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Vagrant Viking

My Life and Adventures

by Peter Freuchen ...

Follow the Adventures of This Intrepid Arctic Explorer Famous Danish explorer Peter Freuchen (1886-1957) lived an epic life of adventures ranging from exploring the frozen Arctic to fighting the German war machine of World War II. In Vagrant Viking he chronicles his exploits from Copenhagen to Siberia to Hollywood. Together with fellow polar explorer Knud Rasmussen, Freuchen established the ... Read more

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Follow the Adventures of This Intrepid Arctic Explorer Famous Danish explorer Peter Freuchen (1886-1957) lived an epic life of adventures ranging from exploring the frozen Arctic to fighting the German war machine of World War II. In Vagrant Viking he chronicles his exploits from Copenhagen to Siberia to Hollywood. Together with fellow polar explorer Knud Rasmussen, Freuchen established the
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Arctic Adventure

My Life in the Frozen North

by Peter Freuchen ...

Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that "except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time." During his lifetime Freuchen's remarkable adventures, related in his books, magazine articles, and films, made him a legend. In 1910, ... Read more

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Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that "except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time." During his lifetime Freuchen's remarkable adventures, related in his books, magazine articles, and films, made him a legend. In 1910,
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Arctic Adventure

My Life in the Frozen North

by Peter Freuchen ...

Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole—adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way.Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear ... Read more

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Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole—adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way.Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear
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Arctic Adventure

My Life in the Frozen North

by Peter Freuchen ...

Narrated by Bobby Brill ...

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16 hours 31 min

Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time. During his lifetime Freuchen's remarkable adventures, related in his books, magazine articles, and films, made him a legend. In 1910, ... Read more

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Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time. During his lifetime Freuchen's remarkable adventures, related in his books, magazine articles, and films, made him a legend. In 1910,
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Joy in the Morning

A Novel

by Betty Smith ...

Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

FromBetty Smith, author of the beloved American classic A Tree Grows inBrooklyn, comes an unsentimental yet radiant and uplifting taleof young love and marriage.In 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Carl Brown and Annie McGairymeet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone halfway acrossthe country to the Midwestern university where Carl is study... ... Read more

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FromBetty Smith, author of the beloved American classic A Tree Grows inBrooklyn, comes an unsentimental yet radiant and uplifting taleof young love and marriage.In 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Carl Brown and Annie McGairymeet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone halfway acrossthe country to the Midwestern university where Carl is study...
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The Whisper on the Night Wind

The True History of a Wilderness Legend

by Adam Shoalts ...

Narrated by Adam Shoalts ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERSpellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer.Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of it swallowed up by dark spruce woods that cloak millions of acres.In the early 1900s, this isolated ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERSpellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer.Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of it swallowed up by dark spruce woods that cloak millions of acres.In the early 1900s, this isolated
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Honor

by Thrity Umrigar ...

Narrated by Sneha Mathan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide.Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena ... Read more

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In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide.Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena
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Beyond the Trees

A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic

by Adam Shoalts ...

Narrated by Adam Shoalts ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals.What does it mean to explore and confront the unknown? Beyond the Trees recounts Adam Shoalts's epic, never-before-attempted solo crossing of Canada's mainland Arctic in a single season. It's also a multilayered story that weaves the narrative of Shoalts's journey into accounts of other adventurers, explorers, ... Read more

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A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals.What does it mean to explore and confront the unknown? Beyond the Trees recounts Adam Shoalts's epic, never-before-attempted solo crossing of Canada's mainland Arctic in a single season. It's also a multilayered story that weaves the narrative of Shoalts's journey into accounts of other adventurers, explorers,
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Vanderbilt

The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe ...

Narrated by Anderson Cooper ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth
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All the Quiet Places

A Novel

by Brian Thomas Isaac ...

Narrated by Lincoln McGowan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 28 min

Finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionLonglisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeWinner of the 2022 Indigenous Voices Awards’ Published Prose in English PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardLonglisted for CBC Canada Reads 2022Longlisted for First Nations Community Reads 2022An Indigo... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionLonglisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeWinner of the 2022 Indigenous Voices Awards’ Published Prose in English PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardLonglisted for CBC Canada Reads 2022Longlisted for First Nations Community Reads 2022An Indigo...
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Exit West

A Novel

by Mohsin Hamid ...

Narrated by Mohsin Hamid ...

Unabridged

4 hours 42 min

**One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE**“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review“Moving, audacious ... Read more

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**One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE**“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review“Moving, audacious
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Good Night, Irene

A Novel

by Luis Alberto Urrea ...

Narrated by Luis Alberto Urrea, Barrie Kreinik ...

Unabridged

13 hours 26 min

**This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.“Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through ... He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself.” —Financial Times**In ... Read more

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**This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.“Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through ... He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself.” —Financial Times**In
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