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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Stories

by JT LeRoy ...

Narrated by JT LeRoy, Jeff Feuerzeig, Christelle de Castro, Donovan Leitch, Laura Desiree, Kerris Dorsey, Julie Mintz, Winsome Brown, Michael Imperioli0, Libby Mintz1, Joshua Caleb Johnson2, Darnell Martin3, Laura Albert4, Lawrence Rothman5, Paul Mendez6, Pamela Sneed7, Shirley Manson8, Laila Hayani9, SOKO0, Alissa Bennett1, Daniel Newman2, Robin Weigert3, various narrators4 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

The classic JT LeRoy story collection is now available in audio for the first time ever, featuring eleven previously uncollected stories, including one never before published, and an all-star line-up of twenty-one narrators.“Beautifully structured and written.”—Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to BrooklynThis book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run ... Read more

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The classic JT LeRoy story collection is now available in audio for the first time ever, featuring eleven previously uncollected stories, including one never before published, and an all-star line-up of twenty-one narrators.“Beautifully structured and written.”—Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to BrooklynThis book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run
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My Secret to Keep

A Novel

by Barbara Conrey, Jesse Bickford ...

Narrated by Robin Weigert ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

When Maggie Bryan works up the nerve to tell her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately disown her.Later that night, her boyfriend is killed. In desperation, she turns to her brother, Sam. Against his wife’s wishes, Sam brings Maggie to his home in rural Pennsylvania.While Maggie awaits the birth of her child and navigates the tension in her new home, she decides to finish high school. There she ... Read more

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When Maggie Bryan works up the nerve to tell her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately disown her.Later that night, her boyfriend is killed. In desperation, she turns to her brother, Sam. Against his wife’s wishes, Sam brings Maggie to his home in rural Pennsylvania.While Maggie awaits the birth of her child and navigates the tension in her new home, she decides to finish high school. There she
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Guys Read: True Stories

by Jon Scieszka, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Partridge, Nathan Hale, James Sturm, Candace Fleming, Douglas Florian, Sy Montgomery, Steve Sheinkin, T. Edward Nickens, Thanhhà Lai ...

Narrated by Bruce Thomas, Hillary Huber, Robin Weigert, Thaao Penghlis, Greg Itzin, Freda Foh Shen, George Newbern, MacLeod Andrews, Jim Beaver, Jack Garrett, Ethan Sawyer, Adam Conner ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Guys Read
Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the ... Read more

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Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the
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Sarah

A Novel

by Jayme Mattler, JT LeRoy ...

Narrated by Leigh Ledare, Winsome Brown ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

A reissue of the national bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura AlbertSarah never admits that she is his mother, but the beautiful boy has watched her survive as a “lot lizard,” a prostitute working the West Virginia truck stops. Desperate to win her love, he decides to surpass her as the best and most famous lot lizard ever. With his own leather miniskirt and a makeup bag that closes with Velcro, ... Read more

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A reissue of the national bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura AlbertSarah never admits that she is his mother, but the beautiful boy has watched her survive as a “lot lizard,” a prostitute working the West Virginia truck stops. Desperate to win her love, he decides to surpass her as the best and most famous lot lizard ever. With his own leather miniskirt and a makeup bag that closes with Velcro,
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Girl Boy Girl

How I Became JT LeRoy

by Savannah Knoop ...

Narrated by Kristen Stewart ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

When Savannah Knoop was unmasked as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy in 2005, one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the modern era was revealed. Girl Boy Girl tells the story of how a young, queer college drop out came to portray the literary wunderkind JT LeRoy, a persona created by Knoop’s sister-in-law. For six years, Knoop led a secret double life, traveling through the looking glass ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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When Savannah Knoop was unmasked as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy in 2005, one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the modern era was revealed. Girl Boy Girl tells the story of how a young, queer college drop out came to portray the literary wunderkind JT LeRoy, a persona created by Knoop’s sister-in-law. For six years, Knoop led a secret double life, traveling through the looking glass
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Stay Up with Hugo Best

A Novel

by Erin Somers ...

Narrated by Sarah Steele ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

****One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year**“Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection.” —Entertainment WeeklyJune Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer. Hugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day weekend. <strong... ... Read more

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****One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year**“Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection.” —Entertainment WeeklyJune Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer. Hugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day weekend. <strong...
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Who Was Queen Victoria?

by Jim Gigliotti ...

Narrated by Jayne Entwistle ...

Series series Who Was?
Unabridged

58 min

Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who ... Read more

$6.99 USD

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Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who
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Boys Who Rocked the World

Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee

by Michelle Roehm McCann ...

Narrated by Kerin McCue ...

Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

What do King Tut, Galileo, Crazy Horse, Bruce Lee, Chico Mendes, Elvis Presley, Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, and the Dalai Lama all have in common? They each left their mark on the world in a big way-and all were boys or young men when they did! Did you know that King Tut was one of the youngest pharaohs ever to rule Ancient Egypt? If that sounds like a huge responsibility in itself, imagine that he ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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What do King Tut, Galileo, Crazy Horse, Bruce Lee, Chico Mendes, Elvis Presley, Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, and the Dalai Lama all have in common? They each left their mark on the world in a big way-and all were boys or young men when they did! Did you know that King Tut was one of the youngest pharaohs ever to rule Ancient Egypt? If that sounds like a huge responsibility in itself, imagine that he
... Read more

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Lives of the Scientists

Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull ...

Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

Series series The Lives of … Series
Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work—and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that it's believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, and that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public? With juicy tidbits ... Read more

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Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work—and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that it's believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, and that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public? With juicy tidbits
... Read more

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Who Was Marie Curie?

by Megan Stine ...

Narrated by Sarah Scott ...

Series series Who Was?
Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. ... Read more

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Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903.
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Who Was Neil Armstrong?

by Roberta Edwards ...

Narrated by Dominic Hoffman ...

Series series Who Was?
Unabridged

56 min

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a giant leap for mankind. This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut. ... Read more

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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a giant leap for mankind. This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut.
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