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Gifted Hands - Abridged
By: Ben Carson, M.D.
Narrated by: Ben Carson & Dion Graham
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who... Read more
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Forgiving the Dead Man Walking - Abridged
By: Debbie Morris
Narrated by: Debbie Morris
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In one horrible act of violence he destroyed her life. In one incredible act of grace, she forgave him. It was just another time of enjoying milkshakes and small talk. Neither Debbie Cuevas nor her boyfriend, Mark Brewster, gave much thought to the white pickup truck that pulled up beside them on the riverfront. Until . . . A revolver thrust... Read more
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I Am a Soldier, Too - Abridged
By: Rick Bragg
Narrated by: Rick Bragg
Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held... Read more
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Like No Other Time - Abridged
By: Tom Daschle
Narrated by: Tom Daschle
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insider’s account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nation’s history.
The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the... Read more
An Imperfect God - Abridged
By: Henry Wiencek
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery
When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding... Read more
The Stone Cold Truth - Abridged
By: Steve Austin, J.R. Ross & Dennis Brent
Narrated by: Steve Austin
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
WWE Superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin shares an unvarnished take on his life and his days as a wrestler from growing up in small town Texas to his long-awaited return to the world of professional wrestling.
He's wrestled under many names, but to the fans he is and will always be Stone Cold Steve Austin™.
His quick wit and colorful use of... Read more
Whatever You Say I Am - Abridged
By: Anthony Bozza
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
does eminem matter?
On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white teenagers as his first single, “My Name Is,” went into... Read more
Reflections - Abridged
By: Barbara Bush
Narrated by: Barbara Bush
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“There is a myth in the United States—you’ve heard it many times. It says that all American mothers hope that their child will grow up to be President of the United States...” —Barbara Bush
Not since Abigail Adams has one woman been both the wife and mother of presidents. Barbara Bush’s prominent place in American history is matched only by her... Read more
Elizabeth and Mary
By: Jane Dunn
Narrated by: Donada Peters
Length: 19 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).
In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more
Hollywood Animal
By: Joe Eszterhas
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 28 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
He spent his earliest years in post WWII–refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland—stealing cars, rolling drunks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the worldwide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge, and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never... Read more
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Cork Boat
By: John Pollack
Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
In the late 1990s John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.
Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack’s improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after... Read more
The Genome War
By: James Shreeve
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 14 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within... Read more
Franklin and Winston - Abridged
By: Jon Meacham
Narrated by: Len Cariou
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: Yes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portrait of the enormous friendship between World War II allies [Franklin] Roosevelt and [Winston] Churchill” (Vanity Fair).
“Intense and compelling... Read more
The Flyers
By: Noah Adams
Narrated by: Noah Adams
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
“It takes only nineteen seconds to walk the distance of the first powered flight. But when I was there the wind was up and cold on my face, and I felt as if I’d entered the black-and-white photograph I’d been seeing all my life. The sand is light gray, there’s a spill of surf in the distance. Wilbur, running at the right of the plane, and... Read more
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Cosmopolitan - Abridged
By: Toby Cecchini
Narrated by: Toby Cecchini
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Cosmopolitan is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life of Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, of lust, and of the sheer desire to bust loose and party. As the typical day progresses,... Read more
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Blood, Money & Power
By: Barr McClellan
Narrated by: Barr McClellan
Length: 15 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy has been shrouded in secrecy and deceit, leading most Americans to doubt the veracity of the Warren Commission's findings.
Now, after nearly forty years, Barr McClellan exposes the secret, high-level conspiracy in Texas that led to Kennedy's death and L.B.J.'s succession as President. Using... Read more
Jefferson's Demons
By: Michael Beran
Narrated by: Dan Cashman
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Though he was a great statesman, one of America's founding fathers, and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson suffered from depression. In Jefferson's Demons, Michael Knox Beran examines episodes of melancholia in Jefferson's life. In particular, he focuses on the journey Jefferson made to Europe in 1787 to escape the... Read more
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Out on a Leash
By: Shirley MacLaine
Narrated by: Shirley MacLaine
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From internationally bestselling author, beloved actress, and “one-of-a-kind wit” (Vanity Fair) Shirley MacLaine comes a brilliant, fun-loving, and inspiring story of unconditional love.
Shirley MacLaine found perfect love—in the furry bundle of irresistible canine charms that was Terry. With her winning terrier ways and an endless wellspring of... Read more
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
By: Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Narrated by: Kate Fleming
Length: 4 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
After losing her husband, Elinore Pruitt washed clothes in Denver to support herself and her daughter. In 1909 she took a job working for a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. Subsequently she filed her own claim and married the rancher. The letters she wrote to her former employer over several years are packed with delightful stories and... Read more
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A Mighty Heart - Abridged
By: Mariane Pearl
Narrated by: Mariane Pearl
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Now a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie!
The unforgettable story of two journalists who fell in love with their work and with each other, a portrait of a partnership built on the ideals of love, truth, and justice—and a critical look at the methods and structure of the Al-Qaeda network.
For five weeks, the world waited for news about... Read more
True Notebooks - Abridged
By: Mark Salzman
Narrated by: Mark Salzman
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years... Read more
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Mark Twain In Person Vol. 1
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Richard Henzel
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzel’s one man play Mark Twain In Person. Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, speeches, and private remarks mixed with improvisational moments as well. Includes: Whitewashing The Fence - Tom Sawyer learns a valuable lesson - from The... Read more
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Mark Twain In Person Vol. 2
By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Richard Henzel
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzel’s one man play Mark Twain In Person. Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard: excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, speeches, and private remarks, mixed with improvisational moments as well. Includes: My Platonic Sweetheart - Mark Twain's Dreamland Romance - Adapted from... Read more
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Mountains Beyond Mountains - Abridged
By: Tracy Kidder
Narrated by: Tracy Kidder
Length: 4 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •“[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more