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The Boys of Riverside
- A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
- Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.
"The Boys of Riverside is another example of how anyone can achieve their dreams, making what appears impossible, possible.”—Marlee Matlin, Academy Award winner
In November 2021, an obscure email from the California Department of Education landed in New York Times reporter, Thomas Fuller’s, inbox. The football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, a state-run school with only 168 high school students, was having an undefeated season. After years of covering wildfires, war, pandemic, and mass shootings, Fuller was captivated by the story about this deaf football team. It was uplifting. During the pandemic’s gloom, it was a happy story. It was a sports story but not an ordinary one, built on the chemistry between a group of underestimated boys and their superhero advocate coach, Keith Adams, a deaf former athlete himself. The team, and Adams, tackled the many stereotypes and seemed to be succeeding. Fuller packed his bags and drove seven hours to the Riverside campus just in time to see them trounce their opponent in the second game of the playoffs.
The Boys of Riverside looks back at the historic 2021 and 2022 seasons in which the California School for the Deaf chased history, following the personal journeys of Keith Adams (their dynamic deaf head coach), a student who spent the majority of the season sleeping in his father’s car parked in the Target lot, a fiercely committed player who literally played through a broken leg in order not to miss a crucial game, and myriad heart-wrenching and uplifting stories of the players who had found common purpose. Through their eyes, Fuller reveals a portrait of high school athletics, and deafness in America.
Critic reviews
“An extraordinary story, told with intimate and remarkable detail. Thomas Fuller’s riveting narrative uses football to put readers inside a silent, unfamiliar world and instantly makes you want to cheer for the strangers you encounter along the way. Gritty and inspiring, The Boys of Riverside is so much more than a sports book. I didn’t want it to end.”—Jeff Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Dynasty and Lebron
"In these dark and uncertain times, Thomas Fuller's The Boys of Riverside is a necessary reminder that strength comes via unity, and what people often deem to be disadvantages can serve as unflinching bonds that lead to tremendous achievement. This is a wonderful story and a dazzling book."—Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Folk Hero
“Thomas Fuller's story about one hell of a football team at the California School for the Deaf will make you rethink a lot of what you think you know about life and sports and football and hearing -- and really all of our senses -- and the importance of playing games. In the case of this special team and this special story, you will also learn plenty about how to win.”—Matthew Futterman, author of Players and Running to the Edge
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He was an ambitious but drifting writer from a prominent Scottish family. She was a tough Nevada silver miner’s wife, with children, when they met. Who could have predicted that Fanny Van de Grift and Robert Louis Stevenson would go on to create one of history’s great literary marriages? From their first encounter in France in 1876, Fanny and Louis’s partnership transcended societal expectations to become a literary union that was progressive, eccentric, and tempestuous, but always animated by a profound mutual respect.
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beware of bad and frequent accents!
- By strether on 09-13-24
By: Camille Peri
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The Price
- What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos
- By: Armen Keteyian, John Talty
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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We are living in the Wild West of college sports. Name, Image and Likeness endorsements, the transfer portal, collectives, conference realignment, the powerful influence of media companies have all rendered the notion of amateur athletics a quaint relic of the past, replaced by a Brave New World where money and self-interest rule. The Price is a sweeping, in-depth, thought-provoking look at an inflection point in big-time college football.
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Great content, OK delivery
- By Melissa on 09-04-24
By: Armen Keteyian, and others
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Mississippi Swindle
- Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal That Shocked America
- By: Shad White
- Narrated by: Eric Burgher
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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This riveting exposé details how a small team of auditors and investigators, led by the youngest State Auditor in the country, uncovered a brazen scheme where the powerful stole millions in welfare funds from the poor in a sprawling conspiracy that stretched from Mississippi to Malibu.
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Shad White is the real MVP
- By michael on 08-07-24
By: Shad White
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
- A Novel
- By: Elif Shafak
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall, Elif Shafak
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
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In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence of two rivers and bind together three lives. In 1840 London, Arthur is born beside the stinking, sewage-filled River Thames. With an abusive, alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Arthur’s only chance of escaping destitution is his brilliant memory.
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Fascinating Middle Eastern History
- By J. Bishop on 09-11-24
By: Elif Shafak
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Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
- Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World
- By: Anupreeta Das
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Few billionaires have been in the public eye for as long, and in as many guises, as Bill Gates. At first heralded as a tech visionary, the Microsoft cofounder next morphed into a ruthless capitalist, only to change yet again when he fashioned himself into a global do-gooder. Along the way, Gates forever influenced how we think about tech founders, as the products they make and the ideas they sell continue to dominate our lives. Through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he also set a new standard for high-profile, billionaire philanthropy.
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Incredibly boring and meandering
- By Aislinn Macintosh on 08-15-24
By: Anupreeta Das
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Trump in Exile
- By: Meridith McGraw
- Narrated by: Beth Hicks
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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The Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, put a horrific closing note on a norm-shattering presidency, as the twice-impeached Donald Trump rode a wave of denial and resentment out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and crashed back at Mar-a-Lago—seemingly wounded, seemingly done. But he wasn’t. And what, exactly, was he building in there? Meridith McGraw vividly chronicles the incredible period of Trump’s exile in South Florida and brings us inside the gilded walls of his private club, where an alternate reality in which the 2020 election was stolen became Republican Party orthodoxy.
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McMillions
- By: James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte
- Narrated by: Brian Lazarte, James Lee Hernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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In March of 2001, Federal prosecutor Mark Devereaux cold-called Rob Holm, the head of security for McDonald's Corporation. Without explanation, Devereaux asked that Holm and several other McDonald's senior executives plan a visit to the Jacksonville, Florida, FBI, and tell no one about their intended destination. It wasn't up for discussion. Upon their arrival, Devereaux watched them closely, looking at body language, checking for tells. To him, they were all potential suspects.
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Sounds like a tin can recording
- By charlie tuna III on 08-19-24
By: James Lee Hernandez, and others
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Watermelon
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Gerri Halligan
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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At 29, Claire is full of the joys of life - that is, until her husband leaves her on the day she gives birth to her baby. With a broken heart, a beautiful newly born and an expanding mirror image, she decides to visit her eccentric family in Dublin. There she starts to feel better. So much better, in fact, that James is in for a surprise when he decides to slither back into her life....
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A fun read, every time
- By Audrey Smith on 01-06-23
By: Marian Keyes
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House of Bone and Rain
- By: Gabino Iglesias
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Berne, Daya Mendez
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree.
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Hurricane Vice
- By Alyson Smith on 08-07-24
By: Gabino Iglesias
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Never Saw Me Coming
- How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million
- By: Tanya Smith
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young girl to a money-grabbing, computer-savvy wiz. It starts out as a keen interest in technology and innocently acquiring phone numbers to Michael Jackson, as well as other celebrities, and moves to her successfully stealing and depositing $5,000 into her grandmother’s banking account. By the time she is 18, the risk taker has confiscated millions in cash.
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Compelling narrative. Couldn’t put it down.
- By Pat on 09-15-24
By: Tanya Smith
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Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant
- How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me About the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America
- By: Stephanie Kiser
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kiser
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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When Stephanie Kiser moves to New York City after college to pursue a career in writing, she quickly learns that her entry-level salary won't cover the cost of living. But there is one in-demand job that pays enough to allow Stephanie to stay in the city: nannying for the 1%. Desperate to escape the poverty of her own childhood, Stephanie falls into a job that hijacks her life for the next seven years: a glorified personal assistant to toddlers on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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What an amazing journey!
- By Tami Hukari on 08-19-24
By: Stephanie Kiser
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Close Knit
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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In the northernmost reaches of Scotland, where a string of little islands in the North Sea stretches towards Norway, lives Gertie MacIntyre, a proud island girl by birth. Her social circle is small but tight: family and friends, particularly the women in her knitting circle. In the whitewashed cottages of their hometown, everyone knows everyone, and the ladies of the knitting circle know more than most. In a place of long dark winters and geographic isolation, the knitting circle is a precious source of gossip, home, laughter, and comfort for them all.
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Outstanding!
- By V on 09-08-24
By: Jenny Colgan
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Midnight in Moscow
- A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West
- By: John J. Sullivan, General Jim Mattis
- Narrated by: John J. Sullivan, Matt Godfrey
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation.
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Honest, very thoughttfully written and well-narrated memoir
- By Victor on 08-17-24
By: John J. Sullivan, and others
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- Yasmine
- 09-03-24
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Engrossing story and performance. I'm not a football fan, but I found myself cheering on the team!
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