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Newjack Written By - Ted Conover Narrated By - Ted Conover Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Runtime : 11 hours 17 minutes Categories : True Crime True Crime Autobiography Price : $24.95 Buy Now... Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is the story of Conover's rookie year as a guard at Sing Sing. It is a nerve-jangling account of his passage into the storied prison and the culture of its guards - both fresh-faced "newjacks" like Conover and brutally hardened veterans. As he struggles to be a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, works to balance decency with toughness, and participates in prison rituals - strip frisks, cell searches, cell "extractions" - that exact a toll on inmates and officers alike. The tale begins with the corrections academy and ends with the flames and smoke of New Year's Eve on Conover's floor of the notorious B-Block. Along the way, Conover also recounts the history of Sing Sing, from draconian early punishment, to fame as the citadel of capital punishment, to its present status as New York State's "bottom of the barrel" prison. This book will become a landmark of American journalism - the definitive presentation of the impasse between the need to imprison criminals and the dehumanization of inmates and guards - that almost inevitably takes place behind bars. "Newjack is an astonishing work by a gifted - and dedicated - journalist. Ted Conover takes us into the dangerous, sad, amusing and instructive soul of one of America's best known prisons." -- Tom Brokaw Other titles you may be interested in Symptoms of Withdrawal Written By - Christopher Kennedy Lawford Narrated By - Christopher Kennedy Lawford Published By : Harper Collins US Runtime : 6 hours Categories : Autobiography Rich & Famous Price : $29.95 $19.95 "Sing no sad songs for Christopher Kennedy Lawford. We are fortunate to have his story in prose that is jazzy, rocking, sometimes dark but, in the end, bright with hope." 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... Red Hat Society Written By - Sue Ellen Cooper Narrated By - Sue Ellen Cooper Published By : Hachette Audio Runtime : 3 hours Categories : Women Autobiography Price : $19.98 $13.99 Finally, the official book of The Red Hat Society, which is sweeping the nation. More info... Alan Bennett at the BBC Written By - Alan Bennett Narrated By - Alan Bennett Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes Categories : Biographical Autobiography British Biographical Price : $18.49 Alan Bennett presents highlights from his remarkable career at the BBC. More info...