Southern Memoirs

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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 215,016 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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    • 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 487 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 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 203 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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    • 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 728 ratings
    • Robert E. Lee, one of the most famous figures in American history, vanished after his dramatic surrender....

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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 537 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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    • 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 863 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 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 425 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 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 88 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 Geto Boys, Life, Death, and The Roots of Southern Rap
    • By: Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Benjamin Meadows Ingram - with
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 183 ratings
    • From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top - and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance....

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    • Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
    • By: Gene Odom, Frank Dorman - contributor
    • Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds, and the country and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Listen to learn more about Lynyrd Skynyrd....

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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 1,067 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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    • 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: 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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    • The SAS in Rhodesia
    • By: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 319 ratings
    • In addition to Andre Scheepers' personal story, this book reveals more about some of the other men who were distinguished operators in SAS operations during the Rhodesian War....

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    • Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
    • By: Valerie Bauerlein
    • Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed, Valerie Bauerlein
    • Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 401 ratings
    • Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case.

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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 228 ratings
    • Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....

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