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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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    • Tweak

    • Growing Up on Methamphetamines
    • By: Nic Sheff
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 19-02-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 187 ratings
    • Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11....

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  • Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust cover art

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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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    • Beyond the Gender Binary

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    • By: Alok Vaid-Menon
    • Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 129 ratings

    • In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary....

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    • Soul Surfer

    • A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
    • By: Bethany Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Eleni Pappageorge
    • Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • She lost her arm in a shark attack and nearly died, but she never lost her faith....

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    • Every Falling Star

    • The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
    • By: Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 13-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • Every Falling Star is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age 12 to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang....

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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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    • Samurai Rising

    • The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
    • By: Pamela S. Turner
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai Japanese history....

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    • Father Water, Mother Woods

    • Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
    • By: Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often hilarious....

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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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    • 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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    • 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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    • The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

    • Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
    • By: Phillip Hoose
    • Narrated by: Phillip Hoose, Michael Braun
    • Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 13-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, 15-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother....

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    • The Cat I Never Named

    • A True Story of Love, War and Survival
    • By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
    • Narrated by: Leila Buck
    • Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

    • It is 1992, and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded....

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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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