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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 Bronte, 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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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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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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