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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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The true story of Steven Callahan alone and
adrift at sea for 76 days
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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