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Audiobooks: Award Winning Nonfiction
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Earth: a Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Read by Jon Stewart and others. The beloved anchor of The Daily Show, offers a hilarious satiric guide to the planet Earth and the human race for aliens who will someday discover this planet when we cease to inhabit it. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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The Very Best of Bob & Ray: Legends of Comedy. Preformed by Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding and others. Presents the best bits from the legendary comedy team, Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding -over 100 sketches from their radio program. [Audie Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio NKJV Bible. Read by a full cast. A multi-voiced, scripted dramatization of the New King James Version featuring actors, an original music score, and a film. [Audie Award - Audio Drama & Inspirational/Faith Based Fiction] 2007 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Angelou, Maya. A Song Flung Up to Heaven Read by the author. The noted poet and writer reads the final volume in her autobiography. Beginning in the 1960s as she returns from Africa to the U.S. to work with Malcolm X, Angelou relates her experiences. [Audie Grammy Award -Spoken Word] 2002 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Bakewell, Sarah How to Live; or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Read by Davina Porter. This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, perhaps the first recognizably modern individual. A nobleman, public official, and winegrower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2011 Adult Nonfiction Audiobook |
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Brett, Regina God Never Blinks Read by the author. When the author turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life had taught her. It became one of the most popular columns ever published. Brett now expounds on the 50 lessons in deeply personal essays. [Audie Award - Inspirational/Faith Based Non-Fiction] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Brown, Dee Alexander. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West Read by Grover Gardner. The systematic destruction of the American Indians, told in the words of those who were there. Read by Grover Gardner. [Audie Award Nomonee & AudioFile Earphones Award] 2009 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Bryson, Bill. At Home: a Short History of Private Life Read by the author. Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Burnett, Carol. This Time Together: laughter and Reflection Read by the author. Discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such as Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its eleven-year run; and sorrows that she overcame with her humor. [Audie nominee and AudioFile Earphones Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Burroughs, Augusten. You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas Read by the author. Takes a hilarious look at the holiday season and how it can bring out the best and worst in people. Filled with nostalgia, Burroughs covers a plethora of past and present Christmas happenings. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2009 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Chabon, Michael. Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband Father and Son Read by the author. Questions what it means to be a man today in a series of reflections each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2009 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Chernow, Ron. Washington: a Life Read by Scott Brick. This celebrated biographer provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people. [AudioFile Earphones Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Diamandis, Peter H. Abundance: the Future is Better Than You Think Read by Arthur Morey. Documents how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs. [AudioFile Earphone Award] 2012 Adult Nonfiction Audiobook |
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Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Read by Kate Reading. A critique on America's culture of optimism. Revealing how Evangelicalism and health care is unwittingly undermining U.S. potential and growth. [AudioFile Earphone Award] 2009 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Eig, Jonathan. Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster Read by Dick Hill. Drawing on recently discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Capone's handwritten personal letters, Eig tells the story of the rise and fall of this notorious criminal. [AudioFile Earphone Award] 2010 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Fey, Tina Bossypants Read by the author. Frome her youthful days as a nerd, tour of duty on Saturday Night Live, passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty, life as a mother, to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy. [Audie Winner - Audiobook of the year] 2011 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Friedman, Thomas L. Hot Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew America Read by Oliver Wyman. A unique point of view of global climate change by proposing a national plan for going green that will benefit the earth making America's economy stronger and its borders more secure. [Audie Award] 2008 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Gore, Albert An Inconvenient Truth: the Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Read by a Beau Bridges and others. An insightful look at the causes and effects of global warming, and offering everyday solutions we can use to slow down the toll humans take on the planet. [Audie Grammy Award - Best Spoken Word] 2008 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Graves, Robert. I Claudius: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama Read by a full cast. Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography, this is the first part of Roberts Graves's account of the madness and debauchery ofancient Rome, and stands as one of the most celebrated, gripping historical novels ever written. [Audie Winner - Audio Drama] 2011 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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Isaacson, Walter. Einstein: His Life and Universe Read by Edward Hermann. This narrative based on Einstein's papers offers insight into his contributions to science and describes the influence of his discoveries on his own views about morality, politics, and tolerance. [Audie Award - Biography] 2007 Adult Nonfiction CD |
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