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Wifedom
- Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
- By: Anna Funder
- Narrated by: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own ...
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All praise for this monumental work
- By Win Jodell on 15-07-2023
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work....
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As you’d expect
- By JTino on 19-11-2018
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Everything I Know About Love
- By: Dolly Alderton
- Narrated by: Dolly Alderton
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Alderton survived her 20s (just about) and in Everything I Know About Love, she gives an unflinching account of the bad dates and squalid flat-shares, the heartaches and humiliations....
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not for me
- By Ashleigh on 30-11-2021
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Wildflower
- By: Drew Barrymore
- Narrated by: Drew Barrymore
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges and incredible experiences of her earlier years....
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Not what I expected
- By Jess on 26-11-2015
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Worthy
- By: Jada Pinkett Smith
- Narrated by: Jada Pinkett Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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Global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith shares a gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir....
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Epiphany provoking
- By Amazon Customer on 30-11-2023
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I Don't Need Therapy
- (And Other Lies I've Told Myself)
- By: Toni Lodge
- Narrated by: Toni Lodge
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this hilarious warm hug of a book, Toni Lodge exposes the lies she has told herself about who she is and what she is capable of, inviting us on a riotous romp that will make you laugh, cringe, cry and utterly rethink the truth behind the stories we tell ourselves....
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Emotional Journey.
- By Josh on 10-03-2023
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Wifedom
- Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
- By: Anna Funder
- Narrated by: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own ...
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All praise for this monumental work
- By Win Jodell on 15-07-2023
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work....
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As you’d expect
- By JTino on 19-11-2018
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Everything I Know About Love
- By: Dolly Alderton
- Narrated by: Dolly Alderton
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Alderton survived her 20s (just about) and in Everything I Know About Love, she gives an unflinching account of the bad dates and squalid flat-shares, the heartaches and humiliations....
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not for me
- By Ashleigh on 30-11-2021
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Wildflower
- By: Drew Barrymore
- Narrated by: Drew Barrymore
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges and incredible experiences of her earlier years....
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Not what I expected
- By Jess on 26-11-2015
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Worthy
- By: Jada Pinkett Smith
- Narrated by: Jada Pinkett Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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Global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith shares a gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir....
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Epiphany provoking
- By Amazon Customer on 30-11-2023
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I Don't Need Therapy
- (And Other Lies I've Told Myself)
- By: Toni Lodge
- Narrated by: Toni Lodge
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this hilarious warm hug of a book, Toni Lodge exposes the lies she has told herself about who she is and what she is capable of, inviting us on a riotous romp that will make you laugh, cringe, cry and utterly rethink the truth behind the stories we tell ourselves....
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Emotional Journey.
- By Josh on 10-03-2023
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever....
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Beautiful and Guttural
- By Anonymous User on 23-11-2023
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The Light We Carry
- Overcoming in Uncertain Times
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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In The Light We Carry, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world....
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Impressive follow up from “Becoming”
- By Georgia on 20-11-2022
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Wondeful, laugh-out-loud, and touching. And certainly honest.
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2021
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The Trauma Cleaner
- By: Sarah Krasnostein
- Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Sandra Pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses....
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A brilliant narrative masterly voiced
- By Philip on 19-04-2018
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Book of Life
- By: Deborah Conway
- Narrated by: Deborah Conway
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Book of Life charts the rise and fall—and rise—of one of Australia's most iconic music performers....
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Book of Life
- By Anonymous User on 25-10-2023
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My Life in Full
- Work, Family and Our Future
- By: Indra Nooyi
- Narrated by: Indra Nooyi
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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The much-anticipated and inspiring memoir by Indra Nooyi, the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo, offering clear-eyed insight and a call to action for how our society can really blend work and family - and advance women - in the 21st century....
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Authentic and interesting
- By Caro, Perth on 10-06-2023
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I'm Liz Hayes
- A Memoir
- By: Liz Hayes
- Narrated by: Liz Hayes
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Liz Hayes has graced our television screens for more than four decades. Millions of Australians kicked off their weeks with Liz co-hosting Channel 9's Today show, and now for over 25 years have settled into their Sunday nights to watch her investigative journalism on 60 Minutes....
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Great yarns!
- By Amazon Customer on 28-11-2023
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This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch
- By: Tabitha Carvan
- Narrated by: Tanya Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This is, as the title says, not actually a book about Benedict Cumberbatch. In fact, it's a book about women and what we love, about what happens to women's passions after we leave adolescence and how the space for joy in our lives is squeezed ever smaller as we age, and why....
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Despite the rave reviews...
- By Kayezzz on 03-08-2022
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Rememberings
- By: Sinéad O'Connor
- Narrated by: Sinead O'Connor
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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O'Connor was unapologetic and impossible to ignore, calling out hypocrisy wherever she saw it. She remained that way for over three decades....
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Illuminating
- By Jennifer Wilkinson on 27-06-2023
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Between the Stops
- The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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A funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the Number 12 route, Between the Stops is also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, look up and to talk to each other because, as Sandi says, 'Some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'....
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Best book in years
- By Anonymous User on 26-10-2020
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Educated
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist....
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Best memoir I’ve ever read - and extraordinary work
- By Paul Taylor on 21-12-2018
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My Story: Schapelle Corby
- Revised
- By: Schapelle Corby, Kathryn Bonella
- Narrated by: Casey Withoos
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Schapelle Corby walked out of Kerobokan Prison in 2014, leaving behind a dark hellhole of violence, corruption and squalor, and straight into a global media circus. She had been Hotel K's most famous inmate....
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Misophonia...!!!
- By Annabelle on 06-11-2019
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Love, Pamela
- Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time
- By: Pamela Anderson
- Narrated by: Pamela Anderson
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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A heartrending, intimate memoir from the iconic pin-up and Playboy's last great Playmate....
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The book as is she is more than meets the eye
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2023
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My Dream Time
- A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork
- By: Ash Barty
- Narrated by: Miranda Tapsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today....
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reader killed it
- By Susie on 05-01-2023
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My Life So Far
- By: Jane Fonda
- Narrated by: Jane Fonda
- Length: 10 hrs
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Read by Academy Award Winner Jane Fonda.
My Life So Far is a powerful account of an extraordinary woman....
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A Life of Learning
- By Lisa on 15-08-2016
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Dear Fatty
- By: Dawn French
- Narrated by: Liza Tarbuck
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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A sharp eye for detail and a wicked ear for the absurdities of life, Dawn French shows just how an RAF girl from the West Country dreaming of becoming a ballerina/bridesmaid/thief rose to become one of the best-loved comedy actresses of our time.
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Dawn's love
- By Gracious on 06-02-2015
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How to Murder Your Life
- By: Cat Marnell
- Narrated by: Cat Marnell
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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At the age of 15, Cat Marnell unknowingly set out to murder her life. After a privileged yet emotionally starved childhood in Washington, she became hooked on ADHD medication....
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Addictive Listening (bad pun I know!)
- By winky81 on 21-03-2017
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Lies My Mirror Told Me
- By: Wendy Harmer
- Narrated by: Wendy Harmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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In Lies My Mirror Told Me Wendy reflects on her life... how she became fearless, funny and, finally, found true love, is one of the most unlikely success stories you will ever hear....
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Diary of a Young Girl
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Helena Bonham Carter
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a 13-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank....
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An Endearing Diary
- By Anna Spencer on 24-11-2017
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Eat Pray Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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It's three a.m., and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her 30s, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A divorce and a love affair later, she emerges battered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey....
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Thought provoking
- By Bridget on 07-02-2023
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A Brilliant Life
- My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust
- By: Rachelle Unreich
- Narrated by: Rachel Griffiths, Rachelle Unreich
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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As her mother, Mira, nears the end of her life, journalist Rachelle Unreich wants to find out more about how Mira survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed....
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Just wonderful
- By Julie raunik on 01-12-2023
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I'll Let Myself In
- By: Hannah Diviney
- Narrated by: Hannah Diviney
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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A young woman comes to terms with all that she is, the good, the bad and the ugly....
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Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome
- A Memoir of Humor and Healing
- By: Reba Riley
- Narrated by: Reba Riley
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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Riley invites questioners, doubters, misfits, and curious believers to participate in the universal search to heal what life has broken....
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Game changer
- By Holly on 18-09-2023
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Only Say Good Things
- Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
- By: Crystal Hefner
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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In this gripping and honest memoir Crystal exposes the toxic culture at Playboy's core and the devastating effect it had on her health....
New Releases
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Sistering
- The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go
- By: Danielle Neff, Jessica Dickey
- Narrated by: Jessica Dickey, Danielle Neff
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters—one a playwright, one a preacher—excavate their evolving bond. Swinging between irreverent humor and achy tenderness, Sistering: The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go is for anyone who has been lucky enough to find their number one fan, and for those still searching.
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Unbreakable
- By: Richard Askwith
- Narrated by: Richard Askwith
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis have sent their paramilitary elite-SS officers on a mission to crush the 'subhuman Slavs'. The local cavalry officers have no hope of stopping them. But there is one other contestant: a countess riding a little golden mare.
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My March Through Hell
- A Young Girl's Terrifying Journey to Survival
- By: Halina Kleiner, Edwin Stepp - contributor
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A young girl is suddenly all alone and on the run from the Nazis in her hometown in Poland. Having survived an aktion that was intended to completely rid Czestochowa of all the Jews, she and her father try to make their way back to their home during the late hours of the night.
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The Second Half
- Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty
- By: Ellen Warner, Erica Jung - foreword, Sarah Lamb - afterword
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Hannah Choi, Carmen Jewel Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The Second Half explores how the second half of life is experienced by women from many different cultures. From a French actress to a British novelist, from an Algerian nomad to a Saudi Arabian doctor, and an American politician, Ellen Warner traveled all over the world to interview women about their lives. She asked them what they learned in the first half that was helpful in the second, and what advice they would give to younger women. Their revealing and inspiring stories are enlightening for all listeners.
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What's Left Unsaid
- My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis
- By: Melissa DeRosa
- Narrated by: Melissa DeRosa
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York governor Andrew Cuomo was thrust onto the national stage, hailed around the globe for his leadership. Alongside him every step of the way, Melissa DeRosa quickly became a household name. In her riveting memoir, DeRosa details her journey as a young woman in politics rising to the highest levels of government, writing with raw honesty and vulnerability about the personal challenges she faced—a failing marriage, infertility, death threats, misogyny—while navigating unprecedented professional landmines along the way.
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9 Lives by 35
- An Olympic Gymnast's Inspiring Story of Reinvention
- By: Mary Sanders, Robert Herjavec - foreword
- Narrated by: Mary Sanders
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Sanders was handed an Olympic dream by her father from the moment she was born. Determined to follow in his footsteps, the young gymnast struggled through training setbacks, financial hardships, and personal rivalries, under a cloud of grief, to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. But that achievement was only the beginning for a woman determined to reinvent herself and consistently raise her own standards for success.
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Sistering
- The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go
- By: Danielle Neff, Jessica Dickey
- Narrated by: Jessica Dickey, Danielle Neff
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters—one a playwright, one a preacher—excavate their evolving bond. Swinging between irreverent humor and achy tenderness, Sistering: The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go is for anyone who has been lucky enough to find their number one fan, and for those still searching.
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Unbreakable
- By: Richard Askwith
- Narrated by: Richard Askwith
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis have sent their paramilitary elite-SS officers on a mission to crush the 'subhuman Slavs'. The local cavalry officers have no hope of stopping them. But there is one other contestant: a countess riding a little golden mare.
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My March Through Hell
- A Young Girl's Terrifying Journey to Survival
- By: Halina Kleiner, Edwin Stepp - contributor
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A young girl is suddenly all alone and on the run from the Nazis in her hometown in Poland. Having survived an aktion that was intended to completely rid Czestochowa of all the Jews, she and her father try to make their way back to their home during the late hours of the night.
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The Second Half
- Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty
- By: Ellen Warner, Erica Jung - foreword, Sarah Lamb - afterword
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Hannah Choi, Carmen Jewel Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The Second Half explores how the second half of life is experienced by women from many different cultures. From a French actress to a British novelist, from an Algerian nomad to a Saudi Arabian doctor, and an American politician, Ellen Warner traveled all over the world to interview women about their lives. She asked them what they learned in the first half that was helpful in the second, and what advice they would give to younger women. Their revealing and inspiring stories are enlightening for all listeners.
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What's Left Unsaid
- My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis
- By: Melissa DeRosa
- Narrated by: Melissa DeRosa
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York governor Andrew Cuomo was thrust onto the national stage, hailed around the globe for his leadership. Alongside him every step of the way, Melissa DeRosa quickly became a household name. In her riveting memoir, DeRosa details her journey as a young woman in politics rising to the highest levels of government, writing with raw honesty and vulnerability about the personal challenges she faced—a failing marriage, infertility, death threats, misogyny—while navigating unprecedented professional landmines along the way.
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9 Lives by 35
- An Olympic Gymnast's Inspiring Story of Reinvention
- By: Mary Sanders, Robert Herjavec - foreword
- Narrated by: Mary Sanders
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Sanders was handed an Olympic dream by her father from the moment she was born. Determined to follow in his footsteps, the young gymnast struggled through training setbacks, financial hardships, and personal rivalries, under a cloud of grief, to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. But that achievement was only the beginning for a woman determined to reinvent herself and consistently raise her own standards for success.
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The Female Gaze
- Essential Movies Made by Women
- By: Alicia Malone
- Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard!
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Always, Rachel
- The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
- By: Martha Freeman - editor
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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These letters between the pioneering environmentalist and her beloved friend reveal "a vibrant, caring woman behind the scientist" (Los Angeles Times). This very special collection of letters from Rachel Carson to her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman offers an intimate, spellbinding look at Carson's private life and thoughts.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
- By: Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Narrated by: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Wollstonecraft is the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. She has been called Britain’s first feminist. Her daughter Mary Shelley is the author of the novel Frankenstein (1818). This biography was written by Elizabeth Robin Pennell. It was her first book, written before she was thirty. She was married that year to illustrator and artist Joseph Pennell.
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A Constellation of Ghosts
- By: Laraine Herring
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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When Laraine Herring receives an unexpected colon cancer diagnosis, her father, thirty years dead, returns to her as a raven, setting off a magical journey into complicated grief, inherited trauma, and ancestral healing. As she struggles with redefining her expectations for her life, she slips farther and farther underground into the ancestral realm, where she finds herself writing a play directed by her father-as-raven.
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Barbie and Ruth
- The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her
- By: Robin Gerber
- Narrated by: Karen Gundersen
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Barbie and Ruth is the remarkable true story of the world’s most famous toy and the woman who created her. It is a fascinating account of how one visionary woman and her product changed an industry and sparked a lasting debate about women’s roles. At once a business book, a colorful portrait of an extraordinary female entrepreneur, and a breathtaking look at a cultural phenomenon, Barbie and Ruth is a must-listen for anyone who ever owned a Barbie doll.
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The Real Happy Valley
- True Stories of Crime and Heroism from Yorkshire’s Front Line Policewomen
- By: Alice Vinten
- Narrated by: Sara Poyzer
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood may be a fictional character, but her bravery, compassion and determination exist in real-life policewomen serving across Yorkshire today. In The Real Happy Valley, former policewoman Alice Vinten reveals what life on the beat is really like for those protecting the cobbled streets and windswept hills of this historic county. From domestic abuse to kidnap, gang crime and murder, these women will stop at nothing to bring their criminals to justice and in the most extraordinary circumstances, they never fail to put others' safety before their own.
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I'm Liz Hayes
- A Memoir
- By: Liz Hayes
- Narrated by: Liz Hayes
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Liz Hayes has graced our television screens for more than four decades. Millions of Australians kicked off their weeks with Liz co-hosting Channel 9's Today show, and now for over 25 years have settled into their Sunday nights to watch her investigative journalism on 60 Minutes. From camping in grizzly bear territory to sipping tea with an Afghani warlord in an active warzone, Liz has almost seen it all. Compelling and elegantly written, Liz's long-awaited memoir takes us behind the cameras.
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Great yarns!
- By Amazon Customer on 28-11-2023
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I'm Not Done Yet
- ...And You Shouldn't Be Either
- By: Cynthia Barnett
- Narrated by: Dr. Cynthia Barnett
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In I'm Not Done Yet, Dr. Cynthia Barnett shares her story of overcoming obstacles, embracing change, fighting injustice, and refiring her spirit. Today, she can truly say she loves her life. In this book, Cynthia shares stories of what led her to fulfillment, from a childhood growing up on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean to coming to America, struggling to get accepted into a university, marrying, raising children, surviving divorce, and ultimately, rising to the top of her field.
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To (M)others from the Hood
- By: Shannon McGuire
- Narrated by: Shannon McGuire
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Your life is unique, but we bet you can relate to Shannon's story. You might not have grown up in South Central LA during the crack epidemic and riots. You might not have lost your little brother to a tragic accident when you were nine years old. You might not have started AdultHood as a teen mom on welfare. But your experiences have likely left you with some of the same problematic patterns and challenges Shannon had to overcome.
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Shaken, Yet Here I Stand
- A Memoir
- By: Shanee Dennis-Morgan
- Narrated by: Brittany Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Shattered but not broken, Shaneé Morgan, shares the raw and uncut story of her journey through childhood trauma, tragedy, resilience, and healing. This shocking yet powerful memoir recalls the author’s childhood growing-up in 5th Ward Houston, Texas also known as “The Nickel,” in the midst of the crack epidemic. From the crack house to the school house, Shaneé recounts the tragic events that could’ve claimed her life, or the lives of her family if not for the grace and mercy of God.
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Somewhere in the Music, I'll Find Me
- A Memoir
- By: Laurie Markvart
- Narrated by: Laurie Markvart
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing, always moving, Somewhere in the Music, I’ll Find Me is a coming-of-age memoir that illustrates the power of a dream to shape a lifetime, no matter what fate has in store. When Laurie Markvart's brother took her to the big city to experience her first rock concert, Laurie's life was forever changed. The stage, the lights, the heart-pounding sound—then and there, teenage Laurie knew she was made for music. But could she make it with music?
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My Own Story
- By: Emmeline Pankhurst
- Narrated by: Lillian Rachel
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Emmeline Pankhurst was a fierce campaigner for the rights of women, enduring hardship, prison, and male entitlement in her fight for equality. Here, Pankhurst tells her story in her own words, describing how the girl of fourteen who attended her first suffragette meeting, became a woman the world would remember as an unrelenting and courageous activist for the rights of women.