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No mind change
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By: Sophie Elmhirst, and others
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Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it so much
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- Narrated by: Samantha Weinberg
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In the summer of 1985, a brilliant young British DNA scientist Helena Greenwood is found murdered in her front garden in a quiet suburb in California. The police believe they know the killer’s identity but there’s no evidence against him, and the only thing linking him to the crime is the fact he’d been charged with sexually assaulting Helena just a few months previously.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Frustrating
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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One moonlit night, 14-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home. In this “tour de force of crime reportage” (Kirkus Reviews), acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls - and boy - accused of a savage murder. As she follows the investigation and trials, Godfrey reveals the startling truth about the unlikely killers. Laced with lyricism and insight, Under the Bridge is an unforgettable look at a haunting modern tragedy.
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Powerful Account of 8 Young Teens Killing Another
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Going Infinite
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- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
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When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking listeners into the mind of Bankman-Fried.
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1 out of 5 stars
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really expected more rigor from Michael Lewis
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The Run of His Life
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The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century".
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The inspiration for the major motion picture Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola, this New York Times best seller reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it.
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What a story!
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Hold Fast
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- Narrated by: Trevor Aaronson, Sam Eifling, Michael Mooney
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- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nationwide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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sex, drugs, and journalism
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By: Trevor Aaronson, and others
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The Demon Next Door
- By: Bryan Burrough
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30,689
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 27,479
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27,371
Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Odd narration choice
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By: Bryan Burrough
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Sorry for Your Loss
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,189
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A sidesplitting, heartrending look at life—and death. This powerfully personal production, recorded live from the Minetta Lane Theatre, cuts through the platitudes, directly reaching out to anyone who has ever experienced loss—or will. So...everyone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Listen for the Grieving
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Two Women Walk into a Bar
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Twenty-one years after Cheryl Strayed set off on the Pacific Crest Trail to heal from the death of her beloved mother, Cheryl’s mother-in-law, Joan, is given weeks to live. As she and her husband help see Joan through her final days, Cheryl reckons with their complicated relationship, determined to connect with a woman who both showed her love and (sometimes hilariously) held her at a distance. Cheryl reflects on their two decades together as she comes to a deeper understanding of the secrets and sorrows in Joan’s complicated past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cheryl tells a great story!
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,655
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,249
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,044
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,710
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,650
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Masterpiece
- By Phoenician on 09-10-20
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George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984
- By: Michael Shelden, The Great Courses
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
In George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984, Professor Michael Shelden will show you how 1984 presents a plausible reality of thought control and totalitarian power that feels contemporary even as it reflects its own time.
By: Michael Shelden, and others
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The Debutante
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,307
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
Thirty years ago, award-winning journalist Jon Ronson stumbled on the mystery of Carol Howe—a charismatic, wealthy former debutante turned white supremacist spokeswoman turned undercover informant. In 1995, Carol was spying on Oklahoma’s neo-Nazis for the government just when Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but not compelling
- By Gail Jester on 04-15-23
By: Jon Ronson
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Deputy Mayor Putin
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How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By T J on 03-02-24
By: Maeve McQuillan
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The first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such bestsellers as David McCullough's John Adams and Walter Isaacson's Einstein, Maimonides is a biography on a grand scale, brilliantly explicating one man's life against the background of his time.
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Great book. Distracting pronunciation errors.
- By Rabbi Eitan Levy on 04-06-09
By: Joel L. Kraemer
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Goddess
- The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
- By: Anthony Summers
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Marilyn Monroe, born to deprivation and a series of foster homes, became an acting legend of the 20th century. She married famous men, Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, and her many lovers included President John F. Kennedy. Her death, at 36, is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Anthony Summers interviewed 600 people for this book, which reveals unknown truths, some funny, some very sad, about this brilliant but troubled woman. First to gain access to the files of Monroe's last psychiatrist, he throws light on Monroe's troubled psyche.
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Fascinating and very plausible
- By Theresa on 10-23-17
By: Anthony Summers
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Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard
- Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
- By: Sam Staggs
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and also a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, evokes the glamour and ruin of the stars who subsist on that dream. It’s also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great - and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. One of the most critically admired films of the 20th century, Sunset Boulevard is also famous as silent-star Gloria Swanson’s comeback picture.
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ABRIDGED VERSION BADLY NEEDED!
- By The Louligan on 01-18-22
By: Sam Staggs
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Behind the Candelabra
- My Life with Liberace
- By: Alex Thorleifson, Scott Thorson
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality. Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Viciously honest, candid, sad, fascintating!
- By Jeffrey on 05-26-13
By: Alex Thorleifson, and others
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- Corey brix
- 05-16-21
Great read but very sad.
If you are looking for a happy-go-lucky story with a happy ending, this is not the book for you. It was a very interesting read, though. I liked how the author explained Rita's psychological reasons for doing things, due to things that had happened in her life.
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- Mandie Huntley
- 09-13-21
Sad story of a sad life.
This book as Rita life was very sad. It is sad that she never really found true love and even if she did could not believe it was. I found the book interesting and easy to listen to.
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- BLH
- 11-30-22
Love the golden era stars
Well told with a sad end that lots of families can relate to. I would recommend
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- L.P.
- 07-14-19
Exciting yet Sad
A true definition of the meaning, "All that glitters is not gold!" Entertaining and informative about the so - called glamour days of Hollywood!
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- Doni Honeycutt
- 02-16-22
Fabulous!
Love it! Haven't read a bad Leaning book yet!
The narrator was perfect for this story.
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- Douglas
- 08-29-09
In-depth study
much better than the usual hollywood biography.
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- JPALJ
- 10-31-22
A tremendous tragedy . . .
. . . that is as much an engaging exploration of Hayworth's intriguing life as it is a case study of the lifelong and profound effects of childhood trauma. Irrevocably broken by that trauma, Hayworth spent a lifetime and multiple fortunes trying to repair the unrepairable and, in the process, lived a life so intensely self-centered that she unwittingly hurt all of those around her. Extremely well written, excellent narration, and definitely one to listen to twice because it's so packed with characters and events that you miss both content and import on the first go.
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- Michelle
- 05-11-21
incredible story
Loved it. The narrator did. good job, the author was very detailed and understanding to Rita's plight.She had a rough life and sadly didn't get better off screen.
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- Lois Brennan
- 03-23-20
highly recommended book about life & times of rita
excellent narrator. enhanced story which was very compelling and interesting. recommend it. she had a tough life!
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- Gin
- 04-12-21
fascinating read!!!
so much I didn't know and what a great narration that draws you in!
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