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Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott ...

Narrated by Anne Lamott ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times).**“Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.” ... Read more

$17.50 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times).**“Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.”
... Read more
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Language Instinct, The

How the Mind Creates Language

by Steven Pinker ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

18 hours 56 min

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our ... Read more

$44.99 USD

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our
... Read more
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Personal History

A Memoir

by Katharine Graham ...

Narrated by Katherine Graham ...

Abridged

2 hours 53 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is ... Read more

$15.00 USD

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is
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Personal History

A Memoir

by Katharine Graham ...

Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie ...

Unabridged

30 hours 30 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is ... Read more

$35.00 USD

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and WatergateIn this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is
... Read more
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Insider's French (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course

Learn French with the Michel Thomas Method

by Michel Thomas ...

Narrated by Michel Thomas, Akshay Bakaya ...

Series series Insider's
Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Would you like to improve your overall fluency in French? This course will improve your listening and conversational skills, expand your vocabulary and improve your grammar.Ideal for anyone who has completed the Michel Thomas Intermediate French course, or anyone with an intermediate level mastery of the language, the course will give you more confidence in conversation and fast track your ... Read more

Was $75.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

Would you like to improve your overall fluency in French? This course will improve your listening and conversational skills, expand your vocabulary and improve your grammar.Ideal for anyone who has completed the Michel Thomas Intermediate French course, or anyone with an intermediate level mastery of the language, the course will give you more confidence in conversation and fast track your
... Read more
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French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course

Learn French with the Michel Thomas Method

by Helene Bird ...

Narrated by Helen Lewis, Michel Thomas ...

Series series Vocabulary
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel ThomasExperience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist, Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how the brain prefers to receive, store, and then retrieve information. You'll stick with it, because you ... Read more

Was $75.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel ThomasExperience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist, Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how the brain prefers to receive, store, and then retrieve information. You'll stick with it, because you
... Read more
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Language Builder French (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course

Learn French with the Michel Thomas Method

by Michel Thomas ...

Narrated by Michel Thomas ...

Series series Language Builder
Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

The nearet thing to painless learning. - The TimesWorks like a dream. - Daily TelegraphFive minutes in and you already feel like you're winning. - Time OutLooking for a beginner refresher language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced ... ... Read more

Was $50.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

The nearet thing to painless learning. - The TimesWorks like a dream. - Daily TelegraphFive minutes in and you already feel like you're winning. - Time OutLooking for a beginner refresher language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced ...
... Read more
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July

by Richard Kish ...

Narrated by Richard Kish ...

Unabridged

28 min

"A poetic snapshot of a month in one depressed late twenty-something’s mind."July is a poetry collection written over the course of the month of July, one poem written every day exploring a theme or a feeling that was sparked by something that happened that day. ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A poetic snapshot of a month in one depressed late twenty-something’s mind."July is a poetry collection written over the course of the month of July, one poem written every day exploring a theme or a feeling that was sparked by something that happened that day.
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7 P's of Publishing Success, The

by Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Mark Leslie Lefebvre ...

Narrated by Mark Leslie Lefebvre ...

Series series Stark Publishing Solutions
Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing, ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing,
... Read more
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Foundation Portuguese (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course

Learn Portuguese with the Michel Thomas Method

by Michel Thomas ...

Narrated by Virginia Catmur ...

Series series Foundation
Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

Looking for a convenient language course that gets you speaking Portuguese in hours, not years? The Michel Thomas audio courses have helped over five million language learners to master a new language, with no writing, no stress and no memorisation.Perfect for absolute beginners, little or no prior knowledge of the language is needed for the Foundation course. The audio course provides everything ... Read more

Was $100.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

Looking for a convenient language course that gets you speaking Portuguese in hours, not years? The Michel Thomas audio courses have helped over five million language learners to master a new language, with no writing, no stress and no memorisation.Perfect for absolute beginners, little or no prior knowledge of the language is needed for the Foundation course. The audio course provides everything
... Read more
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20 Short Stories in German for Beginners

Learn German fast with beginner-friendly tales

by lingoXpress ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G ...

Unabridged

50 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Improve your language skills and enjoy this collection of short stories for beginners! Reading can be a powerful tool in language learning, offering a multitude of benefits that improve understanding and enjoyment of the new language.Here are some of the main benefits:Expanding Vocabulary: Reading exposes you to new words in context, which is crucial ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Improve your language skills and enjoy this collection of short stories for beginners! Reading can be a powerful tool in language learning, offering a multitude of benefits that improve understanding and enjoyment of the new language.Here are some of the main benefits:Expanding Vocabulary: Reading exposes you to new words in context, which is crucial
... Read more
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Good Writing

36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences

by Neal Allen, Anne Lamott ...

Narrated by Neal Allen, Anne Lamott ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER36 ways to improve your writing**Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive language work on any type of writing, and anyone can learn them quickly.Each ... Read more

$15.00 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER36 ways to improve your writing**Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive language work on any type of writing, and anyone can learn them quickly.Each
... Read more
Audiobook

This Year You Write Your Novel

by Walter Mosley ...

Narrated by Dion Graham ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

"A straightforward, friendly guide for aspiring writers" (Los Angeles Times): No more excuses. With award-winning author Walter Mosley as your guide, you can write a novel now."Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. In this invaluable book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish ... Read more

$14.99 USD

"A straightforward, friendly guide for aspiring writers" (Los Angeles Times): No more excuses. With award-winning author Walter Mosley as your guide, you can write a novel now."Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. In this invaluable book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish
... Read more
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Successful Self-Publishing Fourth Edition

How to Self-Publish and Market Your Book

by Joanna Penn ...

Narrated by Joanna Penn ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Books For Writers
Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

Want to self-publish your book but don't know where to start? Worried it's too complex or you don't have the right skills?This updated and expanded Fourth edition of Successful Self-Publishing provides everything you need to successfully self-publish your book in ebook, print, and audio formats, plus proven marketing strategies to reach more readers.Written by award-winning, New York Times and USA ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Want to self-publish your book but don't know where to start? Worried it's too complex or you don't have the right skills?This updated and expanded Fourth edition of Successful Self-Publishing provides everything you need to successfully self-publish your book in ebook, print, and audio formats, plus proven marketing strategies to reach more readers.Written by award-winning, New York Times and USA
... Read more
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Meander, Spiral, Explode

Design and Pattern in Narrative

by Jane Alison ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

“Doctors don’t imitate Galen. Why should writers follow Aristotle? Jane Alison in her fresh, original book about narrative is our new Aristotle.” ―Edmund White, author of The Unpunished Vice: A Life of ReadingAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one path through fiction we’re most likely to travel―one ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Doctors don’t imitate Galen. Why should writers follow Aristotle? Jane Alison in her fresh, original book about narrative is our new Aristotle.” ―Edmund White, author of The Unpunished Vice: A Life of ReadingAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one path through fiction we’re most likely to travel―one
... Read more
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

by George Saunders ...

Narrated by George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry ...

Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in ... Read more

$22.99 USD

From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in
... Read more
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Foundation Danish (Michel Thomas Method) – Full course

Learn Danish with the Michel Thomas Method

by Anne Grydehoj ...

Narrated by Anne Grydehoj ...

Series series Foundation
Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

Looking for a convenient language course that gets you speaking Danish in hours, not years? The Michel Thomas audio courses have helped over five million language learners to master a new language, with no writing, no stress and no memorisation.Perfect for absolute beginners, little or no prior knowledge of the language is needed for the Foundation course. The audio course provides everything ... Read more

Was $100.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

Looking for a convenient language course that gets you speaking Danish in hours, not years? The Michel Thomas audio courses have helped over five million language learners to master a new language, with no writing, no stress and no memorisation.Perfect for absolute beginners, little or no prior knowledge of the language is needed for the Foundation course. The audio course provides everything
... Read more
Audiobook

Page One to Done

Finish Your Novel in 30 Days with the Fast Drafting Method

by Jessica Brody ...

Narrated by Jessica Brody ...

Unabridged

9 hours 44 min

Finally finish the first draft of your novel with a method that maximizes efficiency, speed, and joy—from the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.After months (or years) of writing, are you left with nothing but a folder full of false starts? Do you have a novel you were once excited to write but abandoned after only a few chapters—or even halfway through? Are you trapped in an endless cycle of ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Finally finish the first draft of your novel with a method that maximizes efficiency, speed, and joy—from the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.After months (or years) of writing, are you left with nothing but a folder full of false starts? Do you have a novel you were once excited to write but abandoned after only a few chapters—or even halfway through? Are you trapped in an endless cycle of
... Read more
Audiobook

Friends with Words

Adventures in Languageland

by Martha Barnette ...

Narrated by Martha Barnette ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the airMartha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.” ... Read more

Was $34.99 USD Now $24.99 USD

With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the airMartha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.”
... Read more
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On Writing

A Memoir Of The Craft

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Stephen King, Joe Hill, Owen King ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF WRITING with fresh testimonials from fellow writers about why they love Stephen King and On Writing—and a few new words on the joy of writing from King himself.*ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME*Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF WRITING with fresh testimonials from fellow writers about why they love Stephen King and On Writing—and a few new words on the joy of writing from King himself.*ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME*Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the
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Let me tell you a story

Introducing Kobo Audiobooks

by Rakuten Kobo ...

Narrated by Jim Dale ...

Unabridged

3 min

Let me tell you a story. Do you remember when you first fell in love with reading? Well you weren't really reading, were you? No, your passion for books began quite another way. It was listening, wasn't it? To a story. Yes; your love of reading got started when you were being read to. Could there be any six words that have more anticipation behind them than: "Let me tell you a story."Introducing ... Read more

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Let me tell you a story. Do you remember when you first fell in love with reading? Well you weren't really reading, were you? No, your passion for books began quite another way. It was listening, wasn't it? To a story. Yes; your love of reading got started when you were being read to. Could there be any six words that have more anticipation behind them than: "Let me tell you a story."Introducing
... Read more
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Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

by Amanda Montell ...

Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of Followers“At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late.”—Refinery29.comThe New York Times-bestselling author of The Age of ... Read more

$25.99 USD

“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of Followers“At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late.”—Refinery29.comThe New York Times-bestselling author of The Age of
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Audiobook

Thank You for Arguing, Third Edition

What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

by Jay Heinrichs ...

Narrated by Jay Heinrichs ...

Unabridged

14 hours 34 min

A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated.The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated.The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians'
... Read more
Audiobook

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

by Jessica Brody ...

Narrated by Jessica Brody ...

Series series Save the Cat!
Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a
... Read more

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