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Leaving Before the Rains Come

Alexandra Fuller

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLooking to rebuild after a painful divorce, Alexandra Fuller turns to her African past for clues to living a life fully and without fear  A child of the Rhodesian wars and of two deeply complicated parents, A...

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Published: Jan 2016

The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Fina...

Peter Gethers

The final, poignant chapter in a trilogy of bestselling true stories about a floppy-eared Scottish Fold named NortonPeter Gethers was a confirmed cat hater until the day he received a six-week-old kitten as a gift. Walking the streets...

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Published: Oct 2002

Life with Picasso

Francoise Gilot

Francoise Gilot met Picasso during the German occupation of Paris, she was twenty-one, he was sixty-two.  For nearly a decade, Gilot shared her life with this giant of the art world, giving birth to two of his children, working as h...

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Published: May 1989

Gringos in Paradise: An American Coup...

Barry Golson

A Year in Provence meets Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House in this lively and entertaining account of a couple's year building their dream house in Mexico.In 2004, Barry Golson wrote an award-winning article for AARP magazine about...

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Published: Dec 2008

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickins...

Lyndall Gordon

Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon presents a startling portrayal of one of America's most significant literary figures that will change the way we view her life and legacy.

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2010

Fierce Attachments: A Memoir

Vivian Gornick

In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. There have been numerous books about mother and daughter, but none has dealt with this closest of filia...

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Published: Sep 2005

Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring ...

Susan Gubar

"Staggering, searing…Ms. Gubar deserves the highest admiration for her bravery and honesty."—New York TimesDiagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008, Susan Gubar underwent radical debulking surgery, an attempt to excise the ...

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Published: Jun 2013

I Love You, Miss Huddleston: and Othe...

Philip Gulley

With his ear for the small town and his knack for finding the needle of humor in life's haystack, Philip Gulley might well be Indiana's answer to Missouri's Mark Twain. In I Love You, Miss Huddleston we are transported to 1970's Danv...

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Published: May 2010

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friend...

David Halberstam

As baseball legend Ted Williams lay dying in Florida, his old Boston Red Sox teammates Johnny Pesky and Dom DMaggio piled into a car and drove 1,300 miles to see their friend. Another member of the close-knit group, Bobby Doerr, remai...

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Published: May 2004

I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern W...

Michael Hastings

I Lost My Love in Baghdad is an extraordinarily gripping and informative account of the chaos inside the Green Zone by Newsweek's youngest war correspondent, whose fiancee was killed during an attempted kidnapping.

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2008

All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes,...

Rutger Hauer

He came to mainstream prominence as a machine more human than his creators in Blade Runner, terrified us as a hitchhiker bent on his own death and the death of anyone who got in his way in The Hitcher, and unforgettably portrayed a l...

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Published: May 2008

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life ...

Anthony Raye Hinton

"An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.”- Archbishop Desmond TutuThis program includes a forward written and read by Bryan Stevenson, and a bonus author commentary from Anthony...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2018

Lucky Girl

Mei-Ling Hopgood

Mei-Ling Hopgood was an all-American girl. She grew up in the Midwest, studied journalism at the University of Missouri, and became a reporter for a Michigan newspaper. Adopted when she was a baby, she was never really curious about h...

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Published: Jun 2010

Unraveled: The True Story of a Woman ...

Maria Housden

As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans.Unraveled is Housden’s ...

Abridged CD
Published: May 2005

My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a ...

Ben Ryder Howe

It all starts when Ben Ryder Howe's wife, whose parents emigrated from Korea, decides to repay her debt to them by buying them a deli to run. Howe, an editor at "The Paris Review," reluctantly agrees to help in the venture. ...

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Published: Feb 2012

Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost a...

Allegra Huston

When Allegra Huston was four years old, her mother was killed in a car crash. Soon afterward, she was introduced to an intimidating man wreathed in cigar smoke -- the legendary film director John Huston -- with the words, "This i...

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Published: Apr 2010

Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Bur...

Nancy Isenberg

A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough With Fallen Founder , Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone's favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet thr...

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Published: May 2008

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of ...

Lee Israel

Now a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy—Lee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary n...

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Published: Oct 2018

One Ranger

H. Joaquin Jackson

When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly, Joaquin Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Nick Nolte modeled his character on him in the movie Extreme Prejudice. Jackson even had a speaking part of his own ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2005

My Infamous Life: The Autobiography o...

Albert "Prodigy" Johnson

From one of the greatest rappers of all time, a memoir about a life almost lost and a revealing look at the dark side of hip-hop's golden era. This unabridged audiobook edition is read by the author: Albert ''Prodigy'' Johnson Include...

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Published: Apr 2011

Churchill

Paul Johnson

An elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of the inimitable leader. Paul Johnson's books are acknowledged as masterpieces of historical analysis. In Churchill, he offers a lively, succinct exploration of one of the most complex and...

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Published: Oct 2010

Heroes: From Alexander the Great and ...

Paul Johnson

In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series. As he has done in previous books, he approaches the subject of heroism by example. Here are men and women from every age, walk of life, an...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2007

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

Grace Jones

Iconic music and film legend Grace Jones gives an in-depth account of her stellar career, professional and personal life, and the signature look that catapulted her into the stardom stratosphere.Grace Jones, a veritable "triple-t...

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Published: Jun 2016

Lennon Revealed

Larry Kane

DIVA quarter of a century after his death, the question remains: what was John Lennon really like? Now, in the audio version of IThe New York Times' bestselling book, acclaimed broadcast journalist Larry Kane uncovers the mysteries of...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2008

Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Lives)

Thomas Keneally

The ideal concise biography of an American icon— now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the great orator, the Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, the martyr—Lincoln's s...

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Published: Jan 2009

Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother...

Sue Monk Kidd

The New York Times bestselling memoir of pilgrimage and metamorphosis by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and her daughter. Sue Monk Kidd has touched the hearts of millions of readers with her beloved novels and acclaimed nonfi...

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Published: Sep 2010

You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught M...

Julie Klam

The hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of a woman learning the secrets of love, health, and happiness from some very surprising teachers: her dogs.

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2010

West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and ...

Steven Kotler

A spiritual and scientific surf quest, West of Jesus tracks a contemporary surfing myth and looks at the neuroscience that connects spirituality and high risk sport.  After spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler h...

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Published: May 2007

American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Serv...

Taya Kyle

Though Chris and Taya Kyle's marriage had its difficult moments, it was always a love story. Together they'd endured military service, unexpected fame, and a major film deal. But just when Taya thought that she and Chris were finally ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2015

Some Assembly Required: A Journal of ...

Anne Lamott

"If there is a doyenne of the parenting memoir, it would be Anne Lamott."—Time In Some Assembly Required, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter in her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sa...

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Published: Apr 2013
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