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Memphis
- A Novel
- By: Tara M. Stringfellow
- Narrated by: Karen Murray, Adenrele Ojo, Tara Stringfellow
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 824
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 734
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 733
Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awful narrator
- By Rachael edwards on 06-07-22
- Memphis
- A Novel
- By: Tara M. Stringfellow
- Narrated by: Karen Murray, Adenrele Ojo, Tara Stringfellow
Beautiful tale of the bond between sisters and history in Memphis
Reviewed: 02-08-23
Ms. Stringfellow is a poet with her tale of love, devotion, forgiveness, pain, and heartbreak. The characters are so real I found myself wanting to find the house where the North sisters stay. I feel like I have a better understanding of the culture in Memphis and love the city more.
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The Storyteller
- Tales of Life and Music
- By: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22,739
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20,141
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20,045
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Written and performed masterfully, just like all Dave Gohl’s music!
- By Michael Rickard on 10-05-21
- The Storyteller
- Tales of Life and Music
- By: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
Best for listening
Reviewed: 02-06-23
I almost read the book instead of listening and I’m so glad I got to audiobook instead. Dave is a talented storyteller like the book’s title. I feel like I have met him in person after listening to his tales of how he got started and sharing his life’s amazing moments and great heartbreaks. He is the real deal.
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I'm Not Broken
- A Memoir
- By: Jesse Leon
- Narrated by: Jesse Leon
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story5 out of 5 stars 53
Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Jesse with a deadly secret. Hurt, alone, and scared for his life, Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it—in alcohol, drugs, and prostitution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very grateful that Jesse shared his journey
- By Adrien L on 03-02-23
- I'm Not Broken
- A Memoir
- By: Jesse Leon
- Narrated by: Jesse Leon
Devastating, Raw, Inspirational, and Beautiful
Reviewed: 11-05-22
I was told I would cry, and it was true. I couldn’t get past the introduction without feeling my eyes fill with tears.
Jesse takes us back to San Diego, “America’s Finest City”, back in the 80s and early 90s. He exposes the ugly underbelly of drugs and prostitution that the tourists and those living in the “nice” neighborhoods didn’t see. He brings us into his world to show us what it was like growing up as a Mexican-American in a poor neighborhood: the lack of resources, gang violence, and drugs. But also in that same neighborhood we find camaraderie, family, and a community that is rich in giving and helping one another. Jesse shows us the struggle of questioning one’s sexuality in the 80s with a machista father. He doesn’t hold back how his innocence is brutally stripped from him by a sex predator who forces the young sweet boy into a world of drugs and sex trafficking.
Jesse Leon’s story will punch you in the gut, make you cry, and mourn for all he lost. But you will also laugh, rejoice, and feel inspired by his strength, resilience, and love.
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Exploring Psychology 11/e
- By: David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 40 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Are you taking a psychology course, interested in self-study, or just plain curious about all things psychology? The best-selling Exploring Psychology text, newly available in this audiobook form and with an accompanying PDF of illustrations, teaches the concepts in an engaging, creative, effective way and helps us become better students and better people in the process. Exploring Psychology offers outstanding currency on the research, practice, and teaching of psychology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the perfect way to read a textbook
- By JB on 08-04-20
- Exploring Psychology 11/e
- By: David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
Well rounded look at study of psychology
Reviewed: 06-27-21
Very engaging and easy to listen to. Highly recommend to brush up on or as a companion to the actual textbook or other psychology 101 class.
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