Discover the New Releases Audiobooks in Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

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Title: Geldof in Africa

Author: Bob Geldof

Narrator: Bob Geldof

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-11

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984. The following year, Live Aid inspired a generation to raise millions for the starving in Africa.

Over 20 years on, passion undiminished, Geldof returns to what he calls the Luminous Continent. This is his personal diary. Unflinchingly honest, Geldof in Africa paints a unique picture of this extraordinary and beautiful land.

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Title: KaBOOM!

Subtitle: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play

Author: Darell Hammond

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-11

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

In 1995, Darell Hammond read an article in the Washington Post about an unthinkable tragedy: Two young children suffocated in a car on a hot summer day in southeast Washington, D.C. The story indicated that the children had nowhere to play; in the absence of a playground, they had climbed into an abandoned car. Reading the article fueled Hammond's sense of injustice, and his life's mission came into focus. Hammond founded KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that provides communities with tools, resources, and guidance to build and renovate playgrounds and playspaces. In some of the toughest and poorest neighborhoods in North America, 2,000 barren spaces have been transformed by KaBOOM! and more than a million volunteers and community members into kid-designed, fun, and imaginative places to play. This is the story of a man with a vision, a man who believes that play is the best natural resource in a creative economy and that kids need more of it. Play is not a luxury but a necessity for their lives. Through hard work, commitment, and the conviction that access to a safe play environment is the fundamental right of all children, Hammond built an organization that has touched the lives of countless children and families. Hammond's story demonstrates how one idealist can change the world---and how small, civic-minded steps create a ripple effect that can transform communities and eventually the world at large.

Critic Reviews:

"It takes equal parts audacity, creativity, and vision to build an organization as successful as KaBOOM!---and Darell Hammond has that special blend."(Maria Shriver)

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Title: Through Thick and Thin

Author: Gok Wan

Narrator: Gok Wan

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

With his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves - but its not until you listen to his own inspirational story that you find out where he got that gift from. Gok grew up on a Leicester housing estate, with a loving family who ran a Chinese restaurant. For his parents, food meant love and Gok was so well loved that by the time he was a teenager he weighed 21 stone. Being Asian and gay as well, Gok felt lonely and out of place. He was an easy target for bullies and suffered terribly at their hands. In a moment of inspiration, he decided to reinvent himself with his first style makeover and a larger-than-life personality to go with it. But his next move was to lose a devastating ten stone in nine months.

In Through Thick and Thin, for the first time, Gok reveals all about that life-changing period. The lessons Gok learnt during this time helped him bounce back to become a stylist to the stars, every womans best friend, and a national treasure. In this intimate memoir, Gok tells his full story in his own words. Whether hes recounting the horrors of childhood bullying or riotous anecdotes about his loving family, or describing what it is like behind the scenes in the fashion world or TV shows, Goks voice comes through with all the honesty, witm and warmth weve come to know and love him for.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE.

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Title: Knave of Spades

Subtitle: The Growing Pains of a Gardener

Author: Alan Titchmarsh

Narrator: Alan Titchmarsh

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: Hodder Headline Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

In this warm, funny memoir, Alan Titchmarsh takes us from gardener's apprentice to favourite TV presenter.

When Alan left school at 15, little was expected of him. An 'O' level in art is not the most obvious passport to success, but in the ancient greenhouses of the local nursery, Mrs T's little lad found his spiritual home, learning his trade and the strange ways of human nature.

But the comfort and familiarity of his home in the Yorkshire Dales would soon be left behind as he journeyed south to college and then to Kew Gardens, where he encountered rare plants collected by Captain Cook and a varied assortment of eccentrics in the world's most famous garden.

Spells as a teacher and editor followed, until fate took a hand when he landed a job on the BBC's Nationwide as their gardening presenter. His childhood dream of inheriting the mantle of gardening god Percy Thrower was beginning to come true.

From the first faltering steps in radio and television, to a career in broadcasting and writing, Knave of Spades is a wonderfully warm and self-deprecatingly honest memoir. Alan Titchmarsh shows us just why he has become not only our favourite gardener, but a popular writer and broadcaster too.

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Title: Where Was I?!

Subtitle: The World According to Wogan

Author: Terry Wogan

Narrator: Terry Wogan

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-09

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Where Was I?! gives his devoted followers exactly what they want - the unadulterated, inimitable Wogan viewpoint; a droll, forthright voice of sanity in a world gone gently mad (or is it them?). Like his broadcasting, his writing is an effortless flow of easy wit and sage opinion.

Where Was I?! builds up a picture not only of Terry's world, but of Terry himself - a man who somehow manages to be off the wall and on the money all at the same time. Never less than funny, and never less than frank, Where Was I?! demonstrates exactly how he has come to be regarded as a national treasure.

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Title: Leaving Home

Subtitle: A Memoir

Author: Art Buchwald

Narrator: Art Buchwald

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Exactly how he negotiated the rocky path from the dining hall at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum to the best table at Maxim's in Paris is a memorable story told by a man who has made America laugh for 40 years.

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Title: Join Me

Author: Danny Wallace

Narrator: Danny Wallace

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 05-28-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

A book about dreams, ambition, and the responsibility that comes with power, Join Me is the true story of a man who created a cult by accident, and is proof that whilst some men were born to lead, others really haven't got a clue.

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Title: Paul Newman

Subtitle: A Life

Author: Shawn Levy

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

But Newman was also an oddity in Hollywood: the rare box-office titan who cared about the craft of acting, the sexy leading man known for the staying power of his marriage, and the humble celebrity who made philanthropy his calling card long before it was cool.

The son of a successful entrepreneur, Newman grew up in a prosperous Cleveland suburb. Despite fears that he would fail to live up to his father's expectations, Newman bypassed the family sporting goods business to pursue an acting career. After struggling as a theater and television actor, Newman saw his star rise in a tragic twist of fate, landing the role of boxer Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me when James Dean was killed in a car accident.

Though he would joke about instances of "Newman's luck" throughout his career, he refused to coast on his stunning boyish looks and impish charm.

In Paul Newman: A Life, film critic and pop culture historian Shawn Levy gives readers the ultimate behind-the-scenes examination of the actor's life, from his merry pranks on the set, to his lasting romance with Joanne Woodward, to the devastating impact of his son's death from a drug overdose. This definitive biography is a fascinating portrait of an extraordinarily gifted man who gave back as much as he got out of life and just happened to be one of the most celebrated movie stars of the 20th century.

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Title: Always Looking Up

Subtitle: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

Author: Michael J Fox

Narrator: Michael J Fox

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Now, in Always Looking Up, he writes about the personal philosophy that carried him through his darkest hours, and speaks with others who have emerged from difficult periods with optimism to spare. With the humour and wit that dazzled fans and reviewers alike in his bestselling memoir, Lucky Man, Fox shows how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognising the gifts of everyday life.

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Title: Soul on the Street

Author: William Roache

Narrator: William Roache

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-09

Publisher: Hay House UK Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

This abridged audio book is read by the author himself. As a young actor William auditioned for a TV drama that was likely to be running for only a few weeks. Now, 47 years later, he is the only original cast member and the soap's success has established him as a household name. Over the course of that time, William's character Ken Barlow has been married four times, twice to Deirdre, and had a series of tumultuous affairs.

This gripping story will appeal to fans of 'The Street' and will make inspiring listening for anyone interested in personal development. After leaving the Army William Roache MBE turned to acting, with roles in Skyport, Knight Errant Limited, The Bulldog Breed and Marking Time. Whilst at Granada filming Biggles, he was picked out by Tony Warren as the Ken Barlow. He appeared in the first episode, and is the only remaining actor from that original episode to still appear in The Street. In 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to TV drama.

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