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1963: The Year of the Revolution

How Youth Changed the World with Music, Fashion, and Art

by Robin Morgan, Ariel Leve ...

Beginning in London and ricocheting across the Atlantic, 1963: The Year of the Revolution is an oral history of twelve months that changed our world—the Youth Quake movement—and laid the foundations for the generation of today.Ariel Leve and Robin Morgan's oral history is the first book to recount the kinetic story of the twelve months that witnessed a demographic power shift—the rise of the Youth ... Read more

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Beginning in London and ricocheting across the Atlantic, 1963: The Year of the Revolution is an oral history of twelve months that changed our world—the Youth Quake movement—and laid the foundations for the generation of today.Ariel Leve and Robin Morgan's oral history is the first book to recount the kinetic story of the twelve months that witnessed a demographic power shift—the rise of the Youth
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An Abbreviated Life

A Memoir

by Ariel Leve ...

A "mesmerizing" memoir of growing up under siege with an unstable, unreliable mother ( The New York Times).Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker." Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed by ... Read more

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A "mesmerizing" memoir of growing up under siege with an unstable, unreliable mother ( The New York Times).Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker." Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed by
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It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me

by Ariel Leve ...

"Bulletins from the front line of the deepest, darkest curmudgeonliness . . . [by] the literary love child of Larry David and Dorothy Parker." —Dani Shapiro, New York Times–bestselling author"Funny, smart, delightfully cranky," Ariel Leve's Sunday Times Magazine (London) column "Cassandra" moves to book form (AJ Jacobs). It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me offers a humorously bleak perspective on ... Read more

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"Bulletins from the front line of the deepest, darkest curmudgeonliness . . . [by] the literary love child of Larry David and Dorothy Parker." —Dani Shapiro, New York Times–bestselling author"Funny, smart, delightfully cranky," Ariel Leve's Sunday Times Magazine (London) column "Cassandra" moves to book form (AJ Jacobs). It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me offers a humorously bleak perspective on
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An Abbreviated Life

A Memoir

by Ariel Leve ...

Narrated by Martha Plimpton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost.Ariel Leve ... Read more

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A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost.Ariel Leve
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You All Grow Up and Leave Me

A Memoir of Teenage Obsession

by Piper Weiss ...

Narrated by Brittany Pressley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

A highly unsettling blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir— The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep—that presents an intimate and thought-provoking portrait of girlhood within Manhattan’s exclusive prep-school scene in the early 1990s, and a thoughtful meditation on adolescent obsession and the vulnerability of youth.Piper Weiss was fourteen years old when her middle-aged tennis coach, Gary ... Read more

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A highly unsettling blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir— The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep—that presents an intimate and thought-provoking portrait of girlhood within Manhattan’s exclusive prep-school scene in the early 1990s, and a thoughtful meditation on adolescent obsession and the vulnerability of youth.Piper Weiss was fourteen years old when her middle-aged tennis coach, Gary
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1973: Rock at the Crossroads

by Andrew Grant Jackson ...

A fascinating account of a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, the former Beatles, and others.1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired by the madness ... Read more

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A fascinating account of a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, the former Beatles, and others.1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired by the madness
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Small Fry

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

12 hours 1 min

A frank, smart, and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve JobsBorn on a farm and named in a field by her parents―artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs―Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa’s father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ... Read more

$22.95 USD

A frank, smart, and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve JobsBorn on a farm and named in a field by her parents―artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs―Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa’s father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her,
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Elsewhere

A Novel

by Gabrielle Zevin ...

Narrated by Mara Wilson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIMEBeloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry. This program is read by writer, actor and award-winning narrator Mara Wilson.Is it possible to grow up while getting ... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIMEBeloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry. This program is read by writer, actor and award-winning narrator Mara Wilson.Is it possible to grow up while getting ...
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Hot Milk

by Deborah Levy ...

Narrated by Romola Garai ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim? Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She is frustrated with Rose and her constant ... Read more

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I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim? Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She is frustrated with Rose and her constant
... Read more

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Family Trust

A Novel

by Kathy Wang ...

Narrated by Joy Osmanski ...

Unabridged

14 hours 6 min

Some of us are more equal than others....Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For years, Stanley has claimed that he’s worth a small fortune. But the time is now coming when the details of his estate will finally be revealed, and Stanley’s ... Read more

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Some of us are more equal than others....Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For years, Stanley has claimed that he’s worth a small fortune. But the time is now coming when the details of his estate will finally be revealed, and Stanley’s
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The Night of the Gun

A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own.

by David Carr ...

Narrated by Charles Leggett ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

From David Carr (1956–2015), the “undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist” (Entertainment Weekly) and author of the instant New York Times bestseller that the Chicago Sun-Times called “a compelling tale of drug abuse, despair, and, finally, hope.”Do we remember only the stories we can live with? The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In The Night of the Gun, David Carr ... Read more

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From David Carr (1956–2015), the “undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist” (Entertainment Weekly) and author of the instant New York Times bestseller that the Chicago Sun-Times called “a compelling tale of drug abuse, despair, and, finally, hope.”Do we remember only the stories we can live with? The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In The Night of the Gun, David Carr
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The Book of Essie

A novel

by Meghan MacLean Weir ...

Narrated by Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands, Erin Spencer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

**FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight AttendantA captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens ... Read more

$22.50 USD

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight AttendantA captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens
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