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Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, The: A Memoir Written By - Bill Bryson Narrated By - Bill Bryson Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes Categories : Autobiography Historical Biographical Biographical 20th Century Price : $26.49 Buy Now... Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties - complete, unabridged and read by the author.  Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States - Des Moines. Iowa - Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around the house wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel round his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing evildoers (in his head) as The Thunderbolt Kid . Using his old fantasy life as a springboard, Bill Bryson recreates the life of his family in the 1950's in all its transcendent normality. In a period that saw the inexorable rise of television, the opening of Disneyland, the testing of the atomic bomb and the explosion of choice in everything from food to cars, Bill Bryson's days followed in reassuringly cosy succession, enlivened by modest triumphs and disasters. Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, The Thunderbolt Kid is full of Bill Bryson's inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, and this unabridged recording contains every single amusing anecdote and amazing fact. Nothing is left out, so you can enjoy the whole book in its entirety, read by Bill Bryson himself. Other titles you may be interested in Running with the Bulls Written By - Valerie Hemingway Narrated By - Anne Flosnik Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Runtime : 12 hours 31 minutes Categories : Autobiography Arts & Drama Price : $24.95 A chance encounter in Spain in 1959 brought young Irish reporter Valerie Danby-Smith face-to-face with Ernest Hemingway. The interview was awkward and brief, but before it ended something had... More info... Against All Enemies Written By - Richard A Clarke Narrated By - Richard A Clarke Published By : Simon & Schuster Runtime : 6 hours Categories : American 21st Century Biographical Autobiography Politics Price : $26.00 $15.95 The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it... More info... Story of My Life, The Written By - Helen Keller Narrated By - Mary Woods Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Runtime : 7 hours Categories : Autobiography Price : $16.95 A serious illness destroyed Helen Keller’s sight and hearing at the age of two. At seven, she was helped by Anne Sullivan, her beloved teacher and friend. Through sheer determination and resolve, she learned to speak and prepared herself for entry into prep school by age sixteen. Later she... More info... Walking From East to West Written By - Ravi Zacharias Narrated By - Ravi Zacharias Published By : Zondervan Runtime : 3 hours Categories : Christianity Autobiography Price : $19.99 $9.99 With simplicity, candor, and humility, renowned Christian thinker Ravi Zacharias shares the intimate account of his journey beyond a turbulent childhood... More info... Opposite of Fate, The Written By - Amy Tan Narrated By - Amy Tan Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Runtime : 8 hours 39 minutes Categories : Autobiography Arts & Drama Women Price : $24.95 Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while... More info...