Discover the New Releases Audiobooks in Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

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Title: American Legends: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

In many ways, the Kennedy First Family was the perfect embodiment of a new young decade. The 1960s began with a sense of idealism, personified by the youthful and handsome new president. In 1961, John F. Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. The next three years would be fondly and famously labeled "Camelot," suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young president and his family.

The famous label came from John's fashionable and beautiful wife, Jackie, whose elegance and grace made her the most popular woman in the world. Her popularity threatened to eclipse even her husband's, who famously quipped on one presidential trip to France that he was "the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris."

Americans were fascinated by the young first lady's style, and the manner in which she glamorously positioned both the First Family and the White House in those years, and Jackie remains one of the country's most popular First Ladies. But it was in the face of adversity that she truly made her lasting mark, with the country taking its cue from her in the aftermath of the president's assassination. Having devised and lit the eternal flame at JFK's tombstone, Jackie also set about securing her husband's legacy, a time still fondly and mythically remembered as Camelot today, despite his legendary transgressions and infidelities.

Jackie continued to fascinate Americans over the next several decades, acting as a living symbol of the Kennedy years and a popular unofficial representative for her country abroad. She famously went on to marry Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, earning her the nickname Jackie O, and she took up a career in publishing beginning in the mid-70s. Until her death in 1994, even in her 60s she continued to be the subject of popular interest and intense tabloid and paparazzi coverage.

American Legends: The Life and Legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis details the fame and fashion of the famous first lady, while also examining her legacy during and after her years in the White House. You will learn about Jackie O like you never have before, in no time at all.

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Title: Cricketing Tales from The Dressing Room

Subtitle: The Ashes Special

Author: BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Narrator: Jonathan Agnew

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Bitter rivalries, slogging and sledging. Some of the greatest players from both England and Australia remember the classic encounters from over 50 years of Ashes history. Reflections from the dressing room include the pranks and the insults, as well as tales of angry fast bowlers, over-amorous fans, and fancy dress parties.

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Title: Triumph: Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

Author: Jeremy Schaap

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African American athlete won a staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.

With his incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a nuanced and riveting work of sports history.

Critic Reviews:

"Schaap leaves readers with a vivid portrait not just of Owens but of '30s Germany and America." (Sports Illustrated)

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Title: The Magnolia Story

Subtitle: Summary & Analysis

Author: Osmosis Jones

Narrator: Joanne Trimble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-16

Publisher: Osmosis Jones

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Chip Gaines is a man that you feel like you know when he tells a story. It doesn't take five minutes and you become enamored with the man and his story. The Magnolia Story leads you down the path Joanna Gaines took to learn and enjoy the personality that is her husband.

Through their dating years to the creating of the hit TV show Fixer Upper, The Magnolia Story tells the story of this power couple.

Chip and Joanna try to be the same people they were before stardom and that has led them to even greater stardom. Watching the TV show Fixer Upper only endears you to this couple that Waco was already endeared to.

From risk to risk and idea to grand idea Chip and Joanna take you on a journey of what was going through their individual minds as they lived the life God had called them to.

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