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Great and Unfortunate Things

by Jason Arday ...

Great and Unfortunate Things is Jason Arday’s memoir of overcoming remarkable challenges and responding to adversity with resilience, published days before his untimely death on August 14, 2026.Jason Arday grew up in a lively corner of South London as the second youngest of three boys. He was diagnosed with autism and developmental delays at age three, and experts told his parents he would never ... Read more

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Great and Unfortunate Things is Jason Arday’s memoir of overcoming remarkable challenges and responding to adversity with resilience, published days before his untimely death on August 14, 2026.Jason Arday grew up in a lively corner of South London as the second youngest of three boys. He was diagnosed with autism and developmental delays at age three, and experts told his parents he would never
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He Wanted the Moon

The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

by Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton ...

**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ... Read more

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**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career,
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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's wedding to a homeless shelter - searching for the truth about my mother

by Nyna Giles ...

The dual story of Carolyn and her child; one strand evoking a beautiful woman's success and film star friendship with Grace Kelly in '50s new York - the other a child's-eye account of a mother's descent into psychosis and a childhood of deprivation and captivity. Nyna, the youngest child of Carolyn Scott Reybolds, became the victim of her untreated mental illness. Yet through it all, like a ... Read more

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The dual story of Carolyn and her child; one strand evoking a beautiful woman's success and film star friendship with Grace Kelly in '50s new York - the other a child's-eye account of a mother's descent into psychosis and a childhood of deprivation and captivity. Nyna, the youngest child of Carolyn Scott Reybolds, became the victim of her untreated mental illness. Yet through it all, like a
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The World's Best Memoir Writing

The Literature of Life from St. Augustine to Gandhi, and from Pablo Picasso to Nelson Mandela

by Eve Claxton ...

Eve Claxton has taken the most intriguing portions of the world's most famous memoirs and compiled them in this volume. The reader experiences world history as the authors lived it and gains rare insight into the lives and personalities of some of the world's most important writers, thinkers, athletes and artists.From Charlie Chaplin's childhood walks through Victorian London and Alan Bennett's ... Read more

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Eve Claxton has taken the most intriguing portions of the world's most famous memoirs and compiled them in this volume. The reader experiences world history as the authors lived it and gains rare insight into the lives and personalities of some of the world's most important writers, thinkers, athletes and artists.From Charlie Chaplin's childhood walks through Victorian London and Alan Bennett's
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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women's Shelter—Searching for the Truth About My Mother

by Nyna Giles, Eve Claxton ...

A daughter's moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: "Former Bridesmaid of Princess Grace Lives in Homeless Shelter." Nyna was ... Read more

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A daughter's moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: "Former Bridesmaid of Princess Grace Lives in Homeless Shelter." Nyna was
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He Wanted the Moon

The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

by Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton ...

Narrated by Jane Alexander, Paul Boehmer, John Bedford Lloyd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ... Read more

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**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career,
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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women's Shelter - Searching for the Truth About My Mother

by Nyna Giles, Eve Claxton ...

Narrated by Nyna Giles ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

**"A fascinating true story." — Good HousekeepingA daughter’s moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.**Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: “Former Bridesmaid of ... Read more

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**"A fascinating true story." — Good HousekeepingA daughter’s moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.**Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: “Former Bridesmaid of
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LaRose

A Novel

by Louise Erdrich ...

Narrated by Louise Erdrich ...

Unabridged

14 hours 37 min

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionFinalist for the PEN Faulkner AwardIn this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves, wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a ... Read more

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionFinalist for the PEN Faulkner AwardIn this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves, wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a
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The Inkblots

Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

by Damion Searls ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

15 hours 42 min

The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot testIn 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic movements of the day, from Futurism to Dadaism. A visual ... Read more

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The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot testIn 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic movements of the day, from Futurism to Dadaism. A visual
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How I'm Spending My Afterlife

by Spencer Fleury ...

Crooked high-powered lawyer Alton Carver has a plan: stage his own death, take the money he embezzled and light out for Central America, leaving behind wife Nicole and daughter Clara. But when he sticks around town to watch his own funeral, he discovers the life he's leaving behind isn't the life he thought he had.When he sees Nicole in the arms of another man, Alton postpones his run for the ... Read more

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Crooked high-powered lawyer Alton Carver has a plan: stage his own death, take the money he embezzled and light out for Central America, leaving behind wife Nicole and daughter Clara. But when he sticks around town to watch his own funeral, he discovers the life he's leaving behind isn't the life he thought he had.When he sees Nicole in the arms of another man, Alton postpones his run for the
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The Wrong Sister

by T.E. Woods ...

The author of The Fixer delivers “unexpected bombshell twists . . . [in] a standout that is not only worth reading, but devouring” (RT Book Reviews, Top Pick).Sometimes a perfect stranger . . .From behind the wheel of her car, Tess Kincaid glimpses a woman walking down a Madison, Wisconsin, street. They’ve never met, but Tess senses an undeniable familiarity about her. Hair color, square chin, ... Read more

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The author of The Fixer delivers “unexpected bombshell twists . . . [in] a standout that is not only worth reading, but devouring” (RT Book Reviews, Top Pick).Sometimes a perfect stranger . . .From behind the wheel of her car, Tess Kincaid glimpses a woman walking down a Madison, Wisconsin, street. They’ve never met, but Tess senses an undeniable familiarity about her. Hair color, square chin,
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The Last to See Me

The Last Ghost Series, Book One

by M Dressler ...

Series Book 1 - The Last Ghost Series
Book Pipeline 2017 Grand Prize WinnerWinner of the Audiofile Magazine 2018 Earphones Award for FictionFor fans of Lauren Oliver and Kazuo Ishiguro, The Last to See Me is a spellbinding American ghost story deftly weaving past and present into an unforgettable narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own—long after her life is over.Over one hundred years ago, Emma Rose Finnis was ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Book Pipeline 2017 Grand Prize WinnerWinner of the Audiofile Magazine 2018 Earphones Award for FictionFor fans of Lauren Oliver and Kazuo Ishiguro, The Last to See Me is a spellbinding American ghost story deftly weaving past and present into an unforgettable narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own—long after her life is over.Over one hundred years ago, Emma Rose Finnis was
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