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With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together (Abridged) Written By - Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Narrated By - Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Published By : Hachette Audio Runtime : 6 hours Categories : Autobiography TV & Film Biographical Price : $29.98 $19.98 Buy Now... Read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished not merely for their gifts as actors but also for their lifelong commitment to human rights, family values, and community. Now, in a joint memoir that celebrates half a century of successful marriage, they look back on the extraordinary careers that earned each a Presidential Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. With Ossie and Ruby overflows with consummate storytelling skill, but it's much more than a wonderfully engaging self-portrait. For as they reminisce in alternating chapters, Ossie and Ruby offer a vivid picture of the twentieth-century African-American experience, both in the rural South and the urban North. For Ossie and Ruby, stardom and social responsibility were inseparable, so along with their theatrical stories of Broadway and Hollywood, where black actors fought to escape racial stereotypes, they offer an insider's chronicle of political commitment that drew the wrath of Senator Joe McCarthy and, later, the friendship of both Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. And, perhaps most important to them, here is the story of their private lives and the family whose love and security more than repaid the sacrifices they made. Often funny, occasionally heartbreaking, and always clear-eyed and candid about themselves and the world they helped to shape, Ossie and Ruby have recorded a book sure to win the heart of anyone who cares about American theater, the struggle for civil rights, and the deep, inspiring values that have guided the lives of two great artists who blazed a triumphant trail. For the first time ever, experience this archival tour de force recording. Other titles you may be interested in Angela's Ashes Written By - Frank McCourt Narrated By - Frank McCourt Published By : Harper Collins UK Runtime : 2 hours 33 minutes Categories : Autobiography Price : $12.75 When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all... More info... To America Written By - Stephen E. Ambrose Narrated By - Jeffrey DeMunn Published By : Simon & Schuster Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes Categories : American Autobiography Historical Biographical Price : $30.00 $15.95 Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose—one of the country's most influential historians—confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs. To... More info... Lost Continent, The Written By - Bill Bryson Narrated By - Kerry Shale Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 2 hours Categories : Humor Comedy Autobiography Price : $18.49 Travel through small-town America with this popular BBC Radio reading. More info... Privilege of Youth, The Written By - Dave Pelzer Narrated By - J. Charles Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Runtime : 6 hours 3 minutes Categories : Autobiography Price : $24.95 More than six million readers can attest to the heartbreak and courage of Dave Pelzer's story of growing up in an abusive home. His inspirational books have helped countless others triumph over... More info... Quite Early One Morning (And Other Memories) Written By - Dylan Thomas Narrated By - Dylan Thomas Published By : Harper Collins UK Runtime : 55 minutes Categories : Autobiography Price : $10.25 Dylan Thomas tells stories of his childhood in Wales, piling on the sights and smells and sounds experienced by one rough-and-tumble Welsh lad with a miraculous sense of wonder. More info...