The Early Stories of Truman Capote
Author: Truman Capote
Author Truman Capote
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 44m
Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and In Cold Blood. This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capot...
View BookAuthor: Bruce Henderson
Author Bruce Henderson
Narrator John Pruden
Duration 9h 9m
Bruce Henderson brings to life one of the most mysterious tragedies of American exploration in Fatal North.
View BookAuthor: Nicola Moriarty
Author Nicola Moriarty
Narrator Natasha Jacobs
Duration 6h 39m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty, read by Natasha Jacobs. Four friends. Five Letters. One Secret. A scandalous breakthrough novel from Nicola Moriarty that will leave you asking, how well do I really know my friends? Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden. Best friends since the first day of...
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Michael Fenton Stevens
Duration 13h 2m
Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got the...
View BookAuthor: Jim Gaffigan
Author Jim Gaffigan
Narrator Jim Gaffigan
Duration 7h 17m
Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet ("choking on bacon is like getting murdered by your lover") and decrying the worst offenders ("kale is the early morning of foods"). Fans flocked to his New York Times bestsell...
View BookAuthor: Robin Nelson
Author Robin Nelson
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 3h 46m
How does cotton turn into a soft T-shirt? Follow each step in the production cycle-from growing cotton to wearing a comfy shirt-in this fascinating book!
View BookChief Inspector Banks Book 1: Gallows View
Author: Peter Robinson
Series: Inspector Banks, Book 1
Author Peter Robinson
Narrator Mark Honan
SeriesInspector Banks, Book 1
Duration 8h 45m
Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But depravity and violence are unfortunately not unique to large cities. His new venue, the quaint little village of Eastvale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors---among them a brazen Peeping Tom who hides in night's shadows spying on a...
View BookOp-center Book 3: Games of State
Author: Tom Clancy
Series: Op-Center, Book 3
Author Tom Clancy
Narrator Michael Kramer
SeriesOp-Center, Book 3
Duration 12h 38m
In the newly unified Germany, old horrors are reborn. It is the beginning of Chaos Days, a time when neo-Nazi groups gather to spread violence and resurrect dead dreams. But this year Germany isn't the only target. Plans are afoot to destabilize Europe and cause turmoil throughout the United States. Paul Hood and his team, already in Germany to buy...
View BookAuthor: Mark Henderson
Author Mark Henderson
Narrator Tom Lawrence
Duration 10h 24m
The geeks are coming. And our world needs them. Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we're governed to the news we're fed by the media we're let down...
View BookAuthor: Leonard Mlodinow
Author Leonard Mlodinow
Narrator Steve West
Duration 4h 32m
In the last thirty years of his life Albert Einstein searched for a unified theory - a theory which could describe all the forces of nature in a single framework. But the time was not right for such a discovery in Einstein's day. Neither was the time right when, in 1988, Professor Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time in which he took us o...
View BookAuthor: Muhammad Ali
Author Muhammad Ali
Narrator Dion Graham
Duration 16h 26m
In his own words, the heavyweight champion of the world pulls no punches as he chronicles the battles he faced in and out of the ring in this fascinating memoir edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison. Growing up in the South, surrounded by racial bigotry and discrimination, Ali fought not just for a living, but also for respect and r...
View BookAuthor: Guy Martin
Author Guy Martin
Narrator Dean Williamson
Duration 9h 38m
Guy Martin, international road-racing legend, maverick star of the Isle of Man TT, truck mechanic and TV presenter, lives on the edge, addicted to speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger. In this book we'll get inside his head as he stares death in the face, and risks his life in search of the next high. We'll discover what it feels like to survive...
View BookGuy Martin: When You Dead, You Dead
Author: Guy Martin
Author Guy Martin
Narrator Dean Williamson
Duration 9h 3m
As Guy Martin's grandfather Voldemars frequently reminded him,'When you dead, you dead.' So, before it's all over, Guy Martin is making the most of the time he's got. In this past year alone, Guy has raced the Isle of Man TT and finished on the podium; bike trekked through India; competed in solo 24-hour bicycles races; flown a stunt plane; broken...
View BookAuthor: Weil Andrew
Author Weil Andrew
Narrator Weil Andrew
Duration 8h 31m
At the heart of Healthy Aging is Dr. Weil's belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. To that end, he draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity- diet, ac...
View BookAuthor: Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
Author Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
Narrator Book Buddy Digital Media
Duration 31m
Famous for his superhuman strength, Hercules is the most popular hero in Greek mythology. The son of Zeus-king of the gods-and a mortal mother, Hercules faces the wrath of Zeus's wife Hera, who resents her illegitimate stepson and vows to bring him misery. With her magical powers, she tricks Hercules into performing a series of twelve seemingly imp...
View BookAuthor: Caitlin Moran
Author Caitlin Moran
Narrator Caitlin Moran
Duration 8h 47m
It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain...Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should we use Botox? Do men secretly hate us? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? Part memoir, part rant, Caitlin answers the...
View BookAuthor: Caitlin Moran
Author Caitlin Moran
Narrator Louise Brealey
Duration 9h 37m
It's 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there's no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer! She will save her poverty stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer - like Jo in Little Women,...
View BookI Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Author: Nujood Ali
Author Nujood Ali
Narrator Nujood Ali
Duration 3h 58m
Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom-an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where a...
View BookI and You and Don't Forget Who
Author: Brian P Cleary
Author Brian P Cleary
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 4h 35m
The latest addition to the best-selling Words Are CATegoricalr series, this fun-filled guide uses playful puns and humorous illustrations to creatively clarify the concept of pronouns. Key pronouns appear in color for easy identification to show, not tell, readers what pronouns are all about.
View BookAuthor: Karin Fossum
Series: Inspector Sejer, Book 1
Author Karin Fossum
Narrator David Rintoul
SeriesInspector Sejer, Book 1
Duration 8h 53m
Eva is walking by the river one afternoon when a body floats to the surface of the icy water. She tells her daughter to wait patiently while she calls the police, but when she reaches the phone box Eva dials another number altogether. The dead man, Egil, has been missing for months, and it doesn't take long for Inspector Sejer and his team to estab...
View BookAuthor: Andrew Rosenheim
Series: Jimmy Nessheim, Book 2
Author Andrew Rosenheim
Narrator John Chancer
SeriesJimmy Nessheim, Book 2
Duration 12h 42m
Los Angeles, September 1941. With the Nazis occupying Europe, and their armies now halfway across Russia, America hovers on the brink of war. Tensions are also rising in the Far East, and in California fears grow of a Pacific Coast invasion. There is mounting anxiety about the loyalty of the state's own Japanese population. But back in Washington D...
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