Bestsellers
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David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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If you are driving, pull over. If you are at work, close your door, unless you don't mind your colleagues seeing you doubled over, in tears, on your office floor...
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Too little for too much
- By Jim on 11-05-03
By: David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
- Live for Your Listening Pleasure
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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LIVE recordings of new, previously unreleased David Sedaris stories....
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Overpriced and Undergood
- By Kelley on 12-12-09
By: David Sedaris
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Letting Go of God
- By: Julia Sweeney
- Narrated by: Julia Sweeney
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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Equally comedic and insightful, Letting Go of God is Julia Sweeney's brilliant one-woman show about her struggle with her faith....
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A Brilliant Personal Journey of Discovery
- By Mark on 12-09-06
By: Julia Sweeney
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Latin History for Morons
- By: John Leguizamo
- Narrated by: John Leguizamo
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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When his son gets a school assignment on heroes, John seizes the chance to teach him all about the great figures of the Latino world. But once he sets out on his irreverent crash course across three continents and 3,000 years of history....
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Well
- By Amy Cueto on 11-25-19
By: John Leguizamo
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Selected Shorts
- Baseball!
- By: John Updike, T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Jack Davidson, Fritz Weaver
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors....
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A gem
- By Hal on 10-24-11
By: John Updike, and others
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Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane
- Words + Music, Vol. 1
- By: Patti Smith
- Narrated by: Patti Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Patti Smith: Words and Music features live audio of performances captured over three evenings at the Minetta Lane Theatre, woven into a single, one-of-a-kind audio event....
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An American Treasure, both written and word
- By The Dietsch on 11-02-18
By: Patti Smith
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David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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If you are driving, pull over. If you are at work, close your door, unless you don't mind your colleagues seeing you doubled over, in tears, on your office floor...
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Too little for too much
- By Jim on 11-05-03
By: David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
- Live for Your Listening Pleasure
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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LIVE recordings of new, previously unreleased David Sedaris stories....
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Overpriced and Undergood
- By Kelley on 12-12-09
By: David Sedaris
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Letting Go of God
- By: Julia Sweeney
- Narrated by: Julia Sweeney
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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Equally comedic and insightful, Letting Go of God is Julia Sweeney's brilliant one-woman show about her struggle with her faith....
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A Brilliant Personal Journey of Discovery
- By Mark on 12-09-06
By: Julia Sweeney
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Latin History for Morons
- By: John Leguizamo
- Narrated by: John Leguizamo
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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When his son gets a school assignment on heroes, John seizes the chance to teach him all about the great figures of the Latino world. But once he sets out on his irreverent crash course across three continents and 3,000 years of history....
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Well
- By Amy Cueto on 11-25-19
By: John Leguizamo
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Selected Shorts
- Baseball!
- By: John Updike, T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Jack Davidson, Fritz Weaver
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors....
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A gem
- By Hal on 10-24-11
By: John Updike, and others
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Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane
- Words + Music, Vol. 1
- By: Patti Smith
- Narrated by: Patti Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Patti Smith: Words and Music features live audio of performances captured over three evenings at the Minetta Lane Theatre, woven into a single, one-of-a-kind audio event....
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An American Treasure, both written and word
- By The Dietsch on 11-02-18
By: Patti Smith
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Selected Shorts
- Whodunit?
- By: C. S. Montanye, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, and others
- Narrated by: Fionnula Flanagan, John Shea, Isaiah Sheffer, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix....
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This is My Kinda Fiction Buster...
- By HIYBRID on 03-18-12
By: C. S. Montanye, and others
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Red State Blue State
- By: Colin Quinn
- Narrated by: Colin Quinn
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Colin Quinn is back and not a moment too soon. The satirical sage from Brooklyn returns with Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State, where he lays bare the absurdities, hypocrisies, and calamities on both sides of the political divide....
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Genius
- By Max on 02-22-23
By: Colin Quinn
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- The William Hurt Collection
- By: Tobias Wolff, Ron Carlson, Richard Ford, and others
- Narrated by: William Hurt
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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A collection of poignant, romantic and funny tales performed by Academy Award -winning actor William Hurt....
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amazing voice for audio
- By Lucca ate your Lunch! on 09-30-12
By: Tobias Wolff, and others
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- Edith Wharton
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant, Maria Tucci, Brenda Wehle, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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Selected Shorts now presents a collection of four of Edith Wharton's short stories, recorded live at the Mount....
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Excellent readings, BUT...
- By Daniel on 05-08-10
By: Edith Wharton
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Live in Concert
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Douglas Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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One night in 1995, author Douglas Adams kidnapped an audience and held them hostage for 70 minutes at London's Almeida Theatre....
By: Douglas Adams
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Selected Shorts
- For Better and for Worse
- By: Sherman Alexie, Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen E. Bender, and others
- Narrated by: Keir Dullea, Joanna Gleason, Joanne Woodward, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves, read by actors Frances Sternhagen, Robert Sean Leonard, Keir Dullea, Joanna Gleason....
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FOR JOANIE HER MANY HORSES
- By Lynn M Dever on 05-30-21
By: Sherman Alexie, and others
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The Teachers' Lounge
- More Completely True Stories and Poems
- By: Bill Harley
- Narrated by: Bill Harley
- Length: 56 mins
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The Teachers' Lounge is Bill Harley's newest spoken word recording: a collection of hilarious and dead-on observations about life in elementary school....
By: Bill Harley
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Selected Shorts
- Falling in Love
- By: Rick Bass, Padgett Powell, Laurie Colwin, and others
- Narrated by: Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Hope Davis, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Selected Shorts: Falling in Love presents a collection of stirring tales of love and longing....
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all of the selected shorts series are the best
- By D. Littman on 05-31-09
By: Rick Bass, and others
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- Travel Tales
- By: N.M. Kelby, Max Steele, Nadine Gordimer, and others
- Narrated by: Mia Dillon, Paul Hecht, Christina Pickles, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Selected Shorts: Travel Tales presents a collection of classic travel experiences....
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not so much about travel
- By jess on 07-05-11
By: N.M. Kelby, and others
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Show Me the Buffet
- By: John Pinette
- Length: 56 mins
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Ten years ago, Uproar took the explicit-lyrics, grown-up version of this classic performance off the market. Now it's back....
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Look out buffet here I come….
- By Teresa on 06-12-12
By: John Pinette
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Julia Sweeney: Older & Wider
- By: Julia Sweeney
- Narrated by: Julia Sweeney
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Julia Sweeney: Older & Wider is the latest one-person show from renowned monologist and former SNL comedian. She tells stories about her family: her daughter, her husband, and her mother. Poignant and funny. This show had successful theater runs in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles....
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humor
- By C. Allen on 08-15-24
By: Julia Sweeney
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Selected Shorts: New American Stories
- By: Aleksandar Hemon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and others
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young contemporary writers....
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Weak
- By Michael on 08-30-12
By: Aleksandar Hemon, and others
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Cyrano de Bergerac
- By: Edmond Rostand, Anthony Burgess - translator adaptor
- Narrated by: Gregory Itzin, Hamish Linklater, Jason Ritter, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Cyrano is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents whose whimsical aptitude for the spoken word is overshadowed by an attribute that is iconic....
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Great Family Intro
- By Not-a-Doc on 07-29-18
By: Edmond Rostand, and others
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God Said,'Ha!'
- By: Julia Sweeney
- Narrated by: Julia Sweeney
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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In one year Julia Sweeney got a divorce (amicable), bought a bungalow in Hollywood, and looked forward to a life that said, "Here dwells a happily single young woman!" But then the axe fell....
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Resonated Big Time
- By Haley on 09-15-08
By: Julia Sweeney
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Un-Cabaret Stories
- 'Let's Party' and 'Zen and the Art of Multiple Dog Walking'
- By: Un-Cabaret, Merrill Markoe
- Narrated by: Beth Lapides, Merrill Markoe
- Length: 14 mins
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Merrill Markoe reads two classic pieces from her book How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me....
By: Un-Cabaret, and others
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How to Talk Yankee
- By: Tim Sample
- Narrated by: Robert Bryan, and Tim Sample
- Length: 23 mins
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This is one of the best-selling New England dialectal recordings of all time, in continuous production since it’s release on the Bert and I label in the fall of 1982....
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Synopsis sounded interesting ... but ...
- By Fred on 03-09-11
By: Tim Sample
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Grownups Are Strange
- By: Bill Harley
- Narrated by: Bill Harley
- Length: 50 mins
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These wacky, but true, stories from growing up are about trying to figure out how the adult world works...
By: Bill Harley
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Mark Twain: Wild Humorist of the West
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: McAvoy Layne
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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The fascinating life of storyteller and humorist Mark Twain is revealed in this one-man performance based on Twain's writings....
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Performed like stand up comedy! Excellent!
- By Christina Kane on 08-18-10
By: Mark Twain
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Pumping Irony
- By: Tim Sample
- Length: 43 mins
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Over the years, this has proven to be one of Tim’s consistently best-selling audios....
By: Tim Sample
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Cool in School
- Tales from the 6th Grade
- By: Bill Harley
- Narrated by: Bill Harley
- Length: 50 mins
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Remember 6th grade, where the question, "Are you cool?" takes on cosmic proportions? Acclaimed...
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Bill Harley is like salted peanuts...
- By Native Texan on 07-01-03
By: Bill Harley
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Back in Spite of Popular Demand
- By: Tim Sample
- Length: 36 mins
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Recorded at The Portland Performing Arts Center in 1985, this performance became the basis for Tim’s second Maine PBS prime-time TV special, as well as his second LP for the Bert and I company....
By: Tim Sample
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The Battle of the Mad Scientists
- By: Bill Harley
- Narrated by: Bill Harley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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A Grammy-nominated recording artist, Bill Harley - songwriter, storyteller, author, playwright - is known as one of the finest family performers in the United States...
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Bill Harley saves the day!
- By Suzy on 05-01-03
By: Bill Harley
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Lunchroom Tales
- A Natural History of the Cafetorium
- By: Bill Harley
- Narrated by: Bill Harley
- Length: 54 mins
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In Lunchroom Tales, Bill Harley and his band - the Troublemakers - return to the Delaware Trails...
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Wonderful listen!
- By Cristine on 08-12-03
By: Bill Harley
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Un-Cabaret Stories
- Math Camp
- By: Tami Sagher
- Narrated by: Beth Lapides, Tami Sagher
- Length: 14 mins
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A deeply funny story by Tami Sagher about her love affair with math....
By: Tami Sagher