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The Gift of Valor: A War Story
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| by Michael M. Phillips |
| Every day ordinary young Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq, with the same bravery, honor, and sense of duty that have distinguished American troops throughout history.... |
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The Gift of Valor: A War Story (Unabridged)
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| by Michael M. Phillips |
| Every day ordinary young Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq, with the same bravery, honor, and sense of duty that have distinguished American troops throughout history.... |
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The Ilgiad
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| by Donald Katz |
| "I was a few days shy of 40 on the day Steve Ilg clutched my limb. I was almost middle-aged, laid out like a lab specimen in a New Mexico gym, and quite sure as the vise tightened..." |
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The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History (Unabridged)
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| by Joseph M. Marshall III |
| Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn.... |
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The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History (Unabridged). |
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The King of the Ferret Leggers
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| by Donald Katz |
| In the amusing essay, Donald Katz tells us of his encounter with Reg Mellor, King of the Ferret Leggers, and describes the bizarre sport of Ferret Legging. Audible.com invites you to listen to <I>The King of the Ferret Leggers</I> - FREE... |
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The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home
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| by Joe Richman |
| "It was assumed many years ago, when you got old you lived with the family. And I guess there's something to be said for that. But at the same time, it's a nice feeling to know you can be cared for... |
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The Life of a Country Vet
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| by Graham Lord |
| Alf Wight, a modest Scottish writer, better known as James Herriot, wrote books that became worldwide best sellers, films, audiobooks, and... |
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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest
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| by Conrad Anker and David Roberts |
| On June 8, 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were last seen climbing toward the summit of Mount Everest. Clouds soon closed... |
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The Lost Men: The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
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| by Kelly Tyler-Lewis |
| Sir Ernest Shackleton's endeavor to Antarctica is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent.... |
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The Lost Men: The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party. |
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The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings (Unabridged)
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| by David Starkey |
| This is the first of three volumes, which will form a new, ground-breaking history of England as told through the lives of its Kings and Queens. |
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The Pirate Hunter (Unabridged)
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| by Richard Zacks |
| Captain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer.... |
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The Princess Pochahontas (Unabridged)
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| by Virginia Watson |
| Every schoolchild knows the story of how Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith, but that's not the whole story.... |
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The Professor and the Madman
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| by Simon Winchester |
| Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the <I>Oxford English Dictionary</I> is a fascinating mystery... |
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The Professor and the Madman (Unabridged)
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| by Simon Winchester |
| Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the <I>Oxford English Dictionary</I> is a fascinating mystery... |
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The Quiet Room
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| by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett |
| An electrifying true story of one young woman's nightmarish descent into the hell of schizophrenia... |
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The Rothschilds (Unabridged)
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| by Frederic Morton |
| Probably no other family in the last two centuries has been so constantly in the center of Europe's great events, has contained such varied and spectacular... |
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The Sea and the Jungle (Unabridged)
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| by H.M. Tomlinson |
| What would it be like to cast aside the industrial bustle of the early 20th century to hop a freighter bound for... |
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The Spy Wore Red (Unabridged)
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| by Aline, Countess of Romanones |
| When Aline Griffith was born in Pearl River, New York, in 1923, one might have guessed from her exceptional beauty that a career as an actress or model might be in her future... |
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The Tailor of Salisbury (Unabridged)
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| by Lindsay Fairgrieve |
| This is the heroic and fascinating true story of Geoffrey James Hurford, a tailor who worked and lived in Salisbury, England, right up until his death at the age of 83.... |
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Thunderstruck
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| by Erik Larson |
| <i>Thunderstruck</i> tells the stories of two men: Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication.... |
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Thunderstruck (Unabridged)
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| by Erik Larson |
| <i>Thunderstruck</i> tells the stories of two men: Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication.... |
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics (Unabridged)
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| by Jeremy Schaap |
| In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals.... |
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics (Unabridged). |
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Vincent van Gogh (Unabridged)
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| by Julius Meier Graefe |
| Remembered for his swirling brushstrokes and burning colors, van Gogh is today one of the best-known, and best-loved painters. Though his career spanned... |
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War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific (Unabridged)
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| by Oliver North with Joe Musser |
| <I>New York Times</I> best-selling author Oliver North, popular host of FOX News Channel's top-rated <I>War Stories</I> program, provided an insightful look.... |
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World War II: Europe
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| by The History Channel |
| Relive history as the men who experienced the most intense battles of World War II share their stories.... |
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World War II: Europe. |
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Zelda (Unabridged)
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| by Nancy Milford |
| Witty, indulged, capricious, Zelda Sayre thoroughly enjoyed exercising the prerogatives of a belle. Her escapades became the scandal of her hometown... |
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A Song for Mary
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| by Dennis Smith |
| Smith mixes humor in the face of adversity with moving insight as he tells what it was like to be young, Irish, Catholic, and poor... |
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich (Unabridged)
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| by Lucas Delattre |
| A work of remarkable scholarship that moves with the swift pace of a John le Carre thriller, <I>A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich</I> is a chilling addition to the literature of espionage.... |
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A Table for Two (Unabridged)
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| by Alisa Bair |
| The mysteries of life and death underlie this true story of a family losing its youngest member... |
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A Walk in the Woods
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| by Bill Bryson |
| "Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path.... |
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All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo Saxon, 1940
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| by J. Revell Carr |
| In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells.... |
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All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo Saxon, 1940. |
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All Too Human: A Political Education
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| by George Stephanopoulos |
| For four years in the White House and one year of campaigning before that, he was rarely more than a few steps behind... |
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All Too Human: A Political Education. |
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Angles of Attack: An A-6 Intruder Pilot's War
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| by Peter Hunt |
| From the carrier launch in total darkness to the gut-dropping rolls through enemy antiaircraft fire, Peter Hunt puts you in the pilot's seat for the flight of your life... |
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Angles of Attack: An A-6 Intruder Pilot's War. |
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Any Given Day
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| by Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux |
| Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux was born in 1899 during the final days of the Old West. Her perfectly... |
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Any Given Day. |
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Ava's Man
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| by Rick Bragg |
| Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a whiskey-maker, a fisherman who knew every inch of the Coosa River, made boats out of car hoods and knew... |
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Biography: Confucius
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| by A&E Television Networks |
| Chronicles the life of the Chinese sage renowned for his serenity and wisdom, but whose life was filled with turmoil.... |
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Bound Feet and Western Dress
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| by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang |
| While Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was a Chinese Studies major at Harvard University, she stumbled across... |
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Christopher Columbus (Unabridged)
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| by Justin Winsor |
| Given all of the revisionist accounts of the life of Christopher Columbus that have recently surfaced, this classic biography should be mandatory listening... |
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Dangerous Minds
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| by LouAnne Johnson |
| They were called the class from hell - 34 inner-city sophomores LouAnne Johnson inherited from... |
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Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
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| by Jacki Lyden |
| As a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, Jacki Lyden has spent half her adult life... |
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Deported: Weasel's Diary
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| by Joe Richman |
| "I've been banished from the U.S., you know. Like they used to do in the medieval days. They used to ban fools. [Laughs] I went to kindergarten in L.A.... |
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Deported: Weasel's Diary. |
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Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered (Unabridged)
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| by Russell Kirk |
| Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined into a living whole the private Burke and the public Burke. He gives us a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today.... |
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Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered (Unabridged). |
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Eiger Dreams
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| by Jon Krakauer |
| No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly... |
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Emissary of Light
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| by James F. Twyman |
| James F. Twyman, a traveling troubadour, was ready to risk his life to sing a peace concert in Bosnia... |
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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| by Alfred Lansing |
| The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination... |
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Eva Peron (Unabridged)
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| by Nicholas Fraser and Marysa Navarro |
| The story begins in a dusty village lost in the Argentine pampas, where a girl, born out of wedlock, scrambles her way to the capital city by the time she is 15... |
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Famous People in History II (Unabridged)
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| by Nicolas Soames |
| Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world. There are men of action such as Alexander the Great and... |
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Famous People in History II (Unabridged). |
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Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times
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| by Helen Thomas |
| You know her as Helen, the journalist who always asks the first question. But, what more do you know... |
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Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times. |
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Gibtown
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| by Joe Richman |
| "Okay, watch. Here's a 20-penny spike, 50-cent hammer and a no sense head. I'm going to drive this spike in my head. Watch. [Sound of hammer hitting spike.] You can see... |
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Gifted Hands
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| by Ben Carson, M.D., with Cecil Murphey |
| Dr. Ben Carson's <i>Gifted Hands</i> is the inspiring autobiography of an inner-city kid with poor grades.... |
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Great Speeches
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| This is a compilation of some of the most well-known speeches of modern times, spanning the years 1940-1987.... |
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Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba (Unabridged)
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| by Wendy Gimbel |
| A fascinating, powerfully evocative story of four generations of Cuban women, through whose lives the author illuminates a vivid picture... |
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Into Thin Air
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| by Jon Krakauer |
| <I>Into Thin Air</I> is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest... |
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Into Thin Air. |
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Into Thin Air (Unabridged)
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| by Jon Krakauer |
| <I>Into Thin Air</I> is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest... |
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Iron House
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| by Jerome Washington |
| Accomplished poet and writer Jerome Washington offers an unforgettable glimpse of prison life... |
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Iron House. |
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Jungles of Memory
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| by James P. McMullen |
| This is a story of war and sanctuary, of beasts and obsession. It is the story of one Vietnam veteran, writer James P. McMullen... |
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Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
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| by Dmae Roberts |
| Winner of the Peabody Award, <i>Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song</i> is a personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict.... |
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Over the Edge
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| by Greg Child |
| Before dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall... |
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Over the Edge. |
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Patton (Unabridged)
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| by Alan Axelrod |
| George S. Patton was a general who achieved greatness in his field by contradicting his own nature.... |
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Pedagogy of Freedom (Unabridged)
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| by Paulo Freire |
| Freire gives a historical and sociological look at the effects a defeated psychology . . . |
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Unabridged)
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| by Annie Dillard |
| In her Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative, Annie Dillard, a self-described "wanderer" explores her neighborhood... |
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Psychic Warrior
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| by David Morehouse |
| David Morehouse was already a highly decorated third-generation army officer when a routine... |
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Psychic Warrior. |
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Rebuilding the Indian
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| by Fred Haefele |
| Fred Haefele has reached midlife with many wrecks behind him: a divorce, and tortured relationships with... |
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Rebuilding the Indian. |
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Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
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| by Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Can a whale attack a ship? The shipwrecked crew of the whaleship <I>Essex</I> was living proof that it could when a whale displayed a fury never before witnessed, ramming and sinking their vessel.... |
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Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex. |
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Sailing Alone Around the World (Unabridged)
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| by Captain Joshua Slocum |
| In 1895, when Captain Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on his 37-foot sloop... |
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Secrets of Inner Power, a Profile In Courage (Unabridged)
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| by Rosa Parks and Deepak Chopra |
| In this fascinating discussion, civil rights activist Rosa Parks explains how she spent her life striving for freedom, equality, and respect for people of all races and religions.... |
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Secrets of Inner Power, a Profile In Courage (Unabridged). |
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
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| by David Starkey |
| The first of Henry VIII's wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and still births and yet failed to produce a male heir.... |
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Tails from the Bark Side
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| by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson |
| Dogs, more than any other creatures, can make us laugh, often outsmart us, and occasionally break... |
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Tails from the Bark Side. |
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Taking on the World (Unabridged)
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| by Ellen MacArthur |
| On February 11th, 2001, Ellen MacArthur sailed into port in France, completing the Vendee Globe, the world's toughest race.... |
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Teenage Diaries: Amanda from Queens, NYC, Girlfriend
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| by Amanda from NYC |
| "I remember one day we were playing a game that was kind of like Sleeping Beauty, where like the prettiest girl on the block fell asleep on a picnic bench and... |
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Teenage Diaries: Amanda from Queens, NYC, Girlfriend. |
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Teenage Diaries: Frankie in Mentone, AL, Football
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| by Frankie Lewchuk |
| "In the seventh grade, I was real little, probably weighed 75 pounds. Everybody used to pick on me all the time. You know. They picked on me and beat the crap out of me... |
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Teenage Diaries: Frankie in Mentone, AL, Football. |
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Teenage Diaries: Frankie in Mentone, AL, Welcome Home, Dad
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| by Frankie Lewchuk |
| "Until one day we - I was coming home from school. I got off the school bus. My dad and mom were in the kitchen fixing a waffle iron. And about 10 minutes after I got off the bus, all these cops... |
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Teenage Diaries: Frankie in Mentone, AL, Welcome Home, Dad. |
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Teenage Diaries: Jeff in Boston, MA, Halfrican
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| by Jeff Rodgers |
| "Usually when someone asks what I am, I say I'm halfrican. You know, my father's black, my mother's white, and when I was younger, to me that was the way it was supposed to be... |
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Teenage Diaries: Jeff in Boston, MA, Halfrican. |
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Teenage Diaries: Josh in NYC, First Kiss
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| by Josh Cutler |
| "Not to say that the people at school don't like me, it's that they just don't pay much attention to me, 'cause they're used to me being the kid with Tourette's... |
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Teenage Diaries: Josh in NYC, First Kiss. |
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Teenage Diaries: Josh in NYC, Growing Up with Tourette's
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| by Josh Cutler |
| "The bottom line is sometimes I actually have to teach myself not to care. I can't care because most of the time I can't control what comes out of my mouth... |
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Teenage Diaries: Josh in NYC, Growing Up with Tourette's. |
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Teenage Diaries: Melissa in New Haven, CT, Raising Isaaiah
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| by Melissa Rodriguez |
| "It's definitely weird that one night, you know, you gave birth and the next day he's in your house and you know, they grow with you every day, every second, and... |
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Teenage Diaries: Melissa in New Haven, CT, Raising Isaaiah. |
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Teenage Diaries: Melissa in New Haven, CT, Teen Mom
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| by Melissa Rodriguez |
| "And I didn't think that I was going to get pregnant. It just happened. [Laughs] It was just like - I just started my life. I just started to go to school. I just started working... |
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Teenage Diaries: Melissa in New Haven, CT, Teen Mom. |
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Teenage Diaries: Nick in Salt Lake City, UT, Home School to High School
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| by Nick Epperson |
| "You know, when I'm feeling, like, really disgusted with myself, I pick up my cello. Every time you start playing, it's like I don't have any stress at all. I don't even listen... |
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Teenage Diaries: Nick in Salt Lake City, UT, Home School to High School. |
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Tender at the Bone
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| by Ruth Reichl |
| <I>Tender at the Bone</I> is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by... |
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Tender at the Bone. |
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The Basketball Diaries
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| by Jim Carroll |
| In his teens, Jim Carroll roamed the streets of New York, shooting baskets with some of New York's best? |
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The Basketball Diaries. |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Excerpts
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| by Samuel Pepys |
| Samuel Pepys's meticulous chronicles of life in 17th-century England are an exacting record... |
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