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Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance ...

Narrated by J. D. Vance ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as Vice President, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as Vice President, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist
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Friday Night Lights

A Town, a Team, and a Dream

by H.G. Bissinger ...

Narrated by Tom Stechschulte ...

Unabridged

14 hours 33 min

The 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Sports Illustrated’s best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the author.Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa—the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn’t known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Sports Illustrated’s best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the author.Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa—the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn’t known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from
... Read more
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All Over But the Shoutin'

by Rick Bragg ...

Narrated by Rick Bragg ...

Abridged

2 hours 41 min

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the ... Read more

$9.00 USD

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the
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Janesville

An American Story

by Amy Goldstein ...

Narrated by Joy Osmanski ...

Series series A Business Award-Winner
Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize? * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book * A Wall Street Journal Best Book * An Economist Best Book * A Business Insider Best Book *“A gripping story of psychological defeat and resilience” (Bob Woodward, Th... ... Read more

$25.99 USD

* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize? * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book * A Wall Street Journal Best Book * An Economist Best Book * A Business Insider Best Book *“A gripping story of psychological defeat and resilience” (Bob Woodward, Th...
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Three Tenant Families

by James Agee ...

Narrated by Lloyd James ...

Unabridged

15 hours 14 min

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous
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White Rural Rage

The Threat to American Democracy

by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... Read more

$22.50 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway
... Read more
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The Land Girls of Goodwill House

The historical saga from Fenella J Miller

by Fenella J Miller ...

Narrated by Julia Franklin ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Goodwill House
Unabridged

8 hours 28 min

The next instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.August 1940As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie.Sally, a feisty blonde from the East End, has never seen a cow before, but she’s desperate to escape London and her horrible ex, Dennis. And although the hours are long and the work ... Read more

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The next instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.August 1940As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie.Sally, a feisty blonde from the East End, has never seen a cow before, but she’s desperate to escape London and her horrible ex, Dennis. And although the hours are long and the work
... Read more
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The Forgotten House on the Moor

The page-turning novel from the bestselling author of A Cottage Full of Secrets

by Jane Lovering ...

Narrated by Rose Robinson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

'Beautifully written and both heartbreaking and heartwarming' Jessica RedlandWhen police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help.Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block. ... Read more

$25.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

'Beautifully written and both heartbreaking and heartwarming' Jessica RedlandWhen police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help.Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block.
... Read more
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Murder at Church Lodge

A completely gripping British cozy mystery

by Greg Mosse ...

Narrated by Polly Edsell ...

Series series A Maisie Cooper Mystery
Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's ... Read more

$31.99 USD

PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's
... Read more
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Garbage Land

On the Secret Trail of Trash

by Elizabeth Royte ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Royte, Jennifer Aquino ...

Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away?In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away?In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on
... Read more
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Back in the Day

The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his ... Read more

$31.99 USD

* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his
... Read more
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Why Cities Lose

The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

by Jonathan A. Rodden ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond.Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the
... Read more
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The Countryside

Ten Rural Walks Through Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire

by Corinne Fowler ...

Narrated by Corinne Fowler ...

Unabridged

14 hours 15 min

An Air Mail Editors’ PickTen walks through idyllic scenery reveal rural Britain’s forgotten links to transatlantic slavery and colonialism—a “revelatory travelogue-cum-exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that will transform our understanding of the English countryside and its heritage.For centuries, the green fields, rugged highlands, and rolling hills of England, Scotland, and Wales have ... Read more

$29.99 USD

An Air Mail Editors’ PickTen walks through idyllic scenery reveal rural Britain’s forgotten links to transatlantic slavery and colonialism—a “revelatory travelogue-cum-exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that will transform our understanding of the English countryside and its heritage.For centuries, the green fields, rugged highlands, and rolling hills of England, Scotland, and Wales have
... Read more
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Entre limones

by Chris Stewart ...

Narrated by Joe Lewis, Eduardo Díez ...

Unabridged

10 hours 20 min

Primera parte de la trilogía sobre el encanto de la vida alternativa que vive Chris Stewart en la Alpujarra granadina.**Edición actualizada: incluye entrevista del autor y capítulo extra**El primer libro autobiográfico de Chris Stewart, Entre limones, es el divertidísimo relato de un joven inglés que, con tal de no vestir traje y trabajar en una oficina, se gastó todos sus ahorros en la compra de ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Primera parte de la trilogía sobre el encanto de la vida alternativa que vive Chris Stewart en la Alpujarra granadina.**Edición actualizada: incluye entrevista del autor y capítulo extra**El primer libro autobiográfico de Chris Stewart, Entre limones, es el divertidísimo relato de un joven inglés que, con tal de no vestir traje y trabajar en una oficina, se gastó todos sus ahorros en la compra de
... Read more
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Land Rich, Cash Poor

My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer

by Brian Reisinger ...

Narrated by Brian Reisinger ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

The hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply—the disappearance of the American farmer.Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning journalist Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country. Readers learn the truth about America’s most ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply—the disappearance of the American farmer.Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning journalist Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country. Readers learn the truth about America’s most
... Read more
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Visibility Interrupted

Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming

by Carly Thomsen ...

Narrated by Sarah Beth Pfeifer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

Today most LGBTQ rights supporters take for granted the virtue of being "out, loud, and proud." Most also assume that it would be terrible to be LGBTQ in a rural place. By considering moments in which queerness and rurality come into contact, Visibility Interrupted argues that both positions are wrong. In the first monograph on LGBTQ women in the rural Midwest, Carly Thomsen deconstructs the image ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Today most LGBTQ rights supporters take for granted the virtue of being "out, loud, and proud." Most also assume that it would be terrible to be LGBTQ in a rural place. By considering moments in which queerness and rurality come into contact, Visibility Interrupted argues that both positions are wrong. In the first monograph on LGBTQ women in the rural Midwest, Carly Thomsen deconstructs the image
... Read more
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Det vore väl synd ...

by Lisbeth B Åkerman, Lisbeth B Åkerman ...

Narrated by Frederick Halbout ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Komminister Peter Svensson
Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

Helene och Peter har nyligen separerat. De bor nu med tjugo mil mellan sig, och med varsitt barn. Anna med Peter och Simon med Helene, det var sorgligt men bäst så. Äktenskapet med Peter innebar en ständig kamp med att hålla obehöriga kvinnor på avstånd, han var omåttligt populär.Nu fyller han år och Helene och Lisa har anordnat en födelsedagsfest på prästgården i Ljungby. Många vill närvara vid ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Helene och Peter har nyligen separerat. De bor nu med tjugo mil mellan sig, och med varsitt barn. Anna med Peter och Simon med Helene, det var sorgligt men bäst så. Äktenskapet med Peter innebar en ständig kamp med att hålla obehöriga kvinnor på avstånd, han var omåttligt populär.Nu fyller han år och Helene och Lisa har anordnat en födelsedagsfest på prästgården i Ljungby. Många vill närvara vid
... Read more
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In My Father's House

A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family

by Fox Butterfield ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

Unabridged

7 hours 41 min

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family--specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness.The United States currently holds the distinction of housing nearly one-quarter of the world's prison population. But our reliance on mass ... Read more

$17.50 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family--specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness.The United States currently holds the distinction of housing nearly one-quarter of the world's prison population. But our reliance on mass
... Read more
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Hjemsøgt

by Bent Haller ...

Narrated by Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

Der er så yndigt ude på landet … Eller er der?Bent Haller tager i romanen ”Hjemsøgt” læseren med til et landbrug i opbrud. På det nordjyske gods Storvængegård har slægten Vænge gennem 300 år været en af de storbedrifter, der har opbygget det danske land. Men mørke skyer samler sig over slægtens nuværende overhoved, Ulrik Christian Vænge. Han lever i et kærlighedsløst ægteskab, og kæmper med at få ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Der er så yndigt ude på landet … Eller er der?Bent Haller tager i romanen ”Hjemsøgt” læseren med til et landbrug i opbrud. På det nordjyske gods Storvængegård har slægten Vænge gennem 300 år været en af de storbedrifter, der har opbygget det danske land. Men mørke skyer samler sig over slægtens nuværende overhoved, Ulrik Christian Vænge. Han lever i et kærlighedsløst ægteskab, og kæmper med at få
... Read more
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The Gunpowder and Glory Girls

The Bomb Girls 4

by Rosie Archer ...

Narrated by Helen Lloyd ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Bomb Girls
Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her daughter has moved away, and a lot of her friends have left Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger.But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her daughter has moved away, and a lot of her friends have left Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger.But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family
... Read more
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Finding Lights in a Dark Age

Sharing Land, Work and Craft

by Chris Smaje ...

Narrated by Chris Smaje ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food production, driven by the local community rather than a central government.Today, society and government are still asking what our country can yield, and in what quantity. They do so because in a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food production, driven by the local community rather than a central government.Today, society and government are still asking what our country can yield, and in what quantity. They do so because in a
... Read more
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Remembering Peasants

A Personal History of a Vanished World

by Patrick Joyce ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

“I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book…there are clues and messages for every fortunate reader who picks it up.” —Annie Proulx*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*A landmark history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity, but is rapidly vanishing in our time.“What the skeleton is to anatomy, ... Read more

$26.99 USD

“I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book…there are clues and messages for every fortunate reader who picks it up.” —Annie Proulx*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*A landmark history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity, but is rapidly vanishing in our time.“What the skeleton is to anatomy,
... Read more
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Fragile Neighborhoods

Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

by Seth D. Kaplan ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we
... Read more
Audiobook

Love for the Land

Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place

by Brooks Lamb ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Series series Yale Agrarian Studies
Unabridged

6 hours 50 min

Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity—concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry—and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying particular attention to farmland loss from suburban ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity—concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry—and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying particular attention to farmland loss from suburban
... Read more

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