Southern Memoirs

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    • From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond
    • By: Sandra B. Tooze
    • Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • Levon is the dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm - the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of The Band....

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    • Tales from My Momma's Southern Table: A Memoir and Cookbook
    • By: Rick Bragg
    • Narrated by: Rick Bragg
    • Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 488 ratings
    • From the beloved, best-selling author of All over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, his mother....

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    • The Last Years
    • By: Charles Bracelen Flood
    • Narrated by: Michael Anthony
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 729 ratings
    • Robert E. Lee, one of the most famous figures in American history, vanished after his dramatic surrender....

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    • Stories from a South African Childhood
    • By: Trevor Noah
    • Narrated by: Trevor Noah
    • Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 215,207 ratings
    • Comedian Trevor Noah offers listeners a glimpse into his childhood during apartheid in South Africa in this award-winning memoir.

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    • The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went Through Fire to Find Her Way Home
    • By: Edie Wadsworth
    • Narrated by: Lisa Larson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 204 ratings
    • For a long time, Edie thought she had escaped. It started in an Appalachian trailer park, where a young girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. But every day Edie woke up to her reality....

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    • Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)
    • By: John N. Herbers
    • Narrated by: Kirk Winkler
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 05-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Former New York Times correspondent John N. Herbers (1923-2017), who covered the civil rights movement for more than a decade, has produced Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist, a compelling story of national and historical significance....

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    • The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
    • By: Hannes Wessels
    • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 871 ratings
    • It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced....

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    • Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature
    • By: J. Drew Lanham
    • Narrated by: J. Drew Lanham
    • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 241 ratings
    • From the fertile soils of love, land, identity, family, and race emerges The Home Place, a big-hearted, unforgettable memoir by ornithologist J. Drew Lanham....

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    • By: Ernest Shackleton
    • Narrated by: Rupert Degas
    • Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Cape Evans....

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    • Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
    • By: A.J. Balaam
    • Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 429 ratings
    • Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. This is the story of Andrew Balaam, a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the Selous Scouts for 12 years....

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    • A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings
    • By: Leanne Morgan
    • Narrated by: Leanne Morgan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 713 ratings
    • The beloved comedy sensation packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it’s like to be a woman today—from rebelling against the latest diet trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls and attending rock concerts in middle age.

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    • By: Winston Churchill
    • Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
    • Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • Churchill tells the story of how he escaped and made a daring overland crossing, travelling only at night to avoid detection....

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    • Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    • By: David J. Garrow
    • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    • Length: 34 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 211 ratings
    • Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.....

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    • A Memoir of Africa
    • By: Peter Godwin
    • Narrated by: Peter Godwin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 05-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love....

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    • The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
    • By: Cate Lineberry
    • Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
    • Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....

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    • How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal
    • By: Greg Renoff
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,070 ratings
    • Van Halen - led by frontman extraordinaire David Lee Roth and guitar virtuoso Edward Van Halen - had the songs, the swagger, and the talent to turn the rock world on its ear....

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    • The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal
    • By: John Follain
    • Narrated by: Paul Christy
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 170 ratings
    • Jackal is the definitive biography of this self-proclaimed "professional revolutionary", ladies man, and cold-blooded killer....

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    • By: Ramachandra Guha
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Using a wealth of previously untapped documents, Ramachandra Guha takes us from Gandhi's birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London, and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa...

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