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The princess diarist

Carrie Fisher - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. *PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *New York Times Bestseller...
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris - Little, Brown & Company; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

A new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new collection of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating...
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Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal.In Why Not Me? Kaling shares her ongoing journey...
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Born with Teeth: A Memoir

Kate Mulgrew - Blackstone Audiobooks
Format: Audio CD

Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences...
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane CD: A Novel

Neil Gaiman - HarperAudio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet sitting by the pond...
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Aimee Bender - Books on Tape
Format: Audio CD

On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice....
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Modern romance

Aziz Ansari - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's most popular and sharpest comedic voices.
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Love Warrior

Glennon Doyle Melton - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

The Newest Oprah Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out -- three...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir

J. D. Vance - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook

J. D. Vance's grandparents moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving...
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In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri - Penguin Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut - an "honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story...
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Mother, Can You Not?

Kate Siegel - Random House Audio Publishing Group
Format: Audiobook

Based on the wildly popular Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom, Kate Siegel's essay collection about life with the woman who redefined the term "helicopter mom" There is nothing more wonderful than a mother's love. There is also nothing more annoying. Who else can proudly insist...
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Double cup love : on the trail of family, food, and broken hearts in China

Eddie Huang - Books on Tape
Format: Audiobook

Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He'd written a bestselling book and was the star of a TV show that took him to far-flung places around the globe. His New York City restaurant was humming, his OKCupid hand was strong, and he'd even hung fresh Ralph Lauren curtains to create...
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The View From the Cheap Seats

Neil Gaiman - Harper Collins Publishers
Format: Audiobook

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics. From art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories. Insightful, incisive, witty, and wise, this book explores the issues and subjects that matter most to Neil Gaiman, offering a glimpse into the head and heart of one of the most...
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Life Reimagined The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Format: Audiobook

A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better--and for good.There's no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book....
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Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook

Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success...
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.As Jenny says: "Some...
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I Remember Nothing

Nora Ephron - Books On Tape
Format: Audio CD

A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box.
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If You Ask Me:

Betty White Betty White (Auth - Books On Tape
Format: Audio CD

A personal account by the popular actress shares stories from her decades in Hollywood while offering her lighthearted perspectives on topics ranging from sex and aging to animal welfare and television.
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