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  1. The Worst Journey in the World

    Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
    Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2006

    This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry...

  2. The Year of Magical Thinking

    Didion, Joan
    HighBridge 2005 Unabridged

    Didion's journalistic skills are displayed as never before in this story of a year in her life that began with her daughter in a medically induced coma and her husband unexpectedly...

  3. Three Weeks with My Brother

    Sparks, Nicholas; Sparks, Micha
    Hachette Audiobooks 2004

    In January 2003, Nick Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 35 and 36, respectively, they we...

  4. Cider with Rosie

    Lee, Laurie

    Laurie Lee’s evocative account of childhood in the sleepy Gloucestershire village of Slad retains its atmosphere of innocence in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast production, dramatised o...

  5. Chronicles : volume one / Bon Dylan

    Dylan, Bob
    Simon & Schuster 2008

    "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." Bob Dylan's...

  6. Peoples and Cultures of the World

    The Great Courses 2004 Unabridged

    The career of Pericles, the leading Athenian politician and general from c. 450 to 429 B.C., is a prism through which to view the "Golden Age" of Greece, a brief but remarkable era...

  7. Longitudes and Attitudes

    Friedman, Thomas
    Macmillan Audio 2003

    America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th—before, during and after. As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New Yo...

  8. All Creatures Great and Small : The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

    Herriot, James
    Macmillan Audio 2003 Unabridged

    The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, fun...

  9. James Herriot's Cat Stories

    Herriot, James
    Macmillan Audio 2003 Unabridged

    James Herriot's Cat Stories is the purr-fect gift for anyone who loves cuddling kitties. Kittens and cats of all kinds abound in this program and, like their flesh-and-blood counte...

  10. The Dream of Reason

    Gottlieb, Anthony
    Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2013

    In this landmark study of Western thought, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of our great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdo...

  11. The Foundations of Western Civilization

    The Great Courses 2002 Unabridged

    What is Western civilization? According to Professor Noble, it is "much more than human and political geography," encompassing myriad forms of political and institutional structure...

  12. Night : Night Trilogy, Book 1

    Wiesel, Elie
    Recorded Books 2006 Unabridged

    An enduring classic of Holocaust literature, Night offers a personal and unforgettable account of the appalling horrors of Hitler's reign of terror. Through the eyes of 14-year-old...

  13. World of Byzantium

    The Great Courses 2001 Unabridged

    Byzantium is too-often considered merely the "Eastern rump" of the old Roman Empire, a curious and even unsettling mix of the classical and medieval. Yet it was, according to Profe...

  14. The High Middle Ages

    The Great Courses 2001 Unabridged

    At the dawn of the last millennium in the year 1000, Europe was one of the world's more stagnant regions - an economically undeveloped, intellectually derivative, and geopoliticall...

  15. On Writing : A Memoir Of The Craft

    King, Stephen
    Simon & Schuster Audio 2000 Unabridged

    Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King's critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and con...

  16. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age

    The Great Courses 2000 Unabridged

    This series of 24 lectures examines a crucial period in the history of the ancient world, the age ushered in by the extraordinary conquests of Alexander the Great. In all the annal...

  17. Abraham Lincoln : In His Own Words

    The Great Courses 1999 Unabridged

    Abraham Lincoln was one of America's greatest public orators. The cadence, argument and power he brought to his speeches, like those of the Gettysburg address almost every American...

  18. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! : Adventures of a Curious Character

    Feynman, Richard P.
    Blackstone Publishing 1997 Unabridged

    One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (S...

  19. I am Jackie Chan : My Life in Action

    Chan, Jackie
    Phoenix Books, Inc. 2019 Abridged

    "The more terrified my friends and family are, the more satisfied my fans will be. " JACKIE CHAN In you are fan of action-adventure movies with the accent on action-then you no dou...

  20. Voices of Famous Inventors

    Edison, Thomas Alva; Watson, Thomas Augustus; Marconi, Guglielmo
    Listen & Live Audio, Inc. 2017

    Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, includi...