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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...
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Everyone should listen!
- By Anonymous on 20-07-20
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 30-06-20
- Language: English
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The Ruin of Magic
- Longing and Belonging in Strange Times
- By: Kate Holden
- Narrated by: Anna Hruby
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A poetic, roaming work of creativity and intellect Is it possible to live wondrously by fluorescent light? In The Ruin of Magic, award-winning writer Kate Holden follows in the footsteps of Katherine May, Maggie Nelson and André Aciman, crafting essays of intimate personal experience and...
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The Ruin of Magic
- Longing and Belonging in Strange Times
- Narrated by: Anna Hruby
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-04-26
- Language: English
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Part of the Story
- Writings from Half a Century
- By: Margaret Busby
- Narrated by: Margaret Busby, Sara Powell
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. This rare self-portrait from pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Margaret Busby underscores her powerful legacy and celebrates some of the people and places that have shaped her exceptional life Margaret Busby has been at the heart of cultural life in...
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Part of the Story
- Writings from Half a Century
- Narrated by: Margaret Busby, Sara Powell
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 26-03-26
- Language: English
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Dispatches from the Diaspora
- From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
- By: Gary Younge
- Narrated by: David Monteith, Gary Younge
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora: accompanying Nelson Mandela on his first election campaign, joining revellers on the southside of Chicago during Obama's victory, entering New Orleans days after hurricane Katrina or interviewing Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou and Stormzy. He has witnessed how much change is possible and the power of systems to thwart those aspirations.
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Dispatches from the Diaspora
- From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
- Narrated by: David Monteith, Gary Younge
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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Byline: Ernest Hemingway
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance7
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A personal glimpse into the life of writer, journalist, war correspondent, adventurer Ernest Hemingway, ranging from experiences in the Spanish Civil War and World War II to his passion for bullfighting and first safari in Africa. Spanning the years 1920 to 1956, this priceless collection of...
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An error?
- By jacob on 12-06-13
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Byline: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Campbell Scott
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-06-07
- Language: English
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Not Quite White in the Head
- Personal Essays
- By: Melissa Lucashenko
- Narrated by: Melissa Lucashenko
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Melissa Lucashenko is one of Australia's most admired and awarded novelists. She is renowned for writing about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead. This timely collection of essays and journalism - published together for the first time - spans two turbulent decades. With her trademark wit and wisdom, Lucashenko reflects on being caught in a siege, on the marginalised lives of prisoners and the urban poor, on Blak identity, Australian literature and on meeting her writing idol.
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Not Quite White in the Head
- Personal Essays
- Narrated by: Melissa Lucashenko
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-02-26
- Language: English
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Insomniac City
- New York, Oliver, and Me
- By: Bill Hayes
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance29
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Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at 48 years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change. Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city's incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late-night strolls with his camera.
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Informative and moving in equal measure!
- By Patricia Ann Smith on 18-04-23
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Insomniac City
- New York, Oliver, and Me
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 14-02-17
- Language: English
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The Good Immigrant USA
- 26 Writers Reflect on America
- By: Nikesh Shukla, Chimene Suleyman
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019 'The you-gotta-read-this anthology' Stylist 'This collection showcases the joy, empathy and fierceness needed to adopt the country as one's own' Publishers Weekly An urgent collection of essays by first- and second-generation immigrants, exploring what it's like...
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The Good Immigrant USA
- 26 Writers Reflect on America
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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Palm Sunday
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and various cockamamie aspects of his all-too-human journey through life. This is a work that resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice: the magic sound of a born storyteller mesmerizing us with truth.
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Palm Sunday
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 23-06-15
- Language: English
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris returns with his first collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky...
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 31-05-22
- Language: English
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Yes, My Accent Is Real
- By: Kunal Nayyar
- Narrated by: Kunal Nayyar
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? or Judd Apatow’s Sick in the Head, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS’s #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. Of all the charming misfits on television...
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Great listen
- By Kimberley on 20-05-25
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Yes, My Accent Is Real
- Narrated by: Kunal Nayyar
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-09-15
- Language: English
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The Buddhist Years
- Collected Writings
- By: Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth - editor
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a writer: he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his lifestyle: with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted.
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The Buddhist Years
- Collected Writings
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-05-25
- Language: English
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
- Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
- By: Michele Filgate - editor
- Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An NPR Best Book of the Year “You will devour these beautifully written—and very important—tales of honesty, pain, and resilience” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don’t talk...
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What My Mother And I Don't Talk About
- By Hayley Westwood on 03-05-22
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
- Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
- Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, Janina Edwards, Emily Ellet, Cynthia Farrell, Soneela Nankani, David Sadzin, Keong Sim, Candace Thaxton
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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Is Shakespeare Dead?
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Tony J. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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"Is Shakespeare Dead?" by Mark Twain is a reflective and satirical treatise on the authorship of Shakespeare’s works, written during the early 20th century. In this work, Twain grapples with long-standing debates over who truly wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare, questioning the...
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Is Shakespeare Dead?
- Narrated by: Tony J. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-04-26
- Language: English
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On James Baldwin
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
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On James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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Why I Write
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this essay, Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing. Moving from his experience of writing his first completed poems to trying his hand at short stories, to finding fame as a fully fledged writer, Orwell discusses the importance of writing, his continuous technique and sets out some important motives for becoming a writer yourself.
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Why I Write
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 20-12-21
- Language: English
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Essays on London
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Essays on London provide an acute and perceptive insight into early twentieth century city life. Including profound meditations on the rhythm of life on Oxford Street and the consumerism that drives it, vivid descriptions of the epic cathedrals that pave the streets and the place of religion in contemporary society, and an intimate sketch of a charming woman who is a Londoner to her core, these eloquent snapshots of the city are told with Woolf’s trademark intimacy and self-awareness.
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Essays on London
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 30-12-25
- Language: English
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The Observing Universe
- On Cosmology, Consciousness and Meaning
- By: Fernando J. M. Lopes
- Narrated by: Tony Rao
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The Observing Universe is not a book of answers. It is a book of questions — approached with attention, silence, and wonder. Drawing from cosmology, science, philosophy, and human experience, this contemplative essay invites the listener to reflect on the movement of the universe, the nature of life, consciousness, and the place of the human being within the whole. Throughout this book, the universe is not presented as a distant object to be explained, but as a living process in which we participate.
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The Observing Universe
- On Cosmology, Consciousness and Meaning
- Narrated by: Tony Rao
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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Orthodoxy
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.
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difficult to follow
- By Clearout NI on 08-05-24
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Orthodoxy
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 14-12-06
- Language: English
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The Best American Essays 2024
- By: Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Cary Hite, Jeanette Illidge, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
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A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman. “Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction...
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The Best American Essays 2024
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Cary Hite, Jeanette Illidge, Robert Fass, Nancy Wu
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 22-10-24
- Language: English
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