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Title: Nolan Cash, Bowling Green

Subtitle: The True Story Behind One of Country Musics Great Tragedies: Nolan Cash, the One-Hit Wonder of Bowling Green

Author: Andrew Brel

Narrator: Andrew Brel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-18

Publisher: Andrew Brel Publishing

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Nolan Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas, on October 8, 1939, seven years after his cousin, Johnny. The bi-racial product of a rape by a black man of a 16-year-old Christian girl in America's conservative Bible Belt, he experienced extreme prejudice growing up during the racially divided '50s. His opportunity for country music stardom beckoned when he witnessed an event that inspired him to write the song that would change his life - the church massacre at Bowling Green.

What happened next might have come straight from the pages of a Hollywood political thriller. Nolan was charged with treason and hidden in the prison system with a new identity, his secret about that event in Bowling Green buried with him. Only the 50-year disclosure on official secrets - CIA documents recently released - enabled the facts to finally emerge.

Here, then, is the story of Nolan Cash, collateral damage in America's struggle to move away from racist division.

Members Reviews:

NOLAN BOWLIN' - IT'S A HOOT!

If you want a serious laugh - read it as soon as you can... I am still laughing :)

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Title: Leonardo da Vinci: A Life From Beginning to End

Author: Hourly History

Narrator: Nate Sjol

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-18

Publisher: Hourly History

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Creativity is in our bones. It is found in our very DNA, something not known to Leonardo da Vinci or anyone else who lived in his day and time. All he did was to uncover the hidden genius which lay within himself, and he used that inner genius to the very best of his abilities. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for some of the world's most masterful paintings, but he was so much more than merely another artist with paints and brushes. Born to a peasant woman in 1452, Leonardo would go on to astound the world he lived in with his artistry and his inventions. Inside you will hear about....

In this audiobook, discover for yourself the brilliance of da Vinci. Uncover some of his best works of art, including the Mona Lisa, and see why he kept so many notebooks and observations about everything under the sun. See where his far-reaching talents led him, and how you can be more like Leonardo da Vinci than you ever thought possible.

Members Reviews:

a book I really enjoyed

Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most intriguing people in history. I've always been fascinated with his life. So it's no surprise that I ended up really enjoying this short book. I even learned a few more things about him that I didn't know. I loved that.

My favorite chapters were 'Early Beginnings and the Italian Renaissance' and 'Facts about Leonardo da Vinci.' I've been very much intrigued about his early life so I thought that first chapter was great to start with. The facts about him were also very interesting to say the least.

It's a quick read so of course it's perfect if you want a quick read to learn a little more about Leonardo's life or if you're in between books (like I am at the moment.)

Overall, Leonardo da Vinci: A Life From Beginning to End was a book I really enjoyed. As usual with a 'Hourly History' book I'd really recommend it to any reader!

Great Insight Into da Vinci

Just finished this book. Considering the short length, the author packed in a lot of material. I've read some of da Vinci's notebooks and marveled at the scope of his genius and ability to look into the future. This book gives some important insight into da Vinci, the man and his background. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in knowing more about someone, who may have been, the smartest man to ever live.

An Interesting Look at the Life of Leonardo de Vinci

This is a very nice review of the life of Leonardo. It will never win a Pulitzer Prize and probably was never intended for that purpose, but it does give the basic facts about the life of this genius and provided a welcome interlude in my reading program of heavier tomes.

Four Stars (Essay / 467 Kindle Locations)

Good concise history of the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Interesting subject but long paragraphs describing some of da Vinci's paintings were added. They don't bring anything to the history of the painter and could have resumed in a sentence or two.

Renaissance Man

Not only was Leonardo da Vinci a great artist but also a scientist and inventor. Everything we take for granted now, like airplanes, have their basis in the inventions that are found in his sketch books. He was truly a Renaissance man.

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Title: Detours

Author: Tim Rogers

Narrator: Tim Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

A charming, honest, funny, sad, tender and beautiful literary memoir, from Tim Rogers of You Am I. Think Patti Smith meet Dylan Thomas, by way of Banjo Paterson.

"Rogers is a beautiful writer, both literate and lyrical ... Detours makes most rock memoirs look like How to Hypnotise Chooks. A heartbreaking work of staggering honesty." (West Australian)

"Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers, my least favourite after 'We can no longer legally serve you' would have to be, 'Well, that isn't very rock'n'roll.'"

Tim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a raconteur, a romantic and a raffish ne'er-do-well. In this offbeat, endearing memoir, Tim walks us through years jam-packed with love, shame, joy, enthusiasms, regrets, fights, family - and music, always music.

A work of real grace and tenderness, Detours is often impossibly sad and beautiful - but also full of wit, wordplay and punching jolts of larrikin energy to make you laugh out loud.

Critic Reviews:

"Rogers is a beautiful memoirist...[

Detours is] an authentic, beautiful, unusual - and yes, brave - book that stands up on its own as a strong work of literature." (

The Guardian)

"The good news is that our Tim can write. Every sentence trails a floaty scarf. A few of them have a floppy hat over one eye." (Don Walker)

"Artfully written and reflective ... descriptive, insightful and anecdote-rich." (

Herald Sun)

Members Reviews:

Loved Tim's reading

I enjoyed listening to Tim Roger narrate his memoir, it's like listening to someone tell you personal stories. Every now and then he'll even throw in a song.

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Title: Believing

Author: Sandra Brown

Narrator: Sandra Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Sandra Brown revisits two pivotal Christmases from her own past in this heartfelt and intimate essay. One needn't be familiar with Brown's previous works to be deeply moved by this personal reflection on the meaning of family, faith, celebration, and generosity, but fans will find it a unique and special insight into the New York Times best-selling author's life and values.

This essay is based on musings originally published in Ladies Home Journal. Twenty years later, Sandra Brown revisits these powerful memories, creating the moving essay heard here, which she delivers in her charmingly Southern voice, as warm and comforting as a mug of cocoa in view of the Christmas tree.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful Christmas Story

Would you listen to Believing again? Why?

Yes it is well done and very moving. It is truly about believing.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Believing?

Most all of it but Sandra's telling of it was most moving.

Which character as performed by Sandra Brown was your favorite?

The Mother

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and I did

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Title: Defiant Joy

Subtitle: The Remarkable Life & Impact of G. K. Chesterton

Author: Kevin Belmonte

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

You may be aware that G. K. Chesterton authored influential Christian biographies and apologetics. But you may not know the larger-than-life Gilbert Keith Chesterton himself - not yet. Equally versed in poetry, novels, literary criticism, and journalism, he addressed politics, culture, and religion with a towering intellect and a soaring wit.

Chesterton engaged his world through the written word. He carried on lively, public discussions with the social commentators of his day, continually challenging them with civility, humility, erudition, and his ever-sharp sense of humor. Today's listener can find the same treasures, for as Chesterton said, "What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century."

In Kevin Belmonte's fresh new biography, you'll get to know the real G. K. Chesterton and his literary and cultural accomplishments. A giant of his time, Chesterton continues to live large in the imaginations of 21st-century listeners.

Members Reviews:

I actually never finished this book, but I know ...

I actually never finished this book, but I know that Chesterton has much to say. Maybe someday I'll try again.

Just Read More GKC Instead

Anyone who admires the work of GKC in these relativistic times will leap at a new book on the man and his work. Unfortunately, this is a very redundant sampling of GKC quotations. That it is not a biography can be easily forgiven; the problem is that Belmonte repeatedly--and I mean repeatedly--tells the reader over and over what a great man and writer GKC was. Over and over and over we read of his intelligence, his perception, his wit--OK, fine, but we already knew that, which is what drew us to the book in the first place. You'll be better off with William Oddie's book on the Romance of Orthodoxy or just reading random essays by GKC. The charge that GKC was a superficial thinker is not refuted by this book. By the time it was over, Belmonte's fawning grew irritating.

Huge disappointment

I was pleasantly surprised a few days ago when I spotted this book in a store. I've read dozens of G.K. Chesterton's books, including his Autobiography, but had never read an actual biography of the man before. When I saw that the author was Kevin Belmonte, a name I was familiar with from the Christian Encounters series of short biographies, I snapped the book up. I'm sad to say it wasn't good. A passage from H.L. Mencken, quoted by Belmonte, is perhaps the best summary of what's wrong with Defiant Joy: "If you approach [this book] as biography, you will find it amazing in the things it contains and irritating beyond measure in the things it doesn't contain."

When I think of what the book does contain, the first thing that jumps to mind is block quotations. I remember many admonitions in college writing courses to use block quotations sparingly--if you must. I never questioned this advice but never knew how bad they could make a book, and this book is packed with them. There is almost one per page. I'd guess that fully one third of the entire text is made of up block quotations from other works, some of them running over a page in length. By the end of the book there are even block quotations within block quotations.

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Title: The Irrational Season

Subtitle: The Crosswicks Journals, Book 3

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrator: Pamela Almand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

The best-selling author of A Wrinkle in Time contemplates the true meaning of faith in the third installment of her series of memoirs.

Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L'Engle as "an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation." L'Engle has long captivated and provoked listeners by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work. In this intimate memoir, the award-winning author uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday.

The Irrational Season follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L'Engle reflecting on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Unafraid to discuss controversial topics and address challenging questions, L'Engle writes from the heart in this compelling chronicle of her spiritual quest to renew and refresh her faith in an ever-changing world and her ever-changing personhood.

Members Reviews:

Beautiful, inspiring, revealing

Madeline L'Engle has a gifted way of examining life, living life, and sharing life in such a way that encourages and causes the reader to see. A masterfully loving work.

Battlefields, Slums, and Insane Asylums

I cannot abide bouillon in a mug, but Iâm always a little sorry about that when I read the opening pages of Madeleine LâEngleâs The Irrational Season. She sips from her warm cup, gazes out her two a.m. window at the Hudson River, and begins an Advent reflection that meanders through the liturgical year and the seasons of her life, ending up at her country farmhouse just in time for the Michaelmas daisies.

Although she passed away in 2007 and the four volumes of The Crosswicks Journal series (The Irrational Season is number three) were published in the 1970âs, Madeleineâs musings are timeless. I find myself needing to reread them every so often just to be reminded that there are juicy words like anamnesis and eschaton and pusillanimous and that one could refer to a houseful of neighborhood kids as a âcharm of children.â I turn and return to Madeleine LâEngle because her thoughts remind me that there is a Truth that can be expressed in poetry as well as in memoir and that manages to be both orthodox and startling.

On the subject of God â the Creator of a world that now includes âbattlefields and slums and insane asylumsâ â Madeleine expresses both puzzlement and awe. âWhy does God treat in such a peculiar way the creatures He loves so much that He sent His own Son to them?â Even so, she affirms that a ânoâ from God is often a prelude to a better âyes,â and that the âonly God who seems to be worth believing in is impossible for mortal man to understand.â

Perhaps, as a story teller herself, she realized that her own life was His to plot.

On marriage and parenting, Madeleine was a delightful mixture of progressive and traditional thought: âA marriage is something which has to be created.

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Title: The Private John Singer Sargent

Author: Edward Lucie-Smith

Narrator: David Micklem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-17

Publisher: Cv Publications

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

An essay by Edward Lucie-Smith explores aspects of the mysterious and private character of the renowned American society artist John Singer Sargent.

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Title: Widow Basquiat

Subtitle: A Memoir

Author: Jennifer Clement

Narrator: Noma Dumezweni

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-17

Publisher: Canongate Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Madonna. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring. Fab 5 Freddie. Debbie Harry. Julian Schnabel. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. Unable to deal with the demands that his new fame brought, in 1987, at the age of 27, Basquiat, the most successful black visual artist in history, died from a heroin overdose.

Widow Basquiat is an exploration of the artist as seen through the eyes of his muse, Suzanne. It is a love story like no other. This audio edition is read by Noma Dumezweni, who starred as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Members Reviews:

LOVED THIS BOOK

Big Up both to the author & the narrator - Wow - I LOVED it so and I will tell all I know about this historic gem

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Title: The Inklings

Subtitle: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

Author: Humphrey Carpenter

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams - remarkable friends, writers, and scholars - met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.

Author Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford and was acquainted with Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, and several other Inklings. In this remarkable reconstruction of their meetings and momentous friendships, Carpenter brings to life those warm and enchanting evenings in Lewis' rooms at Magdalen College, when their imaginations ran wild. His account offers exciting insights into the influence these brilliant individuals had on each other's developing ideas and writing.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful insights into Lewis and the Inklings

During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams were remarkable friends, writers, and scholars and met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.

Author Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford and was acquainted with Tolkien, Hugo Dryson, and several other Inklings. In this remarkable reconstruction of their meetings and momentous friendships, Carpenter brings to life those warm and enchanting evenings in Lewis' rooms at Magdalen College, when their imaginations ran wild. His account offers exciting insights into the influence these brilliant individuals had on each other's developing ideas and writing.

Brother Albert

An Inside-Out Look at Great Writings and Their Authors!

You would think that writers like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien would fit the image we have of most writers. You would think they simply sat down and penned their works, turned them over to an editor and published them. That was hardly the case.

C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams and other friends--all of them scholars--began to meet regularly on Thursday evenings in Lewis's room at Magdalene College at Oxford. These gatherings were to provide sessions for the readings of their works in progress, as well as discussions (not limited to them, but philosophical or otherwise) in an atmosphere which embraced no rules--no agenda. They called themselves "The Inklings." The "regulars" of the group were included C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams, Christopher Tolkien, Warren Lewis, Hugo Dyson, Lord David Cecil, Roger Lancelyn Green, Adam Fox, R. A. Havard, J. A. W. Bennett, and Nevill Coghill. There were many less frequent attendees and visitors. They met for almost two decades. Later, they also began to have "pub" meetings at midday on Tuesdays. The Inklings provided a backdrop and the first audiences for some of the famous works we know such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Screwtape Letters, and Lord of the Rings.

This book provides a rare insight into the lives of these men that was not otherwise known.

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Title: What Does This Button Do?

Author: Bruce Dickinson

Narrator: Bruce Dickinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock bands ever.

Pioneers of Britain's nascent Rock & Metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the top, thanks in no small part to the high-octane performances, operatic singing style, and stage presence of its second but twice-longest-serving lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. As Iron Maiden's front man - first from 1981 to 1993, and then from 1999 to the present - Dickinson has been, and remains, a man of legend.

But OTT frontman is just one of the many hats Bruce wears. In addition to being one of the world's most storied and well-respected singers and songwriters, he is an airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, motivational speaker, beer brewer, novelist, radio presenter, and film scriptwriter. He has also competed as a world-class level fencer. Often credited as a genuine polymath, Bruce, in his own words (and handwritten script in the first instance!), sets forth many personal observations guaranteed to inspire curious souls and hard-core fans alike.

Dickinson turns his unbridled creativity, passion, and anarchic humour to reveal some fascinating stories from his life, including his 30 years with Maiden, his solo career, his childhood within the eccentric British school system, his early bands, fatherhood and family, and his recent battle with cancer.

Bold, honest, intelligent and very funny, What Does This Button Do? is an up-close look inside the life, heart, and mind of one of the most unique and interesting men in the world - a true icon of rock.

Members Reviews:

Amazing

I loved the story of Mr. Dickinson and, even though first in doubt whether I should go exactly for the audio version, I don't regret it. Now, that I've finished the book, I already miss the voice of a new friend.

Dissapointed....

Leaving out all of the personal stuff from family and close friends made this book feel aloof. What is the point of a personal memoir if the really important and learning stuff of life is gone. I think family deserves at least a footnote of space.

Scream for me Audible

A brilliant audio book. I couldnt wait to listen to Bruce telling his own story! Wasnt disappointed.

A very well written autobiography.

I really enjoyed this book. So often autobiographies are self indulgent, full of rambling anecdotes aimed at self justification, but this is a tight, disciplined book with a coherent and interesting narrative. There is a very nice balance between the music and his other interests and nice bits of travelogue when describing his visits to foreign shores. To be honest the delivery was a bit Clarksonesque but easily forgivable in light of such wonderful story telling. Some parts made me laugh out loud whilst others made me feel sad, but Dickinson never deliberately tweeks the heart strings. All in all a fine piece of work, well worthy of the fascinating life it seeks to portray.

Interesting even if you're not a Maiden fan

Didn't really know anything about Bruce or Iron Maiden but thoroughly enjoyed his narration and the story.