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- Narrated by: Amanda Eyre Ward, Timothy Harrison Meckel
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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When Amanda Eyre Ward's 13-year-old son, Harry, dove headfirst into the world of sneaker culture, she found herself baffled by his obsession with flashy, expensive shoes that seemed like mere status symbols. Determined to bridge the gap with her teenage son, Ward reluctantly decided to embrace the mantra of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em". As she shed her preconceptions and immersed herself in the quest to snag the latest drops, Ward discovered a community far richer than she had imagined.
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Ima be honest.
- By Bryant SUPREME on 08-12-24
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
- By Cynthia on 12-11-13
By: Jack Weatherford
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Serial Killers: Real and Imagined
- By: Emily Zarka, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Emily Zarka
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, they ask us to question our own humanity. Nowhere is this truer than in stories of serial killers. What are the origins of this monstrous archetype? Why are we so fascinated with such gruesome terror? What do they reveal about our fears and anxieties? Explore these and other questions in Serial Killers: Real and Imagined, where public scholar Emily Zarka looks at the serial-killer trope across history, from murky 17th-century legends to 21st-century true-crime obsessions.
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Good comparison
- By Jill H. Shelley on 09-02-24
By: Emily Zarka, and others
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The Meaning of Mariah Carey
- By: Mariah Carey
- Narrated by: Mariah Carey
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It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams - that contributed to the person I am today. This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival, and my songs. Unfiltered. I went deep into my childhood and gave the scared little girl inside of me a big voice. I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say, and the betrayed and triumphant woman I became tell her side.
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Entertaining glitz glam smoke and mirrors - not the whole story.
- By Anonymous User on 10-04-20
By: Mariah Carey
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
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Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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it's Nearly perfect
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Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson
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For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home.
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Moving Story
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By: Chalk and Blade
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The Girls of Atomic City
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- By: Denise Kiernan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Important story of this secret city
- By CBlox on 11-14-13
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- By: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 26 hrs and 29 mins
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Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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Everything I remembered about the case was wrong..
- By karen on 06-22-12
By: Vincent Bugliosi, and others
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Coreyography
- By: Corey Feldman
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In this brave and moving memoir, Corey Feldman is revealing the truth about what his life was like behind the scenes: His is a past that included physical, drug, and sexual abuse, a dysfunctional family from which he was emancipated at age fifteen, three high-profile arrests for drug possession, a nine-month stint in rehab, and a long, slow crawl back to the top of the box office.
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Didn't like the Two Coreys, but liked this.
- By ricketsj on 04-29-14
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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When celebrated writer Joan Didion’s life was altered forever, she wrote a new chapter. In this adaptation of her iconic memoir, Didion transforms the story of the shattering loss of her husband and their daughter into a one-woman play performed by Tony Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, who originated the role on Broadway in 2007.
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Difficult story, but worth it
- By Maya on 08-07-20
By: Joan Didion
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- Thixso
- 08-12-24
Using Religion to Abuse
Narration was awesome. Narrator has a great voice that does not make the story boring. Make sure you listen to the prologue. I will never understand why people use religion to abuse and beat people. What God tells you to do that?! The reform school is ridiculous as nobody learns anything if you won't let them ask questions and won't explain anything to them. Idiots.
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- BEJ
- 10-29-18
loved it. so insightful. i laughed, i cried.
so insightful and beautifully read. thank you for sharing this story. i will absolutely reccomend.
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- E. P.
- 06-16-24
So sad
This story was so sad. It was gripping and well told. I’m in the same age range and it made me appreciate my relatively normal upbringing.
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- Daryl
- 03-15-13
Jesus Land - how NOT to be a Christian
What made the experience of listening to Jesus Land the most enjoyable?
This book was not enjoyable in the sense that it was happy, hopeful, or even primarily redemptive. In fact, many passages of this book made me angry - not at the author, but at her parents (her father's abuse and her mother's cold indifference and hypocrisy)... and then to add reform "school" on top? This is not the Jesus I know... any of it!
I have to include the black v. white race issue here, as it was prominently displayed in the book. I honestly challenge anyone to find where in the Bible it says that black people are inferior, as for some reason that seemed to be the prevailing belief in conservative America...
What other book might you compare Jesus Land to and why?
I read this book on the heels of reading Lauren Drain's "Banished - surviving my years in the Westboro Baptist Church". There are many parallels, and yet these two women have come out completely different - one a secular humanist with no need for religion; the other still seeking answers and believing that there is a God of love out there..
Which character – as performed by Elizabeth Evans – was your favorite?
Elizabeth Evans was incredible as a narrator for this book. She infused so much of the teen angst, pain and frustration that Julia must have felt... I felt like a young Julia Scheeres was telling me her story.
Any additional comments?
As stated above, many parts of this book made me angry. It is a cautionary expression of the Biblical words for parents not to grieve their children. It causes me to reflect on how I plan to raise my own children as a Christian. They will need so much more than just food and shelter - they will need love and affection, something notably absent from Julia's parents.
This book is not representative of all Christians, or Christ Himself. I personally believe that one can be a strong believer in Christ and neither hold so many convictions as to stomp out compassion and grace nor so few as to be ineffective. Christ - as portrayed in the Bible - is not a brutal task master nor a spineless sissy.
I applaud Julia Scheeres for writing this brutally honest book and Elizabeth Evans for perfectly narrating it.
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- Holden
- 05-25-16
amazing story and narrator's voice perfect for it
such a great book recomended for all book lovers and people who don't read much
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- Rene'
- 08-11-14
A story of survival
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I originally chose this book because I am a native to Indiana--little did I know that when I started listening to it, they were residents in Lafayette, IN which is a town only 20 minutes from where I grew up.
It's a true story of survival in a family that uses religion as an excuse to be abusive to their children, both emotionally and physically.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Jesus Land?
David's continued desire to have a "family" despite the physical and emotional abuse he endured.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
One of the last moments that Julia and David got to spend together on the beach
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- Silly Lilli
- 06-01-20
The best book ever
I could be a publicist for this book I love it so much I’ve read it multiple times and I always push it on my friends family strangers even foes lol.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-02-23
Hell of a story about growing up in hell
I don’t usually read memoirs but Jesus Land was very, very good. How she managed to grow up with such repressive, fanatical and violent parents, and then survive a concentration camp masquerading as a Christian reform school – and emerge as a functioning human being - is hard to understand. The only thing that got her through was the support and love she shared with her brother, who had it worse because he was adopted and black.
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- D. Norris
- 06-15-24
Not an easy listen but well worth it.
Emotionally, this was a difficult book to get through. The author does a fantastic job of putting you in the moment; my heart goes out to her and her brother. I often had to take breaks from listening.
But in the end, it’s a beautiful story of the love between a brother and a sister. You can’t beat it.
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- J. Wall
- 10-21-14
Incrediable Memoir of How Our Familes Shape Us
What did you love best about Jesus Land?
I grew up in rural Illinois the same time as Julia Scheeres grew up in rural Indiana. Her memories reflect so many of my own in regards to racism, religion and the constant peer pressure. I felt as though I was on her journey with her as she traversed heartbreak at the hands of her own family and prejudice at every turn.
What other book might you compare Jesus Land to and why?
I don't think there is any book that compares to this one - this is such a personal story.
Which scene was your favorite?
My favorite scene is when Julia Scheers returns to Escuela Caribe and offers the advice "trust no one."
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I wanted to desperately finish this book in one sitting because it was so good. I wanted to know that Julia Scheers somehow found happiness and that David found the true meaning of family.
Any additional comments?
This memoir is truly moving. It is so heartbreaking and honest, I want to thank Julia Scheers for finding the strength to write it.
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