Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home life with his adopted parents, Bible school, street games, and the vitality of his neighborhood.
Although Walter spent much of his time either getting into trouble or on the basketball court, secretly he was a voracious reader and an aspiring writer. But as his prospects for a successful future diminished, the values he had been taught at home, in school, and in his community seemed worthless, and he turned to the streets and his books for comfort.
Here in his own words is the story of one of the strongest voices in children's and young adult literature today.
High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2VariousNarrated By : Full Cast ProductionPublished By : Listen & Live6 hoursCategories : Adventurers & ExplorersDownload Price : $24.96 $16.25
An audio anthology of stories from two of the most feared peaks in the world including tales of early exploration through to more recent tragedies. View...
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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil SpectorMick BrownNarrated By : Ray PorterPublished By : Blackstone Audio Inc17 hours 30 minutesCategories : BiographyDownload Price : $49.95 $33.95
Phil Spector, once an outsider despised by his peers, learned all about music and quickly became the top producer of early rock and roll. Hit followed hit, all with his signature “wall of sound.” But the boy-man who owned pop culture spiraled into paranoid isolation and peculiar behavior. View...
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Elvis Presley: The Man, the Life, the LegendPamela Clarke KeoghNarrated By : Anna FieldsPublished By : Blackstone Audio Inc8 hoursCategories : BiographyDownload Price : $32.95 $16.95
That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture. "His appearance on Ed Sullivan ripped the 1950s in half," writes the author. Keogh examines... View...
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To America - Personal Reflections of an HistorianStephen E. AmbroseNarrated By : Jeffrey DeMunnPublished By : Simon & Schuster4 hours 30 minutesCategories : American
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An Englishman AbroadAlan BennettNarrated By : VariousPublished By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd1 hourCategories : Arts & Drama
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