Bestsellers
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Connie
- A Memoir
- By: Connie Chung
- Narrated by: Connie Chung
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.
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OUTSTANDING MEMOIRE!
- By Brenda C. on 09-24-24
By: Connie Chung
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The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- By: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....
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What's normal?
- By Kmrsy on 11-30-13
By: Jeannette Walls
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Mostly What God Does
- Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
- By: Savannah Guthrie
- Narrated by: Savannah Guthrie
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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If you ever struggle with your connection to God (or whether you even feel connected to a faith at all!), you're not alone. Especially in our modern world, with its relentless, never-ending news cycle, we can all grapple with such questions....
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A Wonderful Treasure!
- By e. taylor on 02-22-24
By: Savannah Guthrie
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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Black Saturday
- An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza
- By: Trey Yingst
- Narrated by: Trey Yingst
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war.
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Hearing what happened to Jews and Palestine’s!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-09-24
By: Trey Yingst
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Jimmy Breslin
- The Man Who Told the Truth
- By: Richard Esposito
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the Truth is the first biography of the legendary writer, vividly portrayed by Richard Esposito, a former colleague of the Big Man.
By: Richard Esposito
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Connie
- A Memoir
- By: Connie Chung
- Narrated by: Connie Chung
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.
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OUTSTANDING MEMOIRE!
- By Brenda C. on 09-24-24
By: Connie Chung
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The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- By: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....
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What's normal?
- By Kmrsy on 11-30-13
By: Jeannette Walls
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Mostly What God Does
- Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
- By: Savannah Guthrie
- Narrated by: Savannah Guthrie
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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If you ever struggle with your connection to God (or whether you even feel connected to a faith at all!), you're not alone. Especially in our modern world, with its relentless, never-ending news cycle, we can all grapple with such questions....
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A Wonderful Treasure!
- By e. taylor on 02-22-24
By: Savannah Guthrie
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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Black Saturday
- An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza
- By: Trey Yingst
- Narrated by: Trey Yingst
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war.
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Hearing what happened to Jews and Palestine’s!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-09-24
By: Trey Yingst
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Jimmy Breslin
- The Man Who Told the Truth
- By: Richard Esposito
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the Truth is the first biography of the legendary writer, vividly portrayed by Richard Esposito, a former colleague of the Big Man.
By: Richard Esposito
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Another Word for Love
- A Memoir
- By: Carvell Wallace
- Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in America.
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Loved It!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-09-24
By: Carvell Wallace
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Self-Made Man
- One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
- By: Norah Vincent
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A journalist’s provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man.
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Excellent Book
- By Anonymous User on 12-12-24
By: Norah Vincent
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The Sing Sing Files
- One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
- By: Dan Slepian
- Narrated by: Dan Slepian
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC’s Dateline recounts his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men.
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Excellent story!!
- By K-Lex on 12-19-24
By: Dan Slepian
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Working
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Robert A. Caro
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and the Years of Lyndon Johnson series: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books....
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Good as always.
- By David T. on 04-10-19
By: Robert A. Caro
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Rachel Maddow
- A Biography
- By: Lisa Rogak
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: She uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports....
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Absolute Pablum.
- By mj on 02-03-20
By: Lisa Rogak
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Berlin Diary
- The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s...
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The Real Rise and Fall
- By Robert on 02-26-14
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All American Christmas
- By: Rachel Campos-Duffy - editor, Sean Duffy - editor
- Narrated by: Rachel Campos-Duffy, Sean Duffy, Dana Perino, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy present a dazzling collection of emotional stories and homegrown Christmas recipes from some of Fox News’ most beloved personalities....
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Family stories
- By Kindle Customer on 12-13-24
By: Rachel Campos-Duffy - editor, and others
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes
- A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
- By: Anderson Cooper
- Narrated by: Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Though Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist affords him little time to spend with her....
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Enjoyed the early parts
- By Dedrick on 07-06-16
By: Anderson Cooper
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The Freaks Came Out to Write
- The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
- By: Tricia Romano
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, The Village Voice was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas....
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Excellent content and structure, but …
- By richard s. burker on 03-16-24
By: Tricia Romano
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All the President's Men
- By: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the book that changed America....
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THE FUMBLING OF AN ASSUAGED
- By Dudley H. Williams on 08-17-13
By: Bob Woodward, and others
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Going There
- By: Katie Couric
- Narrated by: Katie Couric
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life....
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Walk Down Memory Lane 4 Me
- By Sedona Woman on 10-27-21
By: Katie Couric
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument. And he believes the personal is political....
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Truth, the whole truth and nothing but.
- By Laura on 08-23-10
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Crusade for Justice
- The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
- By: Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster - editor
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This engaging memoir, originally published 1970, relates Ida B. Wells’ private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice....
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Important person, sing-song narration
- By Judith Evans on 03-05-22
By: Ida B. Wells, and others
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Personal History
- A Memoir
- By: Katharine Graham
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 30 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling....
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A Life Told with Honesty, Humility, and Humor.
- By Kalutha on 01-01-18
By: Katharine Graham
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While You Were Out
- An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
- By: Meg Kissinger
- Narrated by: Meg Kissinger
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them....
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Thoughtful and mindful
- By James Thomas McIntyre on 09-11-23
By: Meg Kissinger
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True Story
- Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
- By: Michael Finkel
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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True Story weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, deceit, and redemption, following Finkel's relentless pursuit of the shocking truth....
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Very well written and narrated!!
- By Melissa Myers Baseden on 05-01-15
By: Michael Finkel
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Tokyo Noir
- In and out of Japan's Underworld
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein, Shoko Plambeck
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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It’s 2008, and it’s been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking, and Tadamasa Goto, the most powerful boss in the Japanese organized crime world, has been banished.
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Felt all over the place.
- By Mr Dangerous on 12-23-24
By: Jake Adelstein
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world....
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Amazing life and stories
- By Jane B Nurnberg on 12-24-24
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How to Murder Your Life
- A Memoir
- By: Cat Marnell
- Narrated by: Cat Marnell
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From Cat Marnell, "New York's enfant terrible" ( The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage....
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nice book
- By Taylor on 03-14-17
By: Cat Marnell
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We're Not Broken
- Changing the Autism Conversation
- By: Eric Garcia
- Narrated by: Eric Garcia
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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With a reporter’s eye and an insider’s perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it’s like to be autistic across America....
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Must read book about autism
- By Jean Burke-Spraker on 08-17-21
By: Eric Garcia
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Cronkite
- By: Douglas Brinkley
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Drawing on unprecedented access to Walter Cronkite's private papers as well as interviews with his family and friends, Douglas Brinkley now brings this American icon into focus as never before....
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One of the Giants
- By Robert I on 07-09-12
By: Douglas Brinkley
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Uphill
- A Memoir
- By: Jemele Hill
- Narrated by: Jemele Hill
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Jemele Hill’s world came crashing down when she called President Trump a “white supremacist”; the White House wanted her fired from ESPN, and she was deluged with death threats. But Hill had faced tougher adversaries growing up in Detroit than a tweeting president....
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Story telling was so drab
- By Rosalind on 12-06-22
By: Jemele Hill
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Settle for More
- By: Megyn Kelly
- Narrated by: Megyn Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Anchor of the number-one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir....
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It takes audacity for anyone under age 65...
- By Wayne on 11-17-16
By: Megyn Kelly
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The Rulebreaker
- The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Rulebreaker, Susan Page conducts 150 interviews and extensive archival research to discover that Walters was driven to keep herself and her family afloat after her mercurial and famous impresario father attempted suicide.
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Very well written and very interesting
- By Anonymous User on 04-29-24
By: Susan Page
New releases
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Five Trips
- An Investigative Journey into Mental Health, Psychedelic Healing, and Saving a Life
- By: Kendis Gibson
- Narrated by: Kendis Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Five Trips chronicles Emmy Award-winning journalist Kendis Gibson’s personal journey through five psychedelic experiences, exploring the access issues faced by the BIPOC community in using psychedelics for mental health conditions, set against the backdrop of his challenges as a Black journalist at ABC network and the racial treatment that fueled his public meltdowns.
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Got me thinking…
- By Tanesha Abernathy on 12-08-24
By: Kendis Gibson
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The "Hell's Angels" Letters: Hunter Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of a Classic
- By: Margaret A. Harrell, Hunter S. Thompson, Ron Whitehead
- Narrated by: Margaret A. Harrell, Ron Whitehead, Becky Parker Whitehead
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic is an important revelation in the legacy of Thompson, with letters that survived precarious shipping and travel over decades, cloaked away from the public. “If Hell’s Angels hadn’t happened I never would have been able to write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or anything else . . . I felt like I got through a door just as it was closing,” Hunter told Paris Review.
By: Margaret A. Harrell, and others
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The Last Story
- The Murder of an Investigative Journalist in Las Vegas
- By: Arthur Kane
- Narrated by: William Dupuy
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff German, a veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter, was no stranger to controversy or the danger of his work. For more than four decades, he wrote stories relentlessly confronting the mob, corrupt politicians, and greedy bureaucrats. As a result, he was often threatened—enough that he and his friend and fellow investigative reporter, Arthur Kane, sometimes joked about reporting on these threats if they were ever acted upon.
By: Arthur Kane
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Le chiavi di casa
- By: Sami al Ajrami
- Narrated by: Andrea Failla
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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All'alba del 13 ottobre 2023, a una settimana dall'attacco di Hamas in Israele e dall'inizio della guerra all'interno della Striscia di Gaza, il giornalista palestinese Sami al-Ajrami chiude a doppia mandata la porta di casa sua, nel campo profughi di Jabalia, dov'è nato e ha sempre vissuto, per sfollare con la famiglia a sud, secondo le indicazioni dell'esercito israeliano. Come già altri profughi palestinesi prima di lui, alle sue spalle lascia un'intera vita.
By: Sami al Ajrami
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Entre libros y editores, memorias
- By: René Solís
- Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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El editor que llevó las letras mexicanas al mundo. En 1996, René Solís llegó a la dirección general de Grupo Planeta, luego de 20 años en la industria del libro en México, y tras haber tomado decisiones editoriales y de distribución que influyeron en la cultura de todo el país. Al frente de Promexa, empresa enfocada en la gestión editorial, publicó tanto enciclopedias temáticas como grandes colecciones literarias procedentes de todo el mundo.
By: René Solís
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Urchin on the Beat
- The Tale of a Bad Adolescence and Its Joyful Conclusion
- By: Uwe Netto
- Narrated by: Charles Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Urchin on the Beat is the captivating second volume of Uwe Siemon-Netto's memoir series, detailing his tumultuous teenage years in post-war Germany. The story picks up in 1947, where young Uwe endures daily persecution in the Soviet-controlled zone, targeted by his Communist teacher for being a Christian. Desperate for freedom, he escapes to West Germany, leaving behind his beloved grandmother, who had protected him from Nazi indoctrination.
By: Uwe Netto
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Five Trips
- An Investigative Journey into Mental Health, Psychedelic Healing, and Saving a Life
- By: Kendis Gibson
- Narrated by: Kendis Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Five Trips chronicles Emmy Award-winning journalist Kendis Gibson’s personal journey through five psychedelic experiences, exploring the access issues faced by the BIPOC community in using psychedelics for mental health conditions, set against the backdrop of his challenges as a Black journalist at ABC network and the racial treatment that fueled his public meltdowns.
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Got me thinking…
- By Tanesha Abernathy on 12-08-24
By: Kendis Gibson
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The "Hell's Angels" Letters: Hunter Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of a Classic
- By: Margaret A. Harrell, Hunter S. Thompson, Ron Whitehead
- Narrated by: Margaret A. Harrell, Ron Whitehead, Becky Parker Whitehead
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic is an important revelation in the legacy of Thompson, with letters that survived precarious shipping and travel over decades, cloaked away from the public. “If Hell’s Angels hadn’t happened I never would have been able to write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or anything else . . . I felt like I got through a door just as it was closing,” Hunter told Paris Review.
By: Margaret A. Harrell, and others
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The Last Story
- The Murder of an Investigative Journalist in Las Vegas
- By: Arthur Kane
- Narrated by: William Dupuy
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeff German, a veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter, was no stranger to controversy or the danger of his work. For more than four decades, he wrote stories relentlessly confronting the mob, corrupt politicians, and greedy bureaucrats. As a result, he was often threatened—enough that he and his friend and fellow investigative reporter, Arthur Kane, sometimes joked about reporting on these threats if they were ever acted upon.
By: Arthur Kane
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Le chiavi di casa
- By: Sami al Ajrami
- Narrated by: Andrea Failla
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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All'alba del 13 ottobre 2023, a una settimana dall'attacco di Hamas in Israele e dall'inizio della guerra all'interno della Striscia di Gaza, il giornalista palestinese Sami al-Ajrami chiude a doppia mandata la porta di casa sua, nel campo profughi di Jabalia, dov'è nato e ha sempre vissuto, per sfollare con la famiglia a sud, secondo le indicazioni dell'esercito israeliano. Come già altri profughi palestinesi prima di lui, alle sue spalle lascia un'intera vita.
By: Sami al Ajrami
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Entre libros y editores, memorias
- By: René Solís
- Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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El editor que llevó las letras mexicanas al mundo. En 1996, René Solís llegó a la dirección general de Grupo Planeta, luego de 20 años en la industria del libro en México, y tras haber tomado decisiones editoriales y de distribución que influyeron en la cultura de todo el país. Al frente de Promexa, empresa enfocada en la gestión editorial, publicó tanto enciclopedias temáticas como grandes colecciones literarias procedentes de todo el mundo.
By: René Solís
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Urchin on the Beat
- The Tale of a Bad Adolescence and Its Joyful Conclusion
- By: Uwe Netto
- Narrated by: Charles Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Urchin on the Beat is the captivating second volume of Uwe Siemon-Netto's memoir series, detailing his tumultuous teenage years in post-war Germany. The story picks up in 1947, where young Uwe endures daily persecution in the Soviet-controlled zone, targeted by his Communist teacher for being a Christian. Desperate for freedom, he escapes to West Germany, leaving behind his beloved grandmother, who had protected him from Nazi indoctrination.
By: Uwe Netto