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Foreign Correspondence
- A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America....
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can't do it!
- By S. Bouchara on 05-06-2021
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Talking to GOATs
- The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
- By: Jim Gray
- Narrated by: Tom Brady, Jim Gray, Carol Burnett, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In Talking to GOATs, award-winning broadcaster Jim Gray looks back at his four decades of sports reporting from the unparalleled perspective of one of the world’s most respected and skilled interviewers....
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Great insight into American sports
- By Todd on 30-05-2023
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The Price of Fortune
- The Untold Story of Being James Packer
- By: Damon Kitney
- Narrated by: Damon Kitney, Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Never before has a member of the Packer family co-operated with a writer to tell their story. In his biography The Price of Fortune, one of the nation's richest and most psychoanalyzed men opens up in an attempt to make sense of his roller-coaster life....
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Perhaps it was the narration that let it down.
- By Chris Williams on 03-12-2018
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Black Virgin Mountain
- A Return to Vietnam
- By: Larry Heinemann
- Narrated by: Larry Heinemann
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1966, just as the American military buildup in Vietnam was going into overdrive, a working-class 22-year-old from Chicago was drafted into the army....
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Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- By: Mark Colvin
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Colvin is a broadcasting legend. He is the voice of ABC Radio’s leading current affairs program PM; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station Double J....
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Enjoyable
- By Liv on 26-08-2017
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One Hundred Years of Dirt
- By: Rick Morton
- Narrated by: Rick Morton
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you've scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress....
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Insightful and beautifully told human story
- By christiana O on 30-08-2021
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Foreign Correspondence
- A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America....
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can't do it!
- By S. Bouchara on 05-06-2021
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Talking to GOATs
- The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
- By: Jim Gray
- Narrated by: Tom Brady, Jim Gray, Carol Burnett, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In Talking to GOATs, award-winning broadcaster Jim Gray looks back at his four decades of sports reporting from the unparalleled perspective of one of the world’s most respected and skilled interviewers....
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Great insight into American sports
- By Todd on 30-05-2023
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The Price of Fortune
- The Untold Story of Being James Packer
- By: Damon Kitney
- Narrated by: Damon Kitney, Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Never before has a member of the Packer family co-operated with a writer to tell their story. In his biography The Price of Fortune, one of the nation's richest and most psychoanalyzed men opens up in an attempt to make sense of his roller-coaster life....
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Perhaps it was the narration that let it down.
- By Chris Williams on 03-12-2018
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Black Virgin Mountain
- A Return to Vietnam
- By: Larry Heinemann
- Narrated by: Larry Heinemann
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1966, just as the American military buildup in Vietnam was going into overdrive, a working-class 22-year-old from Chicago was drafted into the army....
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Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- By: Mark Colvin
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Colvin is a broadcasting legend. He is the voice of ABC Radio’s leading current affairs program PM; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station Double J....
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Enjoyable
- By Liv on 26-08-2017
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One Hundred Years of Dirt
- By: Rick Morton
- Narrated by: Rick Morton
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you've scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress....
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Insightful and beautifully told human story
- By christiana O on 30-08-2021
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world....
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All the President's Men
- By: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the book that changed America....
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Very relevant to current political events
- By The Quiet Reader on 04-06-2018
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Unbelievable
- My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
- By: Katy Tur
- Narrated by: Katy Tur
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Intriguing, disturbing, and powerful, Unbelievable is an unprecedented eyewitness account of the 2016 election from an intelligent, dedicated journalist at the center of it....
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Unbelievable
- By Andrée on 15-09-2017
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Parky
- My Autobiography
- By: Michael Parkinson
- Narrated by: Michael Parkinson
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Britain's national icon, Michael Parkinson reads his long-awaited autobiography....
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What a wonderful personality.
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-2024
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Single
- Locating Happily-Single Serenity
- By: Catherine Gray
- Narrated by: Catherine Gray
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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Catherine Gray took a whole year off dating to find single satisfaction. She lifted the lid on the reasons behind the global single revolution....
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Enjoyable and validating
- By Anonymous User on 19-08-2019
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Sunshine Warm Sober
- The unexpected joy of being sober – forever
- By: Catherine Gray
- Narrated by: Catherine Gray
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Retired wreckhead Catherine Gray, author of surprise best seller The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, is now in her ninth sober year and has learnt a damn sight more....
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Some good pockets of wisdom from someone very knowledgeable
- By Claire Sutherland on 20-07-2021
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But You Don't Look Arab
- And Other Tales of Unbelonging
- By: Hala Gorani
- Narrated by: Hala Gorani
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants....
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Line in the Sand
- By: Dean Yates
- Narrated by: Dean Yates
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Dean Yates was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, though, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, one final incident undid him....
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honest and insightful
- By Amazon Customer on 03-10-2023
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Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
- A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
- By: David Lipsky
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain, Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip with award-winning writer David Lipsky during Wallace's Infinite Jest tour....
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A great listen
- By Anonymous User on 11-05-2022
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Small Acts of Courage
- A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Ali Velshi
- Narrated by: Ali Velshi
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact....
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Between Breaths
- A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
- By: Elizabeth Vargas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vargas
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reveals her alcohol addiction and anxiety disorder in a shockingly honest and emotional memoir. From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos....
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Not about alcoholism
- By April.Brisbane on 13-09-2019
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My Year of Living Mindfully
- By: Shannon Harvey
- Narrated by: Shannon Harvey
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey needed to make a change....
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Meh...
- By Naedrax17 on 15-01-2021
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Enough about Me
- Find Lasting Joy in the Age of Self
- By: Jen Oshman
- Narrated by: Jen Oshman, Jen Wilkin
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Women today feel a constant pressure to improve themselves and just never feel like they’re “enough.” All too often, they live their daily lives disheartened, disillusioned, and disappointed....
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I Will Show You How It Was
- The Story of Wartime Kyiv
- By: Illia Ponomarenko
- Narrated by: Sergey Nagorny
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In late February 2022, a series of missiles and rocket strikes began falling upon Ukraine, as the Russian military barreled over the border and fanned out across the country. First they took Chernobyl, then Kherson, then Mariupol.
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Reading Jackie
- Her Autobiography in Books
- By: William Kuhn
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis never wrote a memoir, but she told her life story and revealed herself in intimate ways through the nearly 100 books she brought into print....
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Went to London, Took the Dog
- The Diary of a 60-Year-Old Runaway
- By: Nina Stibbe
- Narrated by: Nina Stibbe
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy. Together they take up lodging in the house of writer Deborah (Debby) Moggach in Camden for 'a year-long sabbatical'....
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Berlin Diary
- The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s...
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An excellent account of a civilisation’s decline into authoritarianism
- By Nigel Jarvis on 24-10-2021
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Personal History
- A Memoir
- By: Katharine Graham
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 30 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling....
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Accidentally on Purpose
- Tripping Through Life with Regina
- By: Regina Meredith
- Narrated by: Regina Meredith
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Wouldn't it be nice to have an entertaining and illuminating guide to living life out loud? Accidentally on Purpose: Tripping Through Life with Regina is a rollicking, true-life travel guide into how outrageous twists and serendipitous turns can become blessings....
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Inspiring
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-2024
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Freak Kingdom
- Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
- By: Timothy Denevi
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future well-being to fight against it....
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Worth a crack.
- By samboy on 15-02-2022
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Wild Words
- Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path
- By: Nicole Gulotta
- Narrated by: Nicole Gulotta
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir and part spirit guide, Wild Words is a book about the intersection of our creative soul with everything else, and how to make peace, make priorities, and ultimately, make progress by slowing down and embracing whatever season we’re in, right now....
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Personable advice for writers (or artists)
- By Annika Harding on 22-05-2024
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The Secret Heart
- John le Carré: An Intimate Memoir
- By: Suleika Dawson
- Narrated by: Suleika Dawson
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The astonishing new portrait of the master of spy fiction, by the woman he kept secret for almost half his life, The Secret Heart is the account of Suleika Dawson’s enduring love affair with John le Carré....
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There's Someone in Reception
- Adventures in Local Journalism
- By: Alex Morrison
- Narrated by: Richard Godden
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to the life of a local journalist, and the curious tradition of the “walk-in” – when a member of the public turns up with a tale to tell. The newsworthiness of these stories is... well... mixed, to say the least.
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The Rulebreaker
- The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page....
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The Editor
- How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
- By: Sara B. Franklin
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday’s Paris office in 1949, she spent most of her time wading through manuscripts in the slush pile and passing on projects—until one day, a book caught her eye. She read it in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl became a bestseller. It was the start of a culture-defining career in publishing.
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My Name Is Not Harry
- A Memoir
- By: Haroon Siddiqui
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media front lines, covering conflicts both global and local. Siddiqui’s journey took him from a divided India to a welcoming Canada—until the cataclysm of 9/11 hardened attitudes to Muslims around the world. His personal story weaves through growing Islamophobia in both India and North America. Siddiqui's experiences in the corridors of power in newsrooms and warzones are threaded with insights about historic changes in the last seventy years in India and Canada.
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There's Someone in Reception
- Adventures in Local Journalism
- By: Alex Morrison
- Narrated by: Richard Godden
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to the life of a local journalist, and the curious tradition of the “walk-in” – when a member of the public turns up with a tale to tell. The newsworthiness of these stories is... well... mixed, to say the least. But every journalist remembers their weirdest and most wonderful walk-ins.
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One Ukrainian Summer
- By: Viv Groskop
- Narrated by: Viv Groskop
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant, often comical account of coming-of-age in the time after the Cold War and before Putin, One Ukrainian Summer evokes a unique moment in one country's history, and is a love letter to its people and culture.
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.
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Jane Raphaely: Unedited
- By: Jane Raphaely
- Narrated by: Jane Raphaely
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In this frank and funny memoir, written for the thousands of women who have asked her to tell them 'how she did it', the doyenne of magazine publishing, Jane Raphaely, tells a great deal more than the her story of women's magazines. Jane's story is indeed stranger than fiction. Having lived through a war in England and grown up in a rough neighborhood, with a demon aunt and a difficult father, Jane Mullins learnt how to 'smile and wave', one of many survival tactics she passes on in this memoir.
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The Editor
- How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
- By: Sara B. Franklin
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday’s Paris office in 1949, she spent most of her time wading through manuscripts in the slush pile and passing on projects—until one day, a book caught her eye. She read it in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl became a bestseller. It was the start of a culture-defining career in publishing.
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My Name Is Not Harry
- A Memoir
- By: Haroon Siddiqui
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media front lines, covering conflicts both global and local. Siddiqui’s journey took him from a divided India to a welcoming Canada—until the cataclysm of 9/11 hardened attitudes to Muslims around the world. His personal story weaves through growing Islamophobia in both India and North America. Siddiqui's experiences in the corridors of power in newsrooms and warzones are threaded with insights about historic changes in the last seventy years in India and Canada.
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There's Someone in Reception
- Adventures in Local Journalism
- By: Alex Morrison
- Narrated by: Richard Godden
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to the life of a local journalist, and the curious tradition of the “walk-in” – when a member of the public turns up with a tale to tell. The newsworthiness of these stories is... well... mixed, to say the least. But every journalist remembers their weirdest and most wonderful walk-ins.
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One Ukrainian Summer
- By: Viv Groskop
- Narrated by: Viv Groskop
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant, often comical account of coming-of-age in the time after the Cold War and before Putin, One Ukrainian Summer evokes a unique moment in one country's history, and is a love letter to its people and culture.
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Chasing Hope
- A Reporter's Life
- By: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrated by: Nicholas D. Kristof
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.
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Jane Raphaely: Unedited
- By: Jane Raphaely
- Narrated by: Jane Raphaely
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In this frank and funny memoir, written for the thousands of women who have asked her to tell them 'how she did it', the doyenne of magazine publishing, Jane Raphaely, tells a great deal more than the her story of women's magazines. Jane's story is indeed stranger than fiction. Having lived through a war in England and grown up in a rough neighborhood, with a demon aunt and a difficult father, Jane Mullins learnt how to 'smile and wave', one of many survival tactics she passes on in this memoir.
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In Bed with Broadcasting
- A Memoir
- By: Ken Davis
- Narrated by: Ken Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Davis began his career as a small-town radio DJ during his college years. Little did he know he would later find himself face-to-face with a notorious serial killer in the middle of the night; be nearly shot by a world-famous music producer; or unexpectedly come across the lifeless body of a legendary Hollywood bombshell. Along the way, he hung out with everyone from Barack Obama to Walter Cronkite to Sting.
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I Will Show You How It Was
- The Story of Wartime Kyiv
- By: Illia Ponomarenko
- Narrated by: Sergey Nagorny
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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I Will Show You How It Was is Illia Ponomarenko’s heart-wrenching memoir of the war on his homeland, offering a fiery diatribe against Russian hypocrisy and a moving look at what is being lost. But it’s also a story of pride and even elation as Ukrainian forces come together, find their mojo, and oust the invaders from Kyiv. The most powerful and personal chronicle of the war to date, I Will Show You How It Was is an exceptional literary achievement, chronicling a stunning feat of resistance and a courageous people set on a miraculous victory.
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Small Acts of Courage
- A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Ali Velshi
- Narrated by: Ali Velshi
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Small acts of courage matter. Sometimes, they change the world. Our history books are filled with the stories of those who fought for democracy and freedom—for idealism itself—against all odds, from Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. These iconic struggles for social change illustrate the importance of engagement and activism, and offer a template for the battles we are fighting today. But using the right words is often easier than taking action; action can be hard, and costly.
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Naked City
- True Stories of Crimes, Cock-Ups, Crooks & Cops
- By: John Silvester
- Narrated by: Nick Atkinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of both sides of criminal justice and the shadowy worlds between. He is the trusted confidant of cops, criminals, lawyers and judges. He knows where the cash is stashed and where the bodies are buried. Naked City is a collection of Silvester's best stories, from sophisticated heists to mindless acts of violence and deeds of pure evil - impeccably sourced, wry, wise and witty.
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Kurt Tucholsky - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Kurt Tucholsky, most famous German publicist: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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The Rulebreaker
- The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.
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Some People Need Killing
- By: Patricia Evangelista
- Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte. Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war.
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A Passionate Life
- By: Ita Buttrose
- Narrated by: Ita Buttrose
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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An appealing and lively autobiography by one of Australia's most distinguished journalists, A Passionate Life will strike a chord with working women everywhere. An updated edition, now including an epilogue.
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The Book-Makers
- A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
- By: Adam Smyth
- Narrated by: Adam Smyth
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error.
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Life as We Know It (Can Be)
- Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World
- By: Bill Weir
- Narrated by: Bill Weir
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Weir has spent decades telling the stories of unique people, places, cultures, and creatures on the brink of change. As the first Chief Climate Correspondent in network news, he is immersed in the latest scientific warnings and breakthroughs while often on the frontlines of disasters, natural and manmade. After the birth of his son in April 2020, Bill began distilling these experiences into a series of Earth Day letters to his boy, weaving together worry and wonder into a poignant reminder that a better future can still be written.
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Balcony over Jerusalem
- A Middle East Memoir: Israel, Palestine and Beyond
- By: John Lyons
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading Australian journalist John Lyons takes readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. In this updated edition, Lyons draws from his years living in Jerusalem to give context to the devastating war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
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Combat Love
- A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home
- By: Alisyn Camerota
- Narrated by: Alisyn Camerota
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The two-time Emmy-award-winning Camerota retraces her steps down an often gritty path toward her dream of becoming a journalist. At times heartbreaking and pulse-pounding, Combat Love is an inspiration for anyone who's ever searched for that elusive place called home.