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My Years as a Nun

by Catherine Coldstream ...

**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from inside their walls.” - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious ... Read more

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**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from inside their walls.” - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious
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My Years as a Nun

by Catherine Coldstream ...

Narrated by Catherine Coldstream ...

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11 hours 24 min

**This program is read by the author."A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from inside their walls.” - Mark Haddon, author of The ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author."A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from inside their walls.” - Mark Haddon, author of The
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A Very Private School

A Memoir

by Charles Spencer ...

Narrated by Charles Spencer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2024 | PEOPLE’SBEST CELEBRITY MEMOIRS 2024 |TOWN & COUNTRY’SBEST NEW ROYAL BOOKS 2024 |THE TIMES (LONDON) 10 BEST BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS 2024 |WINNIPEG FREE PRESS’SBEST BOOKS 2024NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD“A tour de force.” —The Washington PostIn this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer—the 9th Earl Spencer and younger brother of the late Princess Diana ... Read more

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**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2024 | PEOPLE’SBEST CELEBRITY MEMOIRS 2024 |TOWN & COUNTRY’SBEST NEW ROYAL BOOKS 2024 |THE TIMES (LONDON) 10 BEST BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS 2024 |WINNIPEG FREE PRESS’SBEST BOOKS 2024NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD“A tour de force.” —The Washington PostIn this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer—the 9th Earl Spencer and younger brother of the late Princess Diana
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Mad Wife

A Memoir

by Kate Hamilton ...

Narrated by Amy Landon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

**Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate’s love for her husbandBut she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving**In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces her complicated journey from loving wife to gaslit victim to furious feminist with an urgent goal: to expose how women are pressured to uphold the institutions of marriage and family, no matter the ... Read more

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**Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate’s love for her husbandBut she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving**In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces her complicated journey from loving wife to gaslit victim to furious feminist with an urgent goal: to expose how women are pressured to uphold the institutions of marriage and family, no matter the
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When the World Didn't End

A Memoir

by Guinevere Turner ...

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Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult—and the complicated and unexpected pain of leaving the only home she’d ever knownA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAROn January 5, 1975, the world was supposed to end. Under strict instructions, six-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, grabbed ... Read more

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In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult—and the complicated and unexpected pain of leaving the only home she’d ever knownA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAROn January 5, 1975, the world was supposed to end. Under strict instructions, six-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, grabbed
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The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened

by Bill McKibben ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

"Narrator Eric Jason Martin adds gusto to this mini-memoir, which spans much of author Bill McKibben's lifetime."-AudioFile on The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon**Bill McKibben—award-winning author, activist, educator—is fiercely curious.“I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.”**Like so many of us, McKibben grew up ... Read more

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"Narrator Eric Jason Martin adds gusto to this mini-memoir, which spans much of author Bill McKibben's lifetime."-AudioFile on The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon**Bill McKibben—award-winning author, activist, educator—is fiercely curious.“I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.”**Like so many of us, McKibben grew up
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The Hungry Season

A Journey of War, Love, and Survival

by Lisa M. Hamilton ...

Narrated by Lisa M. Hamilton ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, this nonfiction drama traces one woman’s journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggled to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike.As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, this nonfiction drama traces one woman’s journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggled to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike.As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order,
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Standing My Ground

A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th

by Harry Dunn ...

Narrated by Harry Dunn ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

The stirring memoir of Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police Officer on duty January 6th, who has become one of the most prominent and essential voices regarding the truth of that day.Walking the halls of democracy as a Capitol Police officer, Harry Dunn was a man slowly experiencing an awakening. It sparked after the election of our first Black president. It grew as his belief in the bravery and honor of ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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The stirring memoir of Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police Officer on duty January 6th, who has become one of the most prominent and essential voices regarding the truth of that day.Walking the halls of democracy as a Capitol Police officer, Harry Dunn was a man slowly experiencing an awakening. It sparked after the election of our first Black president. It grew as his belief in the bravery and honor of
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Connie

A Memoir

by Connie Chung ...

Narrated by Connie Chung ...

Unabridged

11 hours 35 min

In a sharp, witty memoir, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung pulls no punches in detailing her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry—"an absorbing look at a pioneering news figure" (TIME).Connie Chung is a pioneer. The youngest of ten children, she was the only one born in the U.S., after her ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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In a sharp, witty memoir, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung pulls no punches in detailing her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry—"an absorbing look at a pioneering news figure" (TIME).Connie Chung is a pioneer. The youngest of ten children, she was the only one born in the U.S., after her
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Unsettled

Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816

by Robert Lower ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. ... Read more

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The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal.
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Which Way Is Up?

Finding Heart in the Hardest of Times

by Susan Gillis Chapman ...

Narrated by Dina Pearlman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

A heartfelt guide for meeting difficult times with mindfulness, compassion, and courage—from a psychotherapist and Buddhist practitioner who learned from her own crisis.Using personal examples from her own recent bardo crisis—undergoing cancer treatment during the pandemic—and offering contemplative prompts for inner-reflection and a meditation practice in each chapter, psychotherapist and ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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A heartfelt guide for meeting difficult times with mindfulness, compassion, and courage—from a psychotherapist and Buddhist practitioner who learned from her own crisis.Using personal examples from her own recent bardo crisis—undergoing cancer treatment during the pandemic—and offering contemplative prompts for inner-reflection and a meditation practice in each chapter, psychotherapist and
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Why We Read

On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

by Shannon Reed ...

Narrated by Paige McKinney ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps ... Read more

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A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps
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