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Joe Armstrong spent nine years studying for the Catholic priesthood. He no longer believes in God. This is his acclaimed, searingly honest coming-of-age memoir of his nine years in the Marist Fathers seminary in 1980s Dublin, Ireland. This is a rare authentic insight into the true lives of celibate seminarians and priests. It is also of interest to those struggling with co-dependency, giving a frank portrayal of a complex relationship with a dysfunctional mother. It is also a fascinating portrayal of an experience with counseling, and how it can help us to break destructive patterns...

Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter—subsequently made into a film starring Sally Field—that told of an American mother and her six-year-old child’s daring escape from an abusive and tyrannical...

Rossini era capaz de leer una partitura de derecha a izquierda y de abajo a arriba; Wagner embaucó a Luis II para que le construyera un teatro en Bayreuth, donde debía llegar desde Inglaterra un inmenso dragón de cartón-piedra para el estreno de Sigfrido... Pero arribó ¡en Beirut!... Hay anécdotas como estas por decenas, pero ninguna pasa de eso, del puro cotilleo. Este audiolibro aspira a dar otro tipo de respuestas a los claroscuros de algunos grandes compositores, y a hacer comprensibles muchas de las cuestiones que rodean a la música llamada clásica.

“[A]nother hilarious essay collection from Phoebe Robinson.” —The New York Times Book Review “Strikes the perfect balance of brutally honest and laugh out loud funny. I didn’t want it to end.” —Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me? With sharp, timely...

This program is read by the authors, with Paul Giamatti, and includes sections recorded in front of a live audience. The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging...