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Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi
Dancing in the Mosque
Homeira Qaderi
Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi

Dancing in the Mosque

By: Homeira Qaderi

Narrated by: Ariana Delawari

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on... Read more

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Tragedy Plus Time by Adam Cayton-Holland
Tragedy Plus Time
Adam Cayton-Holland
Tragedy Plus Time by Adam Cayton-Holland

Tragedy Plus Time

By: Adam Cayton-Holland

Narrated by: Adam Cayton-Holland

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Inspiring, tragic, and at times heart-rendingly funny.” —People

Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love letter to every family that has ever felt messy, complicated, or (even momentarily) magnificent.

Meet the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands, a trio of brilliant, acerbic teenagers from Denver, Colorado,... Read more

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Home Baked by Alia Volz
Home Baked
Alia Volz
Home Baked by Alia Volz

Home Baked

By: Alia Volz

Narrated by: Alia Volz

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A blazingly funny, heartfelt memoir from the daughter of the larger-than-life woman who ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that distributed thousands of marijuana brownies per month and helped provide medical marijuana to AIDS patients in San Francisco—for fans... Read more

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Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell
Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell

Let's Take the Long Way Home

By: Gail Caldwell

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In Let's Take the Long Way Home, Pulitzer Prize—winning author Gail Caldwell offers a powerful and moving memoir about her coming-of-age in mid-life and her extraordinary friendship with Caroline Knapp, the author of Drinking: A Love Story.



In her younger years, Caldwell defined herself by rebellion and independence, a passion for books, and an... Read more

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A Good Apology by Molly Howes
A Good Apology
Molly Howes
A Good Apology by Molly Howes

A Good Apology

By: Molly Howes

Narrated by: Molly Howes & Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Through its four essential steps, A GOOD APOLOGY gives groundbreaking advice on how best to make an effective apology toward rebuilding any relationship, for readers of The Body Keeps the Score.

We've all done something wrong or made a mistake or insulted someone -- even if by accident. We've all been hurt and wanted the other person to help us... Read more

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A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes
Rodrigo Garcia
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia

A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes

By: Rodrigo Garcia

Narrated by: Rodrigo Garcia

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“(Garcia) now honors his parents in this brief yet profound memoir rendered all the more intimate in García's own voice.”—Booklist (starred review)“This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me, and it will move and enthrall anyone who has ever entered the glorious literary world of Gabriel García... Read more

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Seek by Scott Shigeoka
Seek
Scott Shigeoka
Seek by Scott Shigeoka

Seek

By: Scott Shigeoka

Narrated by: Scott Shigeoka

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Maximize your potential for connection, healing, and personal growth with this “timely bridge for our divided world.” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential)

If you've felt alienated and alone in recent years, you're in good company. Whether it's a rift in your family, polarization at your workplace or just a sense... Read more

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The Light Room by Kate Zambreno
The Light Room
Kate Zambreno
The Light Room by Kate Zambreno

The Light Room

By: Kate Zambreno

Narrated by: Kate Zambreno

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup.“  —Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 

From “one of our most formally ambitious writers” (Esquire), a moving account of caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss


In The Light Room, Zambreno offers her most profound and... Read more

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Familiar Violence by Heather Montgomery
Familiar Violence
Heather Montgomery
Familiar Violence by Heather Montgomery

Familiar Violence

By: Heather Montgomery

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the... Read more

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Where the Children Take Us by Zain E. Asher
Where the Children Take Us
Zain E. Asher
Where the Children Take Us by Zain E. Asher

Where the Children Take Us

By: Zain E. Asher

Narrated by: Zain E. Asher

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy. Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu Ejiofor receives shattering news. There’s been a fatal car crash, and one of them is... Read more

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Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
Sunil Yapa
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

By: Sunil Yapa

Narrated by: Aaron Landon

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This electrifying novel from an award-winning author follows a grieving father and son as they find themselves on opposite sides of a protest during an important moment in history.

Grief-stricken after his mother's death and three years of wandering the world, Victor is longing for a family and a sense of purpose. He believes he's found both... Read more

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Loyal to a Fault by Courtney J. Burg
Loyal to a Fault
Courtney J. Burg
Loyal to a Fault by Courtney J. Burg

Loyal to a Fault

By: Courtney J. Burg

Narrated by: Courtney J. Burg

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Do you find yourself living as the people pleaser or peacekeeper? Do you avoid conflict? Learn how to overcome your fears about setting boundaries and step into a life that's overflowing with love, respect, and healthy relationships. We are people who love patterns, even if returning to these patterns continues to hurt us or... Read more

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All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt
All Down Darkness Wide
Seán Hewitt
All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

All Down Darkness Wide

By: Seán Hewitt

Narrated by: Seán Hewitt

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature • Named a Best Book of 2022 by Kirkus, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness Named a Best Book of July by Buzzfeed • A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction 2022 Summer Read • Observer Book of the Week • Lammy Finalist

“The most beautiful prose I’ve read in years.”—Alexander Chee, The Atlantic •...
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Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen
Boy Friends
Michael Pedersen
Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen

Boy Friends

By: Michael Pedersen

Narrated by: Michael Pedersen

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents. 'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.' STEPHEN FRY 'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.' JACKIE KAY 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A... Read more

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Everything I Have Is Yours by Eleanor Henderson
Everything I Have Is Yours
Eleanor Henderson
Everything I Have Is Yours by Eleanor Henderson

Everything I Have Is Yours

By: Eleanor Henderson

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"Vacker's insightful presentation introduces listeners to this debilitating disease and its effects on marriage and family." - AudioFile Magazine

From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson comes a turbulent love story meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author’s twenty-year marriage defined by her husband’s...
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Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas
Sink
Joseph Earl Thomas
Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas

Sink

By: Joseph Earl Thomas

Narrated by: Joseph Earl Thomas

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture.

Stranded within an ever-shifting family’s desperate but volatile attempts to love, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack... Read more

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The Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz
The Good Life
Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz
The Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz

The Good Life

By: Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz

Narrated by: Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their “captivating” (The Wall Street Journal) book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, show that the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize.

What makes a life... Read more

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Somewhere Sisters by Erika Hayasaki
Somewhere Sisters
Erika Hayasaki
Somewhere Sisters by Erika Hayasaki

Somewhere Sisters

By: Erika Hayasaki

Narrated by: VyVy Nguyen

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, each knowing little about the other’s existence, until they were reunited as teenagers, against all odds.
 
The twins were born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in 1998, where their mother struggled to care for them. Hà was taken in by their biological aunt,... Read more

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Liliana's Invincible Summer (Pulitzer Prize winner) by Cristina Rivera Garza
Liliana's Invincible Summer (Pulitzer Prize winner)
Cristina Rivera Garza
Liliana's Invincible Summer (Pulitzer Prize winner) by Cristina Rivera Garza

Liliana's Invincible Summer (Pulitzer Prize winner)

By: Cristina Rivera Garza

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem).
 
“Part memoir, part true-crime story, Garza’s chronicle is both... Read more

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How to Dungeon Master Parenting by Shelly Mazzanoble
How to Dungeon Master Parenting
Shelly Mazzanoble
How to Dungeon Master Parenting by Shelly Mazzanoble

How to Dungeon Master Parenting

By: Shelly Mazzanoble

Narrated by: Shelly Mazzanoble

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Gather your party, it’s time to level up your parenting game! For years, millions of fans have looked to the beloved role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons for fun, friendship, and entertainment. And now parents and parents-to-be can use it to gain inspiration and how-to when it comes to their most challenging and rewarding role yet. Dungeon... Read more

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The Futures by Anna Pitoniak
The Futures
Anna Pitoniak
The Futures by Anna Pitoniak

The Futures

By: Anna Pitoniak

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this dazzling debut novel about love and betrayal, a young couple moves to New York City in search of success-only to learn that the lives they dream of may come with dangerous strings attached.

Julia and Evan fall in love as undergraduates at Yale. For Evan, a scholarship student from a rural Canadian town, Yale is a whole new world, and... Read more

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Happily by Sabrina Orah Mark
Happily
Sabrina Orah Mark
Happily by Sabrina Orah Mark

Happily

By: Sabrina Orah Mark

Narrated by: Gilli Messer

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American South—based on her acclaimed Paris Review column “Happily”

“One of the most inventive, phenomenally executed books I’ve read in decades.”—Kiese... Read more

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Anatomy of Desire by Dr. Emily Jamea
Anatomy of Desire
Dr. Emily Jamea
Anatomy of Desire by Dr. Emily Jamea

Anatomy of Desire

By: Dr. Emily Jamea

Narrated by: Dr. Emily Jamea

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Combining over fifteen years of clinical experience with her groundbreaking research into the science of flow, Dr. Emily Jamea's ANATOMY OF DESIRE delivers a fresh perspective on the untapped potential of our sex lives, intimate partner connections, and personal wellbeing.


"Dr. Emily Jamea makes difficult issues... Read more

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Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Vuolo
Becoming Free Indeed
Jinger Vuolo
Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Vuolo

Becoming Free Indeed

By: Jinger Vuolo

Narrated by: Jinger Vuolo

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.New York Times Bestseller on disentangling faith but keep your belief in Jesus intact. Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, recounts how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ.When Jinger Duggar... Read more

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