Orphan Memoir

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    • The Enigma of Donald Maclean
    • By: Roland Philipps
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • A gripping tale of betrayal and counterbetrayal that tells the story of the most enigmatic member of the Cambridge spy ring - Donald Maclean....

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    • The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
    • By: Jim Dent
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 16-04-2019
    • Language: English
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    • In the 1930s and '40s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites - a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least 30 pounds per man, were the toughest football team around....

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    • How a Boy Lost His Way
    • By: Steven Paris
    • Narrated by: Neil Kopplin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 18-04-2024
    • Language: English
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    • As the car approached the long, steep driveway, I was suddenly overcome by panic. I had never had much of a normal family life before.

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    • The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah
    • By: Nile Green
    • Narrated by: Keval Shah
    • Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-2024
    • Language: English
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    • In literary circles of the mid-twentieth century, father and son, Ikbal and Idries Shah, spread seductive accounts of a mystical Middle East. Pitching themselves as the authentic voice of the Muslim world, they penned travelogues and exotic potboilers alongside weighty tomes on Islam and politics.

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Lawrence H. Cohen
    • Narrated by: Roy Covert
    • Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 22-01-2014
    • Language: English
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    • A detailed and well-written look at life in New York City from the 1920s to today through a memorable memoir about a boy who bounced around among different relatives or caregivers....

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    • A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life
    • By: Orvin T. Kimbrough
    • Narrated by: Orvin T. Kimbrough
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 19-12-2024
    • Language: English
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    • This is the story of a young man who, despite all the forces that worked against him, fiercely determined to make a better life for himself, and is resolute about showing others the way.

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    • By: Francis Ravel Harvey
    • Narrated by: Francis Ravel Harvey
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 15-12-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Orphaned by losing his mother at three and his father–who went missing at eight–Sydney author Francis Ravel Harvey avoided the Welfare State by being raised by four older sisters in the colorful environs of Sydney in the 1930s....

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    • From Habsburg Austria to New York
    • By: Bernard F. Herberick, D. Herberick
    • Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
    • Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 19-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Albertina Zimmerman, known affectionately as “Oma” by her loving grandson, Bernard, was an endless source of fascination and narrator of true stories, whose protagonists were leading figures from music, politics, and the Viennese opera....

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    • An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home
    • By: Steve Pemberton
    • Narrated by: Steve Pemberton
    • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-2019
    • Language: English
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    • A Chance in the World is the unbelievably true story of a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience, determination, and vision. Steve's story teaches us that no matter how broken our past, how great our misfortunes, we have it in us to create a new beginning....

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    • Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
    • By: Lu Chi Fa, Becky White
    • Narrated by: David A. Conatser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Double Luck is filled with examples of how the human spirit can triumph over adversity. In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is written with two symbols: one meaning "danger", and the other meaning "opportunity"....

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    • Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
    • By: Chi Fa Lu
    • Narrated by: David A. Conatser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-2018
    • Language: English
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    • Double Luck is filled with examples of how the human spirit can triumph over adversity. Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumphs are an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges....

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    • A Memoir
    • By: Nikki Grimes
    • Narrated by: Nikki Grimes
    • Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 13-12-2019
    • Language: English
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    • In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse....

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    • The Story of Otino Waa Children's Village in Northern Uganda
    • By: Robert Higgins
    • Narrated by: Bob Higgins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 19-04-2024
    • Language: English
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    • At an age when most are aiming for retirement, Bob Higgins moved to Uganda with his wife Carol.

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    • Race, Politics and the Case of Orphan Jones
    • By: Joseph E. Moore
    • Narrated by: Marcio Catalano
    • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-2022
    • Language: English
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    • Euel Lee, alias Orphan Jones, was an African American accused of murdering his white employer and family over a single dollar. The tumultuous events and cast of characters surrounding the racially charged crime garnered national media attention and changed the course of Maryland history....

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    • By: Marilyn June Coffey
    • Narrated by: Marie Hoffman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 27-02-2018
    • Language: English
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    • The massive orphan train exodus whisked three-year-old Teresa from the safety of her New York orphanage, where the worst thing the Foundling nuns did was wash her curly black hair, to a desolate house and cold-hearted "parents" in Kansas....

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    • Well Dear, Here It Is, My Life Story...a Commentology by Pa
    • By: Robin Neudeck
    • Narrated by: Robin Neudeck
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-2019
    • Language: English
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    • In my daughter's senior year...she asked my wife and I to write down our life's story. I said, "...you don't know what you're asking." Year's later...I finished. I consider this a time capsule for the kid's kids....

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    • By: Sarah K Brandis
    • Narrated by: Kaya Thanky
    • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 21-10-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Sarah, 32 years old at the time of first publication, cut off her entire family at the age of 16. After choosing to go it alone and become an "Elective Orphan" for her own good, she found that adult life for a lost girl with "daddy issues" was full of traps to fall in to....

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    • A Story of an American Orphan
    • By: Jim Fiume
    • Narrated by: Andrew Tell
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 21-05-2021
    • Language: English
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    • A place of no mercy, no coddling, and no emotion, the streets of New York don’t waiver in their inability to care for anyone. In order to survive, you have to take the lessons that are given to you by them and use them to your advantage....

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    • No Parents, No Excuses: A Journey to Unknown Destination
    • By: Chris Akon Burume, Stephen Kazungu Chemni, Janet McGowan
    • Narrated by: Abraham Oyola
    • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-2023
    • Language: English
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    • An orphan who has survived life's challenges, from his third day on earth following the death of his parents. Taking responsibility for my own life from the age of six. Living from house to house, country to country, with the aim of finding my destiny....

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    • By: Randall James
    • Narrated by: Gary Tredwell
    • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 11-12-2020
    • Language: English
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    • In this gripping memoir, Randall James tears open his life story, taking the listener on a breathless roller coaster ride through his childhood, teen and adult life....

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