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Commercial Radio: Words from Our So-Called Sponsors A word or thirty from the sponsors of public radio's enduring Saturday-evening staple, Commercial Radio features the best bits of many Lake Wobegon establishments, including the Catchup Advisory Board, the American Duct Tape Council, the Professional Association of English Majors, and many others. Recorded from live broadcasts produced for Minnesota Public Radio 1997-2004. 2004 | ||
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Alda, Alan Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself The popular actor looks back to reassess the meaning of his own life and the paths he has taken, from the turbulent 1960s to the tragedy of September 11, and to answer such questions as "What do I value?" and "What, exactly, is the good life?" Read by the author. 2007 | ||
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Allende, Isabel The Sum of Our Days A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Read by Blair Brown. 2008 Appears on the following book lists:
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Amatuzio, Janis Forever Ours: A Forensic Pathologist's Perspective On Immortality and Living A forensic pathologist describes how, by telling the real experience of other people's deaths to loved ones, a sense of completion can be brought to those grieving, in a compilation of real-life stories of spiritual events that she has experienced and recorded. Read by the author. 2004 | ||
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Barry, John M. The Great Influenza : [the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History] An in-depth account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, a plague that took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines the causes of the pandemic, its devastating impact on early twentieth-century society, the researchers who risked their lives to confront the disease, and the lasting implications of the crisis and the scientific discoveries that resulted. Read by Scott Brick. 2006 | ||
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Bragg, Rick Ava's Man The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of All Over But the Shoutin' continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression and the inspiring story of the man who raised her. Read by Tom Stechschulte. 2002 | ||
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Brokaw, Tom Boom!: Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflection On the '60s and Today The author of the best-selling The Greatest Generation redefines the tumultuous and history-making decade of the 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the rebellious children of the greatest generation, to reveal how American social, political, economic, and cultural institutions were transformed by an era of dramatic change and upheaval. Read by the Dean Robertson. 2007 | ||
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Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods A wry account by the author of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid traces an adventurous and arduous trek past the Appalachian Trail's natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts. Read by Ron McLarty. 1998 | ||
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Capote, Truman In Cold Blood Presents Capote's masterful account of the senseless 1959 murders of four members of a farm family in Holcomb, Kansas, and the search for the killers, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith. Read by Scott Brick. 2006 Appears on the following book lists:
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Clinton, Bill Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World Compiling anecdotes about the diverse charitable efforts of the famous and non-so-famous, the former president looks at the positive influence of such work in every corner of the world and examines the profound benefits of working for the good of others for all humankind. Read by the author. 2007 | ||
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Cooper, Anderson Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War Disasters and Survival The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life. Read by the author. 2007 | ||
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Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper. Read by Kate Reading. 2002 | ||
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Crosley, Sloane I Was Told There'd be Cake: [essays] Author Sloane Crosley presents a series of witty essays that include such topics as horrendous first jobs, unpleasant weddings, and long-forgotten friends that will have you laughing in no time. Read by the author. 2008 | ||
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Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Offers a concise history of globalization, discussing a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India. Read by Oliver Wyman. 2005 Appears on the following book lists:  Listen to Books | ||
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Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy India and Indonesia Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance. Read by the author. 2006 | ||
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Gore, Albert The Assault On Reason Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a range of disciplines, this work features a manifesto for thinking. Read by Will Patton. 2007 Appears on the following book lists: Nonfiction | ||
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Grandin, Temple Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior Providing an understanding of how animals think and feel, this book is from one of the world's most celebrated animal scientists. Read by Shelly Frasier. 2005 | ||
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Grogan, John Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from shutting down an entire beach to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor after a stabbing attack. Read by Johnny Heller. 2006 | ||
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Halberstam, David The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War, in a narrative successor to The Best and the Brightest that evaluates political decisions and miscalculations on both sides of the conflict. Read by Scott Brick. 2007 | ||
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Junger, Sebastian A Death in Belmont Documents the events surrounding the early 1960s serial murder case of the Boston Strangler, recounting how an innocent African-American housekeeper was hastily convicted and how the actual killer, carpenter Albert De Salvo, eventually confessed. Read by Kevin Conway. 2006 |
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