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The Wife’s Tale
- A Personal History
- By: Aida Edemariam
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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WINNER OF THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CBC BOOK OF THE YEAR The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman – and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia’s history. A new Wild Swans Featuring exclusive archive recordings from the author and...
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The only book ruined by Audible
- By Helen Price on 26-03-26
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The Wife’s Tale
- A Personal History
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-03-18
- Language: English
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Born of Nothing
- From White Trash and Lintheads to Purpose Across Generations (Against All Odds: A Series on Military Life, Leadership, and Resilience, Book 4)
- By: Jason Pike, Donald Williams
- Narrated by: Donald Williams
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep in the American South, poverty was rarely temporary. For many families, it was inherited. In the cotton mill towns of the American South, generations of families lived in a world defined by lint dust, mill whistles, and long days of exhausting labor. Poverty was not simply a hardship. It was a system that shaped communities, reputations, and the expectations placed on entire bloodlines. Families like these were often labeled with a single dismissive word: lintheads.
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Born of Nothing
- From White Trash and Lintheads to Purpose Across Generations (Against All Odds: A Series on Military Life, Leadership, and Resilience, Book 4)
- Narrated by: Donald Williams
- Series: Against All Odds: A Series on Military Life, Leadership, and Resilience, Book 4
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 26-05-26
- Language: English
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Rita Moreno
- A Memoir
- By: Rita Moreno
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend—and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys. Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto...
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A wonderful, painful & exciting life!
- By CHRIS R on 06-02-22
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Rita Moreno
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-03-13
- Language: English
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Parental Discretion Is Advised
- The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap
- By: Gerrick D. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Experience the stunning rise, fall, and legacy of N.W.A. and how they put their stamp on pop culture, black culture, and hip-hop music forever in this “incredibly vivid look at one of music’s most iconic groups” (Associated Press). In 1986, a group was formed that would establish the...
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Parental Discretion Is Advised
- The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
- A Radical Democratic Vision
- By: Barbara Ransby
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most important African-American leaders of the 20th century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned 50 years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the Black freedom struggle.
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
- A Radical Democratic Vision
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 30-03-21
- Language: English
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Gun Samurai
- A Decade in the Mastumoto Castle Gun Corps
- By: Matt Okuhara
- Narrated by: Tony Rao
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The samurai are dead. That’s not a morbid or melancholic statement - just a fact. Every samurai who ever lived has long since passed, and only the memory of their way of life remains. By the mid 1800s, the old ways were fading. For centuries, Japanese society had followed a Confucian hierarchy that placed the samurai at the top.
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A fascinating story from a unique perspective
- By Kenshi on 10-04-26
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Gun Samurai
- A Decade in the Mastumoto Castle Gun Corps
- Narrated by: Tony Rao
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: English
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Monsoon Mansion
- A Memoir
- By: Cinelle Barnes
- Narrated by: Cinelle Barnes
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Cinelle Barnes was barely three years old when her family moved into Mansion Royale, a stately ten-bedroom home in the Philippines. Filled with her mother’s opulent social aspirations and the gloriously excessive evidence of her father’s self-made success, it was a girl’s storybook playland. But when a monsoon hits, her father leaves, and her mother’s terrible lover takes the reins, Cinelle’s fantastical childhood turns toward tyranny she could never have imagined.
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Monsoon Mansion
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Cinelle Barnes
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-05-18
- Language: English
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The Fleet Street Girls
- The Women Who Broke Down the Doors of the Gentleman’s Club
- By: Julie Welch
- Narrated by: Julie Welch
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Fleet Street Girls is the inspiring story of the female journalists who broke down barriers in the 1970s as women arrived on Fleet Street for the first time. Julie Welch was the first ever female football reporter. To achieve this role at the Observer, she had to battle the National Union of Journalists nearly calling a strike when she dared to write an article as a mere secretary; an entire room of men falling silent to listen to her give her first football report over the phone, before pronouncing it passable; and many other battles in-between.
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Bloody brilliant!
- By Ms L on 25-08-20
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The Fleet Street Girls
- The Women Who Broke Down the Doors of the Gentleman’s Club
- Narrated by: Julie Welch
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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Sex Bomb
- The Life and Loves of an Asian Babe
- By: Sadia Azmat
- Narrated by: Sadia Azmat
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Sadia is a comedian who loves sex. She is also a hijab-wearing Muslim woman. The two are in a lifelong relationship, but it's complicated. Sadia Azmat has many different sides to her, she is the good Muslim sister and the loud and proud comedian, she is the quiet and loving friend and the horny and outspoken one. So why does everyone put her in a box and expect her to choose between one or the other?
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really disappointing
- By Anonymous on 16-01-24
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Sex Bomb
- The Life and Loves of an Asian Babe
- Narrated by: Sadia Azmat
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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Letting Go
- A Story of Change and Transformation
- By: Dan
- Narrated by: Lauren Garvin
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part biography, this is a journey of change and transformation. This memoir offers a collection of Dan's life learnings and challenges, and her ride on the emotional rollercoaster called life. It demonstrates that life is not linear, and when we overcome its challenges we face everything and rise. We build our resilience and come out stronger and wiser. Some days it may not feel as though we are strong, but it's step by step, day by day moving forward; even small steps in the right direction are still progress.
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Letting Go
- A Story of Change and Transformation
- Narrated by: Lauren Garvin
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-05-26
- Language: English
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Roni's Story
- A Daughter of Africa
- By: Veronica Walker
- Narrated by: Alice Sockett
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of Veronica Walker. A second generation white African. This is the story of how one woman learnt to accept loss and rebuild her life time and again and how she learnt to fight for herself against a society where women were deemed as second class citizens and the possession of their husbands or fathers. Fighting for her children's safety, Veronica learns to demand her voice be heard and she be accepted for the independent woman she was.
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Roni's Story
- A Daughter of Africa
- Narrated by: Alice Sockett
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-09-25
- Language: English
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Akhenaten: The Pharaoh of the Sun-God
- By: in60Learning
- Narrated by: K.S. Redhawk
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Akhenaten is one of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs both for fathering Tutankhaten and being the only pharaoh bold enough to discard thousands of years of religious history in favor of a new god, the Sun-Disk Aten. Akhenaten single-handedly altered Egypt more on its own than it would be changed until outside Greek influence took over. The impact his changes had on the religion of Egypt during and after his life cannot be understated, and the ways in which his predecessors worked to undo everything he had done is a remarkable act of revisionist history.
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Akhenaten: The Pharaoh of the Sun-God
- Narrated by: K.S. Redhawk
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-03-19
- Language: English
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The Wrong End of the Table
- A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In
- By: Ayser Salman, Reza Aslan - foreword
- Narrated by: Ayser Salman, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir and part how-not-to guide, The Wrong End of the Table is everything you wanted to know about Arabs but were afraid to ask, with chapters such as “Tattoos and Other National Security Risks,” “You Can’t Blame Everything on Your Period; Sometimes You’re Going to Be a Crazy Bitch: and Other Advice from Mom,” and even an open letter to Trump. This is the story of every American outsider on a path to find themselves in a country of beautiful diversity.
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The Wrong End of the Table
- A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In
- Narrated by: Ayser Salman, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-03-19
- Language: English
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Nothing Much Happened
- A Memoir of Childhood (1956 to 1974)
- By: Chris Whitfield
- Narrated by: Chris Whitfield
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In terms of drama, my childhood memoir appears sadly lacking. It starts promisingly, Mum and Dad arguing just after my birth, but deteriorates thereafter into eighteen years of relative wellbeing. The working title 'Nothing Much Happened' always seemed appropriate and yet?
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Nothing Much Happened
- A Memoir of Childhood (1956 to 1974)
- Narrated by: Chris Whitfield
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-02-24
- Language: English
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The Sessions
- A Tale of Leadership and Dublin Pubs
- By: Myles Downey
- Narrated by: Myles Downey
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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On cold, damp Dublin day, Padraig enters Ryan’s of Parkgate Street in a dark and despairing mood – and meets the man. From this moment nothing is the same as he begins a journey in which he discovers his ability to truly lead and, in so doing, turns around a faltering business. This metaphorical journey is paralleled by a real one through various Dublin pubs, and the extraordinary people who can be met in these establishments. Pints of stout are consumed, profound conversations are had, and odd coincidences occur as the tale unfolds.
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The Sessions
- A Tale of Leadership and Dublin Pubs
- Narrated by: Myles Downey
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-05-26
- Language: English
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Nerissa Bradley
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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How It Feels To Be Colored Me was first published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece that focuses on race and 1920s America, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life where she felt "different." Hurston focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. "Through it all," she says, "I remain myself."
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me
- Narrated by: Nerissa Bradley
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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Temptations
- Revised and Updated
- By: Otis Williams, Patricia Romanowski - with
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Otis Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Temptations' heritage, influence, and contributions to American culture and the global music landscape is undeniable. The group produced some of the greatest music of our era and it transcends generations. Through the years, the group's trademark razor-sharp choreography, finely tuned harmonies, and compelling vocals made them the exemplars of the Motown sound. Their story is one of courage, struggle, triumphs, setbacks, and ultimately, international superstardom.
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Hagiography even after the update
- By Honest reader on 17-10-23
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Temptations
- Revised and Updated
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Otis Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-03-20
- Language: English
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Finding the Raga
- An Improvisation on Indian Music
- By: Amit Chaudhuri
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practices will alter the listener's notion of what music might - and can - be.
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Finding the Raga
- An Improvisation on Indian Music
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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Who Will Tell my Story?
- A Gaza Diary
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Waleed Akhtar
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Who Will Tell My Story? presents an ordinary existence interrupted by unfathomably seismic and unjust events. On the ground during the first months of the assault on Gaza following the events of 7 October, the author of this diary - first published in The Guardian - maps out the physical and psychological terrain of a life under siege.
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Surviving the Ordinary in a War Zone
- By Rifat Raees Khan on 12-08-25
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Who Will Tell my Story?
- A Gaza Diary
- Narrated by: Waleed Akhtar
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-07-25
- Language: English
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The Last Daughter
- A True Story of Love, Loss and Reconnection
- By: Brenda Matthews
- Narrated by: Ella Ferris
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When she was two years old, Brenda and her siblings were taken from their parents. For the next five years she was a much-loved daughter in a white family, a happy child in a country town on the outskirts of Sydney, unaware of the existence of her Aboriginal family or how hard her parents were fighting for her return – unaware of her Aboriginal identity. Then, suddenly, she was reunited with her birth family, the last daughter to come home.
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The Last Daughter
- A True Story of Love, Loss and Reconnection
- Narrated by: Ella Ferris
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 13-11-23
- Language: English
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