Bestsellers
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The Water Is Wide
- By: Pat Conroy
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten....
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A powerful look at life of the island peoples.
- By L. W. LARSON on 04-22-23
By: Pat Conroy
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Teacher by Teacher
- The People Who Change Our Lives
- By: John B. King Jr.
- Narrated by: Joshua Quinn, John B. King Jr.
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Teacher By Teacher traces the remarkable journey of the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education and is a deeply personal love letter to all the teachers in our lives.
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An inspiring memoir
- By Aman on 05-05-25
By: John B. King Jr.
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence....
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Dear Neil...
- By Tina G. on 10-14-19
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The Assistant Principal 50
- Critical Questions for Meaningful Leadership and Professional Growth
- By: Baruti K. Kafele
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Assistant Principal 50, award-winning, four-time principal Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship—from finding your leadership lane to thriving and being an asset to your principal.
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“You must do everything, like I did for 5 months”
- By Amazon Customer on 12-16-24
By: Baruti K. Kafele
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On Great Fields
- The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- By: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Ronald C. White
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero....
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Unknown facts on a Maine and Civil War hero. Very well written
- By Uncle Techy on 04-20-24
By: Ronald C. White
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'Tis
- By: Frank McCourt
- Narrated by: Frank McCourt
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis....
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Marvelous
- By Tony on 02-05-06
By: Frank McCourt
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The Water Is Wide
- By: Pat Conroy
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten....
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A powerful look at life of the island peoples.
- By L. W. LARSON on 04-22-23
By: Pat Conroy
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Teacher by Teacher
- The People Who Change Our Lives
- By: John B. King Jr.
- Narrated by: Joshua Quinn, John B. King Jr.
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Teacher By Teacher traces the remarkable journey of the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education and is a deeply personal love letter to all the teachers in our lives.
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An inspiring memoir
- By Aman on 05-05-25
By: John B. King Jr.
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence....
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Dear Neil...
- By Tina G. on 10-14-19
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The Assistant Principal 50
- Critical Questions for Meaningful Leadership and Professional Growth
- By: Baruti K. Kafele
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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In The Assistant Principal 50, award-winning, four-time principal Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship—from finding your leadership lane to thriving and being an asset to your principal.
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“You must do everything, like I did for 5 months”
- By Amazon Customer on 12-16-24
By: Baruti K. Kafele
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On Great Fields
- The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- By: Ronald C. White
- Narrated by: Ronald C. White
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero....
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Unknown facts on a Maine and Civil War hero. Very well written
- By Uncle Techy on 04-20-24
By: Ronald C. White
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'Tis
- By: Frank McCourt
- Narrated by: Frank McCourt
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis....
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Marvelous
- By Tony on 02-05-06
By: Frank McCourt
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The Assassination of Barbara O'Neill
- By: Michael O'Neill
- Narrated by: Michael O'Neill
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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How could a 66-year-old grandmother, who gave her life to helping people with their health, become the subject of a malicious smear campaign which resulted in her being classified as a serious threat to public health in Australia?
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Great Story about The Amazing Barbara O'Neil!!!...
- By Gary Niki on 07-30-24
By: Michael O'Neill
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Good Arguments
- How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
- By: Bo Seo
- Narrated by: Bo Seo
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Two-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.
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Useful ideas, political though
- By Amazon Customer on 07-23-22
By: Bo Seo
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- By: Suki Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign....
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- By Michael on 02-22-15
By: Suki Kim
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Miseducated
- A Memoir
- By: Brandon P. Fleming, Cornel West - foreword
- Narrated by: Brandon P. Fleming, Landon Woodson
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Miseducated is an inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate - all by the age of 27....
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so glad I lasted through the first parts...
- By Elizabeth L. on 01-19-22
By: Brandon P. Fleming, and others
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Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life
- Especially If You've Had a Lucky Life
- By: Joseph Epstein
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A rich and comic portrait of the radical changes in American life and the literary world over the last eighty years, Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life is an intimate look at one life steeped in radical change....
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Highly readable
- By Marion Zola on 08-15-24
By: Joseph Epstein
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Poor
- By: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. Poor is the extraordinary story - moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling - of how Katriona turned her life around....
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Great listen
- By Sebrina R. on 08-21-23
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Up Home
- One Girl's Journey
- By: Ruth J. Simmons
- Narrated by: Ruth J. Simmons
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read....
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A Past That Changes a Future
- By Amazon Customer on 06-24-25
By: Ruth J. Simmons
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Afropessimism
- By: Frank Wilderson III
- Narrated by: Frank Wilderson III
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery continue to define the Black experience? These are just some of the compelling questions that animate Afropessimism....
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Afropessimism goes beyond ESSENTIAL reading!!!
- By Martin James on 09-01-20
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Ghost Girl
- The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her
- By: Torey Hayden
- Narrated by: Suehyla El'Attar
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound....
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BEST BOOK
- By Cherish on 09-27-15
By: Torey Hayden
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To Name the Bigger Lie
- A Memoir in Two Stories
- By: Sarah Viren
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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This unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between fact and fiction, reality and conspiracy.
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The This American Life story was better than the book
- By Patricia Stern on 06-19-23
By: Sarah Viren
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The Art of Teaching Children
- All I Learned from a Lifetime in the Classroom
- By: Phillip Done
- Narrated by: Phillip Done
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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An essential guide for teachers and parents that’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.
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Excellent!
- By Mindy on 09-19-22
By: Phillip Done
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The Child Is the Teacher
- A Life of Maria Montessori
- By: Cristina de Stefano, Gregory Conti - translator
- Narrated by: Lexi Mae
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy, Maria Montessori would grow up to embody almost every trait men of her era detested in the fairer sex. She was self-confident, strong-willed, and had a fiery temper at a time when women were supposed to be soft and pliable....
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Poor Narrator
- By leelee momma on 05-18-23
By: Cristina de Stefano, and others
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The Appalachian Trail
- A Biography
- By: Philip D'Anieri
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century....
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Misleading
- By Matt&Linz Williams on 12-31-21
By: Philip D'Anieri
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The One World Schoolhouse
- Education Reimagined
- By: Salman Khan
- Narrated by: Salman Khan
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, has written what is destined to become one of the most influential books about education in our time....
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Inspiring and Revolutionary
- By Brad on 12-08-12
By: Salman Khan
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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit
- The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
- By: Noliwe Rooks, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Narrated by: Danielle Lee James
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation.
By: Noliwe Rooks, and others
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A Rare Recording of Mr. Fred Rogers
- By: Fred Rogers
- Narrated by: Fred Rogers
- Length: 8 mins
- Original Recording
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On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the (then) recently nationally syndicated children's television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend $20 million in federal funding....
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I love you Mr. Rogers
- By Monika Salas on 08-08-23
By: Fred Rogers
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The Light of the World
- A Memoir
- By: Elizabeth Alexander
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Alexander
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 50....
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Eloquently written, moving and beautiful memoir
- By Natalie Tomich on 04-22-15
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Yeh-Shen: A Traditional Chinese Cinderella Tale
- Missives from the Middle Kingdom
- By: Ray Simmons
- Narrated by: Nikki Delgato
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A heart-warming love letter from Ray Simmons, an American professor and ESL teacher, to some of the best students he ever had, Yen-Shen is the furthest thing from an academic treatise on folktales....
By: Ray Simmons
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God, Country, Notre Dame
- The Autobiography of Theodore M. Hesburgh
- By: Theodore M. Hesburgh, Jerry Reedy
- Narrated by: John Sipple
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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In these memoirs, Father Theodore Hesburgh chronicles the transformation of Notre Dame into a major teaching and research institution....
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Fascinating
- By Justin P Gagnon on 07-26-24
By: Theodore M. Hesburgh, and others
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Fist Stick Knife Gun
- A Personal History of Violence
- By: Geoffrey Canada
- Narrated by: Bill Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs
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In this candid and riveting memoir from the founder of Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada takes listeners through his childhood in which violence stalked every street corner....
By: Geoffrey Canada
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Finding Happy
- A User's Guide to Your Life, with Lessons from Mine
- By: Peter Samuelson
- Narrated by: Peter Samuelson
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Finding Happy is for young adults starting their adult journey, and for those well into theirs who have not yet sighted land.
By: Peter Samuelson
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Living with Aspergers Syndrome
- By: Jeremy J. R. Tolmie
- Narrated by: Jimmy Nelson
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is about what it is like to grow up with Aspergers Syndrome and not knowing it until you are 17. I talk about all the ups and downs that have happened in my life....
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Aspi
- By Whitney on 12-11-19
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Tune In Tokyo
- The Gaijin Diaries
- By: Tim Anderson
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone wants to escape their boring, stagnant lives full of inertia and regret. But so few people actually have the bravery to run....
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Tune In Tokyo- a very enjoyable memior
- By JOSEPH on 10-18-12
By: Tim Anderson
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Two Unlikely People to Change the World
- A Memoir by Karen Berg
- By: Karen Berg
- Narrated by: Norma-Jean Strickland
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This is not a traditional biography with a chronological enumeration of dates and places and events, because my husband’s life was not a traditional existence. His every thought and action was part of a larger whole....
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Life altering and purely beautiful🥹
- By Dana L. on 02-12-25
By: Karen Berg