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Biography Audio Books
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Travelling from one end of the
globe to the other, Palin and his team endured extremes of
heat and cold as they crossed seventeen countries on trains,
trucks, ships, rafts, ski-doos, buses, barges, bicycles and
balloons.
In this new recording, especially made for BBC Radio
Collection, his vivid and humorous descriptions of their
adventures will leave you wide-eyed with wonder and laughing
out loud.
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The remarkable and tragic
story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist,
author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English
language, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed temperament
to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical
society...
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A decade-and-a-half after William Jefferson Clinton first took the oath of office, biographer Nigel Hamilton tells the riveting story of what was possibly the greatest self-reinvention of a president in office in modern times. The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and refashioned himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto unwritten story. With his landslide win in the 1996 presidential election, Clinton began his second term as the undisputed, tremendously popular leader of the Western world. In vivid prose, this riveting narrative charts Clinton's dramatic reversal of fortune and his ultimate triumph over himself and his foes, a powerful reminder of what a great president can accomplish.
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Brian Cruver first entered the "Death Star," Enron's office complex, in March 2001.
He was twenty-nine years old, an eager MBA ready to cash in as a new hire with one of America's most highly valued companies.
But, from his first day - when his new boss warned him, "there was a mix-up in the hiring process," but that it was "no big deal...just think of it like you're adopted" - to his last, when he and his colleagues were given thirty minutes to leave the building, Cruver found himself enmeshed in a business cult that each day grew only more bizarre.
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Cokie Roberts's #1 New York Times bestseller We Are Our Mothers Daughters examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history. Now Cokie returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate look at the passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families and country proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it.
Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Eliza Pinckney, Mary Bartlett and Martha Washington -- proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might have never survived.
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Every weeknight, millions of Americans tune in to see Tucker Carlson anchor the right side of the aisle on CNN's Crossfire. Named by New York magazine as the journalist most likely to succeed in the Years of Bush, he has charmed liberals and roused conservatives with his singular brand of acerbic wit and razor-sharp insight.
Tossed by fate (and the O.J. Simpson murder trial) into the trenches of electronic journalism, Carlson learned early that "television brings out the crazy in people." Naturally, he started taking notes. The result is a hilarious and brilliantly revealing look at the most powerful and weirdest medium there is. Carlson has not only seen television from the inside, but dares to describe it.
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The first audiobook to explore the religious ideals that drive the policies and politics of Bush as president and that have privately shaped Bush as a man. His life demonstrates the power of faith to create change, to build a family and political career, and to shape the destiny of a nation with his leadership.
This audiobook shows us how George W. Bush interjects his faith and belief in
God into every detail of his life. From the President's devotional time alone
each morning to his frequent incorporation of Scripture into his speeches, Bush
relies upon his faith to direct his actions and goals.
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