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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Frank & Funny
- By John C. Patterson on 23-09-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Between the Stops
- The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the Number 12 route, Between the Stops is also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, look up and to talk to each other because, as Sandi says, 'Some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'....
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Marvellous listening
- By cwmbear on 06-11-19
By: Sandi Toksvig
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A Dutiful Boy
- A Memoir of a Gay Muslim’s Journey to Acceptance
- By: Mohsin Zaidi
- Narrated by: Mohsin Zaidi
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A coming-of-age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household....
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Inspiring
- By A on 24-08-20
By: Mohsin Zaidi
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Too Much
- By: Tom Allen
- Narrated by: Tom Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Too Much, with his trademark wit and insight, Tom Allen takes a funny and moving look at how he's been thrown into adulthood, as he finally leaves the family home and starts a relationship with a new boyfriend....
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A humorous and loving reflection of grief
- By Emma Q. on 16-11-22
By: Tom Allen
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The Life and Loves of a He Devil
- By: Graham Norton
- Narrated by: Graham Norton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....
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Weak, but diverting if you're a committed fan
- By T on 24-10-14
By: Graham Norton
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The Life of Rylan
- By: Rylan Clark-Neal
- Narrated by: Rylan Clark-Neal
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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I'd like to emphasise that I have written this audiobook myself, so be assured you're getting the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth....
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Fabulous
- By Aidy on 31-03-19
By: Rylan Clark-Neal
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Frank & Funny
- By John C. Patterson on 23-09-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Between the Stops
- The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the Number 12 route, Between the Stops is also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, look up and to talk to each other because, as Sandi says, 'Some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'....
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Marvellous listening
- By cwmbear on 06-11-19
By: Sandi Toksvig
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A Dutiful Boy
- A Memoir of a Gay Muslim’s Journey to Acceptance
- By: Mohsin Zaidi
- Narrated by: Mohsin Zaidi
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A coming-of-age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household....
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Inspiring
- By A on 24-08-20
By: Mohsin Zaidi
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Too Much
- By: Tom Allen
- Narrated by: Tom Allen
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Too Much, with his trademark wit and insight, Tom Allen takes a funny and moving look at how he's been thrown into adulthood, as he finally leaves the family home and starts a relationship with a new boyfriend....
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A humorous and loving reflection of grief
- By Emma Q. on 16-11-22
By: Tom Allen
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The Life and Loves of a He Devil
- By: Graham Norton
- Narrated by: Graham Norton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....
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Weak, but diverting if you're a committed fan
- By T on 24-10-14
By: Graham Norton
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The Life of Rylan
- By: Rylan Clark-Neal
- Narrated by: Rylan Clark-Neal
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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I'd like to emphasise that I have written this audiobook myself, so be assured you're getting the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth....
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Fabulous
- By Aidy on 31-03-19
By: Rylan Clark-Neal
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Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate....
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Fascinating insight
- By Elizabeth Baxter Heyes on 08-05-23
By: Dan Jones
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I Was Better Last Night
- A Memoir
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows....
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A joy to listen to.
- By Brixtonian on 02-03-22
By: Harvey Fierstein
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Alan Bennett: Diaries
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Alan Bennett is one of the country's most celebrated and best-loved authors. This is an unmissable collection of diaries and memoirs from the acclaimed English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter....
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Enchanting and wickedly observant
- By J.K. Watson on 09-02-23
By: Alan Bennett
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Dry
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants...
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listened twice. love it.
- By G M F on 12-04-18
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Cheer Up Love
- Adventures in Depression with the Crab of Hate
- By: Susan Calman
- Narrated by: Susan Calman
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Crab of Hate is the personification of Calman's depression and her version of the notorious Black Dog....
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Thank god for Susan Calman and this book!! Just excellent!
- By Miss on 01-06-16
By: Susan Calman
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Alan Bennett: Untold Stories
- Read by Alan Bennett
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Original Recording
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Funny, thoughtful, and fascinating, this wonderful series of essays and stories read by the author offers an extraordinary journey into an exceptional career of an award-winning writer....
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Liked
- By Janie on 18-02-23
By: Alan Bennett
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Fathomless Riches
- Or How I Went from Pop to Pulpit
- By: Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Richard Coles
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A parish priest in Northamptonshire; a former rock-star whose number-one hit with The Communards was the biggest-selling single of 1986....
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BRILLIANT STORY - ENTERTAINING THROUGHOUT
- By European Reader on 20-10-14
By: Richard Coles
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The T in LGBT
- Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans
- By: Jamie Raines
- Narrated by: Jamie Raines, Shaaba Lotun
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different....
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So good I consumed in one sitting!
- By Sam Lewis on 30-06-23
By: Jamie Raines
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Nonbinary
- A Memoir
- By: Genesis P-Orridge, Tim Mohr - contributor
- Narrated by: Paul Bee Hampshire
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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A revealing and beautifully open memoir from pioneering industrial music artist, visual artist, and transgender icon Genesis P-Orridge....
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Addictive and paradigm-shifting
- By Nick Ravenscroft on 29-01-24
By: Genesis P-Orridge, and others
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Unprotected
- A Memoir
- By: Billy Porter
- Narrated by: Billy Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is the story of a singular artist in his own words - a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, and art....
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Fantastic!!
- By Kathy Bellinger on 26-02-24
By: Billy Porter
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira
- Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
- By: Cassandra Peterson
- Narrated by: Cassandra Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells - and told by the bombshell herself....
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Just wonderful
- By Mr. S. Harrison on 27-12-23
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Radiant
- The Life and Line of Keith Haring
- By: Brad Gooch
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces....
By: Brad Gooch
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Gender Euphoria
- Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex Writers
- By: Laura Kate Dale - editor
- Narrated by: Laura Kate Dale
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender....
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Virginia Woolf
- And the Women Who Shaped Her World
- By: Gillian Gill
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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How did Adeline Virginia Stephen become the great writer Virginia Woolf? Acclaimed biographer Gillian Gill tells the stories of the women whose legacies—of strength, style, and creativity—shaped Woolf’s path to the radical writing that inspires so many today....
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more about vanessa
- By Miss on 14-11-22
By: Gillian Gill
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Transsexual Apostate
- My Journey Back to Reality
- By: Debbie Hayton
- Narrated by: Debbie Hayton
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2016, Debbie Hayton underwent gender reassignment surgery. Transsexual Apostate weaves an intimate account of Debbie's story into a forensic critique of trans ideology....
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Fascinating and informative
- By Ms. Jane on 13-03-24
By: Debbie Hayton
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Candy Darling
- Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
- By: Cynthia Carr
- Narrated by: Justin Vivian Bond
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak....
By: Cynthia Carr
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Oscar
- A Life
- By: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Matthew Sturgis draws on a wealth of new material and fresh research, bringing alive the distinctive mood and characters of the fin de siècle in the richest and most compelling portrait of Oscar Wilde to date....
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Lots of well-researched information excellently organized
- By Tabby Cat on 23-03-24
By: Matthew Sturgis
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Bringing in the Sheaves
- Wheat and Chaff from My Years as a Priest
- By: Reverend Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Reverend Richard Coles
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Coles narrates this witty account of life as a parish priest and Radio 4 broadcaster....
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Bringing in the sheaves by the Revd Richard Coles
- By Amazon Customer on 17-10-16
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And Don't F&%k It Up
- An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years)
- By: World of Wonder, Maria Elena Fernandez
- Narrated by: Alec Mapa
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Told over the first ten years, And Don't F&%k It Up tells a cultural history through the stories of the people who lived it: the creators of the show, the contestants, the crew, the judges, and even some key (famous) fans....
By: World of Wonder, and others
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The Book of Pride
- LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
- By: Mason Funk
- Narrated by: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen....
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America is not the world!!!!
- By Sylvester Jønsson on 22-11-20
By: Mason Funk
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Gentleman Jack
- A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist
- By: Angela Steidele
- Narrated by: Heather Peace
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the television series Gentleman Jack....
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An extraordinary life
- By Kirstine on 21-03-21
By: Angela Steidele
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Living and Loving in the Age of AIDS
- A Memoir
- By: Derek Frost
- Narrated by: Robbie Stevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Derek, a distinguished designer and J, his husband, a pioneering entrepreneur and creator of both The Embassy Club, London's answer to Studio 54, and iconic Heaven, Europe's largest gay discotheque, met and fell in love more than 40 years ago....
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Couldn’t stop listening
- By Daddybear on 23-05-23
By: Derek Frost
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Love from the Pink Palace
- Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis
- By: Jill Nalder
- Narrated by: Jill Nalder, Russell T Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Jill Nalder tells the true story of her life during the AIDS crisis, and that of friends and colleagues, doctors and nurses, activists and fundraisers....
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What an emotional journey
- By Mrs A Abedelmassieh on 14-12-22
By: Jill Nalder
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I Felt the End Before It Came
- Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness
- By: Daniel Allen Cox
- Narrated by: Daniel Allen Cox
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Daniel Allen Cox grew up with firm lines around what his religion considered unacceptable: celebrating birthdays and holidays, voting in elections, pursuing higher education, and other forays into independent thought....
By: Daniel Allen Cox
New Releases
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Plain
- A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood
- By: Mary Alice Hostetter
- Narrated by: Mary Helen Gallucci
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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This quietly powerful memoir of longing and acceptance casts a humanizing eye on a little-understood American religious tradition and a woman's striving to grow within and beyond it.
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Outside Voices
- A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution
- By: Joan Gelfand
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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On election day, Joan Gelfand casts her vote for George McGovern and boards a plane from New York to California. With one introduction to a woman musician, Joan’s journey to become a writer is born. Embraced by a thriving women’s community of artists, filmmakers, musicians, poets, and writers, Joan is encouraged to find her voice. Mentored by paradigm-changing writers, Joan finds the courage to face her darkest fears through poetry and art, mining the trauma she experienced after losing her father and questioning her Jewish identity.
By: Joan Gelfand
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I Heard Her Call My Name
- A memoir of transition
- By: Lucy Sante
- Narrated by: Lucy Sante
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Lucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and others would become jarringly famous. Lucy flirted with both fates, on her way to building a glittering career as a writer. But she could never shake that feeling.
By: Lucy Sante
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Majorly Special Book
- By: Joshua Lynch
- Narrated by: Joshua Lynch
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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This is book about a man with MS who must learn to make light of his life to bring light to life. Josh got MS at the age of 28 and at that moment he was almost 400 lbs married, straight, and was in a dark place where he tried to commit suicide multiple times. But then he turned his life around and lost 200lbs, got a divorce, came out of the closet, and began stand-up comedy. This brought the light back into his life, gave him a platform to share his story and spread awareness about MS.
By: Joshua Lynch
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Run!
- My Story of LGBTQ+ Political Power, Equality, and Acceptance in Silicon Valley
- By: Ken Yeager Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Dave Cavllaro
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Run! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance. Having lived and breathed queer activism for almost 40 years, Ken Yeager is uniquely positioned to tell the story of how this happened. The strategies he used and the lessons he learned will serve as a guide for activists organizing to counter the current uptick of anti-gay and anti-trans hostilities in their communities.
By: Ken Yeager Ph.D.
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Kissing Asphalt: The Courageous True Story of One Child's Unbreakable Spirit—From Kidnapping & Abuse to Self-Love
- ResilientAF, Book 1
- By: Delicia Niami
- Narrated by: Delicia Niami
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Resilience isn’t inherited. It’s a hard-fought skill forged by our ability to pick up the broken pieces of our past and remake them into something new. Meet four-year-old Delicia, a poor but carefree child who is about to have her world shattered. Along with her seven-year-old brother Nile, she is kidnapped from her Los Angeles home by her estranged father and taken to Iraq, a foreign world she has never known. This is just the beginning of a string of traumas, hardships, and assaults Delicia will endure throughout her tumultuous childhood.
By: Delicia Niami
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Plain
- A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood
- By: Mary Alice Hostetter
- Narrated by: Mary Helen Gallucci
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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This quietly powerful memoir of longing and acceptance casts a humanizing eye on a little-understood American religious tradition and a woman's striving to grow within and beyond it.
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Outside Voices
- A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution
- By: Joan Gelfand
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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On election day, Joan Gelfand casts her vote for George McGovern and boards a plane from New York to California. With one introduction to a woman musician, Joan’s journey to become a writer is born. Embraced by a thriving women’s community of artists, filmmakers, musicians, poets, and writers, Joan is encouraged to find her voice. Mentored by paradigm-changing writers, Joan finds the courage to face her darkest fears through poetry and art, mining the trauma she experienced after losing her father and questioning her Jewish identity.
By: Joan Gelfand
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I Heard Her Call My Name
- A memoir of transition
- By: Lucy Sante
- Narrated by: Lucy Sante
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Lucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and others would become jarringly famous. Lucy flirted with both fates, on her way to building a glittering career as a writer. But she could never shake that feeling.
By: Lucy Sante
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Majorly Special Book
- By: Joshua Lynch
- Narrated by: Joshua Lynch
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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This is book about a man with MS who must learn to make light of his life to bring light to life. Josh got MS at the age of 28 and at that moment he was almost 400 lbs married, straight, and was in a dark place where he tried to commit suicide multiple times. But then he turned his life around and lost 200lbs, got a divorce, came out of the closet, and began stand-up comedy. This brought the light back into his life, gave him a platform to share his story and spread awareness about MS.
By: Joshua Lynch
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Run!
- My Story of LGBTQ+ Political Power, Equality, and Acceptance in Silicon Valley
- By: Ken Yeager Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Dave Cavllaro
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Run! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance. Having lived and breathed queer activism for almost 40 years, Ken Yeager is uniquely positioned to tell the story of how this happened. The strategies he used and the lessons he learned will serve as a guide for activists organizing to counter the current uptick of anti-gay and anti-trans hostilities in their communities.
By: Ken Yeager Ph.D.
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Kissing Asphalt: The Courageous True Story of One Child's Unbreakable Spirit—From Kidnapping & Abuse to Self-Love
- ResilientAF, Book 1
- By: Delicia Niami
- Narrated by: Delicia Niami
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Resilience isn’t inherited. It’s a hard-fought skill forged by our ability to pick up the broken pieces of our past and remake them into something new. Meet four-year-old Delicia, a poor but carefree child who is about to have her world shattered. Along with her seven-year-old brother Nile, she is kidnapped from her Los Angeles home by her estranged father and taken to Iraq, a foreign world she has never known. This is just the beginning of a string of traumas, hardships, and assaults Delicia will endure throughout her tumultuous childhood.
By: Delicia Niami
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Candy Darling
- Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
- By: Cynthia Carr
- Narrated by: Justin Vivian Bond
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York’s early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol’s films Flesh and Women in Revolt, and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play.
By: Cynthia Carr
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The House of Hidden Meanings
- A Memoir
- By: RuPaul
- Narrated by: RuPaul
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.
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An honest - if not truncated - dive into life, love, and the Universe
- By Samuel J. Patterson on 19-03-24
By: RuPaul
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Radiant
- The Life and Line of Keith Haring
- By: Brad Gooch
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as diverse as it was at war with itself, beset with poverty and crime but alive with art and creative energy. And every single one of these drawings was done by Keith Haring.
By: Brad Gooch
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Strange Bird
- Who Broke Your Wing?
- By: Daniel Millard
- Narrated by: Tom Maxwell
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Strange Bird is a continuation on the very themes of my first 4 books. Addiction, trauma, baring my soul, yearning and searching, finding my way back to myself. Telling my truth even when it may feel like a bitter betrayal of the one I loved the most. Strange Bird is my hope that I can finally turn a corner and a page and an entire chapter and book of my life for something brand new. Strange Bird is a goodbye letter.
By: Daniel Millard
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Journey to Joy
- A Boy Unveiled
- By: David Tutera
- Narrated by: David Tutera
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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The joy is in the journey! We all have our own journey in life with ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like things will never go our way, yet if we are bold enough to face our fears, learn from our failures and heal from our pain, then we can find the overflowing joy. This story is about my journey, which has led me to the realization that yes, the joy is in the journey.
By: David Tutera
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A Bookshop of One’s Own
- How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World
- By: Jane Cholmeley
- Narrated by: Jane Cholmeley
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for any woman. Founded in 1980s London against a backdrop of homophobia and misogyny, it was a testament to the power of community. While contending with day-to-day struggles common to other booksellers, plus the additional burdens of misogyny and the occasional hate crime, Jane Cholmeley and her booksellers created a thriving business. But they also played a crucial and relatively unsung part in one the biggest social movements of our time.
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Very well read by the author
- By P M TURNER on 20-03-24
By: Jane Cholmeley
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Inspiration from an Old American Queer
- By: Robert Derby
- Narrated by: Jesse Connell
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Robert gives a recipe for survival, and his book gives inspiration and hope not only to the LGBTQ community, but also to all oppressed and discriminated peoples of the world. But most important it is a written history of laws in America that affect all of us, including people of all races, sex, and who they love.
By: Robert Derby
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Entwined
- Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home
- By: Alex Alberto
- Narrated by: Alex Alberto
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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Entwined explores the fuzzy lines between friendship, romance, and family with various essay forms, including a play, an advice column, and a love letter. Rather than wallowing in the throes of jealousy, this collection celebrates the hard work, humor, and wisdom needed to create a love life that resists conventional narratives.
By: Alex Alberto
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The Risk It Takes to Bloom
- On Life and Liberation
- By: Raquel Willis
- Narrated by: Raquel Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women’s March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short, the appearance only deepened her commitment to speaking up for communities on the margins. In this memoir, Raquel Willis recounts with passion and candor her experiences straddling the Obama and Trump eras, the possibility of transformation after tragedy, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward collective liberation.
By: Raquel Willis
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Poof
- By: James Tolcher
- Narrated by: James Tolcher, Michael Latham
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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Part provocateur, part seducer, this young gay man’s account of life offers one of the freshest takes on Australia and the world today. Honouring poets of the past–Jean Genet, Veronica Franco, Euripedes, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Wilde–and joining in their task of finding meaning in existence and the modern world, Tolcher has produced a brazenly honest debut without precedent.
By: James Tolcher
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Excuse Me, Sir!
- Memoir of a Butch
- By: Shaley Howard
- Narrated by: Shaley Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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As a young child, in many ways, Shaley didn’t stand a chance. Growing up as a closeted lesbian in the 1970’s, in a dysfunctional family with an often mentally unstable mother, the only thing on her mind was survival. Turning to alcohol and drugs at an early age, she thought she’d found the perfect escape from the shame of being gay and her mother’s erratic emotional roller-coaster ride. Excuse Me Sir! Memoir of a Butch illustrates first-hand, what happens when people are forced into secrecy, underground or outlawed
By: Shaley Howard
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Oft Made to Wonder
- A Young Girl's Journey
- By: Jia Apple
- Narrated by: Brayden Eaton, Jia Apple, Joshua Steele
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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Jia's powerful memoir takes the listener back to the seventies and the challenges of a young adolescent girl, the eighth born of ten children. Raised by a schizophrenic mother and an angry father, she gives an inside look into the Apple home where the neighbors might hear the sounds of family prayers and then the screams from beatings...all in the same night.
By: Jia Apple