In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding; as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of a trauma victim even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or you remain unsaved."
"A rueful, razor-sharp memoir... funnier than you 'd think was possible.... Sebold tells what it's like to go through a particular kind of nightmare in order to tell what it's like - slowly, bumpily, triumphantly—to heal. " --- Sarah Kerr, Vogue
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Performed By : Jeffrey DeMunn
Published By : Simon & Schuster
4 hours 30 minutes
Type : American Autobiography Historical Biographical
Download Price : $30.00 $15.95
Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose—one of the country's most influential historians—confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs. More info...
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Author : Marla Runyan with Sally Jenkins
Performed By : Emily Schirner
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
8 hours 5 minutes
Type : Autobiography Sports
Download Price : $24.95
Marla Runyan was 9 years old when she was diagnosed with Stargardt's disease, an irreversible form of macular degeneration. This is the story of how she refused to let her diagnosis limit her dreams. More info...
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Author : Charles Osgood
Performed By : Charles Osgood
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
2 hours 25 minutes
Type : 20th Century Biographical Autobiography Radio Shows
Download Price : $24.95
One unforgettable year in Charles Osgood's childhood in Baltimore during WWII. More info...
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Author : Lauren Bacall
Performed By : Lauren Bacall
Published By : Harper Collins US
7 hours
Type : Autobiography Women Rich & Famous TV & Film
Download Price : $29.95 $19.95
The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen excellence. More info...
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Author : Gael Greene
Performed By : Nancy Travis and Gael Greene
Published By : Hachette Audio
5 hours
Type : Autobiography Women Journalism
Download Price : $24.98 $17.49
Gael Greene, the highly respected restaurant critic for the New York Magazine, whose fierce wit and sensuous prose changed the way Americans think about food... More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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