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To Conquer the Air - Abridged by James Tobin
To Conquer the Air - Abridged
James Tobin
To Conquer the Air - Abridged by James Tobin

To Conquer the Air - Abridged

By: James Tobin

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.

For years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in... Read more

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Listening Is an Act of Love - Abridged by Dave Isay
Listening Is an Act of Love - Abridged
Dave Isay
Listening Is an Act of Love - Abridged by Dave Isay

Listening Is an Act of Love - Abridged

By: Dave Isay

Narrated by: Dave Isay & StoryCorps Participants

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps—the largest oral history project in the nation's history—presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. 

StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting... Read more

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Educating Esmé - Abridged by Esmé Raji Codell
Educating Esmé - Abridged
Esmé Raji Codell
Educating Esmé - Abridged by Esmé Raji Codell

Educating Esmé - Abridged

By: Esmé Raji Codell

Narrated by: Esmé Raji Codell

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Codell's portrait of an inner-city elementary school is funny, poignant, and inspiring. Read more

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The Darkest Jungle - Abridged by Todd Balf
The Darkest Jungle - Abridged
Todd Balf
The Darkest Jungle - Abridged by Todd Balf

The Darkest Jungle - Abridged

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Ray Childs

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.”

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large in the minds of the world’s most courageous adventurers... Read more

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The Great Nowitzki - Das außergewöhnliche Leben des großen deutschen Sportlers (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged by Thomas Pletzinger
The Great Nowitzki - Das außergewöhnliche Leben des großen deutschen Sportlers (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged
Thomas Pletzinger
The Great Nowitzki - Das außergewöhnliche Leben des großen deutschen Sportlers (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged by Thomas Pletzinger

The Great Nowitzki - Das außergewöhnliche Leben des großen deutschen Sportlers (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Thomas Pletzinger

Narrated by: Julian Mehne

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"All die Stunden in der Halle, die Niederlagen und Siege, all die Geschichten und Gedanken - es braucht einen Autor wie Thomas Pletzinger, um die richtigen Worte für meine Welt und mein Spiel zu finden. Ich hätte mir keinen besseren wünschen können." Dirk Nowitzki Wenn man über Dirk Nowitzki spricht, kommt man an Superlativen nicht vorbei. Er... Read more

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The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged by Ulrich Baer
The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged
Ulrich Baer
The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged by Ulrich Baer

The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged

By: Ulrich Baer

Narrated by: Ethan Hawke

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.”
–RAINER MARIA RILKE

In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of... Read more

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Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged by Nick Mirisola
Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged
Nick Mirisola
Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged by Nick Mirisola

Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged

By: Nick Mirisola

Narrated by: Gill Mills & Nick Mirisola

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Metaphysical Sherpa. Misunderstood Mystic by Nick MirisolaA Condensed Autobiography and more…An Anthology of a life’s work, with Artwork, Memes, and Meditative Animal Song Lyrics.Accompanied by a Philosophy of Science Paper first published in The International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation Points About Points with a PointNature... Read more

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The Bin Ladens - Abridged by Steve Coll
The Bin Ladens - Abridged
Steve Coll
The Bin Ladens - Abridged by Steve Coll

The Bin Ladens - Abridged

By: Steve Coll

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap

"Riveting . . . The most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

In The Bin Ladens, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues where Ghost Wars left off, shedding new light on one... Read more

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Warped Factors - Abridged by Walter Koenig
Warped Factors - Abridged
Walter Koenig
Warped Factors - Abridged by Walter Koenig

Warped Factors - Abridged

By: Walter Koenig

Narrated by: Walter Koenig

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is actor Walter Koenig's story— from growing up as the neurotic child of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan through his rise to fame on Star Trek as Pavel Chekov, Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise. With wry wit, striking candor, and a true gift for storytelling, Koenig takes us on a sometimes bumpy but often... Read more

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Ghost Light - Abridged by Frank Rich
Ghost Light - Abridged
Frank Rich
Ghost Light - Abridged by Frank Rich

Ghost Light - Abridged

By: Frank Rich

Narrated by: Frank Rich

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is a theater superstition that if the emptied house is ever left completely dark, a ghost will take up residence. To prevent this, a single "ghost light" is left burning at center stage after the audience and all of the actors and musicians have left. In this eloquent and moving memoir, celebrated New York Times drama critic and columnist... Read more

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When Money Is King - Abridged by Richard Hack
When Money Is King - Abridged
Richard Hack
When Money Is King - Abridged by Richard Hack

When Money Is King - Abridged

By: Richard Hack

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Financier Ronald O. Perelman is one of the richest men in America, building a personal business empire worth billions. Linked to society's most dazzling beauties, Perelman owns palatial estates in Palm Beach, East Hampton, Manhattan, Sun Valley, and Bel Air, plus an impressive art collection, a fleet of automobiles, and two G-4 jets. This first... Read more

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The Great Getty - Abridged by Robert Lenzner
The Great Getty - Abridged
Robert Lenzner
The Great Getty - Abridged by Robert Lenzner

The Great Getty - Abridged

By: Robert Lenzner

Narrated by: Liz Smith

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) was a shrewd industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942, ultimately becoming a dominant player in the oil industry. In The Great Getty, Robert Lenzner presents an in-depth biography of the savviest entrepreneur of the 20th century and the world's richest private citizen at the time of his death— ... Read more

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O menino do alpendre - Abridged by Romulo Vaz
O menino do alpendre - Abridged
Romulo Vaz
O menino do alpendre - Abridged by Romulo Vaz

O menino do alpendre - Abridged

By: Romulo Vaz

Narrated by: Livri

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A história de vida que impacta e inspira, muito mais que uma biografia, mais que superação pessoal. Este livro é uma ferramenta para que você encontre seus caminhos, seu verdadeiro eu, sua identidade. Uma luz para que você consiga uma forma de vencer seus medos e se libertar dos sentimentos ruins que dele se originam como insegurança,... Read more

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Condi - Abridged by Antonia Felix
Condi - Abridged
Antonia Felix
Condi - Abridged by Antonia Felix

Condi - Abridged

By: Antonia Felix

Narrated by: Antonia Felix

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the remarkable and galvanizing true story of Condoleezza Rice—sixty-sixth United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, who once said about his close confidante, “Dr. Rice is not only a brilliant person, she is an experienced person. . . . America will find that she is a wise person.”With the current release of her own... Read more

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I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Abridged by Bill Bryson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Abridged
Bill Bryson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Abridged by Bill Bryson

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body.

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliensas he later put it, "it was... Read more

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Road to the Dales - Abridged by Gervase Phinn
Road to the Dales - Abridged
Gervase Phinn
Road to the Dales - Abridged by Gervase Phinn

Road to the Dales - Abridged

By: Gervase Phinn

Narrated by: Gervase Phinn

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Road to the Dales: The Story of a Yorkshire Lad,
Gervase tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This audiobook is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with Gervase, and share in his personal... Read more

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All Rivers Run to the Sea - Abridged by Elie Wiesel
All Rivers Run to the Sea - Abridged
Elie Wiesel
All Rivers Run to the Sea - Abridged by Elie Wiesel

All Rivers Run to the Sea - Abridged

By: Elie Wiesel

Narrated by: Elie Wiesel

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the... Read more

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Soldier - Abridged by Karen DeYoung
Soldier - Abridged
Karen DeYoung
Soldier - Abridged by Karen DeYoung

Soldier - Abridged

By: Karen DeYoung

Narrated by: Roscoe Orman

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more

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Funny Cide - Abridged by Sally Jenkins & Funny Cide Ventures, LLC
Funny Cide - Abridged
Sally Jenkins & Funny Cide Ventures, LLC
Funny Cide - Abridged by Sally Jenkins & Funny Cide Ventures, LLC

Funny Cide - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & Funny Cide Ventures, LLC

Narrated by: Jamey Sheridan

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They had no business being there. They were up against million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of America.

In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide became "the people's horse," the... Read more

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Mark Twain - Abridged by Ron Powers
Mark Twain - Abridged
Ron Powers
Mark Twain - Abridged by Ron Powers

Mark Twain - Abridged

By: Ron Powers

Narrated by: Ron Powers

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine." —Los Angeles Times

A magnificent and insightful biography of legendary writer Mark Twain and a great American story.

Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became... Read more

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Blackbird - Abridged by Jennifer Lauck
Blackbird - Abridged
Jennifer Lauck
Blackbird - Abridged by Jennifer Lauck

Blackbird - Abridged

By: Jennifer Lauck

Narrated by: Jennifer Lauck

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck's incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extraordinary circumstances of a childhood lost. Wrenching and unforgettable, Blackbird will carry your heart away.

To young Jenny, the house on Mary... Read more

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No Shortcuts to the Top - Abridged by Ed Viesturs & David Roberts
No Shortcuts to the Top - Abridged
Ed Viesturs & David Roberts
No Shortcuts to the Top - Abridged by Ed Viesturs & David Roberts

No Shortcuts to the Top - Abridged

By: Ed Viesturs & David Roberts

Narrated by: Ed Viesturs

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.

For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much... Read more

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My Life in Three Acts - Abridged by Helen Hayes
My Life in Three Acts - Abridged
Helen Hayes
My Life in Three Acts - Abridged by Helen Hayes

My Life in Three Acts - Abridged

By: Helen Hayes

Narrated by: Helen Hayes

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In this extremely candid and honest account, Helen Hayes, acclaimed "First Lady of the American Theater", looks back on her life and career, and you are invited to a private listening session. So sit back, relax, and listen to behind-the-scenes portraits and anecdotes of personalities such as Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, John F. Kennedy, Al... Read more

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A Good Life - Abridged by Ben Bradlee
A Good Life - Abridged
Ben Bradlee
A Good Life - Abridged by Ben Bradlee

A Good Life - Abridged

By: Ben Bradlee

Narrated by: Ben Bradlee

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.

The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more

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