Author Memoirs

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    • From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934--1937
    • By: Anais Nin
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The renowned diarist continues the story begun in Henry and June and Incest. Drawing from the author's original, uncensored journals, Fire follows Anaïs Nin's journey as she attempts to liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally....

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    • The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood
    • By: John Glatt
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 18-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
    • Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015, when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett....

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    • A Biography
    • By: David Leeming
    • Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 191 ratings
    • This is a biography of James Baldwin, author, one-time preacher, and civil rights activist. He chose David Leeming, a close friend and colleague, to write his biography....

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    • How I repowered my life
    • By: Fern Britton
    • Narrated by: Fern Britton
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Release date: 07-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Fern had recently entered her 60s when a series of life-altering events threw her into the eye of the storm. Both her parents passed away, her 20-year marriage ended, and the pandemic was looming.

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    • People and Places
    • By: Paul Theroux
    • Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
    • Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons to intimate personal remembrances....

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    • The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
    • By: Guy de la Bédoyère
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 18-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire....

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    • The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng/Leonard Lake Torture Murders
    • By: Don Lasseter
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture, and murder that claimed at least 16 victims....

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    • By: Dorothy Wordsworth
    • Narrated by: Emma Fielding
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-08-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • This is perhaps one of the best-loved of all journals. William Wordsworth's sister began it in May 1800 and resolved to keep it for a short time. She continued it for nearly three years....

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    • A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder
    • By: M. William Phelps
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 29-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • In the weeks that followed Mary's death, the grief-stricken family received startling news from the medical examiner: Mary had been deliberately poisoned with colchicine....

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    • By: Dimitra Fimi, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Dimitra Fimi
    • Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
    • As you will see, age-old traditions, contemporary history and culture, and “big” human questions are key ingredients of Tolkien’s success. You will join Dr. Dimitra Fimi to delve into Tolkien’s complex and multilayered mythology, examining all these ingredients and more....

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    • By: James Frey
    • Narrated by: Andy Paris
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 21-10-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately....

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    • A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • By: David S. Brown
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist....

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    • By: Johannes Fried, Peter Lewis
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 30 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a unified kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called the father of Europe....

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    • How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison
    • By: John Kiriakou
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 14-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners....

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    • By: John Irving
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 20-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs, including an account of Mr. Irving’s dinner with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.....

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    • By: May Sarton
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 20-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Journal of a Solitude is a moving and profound meditation on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone. Both uplifting and cathartic, it sweeps us along on Sarton's pilgrimage inward....

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    • Life in Shakespeare’s London
    • By: Catharine Arnold
    • Narrated by: Clare Staniforth
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 30-11-21
    • Language: English
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    • In Globe Catherine Arnold takes the listener on a tour of Shakespeare's London, looking at how they shaped each other. Acting turned into a trade, and troupes of touring players perfected their craft....

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    • A Personal Narrative
    • By: Mark Twain
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 25-03-02
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • "If there is any life that is happier than the life we led on our timber ranch, it must be the sort of life...

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