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Audiobooks Narrated by Scott Simon
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NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured—and now triumphant—franchise.
No metaphor is necessary; the Chicago Cubs have been the living example of disappointment and failure for more than a century—until now. The Cubs' 2016 World Series win marked the end of a 108-year drought in the team's history, and Game 7 will forever be remembered as one of the most thrilling, monumental moments in sports history.
For Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday and a lifelong Cubs fan, it was a moment he never thought he'd live to see. MY CUBS chronicles Simon's adolescence in Chicago as a die-hard fan to tell the story of the relationship between the team and the neighborhood and city, and how the condition of Cubness has both charmed and haunted the lives of so many fans. From theories and curses to jinxes and myths, Simon chronicles how a team of "loveable losers" inspired such fervor and dedication from their fans, and how their 2016 win transcended sports to become an underdog narrative for the whole nation.
These NPR "driveway moment" stories featuring our feline friends will have you curled up in your seat, purring. Mischievous, mysterious, content, curious, and full of attitude, these stories mirror the personality of these creatures that dwell in our homes and our hearts.
Contents:
-Introduction by Scott Simon
-Cat and Child, So Comfy Together
-Cat Lovers and Their Stories
-Earliest Evidence of House Cats
-Cat Named Hamish
-Family Wasn't Always Nice to Its Cats
-The Purrrfect Candidate for President
-Political Attack Ad Goes After a Cat
-Cats Can't Taste Sweetness
-Cats Eat Anything Smaller Than Themselves
-Why Do Cats Purr?
-Living with Lions
-Maine Cat Resort
-Bicycling Across USA with Cat in Basket
-French for Felines
-Allergen-Free Cat-The Story of 23 Cats and an Owl
-Alone at Christmas with Two Old Cats
-Mourning the Loss of Frankie the Cat
-Baghdad Girl, Reaching Out Over the Web
-This I Believe: Caring Makes Us Human
-Cat People vs. Non-Cat People
-Calico Cat Cloned
-Four Pounds of Fury: Baby Cheetah Gets a Mom
-Ms. Pudding: A Feline Farewell
-The Algonquin Hotel's Feline Celebrity
-Cats First Tamed in the Middle East
-Protecting African Lions: Hunters Turned Guardians
-Cat Genome Forensics
-Glowing Kittens Help in Fights against AIDS
-Pet Physics: The Uncanny Lapping of Cats-White Cat Gifts
-Scott Simon Remembers Lenore
-Cat Laws
Funny, comforting, and nostalgic—kind of like Dad—DRIVEWAY MOMENTS FOR DADS is over 100 minutes of NPR at its finest. You’ll want it for your father and yourself, and for those you know who frequently finds themselves in their driveways, tuned to NPR, listening to the end of a story.
Contents:
Introduction by Scott Simon
Happy with Pappy
Stay-at-Home Dad
California ‘Fathers at Work’
My Father’s Borrowed Houses
A Boy and His Dad’s Life: ‘Scout’s Honor’
Father’s Day
Napkins of Love
Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
A ‘Danny Boy’ for My Father
Listening to My Father
‘Tormorrow Will Be a Better Day’
Passing Sayings Along to a New Generation
Behind the Counter at Dad’s Luncheonette
Dad’s Cooking
Father’s Identity
My Fashionless Dad
Ode to a Father’s Snoring
Dad and Sam
A Better Father
Working Around the ‘D’ Word
From Scott Simon’s Father, the Gift of Laughs
"I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?"
When NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's evocative and moving meditations spread virally. Simon chronicled his mother's death and reflected on her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating the love of family. The world hung on Simon's every word and his mother's eventual passing made national news, attracting attention from international news media like the Today Show, The New Yorker and the New York Times.
Inspired by those famous tweets, in UNFORGETTABLE, Simon offers a deeply affecting, heart-wrenching memoir. His mother was a glamorous woman of the Mad Men era who worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Simon's memories are laced with her humor and strength. Simon gives voice to the experience we all have of confronting our parents' deaths. UNFORGETTABLE is one man's moving tribute to his mother's colorful life and graceful death, but it is also a powerful portrait of the universal bond between mother and child.
