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All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
- All Creatures Great and Small Series
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.
By: James Herriot
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Off the Beat
- My life as a brown, Muslim woman in the Met
- By: Nusrit Mehtab
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nusrit Mehtab joined the Met Police in the late 80s the organisation was rife with racism and misogyny. Officers refused to patrol with her, or even call her by her name. Her attempts to get promoted were met with hostility and ridicule and she was subject to cruel pranks. As the years passed and her seniority grew, Nusrit was dismayed to find that these problems got worse, not better. After 30 years, she finally had enough and left the MET, initiating an employment tribunal against them in the process.
By: Nusrit Mehtab
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The Courage to Share
- Escaping a Cult, Finding Voice, Building Community
- By: Ben Crawford
- Narrated by: Ben Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part masterclass, bestselling author Ben Crawford's journey is about breaking free from fear, ineffective communication, and shallow relationships entrenched within religious communities. Excommunicated and starting anew without a community or belief system, he shares lessons from his transition, bidding farewell to old friends, forging new connections, and rebuilding relationships with his wife and children.
By: Ben Crawford
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- By: David Remnick, Salman Rushdie - introduction
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: He was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism. No one has captured Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated—with greater vibrancy, drama, and astuteness than David Remnick.
By: David Remnick, and others
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Evolution of a Baby Boomer
- Life Beyond Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Joyce Fidler
- Narrated by: Joyce Fidler
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In Evolution of a Baby Boomer Joyce Fidler takes us on her journey as a record store owner and rock band singer who begins her adult years in the Bible belt where sex, drugs and rock & roll dominate her life. As she relocates to LaLaLand in her forties, she invites listeners to witness her unexpected transformation to a fruitful, productive citizen. Fidler's memoir traces the how and why of this metamorphosis including a divorce from a polyamorous marriage, separation from her teenaged children, with an eventual surrender to recovery from marijuana and alcohol addiction.
By: Joyce Fidler
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Growing Up Indian in Australia
- By: Aarti Betigeri - editor
- Narrated by: Tasneem Chopra, Rakhee Ghelani, Nicolas Brown, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent, it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied. Growing Up Indian in Australia reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers, both established and emerging, who hail from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and experiences. This colorful, energetic anthology offers reflections on identity, culture, family, food and expectations, ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.
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All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
- All Creatures Great and Small Series
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors.
By: James Herriot
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Off the Beat
- My life as a brown, Muslim woman in the Met
- By: Nusrit Mehtab
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nusrit Mehtab joined the Met Police in the late 80s the organisation was rife with racism and misogyny. Officers refused to patrol with her, or even call her by her name. Her attempts to get promoted were met with hostility and ridicule and she was subject to cruel pranks. As the years passed and her seniority grew, Nusrit was dismayed to find that these problems got worse, not better. After 30 years, she finally had enough and left the MET, initiating an employment tribunal against them in the process.
By: Nusrit Mehtab
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The Courage to Share
- Escaping a Cult, Finding Voice, Building Community
- By: Ben Crawford
- Narrated by: Ben Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part masterclass, bestselling author Ben Crawford's journey is about breaking free from fear, ineffective communication, and shallow relationships entrenched within religious communities. Excommunicated and starting anew without a community or belief system, he shares lessons from his transition, bidding farewell to old friends, forging new connections, and rebuilding relationships with his wife and children.
By: Ben Crawford
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King of the World
- Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
- By: David Remnick, Salman Rushdie - introduction
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: He was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism. No one has captured Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated—with greater vibrancy, drama, and astuteness than David Remnick.
By: David Remnick, and others
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Evolution of a Baby Boomer
- Life Beyond Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Joyce Fidler
- Narrated by: Joyce Fidler
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In Evolution of a Baby Boomer Joyce Fidler takes us on her journey as a record store owner and rock band singer who begins her adult years in the Bible belt where sex, drugs and rock & roll dominate her life. As she relocates to LaLaLand in her forties, she invites listeners to witness her unexpected transformation to a fruitful, productive citizen. Fidler's memoir traces the how and why of this metamorphosis including a divorce from a polyamorous marriage, separation from her teenaged children, with an eventual surrender to recovery from marijuana and alcohol addiction.
By: Joyce Fidler
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Growing Up Indian in Australia
- By: Aarti Betigeri - editor
- Narrated by: Tasneem Chopra, Rakhee Ghelani, Nicolas Brown, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent, it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied. Growing Up Indian in Australia reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers, both established and emerging, who hail from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and experiences. This colorful, energetic anthology offers reflections on identity, culture, family, food and expectations, ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.
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Ireland
- Life in Kilrush
- By: Joe Riley
- Narrated by: Mark Manning
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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English born Joe Riley recounts his extraordinary childhood in a small town on the rugged West coast of Ireland, where he was abandoned by his abusive father at the age of four and raised by a loving older couple and their children. Emotionally unsettled for most of Joe Riley’s adulthood, Joe feels inspired to revisit his childhood and write a memoir.
By: Joe Riley
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Justa’s Escape
- A Journey from WWII Ukraine
- By: Justina Neufeld, Russell Binkley - contributor
- Narrated by: Alyssa Simmons
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
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In this real-life adventure, Justa, youngest of ten children in a Mennonite family in WWII era Ukraine, revisits a childhood in totalitarian Stalinist USSR. When authorities swoop down in the middle of the night to seize neighbor’s fathers, Justa begins to dread the dark. Would her beloved papa be next? As both armies—German and Russian—approach, thirteen-year-old Justa and her family hurriedly pack their wagon to flee. What valuables should they take? What must they leave behind? How will the absent brothers find them? Will the family ever be whole again?
By: Justina Neufeld, and others
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Stronger than You Thought
- Discovering Resilience in Unexpected Situations
- By: Dr. Tryphena Ruth Banks
- Narrated by: Sarra Blok
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Explore a powerful story in "Stronger Than You Thought!" as the author courageously reveals the secrets of her childhood. In this heartfelt story, she sheds light on the pervasive issue of abuse, especially among African cultures, where silence often masks the pain endured by young souls. Through her journey from motherhood to grandmotherhood, she shares the buried whispers of her past, inviting listeners to break the cycle of suffering.
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The Endless Country
- A Personal Journey Through Turkey's First Hundred Years
- By: Sami Kent
- Narrated by: Ojan Genc, Sami Kent
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man. It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times have appeared impossible to escape. Instead Sami Kent’s book goes deep beyond them, revealing a history as rich, layered and absurd as his family’s favourite dessert, künefe: a shredded wheat pastry with a core of melted cheese, a topping of pistachios, and a drowning of syrup.
By: Sami Kent
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Above the Ground
- A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
- By: Dan Lawton
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province—killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives—had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze.
By: Dan Lawton
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Peep Light
- Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain
- By: Lee Hendrix
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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Most people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. But every year, millions of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In Peep Light, Captain Lee Hendrix provides unique insight on people who work and live on and near the Mississippi River. Hendrix, formerly a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has worked on the Mississippi for fifty years. In 2014, Hendrix became captain of the towboat Mississippi with the US Army Corps of Engineers, then he later retired to return to passenger vessels.
By: Lee Hendrix
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My Family and Other Enemies
- By: Mary Novakovich
- Narrated by: Mary Novakovich
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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My Family and Other Enemies is part travelogue, part memoir that dives into the hinterland of Croatia. Mary Novakovich explores her ongoing relationship with the region of Lika in central Croatia, where her parents were born..
By: Mary Novakovich
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Driftwood
- Escape and Survival Through Art
- By: Eva de Jong-Duldig
- Narrated by: Eva de Jong-Duldig
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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In 1938 sculptor Karl Duldig, his wife Slawa Horowitz-Duldig–inventor of the modern foldable umbrella–and their baby daughter Eva, left their home in Vienna for an uncertain future. They found a brief refuge in Singapore before arriving in Sydney on 25 September 1940. Australia was at war: they were classified as enemy aliens and interned in an isolated camp in northern Victoria. Karl said, ‘A game of tennis saved my life’. The story follows the family’s narrow escape from Nazi Austria, as well as the recovery of all their Viennese art and other possessions after the war.
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Moxie Matters
- True Tales of Rolling through a Messy, Muddled, and Magical Life
- By: Karen Brothers
- Narrated by: Karen Brothers
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 70s, Karen lives a charmed and spunky life right out of the gate. Leading her friends and neighbors on real-time adventures, she bravely and hilariously plows through life on her groovy lace-up roller skates. Always on the lookout for fun, her energy and delight invite anyone and everyone to experience joy along the way…until a crack in the foundation threatens to crumble her vivacious spirit.
By: Karen Brothers
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We Will Not Be Saved
- A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest
- By: Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson - contributor
- Narrated by: Christine Ann-Roche
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened. Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism.
By: Nemonte Nenquimo, and others
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The Tao of Raven
- An Alaska Native Memoir
- By: Ernestine Hayes
- Narrated by: Erin Tripp
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Using the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu’s equally timeless Art of War) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her 50s and becoming a professor and a writer.
By: Ernestine Hayes
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I Am Skinhead: Reflections on an 80s Youth
- By: Paul London
- Narrated by: Paul London
- Length: 1 hr
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When it comes to Skinheads, I see a lot of people these days re-writing history, whitewashing the youth cult or bending the truth to suit their political narrative. I spent over ten years of my young life as a London Bootboy and became one of the most famous Skinheads in the world. Being a Skinhead had a profound effect on me. Even though I walked away from that life, and left it in the last century, I still feel the shockwaves of my experience and still find people with nefarious agendas trying to tell their version of my story.
By: Paul London