MP3 Audios - Biography
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Shant Kendarian's visit to Baghdad in 1980 at age
seventeen was supposed to be short, just long enough to
make peace with his estranged father before returning
home to the United States.
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In this deeply moving account, Conant reveals an
enigmatic man, who served his country at tremendous
personal cost.
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The true story of a deadly fire and the men who
fought it
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The true story of a deadly fire and the men who
fought it
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In 1908 Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, a medical
missionary in northern Newfoundland, was traveling by
dog team to treat a patient. Grenfell’s own account of
his near-fatal misadventure.
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The true story of Steven Callahan alone and
adrift at sea for 76 days
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An Affair to Remember paints the complete,
inspiring, often funny, sometime heartbreaking, always
captivating portrait of a unique relationship.
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Inside America's War on Terror. The disturbing
truth about the war on terror, written and read by
Richard A. Clarke.
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Alan Bennett introduces three monologues starring
Thora Hird including her final performance.
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A bizarre recollection of the events and major
turning points in the life of the author; Alan Bennett.
An incredibly moving piece that will win your heart...
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Untold Stories is a poignant family memoir
recalling the marriage of Alan's parents, the lives and
deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held
family secret, an incredible piece...
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Alan Bennett's diaries from 1997-2004 are an
erudite collection of witty yet poignant recollections
told In his own unique voice...
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Alan Bennett reads five more extracts from Untold
Stones, his major collection of new writings Untold
Stories. Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose
since his bestselling Writing Home.
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Alan Bennett presents highlights from his
remarkable career at the BBC.
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In 1831, the French nobleman, Alexis de
Tocqueville, journeyed to America to examine a new
political force: democracy. Although alarmed by "the
tyranny of the majority", Tocqueville believed that
d...
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A specially compiled collection charting the
career of veteran journalist Alistair Cooke.
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A riveting and uproarious collection of true
tales of fishing and adventure at sea by Linda Greenlaw
- author of the New York Times bestsellers The Lobster
Chronicles and The Hungry Ocean.
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The Sense of Wonder relates Carson's intimate
account of adventures with her young nephew, in their
walks along the sea coast and through forests and
fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight,
and storm clouds. It is a guide to capturing the simple
power of discovery that Carson...
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At the heart of Fergal Keane's story is a descent
into and recovery from alcoholism, a different kind of
war, but as much part of the journey of the last 25
years as the bullets and bombs...
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A devoted husband, father, and American, his
missives include: a love letter to Barbara; a letter to
his mother about missing his daughter Robin after her
death from leukemia.
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The good life abroad just keeps getting better as
Christ Stewart, one-time Genesis drummer, turned
sheepshearer, turned bestselling writer, returns with a
new book..
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“Listening to Parker, one imagines a jovial uncle
delivering a slap on the back and sitting down to
describe war experiences in a rich voice filled with
humor and pathos.”— AudioFile
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In American Gangster, Mark Jacobson's captivating
account of the life of Frank Lucas joins other tales of
New York City from the past thirty years.
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An insightful, detailed, first-hand portrait of
America during the early days of World War II by
Alistair Cooke, famous BBC correspondent, bestselling
writer, and former host of Masterpiece Theatre.
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A rare and powerful story of hope, love,
survival, and the struggle to bring back alive a
hostage in Iraq.
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Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of
the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led
the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in
a time of war and who later found himself confronting
the moral consequences...
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General Franks retraces his journey from a
small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military
service -- including his heroic tour as an Artillery
officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times.
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A journey retraced from small-town boyhood
through a lifetime of military service.
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An in-depth account of the life of Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis.
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Courageous, silly, funny, and heartbreaking,
these women shaped the nation and our vision of what it
means to be female in America.
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Among Schoolchildren illuminates a year in the
life of a fifth-grade teacher struggling to make a
positive difference in the lives of her students.
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In this dramatic and revealing memoir, Ronald
Reagan recounts both his life and his beliefs with
uncompromising candor and his familiar wit.
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Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton star as Guy
Burgess and Coral Browne in this BBC Radio Full-cast
drama based on a real-life chance encounter
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In his inspirational one-man show Sir Ranulph
enthrals theatre audiences with tales of his amazing
exploits and astonishing feats of physical and mental
endurance.
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The first single-volume life of John F. Kennedy
to be written in nearly four decades.
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She's seventeen. She's been abused. She has a
child. And she's HIV-positive. She is Ana, and this is
her story.
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Brian Cruver first entered the "Death Star,"
Enron's office complex, in March 2001. He was
twenty-nine years old, an eager MBA ready to cash in
with Enron.
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In this magnificent biography, celebrated
historian David Nasaw brings to life the fascinating
rags-to-riches story of one of our most iconic business
legends.
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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I
survived at all...
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Anne Morrow was married to the famous aviator
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. As hungry for life and
adventure as he, she harnessed his fame and his courage
to become a groundbreaking aviator and writer. The
tragic kidnapping and murder of their infant son became
the price Anne paid for her...
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This is an abridged reading of Anneke Wills'
autobiography. Anneke played Doctor Who companion Polly
from 1966 to 1967, and has other television credits.
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He was one of the greatest playwrights and story
writers ever. Anton Chekhov's life was short, intense,
and dominated by battles. Rayfield looks behind
Chekhov's restrained façade to show him in th...
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An abridged reading of the autobiography of John
Barrowman, all-round star of stage and screen.
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Michael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the
hundred most influential black Americans, is the author
of sixteen books and a professor at Georgetown
University.
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In the tradition of In Cold Blood, Suzanne
O'Malley exposes the human mystery of the most
horrifying crime in recent history and the legal drama
surrounding it.
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As Bill Clinton's political and business mentor,
McDougal, with his knowledge of embarrassing real
estate and banking deals, bribes, and obstructions of
justice, haunted the Clinton White House. Ji...
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Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with
an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world,
following the route taken by fictional hero Phileas
Fogg 115 years earlier.
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In Arrogance, Goldberg punctures the bubble in
which the media elites live and work.
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In his comprehensive biography, Pearson considers
how Doyle's life is reflected in his books.
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The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of
the interweaving paths of Jesse James and Robert Ford.
Now a major motion picture.
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Behind the silver screen with Britain's
best-loved film critic.
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Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Friedrich Hayek
(born 1899) were perhaps the foremost defenders of the
free market and limited government during the
mid-twentieth century ascendancy of Keynesian e...
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Pat Garrett was the sheriff of Lincoln County who
killed Billy the Kid. When Garrett’s book appeared,
eight lurid dime novels had glorified and falsified the
Kid, making him into a murderous super-outlaw.
Garrett’s book tells the more genuine story of a young,
reckless cowhand who became a...
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An early and influential advocate of the idea
that any of us can create in ourselves the greatness to
which we aspire, Franklin speaks across the centuries
to listeners as clearly as ever...
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In his autobiography we see him as a product of
the Age of Enlightenment, a Yankee statesman who could
use the language of Addison, Steele, Swift, and Defoe.
Franklin asks himself, “Who am I, how did I come to be,
and why am I a human being as I am?” He answers with
honesty, wit, and charm,...
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The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman
and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of
America.
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Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer,
Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his
magnificent autobiography. In this work which was
actually begun in 1558 but not actually published until
1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his own flamboyant
times. He tells of his adventures in...
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Written in his own words, this history-making
autobiography is Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered,
inquisitive child and student who chafed under and
eventually rebelled against segregation.
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When an antitank mine tore off Captain David
Rozelle's right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq
thought they had neutralized one of their most
determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let
his...
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Into a memoir that is gripping, funny,
heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers
richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in
the 1940s and 1950s.
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Bad Company is both a fascinating and strangely
repellent look at the darker side of the entertainment
industry, as well as a striking portrait of the people
who control the drug culture in the US.
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A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey,
Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives,
and Broken Hearts.
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One day Muhammad Yunus loaned $27 from his own
pocket to forty-two stool makers living in a tiny
village in Bangladesh. Seeing the profound effect of a
little credit for the very poor, Yunus changed his life
to establish the Grameen Bank, which provides miniscule
loans to the poor of Bangladesh.
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“This is an honest, hopeful book, coming at a
propitious moment in the meth epidemic.” — Publishers
Weekly
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Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with
Martha's family, close friends and colleagues, Allen
reveals the woman behind the public image, following
her from childhood to the early days of her...
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Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class
call girl working in London. This is her story. From
the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle
charted..
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The first volume of Labour MP Tony Benn's behind
the scenes revelations first broadcast on BBC radio 4
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A second volume of labour MP Tony Benn's behind
the scenes revalations first broadcast on BBC radio
4...
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A true story with the heart, the humor, and the
humility of a raw young doctor in his very first days
as a new family doctor in a little town in the A
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One of the most extraordinary survival stories
ever told—Aron Ralston's searing account of his six
days trapped in one of the most remote spots in
America, and one inspired act of bravery.
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A master criminal profiler's hunt for society's
most violent predators.
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The immortalized Band of Brothers suffered huge
casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled
record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their
commander, and only he was present from the ...
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"Immersing ourselves among these deprived and
suffering people has been a great blessing as it
stretched our minds and hearts," Carter writes. This is
the story of his post-presidency.
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History comes alive in this fascinating story of
opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role
in today's politics and economics, due to the turbulent
lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential
economists in world history: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and
John Maynard Keynes.
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The Clinton presidency began disastrously and
deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton
faced up to his failures and refashioned himself in the
White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto
unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting
narrative charts Clinton’s dramatic...
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The Clinton presidency began disastrously and
deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton
faced up to his failures and refashioned himself in the
White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto
unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting
narrative charts Clinton’s dramatic...
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In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include
ten amendments, which are commonly referred to as The
Bill of Rights. These were the guarantees of individual
liberty upon which critics of the Cons...
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Actor Bill Wallis discusses his work as a reader
for audiobooks.
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In this commanding biography, eminent cultural
critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable journey
that brought a provincial young law student from
Spokane, Washington, to the pinnacle of the en...
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"Welcome to my world," writes Cohen, "where I
carry around dreams, a few diseases, and the
determination to live life my way."
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One of cricket's greatest raconteurs and his
hilarious one-man stage show...
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Providing a fresh view of America via generations
of two adventurous families, as well as information
about conducting genealogical research, Mrs. Cheney
entertains and enlightens.
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This is the remarkable story of how Fleming's
association with the occult world led him to create a
masterful series of clever clues, ciphers, and codes
within his books.
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The Emmy and Grammy Award-winner's candid,
spectacularly amusing memoir of his years in stand-up.
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This book tells the gripping story of Bonington’s
Boys, a band legendary climbers who reinvented
mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s
first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage,
astonishing achievement, and heartbreaking loss.
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Tom A. Coburn, a congressional maverick who kept
his promise to serve three terms and then leave
Washington, offers a candid look at the inner workings
of Congress.
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The miraculous true-life story of Elizabeth
Smart's kidnapping and return home.
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Ray Charles led one of the most extraordinary
lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he
reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle
of his musical development to his heroin addic...
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Richard Pelzer tells the courageous and moving
story of his abusive childhood.
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Buddha's Child floods the shadowy corners of
South Vietnam's Byzantine political world with the
bright light of truth.
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Stephen King accepts the 2003 National Book
Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young
People's Literature with grace and wit.
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Explorer, inventor, soldier, poet, archaeologist
and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was
the most remarkably versatile man of his age. The
explorer in Central Africa who discovered Lake
Tanganyika also translated The Arabian Nights, made a
dangerous pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise,...
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In the classroom they were geeks, on the casino
floor they were unstoppable. Busting Vegas is an
unbelievable true story; a riveting account of
monumental greed, violence and excess at its best...
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The epitome of grace, independence, and wit,
Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her
audacious spirit and on-screen excellence.
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Here are the behind-the-scenes stories that
became For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms and
The Sun Also Rises.
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Behind every top golfer, there is an amazing
caddy. And Bruce Edwards, who became a caddy after
foregoing college in favor of life on the Tour, is one
of the best.
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California Characters is a collection of stories
about unusual individuals profiled by Hillinger.
Characters like Down the Road Dugan, Sweetwater Clyde,
Dr. Tinkerpaw, Spaceship Ruthie, and Warmly Ormly will
delight, amuse, and perhaps inspire the listener with
their tales and reasons why...
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From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "
Eulogy for the Young Victims of the 16th St Baptist
Church Bombing" is Dr King's eulogy at the funeral
service.
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From the "Call to Conscience" collection, " I've
Been to the Mountaintop" is Dr King's speech the night
before his assassination.
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From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "The
Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights
movement. Introduction written and read by Rev Leon H
Sullivan.
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Featuring Never-Before-Collected, Original
Recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Edited by
Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard.
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From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "Where
Do We Go From Here ?", delivered in August of 1967at
the 11th Convention of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference in Atlanta Georgia.
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From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "The
Address to the First MIA Mass Meeting" took place in in
December 1955 shortly after Rosa Parks was arrested for
refusing to give up her seat on the bus.
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How the life lessons from summer camp shaped
Michael D. Eisner into the man he is today.
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This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's
account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive
and mindful of the will of God, this is a very powerful
audiobook.
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Based on the life experiences of his
great-great-great-uncle and his extensive research,
Scott Zesch paints a vivid portrait of life on the
Texas frontier in The Captured and offers one of the
few ...
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In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book,
non-democratic societies are put under a microscope to
reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain them. In
exposing the inner workings of a "fear...
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With arguments both stirring and sensible, she
reminds us that if Hillary should succeed America and
the World would be changed forever and for the better.
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Central Europe's ancient civilizations have long
been dominated by empires: The Roman Empire, the
Habsburg Empire (based in Austria) and more recently,
the Soviet Communist. But the decline of comm...
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“I’m afraid they’re going to get me,” said Frank
Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a
phone call to colleague Richard McCord. Wood could not
hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the
Gannett Company. McCord, as a publisher of the Santa Fe
Reporter, had successfully...
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In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching
look behind the public story of President Bush's "war
on terror" and into the lies and obsessions that led
America into Iraq.
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“Charles Hillinger’s America is not the
crisis-ridden, argumentative, highly politicized
country that we read about on the front pages. It’s
much more neighborly. . . it’s much truer to our real
lives, too. If some historian of the future wants to
know what we Americans were like in the second...
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Sheriff David Reichert --- "My twenty-year quest
to capture the Green River killer."
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A quizzical look at the life and legend of
celebrated poet Dylan Thomas, through the critical eyes
of the infamous Chelsea Hotel...
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Defying foreign government orders and
interviewing terrorists face-to-face, a young American
tours hostile lands to learn about Middle Eastern
youth.
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The "southern cone" of South America has a
vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920 was a
productive and wealthy nation, yet by the 1980s was
reduced to virtual third world status. Chile ha...
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Since Marco Polo, the fabled markets of China
have drawn the west like a magnet. This ancient culture
has been colonized by foreign powers, buffeted by war
and revolution – yet China remains one of...
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Susan Richards went to rescue one horse and ended
up bringing home an extraordinary replacement, Lay Me
Down, a broken down race horse that would teach her how
to embrace the joys of life.
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Christian Dior, the legendary French fashion
designer, caused a worldwide sensation in 1947, in a
Paris struggling to recover from wartime devastation.
Reintroducing the flowing, ankle-length skirt...
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Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty,
Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob
Dylan's thoughts and influences.
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A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of
the life and career of one of Britain's greatest
leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own
words from the BBC archive.
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Laurie Lee's autobiographical tale of his
childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley has become a
modern classic. This BBC Radio 4 production was
recorded on location in Gloucestershire.
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Stewart O'Nan has fashioned both an incomparably
gripping narrative and a profound, measured glimpse
into the extremes of human behavior under duress.
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Civil Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments
for civil disobedience-the deliberate violation of laws
for reasons of conscience. Thoreau's concept is based
on the belief that no law should comma...
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Actress Clare Corbett discusses her work as a
reader for audiobooks.
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When Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare,
accepted a job at the local iron mine in 1975, she
hadn't considered that she would be entering a
male-dominated society that would fiercely resist
the...
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From the bestselling' author of When Pride Still
Mattered... a sports biography destined to become a
modern classic...
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Harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and
its potentially fatal consequences.
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Colombia in the 1980s became known for its role
in the illegal drug trade, and for political
instability and violence caused by this problem. But
much of this is a recent development in Colombia's ...
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Here is a true story of love in a time afflicted
by hatred, ignorance, and racism.
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Common Sense examines how Americans defended the
right to resist unjust laws, and how this right of
resistance was transformed into a right of revolution.
It examines Thomas Paine's views on the di...
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Communist Manifesto examines the theory and goals
expounded by Marx. Marx argues that history flows
inevitably toward a social revolution, which will
result in a society without economic classes. T...
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After ending his life's story in 1757, Franklin
was America's advocate in London, represented
Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and was
America's wartime ambassador to France. Edited from
F...
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The widely anticipated memoir of Karrine
Steffans, the once-sought-after sex siren.
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In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter
war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13
sovereign states, bound together by the Articles of
Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho...
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On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The
Course of Human Events...
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Crime Beat presents stories as fascinating as
they are chilling, from the serial killer of young
models who cuts a swath across the country, masquerades
as two people until his hoax finally breaks...
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Re-live the rise of the Batman era, from the very
beginnings to the modern age and in so doing understand
how this creation has taken on a life of its own.
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Finally, Dave reveals his money secrets!!
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David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural
history, narrates his early adventures in the wilds of
Indon...
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Actor David Rintoul discusses his work as a
reader for audiobooks.
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KGB honey traps in Russia; inside stories on
Number 10 and the Foreign Office; and of course life
behind the scenes with Blair and George W. Bush ...
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The assassination of former Russian intelligence
officer Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko in November 2006
-- poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium --
caused an international sensation.
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After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old
girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian
jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or
equipment, she gets out. A better equipped gro...
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One unforgettable year in Charles Osgood's
childhood in Baltimore during WWII.
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Sharansky warns that cultural, ethnic, and
religious identity is being threatened by valueless
cosmopolitanism and the misguided notion that identity
is inimical to democratic freedoms.
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The great man we meet here displays his mother's
steely resolve and vindictive temper, his father's keen
mastery of language, and his own unique gift of
deciding.
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Dickie Bird is not only the world's most famous
cricket umpire, he is also one of the most entertaining
public speakers of our time...
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A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A
Different Drummer brims with recollections from a
relationship that has spanned three decades.
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A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story.
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Divorced from the Mob breaks the mob code of
silence and describes the life of a woman born and bred
into the Mafia and her courageous escape. A view of mob
life largely unexplored by film and lite...
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In this follow-up to her bestseller Useful
Idiots, Mona Charen shows why the liberals are wrong on
today’s hottest domestic issues.
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Reluctant dog rescuer Ken Foster finds himself
adopting various stray dogs, from a beagle abandoned in
a dog run to a pit bull at a truck stop. The dogs offer
a grounding counterpoint to his own misfortunes in New
York City after 9/11, in New Orleans during Hurricane
Katrina, and during his...
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If you have ever questioned whether there is an
afterlife, this audiobook will help you see that there
is a living energy beyond death.
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In Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
offers a concise, expert account of Dostoevsky's life
and ideas, and explains their influence on literature
and on man's struggle to understand his place...
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Simon Jones, who starred in the Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy takes a look back at the events and
happenings of the life of Douglas Adams....
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Traces the events leading up to and after one of
Edwardian London's most publicized crimes
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In this authoritative, fresh, and compelling
account of the extraordinary life and enduring work of
Dylan Thomas—author of Under Milk Wood, A Child's
Christmas in Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trad...
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Known for his honesty, his humour and his
no-nonsense talking, Eamonn Holmes has become a
housewives' favourite and one of the nation's
most-loved television and radio presenters...
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Listeners will experience Amelia Earhart not just
as a pilot but also as an educator, social worker,
lecturer, businesswoman, and tireless promoter of
women’s rights, a remarkably energetic and enterprising
woman who succeeded in life beyond her wildest dreams
while keeping sight of her beginnings.
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Paul Israel’s ambitious biography brightens the
unexamined corners of a singularly influential and
triumphant career in science. Thomas Edison, history’s
most prolific inventor who received an astounding 1,093
U.S. patents, comes to life. Armed with unprecedented
access to Edison’s workshop...
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This volume brings out the great struggles in the
life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the
American colonies, his involvement in cutting back the
domestic power of George III, and his resi...
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“There are sentences, paragraphs, whole pages
that the reviewer is deeply tempted to quote.”— New
York Times Book Review
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How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a
genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific
imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his
personality.
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How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a
genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific
imagniation sprang from the rebellious nature of his
personality.
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An intimate and moving story about a dedicated
elementary teacher and the lesson of 'a lifetime of
learning' from a dying student.
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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to
reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual
yet...
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Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli
looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life to
the person she really is—and how she evolved from a
child star to a woman in her own right.
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That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the
girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop
culture. "His appearance on Ed Sullivan ripped the
1950s in half," writes the author. Keogh examines...
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The adventurous young British relief worker Emma
McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference.
She became a near legend in the country, but marriage
to a warlord had disastrous consequences.
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A collection of digitally remastered recordings
from the BBC archive.
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In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to
take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain
where U.S. policy in Iraq went wrong.
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In this outstanding examination of the country’s
most troubling problem, a conservative Republican shows
how and why America is losing the war on drugs. Author
Dirk Eldredge demonstates how the drug war has led only
to new crises. He makes the case for an alternative
strategy: tightly controlled...
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court,
written in 1870, recounts the experiences of one Anna
Harriette Leonowens as governess for the sixty-plus
children of King Mongkut of Siam and as transla...
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A collection of the most memorable accounts of
legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous
peaks and often in the worst possible conditions.
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This rich culture of East Africa—known in the
Bible as Abyssinia—claims descent from King Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba. Under a Marxist regime, however,
this ancient people has suffered from fami...
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Fun and frolics with the award-winning
broadcaster!
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In a career spanning more than 35 years, John
Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs Editor, has reported
from more than 100 different countries and 30 war
zones.
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In Every Mother is a Daughter, Perri and Sheila
tell their mother-daughter story, looking honestly at
their own lives and at each other, with different
perspectives, unique voices, and powerful ins...
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Takes you off the map to those few places where
true discovery is still possible. Audio for the
armchair traveller.
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The first known navigators were the Phoenicians,
who 3000 years ago sailed the Mediterranean and beyond
from their base near modern Lebanon. Justinian's
mission to China in the 6th century A.D., th...
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Authentic voices from the past illustrate this
unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by
Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith
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Facets of Ayn Rand is based on forty-eight hours
of interviews with Mary Ann and Charles Sures, longtime
personal friends of Ayn Rand. Their recollections make
vividly real the Ayn Rand they knew s...
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A true story of family tragedy and
reconciliation.
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An unvarnished account of the personal and
international consequences of speaking truth to power.
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The first audiobook to explore the religious
ideals that drive the policies and politics of Bush as
president and that have privately shaped Bush as a man.
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Since men and women in battle not only face the
prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a
moral rationale for killing, the battlefield is often a
place of religious transformations.
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Henry Butterfield Ryan's dramatic account of the
last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to scholars
and students of United States foreign policy, Latin
American history, military history, and t...
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Transport back to fifteenth-century Rome to find
the secrets of the Vatican.
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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy,
imagination, courage and determination changed the
world.
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Here are the life stories of nine famous people
who have left their mark upon the world.
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Preeminent Kennedy biographer Laurence Leamer
looks at the amazing and colorful life of Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
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A delight, superb. An engaging, tender and
uplifting story of a family and its struggle to eke a
living from the land...
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Fatal Forecast chronicles a dramatic fight for
survival aboard two small fishing boats that were
ambushed by a horrific surprise storm just southeast of
Cape Cod.
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The U.S. Constitution was approved by the
Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. It was
to become law only if it was ratified by 9 of the 13
states. New York was a key state, but it conta...
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Lillian Müller shares her secrets for health and
beauty.
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The poignant memoir of the only daughter of NFL
coach George Allen.
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Finders Keepers is not only a gripping true-life
thriller, it is the remarkable tale of an ordinary man
faced with an extraordinary dilemma, and the
fascinating reactions -
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Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking and
human rights activist, shocked the world when she
committed suicide in 2004 at age thirty-six. Long-time
friend Paula Kamen fills in the gaps.
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Firehouse is journalism-as-history at its best.
The story of what happens when one small institution
gets caught in apocalyptic day, it is a book that will
move readers as few others have in our time.
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Nearly five decades of theatrical anecdotes as
David Barry {Frankie Abbott in 'Please, Sir!) recalls
working with the likes of Laurence Olivier and Vivien
Leigh...
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The name of Florence Nightingale is a household
word, but the exact nature and scope of her work, and
the difficulties and discouragement under which it was
accomplished, are unknown to many. This ...
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When artist Tim Lefens walked into the care
center for people with cerebral palsy, he had a
life-changing experience. Because of his passion and
determination, he and his student-artists emerged to...
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Football's greatest players and managers tell the
hidden stories of their lives in this fascinating
collection. Featuring Alex Ferguson, Gazza, Geoff
Hurst, Nobby Stiles and many more...
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Cokie Roberts brings to life the women who raised
our nation.
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First it is the tale of four men who, in 1743,
were marooned in the Arctic for six years with supplies
for only one day, and secondly, it is a contemporary
author's search to retrace their steps an...
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In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China
scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up
to...
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About Frank as told by his daughter
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In this Tracy-Hepburn romance, a down-to-earth
newspaperman charms a sophisticated New York author
while their long path to real love has us cheering them
on as well as itching for a visit to Frank...
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Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming
pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in
common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
How much do parents really matter?...
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Tony Benn's diaries began in 1940, and have been
compared to those of Pepys in their scope and accuracy.
This volume brings them right up to date covering
everything upto the Rise of New Labour.
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Stolen Lives, Malika Oufkir's intensely moving
account of her twenty year imprisonment in a desert
jail in Morocco
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Anthony Storr investigates the status of Freud's
legacy today.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' - That's what this book is
about...
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The actor and writer reads the account of his
third and most ambitious world adventure: an
anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the world’s largest
ocean, the Pacific.
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Curtis Turner, the first NASCAR celebrity, wrote
the book on living fast and dying young. Charismatic
and fearless, he created drama at the racetrack and in
his personal life, living the American Dream several
times over before he died a violent and mysterious
death at the young age of forty-six.
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Funny anecdotes from the worlds of stage, screen
and sport, recorded live and in the studio by elevenf
our best storytellers.
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More funny anecdotes from the worlds of stage,
screen and sport, recorded live and in the studio by
eleven of our best storytellers.
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More democracy means more freedom. Or does it?
American democracy is, in many people's minds, the
model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points
out that the American form of democracy is o...
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In García Márquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
offers a concise, expert account of García Márquez 's
life and ideas, and explains their influence on
literature and on man's struggle to understand ...
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General Ike is a book that John Eisenhower always
knew he had to write, a tribute from an affectionate
and admiring son to a great father.
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Hundreds of biographies have been written about
America's first president, but this stands out as one
of the best. It chronicles the ideas, events, and
personalities that surrounded Washington, fro...
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“Bottino’s matter-of-fact, unvoiced presentation
is a good match for the text. He sounds like a tired
75+-year-old-man reflecting on his life.”— KLIATT
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Ghost is an illuminating look into the shadows of
the most important struggle of our time.
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Adam Fowler explores the plight of thousands of
captive elephants in Asia and their historic and
changing relationship with man.
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John Strossel says, "Give me a break "...
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When Jack and Denny Smith embarked on a joint
venture to build a vacation dream house in Baja,
California, "we had no inkling that we would be
entering into a phase of our lives that would capture
...
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A journey back in time, The Golden Mountain is
the gripping story of four generations of Chinese women
who live and die under the restrictions of their
culture—except for one, the author. Her story...
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Thailand, Laos and Burma have been known as the
"Golden Triangle" because of their historically
prominent role in the drug trade. For centuries, these
countries have produced the opium that has att...
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Filled with lore about the great players, great
courses, and great tournaments, GOLF IS A GAME OF
CONFIDENCE inspires golfers to reach new heights in
their games and their lives.
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For the last decade, golfers of all abilities
have been drawn to the teachings of Bob "Doc" Rotella.
Weekend golfers and pros all listen to the man they
call Doc.
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"The life of a good dog is like the life of a
good person, only shorter and more compressed".
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In this intensely powerful memoir, America’s
pre-eminent biographer-historian, who wrote so
brilliantly about World War II, looks back at his own
early life and tells his firtsthand account
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Here are the stories of nine great adventures and
the lives of the men who took part in them.
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Go one-on-one with great minds of medicine in an
audio program that enlightens, informs, and ultimately,
empowers you.
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In the most extraordinary journey Ann Rule has
ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has
spent more than two decades researching the story of
the Green River Killer.
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A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis's honest
reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death,
and faith in the midst of loss. This is a beautiful and
unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalw...
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Dito Montiel grew up wild in the streets of
Astoria, Queens and in the underground and punk
cultures of Manhattan. His rough, thrilling, and
quintessentially American story is bookmarked by the
fla...
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Dramatically recreating the conditions and
motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November
1605, Antinia Fraser unravels the tangled web of
religion and politics that spawned the plot.
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This is the story of one man's passion, a man
driven by a need to halt the deterioration of the
quality of life on this beautiful planet.
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Two tributes to one of the greatest comics of our
time, presented by Denis Norden and Paul Merton
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Comedian Jim Norton is dirty...really dirty...the
kind of dirty that makes The Aristocrats look like a
knock-knock joke.
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Few U.S. presidents have captured the imagination
of the American people as has Harry S. Truman, “the man
from Missouri.” In this major biography, Robert H.
Ferrell, widely regarded as an authority on the
thirty-third president, challenges the popular
characterization of Truman as a man who...
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Have you heard the story about the day Dickie
Bird was invited to lunch with the Queen? Or the one
about Brian Johnstone when he joined the Genadier
Guards?
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Why do some people age in failing health and
sadness while others grow old with vitality and joy?
Bringing the traditions of vibrantly healthy cultures
together with the latest breakthroughs in medical
science, Robbins reveals the secrets for living a
fulfilling life and aging with wisdom,...
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The founder of the largest U.S. media empire,
William Randolph Hearst, Sr., changed the face of
American journalism forever. William Randolph Hearst,
Jr., with co-author Jack Casserly, tells the fa...
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When Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April
1994, it was an act of will that typified his short,
angry, inspired life. Veteran music journalist Charles
R. Cross fuses his intimate knowledge of the Seattle
music scene with his deep compassion for his subject in
this extraordinary story of...
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Ted Hughes married Sylvia Plath in 1956, at the
outset of their brilliant careers. Many held Hughes
accountable for her suicide six and a half years later.
How marriages fail and how men fail in ma...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters
Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. bring us the first
comprehensive portrait of the most important woman in
American politics: Hilary Rodham Clinton.
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Here If You Need Me, is a funny, frank, and
deeply moving story of faith and hope.
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All-time great performances and personalities
from the world of cricket as recalled by some of the
game's leading players, writers and commentators.
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An audio anthology of stories from two of the
most feared peaks in the world including tales of early
exploration through to more recent tragedies.
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The California revealed here is not the
stereotypical land of movie stars, sensational trials,
or tourist snapshots but instead a remarkable patchwork
of out-of-the-way places and everyday people.
“Essential for all California libraries.” –Library
Journal
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Michael Palin reads his own account of an epic
journey across the Himalaya in his sixth international
expedition.
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"An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often
moving book—an insightful and impassioned blend of
history and myth, story and interpretation."— Christian
Science Monitor
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The World Cup is the largest sports event outside
the summer Olympics: the progress of the 32 countries
which qualify for the finals is watched by billions all
over the globe.
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From the bestselling author of Hitler's Pope
comes a gripping, in-depth account of Germany's
horrific abuse of science and its consequences-then and
now.
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Novelist Clifford Irving's "autobiography" of
Howard Hughes was the literary hoax of our time. In
this ultimate caper story of daring, treachery, and
corruption, Irving describes how the hoax devel...
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Humphrey Lyttelton presents a compilation of
extracts and interviews celebrating the life and work
of Gerard Hoffnung
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Major General Sid Shachnow was ten years old when
he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in
Nazi-occupied Lithuania. He made his way across Europe
where he made a living by smuggling con...
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As a member of the "sandwich generation,"
Elizabeth is caught in the middle of simultaneously
caring for both a child and an aging parent. She finds
her world spiraling out of control yet full of b...
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In one of the most compelling combat narratives
ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, Army
infantry platoon leader, gives a teeth-rattling,
first-hand account of eleven straight days of heavy
house-to-house fighting during the climactic second
battle of Fallujah.
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Throughout history, great generals have deceived,
outflanked, and triumphed over superior armies
commanded by conventional thinkers. Bevin Alexander
tells how Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Ston...
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An account of one man's profound respect and
affection for a president who changed his life.
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Robb White knows everything there is to know
about getting on the water and staying there as long as
you possibly can. While still a young boy, he built his
first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an...
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You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again meets
The Bonfire of the Vanities, as told by...a male
Bridget Jones? And it all really happened.
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This is Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography – the first
time he has told the full story of how he became the
world’s most famous and infamous chef...
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The true story of a female swordfishing captain
and the crew she leads.
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Recorded live for BBC Radio 4, Hymn is a memoir
of music in childhood, written by Alan Bennett and
George Fenton
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The first thing you should know is: I like
parties! Here are some of the helpful suggestions
you'll get by listening to this audiobook:
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I Should Have Been at Work is the frank and
opinionated story of the man behind the myth. Famously
guarded about his private life...
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Contains savvy, down-to-earth advice and insights
that will make you laugh, think and dream.
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Stephen Fry presents a special tribute to
Humphrey Lyttelton, the sublime host of I'm Sorry I
Haven't a Clue, through the eyes of his close pals on
the show and distinguished admirers.
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The Cinderella tale of this hard-working,
determined woman leaves you cheering as the triumphs of
her later life overshadow the pain of her early life.
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Unique among books about Tiger Woods for the
amount of access its author had to Tiger himself, In
Search of Tiger takes us through the PGA tour and into
the psyche of one of the greatest players ever.
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In the Shadow of Fame, by the daughter of
world-renowned psychoanalyst and theorist Erik Erikson,
is the intimate story of her struggle to come to terms
with her father's fame and to develop a sens...
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At the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima, during a
U.S. assault on a vital airfield on the day after the
island invasion began, Jack Lucas and three other
Marines were attacking a Japanese pillbox w...
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As one of the world's most ancient civilizations,
India presents a rich mosaic of political, religious,
and cultural influences. In 1947 this vast nation was
split; Pakistan was created to separate...
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Sanjeev Bhaskar of ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ and
'The Kumars at No. 42' , grew up in London, so his
family visits to India to see his relatives gave him a
fascination for its bizarre contradictions.
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Gael Greene, the highly respected restaurant
critic for the New York Magazine, whose fierce wit and
sensuous prose changed the way Americans think about
food...
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'Rock's little drummer boy grows up into a sex
cymbal. With a wit drier than an AA clinic, and a charm
more disarming than a UN peace-keeping force, Mason
gives us a literary drum solo par excellence
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Carmen Bin Ladin tells of her time married into
the Bin Laden family.
-
O'Donnell uncovers the hidden history of World
War II through interviews with its most elite troops.
By at last telling their stories, these men present an
unvarnished look at the war on the ground...
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The tie-in to the Disney Pictures release
starring Mark Wahlberg - the true story of the NFL’s
oldest rookie...
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An invisible wall ran down the center of the
street, dividing the Jewish families from the
Christians. But when Harry’s older sister fell for the
boy across the street, he became their secret
go-between across the great divide. This is the
enchanting true story of a forbidden love affair
that...
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Terry Wogan tells the story of his journey from
Irish childhood to chat show host in his own
delightfully Iaconic fashion
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In this original, sweeping, and intimate
biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive
historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's
significant letters and unpublished notebooks.
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) achieved momentous
breakthroughs in three areas: mathematics (the
calculus), a theory of colors, and gravitational
attraction. His first insights in each of these areas
occ...
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The engrossing, entertaining true story of a
dreamy little girl who grew up to be a mega-bestselling
writer, read by Jacqueline Wilson herself.
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This engaging and sympathetic biography provides
a revealing portrait of a prolific human being whom
Jefferson called "the greatest man in the world."
Madison is shown throughout to be adept as a l...
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This riveting biography follows Stewart from his
childhood shaped by a strong-willed father to the
fateful encounter with actress Margaret Sullavan, his
first professional theatrical experiences on...
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A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane
Austen.
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New York Times bestselling author Anthony
Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid
accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the
marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers.
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Mark Twain considered this biography his best and
most important work. Twain reached his conclusion about
Joan's unique place in history only after studying
detailed accounts by both the French, fo...
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In this powerful, epic biography, David
McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John
Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often
irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
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In this powerful, epic biography, David
McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John
Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often
irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
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In the famous tones of Sir John himself this
magnificent autobiography in verse poignantly describes
the pains and pleasures of growing up.
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Sir John Betjeman was one of the best-known and
loved Poet Laureates and even a hundred years after his
birth he continues to attract acclaim and admiration.
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This series features reconstructions of
Marshall-Hall’s dramatic courtroom displays and his
ingenious and persuasive tactics.
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A special tribute edition of Home Truths, hosted
by Tom Robinson, including a visit to John Peel's
family at 'Peel Acres'...
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The BBC Radio 4 serialisation of Margrave of the
Marshes, read by Michael Angelis and Carolyn Pickles...
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This new edition of the bestselling audiobook
features the much loved, much admired Brian Johnston,
the famous BBC presenter and commentator, known the
world over as The Voice of Cricket'...
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Few people knew Hunter S. Thompson as well as
Ralph Steadman did. Their long friendship gave birth to
what became known as gonzo journalism. This
no-holds-barred memoir tells of their unique
collaboration that documented the turbulent years of
the ’60s and ’70s in a friendship defined by both...
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If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take
on the world and win big... think again. And whatever
you...
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In 1804, empress Josephine Bonaparte appeared to
be the most favored woman in France. In actuality
Josephine's life was far darker, for her wealth was
compromised by massive debt and her marriage w...
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Daniel Woodley Prowse (1834-1914), police
magistrate, journalist, sportsman, historian and
champion of the common man, was a "cross between Dr
Samuel Johnson and Falstaff."
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In the space of one year, she will cook every
recipe in the Julia Child classic, all 524 of them. She
will track down every ingredient, and learn every
arcane cooking techn
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Caesar was extraordinary, more for his ambition,
daring, and tyranny rather than for his skills as a
military commander. His unnecessary Alexandrian War and
his close call at Thapsus are just a few...
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Billy Graham looks back at it all with
down-to-earth warmth and candor -- remembering his
dairy farm upbringing, his early preaching experiences.
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This extraordinary classic has been variously
acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure,
travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938
and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen mont...
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Most Westerners working in Afghanistan spend
their time tucked inside a military compound or
embassy. Not Deborah Rodriguez. Now, she tells the
story of the beauty school she founded in the middle of
Kabul and the vibrant women who were her students. When
Rodriguez opened the Kabul Beauty...
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In Kafka in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a
concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas, and
explains their influence on literature and on man's
struggle to understand his place in the wo...
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On July 22, 1992, Colombian druglord Pablo
Escobar walked out...
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For years Eleanor Roosevelt and her handsome
doctor, David Gurewitsch, were friends—traveling,
entertaining, and buying a townhouse together. Now, for
the first time, David's wife Edna reveals the ...
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A Biography of Muhammad Ali by David Remnick,
publisher of "The New Yorker".
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In this powerful new biography, Richard D. White,
Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing,
controversial glory. From the moment he took office as
governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's ...
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This book brings together the experiences and
reflections of twenty-five women over forty as they
embark on a new stage of life. The writers explore a
wide range of concerns, from keeping love and sex
alive, to letting children go, to contemplating plastic
surgery. The tales are true, the...
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In this audio presentation are six stories from
Joseph M. Marshall's award-winning book, The Lakota
Way, read by the author and enriched with musical
performances by noted American Indian musicians...
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When college basketball teams make it to the NCAA
tournament, they say they're "going to the dance."...
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The Last Marlin is an unforgettable memoir of
growing up in the 1950s. Young Fred is a Jewish boy
stretched between the divergent values of parents who
cannot tolerate one another. Fred’s father, Abe, is a
brilliantly talented salesman whose relentless will
drives him to succeed, whatever the...
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"He'd rope the devil and tie him down—if the
lasso didn't burn," it was said of "Buffalo Jones," one
of the last of the famous plainsmen who trod the trails
of the Old West. Killing was repulsive t...
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The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s
final, and perhaps greatest journey.
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Laugh at the antics and worldwide travels of
bestselling author, J. Robert Whittle, as he relates
fascinating stories of an active and intriguing life.
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A behind the scenes analysis of twenty key
principles of leadership illustrated with stories and
examples from the life of Billy Graham, whose fingerp
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The personal story of a survivor of the doomed
1996 Mt. Everest expedition.
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Helga Schneider was four when her mother suddenly
abandoned her family in Berlin in 1941. This
extraordinary memoir, praised across Europe, tells of a
daughter’s final encounter with her mother, who had
left her family to become an SS guard at Auschwitz.
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You name them - the basketball greats are all
here. Prepare to hear a marvelous story.
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Alistair Cooke’s weekly sound postcards from the
States have become a broadcasting institution.
Personally selected by Alistair Cooke, this volume
covers the early years from 1946 to 1968.
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Once more personally selected by Alistair Cooke
these middle years in America bring reports on the
black revolution and ’60s counter culture as well as
fascinating memories.
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A selection of Letter from America broadcasts
from the years 1982-2003. Includes Bonus Programme.
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Union supporters in President Abraham Lincoln's
hometown of Springfield, Illinois, asked him to speak
at a rally on September 3, 1863. Lincoln could not
attend but wrote this letter instead.
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In 1909 Elinore Pruitt took a job with a rancher
near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. This was the beginning of the
eloquent letters narrated in this remarkable audiobook.
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Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography,
reveals the woman behind the skilful politician,
showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure
peace for the country she loved more than any man.
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In this informative yet entertaining
audio-biography, Pearson Phillips reflects on Queen
Elizabeth II , her life and times.
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Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in
middle America in the Fifties - complete, unabridged
and read by the author
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This first audio-biography of Marcel Proust tells
the story of one of the world's most original and
admired literary geniuses.
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The story of Beethoven, widely believed to be the
greatest composer who ever lived.
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Regarded one of the most mesmeric performers of
his day, he lives on in his music.
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Born in Dublin in 1865, Yeats drew strength from
the Irish tradition, as can be seen in this special
audiobook which presents the most important poems in
the context of his life and ambitions.
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Here is a brief account of Dante's life, compiled
from various sources (including his first biographer,
Boccaccio) by Benedict Flynn.
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The remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde,
legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps
the most perfect comedy in the English language.
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In this classic biography, Hesketh Pearson puts
his skills as an actor and biographer to lively use,
looking at the man as much through his work
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This is the poignant and compelling story of
perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all
time.
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Milarepa was a Tibetan Buddhist renunciate who
roamed the northern slopes of the Himalayas 900 years
ago.
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In 2004-5, when the Terri Schiavo case divided
the country, one side of the story was buried under the
avalanche of politics and power. Now Terri Schiavo's
parents, brother, and sister speak out...
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Winner of the 2004 Lincoln Prize! This
extraordinary biography examines Lincoln both as a
rising politician and as president. As a defender of
national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator
o...
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Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his
letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10
BEST - Library Journal.
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Speeches, Essays and other writings including
'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural
Address'.
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Beyond the Civil War’s bloody battles was an
equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest
that raged between the North and South in Europe. At
the head of the fray was Thomas Haines Dudley, the
“father of modern American intelligence”
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In Lion in the White House, historian Aida D.
Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first
modern president.
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Taking unexpected risks, daring to do what no one
has done before, that's the reality of Amy Dumas, the
remarkable woman behind Lita™.
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Vasari described the lives of great artists with
striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches,
anecdotes, and detailed recording of conversations.
Volume one includes Brunelleschi, da Vin...
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The Lives of the Great Artists was the first
truly comprehensive history of art.
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Suetonius wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars in
the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled their
extraordinary careers, presenting perspicacious
insights into the men as much as their reigns.
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The individuals in this book who played important
roles in history and cover a range of accomplishments
are: Cleopatra, Theodora, Joan of Arc, Mary Queen of
Scots, Queen Christina, Madame de Maintenon, Charlotte
Brontë, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Florence Nightingale, Susan B....
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Here are vivid stories of twenty painters who
dreamed, struggled, and suffered so that they might
give expression to their divine gifts: Giotto,
Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci, Titian, Rubens, Rem...
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The twenty-one philosophical personalities who
represent an adventure in thinking are: Plato,
Socrates, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas
Aquinas, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Lock...
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The great religious leaders whose lives and
tenets are presented here are: Jesus Christ, Moses,
Isaiah, Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, John the Baptist,
Paul, Muhammad, Francis of Assisi, John Huss,...
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The Author's story of her life with MS. Part 1.
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The author tells her story about living with MS
Part 2.
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A must-read for everyone who loves boats and
oceans (and lobsters), everyone who has ever reached a
crossroads in life, and everyone who is curious about
what it is like to live on a very small island
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The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and
the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
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Thomas Hargrove's Long March to Freedom is a
record of Hargrove's eleven months as a hostage of
Colombian guerrillas and was the basis for the recent
movie hit Proof of Life that starred Meg Ryan, ...
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A moving and exhilarating autobiography of one of
the great moral and political leaders of our time.
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“Norton is one plucky dame, and she displays a
sharp eye for the human condition.”— Kirkus Reviews
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Travel through small-town America with this
popular BBC Radio reading.
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In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south
aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross
Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few
know the astonishing story- of the Ross Sea party...
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Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse, baseball's
strongest and most determined superstar, struck down in
his prime by a disease that now bears his name. But who
was Lou Gehrig, really?
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The critically acclaimed memoir from the #1 New
York Times Bestselling Author of the Lovely Bones.
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Combining his trademark ironic sensibility and
keen sense of the absurd, Michael J. Fox recounts his
life, from his childhood in a small town in Canada to
his meteoric rise in film and television.
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In a way reminiscent of Holme's art of deduction,
this audio book, taken from the DVD of the same name,
gets to grips with the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle.
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The inside story of Madonna, and her rise to the
top of the music charts.
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Johnny Cash was a poor sharecropper's son from
Arkansas who became one of the most influential figures
in American music. In the 1950s he embarked on a music
career that took him to the heights of ...
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Under hypnosis, Catherine recollects, in vivid
detail, events from past lives ranging from the
prehistoric times and ancient Egypt to the 20th Century
and the fires of World War II.
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A treasured collection of reflections on the joys
and challenges of family life from the man who welcomed
generations of parents and children into his
neighbourhood...
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From the author of the bestselling The Professor
and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the
father of modern geology.
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A compilation of Mark Tully’s acclaimed reports
from India includes his specially recorded
observations.
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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller about
everyone's favourite dog. Marley quickly grew into a
barrelling, ninety-seven pound steamroller of a
Labrador retriever, a dog like no other...
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The audio of the million-selling book - Pete
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious journey in search of
his Irish roots has gained thousands of fans all over
the world...
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Comic masterpiece from one of the biggest names
in British comedy...
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A scintillating account of the creation of the
greatest monument erected to living language.
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Though medical science began with the ancient
Greek physician Hippocrates, dissection, and the study
of the human body was prohibited for religious reasons
until the Renaissance. In 1623, William H...
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The lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
contain some of the oldest cultures on Earth. Italy and
the other countries of Europe and North Africa have
played a central role in various expanding em...
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In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain.
With a diverse culture and great natural resources, it
should have prospered like its northern neighbor. But
Mexico's history includes political corrup...
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Oliver Green wrote and narrated Mezze to share
his experiences of WWII fighter flying; life in Germany
as a POW; post War flying over Russian held Eastern
Europe & in the Middle East.
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Michael and Natasha is based on the Grand Duke
Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II, and the daughter
of a Moscow lawyer. Their scandalous love affair and
elopement in 1912 was the talk of all Euro...
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Listen to Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippin,
President Bill Clinton, Shaquille O’Neal, and NBA
Commissioner David Stern and more.
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MICHAEL PALIN's diaries begin in the late 1960s
and tell how Python emerged and triumphed. Enjoying an
unlikely cult status early on, the group then proceeded
to tour in the United States and Canada..
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The author reads his own book unabridged,
bringing out all the humour and evocation of time and
place which feature throughout his examination of one
of the twentieth century's most colourful legends
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Kelly Corrigan’s brilliant memoir explores the
“middle place” between childhood and adulthood. She
describes a powerful relationship with her
larger-than-life, Irish-American father and how it
evolves
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Fifty people never came home to Middletown, New
Jersey after September 11th. Wall Street fathers, young
Port Authority police, single working moms, the beloved
coach of the girls basketball team.
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A Mighty Heart is both a portrait of a
partnership built on the ideals of love, truth, and
justice and a crucial look at the methods and structure
of the Al Qaeda network.
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In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces
composed over the course of a celebrated writing life
of more than fifty years, you'll meet William Buckley
the boy, growing up in a family of ten ...
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Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration
of Davis's eccentric working life, drug habits,
paranoia, depression, and subsequent recovery. The book
delves into the dynamics that made Davis's ba...
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A horendous plane crash saw many members of a top
Uruguayan rugby team killed, this is the moving true
story of survival against all the odds...
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Monarchy is more than the biographies of the
kings and queens of England. It is an in-depth
examination of what the English…
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Mitt Romney is a successful businessman and a
fiscal and social conservative who won the governorship
in one of the staunchest Republic states in America. He
is also a devout Mormon. So what does that mean for the
election of 2008? Hewitt sets out to explain Romney,
his faith, and the importance...
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Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for
Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant
biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt.
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The author chose to write "only what interested
me" about Benjamin Franklin. Scenes include Benjamin
Franklin's discoveries with electricity, his nine years
in London, and, of course, his part in A...
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Not the ridiculous bufoon that he is often
depicted as, Mussolini was a very able politician. This
book describes his upbringing in the violent society of
Italy, his development into a brilliant or...
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Written in a style familiar to his millions of
listeners, rich with warmth and irony, Terry introduces
his post-Emergency Ireland, his chain-smoking maiden
aunts, his quick-witted mother and...
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My Boyfriend's Back is the book romantics
everywhere have been waiting for.
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The account of the Los Alamos scientist who was
falsely accused of being a spy.
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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.’s memoir covers his family,
student days, travels abroad, and careers in movies,
television, and theater, including his share in a
Pulitzer Prize. Included is music by his violin
virtuoso father and opera diva mother.
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This unique biography is a moving and intimate
look into the mind and heart of our 41st president by
his youngest child, Doro Bush Koch.
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Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled over 80 serial
killers around the world. What she has learned about
them will shatter every assumption you've ever had
about the most notorious killers known to man.
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A comic and poignant memoir that's both personal
and generational.
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Nailing It is a warm, knowing, and often
hilarious commemoration of small-town life during the
Great Depression of the 1930s. A celebration of the
humor and indomitability of the human spirit, the ...
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Candid, moving and insightful, Nancy is the most
personal look at Nancy Davis Reagan ever published.
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The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts
is now part of the collective imagination. This works
attempts to unearth the secrets behind the first
Narnian, C.S.Lewis himself
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The powerful story of a slave who became one of
the most effective African-American leaders.
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The biography of legendary film actress Natalie
Wood.
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With an introduction by Paul Auster, this
delightful true-life story by a great American writer
emerges from obscurity to shine a delightful light upon
family life -- then and now.
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In January 1906, a sensitive woman naturalist,
nature lover, and accomplished artist began to
chronicle all that she encountered while walking and
bicycling around the countryside of her native Eng...
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The most controversial attorney general in U.S.
history tells untold story behind the war on terror in
post-9/11 America.
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In his latest voyage of discovery Michael Palin
reads his own account of a journey into a new Europe.
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Ted Conover becomes a corrections officer at Sing
Sing to get the inside story.
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The famous "Nick Adams" stories show a memorable
character growing from child to adolescent to soldier,
veteran, writer, and parent -- a sequence closely
paralleling the events of Hemingway's life.
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In this Audio book from the DVD of the same name,
Nick Pope for the first time since leaving the MOD goes
on the record and spells out his beliefs, opinions and
reveals his inside knowledge.
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With a culture dating back to at least 700 B.C.,
West Africa has a long and rich history. British
influence after the 16th century, and especially in the
18th century, changed the region's course. ...
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Marla Runyan was 9 years old when she was
diagnosed with Stargardt's disease, an irreversible
form of macular degeneration. This is the story of how
she refused to let her diagnosis limit her dreams.
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The true story of a pilot who went missing on the
opening eve of the Gulf War.
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When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an
elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work
with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the
man they turned to.
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A joy from beginning to end and wonderfully read
by the author, this is a classic childhood memoir...a
Yorkshire childhood, from the nation's best-loved
gardener...
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Playwright, actor, singer, songwriter, poet and
scriptwriter, Sir Noël Coward used his ‘talent to
amuse’ to spectacular effect for almost sixty years.
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American explorer Robert E. Peary recounts the
full, dramatic story of the first successful expedition
to the North Pole. Peary’s journal is a stirring saga
of courage and tenacity in the face of extr
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“Chandler’s bio is a breezy, laudatory read that
would have pleased Crawford….”— Publishers Weekly
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In her frank, funny, and down-to-earth memoir,
Mary Cheney describes life inside the bubble of a
national campaign...
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Often Wrong, Never in Doubt is an inspirational
book from one of America's most colorful and exciting
entrepreneurs. He lays out the core principles that
propelled him to create tremendous wealth...
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Returning to their home after an extended
absence, Carol and her husband Michel are looking
forward to summer together on the farm. A shocking blow
leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain...
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On Liberty - John Stuart Mill advocated
individual liberty based on a philosophical concept
called utilitarianism, or "the greatest happiness for
the greater number." This intellectual tradition re...
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In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant
recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the
transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon.
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For everyone who finds inspiration in hearing
about a champion on and off the course.
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In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson
recalls what is was like to be the Ranger who responded
when riots threatened, violence erupted, and criminals
needed to be brought to justice acros...
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Now, for the first time in his own words, Dole
tells the moving story of his harrowing experience on
and off the battlefield, and how it changed his life.
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Come to understand why playing in the Open at
Bethpage meant so much to so many.
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As a well-paid war correspondent, Crane was
shipwrecked en route to Cuba in early 1897. He would
later transform the experience into his most famous
short story, The Open Boat, in 1898.
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From the heart and mind of Amy Tan, a reflection
on the opposite of fate.
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The story of the Knights of Malta is filled with
mystery, intrigue and excitement. Come with us on a
journey into the heart of battle.
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A brilliant, hopeful, and inspiring book about
the children of the South Bronx.
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The million-copy best seller...now a major motion
picture, two sisters compete for the greatest prize:
the love of a king.
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In this rare, sweeping history, Michael Barone
draws from deep within the political and social record
of modern America to tell the story of how the country
of our parents and of our grandparents b...
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This is the first full account in nearly half a
century of this voyage into history: a tour of the
world emerging from the Middle Ages into the
Renaissance.
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Many people know and love the impeccable Jeeves
and the inimitable Bertie Wooster. But what of their
creator, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse? Was he really a
traitor to his country who broadcast danger...
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True life tale of the French resistance during
WW11.
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Pam Ayres at her entertaining best in a live
stage show from Stratford-upon-Avon...
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Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply
funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her
many fans for years...
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A story of strength and courage, unflinchingly
honest, yet poignant and often funny.
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Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom "family
values" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who
has left: a legacy of hope still celebrated around the
world
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A teeming and engrossing audiobook, capturing
Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
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The diary of Samuel Pepys is like no other book
in the world. One reason is that its writer had no idea
of making a book at all. He never dreamed of human eyes
falling upon his blessedly frank and naked page. The
record was a secret between himself and his own soul.
To those who love humanity...
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Ms. Terry Moore reveals the private Hughes
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Popular actress Penelope Keith discusses her work
as a reader for BBC Audiobooks.
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More than half of the world's oil comes from
Persian Gulf states. Political instability and
religious strife here threaten to interrupt the world's
economic routines. This presentation examines the...
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Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas
Sowell’s education in the school of hard knocks, as the
journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy
League, and a career as a controversial writer,
teacher, and economist in government and private
industry. It is also a look at the changing...
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In June 1722, Philip Ashton was captured by
pirates while fishing near the coast of Nova Scotia.
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Pinned is a tough, savvy tale that melds the
hard, tough sport of wrestling with the hard,tough
lives of two young men who seem locked into each
others' destinies.
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Plutarch's unique insight into the great men of
the Ancient World through his biographies.
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The breakdown of Europe's Eastern Bloc proves
that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn merely to
serve political ends. Perhaps no country illustrates
this more clearly than Poland, whose borders of...
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Three years after going Around the World in 80
Days, Michael Palin was off again.
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Tucker Carlson loosens his signature bowtie and
cracks wise on all things political.
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Although over two millennia old, Aristotle's
Politics remains central to the perplexing questions
posed in the study of political science. His carefully
argued analysis is based on a study of more ...
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In a place where men post claims of manhood on
bug deflectors, where the local vigilante is a farmer's
wife with a pistol and a Bible, and where the most
senior firefighter is a cross-eyed butcher.
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Using the first-hand expertise she has gained
through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta
novels, Patricia Cornwell has used...
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Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most original
painters America has ever produced, left a remarkable
legacy when she died. Her bold, brilliant canvasses had
a stunning, profound, and lasting influence ...
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Joyce describes the early life of Stephen
Dedalus.
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The Preacher and the Presidents reveals how the
world's most powerful men and world's most famous
evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics
together.
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Michael Beschloss's dramatic and inspiring saga
explores crucial times when courageous Presidents
changed the history of the United States.
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The ultimate guided tour of the nation's most
famous dwelling, The President's House is truly a
national treasure.
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The Prince - Machiavelli wrote The Prince for his
ruler as a guide for gaining and keeping power. Central
themes of his essay are the relation between politics
and ethics; what the best form of gov...
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Whether he was a sad, self-obsessed man or a
tortured comic genius, Williams had a unique talent,
which Benson captures incredibly well in this one-off
insight into Williams' private life
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author who is a
shining example of what overcoming adversity really
means now shares the final stage of his uplifting
journey that has touched the lives of millions.
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully
researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary
tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions
of two remarkable men.
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Lifts the lid off today's legal system with
details more shocking than any fictional TV show
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Filled with inspiring stories and tremendous
insight, Putting Like A Genius will improve your game,
and make it more enjoyable.
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Dylan Thomas tells stories of his childhood in
Wales, piling on the sights and smells and sounds
experienced by one rough-and-tumble Welsh lad with a
miraculous sense of wonder.
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In wartime Hungary, Swedish diplomat Raoul
Wallenberg issued countless "false" visas and documents
which saved approximately 100,000 Jews from the Nazis.
After Wallenberg's arrest by Russian milita...
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A rare Recording of Haile Selassie, considered by
the Rastafari movement to be the religious symbol of
God incarnate.
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In this rare actual recording from 1938, Freud
talks about his professional career and his escape from
the Nazis at the age of 82.
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In the fall of 1787, the call went out: Each of
the 13 states assembled special conventions to consider
ratification of a proposed Constitution of the United
States. Without ratification by nine co...
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A consummate innovator, Sandy Weill has written a
memoir which uniquely brings to life the dramatic
evolution of the modern financial services industry."
-Alan Greenspan
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Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of
chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever
altered the very definition of "humanity".
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Finally, the official book of The Red Hat
Society, which is sweeping the nation.
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An epic work of fiction, the dramatic,
intertwining tale of two families struggling to make a
place for themselves in an America deeply divided after
the Civil War.
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Ed Butchart shares his stories as a professional
Santa Claus in The Red Suit Diaries. Woven throughout
is a faith and a joy of giving that energizes
Butchart's mission to spread love to all kinds.
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Reflections on the Revolution in France is a
slashing attack on the French Revolution by one of
Britain's most famous statesmen. Liberty and social
order, Burke argues, are maintained by the tradit...
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Reggie Yates talking about his experiences of
working on Dr Who.
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Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British
Museum, marks the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s
birth in BBC R3’s Sunday Feature ‘Rembrandt 400’...
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Filled with stories of heads of state, network
moguls, competing journalists, celebrities, and family
members, Reporting Live is a funny, real, knowledgeable
audiobook.
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Riveting stories about what happens when things
go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous
places.
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Right from the Beginning is the personal memoir
of Pat Buchanan, the story of how the most
controversial conservative in America got where he is
today and how he came to believe as he does.
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Pope John Paul II's recollections of his life and
thoughts on issues facing the world.
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Determined to pin down mythical tales of his own
clan history, Pete is thrust into a world-wide
adventure that reveals an unsettled and poignant
history, while unearthing a good pint in the most...
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This is the story of an American dynasty: the
father, who built the fortune, the son who cleansed the
name, the brothers who manipulated both the name and
the fortune to their own ends, and the cou...
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In this uniquely American memoir, Homer Hickam
beautifully captures a moment when a dying town, a
divided family, and a band of teenage dreamers dared to
set their sights on the stars.
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The first ever autobiography of this truly
international legend, written with all the trademark
style, candour, charm and wit he has brought to stage
and screen over his long and illustrious career.
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The author's adventures riding the rails with
America's hoboes.
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Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in
the first century, a world dominated by the Roman
Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who
had left their stamp.
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Their path to the White House - 1911 to 1980.
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'To get a job where the only thing you have to do
in your career is to make people laugh…well, it's the
best job in the world,' said Ronnie Barker.
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Rothstein is a colorful biography that brings to
life the underworld denizens of Jazz Age New York City
and its unrivaled kingpin, when the fast buck ruled and
violence stalked the streets of Gotham.
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Tales of why men and women are drawn to the sea
and the battles they find there; savage storms, rough
waves, mountainous icebergs, sharks, starvation.
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In the late 1970s, Michael Ondaatje, author of
The English Patient, returned to his native island of
Sri Lanka. Recording his journey through the drug-like
heat and intoxicating fragrances of that “pendant off
the ear of India,” Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the
baroque mythology of his...
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An inside look at the life of one of the greatest
literary figures of the twentieth century - Ernest
Hemingway - from the woman who was both his personal
secretary and his daughter-in-law.
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Khidhir Hamza, the Iraqi scientist who designed
Baghdad's nuclear bomb, tells how he secretly developed
the bomb with the cynical help of U.S., French, German,
and British suppliers and experts and...
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Periods of difficult travel will be repaid with
new sights and sounds, people, languages, food and
customs.
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In November 1910, a team of explorers left New
Zealand led by Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman
determined to be the first man to reach the South Pole.
This is Scott's detailed memoir of his journ...
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Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred
Waitzkin and his son, from the moment six-year-old Josh
first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for
the national championship.
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The bass player for the greatest improvisational
band in American history tells the full, true story of
his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead.
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“The goal is to come of age in the middle of life
rather than live out our days lacking purpose and
energy. It's all about rearranging our lives in our own
image.”—from the book
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In her extraordinary work with dolphins, Patricia
St.John discovered that by letting them draw her into
their world, she could understand their voices and
their language. When she was introduced to the silent
world of the autistic, she took what she had learned
from the dolphins and broke...
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Jouney to find the man behind the myth, from the
passions that drove Houdini to perform
ever-more-dangerous feats to his secret life as a spy,
and the pernicious plot to subvert his legacy.
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Woodward tells the story of his long, complex
relationship with W Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No.
2 man in the Federal Bureau of Investigation who helped
end the presidency of Richard Nixon.
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The Sense of Wonder relates Carson's intimate
account of adventures with her young nephew, in their
walks along the sea coast and through forests and
fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight,
and storm clouds. It is a guide to capturing the simple
power of discovery that Carson...
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Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the
story of his life has captured the imagination of
succeeding generations.
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Bill Bryson's short biography of William
Shakespeare for the Eminent Lives series, pairing great
subjects with writers known for their strong
sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view.
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In this wonderfully evocative volume, Jimmy
Carter shows us the things that matter most.
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From the tremendous high of her hit show The
Osbournes to the devastating low of Ozzy's near fatal
motorcycle accident, Sharon' s tenacity, honesty, and
humor have triumphed again and again.
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The launch title of the groundbreaking publishing
event, The Myths, and a brilliant, readable synthesis
of the history of mythology and the function it serves
to humanity, by the bestselling writer...
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Mark Fuhrman goes beyond the legal aspects of the
extraordinary case of Terri Schiavo.
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The story Antonia Fraser tells is romantic and
cruel, funny and sad, dramatic and enthralling. Henry's
wives emerge not simply as appendages to their husband,
but as intriguing individuals.
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The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon,
the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of
miscarriages...
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In the summer of '61, Homer "Sonny" Hickam, a
year of college behind him, is dreaming of sandy
beaches and rocket ships.
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Get ready to build your body right. Go the
distance with Sly Moves.
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“[G]ritty…chilling…both a tribute to Slowinski’s
spirit and scientific accomplishments and a cautionary
tale….”— Publishers Weekly
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The heroic true stroy of an American soldier and
an Iraqi boy.
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Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out for the
last unknown continent, Antarctica, but his ship became
locked in sea ice then was crushed and his crew
marooned. This is Shackleton's gripping accoun...
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One man, more than any other, has helped define
the most important issues of our time. His name is
Ronald Reagan—one of our nation's most powerful and
popular Presidents.
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Inside The House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes,
Galton & Simpson.
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The bestselling author of Stiff: The Curious
Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit
and curiosity on the human soul.
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An amazing insight into the life of one of
histories greatest villains...
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If questioning certainties is an art, John Kasich
has mastered it in his stand for something with
eloquence, passion, and sincerity
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Bob Woodward examines how the Bush administration
avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to
the Congress, and often to themselves.
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Actor Steven Pacey discusses his work as a reader
for audiobooks.
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Stick It! Rocking Road Stories told by legendary
classic rock drummer Corky Laing...
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Stolen Lives is a heart-rending account of
resilience in the face of extreme deprivation, of the
courage and even humor with which one family faced
their tormented fate.
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He's wrestled under many names but to the fans he
is and will always be Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general
who emphasized the importance of reliable information
and early preparedness, and he details Jackson's many
lessons in strategy and leadership.
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Gripping stories of what happens when people find
themselves caught up in treacherous weather - or when
it finds them.
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“This debut is a must for true-crime
enthusiasts.”— Publishers Weekly
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A serious illness destroyed Helen Keller’s sight
and hearing at the age of two. At seven, she was helped
by Anne Sullivan, her beloved teacher and friend.
Through sheer determination and resolve, she learned to
speak and prepared herself for entry into prep school
by age sixteen. Later she...
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Farah is living proof that not only can the human
heart endure, it can also thrive. The Story of My Life
is our new great American memoir.
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This funny and charming memoir tells about a
bigger-than-life New York family that owned fourteen
restaurants, including Morgen's in the garment
district. Sharing life and good food for three gener...
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Young American sea captain James Riley,
shipwrecked off the coast of north Africa in 1815, was
captured by nomadic Arabs and sold into slavery. This
dramatic account of Riley's trials and suffering...
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The Straight-Talking Former Ambassador Takes
Listeners Behind the Scenes at the State Department and
the U.N.
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Selection of stories full of suffering,
compassion, genuine courage and how bad things can get
when events transpire against us.
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"Sing no sad songs for Christopher Kennedy
Lawford. We are fortunate to have his story in prose
that is jazzy, rocking, sometimes dark but, in the end,
bright with hope."
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Fleischer goes behind-the-scenes in the West
Wing.
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Tales from My Table is a collection of twelve
true stories about food. Bittersweet, funny, and
thought-provoking, the stories explore the way food
influences our lives and our memories.
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The End of the First National Welfare System. In
less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief
minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the
monasteries...
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CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval
Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’...
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Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, is
the only professional soldier in English history to
have served also as Prime Minister...
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Phil Spector, once an outsider despised by his
peers, learned all about music and quickly became the
top producer of early rock and roll. Hit followed hit,
all with his signature “wall of sound.” But the boy-man
who owned pop culture spiraled into paranoid isolation
and peculiar behavior.
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Alan Bennett recalls his childhood in a sequence
of talks that are funny, touching and told in his
unique style...
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An inside look at the life of President Bush’s
most respected aide and confidante.
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“[A] fragrant tale of life and love in the
mountains of Sicily….Swift, sinuous, deep and brimming
with cultural artifacts.”— Kirkus Reviews
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This wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life
in the office signals the arrival of a gloriously
talented new writer.
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Adrienne Barbeau never set out to be a sex symbol
and she never planned on giving birth to twins when she
was 51 but both those stories and a lot more are
detailed in this witty, revealing memoir.
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This presentation explores the social and
political turmoil during which Leviathan was written,
including an examination of the radical political
philosophies spawned by opposition to the Stuart mo...
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The second volume in this six-volume biography
tells the story of the eventful middle years in the
life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the
years just before the French Revolution and during the
early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary
of state in President George...
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The fourth volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning
six-volume work vividly recounts Jefferson’s eventful
first presidential term. Though characterized by calmer
seas than his second presidential voyage, Jefferson’s
first years in office find him confronting a nation
deeply divided following the...
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The sixth and final volume of Dumas Malone’s epic
masterwork, The Sage of Monticello brilliantly recounts
the accomplishments, friendships, and family
difficulties of Jefferson’s last seventeen years,
including his retirement from Washington and the
presidency, his correspondence with John Adams...
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This is the first volume of distinguished
historian Dumas Malone’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
six-volume work on the life and times of Thomas
Jefferson. Based on vast sources, it covers Jefferson’s
ancestry, youth, education, and legal career; his
marriage and the building of Monticello; the...
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The third volume in Dumas Malone’s distinguished
study of Thomas Jefferson and his time deals with one
of the most fascinating and controversial periods of
Jefferson’s life. It includes the story of the final
and most crucial phase of his secretaryship of state,
his retirement to Monticello, his...
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The fifth volume of the Jefferson series is a
vibrant account of Jefferson’s disparate activities,
sponsoring the Lewis and Clark expedition, concluding
the naval “war” with the Barbary pirates, engaging in a
political duel with Chief Justice Marshall over the
trial of Aaron Burr, attempting to...
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In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley
finds the courage to succeed—and in doing so, discovers
the power of her own voice.
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An astonishing around-the-world adventure and a
life-affirming inward journey.
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To a generation in revolt in the 1960s, Dr.
Timothy Leary was its guru. The brilliant psychologist
became obsessed with the effects of psychedelic drugs
while teaching at Harvard. Timothy Leary is the first
major biography of one of the most controversial
figures in postwar America.
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'Angela’s Ashes', Frank McCourt’s critically
acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Irish childhood, won
the Pulitzer Prize...
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Titanic is a unique record of one of the most
traumatic events in maritime history. Not only does
Colonel Gracie describe his own experience on that
fateful night but the stories of as many other
survivors as he could track down. He also attended a
court hearing to obtain the official record....
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Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose—one
of the country's most influential historians—confronts
America's failures and struggles as he explores both
its moral and pragmatic triumphs.
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To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming
obstacles within and without. It is the story of
mankind's most wondrous technological achievement; and
it is an account of the mystery of creativity.
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In his classic WWII memoir, Audie Murphy depicts
the harrowing events of the war, relating the fear,
courage, and death that followed the men he knew into
battle. In the two years that he fought in Italy,
France, and Germany, he killed at least 240 Germans,
single-handedly destroyed a German...
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Hilarious, irreverent and mouthwatering, TOAST
captures thirty years of British cooking and the
recipes that we have grown up with since the days when
a grilled grapefruit was the last word in chic.
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In this 25-minute interview, Cockey discusses a
variety of subjects, including his entry into the
mystery-writing world, how he creates his characters,
and the importance of his hometown of Baltimore.
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A Q&A with Author David Kushner and Jon
"Jonny Magic" Finkel..if you think a gang of real-life
geeks can’t take on the world and win big...think
again.
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Hear a fascinating discussion between author,
Michael Davis, and narrator Caroll Spinney, the man
(and voice) behind two of America's most iconic
children's characters--Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch.
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'A gut-wrenching memoir that still has you
gasping with laughter. A hell of a book'
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The trial and death of Socrates remains a
powerful document not least because it gives a
first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest
figures in history.
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Opening a gourmet restaurant in paradise fulfills
a couple's dreams.
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With the engaging charm, warm humour and
down-to-earth style that has made him Britain's
favourite television gardener and a popular TV
presenter, Alan Titchmarsh has now written 'a touch of
the memoi
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Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic
fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest
Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he
returned from Kenya in 1953.
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece,
David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S.
Truman captured...
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This is the world of Donald Trump, full of glitz,
glamour, and other people's money. Yet despite glaring
cracks in the shimmering façade, the myth and the image
have remained stubbornly impenetrable.
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What happens when the person who is your family
is someone you aren't bound to by blood? What happens
when that person is not your lover, but your best
friend?
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This is a heartbreaking and powerful memoir of a
young man’s addiction to methamphetamine.
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Two Lives weaves together two extraordinary
stories that comprise one astonishing love affair an
unmissable experience
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The true story of Sue, the greatest Tyrannosaurus
Rex ever discovered.
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A real-life mixture of Liar’s Poker and Wall
Street, brimming with intense action, romance,
underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters.
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Collection of Sedaris's hilarious audio programs,
including two of his most recent releases
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Britain’s Queen of Clean tells the harrowing
story of the shocking and brutal abuse she suffered as
a child, which she has now overcome. Read by the
author.
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his
personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a
voyage up the Missouri River.
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his
personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a
voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding
Rockies.
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The untold story of Ashley Smith, the Atlanta
hostage who miraculously talked her way out of the
hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols — a
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FBI Special Agent Gary Aldrich had a plum
assignment after years of chasing mobsters, drug
dealers, and white-collar criminals—performing
background checks on White House appointees. What he
discovered in the first months of the Clinton
administration left him troubled, alarmed, and
finally...
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As heard on BBC Radio 4, Peter Ustinov discusses
his life and career.
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The book her devoted readers have been waiting
for. At last, New York Times betselling author Kathleen
Norris's first continuous narrative . . .a story of
sex, drugs, and poetry.
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Leon Walras (1834-1910) transformed economics
from a literary discipline into a mathematical,
deterministic science. For the first time, Walras
expressed rigorously the view that all markets are
related, and that their relationships can be described
and analyzed mathematically. These...
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"Sweets, I'm okay. I'm okay. Don't worry... It's
not my building. " Kristen didn't know what he was
saying. He told her to turn on the television...
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With simplicity, candor, and humility, renowned
Christian thinker Ravi Zacharias shares the intimate
account of his journey beyond a turbulent childhood...
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Unforgettable memoires from soldiers, citizens
and historians. Includes tales of bravery, courage,
sadness and reflection.
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The inspiration for the hit television series
Medium, Allison DuBois now brings listeners into her
psychic experiences. Recalling her communication with
spirits who have touched her over the years...
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Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian
butcher, rose to the top, and his character transformed
him, his wife, his children, his players, his sport,
and ultimately the country.
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In 1716, Cornish cabin boy Thomas Pellow and
fifty-two comrades were captured by Barbary corsairs.
Their captors - fanatical Islamic slave traders - had
declared war on Christendom.
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This is the first volume of memoirs fom Barry
Letts, producer of Doctor Who from 1970 to 1974,
executive producer in 1980, and later producer of the
BBC's Classic Serials strand.
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This is Lou Gerstner's extraordinary story of
IBM's historic turnaround.
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William Wilberforce is chiefly remembered as the
reformer who campaigned for the abolition of the slave
trade in England. He was at the heart of British
politics for over forty years during the French
Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. He lived just long
enough to see the passage of the act to...
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Believed to be impossible to ascend, these
majestic giants have remained unexplored until recently
...
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A classic collection of traveller's tales from
the wilderness, forest, desert, glacier and jungle.
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The secrets of living a successful life from one
of auto racing’s living legends.
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Jack Welch knows how to win. During his
forty-year career at General Electric, he led the
company to year-after-year success around the globe, in
multiple markets, against brutal competition.
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of
the American stage, television, and film, cherished
not...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of
the American stage, television, and film, cherished...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part I Before We Met...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part II Hookin' Up...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part III The Family
Comes of Age...
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Lauren Weedman's hilarious essays are like a
compendium of what not to do as a fully-realized,
functional adult. Her self-deprecating, confessional,
and terribly funny voice finds a special place.
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Interviews, discussions, readings and poems
celebrating motherhood in all its diversity.
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“[A] brilliant work from a man who more than
anybody else embodies what it means to be a writer.”—
Observer
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An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him
through a single year that changed not only his
fortunes but the course of literature for many
generations to come...
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One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as
Literally as Possible. Our fearless author, A.J.
Jacobs, tackles a new intellectual adventure.
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Based on exhaustive research and astonishing new
evidence, Young Stalin is a brilliant prehistory of the
USSR from the perspective of those who would bring it
into being.
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'Treat yourself to the commentary that sets Neil
apart from all the rest in Your Money or Your Life'
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Being on The Apprentice made Rancic an overnight
celebrity. But his winning strategies were developed
long before that, and in You're Hired, he uses examples
from his own life to prove his theories...
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