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Quando Andrew J. Offutt muore, suo figlio Chris eredita una scrivania, un fucile e otto quintali di pornografia. Romanzi scritti in pochi giorni e venduti in decine di migliaia di copie, approfittando della fame di erotismo che aveva travolto un'intera nazione dopo la rivoluzione sessuale degli anni Sessanta. Una carriera, quella di Andrew, cominciata per pagare le cure dentistiche del figlio e poi trasformatasi in un'autentica ossessione, consumata nel chiuso di uno studio inaccessibile ai suoi cari, eccetto che alla moglie, pronta a dattiloscrivere le sue spericolate incursioni nella pornografia. Chris si immerge negli scritti padre, e si rende conto di trovarsi davanti un'opportunità irripetibile per comprendere finalmente l'uomo difficile, instabile, a volte crudele che ha amato e temuto in eguale misura.

Chris Offutt (Author), Francesco Leonardo Fabbri (Narrator)

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Minding the Manor: The Memoir of a 1930s English Kitchen Maid

Mollie Moran is one of the few people alive today who can recall working "downstairs" in the early 1930s before the outbreak of World War II. In Minding the Manor, she provides a rare and fascinating insight into a world that has long since vanished. Mollie left school at age fourteen and became a scullery maid for a wealthy gentleman with a mansion house in London's Knightsbridge and a Tudor manor in Norfolk. Even though her days were long and grueling and included such endless tasks as polishing doorknobs, scrubbing steps, and helping with all of the food prep in the kitchen, Mollie enjoyed her freedom and had a rich life. Like any bright-eyed teenager, Mollie also spent her days daydreaming about boys, dresses, and dances. She cherished her friendship with Flo, the kitchen maid, dated a sweet farmhand, and became secretly involved with a brooding and temperamental footman. Molly eventually rose to kitchen maid and then became cook for the Earl of Leicester's niece at the magnificent Wallington Hall.

Mollie Moran (Author), Veida Dehmlow (Narrator)

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Min mamma är en persisk prinsessa

Vid fyra års ålder kommer Sanna som adoptivbarn till Sverige. Hon växer upp i en trygg familj på Lidingö, lever ett helt vanligt svenskt liv, men känner sig ständigt annorlunda, ofta utanför. Efter ett antal livskriser bestämmer hon sig för att söka sina rötter i Iran. En av de få saker hon har från tiden där är ett fotografi på sin biologiska mamma. Hon låter publicera bilden i en iransk tidning tillsammans med uppgifter om var hon själv kan nås. Efter några månader får hon plötsligt ett telefonsamtal; mor och dotter har åter fått kontakt med varandra.

Sanna Sjöswärd (Author), Charlotta åkerblom (Narrator)

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Milo's Eyes: How a Blind Equestrian and Her 'Seeing Eye Horse' Rescued Each Other

The extraordinary bond between Lissa Bachner, a young blind woman, and Milo, a neglected, frightened horse, helped them become one of America's most inspiring, successful riding teams in the world of show jumping. Lissa Bachner was born with a passion for horses and won her first blue ribbon at age five. Other awards would follow as a young rider, and for years Lissa trained with jumpers, tackling more difficult leaps, and working to perfect her ride. When blindness struck in her teens, it appeared her passion for riding would come to an end. How could she jump hurdles when she could barely navigate through her own home? But success, trust, and love came to Lissa when her trainer convinced her to buy a 'diamond in the rough' from Germany. On New Year's Eve, Milo arrived at the barn, frightened and neglected. Taking one look at his shaking, filthy body, Lissa promised Milo that he would only know kindness. Through countless eye surgeries and the many months of training and work, Lissa and Milo formed a magic bond that made them inseparable. With effortless humor and penetrating compassion, Lissa weaves a story of unfaltering faith in Milo, and the unconditional love they shared.

Lissa Bachner (Author), Johanna Parker (Narrator)

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Miller and Max

George Miller made his first film, Mad Max, in 1976 after hiring unknown Mel Gibson and editing it in his kitchen. It would become the most profitable film ever made. Miller and Max is the story of two heroes. One, a globally recognised dystopian warrior. The second, the artist who created him. Written with the cooperation of a role call of cast, crew, family and associates, author Luke Buckmaster gets behind the scenes of both the set and the man: revealing the Max in Miller.

Luke Buckmaster (Author), Paul Johnstone (Narrator)

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Mille Markovic

Den 23 januari 2014 sköts Mille Markovic ihjäl med fyra skott i huvudet. Han hittades på kvällen sittande i sin bil vid Ståltrådsvägen i Ulvsunda i Bromma. Han blev 52 år. Detta är hans biografi. Mille Markovics första minne är när hans mor hittades död, hängande från körsbärsträdet i den lilla serbiska byn där han växte upp. Vid mitten av 1960-talet flyttade han med sin far till Sverige. Mille är en människa som fått slå sig fram i livet. En uppväxt under ständiga konflikter och fosterhemsplaceringar ledde fram till en framgångsrik boxningskarriär. Därefter upptäckte han att det var både roligare och mer lukrativt att driva svartklubbar och strippställen. Numera är han känd som storgangstern som fått den svenska makteliten att darra. Vi får läsa om mordförsök, rysk roulette, tortyr, missbruk, men också om Milles kärlek till sina barn och hans förtvivlade försök att leva ett bra liv. Journalisterna Beata Hansson och Deanne Rauscher har intervjuat Mille och ett stort antal av hans familjemedlemmar, vänner och fiender. Det finns inte många biografier över framstående kriminella som är lika hänsynslös och naken som den här. Förordet är skrivet av professorn i kriminologi Jerzy Sarnecki.

Beata Hansson, Deanne Rauscher (Author), Mats Eklund (Narrator)

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Migraña en racimos

Sin causa aparente, el cuerpo de pronto sabe que el dolor llegará, una sensación extraña, un asomo de malestar que inquieta y predice otro, mucho mayor; y tarde o temprano llega, en relámpagos, en un brutal ataque que se concentra en el ojo, que cubre la mitad de la cabeza con un velo impenetrable de oscuridad. Es el dolor de la migraña en racimos, una dolencia tan brutal, pero de la que se sabía poco hasta hace algunos años, pues no afecta a un porcentaje tan alto de pacientes comparado con otras aflicciones. Al comentar casos individuales y al analizar la farmacopea y las prácticas médicas, el autor abre un panorama al que pocos lectores hemos tenido acceso: el tormento que sufren los pacientes de este mal y su búsqueda desesperada por encontrar alivio. Las cefaleas que asolaron la casa familiar, sus intentos con la medicina alternativa, sus diálogos con otros migrañosos, su búsqueda de conocimiento en los libros como una forma de encontrar consuelo y, al mismo tiempo, empezar a sanar.

Francisco Hinojosa (Author), Sergio Bustos (Narrator)

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Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary

In 1967, a thirteen-year-old girl named Maureen Wilton set the women's world marathon record, running 26.2 miles in 3:15:23. Nicknamed "Little Mo" by her track teammates, Wilton was already a headline-making athlete. But her accomplishment was greeted with controversy and misogynistic accusations of cheating. Wilton receded into the background, left the sport, and kept her achievement secret. This is the story of what happened and how Maureen found her way back to the sport decades later as the mother of a young runner herself.

Kit Fox, Rachel Swaby (Author), Rachel Swaby (Narrator)

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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War; a Memoir

As a young woman growing up in Africa, seventeen-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee's bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as she realized that women bear the greatest burden in prolonged conflicts. Passionate and charismatic, Gbowee was instrumental in galvanizing hundreds, if not thousands, of women in Liberia in 2002 to force a peace in the region after fourteen years of war. She began organizing Christian and Muslim women to demonstrate together, founding Liberian Mass Action for Peace, launching protests and even a sex strike. Gbowee's memoir, Mighty Be Their Powers, chronicles the unthinkable violence she's faced throughout her life and the peace she has helped broker by empowering hundreds of her countrywomen and others around the world to take action and takes listeners along on her continuing journey as she harnesses the power of women to bring her country peace, saves herself, and changes history. 'Leymah bore witness to the worst of humanity and helped bring Liberia out of the dark. Her memoir is a captivating narrative that will stand in history as testament to the power of women, faith, and the spirit of our great country.''Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia

Carol Mithers, Leymah Gbowee (Author), Kimberly Scott (Narrator)

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Mientras embalo mi biblioteca

Debido a una circunstancia desfavorable, el escritor Alberto Manguel debe embalar la biblioteca que ha cuidado y amado durante tantos años, instalada en la casa que habita en la campiña francesa. El viaje que nos depara este libro empieza ahí: con el autor despidiéndose del jardín amurallado, de su casa, del granero que albergaba los miles de libros que un amante de la lectura y los objetos que la posibilitan había reunido hasta entonces. El deber de guardar en cajas los ejemplares se presenta como una ocasión dolorosa, angustiante, para el escritor, pero también como un acicate para recordar con emoción y ternura las estaciones de su biografía marcadas por cada una de las bibliotecas que ha poseído (o lo han poseído a él), a lo largo de mudanzas, edades, países y vidas. Este paseo por el amor a los libros contiene, como cada libro de Manguel, una variedad de temas que van de lo literario a lo histórico, que visitan los estantes de la religión y la filosofía, y que terminan por decirnos que todo es un pretexto para adentrarse en páginas extraordinarias.

Alberto Manguel (Author), Gonzalo Moreno (Narrator)

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Mid-Life Ex-Wife: A Diary of Divorce, Online Dating, and Second Chances

Nora Ephron meets Bridget Jones's Diary in Guardian columnist Stella Grey’s heartrendingly honest, witty memoir about her online odyssey to find real love in a virtual world. “The literary equivalent of the When Harry Met Sally line, ‘tell me I’ll never be out there again’.”—JoJo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You Singers may croon about love being lovelier the second time around, but it can also be far more complicated. When Stella Grey’s husband leaves her for another woman, she fears she'll be unhappy and alone for the rest of her life. But daytime vodka-drinking and ice-cream are only short-term consolations. Realizing that she needs to take her future into her own hands, Stella dives into the world of online dating. What follow are 693 days of hilarious, depressing, and baffling encounters that unfold both in person and online. Stella quickly discovers that the more perfect a man appears on her screen, the warier she should be. It's a game of chance, with some players perfectly willing to lie to get what they want, whether that’s a lifetime of love or a very brief encounter. Amid flirty emails, Skype chats, and awkward small talk over glasses of bad wine (which may or may not lead to awkward sex), Stella struggles to remain optimistic. To succeed, does she have to redefine the kind of man she’s looking for—or change the kind of woman she is? Funny, raw, and heartwarming, this book is a brutally honest account of the world of online dating—a world which so many of us are a part of, no matter our age—drawn from Stella’s hugely popular Guardian column, “Mid-life Ex-Wife” (and expanded with new material) about her search for a second chance at love.

Stella Grey (Author), Penelope Rawlins (Narrator)

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Microthrills

Raised in Manhattan by her overly protective, sex therapist mother who wore "seven layers of shoulder pads" and her two doting grandparents, life in Wendy Spero's world has never been dull. As a child, she passed the time organizing impromptu "garage sales" on city sidewalks, sniffing fruit-scented magic markers to intoxication, parenting dozens of high-maintenance stuffed animals, and seeking out other "microthrills", which she writes about in this hilarious book of odd but true stories. Life got increasingly more interesting for Wendy as she grew up and embarked on a stint of door-to-door knife-selling before taking an office day job, where she developed an abnormally close, paternal relationship with her big-time executive boss, which involved as much pot smoking as it did mentoring. (Wendy, in turn, sprinkled glitter in his expense reports and placed gold stars on his paychecks.) Now, as a budding young comedian living in L.A., Wendy grapples with such "grown-up" issues as trying to kick her addiction of eating candy in bed and finally learning how to drive.

Wendy Spero (Author), Wendy Spero (Narrator)

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