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  • Kian and Jc: Don't Try This at Home! cover art

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    • Vincent & Theo

    • The Van Gogh Brothers
    • By: Deborah Heiligman
    • Narrated by: Phil Fox
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh defined both brothers' lives....

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    • Elena Vanishing

    • A Memoir
    • By: Elena Dunkle, Clare B. Dunkle
    • Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 19-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease and a must-listen for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder....

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    • Downstairs at the White House

    • The Story of a Teenager, an Oval Office, and a Ringside Seat to Watergate
    • By: Donald M. Stinson
    • Narrated by: Donald M. Stinson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 13-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • At the age of 17, Don Stinson accidentally landed a job in the White House during Watergate, the largest political scandal in American history. A truly insignificant member of the Nixon White House staff, he frequently loitered outside of the Oval Office to watch it unfold....

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    • Yoko Ono

    • Collector of Skies
    • By: Nell Beram, Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky
    • Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
    • Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 19-07-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This lyrical biography explores the life and art of Yoko Ono, from her childhood haiku to her avant-garde visual art and experimental music....

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    • A Light in the Darkness

    • Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust
    • By: Albert Marrin
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust....

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    • The Keeper - Young Readers' Edition

    • The Unguarded Story of Tim Howard
    • By: Tim Howard
    • Narrated by: William Harper
    • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 09-12-14
    • Language: English
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    • In this heartwarming and candid memoir, Tim Howard does something he would never do on a soccer field: he drops his guard....

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    • The Notorious Benedict Arnold

    • A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
    • By: Steve Sheinkin
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Packed with gripping first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and shocking betrayals, this accessible biography proves that there's more than one side to every good story....

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    • Girl on Pointe

    • Chloe's Guide to Taking on the World
    • By: Chloe Lukasiak
    • Narrated by: Chloe Lukasiak
    • Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

    • Chloe Lukasiak believes that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues - but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things....

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    • History vs Women

    • The Defiant Lives That They Don't Want You to Know
    • By: Anita Sarkeesian, Ebony Adams
    • Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
    • Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 22-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • Looking through the ages and across the globe, Anita Sarkeesian, founder of Feminist Frequency, along with Ebony Adams, PhD, have reclaimed 25 stories of remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them....

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    • Spearhead (Adapted for Young Adults)

    • An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
    • By: Adam Makos
    • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 15-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

    • Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best seller, Spearhead is a riveting and true WWII story of a young man - an American tank gunner - who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy....

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    • Unstoppable!

    • My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond
    • By: Maggie Nichols, Simone Biles - introduction
    • Narrated by: Emily Pike Stewart, Maggie Nichols
    • Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 16-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • Maggie Nichols’s official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the US national gymnastics team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity....

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    • I Have Lived a Thousand Years

    • Growing Up in the Holocaust
    • By: Livia Bitton-Jackson
    • Narrated by: Christine Williams
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 14-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 160 ratings
    • This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of the Auschwitz concentration camp....

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    • Malcolm X

    • By Any Means Necessary
    • By: Walter Dean Myers
    • Narrated by: Corey Allen
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. . At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X....

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    • Great Adventurers

    • By: David Angus
    • Narrated by: Benjamin Soames
    • Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 14-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • This collection features the lives of nine remarkable people, whose stories have inspired generations of adventurers. With Francis Drake we raid the Spanish Main and sail around the world. With Richard Burton we cross the deserts of Arabia....

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