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Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage Audiobook

Jonathan Franzen's work raises major questions about the possibilities of contemporary fiction: How does one appeal to a broad mass of mainstream readers, on the one hand, while persuading connoisseurs, on the other, that one's fiction has is high art? Even more acutely, how did Franzen move from the rage that animates his first two novels to the more generous comic stance of the two later novels on which his reputation rests? Wrestling with these questions, Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage unpacks the becoming of Franzen as a person and a writer-from his ultra-sensitive Midwestern childhood, through his heady years at Swarthmore College, his marriage, and the alienating decade of the 1990s, up to his spectacular ascent and assimilation into pop-culture as one of the literary figures of his generation. Philip Weinstein joins biography and criticism in ways that fully respect their differences but also grant that the work comes, however unpredictably, out of the life.

Philip Weinstein (Author), Tom Zingarelli (Narrator)

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World tour of Skåne

World tour of Skåne är en standup-show som skämtar friskt om bl. a. hur det är att bo hemma hos mamma och pappa som vuxen. Hur det var att vara skolpolis i småskolan, hur det är att ha blivit pappa och hur det kan gå när man drar en lögn när man har dubbelbokat sig på ett gig. Johan Glans är komikern med den sparsmakade mimiken som vi sett i shower som Parlamentet, Kvarteret Skatan m.fl. Han har dessutom vunnit priser som Årets komiker, Årets skåning och är sedan 2012 hedersmedborgare i Eslöv. Den här showen spelades in 2008 under Johans turné.

Johan Glans (Author), Johan Glans (Narrator)

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Löparens hjärta

Markus Torgeby är den stora löpartalangen som 20 år gammal bosatte sig i en kåta i den jämtländska skogen. Där levde han under fyra år som en eremit. Så vad var det som fick honom att lämna allt? Och vad lärde han sig av att leva ensam i skogen? I Löparens hjärta berättar Markus Torgeby gripande om uppväxten där han plågades av väckelsepredikanterna på Öckerö och alldeles för tidigt fick ta ett vuxenansvar för sin sjuka mamma. Att springa ensam över klipporna blev hans mentala frizon och räddning. När Markus sedan upptäcktes av en tränare som ville lyfta honom till Europaeliten såg han det som sin stora chans men snart blev även idrotten ångestladdad och krävande. På ett träningsläger kollapsade hans fotvalv. Så hade han inte heller löpningen. Löparens hjärta handlar om att våga gå sin egen väg och den kraft som finns att hämta i ensamheten och naturen. Markus Torgeby vänder sig till alla som har funderat på att kliva av ekorrhjulet, och ställer sig frågande till mycket av det som vi andra tar för självklart inklusive den löpartrend som svept över Sverige de senaste åren.

Markus Torgeby (Author), Magnus Schmitz (Narrator)

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Det är bara lite cancer

Åtta år efter karriärens slut diagnostiserades Klas Ingesson med en benmärgscancer som han redan från första dagen visste skulle bli hans död. Det är bara lite cancer. Om livet, döden och myten om mig själv är Klas Ingessons självbiografi och testamente, som han arbetade med ända fram till sin död den 29 oktober 2014. I boken berättar Klas ärligt och naket om ett fotbollsliv på toppnivå, men också om den sista matchen i hans liv - och hur den gav honom ett nytt svar på frågan om vad det innebär att alltid göra sitt bästa. Visst var det kul att media, vänner och människor jag inte ens mött trodde på min förmåga att klara av svårigheter, men de hade egentligen ingen aning om vem jag var. De såg en slitvarg som rände runt på vänsterkanten en VM-sommar i USA 1994. De kände till en storsnusande älgjägare från Ödeshög som nådde världens bästa fotbollsliga trots begränsad talang. De såg en vinnarskalle som aldrig fällde en tår. De visste väldigt mycket om skogshuggaren Ingesson, men väldigt lite om människan Klas.«

Henrik Ekblom Ystén, Klas Ingesson (Author), Christian Fex (Narrator)

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World tour of Skandinavien

World tour of Skandinavien är en klassisk standup-show som behandlar livets mer intressanta frågor, såsom: Vad händer när man nyser i en fullsatt hiss? Hur högljudd får man vara i kyrkan? Får man slå ett barn om det jagar en med en toaborste? Efter ett par framgångsrika år som skådespelare i olika film-, TV- och teaterproduktioner återvände Johan Glans till platsen där han trivs som allra bäst – standupcomedyscenen. Som namnet antyder gick World tour of Skandinavien utanför Sveriges gränser. Turnén inleddes i Norge och fortsatte sedan till Finland, Danmark och Island innan den anlände till Sverige. Den här inspelningen är gjord 2013 i Lund.

Johan Glans (Author), Johan Glans (Narrator)

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Ein Geschenk von Bob - Ein Wintermärchen mit dem Streuner (Ungekürzt)

Der Winter 2010 ist ungewöhnlich hart in England. Im Dezember gibt es heftige Blizzards, selbst in London liegt Schnee und es ist bitter kalt- schlechte Voraussetzungen für einen Straßenmusiker! Schon bald wird das Geld knapp. Während die Londoner hektisch und spürbar in Feierstimmung durch die vorweihnachtlich erleuchtete Innenstadt hasten, ringt James um seine Einkünfte, um wenigstens Strom und Gas zu bezahlen. Ganz zu schweigen von Weihnachten, das er eigentlich noch nie mochte. Er ist der Verzweiflung nahe, doch wie so oft wird Bob ihn überraschen.

James Bowen (Author), Carlos Lobo (Narrator)

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Fifty Shades of Grace: Love Changes Everything

Not your typical 'boy meets girl' story. More like 'boy meets boy, boy meets girl, boy meets God.' Nick grew up on a typical American farm in the heart of the great Midwest. But when his best friend invites him into a romantic relationship, Nick’s life takes an unexpected twist. Join Nick as he explores and experiences all the glorious, unpredictable, and multi-faceted dimensions of a life lived in love—love with men, love with women, and love with God. Filled with passion and romance, heartbreak and sex, you’ll keep turning pages to find out what’s next! WHAT READERS ARE SAYING - “A gripping story—a page turner for sure!” R.E. - “Truthful and compelling. I wanted to cry and hold him and tell him everything would be all right (and sometimes box his little ears!)” J.T. - “It hooks you immediately.” K.S. - “Engaging, interesting, and significant.” G.P. - “Excellent! Not overly graphic, but very personal. ” D.M. - “A fascinating story—I think more than one wife will nudge her husband and say, ‘Here. Read this.’” B.B. - “I don’t think I could be so open and honest. That’s probably why it is so riveting.” J.L. - “A story that all of us can relate to.” A.L. A NEW LOVE STORY FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM

Nicholas Deere (Author), Nicholas Deere (Narrator)

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Haiders Schatten: An der Seite von Europas erfolgreichstem Rechtspopulisten

JOrg Haiders Leben, seine Politik, seine Geheimnisse und sein Tod: Wie war der erfolgreichste Rechtspopulist Europas wirklich? Stefan Petzner, der fUnf Jahre lang sein engster Vertrauter war, zeigt ihn aus nAchster NAhe. Er zeichnet das Psychogramm eines Getriebenen, fUr den die Liebe des Volkes Droge und Heilung zugleich war, lAsst hinter die Kulissen der rechtspopulistischen Erfolgsmaschinerie blicken und liefert dabei einen auf jeder Seite spannenden Beitrag zur Geschichtsschreibung.

Stefan Petzner (Author), Matthias Luhn, Matthias Lühn (Narrator)

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Girl in the Woods: A Memoir

Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada—a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Overprotected by her parents who discouraged her from telling of the attack, Aspen was confused and ashamed. Dealing with a problem that has sadly become all too common on college campuses around the country, she stumbled through her first semester—a challenging time made even harder by the coldness of her college's "conflict mediation" process. Her desperation growing, she made a bold decision: She would seek healing in the freedom of the wild, on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail leading from Mexico to Canada. In this inspiring memoir, Aspen chronicles her journey, a five-month trek that was ambitious, dangerous, and transformative. A nineteen-year-old girl alone and lost, she conquered desolate mountain passes and met rattlesnakes, bears, and fellow desert pilgrims. Exhausted after each thirty-mile day, at times on the verge of starvation, Aspen was forced to confront her numbness, coming to terms with the sexual assault and her parents' disappointing reaction. On the trail and on her own, she found that survival is predicated on persistent self-reliance. She found her strength. After a thousand miles of solitude, she found a man who helped her learn to love and trust again—and heal. Told with elegance and suspense, Girl in the Woods is a beautifully rendered story of eroding emotional and physical boundaries to reveal the truths that lie beyond the edges of the map.

Aspen Matis (Author), Stephanie Tucker (Narrator)

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The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age

Written with the raw honesty and poignant insight that were the hallmarks of her acclaimed bestseller A Widow’s Story, an affecting and observant memoir of growing up from one of our finest and most beloved literary masters. The Lost Landscape is Joyce Carol Oates’ vivid chronicle of her hardscrabble childhood in rural western New York State. From memories of her relatives, to those of a charming bond with a special red hen on her family farm; from her first friendships to her earliest experiences with death, The Lost Landscape is a powerful evocation of the romance of childhood, and its indelible influence on the woman and the writer she would become. In this exceptionally candid, moving, and richly reflective account, Oates explores the world through the eyes of her younger self, an imaginative girl eager to tell stories about the world and the people she meets. While reading Alice in Wonderland changed a young Joyce forever and inspired her to view life as a series of endless adventures, growing up on a farm taught her harsh lessons about sacrifice, hard work, and loss. With searing detail and an acutely perceptive eye, Oates renders her memories and emotions with exquisite precision, transporting us to a forgotten place and time—the lost landscape of her youth, reminding us of the forgotten landscapes of our own earliest lives.

Joyce Carol Oates (Author), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)

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Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour

"I have breast cancer." When Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach revealed her shocking diagnosis on live television in November 2013, the seasoned news reporter embarked on the most difficult and illuminating journey of her life. In this intimate memoir she retraces the twelve months following her announcement and speaks candidly, for the first time, about how her illness affected her family life and her marriage, tapped into her deepest fears and strengths, and transformed her in ways she never could have imagined. Only weeks earlier, in September 2013, ABC producers asked Robach to get an on-air mammogram to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Her first instinct was to say no-there was no history of cancer in her family, she was only forty years old, and she felt strange drawing attention to herself when she had no personal connection to the issue. (She'd been meaning to get her first mammogram that year but had conveniently "lost" the prescription.) Her colleague Robin Roberts, herself a cancer survivor, convinced her to do it with one simple sentence: "I can pretty much guarantee it will save a life." To Robach's surprise, the life she saved was her own: Tests revealed malignant tumors in her breast, and she immediately underwent a bilateral mastectomy, followed by six months of chemotherapy treatments. Better is more than a story of illness and recovery. Robach recounts the day she and her husband, Andrew Shue, got the terrible news; the difficulty of telling her two young daughters, and the challenges of carrying on with the everyday duties of parenting, nurturing a fledgling second marriage, and managing a public career. She lays bare the emotional toll of her experience and mines her past for the significant moments that gave her the resilience to face each day. And she describes the incredible support network that lifted her when she hit bottom. With honesty, humility, and humor, Robach connects deeply with women just like her who have struggled with any kind of sudden adversity. More important, she shares valuable wisdom about the power of the human spirit to endure the worst-and find the way to better.

Amy Robach (Author), Amy Robach (Narrator)

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Had I Known: A Memoir of Survival

In Had I Known, the former host of Good Morning America, health advocate, international speaker, mother of seven, grandmother of one and New York Times bestselling author, Joan Lunden, speaks candidly about her battle against breast cancer, her quest to learn about it and teach others, and the transformative effect it has had on her life. With a large extended family counting on her, giving up was not an option. After announcing her diagnosis of Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer on Good Morning America, people all over the country rallied around Joan as she went into warrior mode. Joan appeared on the cover of People Magazine bald, showing the world her brave resolve and that breast cancer does not need to define you. Joan’s illness has changed her in profoundly unexpected ways and has redefined her values and most of all, her health. Following a new clean and healthy way of eating, Joan became her best advocate by taking control of her nutrition, which helped combat the adverse side effects of chemotherapy like a warrior. Uncharacteristically vulnerable, irreverent and straight from the heart, Had I Known is a deeply personal and powerful story of pain, persistence, and perseverance in which Joan openly evaluates her decision to go public with her battle, shaving her head, wig shopping, re-connecting with her viewers, rediscovering her purpose, and ultimately realizing that sometimes you have to look back to move forward.

Joan Lunden (Author), Joan Lunden (Narrator)

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