Chased by the Memory
A Boy's Struggle for Identity
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Chased by the Memory is a story about the ongoing search for family and love, and the inner arguments about the human desire to connect to something, even to the land. It is an investigation of the ethical and physical lessons that a person can learn by paying attention to his or her childhood. The book is an attempt to rekindle the spark of being mindful of place as we struggle to find and build our identity. Much of the concern about different ethnic, class, and cultural groups can only be understood through understanding place. In this sense, place is more important than location.
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A profound expansion of David McCullough, Jr.’s popular commencement speech - a call to arms against a prevailing, narrow, conception of success viewed by millions on YouTube - You Are Not Special is a love letter to students and parents as well as a guide to a truly fulfilling, happy life. By acknowledging that the world is indifferent to them, McCullough takes pressure off of students to be extraordinary achievers and instead exhorts them to roll up their sleeves and do something useful with their advantages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Teacher is Wise
- De E. Pearson en 09-22-16
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The Baseball Whisperer
- A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
- De: Michael Tackett
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the cornfields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a man named Merl Eberly, a baseball whisperer who specialized in second chances and lost causes. The statue was a gift from one of Merl's original long-shot projects, a skinny kid from the ghetto in Los Angeles who would one day become a beloved Hall of Fame shortstop: Ozzie Smith.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De zane Butler en 08-13-21
De: Michael Tackett
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Friday Night Lights
- A Town, a Team, and a Dream
- De: H. G. Bissinger
- Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,294
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
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The 25th anniversary edition of the number-one New York Times best seller and Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the author. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa - the winningest high school football team in Texas history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Keep This In Mind When You Listen
- De K. en 09-21-18
De: H. G. Bissinger
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Rudy
- My Story
- De: Rudy Ruettiger
- Narrado por: Daniel Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 76
How does a lower middle class kid, who suffered through school with undiagnosed dyslexia, get into Notre Dame and become the inspiration for millions in a Hollywood film that has become one of the most inspiring sport movies ever made? He never gave up. For the first time, read Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger's real life story and learn the behind-the-scenes details of the ten years it took to make the movie and how that tossed him into a new career of public speaking that continues on stages today alongside world-class leaders and speakers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The rest of the story...
- De Deidre en 09-19-12
De: Rudy Ruettiger
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Because Our Fathers Lied
- A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
- De: Craig McNamara
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright, Craig McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late '60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing memoir offers an intimate picture of one father and son at pivotal periods in American history. Because Our Fathers Lied is more than a family story—it is a story about America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Title Does Not Reflect Scope of the Book
- De Amazon Customer en 07-15-22
De: Craig McNamara
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- De: Warren St. John
- Narrado por: Lincoln Hoppe
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 210
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
Set against the backdrop of an American town that without its consent had become a vast social experiment, Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach. Warren St. John documents the lives of a diverse group of young people as they miraculously coalesce into a band of brothers, while also drawing a fascinating portrait of a fading American town struggling to accommodate its new arrivals.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great story, lackluster narration
- De CRE en 02-19-13
De: Warren St. John
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
- Essays
- De: Kiese Laymon
- Narrado por: Kevin Free
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Author and essayist Kiese Laymon is one of the most unique, stirring, and powerful new voices in American social and cultural commentary. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is a collection of Laymon's essays, touching on subjects ranging from family, race, violence, and celebrity to music, writing, and coming of age in the rural Mississippi Gulf Coast. Laymon's writing is unflinchingly honest, while also being smart, lacerating, and unexpectedly funny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'm Stunned By This Collection
- De Rachel en 10-17-17
De: Kiese Laymon
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Amish Values for Your Family
- What We Can Learn from the Simple Life
- De: Suzanne Woods Fisher
- Narrado por: Mimi Black
- Duración: 4 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
For listeners who long for strong families that know how to truly enjoy life together, there is much to learn from the Amish. Values like community, forgiveness, simple living, obedience, and more can be your family legacy - without selling your car, changing your wardrobe, or moving out to farm country. In Amish Values for Your Family, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher shows how you can adopt the wisdom of the Amish when it comes to family matters. In this inspiring and practical audio book listeners will find charming true stories interlaced with solid, biblical advice....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Completely awesome!
- De Seth W. Hudson en 03-19-15
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Chicago
- A Novel
- De: Brian Doyle
- Narrado por: Wayne Mitchell
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
On the last day of summer, a young college grad moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, Chicago is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A fine, entertaining book, very well read.
- De Richard Delman en 09-28-19
De: Brian Doyle
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We Are Each Other's Harvest
- Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
- De: Natalie Baszile
- Narrado por: Tina Lifford
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine Black people’s connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. We Are Each Other’s Harvest elevates the voices and stories of Black farmers and people of color, celebrating their perseverance and resilience, while spotlighting the challenges they continue to face. Luminous and eye-opening, this eclectic collection helps people and communities of color today reimagine what it means to be dedicated to the soil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Various Voices
- De Peggy Sweeney en 11-06-21
De: Natalie Baszile
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The Road from Coorain
- De: Jill Ker Conway
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 143
In the 1930s, Jill Ker's parents bought a sheep farm on the western plains of New South Wales. In 1944, they lost nearly everything when a drought hit. Forced to leave Coorain, 11-year-old Jill and her mother settled in Sydney where Jill struggled to find a place for herself among Sydney's elite. Her story, both a chronicle of life in the Australian outback and the odyssey of a brilliant woman fighting the constraints of her time, offers a loving view of Australia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So glad I (finally) listened to my aunt
- De T. en 07-12-13
De: Jill Ker Conway
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The Secret Game
- A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph
- De: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrado por: Scott Ellsworth
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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In the wartime fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing the game forever. Within six months his Eagles would become the highest-scoring college basketball team in America, a fast-breaking, hard-pressing juggernaut that would shatter its opponents by as many as 60 points per game. The last student of James Naismith, basketball's inventor, McLendon had opened the door to its future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My hometown
- De Jimmy_C en 02-27-25
De: Scott Ellsworth
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Crossing the Line
- A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport that Changed Their Lives Forever
- De: Kareem Rosser
- Narrado por: Landon Woodson
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 243
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Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in “The Bottom”, a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly’s Fairmount Park, Kareem’s brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers’ fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons. What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning and powerful
- De Crandon en 02-11-21
De: Kareem Rosser
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Surround Yourself with Greatness
- De: Chad Lewis
- Narrado por: Chad Lewis
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
Surround Yourself with Greatness takes listeners around the world while looking through the eyes, mind, and heart of Chad Lewis - a once freckle-faced, four-eyed, skinny teenager who at an early age wrote in his journal, “My goal and quest is to surround myself with greatness...only greatness will penetrate the walls of my heart.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chad Lewis is an inspiration
- De J.B. en 02-19-23
De: Chad Lewis
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Dabo's World
- The Life and Career of Coach Swinney and the Rise of Clemson Football
- De: Lars Anderson
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Dabo's World and learn about how Dabo Swinney used his energy, faith, and determination to turn the Clemson Tigers into a football powerhouse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very Basic Retelling
- De Colonel en 12-31-22
De: Lars Anderson
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Against the Grain
- A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love
- De: Bill Courtney
- Narrado por: Bill Courtney
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 31
In Against the Grain, Bill Courtney shares his convictions on the fundamental tenets of character, commitment, service, leadership, civility, and others that, in his decades of success as an entrepreneur and educator, have proven to be the keys to a winning and meaningful life and career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing man
- De Richard Langel en 03-04-24
De: Bill Courtney