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Michelle Obama in Her Own Words: “Becoming”

3.4 million copies sold last year made Becoming  (Random House) by Michelle Obama the best-selling book of 2018! We are thrilled to share an excerpt of the memoir read by the former first lady herself. AudioFile Magazine says “In a rich, warm timbre, Michelle Obama treats us to reminiscences and reflections on her life…
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Audiofile Magazine’s Podcast Series Season 3 Features “Pride and Prejudice”

AudioFile Magazine, the #1 source globally of audiobook reviews, announces that the third season of the popular Audiobook Break podcast will feature Jane Austen’s universally-acknowledged Pride and Prejudice as narrated by the gifted comedienne, Alison Larkin. The magazine is notable for its reviews and recommendations of top-notch performances that create…
BookTrib
February 18, 2022
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AudioFile Spotlight: The Emotional Challenges of Narrating Wilkerson’s “Caste”

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson’s powerful new work of nonfiction, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, (Random House Audio) examines how caste, or a hereditary class system, underlies the oppression of Black people and other people of color in America. Racism certainly exists, she posits, but the country’s caste system, developed…
Aurelia C. Scott
September 23, 2020
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Spring Cleaning Audiobook Companions

I don’t know about your part of the world, but here in central Pennsylvania we’re finally enjoying some lovely spring weather, which is made all the nicer as the fruit trees come into blossom. These days I’m all about shaking off the indoor stuffiness and getting ready to open the…
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May 9, 2019
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5 Novels in Verse for National Poetry Month

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? That makes this month the perfect time to push your audiobook envelope and add some variety to your listening. Although your first inclination might be to listen to a poetry collection (try Richard Blanco’s How to Love a Country), I have another…
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April 17, 2019
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Great American Listening: Our Country’s Top Picks

PBS has just concluded a national survey and an eight-part series that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels: THE GREAT AMERICAN READ. The final results just released put TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD definitively on top, with four finalists: the Outlander series, the Harry Potter series, PRIDE…
Robin Whitten
November 9, 2018