Publication date: 2008-01-31
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Review Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography / Babblebooks:The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 22. 2 hours (slow), 20. 3 hours (medium), 18. 5 hours (fast). The vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography of one of the greatest (and most outspoken) presidents in American history.
Creator: Dick Hill
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-03-01
Dewey code: 944.026092
List Price: $59.99
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Review Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint / Tantor Media:Bestselling biographer Donald Spoto uses newly translated transcripts of Joan's trial to deliver an intimate portrait of this extraordinary woman. Neither wife nor nun, neither queen nor noblewoman, neither philosopher nor stateswoman, Joan showed the world that anyone who follows their heart has the power to change history.
Publication date: 2007-06-18
Price: $33.53
Review Cult Conversations: v. 1: Autobiographies of Gareth David Lloyd, Deborah Watling and Phil Willmott / Fantom Films Limited:
Creator: Cynthia Holloway
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-06-03
Dewey code: 306.7083520973
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.93
Review Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity / Tantor Media:Some girls turn to alcohol. Some to drugs. Kerry Cohen turned to sex. This is her memoir.
Creator: Kate Reading
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-01-15
Dewey code: 810.997444
List Price: $59.99
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Review American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaninathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Theirloves, Their Work / Tantor Media:Focusing on Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau, this brilliant, controversial, and fascinating biography explores the lives and work of those who were, in the mid-19th century, the center of American thought and literature. 6 CDs.
Creator: Jonathan Reese
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2006-09-05
Dewey code: 370.092
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.62
Review Up from Slavery / Tantor Media:Autobiography of influential spokesman and former slave who became a major figure in the struggle for equal rights. Booker T. Washington's American classic recounts his triumph over the legacy of slavery, his founding of the Tuskegee Institute, and his emergence as a national spokesperson for his race. Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W. E. B. Du Bois. [+]Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society.
Creator: Norman Dietz
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-11-01
Dewey code: 338.766458
List Price: $59.99
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Review McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire / Tantor Media:Former BusinessWeek editor Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea-the outgrowth of three peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico-a secretive family business emerged that would produce one of the besta "known brands in the world.
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-05-20
Dewey code: 610.92
List Price: $59.99
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Review The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine / Tantor Media:Long-time physician Sherwin B. Nuland presents a provocative and stimulating collection of stories illustrating the vagaries of medical practice over the years.
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-09-01
Dewey code: 796.332092
List Price: $49.99
Price: $33.43
Review The Express / Tantor Media:An enduring story of a true scholar-athlete, The Express is a touching, impeccably researched, deeply personal portrait of Ernie Davis and a vivid look at sport in America at the dawn of the Civil Rights era.
Creator: Patrick Girard Lawlor
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2005-08-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $59.99
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Review Killing Yourself to Live (Library Edition): 85% of a True Story / Tantor Media:For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way. Within the span of twenty-one days, Chuck had three relationships end-one by choice, one by chance, and one by exhaustion. Chuck explored every brand of rock star demise. He wanted to know why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing. and what that means for the rest of us.
Creator: Josephine Bailey
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-11-13
Dewey code: 220.09
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.85
Review The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) / Tantor Media:In this seminal account, acclaimed historian Karen Armstrong discusses the conception, gestation, and life of historya (TM)s most powerful book-the Bible. This is a brilliant, captivating book, crucial in an age of declining faith and rising fundamentalism.
Authors
- Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-03-04
Dewey code: 282.092
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.68
Review A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope / Tantor Media:This intimate, affectionate portrait of Pope John Paul II by his long-time secretary and confidant reveals fascinating new details about the opinions, hopes, fears, and dramatic life of this public man.
Creator: William Dufris
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-07-08
Dewey code: 709.2
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.89
Review Dali & I: The Surreal Story / Tantor Media:Dali & I offers a behind-the-scenes view of the commerce and conspiracy that can go hand-in-hand in the art world, written by a man who has been to the top only to discover it was no different than the bottom.
Authors
- Richard Jadick
- Thomas Hayden
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-03-01
Dewey code: 956.7044342
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.84
Review On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story / Tantor Media:Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. This riveting memoir from the Navy doctor earned him praise as "Hero, M. D. " on the cover of "Newsweek. " Unabridged. 7 CDs.
Authors
- Douglas Century
- Aaron Cohen
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-06-01
Dewey code: 956.94054092
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.84
Review Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Commandos / Tantor Media:Combining the behind-enemy-lines suspense of Black Hawk Down with the first-person intensity of Jarhead, this is the heart-pounding story of a young American who became one of the most elite counterterrorism commandos in the world.
Creator: Murray Walker
Publication date: 2002-09-02
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $28.90
Price: $33.62
Review Murray Walker / HarperCollins Audio:Murray Walker is acknowledged worldwide as the voice of motor racing - and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1. Here he tells the story of his incident-packed life. Murray Walker is seen as an institution in the sport. When the man who made famous the catchphrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken. I AM very much mistaken!!!' announced that he was retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator at the end of the 2001 season, the media reacted as if the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars. His reputation for mistakes enhanced his reputation. He was the fan who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box - and never wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained through hours of painstaking research before every race. [+]In his book he writes about his childhood and the influence that his father, British motorcycle champion Graham Walker, had on his career. Failing to match his father's achievements on the track, he made a successful career for himself in advertising which catapulted him to the top of his profession. An offer from the BBC to take over the commentary seat for their F1 broadcasts gave Walker his big opening, and it wasn't long before the infamous 'Murrayisms' enlivened a sport which until then had been shrouded in a cloak of unfathomable technical jargon and mind-numbing statistics. Walker also talks about the biggest changes in the sport over the last 50 years, in particular the safety issues which came to the fore after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna. His partnership with James Hunt behind the microphone is the subject of some hilarious anecdotes, and he also gives his views on drivers such as Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve, Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard.
Creator: Barrett Whitener
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-11-01
Dewey code: 796.64
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.91
Review Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride / Tantor Media:Peter Zheutlin vividly recounts the story of the audacious woman who turned every Victorian notion of female propriety on its ear. In June 1894 Annie Kopchovsky set off to settle a high-stakes bet between two wealthy merchants that a woman could not ride around the world on a bicycle. The epic journey that followed took the connection between athletics and commercialism to dizzying new heights and turned Annie into a symbol of sexual equality. Around the World on Two Wheels blends social history and high adventure into an unforgettable portrait of courage, imagination, and tenacity.
Publication date: 2004-10-14
Dewey code: 791
List Price: $26.85
Price: $33.78
Review From Rags to Richie: The Story So Far / Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ):The son of a road sweeper, Shane Ritchie has come a long way from London's Harlesden to being voted Britain's Sexiest Soap Star in the 2003 Soap Awards. But it's not been an easy ride, as he's had to fight his way to the top not once, but twice in a career with more twists and turns than a soap plot line. Starting as a Pontins Bluecoat, he made his name in Grease. His TV career quickly made him the face of Saturday night entertainment. In this fascinatingly honest read, he writes openly about his womanising, break-up of his marriage to singer Coleen Nolan, his heavy drinking and money troubles and how he came close to breakdown when he realised he had lost everything important to him. He takes us through to the day he received the call that turned his life around - the offer of the part of Alfie in EastEnders - and tells how a new love helped him pick himself up from rock bottom. After 25 years in showbusiness, Shane emerges as a gifted actor and unique star.
Creator: Norman Dietz
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-06-02
Dewey code: 623.4424
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.85
Review Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It / Tantor Media:Soon after its debut at the time of the Civil War, the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Gatling, changed the nature of warfare and the course of world history. Discharging 200 shots per minute with alarming accuracy, the world's first machine gun became vitally important to protecting and expanding America's overseas interests.
Creator: Michael Kramer
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-03-05
Dewey code: 796.42092
List Price: $59.99
Price: $33.91
Review Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics / Tantor Media: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, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
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Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint, Cult Conversations: v. 1: Autobiographies of Gareth David Lloyd, Deborah Watling and Phil Willmott, Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaninathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Theirloves, Their Work, Up from Slavery, McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire, The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine, The Express, Killing Yourself to Live (Library Edition): 85% of a True Story, The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World), A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope, Dali & I: The Surreal Story, On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story, Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Commandos, Murray Walker, Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride, From Rags to Richie: The Story So Far, Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's OlympicsTop headlines: Will Knicks Scandal Affect Cablevision?: Jimmy Dolan's sports empire is a humiliation. 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