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Title: Barry Bonds

Subtitle: A Biography

Author: Michael Walsh

Narrator: Dennis E. Morris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-16

Publisher: Michael Walsh

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Barry Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter, and finished his regular season career with a very high on-base percentage (.444) and isolated power (.309). He holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs, most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. He also received eight Gold Gloves for his defense in the outfield. He is ranked second in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com, behind only Babe Ruth.

Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the federal government's investigation of BALCO. The perjury charges against Bonds were dropped, and he was also initially convicted of obstruction of justice, but that was overturned in 2015.

Bonds has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first four years of eligibility.

In 2016, Bonds served as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins for one season.

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Title: Miss Dinah Shore

Subtitle: A Biography

Author: Michael B. Druxman

Narrator: Pam Dougherty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-16

Publisher: Michael B. Druxman

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Before Oprah, before Ellen, there was Dinah Shore. She was the queen of the afternoon talk show. For over five decades, Dinah induced a state of joy into people wherever she appeared, a love affair between her and her audience. In the fickle world of popular music, Dinah had a longer run at the top than any other girl singer, and on television, she had no equal in the musical field. Arguably, she was "the first lady of television". Dinah's life, however, was not always easy. She was a Jewish girl growing up in the Deep South and, at an early age, suffered a bout with polio. Later, as she was just achieving success as a radio/recording artist, a vicious rumor threatened to scuttle her career. Romantically, the lady was been involved with many men, from her first husband, actor George Montgomery, to Frank Sinatra, to her May/December affair with Burt Reynolds. Then there were the clandestine relationships. Miss Dinah Shore is the candid story of a beloved woman whose career spanned almost all aspects of show business, from radio, records, movies, television variety and talk shows: a remarkable journey.

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Members Reviews:

A delightful remembrance

This was a wonderfully done biography and an enjoyable listen.

I remember Dinah Shore from my younger days when my parents would watch her on TV. I remember looking forward to watching her on special days when we didn't have school (snow days, holidays, sick days). It was always a special treat to watch her show.

It was entertaining to learn more about her career and her life. The author does a nice job of taking us from her childhood trough her struggles on radio and finally on to TV and the big screen. The story is a wonderful reminder of those that worked hard and achieved.

I am glad I listened to this biography. Mrs. Shore is an important part of the early TV days and how the media evolved. It is a far cry from what passes for "entertainment" today. The values she represented in her professional life are admirable and should stand as a reminder of a better time.

While Mrs. Shore was not a perfect person, to this day she represents a standard of professionalism and excellence that is worthy of our remembrance.

I recommend this audio book.

This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

A great lady!

What did you love best about Miss Dinah Shore?

She always wanted you to feel at home with her.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Miss Dinah Shore?

When she broke up with George and wouldn't bad mouth him.

What about Pam Doughertys performance did you like?

Pam's knowledge of the characters made them come alive and believable.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me want to be a better person.

Any additional comments?

"I was voluntarily provided this review copy at no charge by the author, publisher and or narrator.

Miss Dinah Shore

Miss Dinah Shore: A Biography

: Michael B. Druxman

An unauthorized biography of Dinah Shore. I have vague memories of her tv shoe from when I was growing up. I did learn some things I didn't know about her. It was an interesting listen.

The narration was well done.

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Title: Michael Landon

Subtitle: The Career and Artistry of a Television Genius

Author: David R. Greenland

Narrator: Nat Segaloff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Michael Landon was an actor, writer, director, and producer. For over three decades, Michael Landon's creative gifts touched millions of viewers around the world on Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, and in several other productions. This is the first detailed examination of his work both in front of and behind the camera, including information about every Landon script.

Members Reviews:

How a production legend spanned 5 decades.

Michael Landon was broadcast into our homes for over 5 decades, but most do not realize how much control he had over every aspect of his shows and career. From show creation to casting to cleanliness, Mr. Landon created family-friendly television and became a part of our shared history.

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Title: The Life of Kobe Bryant

Subtitle: The Legendary Basketball Idol

Author: J.D. Rockefeller

Narrator: Joseph E Saverine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-16

Publisher: J.D. Rockefeller

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Basketball is one of the most famous sports around the world. This sport is a great source of excitement and thrill to all basketball lovers as every season they have the chance to see their favorite basketball player.

We all get the chance to enjoy a basketball game as there are live telecasts of the entire game on televisions and the internet. You watch a much-awaited game of the year between two opposing teams and go with your bet. Generally, basketball is a wholesome sport that almost all people have knowledge of.

In the history of basketball, there are a number of players that contributed a lot to the sport. Their fame might just be fleeting, but once they retire from the game, their legacy will always be in the heart of their fans and many basketball lovers. No matter how hard we try to stick to the game, our body will always have a reason to quit. In a few years to come, there will be new players that will amaze the world the way these historical basketball players had done before.

Members Reviews:

Buy a different book

Horribly written with lots of broken English. Seems like it was translated (poorly) from another language. My son downloaded this book for a school project...complete waste.

Worse written book

The writing is horrible , Grammer was bad, don't buy this book, Didn't even talk. About time spent in Italy!

That's not good at all

I bought this book for my 9 year old son there are spelling errors that he caught!! That's not good at all!

Salute

Salute to the legendary KOBE Bryant/Black Mamba. He's done a lot in jis 20 year long career in NBA .This book is a must read for all the Kobe fans.

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Title: The Princess Diarist

Author: Carrie Fisher

Narrator: Carrie Fisher, Billie Lourd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-16

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved - plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognised.

Today her fame as an author, actress, and pop culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977 Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher's intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time - and what developed behind the scenes. And today, as she reprises her most iconic role for the latest Star Wars trilogy, Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty.

Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candour and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.

Members Reviews:

I loved it!

I am little sad only just to hear this now after her passing but I think she will always be with us in force and in memory forever :)

Thoroughly enjoyable!

Fishers honesty in Princess Diarist is refreshing and commendable. Her diaries are works of art, no wonder she was such a good script writer late in life!

Carrie on Carrying On

When it comes to autobiography, the clichés are often the easiest to parrot. Words like 'warm', 'witty', and 'wry' are bandied about like cheap currency for a disposable celebrity-centric lexicon.

What survives Carrie Fisher though *is* her warmth. She's frank without being cutting, honest without excesses of self-pity. Despite herself, she's never felt like a celebrity. That wouldn't sit right with some authors, but there isn't a moment in 'The Princess Diarist' that seems peppered with the sort of incredulous sneering we might come to expect from celebrity memoir.

From easy charm to angsty poetry and back again, where there is humour in experience we're always in on the joke. That's ultimately what sets this memoir apart from so many others - the late great author knows we're all just 'jumped up, scruffy-looking nerf-herder[s]' at heart, but relishes sharing in the glorious unpredictability human life anyway.

She may have felt she lacked an intellectual streak, but her incisive observations philosophise with the best of them without ever seeming bombastic or 'precocious'. Hers aren't throwaway sentiments, while always aware of her capacity as actress, the tone isn't preoccupied with notions of 'legacy'. Instead, Fisher reminds us that sometimes the best of what is close to home resonates more fully set against that which seems 'far, far away' but that is, in its truest sense, ceaselessly and reassuringly human.

Only way I'm able to cope this week

Hearing Carrie Fisher and her daughter read her new book is wonderfully entertaining and utterly heartbreaking. I urge everyone to listen to this as it's truly rewarding and cathartic.

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Title: Oprah Winfrey: Top 10 Tricks to Winning in Life

Subtitle: J.D. Rockefeller's Book Club

Author: J.D. Rockefeller

Narrator: Roger A. Henderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-16

Publisher: J.D. Rockefeller

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Are you wondering how Oprah was able to pull a very dramatic life transformation from an idle dreamer to a very popular and successful person? If you consider her to be your inspiration, why not consider her tips to attaining a newer height of success in life? In life, successful things always get started with a well-streamlined mixture of words and thoughts. Just don't go too far in your life but go too far to achieve to your dreams.

In the end, keep in mind that there are lots of paths leading to different destinations in life. To meet both ends and achieve a dramatic form of success down the road, Oprah shares with you some life-battle tested tricks. Be guided by these 10 life-changing tips of Oprah Winfrey.

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Title: The Mannings

Subtitle: The Fall and Rise of a Football Family

Author: Lars Anderson

Narrator: Ian Alan Carlsen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

From New York Times best-selling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero-turned-New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and Peyton's younger brother, Eli, who won two Super Bowl rings of his own. And the oldest Manning child, Cooper - who was forced to quit playing sports after he was diagnosed at age 18 with a rare spinal condition - might have been the most talented of them all.

In The Mannings, longtime Sports Illustrated writer Lars Anderson gives us, for the first time, the never-before-told story of this singular athletic dynasty - a story that shows us how finding strength in the face of catastrophe can be the key to success on and off the playing field. Growing up, the three Manning brothers dream of playing side by side on the gridiron at Ole Miss. But with Cooper forced to the bench before his prime, Peyton must fight to win glory for them both. Meanwhile, Eli is challenged by his college coach to stop trailing in the footsteps of others and forge his own path. With Archie's achievements looming over them, the brothers begin the climb to football history. From the Manning family backyard to the bright lights of Super Bowl 50, The Mannings is an epic, inspiring saga of a family of tenacious competitors who have transfixed a nation.

Critic Reviews:

This is one of the most beautifully written and memorable books Ive read in years - stunningly spectacular. I couldnt put it down. The Mannings is an absolute masterpiece. (Paul Finebaum, ESPN college football analyst and New York Times best-selling author of My Conference Can Beat Your Conference)

Lars Anderson drills to the core of the Manning family. I love this book because its not just about football; its about how to raise a family. (Bruce Arians, head coach of the Arizona Cardinals)

Andersons yarn never wobbles....A winner for fans of modern football. (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

a Must for all Dads! Written very well and spoken

Loved it. soaks the reader in football culture of the South while recognizing the solid principles of what is important in being a supportive dad!

loved it but where's the rest?

Only received part 1. Anticipating the rest of the story as part 1 scratches the surface.

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Title: Rad American Women A-Z

Subtitle: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History...and Our Future!

Author: Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl

Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Allyson Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet - but instead of "A is for apple", A is for Angela - as in Angela Davis, the iconic political activist. B is for Billie Jean King, who shattered the glass ceiling of sports; C is for Carol Burnett, who defied assumptions about women in comedy; D is for Dolores Huerta, who organized farmworkers; and E is for Ella Baker, who mentored Dr. Martin Luther King and helped shape the civil rights movement.

And the list of great women continues, spanning several centuries, multiple professions, and 26 diverse individuals. There are artists and abolitionists, scientists and suffragettes, rock stars and rabble-rousers, and agents of change of all kinds. The book includes an introduction that discusses what it means to be rad and radical, an afterword with 26 suggestions for how you can be rad, and a resource guide with ideas for further learning and reading.

American history was made by countless rad - and often radical - women. By offering a fresh and diverse array of female role models, we can remind listeners that there are many places to find inspiration and that being smart and strong and brave is rad.

Rad American Women will be appreciated by various age groups. It is Common Core-aligned for students grades three to eight. Preschool and young children will be captured by the bright visuals and easily modified texts while the subject matter will stimulate and inspire high schoolers and beyond.

Critic Reviews:

"This is not a book. This is a guest list for a party of my heroes. Thank you for inviting us." (Lemony Snicket, author of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books)

"I feel honored to be included in this book. Women need to take radical steps to become feminists, and to be strong to fight for their rights and those of others facing oppression and discrimination. The world needs rad women to create a just society." (Dolores Huerta, labor leader, civil rights activist)

"It's almost always with a chuckle that I view a cartoon image of myself. But to see cartoon-me positioned (alphabetically) amongst so many of my women heroes and role models...well, I just broke down and cried. Happy tears. I surely hope that this one-of-a-kind collection of radical American women reaches the hands of all children who want to grow up and become amazing women." (Kate Bornstein, author of My New Gender Workbook)

Members Reviews:

Dynamite Hit of Inspiration

Written for young people, and for parents to share with their kids, "Rad American Women is a dynamite hit of inspiration.

I guarantee there will be at least one woman on this list whose life story is new to you. I thought I was a feminist trivia queen, but the authors came up with lifes little details I had never heard of!

I finished this collection with solid fist pump.

Rad book

Really short book with 26 rad women arranged by alphabet.

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Title: Neymar

Subtitle: A Biography of the Brazilian Superstar

Author: Benjamin Southerland

Narrator: Chris Abernathy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-16

Publisher: Benjamin Southerland

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Learn about the inspirational story of Neymar.

One would think that the son of a professional footballer would inherit a paved road to success in the same sport. But, Neymar Jr.'s status as one of the best players in the world has not come without great sacrifice, persistence, endurance...and a lot of luck. He and his family have taken advantage of the big breaks which have come his way. By combining opportunity with the natural talent for soccer that he inherited from his father, he has risen to the ranks of the highest paid and best young soccer players the world has ever seen. Neymar da Silva Santos, Jr. was born in Mogi des Cruzes, So Paulo to Neymar Santos, Sr. and Nadine da Silva on February 5, 1992. Upon his birth, in order to distinguish him from his father, his father came to be called Pai which means "father." The son was called Juninho which means "junior." To the world, the son would become Neymar.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Great book!

EXCELLENT BOOK!

I gave as a present to my grandson and he just loved it. The book has an excellent presentation. Very happy with my purchase.

Great experience and good read!

This was an excellent book and was shipped to us really quickly. I would definitely recommend it.

Five Stars

my kid love it!

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Title: There Goes My Social Life

Subtitle: From Clueless to Conservative

Author: Stacey Dash

Narrator: Stacey Dash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-16

Publisher: Mission Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 84 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Celebrities

Publisher's Summary:

Stacey Dash didn't have the ideal American childhood. Growing up in the South Bronx, her friends were the hustlers, hookers, and gang members who struggled in the face of futility, who sold drugs instead of living on food stamps, who settled matters with fists, knives, and guns because it seemed their only option, who stood tall against broken dreams. Dash's rough upbringing shaped the rest of her life - her relationships, her politics, even her faith. She has seen how conservative and liberal policies play out in the real world, and her experiences have made her the proud conservative she is today.

That's why Stacey Dash, a Fox News contributor and Hollywood actress best known for starring in the 1995 classic Clueless, is now telling her story. Amid all the heated racial rhetoric and the divisive language that flows from TV, the Internet, self-appointed black spokespeople, and even President Obama, Dash feels compelled to speak out and say something true about race, politics, and America.

Members Reviews:

Waste of time and annoying!

Not a fan of the author and her vocal performance is just awful. Wanted to hear her POV, and although interesting, it is unrealistic and pretentious. Not impressed at all!

Nothing Short of Perfection

Stacey Dash is a strong and intelligent woman who has overcome so much. Meanwhile I disagree with her opinion on Mitt Romney, BET, and Black History Month, I think she should be involved in politics or education. She gives the cold hard facts about the decline of education in America. She or someone like her should become an educator. I am very pleased with this book and listened to it by taking advantage of the amazon audible free trial but it would definitely be worth buying.

WOW!

very informative . Learned so much c aboutc Ms. Dash. Never could have imagined that her life had been so hard. happy to see that she has persevered.

Wow, not just the clueless chick

What a good book, what a great performance. Probably one of the best I've heard on audible.

The story was amazing. Now I understand this woman instead of just seeing all that backlash in the media. Someone who isn't perfect, but real, and most definitely open.

Thanks for writing this piece.

Excellent!

I liked Stacey Dash before and I like her even more now! It was intriguing and emotional. Loved it.