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    • A Collection of Essays Exploring Autism
    • By: Jackie Schuld
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • When Jackie Schuld’s therapist suggested she might be autistic, she scoffed. She knew there was no way she could be autistic. She was in her mid-...

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    • Essays
    • By: Samantha Irby
    • Narrated by: Samantha Irby
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,068 ratings
    • This essay collection from the “bitches gotta eat” blogger, writer on Hulu’s Shrill, and “one of our country’s most fierce and foulmouthed authors” (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears....

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    • Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges
    • By: Jen Mann
    • Narrated by: Jen Mann
    • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat...

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    • How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays and Life into Literature
    • By: Bill Roorbach
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers....

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    • A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
    • By: Sabine Hossenfelder
    • Narrated by: Gina Daniels
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 401 ratings
    • Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation....

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    • Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week
    • By: Ursula K. Le Guin
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • A must-listen collection, Words Are My Matter is a manual for investigating the depth and breadth of contemporary fiction - and, through the lens of deep considerations of contemporary writing, a way of exploring the world we are all living in....

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    • Essays
    • By: Laura Lippman
    • Narrated by: Laura Lippman
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
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    • New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience....

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    • Essays on the Meaning of Life: Finding Real Happiness in a World Obsessed with Pleasure
    • By: Carl Hilty
    • Narrated by: Lynnda Nelson
    • Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-23
    • Language: English
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    • Don't miss out on the opportunity to discover the secrets of happiness and the meaning of life. Get your copy of Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life today and start living a more joyful and purposeful life....

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    • A Life in Essays
    • By: Nell Irvin Painter
    • Narrated by: Nell Irvin Painter
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 04-23-24
    • Language: English
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    • From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it.

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    • The Official Biography
    • By: Rob Wilkins
    • Narrated by: Rob Wilkins
    • Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 210 ratings
    • At six years old, Terry was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything. He spent the rest of his life proving that teacher wrong....

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    • Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
    • By: Jaime Green
    • Narrated by: Jaime Green
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
    • A spellbinding exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the possibility of life on other planets shapes our understanding of humanity....

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    • By: George Orwell
    • Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
    • Length: 25 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
    • With great originality and wit, Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to the nature of Socialism, from a comic yet profound discussion of naughty seaside postcards to a spirited defense of English cooking....

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    • How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life
    • By: Gaur Gopal Das
    • Narrated by: Gaur Gopal Das
    • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings
    • While navigating their way through Mumbai's horrendous traffic, Gaur Gopal Das and his wealthy young friend, Harry, get talking, delving into concepts ranging from the human condition to finding one's purpose in life and the key to lasting happiness....

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    • How We Lose and Find Ourselves
    • By: Stephen Grosz
    • Narrated by: Peter Marinker
    • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-23
    • Language: English
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    • Echoing Socrates' statement that the unexamined life not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on his twenty-five years of work and more than 50,000 hours of conversations to form a collection of beautifully rendered tales that illuminate the human experience....

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    • The Complete Crônicas
    • By: Clarice Lispector
    • Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez
    • Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-23
    • Language: English
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    • In the magnificent feast of Clarice Lispector’s books, her crônicas―short, intensely vivid newspaper pieces―are the delicious canapés....

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    • Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Etcetera
    • By: Jena Friedman
    • Narrated by: Jena Friedman
    • Length: 7 hrs
    • Release date: 04-18-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • For fans of the perceptive comedy of Hannah Gadsby, Lindy West, and Sarah Silverman, Academy Award–nominated and acclaimed stand-up comedian Jena Friedman presents a collection of essays on the cultural flashpoints of today.

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