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Life's Short, Talk Fast
- Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
- By: Ann Hood - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins, Khristine Hvam, Sanya Simmons, and others
- Length: 7 hrs
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Fast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become one of the most-streamed TV shows, ever. In an anthology as intimate and quick-witted as Gilmore Girls itself, bestselling author Ann Hood invites fifteen writers to investigate their personal relationships to the show.
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Life's Short, Talk Fast
- Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins, Khristine Hvam, Sanya Simmons, Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 01-28-25
- Language: English
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The Language of the Night
- Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator.
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The Language of the Night
- Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-14-25
- Language: English
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The Buddhist Years
- By: Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth -edited by
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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This collection shows Jack at his earnest, soulful best. The writing is consistently and wonderfully Kerouacian: it is honest, reflective, heartfelt, and revealing, with great characterizations amid his self-exploration as he wrestles with his consciousness, desperate for belief.
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The Buddhist Years
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-11-25
- Language: English
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You Have a New Memory
- By: Aiden Arata
- Length: 7 hrs
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If you told Aiden Arata in 1995 that the internet would one day crown her the “meme queen of depression” and mega corporations would fly her to conferences to speak about commodifying one's emotions for views, she would have asked you what a meme was. Now, in her highly anticipated debut, she brings us raw reportage from that liminal space between online and offline worlds, illuminating how we got here and where to go next.
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You Have a New Memory
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 07-22-25
- Language: English
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Without Exception
- Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom
- By: Pam Houston
- Narrated by: Pam Houston
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Written with equal parts candor and lyricism, Pam Houston illuminates the interconnected histories of abortion in the United States and in her own life during the decades when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. Houston guides us through the shifting landscapes of politics, the law, and self-determination in a country where access to medical care and the power to determine your own destiny are increasingly—and once again—dependent on geography and circumstance.
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Without Exception
- Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom
- Narrated by: Pam Houston
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-26-24
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Essays Collection: 20+ of the Greatest Essays Ever Written from Thomas Paine, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, Zorea Neale Huston, Langston Hughes, Jack London, & More
- A Modest Proposal, A Room of One’s Own, Common Sense, How it Feels to be Coloured Me, Revolution, Self-Reliance, The Crack Up, The Kingdom of God is Within You, The Weary Blues, Walden, & More
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and others
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade, Ian Porter, Ako Mitchell, and others
- Length: 85 hrs
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The Ultimate Essays Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 24 classic essays analysing everything from war to love, journalism to race, travel to nature, and much more, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are essays by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Thomas Paine; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Henry David Thoreau; Virigina Woolf; Sigmund Freud; Zora Neale Hurston; Langston Hughes; Jack London, and more.
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The Ultimate Essays Collection: 20+ of the Greatest Essays Ever Written from Thomas Paine, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, Zorea Neale Huston, Langston Hughes, Jack London, & More
- A Modest Proposal, A Room of One’s Own, Common Sense, How it Feels to be Coloured Me, Revolution, Self-Reliance, The Crack Up, The Kingdom of God is Within You, The Weary Blues, Walden, & More
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade, Ian Porter, Ako Mitchell, Peter Noble, Karen Cass, Kenneth Jay, Robin Laing, Malk Williams
- Length: 85 hrs
- Release date: 05-08-25
- Language: English
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Sucker Punch
- Essays
- By: Scaachi Koul
- Narrated by: Scaachi Koul
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Sucker Punch is about what happens when the life you thought you’d be living radically changes course, everything you thought you knew about the world and yourself has tilted on its axis, and you have to start forging a new path forward. Scaachi employs her biting wit to interrogate her previous belief that fighting is the most effective tool for progress.
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Sucker Punch
- Essays
- Narrated by: Scaachi Koul
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-04-25
- Language: English
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I Want to Burn This Place Down
- Essays
- By: Maris Kreizman
- Length: 12 hrs
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A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political left.
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I Want to Burn This Place Down
- Essays
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 07-01-25
- Language: English
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Writing, the Other Life
- By: Annie Ernaux
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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A sensational celebration of Annie Ernaux's work—Writing, the Other Life features collected writing by critics, journalists, and 24 previously unpublished pieces by the Nobel Prize winner herself—offering a full view of the author's life, writing style, reception by readers, and her thoughts and influence.
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Writing, the Other Life
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-04-25
- Language: English
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In My Remaining Years
- By: Jean Grae
- Narrated by: Jean Grae
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties.
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In My Remaining Years
- Narrated by: Jean Grae
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-18-25
- Language: English
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パーティーが終わって、中年が始まる
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-17-25
- Language: Japanese
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A Town Without Time
- Gay Talese’s New York
- By: Gay Talese
- Narrated by: Mike Ortego
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
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For over six decades, Gay Talese has told New York stories. They are the stories of daring bridge builders, disappearing gangsters, intrepid Vogue editors, unassuming doormen who’ve seen too much. They are set in the star-studded salons of George Plimpton’s apartment, in the tense newsroom of a still burgeoning New York Times, in an electric studio session with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recording their debut. With the wit, elegance, and depth of insight that has long characterized his work, Talese’s New York reporting showcases a master of the form at his finest.
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A Town Without Time
- Gay Talese’s New York
- Narrated by: Mike Ortego
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-03-24
- Language: English
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Y2K
- How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)
- By: Colette Shade
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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THE EARLY 2000s conjures images of inflatable furniture, flip phones, and low-rise jeans. It was a new millennium and the future looked bright, promising prosperity for all. The internet had arrived, and technology was shiny and fun. For many, it felt like the end of history: no more wars, racism, or sexism. But then history kept happening. Twenty-five years after the ball dropped on December 31st, 1999, we are still living in the shadows of the Y2K Era.
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Y2K
- How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-07-25
- Language: English
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What My Father and I Don't Talk About
- By: Michele Filgate
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About has become a rare gem in the literary world. Both a viral sensation online and chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the best nonfiction books of the past two decades, it is an essential collection that dives into the personal and poignant topics we often struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best. This captivating follow-up, edited by Michele Filgate, tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads, breaking the silence around these vital connections.
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What My Father and I Don't Talk About
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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Aggregated Discontent
- Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
- By: Harron Walker
- Length: 8 hrs
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In sixteen wholly original essays that blend memoir, cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and a dash of fanfiction, Walker places her own experiences within the larger context of the pressing and underdiscussed aspects of contemporary American womanhood that make up daily life. She explores the allure and violence of assimilating into white womanhood in all its hegemonic glory, exposes the ways in which the truth of trans women's reproductive healthcare is erased in favor of reactionary narratives, and considers how our agency is stripped from us—purely on account of our bodies.
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Aggregated Discontent
- Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 05-20-25
- Language: English
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Consider the Lobster
- Essays and Arguments
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Length: 10 hrs
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious non-fiction.
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Consider the Lobster
- Essays and Arguments
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 01-23-25
- Language: English
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Someone Like Me
- An Anthology of Autistic Gender-Diverse and Women Writers
- By: Clem Bastow - editor, Jo Case - editor
- Length: 9 hrs
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hile the ‘ nerdy white man’ stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, their unique experiences, their hardships and their triumphs. In Someone Like Me, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, twenty-five Autistic gender-diverse and women writers explore their experiences—and explode stereotypes. This groundbreaking anthology ranges from sex, living room dance parties and the natural world to eating disorders, all-encompassing passions and religion.
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Someone Like Me
- An Anthology of Autistic Gender-Diverse and Women Writers
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 03-04-25
- Language: English
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Sweet Nothings
- Confessions of a Candy Lover
- By: Sarah Perry
- Length: 12 hrs
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A taxonomy of sweetness, a rhapsody of artificial flavors, and a multi-faceted theory of pleasure, Sweet Nothings is made up of one hundred illustrated micro essays organized by candy color, from the red of Pop Rocks to the purple Jelly Bonbon in the Whitman’s Sampler. Each entry is a meditation on taste and texture, a memory unlocked. Everyone’s favorites—and least favorites—are carefully considered, including Snickers and Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Cups, as well as the beloved Good n’ Plenty and Werther’s Originals.
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Sweet Nothings
- Confessions of a Candy Lover
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 02-04-25
- Language: English
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A Room of One's Own & Three Guineas
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Rachel Atkins
- Length: Not Yet Known
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This collection contains Virginia Woolf's two most important and impactful non-fiction essays: A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas which have inspired and enraptured readers for decades. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the famous Bloomsbury Group.
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A Room of One's Own & Three Guineas
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Rachel Atkins
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 06-19-25
- Language: English
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Turning to Birds
- The Power and Beauty of Noticing
- By: Lili Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs
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Through a series of beautifully crafted essays, Taylor shares her intimate encounters with the birds that have captured her heart and imagination—from tracking flitting Zorros through oak trees to spotting majestic Blue Jays perched on a Manhattan fire escape; from the exhilaration of chasing a migratory flock up the Empire State Building to the quiet joy of observing a nest of hatchlings in her own backyard. Through simply paying attention to birds, Lili has been shown a parallel world that is wider and deeper, one of constant change and movement, full of life and the will to survive.
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Turning to Birds
- The Power and Beauty of Noticing
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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