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Red Scarf Girl
- A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
- By: Ji-li Jiang
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao....
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Red Scarf Girl
- A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-02-13
- Language: English
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We Are One
- The Story of Bayard Rustin
- By: Larry Dane Brimner
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 49 mins
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You may never have heard of him, but you've probably heard of the many people civil rights activist Bayard Rustin influenced. He was a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and refused to move to the back of the bus many years before Rosa Parks did. The son of a freed slave, Bayard Rustin grew up during the peak of the Jim Crow laws, which segregated Blacks and Whites.
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We Are One
- The Story of Bayard Rustin
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 06-12-13
- Language: English
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True Mystery Stories
- By: Terry Deary
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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What makes people want to solve a mystery? Listen to these seven stories and you might decide there are some things that can never be explained. Find out how one woman checked into a Parisian hotel - and then disappeared; why Flight 19 never returned, with no sign of wreckage or survivors; and if the ghosts of Borley rectory can ever rest in peace. With gripping accounts and dramatic fact files, uncover some mysterious events from real life and decide what you think really happened.
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True Mystery Stories
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-10-12
- Language: English
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Three Summers
- A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War
- By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Selma Ducanovic, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Three Summers is the story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia. They navigate the joys and pitfalls of adolescence on their family’s little island in the middle of the Una River. When finally confronted with the harsh truths of the adult world around them, their bond gives them the resilience to discover and hold fast to their true selves.
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Three Summers
- A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War
- Narrated by: Selma Ducanovic, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
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Signs of Survival
- A Memoir of the Holocaust
- By: Renee Hartman, Joshua M. Greene
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable—together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two sisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide. Eventually they, too, would be taken to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
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Signs of Survival
- A Memoir of the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 28-05-24
- Language: English
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Do You Dream in Color?
- Insights from a Girl Without Sight
- By: Laurie Rubin
- Narrated by: Laurie Rubin
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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In her memoir Do You Dream in Color?, Laurie Rubin looks back on her life as an international opera singer - who happens to be blind. From her loneliness and isolation as a middle school student to her experiences skiing, Rubin offers her young listeners a life story rich in detail and inspiration drawn from everyday challenges. Beginning with her childhood in California, Rubin tells the story of her life and the amazing experiences that led her to a career as an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano.
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Do You Dream in Color?
- Insights from a Girl Without Sight
- Narrated by: Laurie Rubin
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 13-05-14
- Language: English
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Elsie's Motherhood
- By: Martha Finley
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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In a frightening incident, Elsie's husband, Edward Travilla, narrowly survives an accidental shooting when friends tease son Edward, Jr. into firing a loaded pistol. The shot grazes Edward's head, and he survives with only minor damage. Soon life in the Travilla household returns to its calm routine.
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Elsie's Motherhood
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 27-04-06
- Language: English
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Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes
- By: Niñas Rebeldes
- Narrated by: Mariana Linares Cruz, Marion Reimers, Ana Cruz, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes reinventa los cuentos de hadas. Elizabeth I, Coco Chanel, Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Serena Williams y otras mujeres extraordinarias narran la aventura de su vida, inspirando a niñas - y no tan niñas - a soñar en grande y alcanzar sus sueños. Estos son verdaderos cuentos de hadas para heroínas que definitivamente no necesitan ser rescatadas.
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Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes
- Narrated by: Mariana Linares Cruz, Marion Reimers, Ana Cruz, Gina Jaramillo, Ofelia Medina, Ana Francisca Vega, Daniela Michel, Ursula Pruneda, Carla Fernández, Alondra de la Parra
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-09-20
- Language: Spanish
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Piece by Piece
- How I Built My Life (No Instructions Required)
- By: David Aguilar, Ferran Aguilar, Lawrence Schimel - translator
- Narrated by: Fabio Tassone
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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David Aguilar was born missing part of one arm, a small detail that seemed to define his life and limit people’s ideas of who he was and who he could be. But in this funny and heartfelt memoir, David proves that he can throw out the rulebook and people’s expectations and maybe even make a difference in the world—and all with a sense of humor.
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Piece by Piece
- How I Built My Life (No Instructions Required)
- Narrated by: Fabio Tassone
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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Unsinkable Lucile - How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic
- By: Hugh Brewster
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 40 mins
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Before Coco and Christian, there was Lucile. She was one of the world's most glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario, Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought that a woman's place was in the home.
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Unsinkable Lucile - How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 30-08-24
- Language: English
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Whale Eyes
- A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen
- By: James Robinson
- Length: 4 hrs
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Told through an experimental mix of intimate anecdotes and interactive visuals, this book immerses listeners in Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson's point of view, allowing them to see the world through his disabling eye conditions.
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Whale Eyes
- A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 18-03-25
- Language: English
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Ex-Rich Girl Tells All: My Truth Behind Closed Doors
- By: Kami Corban
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Do you ever wonder if your heart is a reliable guide? If you do, then this story will speak to you. Money can't teach a person how love starts, what makes it tick, and how not to wreck it. For many people love comes as naturally as breathing. Kami Corban, 21, isn't in that group. She has to sweat and strive and read the manual twice.
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Ex-Rich Girl Tells All: My Truth Behind Closed Doors
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 30-03-16
- Language: English
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Memoir of Susie King Taylor
- A Civil War Nurse
- By: Pamela Dell
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 31 mins
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Susie King Taylor, born a slave in 1848, would learn to read at secret schools and go on to teach countless others to read and write. Follow the course of the Civil War in her own words as she remembers her work as a nurse and teacher with an Army troop of African-American soldiers.
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Memoir of Susie King Taylor
- A Civil War Nurse
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 22-03-22
- Language: English
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Memoir of Tillie Pierce
- An Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg
- By: Pamela Dell
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 31 mins
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Tillie Pierce was 15 years old when the Battle of Gettysburg raged around her. The three-day battle fought in July 1863 proved to be the deadliest of the Civil War and the turning point of the conflict. Go behind the scenes and follow the bloody battle in Tillie’s own words.
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Memoir of Tillie Pierce
- An Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 22-03-22
- Language: English
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice
- Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World
- By: Ilene Cooper
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young listeners how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Although now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about her looks and her role in the world. But by recognizing her fears and constantly striving to overcome her prejudices, she used her proximity to presidents and her own power to aid in the fight for Civil Rights and other important causes. This biography gives listeners a fresh perspective on her extraordinary life.
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice
- Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
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Double Luck
- Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
- By: Lu Chi Fa, Becky White
- Narrated by: David A. Conatser
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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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". Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumph over crisis after crisis is an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges.
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Double Luck
- Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
- Narrated by: David A. Conatser
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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Роми. Хрупкая красота
- By: Cара Бриан
- Narrated by: Юлия Рудина
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Роми Шнайдер. Икона французского кино, актриса феноменальной фотогеничности. Какой она была на самом деле? Была ли она счастлива? Или, напротив, несчастна — особенно после потери сына, погибшего в возрасте четырнадцати лет? Журналистка и писательница Сара Бриан проследила жизненный путь Роми — от детства в Берхтесгадене, Германия, до последних дней в парижской квартире. Она создала правдивый портрет кинозвезды, основываясь на свидетельствах людей, близко знавших Роми, — ее друзей, работавших с ней режиссеров, актеров и сценаристов.
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Роми. Хрупкая красота
- Narrated by: Юлия Рудина
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-06-24
- Language: Russian
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Double Luck
- Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
- By: Chi Fa Lu
- Narrated by: David A. Conatser
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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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". Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumph over crisis after crisis is an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges.
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Double Luck
- Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
- Narrated by: David A. Conatser
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-10-18
- Language: English
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Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)
- By: Sharon Robinson
- Narrated by: Sharon Robinson
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned 13 the night before George Wallace declared on national television "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era.
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Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)
- Narrated by: Sharon Robinson
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-09-19
- Language: English
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The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
- Sort of a Memoir
- By: Ethan Long
- Narrated by: Josh Hurley
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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Benny's life is slowly unraveling. His parents are newly divorced, his mom chooses to move away, and Benny and his brother and sister are left with their chain-smoking dad, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Benny is lonely, anxious, and very angry. He can't sleep at night and spends his days trying to survive fifth grade.
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The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
- Sort of a Memoir
- Narrated by: Josh Hurley
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-10-23
- Language: English
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