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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,219
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,264
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,232

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    James Patterson by James Patterson Audiobook By James Patterson cover art
    • James Patterson by James Patterson

    • The Stories of My Life
    • By: James Patterson
    • Narrated by: James Patterson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 175
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 163
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 163

    How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a joy.

    • By Anna on 06-12-22
    James Patterson by James Patterson

    By: James Patterson

    On Writing Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
    • On Writing

    • A Memoir of the Craft
    • By: Stephen King
    • Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill, Owen King
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 13,770
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,397
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,300

    Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Who needs a print edition when King reads King?

    • By Cather on 11-18-05
    On Writing

    By: Stephen King

    Me Talk Pretty One Day Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
    • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    • By: David Sedaris
    • Narrated by: David Sedaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,286
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,044
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,020

    David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Sedaris - Not for everyone

    • By Michael on 06-05-20
    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    By: David Sedaris

    The Glass Castle Audiobook By Jeannette Walls cover art
    • The Glass Castle

    • A Memoir
    • By: Jeannette Walls
    • Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,146
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,055
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,060

    Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A CAPTIVATING READ

    • By Jennifer on 09-25-12
    The Glass Castle

    By: Jeannette Walls

    Eat, Pray, Love Audiobook By Elizabeth Gilbert cover art
    • Eat, Pray, Love

    • One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
    • By: Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,048
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,637
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,616

    She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Another Geographical Cure

    • By Pamela Harvey on 08-21-07
    Eat, Pray, Love

    By: Elizabeth Gilbert

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,219
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,264
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,232

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    James Patterson by James Patterson Audiobook By James Patterson cover art
    • James Patterson by James Patterson

    • The Stories of My Life
    • By: James Patterson
    • Narrated by: James Patterson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 175
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 163
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 163

    How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a joy.

    • By Anna on 06-12-22
    James Patterson by James Patterson

    By: James Patterson

    On Writing Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
    • On Writing

    • A Memoir of the Craft
    • By: Stephen King
    • Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill, Owen King
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 13,770
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,397
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,300

    Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Who needs a print edition when King reads King?

    • By Cather on 11-18-05
    On Writing

    By: Stephen King

    Me Talk Pretty One Day Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
    • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    • By: David Sedaris
    • Narrated by: David Sedaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,286
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,044
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,020

    David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Sedaris - Not for everyone

    • By Michael on 06-05-20
    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    By: David Sedaris

    The Glass Castle Audiobook By Jeannette Walls cover art
    • The Glass Castle

    • A Memoir
    • By: Jeannette Walls
    • Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,146
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,055
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,060

    Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A CAPTIVATING READ

    • By Jennifer on 09-25-12
    The Glass Castle

    By: Jeannette Walls

    Eat, Pray, Love Audiobook By Elizabeth Gilbert cover art
    • Eat, Pray, Love

    • One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
    • By: Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,048
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,637
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,616

    She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Another Geographical Cure

    • By Pamela Harvey on 08-21-07
    Eat, Pray, Love

    By: Elizabeth Gilbert

    These Precious Days Audiobook By Ann Patchett cover art
    • These Precious Days

    • Essays
    • By: Ann Patchett
    • Narrated by: Ann Patchett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 971
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 890
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 882

     

    “Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed

    • By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
    These Precious Days

    By: Ann Patchett

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Audiobook By Hunter S. Thompson cover art
    • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    • By: Hunter S. Thompson
    • Narrated by: Ron McLarty
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,449
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,538
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,537

    No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Too Much Fear and Loathing

    • By Hugh on 05-21-11
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    By: Hunter S. Thompson

    Walden Audiobook By Henry David Thoreau cover art
    • Walden

    • Life in the Woods
    • By: Henry David Thoreau
    • Narrated by: Alec Sand
    • Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,477
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 1,247
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,247

    Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life describes his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Energetic but choppy presentation

    • By Dan Jensen on 03-17-10
    Walden

    By: Henry David Thoreau

    The Year of Magical Thinking Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
    • The Year of Magical Thinking

    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
    • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 3,714
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,525
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 2,537

    In The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion explores with electric honesty and passion a private yet universal experience....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great book to Read, but I didn’t like it

    • By Michael on 05-08-15
    The Year of Magical Thinking

    By: Joan Didion

    A Moveable Feast Audiobook By Ernest Hemingway cover art
    • A Moveable Feast

    • By: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: James Naughton
    • Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,338
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,886
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,882

    Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hemingway without being TOO Hemingway

    • By Cathy Dopp on 09-20-06
    A Moveable Feast

    By: Ernest Hemingway

    Bomb Shelter Audiobook By Mary Laura Philpott cover art
    • Bomb Shelter

    • By: Mary Laura Philpott
    • Narrated by: Mary Laura Philpott
    • Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 105
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 92
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 91

     

    A lifelong worrier, Philpott always kept an eye out for danger, a habit that only intensified when she became a parent. But she looked on the bright side, too, believing that as long as she cared enough, she could keep her loved ones safe....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I couldn’t love this book more

    • By Sara Neufeld on 06-26-22
    Bomb Shelter

    By: Mary Laura Philpott

    Begin Again Audiobook By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. cover art
    • Begin Again

    • James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
    • By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
    • Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,535
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,318
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,307

    James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I Understand.

    • By Carrie Johnson on 07-01-20
    Begin Again

    By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

    Festival Days Audiobook By Jo Ann Beard cover art
    • Festival Days

    • By: Jo Ann Beard
    • Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 45
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 37
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 37

    An exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville, Festival Days presents Jo Ann Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Moments of brilliance

    • By P. Bergh on 08-23-21
    Festival Days

    By: Jo Ann Beard

    The Copenhagen Trilogy Audiobook By Tove Ditlevsen, Tiina Nunnally - translator, Michael Favala Goldman - translator cover ar
    • The Copenhagen Trilogy

    • Childhood; Youth; Dependency
    • By: Tove Ditlevsen, Tiina Nunnally - translator, Michael Favala Goldman - translator
    • Narrated by: Stine Wintlev
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 272
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 237
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 236

    This courageous and honest trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing, explores themes of family, sex, motherhood, abortion, addiction, and being an artist. This program contains all three volumes of her memoirs....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Tough memoir, well told.

    • By A. Cooper on 02-16-21
    The Copenhagen Trilogy

    By: Tove Ditlevsen, and others

    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire Audiobook By Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor cover art
    • Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

    • The Journals of Alice Walker
    • By: Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor
    • Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis, Alice Walker, Janina Edwards
    • Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 44
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 42
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 42

    From National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker’s 50 years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her development over five decades as an artist, human rights and women’s activist, and intellectual....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • educational, raw and deliberate

    • By LG on 06-04-22
    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

    By: Alice Walker, and others

    Capote's Women Audiobook By Laurence Leamer cover art
    • Capote's Women

    • A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
    • By: Laurence Leamer
    • Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 345
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 298
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 298

    New York Times best-selling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published final novel, Answered Prayers....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • OMG!!! Riveting. Exciting. Movie???

    • By June Watson on 10-15-21
    Capote's Women

    By: Laurence Leamer

    The White Album Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
    • The White Album

    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Susan Varon
    • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 807
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 695
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 699

    First published in 1979, The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Time Capsule of a Bygone Age

    • By Ian C Robertson on 10-21-15
    The White Album

    By: Joan Didion

    Letter to My Daughter Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • Letter to My Daughter

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,909
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,577
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,566

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    Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wisdom that not only experience can give...

    • By Theodore on 09-17-11
    Letter to My Daughter

    By: Maya Angelou

    Chronicles Audiobook By Bob Dylan cover art
    • Chronicles

    • Volume One
    • By: Bob Dylan
    • Narrated by: Sean Penn
    • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,025
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 652
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 657

    Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One explores the critical junctions in his life and career....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Fascinating Book, Lousy Abridgement

    • By Kevin Elliott on 12-28-05
    Chronicles

    By: Bob Dylan

    Green Hills of Africa Audiobook By Ernest Hemingway cover art
    • Green Hills of Africa

    • By: Ernest Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Josh Lucas
    • Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 588
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 478
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 479

    His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • A Life Well Lived

    • By Nick on 10-05-07
    Green Hills of Africa

    By: Ernest Hemingway

    Reasons to Stay Alive Audiobook By Matt Haig cover art
    • Reasons to Stay Alive

    • By: Matt Haig
    • Narrated by: Matt Haig
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 545
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 473
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 472

    Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is his inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wonderful entry to those just starting to struggle with anxiety and depression

    • By polevaultercourtney on 07-25-16
    Reasons to Stay Alive

    By: Matt Haig

    Hitch-22 Audiobook By Christopher Hitchens cover art
    • Hitch-22

    • A Memoir
    • By: Christopher Hitchens
    • Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
    • Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,288
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,863
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,848

    Christopher Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument. And he believes the personal is political....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Truth, the whole truth and nothing but.

    • By Laura on 08-23-10
    Hitch-22

    By: Christopher Hitchens

    Consider This Audiobook By Chuck Palahniuk cover art
    • Consider This

    • Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
    • By: Chuck Palahniuk
    • Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk, Edoardo Ballerini
    • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 868
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 741
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 734

    Renowned, best-selling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Poetic Justice

    • By Dave Green on 01-20-20
    Consider This

    By: Chuck Palahniuk

    Scoundrel Audiobook By Sarah Weinman cover art
    • Scoundrel

    • How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free
    • By: Sarah Weinman
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 59
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 49
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 49

    From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him—including conservative thinker William F. Buckley—into helping set him free....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Oozes of privilege

    • By Buretto on 03-01-22
    Scoundrel

    By: Sarah Weinman

    The Professor and the Madman Audiobook By Simon Winchester cover art
    • The Professor and the Madman

    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 5,132
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,963
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 3,979

    Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery...

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfect example of a quality audible book.

    • By Jerry on 07-07-03
    The Professor and the Madman

    By: Simon Winchester

    Lincoln Audiobook By David Herbert Donald cover art
    • Lincoln

    • By: David Herbert Donald
    • Narrated by: Dick Estell
    • Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,075
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 953
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 949

    In the best-selling tradition of Truman, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald offers a new classic in American history and biography....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • The narration almost stopped me.

    • By Vicente on 11-14-13
    Lincoln

    By: David Herbert Donald

    The Heart of a Woman Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • The Heart of a Woman

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 567
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 456
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 452

    In the fourth volume of her autobiography, The Heart of a Woman, Angelou's turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the singer-dancer enters the razzle-dazzle of fabulous New York City....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Ripoff - Summary of the Book

    • By Raquel on 10-26-20
    The Heart of a Woman

    By: Maya Angelou

    Blue Nights Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
    • Blue Nights

    • By: Joan Didion
    • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
    • Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 570
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 492
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 493

    From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Extremely moving memoir, well-narrated

    • By Doggy Bird on 12-16-11
    Blue Nights

    By: Joan Didion

    The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Audiobook By Bill Bryson cover art
    • The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

    • A Memoir
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,409
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,502
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,512

    Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century, 1951, in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, in the middle of the largest generation in American history, the baby boomers....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Fun, but not for squeamish

    • By David on 11-30-06
    The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

    By: Bill Bryson

    On Writers and Writing Audiobook By Margaret Atwood cover art
    • On Writers and Writing

    • By: Margaret Atwood
    • Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 171
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 152
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 152

    What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • l just love Margaret Atwood.

    • By Brandy Ringleb on 01-11-21

    A literary giant on the purpose and pleasures of writing

    The author of legendary novels like The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake examines the role of the writer, weaving together insights on the evolution of her career with literary criticism. Performed by the author, Atwood leads listeners through matters personal and universal, drawing on episodes from her life as well as a deep, eclectic knowledge of literature and pop culture in this clarifying, essential work.

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    Life of Keats Audiobook By Margaret Robertson cover art
    • Life of Keats

    • By: Margaret Robertson
    • Narrated by: Denis Daly
    • Length: 27 mins
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    Despite living a short life, and having a relatively small output, John Keats (1795-1821) has become one of the most celebrated English poets. This brief biography covers the important events of his life and provides a charming portrait of one of the most appealing and tragic figures of English literature.

    Life of Keats

    By: Margaret Robertson

    I Used to Live Here Once Audiobook By Miranda Seymour cover art
    • I Used to Live Here Once

    • The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys
    • By: Miranda Seymour
    • Narrated by: Diana Quick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote during her extraordinary years as an exile in 1920s Paris and later in England, a body of fiction—above all, the extraordinary Wide Sargasso Sea—that has a passionate following today. And yet her own colorful life, including her early years on the Caribbean island of Dominica, remains too little explored, until now.

    I Used to Live Here Once

    By: Miranda Seymour

    Stop-Time Audiobook By Frank Conroy cover art
    • Stop-Time

    • By: Frank Conroy
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
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    First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy’s passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy’s wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father’s early death and a son’s exhilarating escape into manhood.

    Stop-Time

    By: Frank Conroy

    The Little Locksmith Audiobook By Katharine Butler Hathaway cover art
    • The Little Locksmith

    • A Memoir
    • By: Katharine Butler Hathaway
    • Narrated by: Julia Atwood
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile until age fifteen, only to find that none of it has prevented her from developing a deformity of her own. 

    The Little Locksmith

    By: Katharine Butler Hathaway

    Mary Shelley Audiobook By Charlotte Gordon cover art
    • Mary Shelley

    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Charlotte Gordon
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writing Frankenstein, the idea that a woman could dream up such a tale was as far-fetched as raising a being from the dead. But Mary wasn't just any woman. The daughter of two notorious radicals, Mary had become an outcast from English society when she was only sixteen. A lifelong advocate for the rights of women, she refused to be governed by social conventions, running away with a married man, having children out of wedlock, and authoring books, stories, and essays that broke literary conventions.

    Mary Shelley

    By: Charlotte Gordon

    The End of a Friend Audiobook By D. H. Lawrence cover art
    • The End of a Friend

    • From the Introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion
    • By: D. H. Lawrence
    • Narrated by: Russell Stamets
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
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    This overlooked work of Lawrence contains both beautiful descriptions of his travels in Italy during this period as well as a thoroughly engrossing portrait of a man, M, who he meets and can't quite get away from for months until the end. This true story grabs at you on several levels. Originally published as the introduction to M's work, Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, it stands on its own.

    The End of a Friend

    By: D. H. Lawrence

    Life of Keats Audiobook By Margaret Robertson cover art
    • Life of Keats

    • By: Margaret Robertson
    • Narrated by: Denis Daly
    • Length: 27 mins
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    Despite living a short life, and having a relatively small output, John Keats (1795-1821) has become one of the most celebrated English poets. This brief biography covers the important events of his life and provides a charming portrait of one of the most appealing and tragic figures of English literature.

    Life of Keats

    By: Margaret Robertson

    I Used to Live Here Once Audiobook By Miranda Seymour cover art
    • I Used to Live Here Once

    • The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys
    • By: Miranda Seymour
    • Narrated by: Diana Quick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote during her extraordinary years as an exile in 1920s Paris and later in England, a body of fiction—above all, the extraordinary Wide Sargasso Sea—that has a passionate following today. And yet her own colorful life, including her early years on the Caribbean island of Dominica, remains too little explored, until now.

    I Used to Live Here Once

    By: Miranda Seymour

    Stop-Time Audiobook By Frank Conroy cover art
    • Stop-Time

    • By: Frank Conroy
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
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    First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy’s passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy’s wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father’s early death and a son’s exhilarating escape into manhood.

    Stop-Time

    By: Frank Conroy

    The Little Locksmith Audiobook By Katharine Butler Hathaway cover art
    • The Little Locksmith

    • A Memoir
    • By: Katharine Butler Hathaway
    • Narrated by: Julia Atwood
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile until age fifteen, only to find that none of it has prevented her from developing a deformity of her own. 

    The Little Locksmith

    By: Katharine Butler Hathaway

    Mary Shelley Audiobook By Charlotte Gordon cover art
    • Mary Shelley

    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Charlotte Gordon
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writing Frankenstein, the idea that a woman could dream up such a tale was as far-fetched as raising a being from the dead. But Mary wasn't just any woman. The daughter of two notorious radicals, Mary had become an outcast from English society when she was only sixteen. A lifelong advocate for the rights of women, she refused to be governed by social conventions, running away with a married man, having children out of wedlock, and authoring books, stories, and essays that broke literary conventions.

    Mary Shelley

    By: Charlotte Gordon

    The End of a Friend Audiobook By D. H. Lawrence cover art
    • The End of a Friend

    • From the Introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion
    • By: D. H. Lawrence
    • Narrated by: Russell Stamets
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
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    This overlooked work of Lawrence contains both beautiful descriptions of his travels in Italy during this period as well as a thoroughly engrossing portrait of a man, M, who he meets and can't quite get away from for months until the end. This true story grabs at you on several levels. Originally published as the introduction to M's work, Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, it stands on its own.

    The End of a Friend

    By: D. H. Lawrence

    J. R. R. Tolkien Audiobook By Tom Shippey cover art
    • J. R. R. Tolkien

    • Author of the Century
    • By: Tom Shippey
    • Narrated by: Colin Mace
    • Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar Professor Tom Shippey presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing on The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Written in a clear and accessible style, J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century reveals why all of these books will be timeless.

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    By: Tom Shippey

    The Grand Tour Audiobook By Agatha Christie cover art
    • The Grand Tour

    • Letters from the British Empire Expedition 1922
    • By: Agatha Christie
    • Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
    • Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a 10-month voyage around the British Empire with her husband as part of a trade mission to promote the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition. Leaving her two-year-old daughter behind with her sister, Agatha set sail at the end of January and did not return until December, but she kept up a detailed weekly correspondence with her mother, describing in detail the exotic places and people she encountered as the mission travelled through South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada.

    The Grand Tour

    By: Agatha Christie

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest Audiobook By Mark Kurlansky cover art
    • The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    • A Writing Life with an Uninvited Hemingway
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
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    By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain.

    The Importance of Not Being Ernest

    By: Mark Kurlansky

    Spíləx̣m Audiobook By Nicola I. Campbell cover art
    • Spíləx̣m

    • A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence
    • By: Nicola I. Campbell
    • Narrated by: Nicola I. Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In the Nłeʔkepmxcín language, spíləx̣m are remembered stories, often shared over tea in quiet hours between Elders. Rooted within the British Columbia landscape, and with an almost tactile representation of being on the land and water, Spíləx̣m explores resilience, reconnection, and narrative memory through stories. Captivating and deeply moving, this story basket of memories tells one Indigenous woman’s journey of overcoming adversity and colonial trauma to find strength through creative works and traditional perspectives of healing, transformation, and resurgence.

    Spíləx̣m

    By: Nicola I. Campbell

    Dear Papa Audiobook By Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, Brendan Hemingway cover art
    • Dear Papa

    • The Letters of Patrick and Ernest Hemingway
    • By: Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, Brendan Hemingway
    • Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd, Santino Fontana, Robert Petkoff, and others
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In the public imagination, Ernest Hemingway looms larger than life. But the actual person behind the legend has long remained elusive. Now, his son Patrick shares the letters they exchanged over two decades, offering a glimpse into how one of America’s most iconic writers interacted with his children. These letters reveal a father who wished for his children to share his interests—hunting, fishing, travel—and a son who was receptive to the experiences his father offered. 

    Dear Papa

    By: Ernest Hemingway, and others

    Dreamer of Dune Audiobook By Brian Herbert cover art
    • Dreamer of Dune

    • The Biography of Frank Herbert
    • By: Brian Herbert
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Everyone knows Frank Herbert’s Dune. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert’s eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father’s extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert’s life that would find their way into speculative fiction’s greatest epic.

    Dreamer of Dune

    By: Brian Herbert

    My Boy Jack? Audiobook By Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt cover art
    • My Boy Jack?

    • The Search for Kipling's Only Son
    • By: Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt
    • Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
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    My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915. His father, Rudyard, had pulled strings to get his myopic son into the firing line. Devastated at the loss of his only son, Rudyard undertook the sad mission to find John's grave but tragically never succeeded in his quest.

    My Boy Jack?

    By: Tonie Holt, and others

    A Fortunate Woman Audiobook By Polly Morland, Richard Baker - illustrator cover art
    • A Fortunate Woman

    • A Country Doctor’s Story
    • By: Polly Morland, Richard Baker - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Pippa Haywood
    • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Polly Morland was clearing her late mother’s house when she found a battered paperback fallen behind the family bookshelf. Opening it, she was astonished to see an old photograph of the remote, wooded valley in which she lives. The book was A Fortunate Man, John Berger’s classic account of a country doctor working in the same valley more than half a century earlier. This chance discovery led Morland to the remarkable doctor who serves that valley community today, a woman whose own medical vocation was inspired by reading the very same book as a teenager. 

    A Fortunate Woman

    By: Polly Morland, and others

    My Sand Life, My Pebble Life Audiobook By Ian McMillan cover art
    • My Sand Life, My Pebble Life

    • A Memoir of a Childhood and the Sea
    • By: Ian McMillan
    • Narrated by: Ian McMillan
    • Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
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    My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last time and for the first time in several days it isn’t raining, but at least the kids have had a great time and, let’s face it, so have you.

    My Sand Life, My Pebble Life

    By: Ian McMillan

    An Extravagant Life Audiobook By Stuart Woods cover art
    • An Extravagant Life

    • An Autobiography Incorporating Blue Water, Green Skipper
    • By: Stuart Woods
    • Narrated by: Tony Roberts
    • Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
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    Over the last 40 years, Stuart Woods has written more than 90 novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots are masterfully conceived and wonderfully escapist. What many readers and listeners don’t know is that Woods' very own life was filled with similar stories of adventure.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • An extravagant life indeed

    • By Joe Hampton on 06-26-22
    An Extravagant Life

    By: Stuart Woods

    Nora Ephron Audiobook By Kristin Marguerite Doidge cover art
    • Nora Ephron

    • A Biography
    • By: Kristin Marguerite Doidge
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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    Nora Ephron was one of the most popular, accomplished, and beloved writers in American journalism and film. Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first biography of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration from critics and fans alike. Author Kristin Marguerite Doidge explores the tremendous successes and disappointing failures Ephron sustained in her career and examines the private life she tried to keep in balance with her insatiable ambition.

    Nora Ephron

    By: Kristin Marguerite Doidge

    What Makes an Apple? Audiobook By Amos Oz cover art
    • What Makes an Apple?

    • Six Conversations About Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures
    • By: Amos Oz
    • Narrated by: Eric Meyers, Laurel Lefkow
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In the last years of his life, the writer Amos Oz talked regularly with Shira Hadad, who worked closely with him as the editor of his final novel, Judas. These candid, uninhibited dialogues show a side of Oz that few ever saw. What Makes an Apple? presents the most revealing of these conversations in English for the first time, painting an illuminating and disarmingly intimate portrait of a towering literary figure. 

    What Makes an Apple?

    By: Amos Oz

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