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Personal History

A Memoir

by Katharine Graham ...

Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie ...

Unabridged

30 hours 30 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is ... Read more

$35.00 USD

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is
... Read more
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Once There Was a War

by John Steinbeck ...

Narrated by Lloyd James ...

Series series Penguin Audio Classics
Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introductionIn 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introductionIn 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew
... Read more
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Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her first novel, The Namesake in this interview with PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown. It's the story of two generations of Indians from Calcutta becoming Americans. ... Read more

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her first novel, The Namesake in this interview with PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown. It's the story of two generations of Indians from Calcutta becoming Americans.
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Personal History

A Memoir

by Katharine Graham ...

Narrated by Katherine Graham ...

Abridged

2 hours 53 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is ... Read more

$15.00 USD

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is
... Read more
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The Powerful and the Damned

Private Diaries in Turbulent Times

by Lionel Barber ...

Narrated by Lionel Barber ...

Unabridged

13 hours 58 min

Brought to you by Penguin.'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the rise ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the rise
... Read more
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Confidential Confidential

The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine

by Samantha Barbas ...

Narrated by Donna Postel ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including their sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including their sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and
... Read more
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The Village of Lost and Found

The perfect uplifting, feel-good read from Alison Sherlock

by Alison Sherlock ...

Narrated by Helen Keeley ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Riverside Lane Series
Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

From the top 50 bestselling author of The Village Shop For Lonely HeartsScandal-hit party girl Lucy Conway needs to leave London fast.She packs her bags and escapes to the sleepy village of Cranbridge to take care of her beloved Uncle Frank.But the country village isn’t quite as idyllic as she remembers. To make matters worse, her Uncle’s pride and joy, The Cranbridge Times, is close to going out ... Read more

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From the top 50 bestselling author of The Village Shop For Lonely HeartsScandal-hit party girl Lucy Conway needs to leave London fast.She packs her bags and escapes to the sleepy village of Cranbridge to take care of her beloved Uncle Frank.But the country village isn’t quite as idyllic as she remembers. To make matters worse, her Uncle’s pride and joy, The Cranbridge Times, is close to going out
... Read more
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Yara: Autopsia di un'indagine

by Roberta Bruzzone, Laura Marinaro ...

Narrated by Roberta Bruzzone ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

Per mesi, tra il novembre del 2010 e il febbraio del 2011, tutta l'Italia segue col fiato sospeso le ricerche della tredicenne Yara Gambirasio, scomparsa misteriosamente. Il ritrovamento del corpo della vittima in un campo della bergamasca, segna l'inizio di un'inchiesta che sconvolge l'intero paese…Roberta Bruzzone e Laura Marinaro ripercorrono con rigore investigativo e taglio giornalistico il ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Per mesi, tra il novembre del 2010 e il febbraio del 2011, tutta l'Italia segue col fiato sospeso le ricerche della tredicenne Yara Gambirasio, scomparsa misteriosamente. Il ritrovamento del corpo della vittima in un campo della bergamasca, segna l'inizio di un'inchiesta che sconvolge l'intero paese…Roberta Bruzzone e Laura Marinaro ripercorrono con rigore investigativo e taglio giornalistico il
... Read more
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Kenya races toward goal of electrifying every household

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

8 min

Kenya has made rapid gains in connecting households across the country to the electrical grid, as part of a goal to achieve universal access to power by 2020. Over the past three years the East African country has connected 12.4 million people, becoming a model on a continent where half of the population lives without electricity. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay reports. ... Read more

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Kenya has made rapid gains in connecting households across the country to the electrical grid, as part of a goal to achieve universal access to power by 2020. Over the past three years the East African country has connected 12.4 million people, becoming a model on a continent where half of the population lives without electricity. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay reports.
... Read more
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The Accidental Life

An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers

by Terry McDonell ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

**An Amazon Best Book of 2016A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them what they are).**You might not know Terry McDonell, but you certainly know his work. Among the magazines he has top-edited: Outside, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated. In this revealing ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**An Amazon Best Book of 2016A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them what they are).**You might not know Terry McDonell, but you certainly know his work. Among the magazines he has top-edited: Outside, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated. In this revealing
... Read more
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Can online courses replace a campus education?

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take from anywhere in the world, are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created the MOOC, professors who say they undermine the goals of a college education and others who see a way the college classroom and the new online format can be ... Read more

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Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take from anywhere in the world, are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created the MOOC, professors who say they undermine the goals of a college education and others who see a way the college classroom and the new online format can be
... Read more
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Making $ense: Foreclosure Crisis

Making Sen$e

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Series series Making Sen$e
Unabridged

10 min

Paul Solman speaks with Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us, about how a decades-long government push to expand homeownership exacerbated the foreclosure crisis. ... Read more

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Paul Solman speaks with Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us, about how a decades-long government push to expand homeownership exacerbated the foreclosure crisis.
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Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

9 min

Author Walter Isaacson, longtime journalist and author, tells the story of Apple co-founder and inventor Steve Jobs in a new biography titled Steve Jobs. Jeffrey Brown and Isaacson discuss the life and work of the technology giant. ... Read more

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Author Walter Isaacson, longtime journalist and author, tells the story of Apple co-founder and inventor Steve Jobs in a new biography titled Steve Jobs. Jeffrey Brown and Isaacson discuss the life and work of the technology giant.
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News Is a Verb

Journalism at the End of the 20th Century

by Pete Hamill ...

Narrated by Dan Lauria ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

A volume in a series called "The Library of Contemporary Thought"—which provides top opinion makers a forum to explore the most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues of the day— News Is a Verb focuses on contemporary journalism and its evolving readership. From sensational headlines to celebrity gossip, Pete Hamill explores how the critical relationship of reader to newspaper is being ... Read more

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A volume in a series called "The Library of Contemporary Thought"—which provides top opinion makers a forum to explore the most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues of the day— News Is a Verb focuses on contemporary journalism and its evolving readership. From sensational headlines to celebrity gossip, Pete Hamill explores how the critical relationship of reader to newspaper is being
... Read more
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SCOTUS Discussions June 2009

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

8 min

Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the Supreme Court's decision on prisoners' legal rights to test DNA evidence after their convictions. ... Read more

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Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the Supreme Court's decision on prisoners' legal rights to test DNA evidence after their convictions.
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Diane McWhorter: Carry Me Home

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

9 min

PBS NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Diane McWhorter, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for her book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution. ... Read more

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PBS NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Diane McWhorter, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for her book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.
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How one woman brought life-saving maternity care to Somaliland

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

Somaliland, a region of Somalia that lay in ruin from years of war, suffers some of the world's highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. But 15 years ago, Edna Adan fulfilled a lifelong dream by building a nonprofit hospital and nursing school to address the health needs of women. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. ... Read more

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Somaliland, a region of Somalia that lay in ruin from years of war, suffers some of the world's highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. But 15 years ago, Edna Adan fulfilled a lifelong dream by building a nonprofit hospital and nursing school to address the health needs of women. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
... Read more
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America's Last Great Newspaper War: The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town

by Mike Jaccarino ...

Narrated by Michael Karl Orenstein ...

Unabridged

11 hours 42 min

Recounts the story of America’s last great newspaper war between the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as both papers’ long rivalry turned existential amid the rise of digital news. The story is told through the eyes of the reporters, or “runners,” and photographers who fought the war on the ground in cities across America. ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Recounts the story of America’s last great newspaper war between the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as both papers’ long rivalry turned existential amid the rise of digital news. The story is told through the eyes of the reporters, or “runners,” and photographers who fought the war on the ground in cities across America.
... Read more
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In remote Kenyan villages, solar start-ups bring light

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

5 min

Some 1.3 billion people around the globe don’t have access to an electric grid. But solar startup companies say harnessing an abundant resource -- the sun -- can light up some of the world’s most remote areas. In this Kenyan village, rooftop panels are becoming a cheap, popular and promising source of light. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. ... Read more

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Some 1.3 billion people around the globe don’t have access to an electric grid. But solar startup companies say harnessing an abundant resource -- the sun -- can light up some of the world’s most remote areas. In this Kenyan village, rooftop panels are becoming a cheap, popular and promising source of light. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
... Read more
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Mentoring program aims to keep Latino males in school

Rethinking College

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Series series Rethinking College
Unabridged

6 min

On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series on one program that’s trying to combat the issue by creating mentorship opportunities. ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series on one program that’s trying to combat the issue by creating mentorship opportunities.
... Read more
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Tourism in Iceland is booming

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

8 min

As war, terrorism and uncertainty pervade the globe, travelers are flocking to Iceland -- regarded as one of the safest nations on the planet. Fishing used to be the country’s most profitable industry, but in recent years, tourism has claimed the top spot. Still, the buzz and the economic benefits it delivers are accompanied by challenges. Malcolm Brabant reports Iceland's tourism 'growing pains.' ... Read more

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As war, terrorism and uncertainty pervade the globe, travelers are flocking to Iceland -- regarded as one of the safest nations on the planet. Fishing used to be the country’s most profitable industry, but in recent years, tourism has claimed the top spot. Still, the buzz and the economic benefits it delivers are accompanied by challenges. Malcolm Brabant reports Iceland's tourism 'growing pains.'
... Read more
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Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

7 min

In spite of decades of advancements in health care, diet and safety, white Americans are now living shorter lives, a trend that has surprised experts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports out of Maysville, Kentucky, an area struggling with an increase in addiction, overdoses and suicide. ... Read more

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In spite of decades of advancements in health care, diet and safety, white Americans are now living shorter lives, a trend that has surprised experts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports out of Maysville, Kentucky, an area struggling with an increase in addiction, overdoses and suicide.
... Read more
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Video Games

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

5 min

A Supreme Court case over whether minors should be able to access violent video games in California had the justices debating the definition of violence and the boundaries of the First Amendment.The lawyer for the state of California, who was advocating for a law banning the sale of violent video games to those under 18 years of age, told the court that the law has two goals. First, it’s intended ... Read more

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A Supreme Court case over whether minors should be able to access violent video games in California had the justices debating the definition of violence and the boundaries of the First Amendment.The lawyer for the state of California, who was advocating for a law banning the sale of violent video games to those under 18 years of age, told the court that the law has two goals. First, it’s intended
... Read more
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Ethiopia's Abundant Farm Investments

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

7 min

In Ethiopia, farms backed by foreign investors are growing with abundance, while native farmers subsist on food aid. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports about the unlikely abundance in a land known for famine. ... Read more

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In Ethiopia, farms backed by foreign investors are growing with abundance, while native farmers subsist on food aid. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports about the unlikely abundance in a land known for famine.
... Read more

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