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Cher: Part One
- The Memoir
- By: Cher
- Narrated by: Cher, Stephanie J. Block
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,506
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,506
Cher: The Memoir, Part One promises to be an engaging and exciting audiobook experience, befitting this incredible book. Read in part by Cher herself, the book is introduced, and each chapter launched, by the author. Rounding out each chapter as she continues the narrative is celebrated stage actor Stephanie J. Block. Stephanie starred on Broadway in The Cher Show for which she won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cher is a great story teller and narrator.
- By Alli S. on 11-29-24
- Cher: Part One
- The Memoir
- By: Cher
- Narrated by: Cher, Stephanie J. Block
Sonny had the contacts and drive. He made the deals that brought fame. Cher benefitted.
Reviewed: 11-26-24
Sonny Bono was not perfect and had many flaws but without him, Cher would not have been a Celeb. She felt smothered by his control. HEY AUDIBLE, do Sonnys Autobiography THE BEAT GOES ON...next.
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Growing Up Urkel
- By: Jaleel White
- Narrated by: Jaleel White
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
At the tender age of twelve, Jaleel White auditioned for the role of Steve Urkel, the socially inept genius, who was in love with his next-door neighbor, Laura. Though Steve Urkel was intended to be in only one episode, Jaleel’s indelible performance catapulted Urkel into the pantheon of American pop culture. But success can cost as much as it pays. After nine years on the popular sitcom Family Matters, Jaleel is twenty-one, a UCLA undergrad, and adjusting to a world and industry that sees him as the nasally nerd in high water pants, suspenders, and coke bottle glasses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jaleel’s Truth
- By David Ortiz on 11-22-24
- Growing Up Urkel
- By: Jaleel White
- Narrated by: Jaleel White
Faith, Hollywood and Wisdom from Experience
Reviewed: 11-23-24
A smart guy who rolled with the fame and the punches Hollywood can bring. Not just Urkel. So glad he grew up in a Faith-based home. Good parents who did their best and didn't steal his money.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- By: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30,933
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28,417
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,360
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes listeners onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Mad at myself for getting sucked in
- By betty on 11-03-22
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- By: Matthew Perry
- Narrated by: Matthew Perry
A good book. A mixed bag of contradictions.
Reviewed: 11-16-22
Matthew Perry did a great job as narrating. There's not a lot of people I can listen to on any form of audiobook without losing interest. I did not lose interest here. One of my biggest issues is him constantly talking about God and also being an admirer of Christopher Hitchens. Everyone knows that Christopher Hitchens was a rabid atheist and yet Matthew Perry respects him more than his brother whom I think is a believer in God. I would have to listen to the entire interview between him and Christopher hitchens's brother to decide for myself whether it was cruelty or it was just Matthew Perry overreacting. I'm not a big fan of calling addictions a disease. I think addictions are simply addictions. Parkinson's is a disease. Cancer is a disease. Heart disease is a disease. The term disease seems to be a way of making an excuse for what you personally do yourself, to yourself. I do think that Matthew Perry was excellent in After Camelot portraying Ted Kennedy. you will notice in the miniseries that he did have a Kennedy accent but it was very slight. I think that was the right move. plus he looks like Ted Kennedy. Probably the best depiction I've seen besides the real thing.
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Forever Young
- A Memoir
- By: Hayley Mills
- Narrated by: Hayley Mills
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 533
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 528
Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child star, trying to grow up in a world that wanted her to stay forever young.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Detailed Acct. of her Years to Mid-70s
- By Mary Burnight on 09-17-21
- Forever Young
- A Memoir
- By: Hayley Mills
- Narrated by: Hayley Mills
Good but That Darn Cat - barely a mention.
Reviewed: 09-29-21
Good but disappointing. Disney films require more in depth info. Lacking "Behind the scenes" stuff. What was it like working with Dean Jones? William Demarest? She focuses too much on Pollyanna and Parent Trap and leaves the others behind. As a classic Disney fan I expected a lot more.
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Idol Truth
- A Memoir
- By: Leif Garrett, Chris Epting
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
Former teen idol Leif Garrett bares his soul for the first time ever, revealing his deepest secrets about the extraordinary highs and devastating lows he has survived over the years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fanmania
- By KIM TURNER on 10-20-20
- Idol Truth
- A Memoir
- By: Leif Garrett, Chris Epting
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
Good Book but Narrator has trouble with names
Reviewed: 07-28-21
Good, interesting book about Garrett as manufactured teen idol but Narrator screwed up on the film name name Gigot (gee go) not pronounced gigget and Suge Knight is not pronounced Sooge - very distracting. He couldn't ask someone in the studio?
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Hauptmann's Ladder
- A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
- By: Richard T. Cahill Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Seitz
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
In 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Almost all of America believed Hauptmann guilty; only a few magazines and tabloids published articles questioning his conviction. In the ensuing decades, many books about the Lindbergh case have been published. Some have declared Hauptmann the victim of a police conspiracy and frame-up, and one posited that Lindbergh actually killed his own son and fabricated the entire kidnapping to mask the deed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good overview of the case!
- By Jill Perhach on 11-24-22
- Hauptmann's Ladder
- A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
- By: Richard T. Cahill Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Seitz
Hauptmann Guilty! There's no doubt!
Reviewed: 07-20-21
This book is not for conspiracy theorists. There is no doubt that Bruno Richard Hauptmann kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
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Andy and Don
- The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
- By: Daniel de Visé
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 631
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 576
Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if the sheriff could use a deputy. The comedic synergy between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited The Andy Griffith Show, elevating a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship, as potent off the screen as on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Moving Tribute
- By Brian Harms on 12-28-15
- Andy and Don
- The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
- By: Daniel de Visé
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Complicated People
Reviewed: 05-14-21
Andy and Don were not necessarily who you thought they were. Talented and Complicated, especially Griffith.
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Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
- My Life in Rock
- By: Stephen Pearcy, Sam Benjamin
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
Stephen Pearcy was a scrawny, horny, thrill-seeking teenager with an electric guitar who had graduated from backyard parties in San Diego to half-empty dives in Los Angeles before he and his band broke through at Whiskey a Go Go. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single "Round and Round" became a top-selling anthem.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Stephen Pearcy is one sad mf
- By Awkward Frog on 12-28-20
- Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
- My Life in Rock
- By: Stephen Pearcy, Sam Benjamin
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
How Musicians Can Ruin Their Lives and Others
Reviewed: 03-19-21
Dont aspire to become famous. This is a guide on how not to live your life as a famous rock musician. One of the band members died from heroin overdose after he found out he had HIV. Some of the other band members slept around with anyone and everyone, got STDs. Many of them were raging drunks. Screwed over family members etc. Got women pregnant, paid them off. Another GROSS OUT Rock Bio.
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Lou's on First
- By: Chris Costello, Raymond Strait
- Narrated by: Chris Costello
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story5 out of 5 stars 39
A biography of Lou Costello of the popular comedy team of Abbott and Costello, including his rise to fame and the tragedy of losing his only son. His story is told with candor and affection by those who knew and worked with him. A touching and affectionate look at a man who only wanted to make people laugh.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW!
- By Fred on 02-20-21
- Lou's on First
- By: Chris Costello, Raymond Strait
- Narrated by: Chris Costello
Excellent with a few audio surprises
Reviewed: 03-05-21
The TRUE story of Lou Costello, his family, their triumphs and tragedies. Hollywood is not always what it seems.
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Gentle on My Mind
- In Sickness and in Health with Glen Campbell
- By: Kim Campbell
- Narrated by: Kim Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Kim Campbell was a fresh-faced 22-year-old dancer at Radio City Music Hall when a friend introduced her to Glen Campbell, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated entertainer. The two performers from small Southern towns quickly fell in love, a bond that produced a 34-year marriage and three children. In Gentle on My Mind, Kim tells the complete, no-holds-barred story of their relationship, recounting the highest of highs - award shows, acclaimed performances, the birth of their children, encounters with Mick Fleetwood, Waylon Jennings, and others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s an interesting story, but...
- By DEB on 01-18-21
- Gentle on My Mind
- In Sickness and in Health with Glen Campbell
- By: Kim Campbell
- Narrated by: Kim Campbell
Faith, Alcoholism and Alzheimer's
Reviewed: 06-30-20
This was a good book. I'm glad it wasn't padded out with unnecessary information about Glen Campbell's life but it does include biographies. How to deal with someone with tendencies towards alcoholism, using Faith as a Force for good in one's life during the struggles and Alzheimer's at the varying stages.
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