.
Written by: Nadine Nettmann
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ANKRBOY
- Written by: Mark Pettit
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A young, closeted TV newscaster tries to make his way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Based on the true-life story of three-time Emmy award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit.
Written by: Mark Pettit
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Mercy of Hell Hollow
- Her Lost Journal 1883-1887
- Written by: Marnie Reynolds-Bourque
- Narrated by: Margaret Stockton-Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1883, a young, newly married Mercy Reynolds begins a personal journal, filling it with thoughts of her young family. She records her opinions on women's suffrage, historic events, small town gossip and life in general, never imagining she will also be documenting incredible loss as well. Her writings remind us of how America's pioneers lived in a world now largely forgotten.
Written by: Marnie Reynolds-Bourque
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The Jacobite's Wife
- Written by: Morag Edwards
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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18th century, Scotland. Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions, especially in a titled young man with little to occupy him. But strong-willed Lady Winifred Nithsdale has already seen her mother, father, and brother imprisoned for their support of England's Catholic king. While she wants to be loyal, Winifred tries to protect her husband from imprisonment, or worse, the scaffold. But will she escape with her own life intact?
Written by: Morag Edwards
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An African Orphan
- A Search for Meaning
- Written by: Tobias Mwandala
- Narrated by: Erica Myeni
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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This is a story of an African orphan, Felix, who loses his parents as a very young boy. He embarks on a long journey searching for meaning in his life. On his journey he seeks to find answers and discover what there is to live for?
Written by: Tobias Mwandala