29 Best Autobiographies on Audiobooks
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I Came Upon a Lighthouse
- By: Shantanu Naidu
- Narrator: Jehan Dhalla
- Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: April 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.48(1016 ratings)
4.48(1016 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDAn endearing portrait of an Indian legend I told him that when I write a book, I would write about another side of him and not just historic events or business milestones. I would write about us and our adventures together, and how I saw him,An endearing portrait of an Indian legend
I told him that when I write a book, I would write about another side of him and not just historic events or business milestones. I would write about us and our adventures together, and how I saw him, colours and shades of him unknown to the world. Life beyond the great steel wall of ‘industry doyen’.
He agreed. ‘There cannot be one book that captures everything … So you do your thing, give your perspective.’
It was their shared empathy for homeless dogs that sparked an unlikely friendship. In 2014, Shantanu Naidu, an automobile design engineer in his early twenties, developed an innovation to save the local strays from being run over by speeding cars. Ratan Tata, himself known for his compassion for stray dogs, took note. Impressed, he not only decided to invest in the venture, but over the years became a mentor, boss and an unexpectedly dear friend to Shantanu.
I Came Upon a Lighthouse is an honest, light-hearted telling of this uncommon bond between a millennial and an octogenarian that gives glimpses of a beloved Indian icon in a warm light.
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Rumours of Spring
- By: Farah Bashir
- Narrator: Jasleen Bhalla
- Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Fourth Estate India
- Publish date: July 21, 2021
- Language: English
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4.12(624 ratings)
4.12(624 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDRumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir’s adolescence spent in Srinagar in the 1990s. As Indian troops and militants battle across the cityscape and violence becomes the new normal, a young schoolgirl finds that ordinaryRumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir’s adolescence spent in Srinagar in the 1990s. As Indian troops and militants battle across the cityscape and violence becomes the new normal, a young schoolgirl finds that ordinary tasks – studying for exams, walking to the bus stop, combing her hair, falling asleep – are riddled with anxiety and fear.
With haunting simplicity, Farah Bashir captures moments of vitality and resilience from her girlhood amidst the increasing trauma and turmoil of passing years – secretly dancing to pop songs on banned radio stations; writing her first love letter; going to the cinema for the first time – with haunting simplicity. This deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir portrays how territorial conflict surreptitiously affects everyday lives in Kashmir.
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Indomitable
- By: Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Narrator: Shivani Vakil Savant
- Length: 15 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperBusiness
- Publish date: February 23, 2022
- Language: English
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4.2(86 ratings)
4.2(86 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDOf Small Towns, Big Dreams and Greater Achievements Growing up in the sleepy towns of Bhilai and Bokaro, Arundhati Bhattacharya never imagined that one day she would go on to chair India’s largest bank. It was sheer chance that she came toOf Small Towns, Big Dreams and Greater Achievements
Growing up in the sleepy towns of Bhilai and Bokaro, Arundhati Bhattacharya never imagined that one day she would go on to chair India’s largest bank. It was sheer chance that she came to know of the bank probationary officers’ entrance examination through a friend. She applied, was selected and went on to have a glorious banking career spanning four decades.
Indomitable is the story of Arundhati’s life as a banker and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated bastion. She takes the reader through her childhood and early education in the 1960s, getting to Kolkata for her college education and then into the State Bank of India(SBI), where she started her career.
The life of a woman banker with a family in a frequently transferrable job isn’t easy. In Arundhati’s life, too, there were breaking points when she almost thought of quitting her career to balance her personal aspirations with her family’s needs. But she didn’t give up. Instead, she faced her challenges with humour and positivity and took up every assignment as a new chapter in learning and adapting.
In her role as the chairman of SBI, she steered the bank through some of its worst phases. She inspired confidence in the banking sector when the NPA crises led to a significant public-trust deficit. Under her leadership, SBI metamorphosed into a customer-centric and digitally advanced bank while playing a pivotal role in national development. Some of her human resources initiatives included industry-first practices that were appreciated and later adopted by other banks.
Candid, lucid and humble, Indomitable is a story that will galvanize you to embrace challenges, break barriers, push forward and achieve greater heights.
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Nothing to Lose
- By: Angela Winters
- Narrator: Angela Winters
- Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 28, 2014
- Language: English
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4.02(72 ratings)
4.02(72 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThe Chases are rich, powerful, and used to getting everything they want. But this privileged African-American dynasty is about to discover that even billions can’t buy happiness-or keep trouble outside their gilded gates -
In The Footsteps Of Rama
- By: Vikrant Pande
- Narrator: Abhishek Sharma
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: October 06, 2021
- Language: English
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4.26(133 ratings)
4.26(133 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDVikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni’s quest to retrace the trail of Rama’s fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. CuriousVikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni’s quest to retrace the trail of Rama’s fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama’s route from Ayodhya to the Dandakaranya forest and Panchavati (near Nashik) and on to Kishkindhya (close to Hampi), Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka.
Along the way they would discover how closely the narrative of the Ramayana is linked to local folklore, and how the stories of the Ramayana and the moral framework that binds them together still speaks to the people who live in the land across which Rama, Sita and Lakshman made their journey.
For the armchair traveller as well as the enthusiast for epic tales, this is a wonderful book with which to revisit the world of the Ramayana.
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A Patchwork Quilt
- By: Sai Paranjpye
- Narrator: Sai Paranjpye
- Length: 17 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: May 05, 2021
- Language: English
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4(19 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDDirector of the cult 1980s film Chashme Baddoor and critically acclaimed movies such as Sparsh and Saaz; seasoned Marathi theatre personality; winner of three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards; recipient of the Padma Bhushan – SaiDirector of the cult 1980s film Chashme Baddoor and critically acclaimed movies such as Sparsh and Saaz; seasoned Marathi theatre personality; winner of three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards; recipient of the Padma Bhushan – Sai Paranjpye has many feathers in the patchwork quilt of her creative life.
Sai started her career at All India Radio, later graduating from the National School of Drama and making her way into theatre, television, documentaries and movies, working with some of the most highly regarded names of the Hindi film world. She met with success in the world of books too, her Marathi translation of Naseeruddin Shah’s memoir winning her the Sahitya Akademi award in 2019.
Frank, forthright, full of anecdotes and written with a flair for recounting her multifarious journey in lively detail, A Patchwork Quilt is Sai Paranjpye’s memoir that looks back on a life well lived.
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The Roaring Lambs
- By: Sreedhar Bevara
- Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: May 05, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(153 ratings)
4.39(153 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USD‘How many were killed in the attack today?’ asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and‘How many were killed in the attack today?’ asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and families. Despair hung thick in the air.’
Welcome to the jungle. Here, the survival of the fittest is the ultimate truth. The weaker animal gets eaten in what is considered a natural food chain. But some have been tampering with the organic arrangement for selfish gains and resorting to mass murder.
In the Mau Forest in East Africa, the mighty lion king Kaizaar’s autocratic ways are wreaking havoc on his subjects. Known to be the longest-serving ruler of the pride, he is ministered by the shrewd Shaka – the former leader of the lambs who betrayed his flock for the stronger lions. With their defences exposed, the lambs are backed into a corner.
How do the lambs stop the carnage and find refuge?
Will they be able to reverse the fate of their species and restore the Law of the Jungle?
Can a bunch of fearful lambs learn to roar?
What emerges is an illuminating leadership fable. The politics of the jungle and the strategies that aid survival are lessons of lasting value that will not only inspire but also help find the leader within you.
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Madly, Deeply
- By: Alan Rickman
- Narrator: Alfred Enoch
- Length: 19 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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3.71(3459 ratings)
3.71(3459 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USD“Emma Thompson’s foreword, delivered by Bonnie Wright, and an afterword, narrated by Rima Horton, Rickman’s wife of many years, combine with Crossley’s engaging delivery to offer fans a listening treat.” –“Emma Thompson’s foreword, delivered by Bonnie Wright, and an afterword, narrated by Rima Horton, Rickman’s wife of many years, combine with Crossley’s engaging delivery to offer fans a listening treat.” – AudioFile Magazine
“The interesting glimpse into Rickman’s life, both on and off the stage, is expertly read by Steven Crossley…”- Toronto.com
This audiobook includes narration from Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Steven Crossley, and Rima Horton.
Madly, Deeply is a rare invitation into the mind of Alan Rickman–one of the most magnetic, beloved performers of our time.From his breakout role in Die Hard to his outstanding, multifaceted performances in the Harry Potter films, Galaxy Quest, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and more, Alan Rickman cemented his legacy as a world-class actor. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice, and the knowing wit he brought to each role continue to captivate audiences today.
But Rickman’s ability to breathe life into projects wasn’t confined to just his performances. As you’ll find, Rickman’s diaries detail the extraordinary and the ordinary, flitting between worldly and witty and gossipy, while remaining utterly candid throughout. He takes us inside his home, on trips with friends across the globe, and on the sets of films and plays ranging from Sense and Sensibility, to Noel Coward’s Private Lives, to the final film he directed, A Little Chaos.
Running from 1993 to his death in 2016, the diaries provide singular insight into Rickman’s public and private life. Reading them is like listening to Rickman chatting to a close companion. Meet Rickman the consummate professional actor, but also the friend, the traveler, the fan, the director, the enthusiast; in short, the man beyond the icon.
Madly, Deeply features a photo insert, a foreword by Emma Thompson, and an afterword by Rima Horton.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.
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Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920)
- By: Chinmay Tumbe
- Narrator: Abhishek Ajay Sharma
- Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: July 14, 2021
- Language: English
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4.03(114 ratings)
4.03(114 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDFrom lockdowns to lockups, viruses to vaccination, the movement of people to the movement of bowels, from rats to cats, and more, The Age of Pandemics chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70From lockdowns to lockups, viruses to vaccination, the movement of people to the movement of bowels, from rats to cats, and more, The Age of Pandemics chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these episodes.
A time otherwise known for the worldwide spread of the industrial revolution, imperialism and globalization, the period between the early nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was also the ‘age of pandemics’. This book documents the scale of devastation, the likely causes and consequences, and the resilience with which people faced those uncertain times.
It also provides the first comprehensive coverage of the world’s greatest demographic disaster ever to descend upon a country in a short period of time – the influenza pandemic in India in 1918 – which claimed more lives than all the battle casualties of World War I, and demonstrates the continuing relevance of learning from those times to tackle contemporary challenges, such as COVID-19.
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
- By: Sharon Begley
- Narrator: Eliza Foss
- Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 06, 2007
- Language: English
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4.01(1521 ratings)
4.01(1521 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDIs change possible? Everyone who has tried and failed, wished they could be happier, or has been told they were too old to learn something, has wondered why we just seem to be stuck with ourselves. But this amazing and hopeful audiobook shows usIs change possible? Everyone who has tried and failed, wished they could be happier, or has been told they were too old to learn something, has wondered why we just seem to be stuck with ourselves. But this amazing and hopeful audiobook shows us that it is not only possible for us to control our brains but also for us to rewire them.
In late 2004, the Mind and Life Institute brought Western Scientists together with the Dalai Lama and other distinguished Buddhist masters to discuss the cutting edge research being conducted in neuroplasticity, which examines whether neurons can be changed and even grown.
The findings are as astonishing as they are helpful. Flying in the face of previous assumptions, the current research shows that not only is it possible for us to change the physical brain, but it is within reach of every single one of us.
Through research into neuroplasticity, it has been shown that we can:
* Reset our happiness meter
* Heal from depression, even major episodes
* Learn new skills even in old age
* Learn–and even teach–compassion, a critical finding for personal happiness and a more peaceful worldSurprising, encouraging, and full of good news that we all want to hear, Sharon Begley’s Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain will help us not only change our brains but also the way we approach our lives–for the better.
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No Apology
- By: Mitt Romney
- Narrator: Mitt Romney
- Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 02, 2010
- Language: English
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3.67(1326 ratings)
3.67(1326 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDOn his first presidential visit to address the European nations, President Obama felt it necessary to apologize for America’s international power. He repeated that apology when visiting Latin America, and again to Muslims worldwide in anOn his first presidential visit to address the European nations, President Obama felt it necessary to apologize for America’s international power. He repeated that apology when visiting Latin America, and again to Muslims worldwide in an interview broadcast on Al-Arabiya television.
In No Apology, Mitt Romney asserts that American strength is essential–not just for our own well-being, but for the world’s. Governments such as China and a newly-robust Russia threaten to overtake us on many fronts, and Islam continues its dangerous rise. Drawing on history for lessons on how great powers collapse, Romney shows how and why our national advantages have eroded. From the long-term decline of our manufacturing base, our laggard educational system that has left us without enough engineers, scientists, and other skilled professionals, our corrupted financial practices that led to the current crisis, and the crushing impact of entitlements on our future obligations, America is in debt, overtaxed, and unprepared for the challenges it must face.
We need renewal: fresh ideas to cut through complicated problems and restore our strength. Creative and bold, Romney proposes simple solutions to rebuild industry, create good jobs, reduce out of control spending on entitlements and healthcare, dramatically improve education, and restore a military battered by eight years of war. Most important, he calls for a new commitment to citizenship, a common cause we all share, rather than a laundry list of individual demands. Many of his solutions oppose President Obama’s policies, many also run counter to Republican thinking, but all have one strategic aim: to move America back to political and economic strength.
Personal and dynamically-argued, No Apology is a call to action by a man who cares deeply about America’s history, its promise, and its future.
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Ghosts in Our Backyard
- By: Alisha ‘Priti’ Kirpalani
- Narrator: Benaifer J Mirza
- Length: 4 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: July 14, 2021
- Language: English
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4.05(125 ratings)
4.05(125 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDThe Ramsays, India’s first family of horror, are synonymous with the supernatural and gore. Through their films and series they introduced India to churails that floated across the screen, ghouls that woke up from eerie graveyards, and housesThe Ramsays, India’s first family of horror, are synonymous with the supernatural and gore. Through their films and series they introduced India to churails that floated across the screen, ghouls that woke up from eerie graveyards, and houses that buzzed with ghosts.
But few knew that behind the production drama, elaborate sets, and haunting showtunes, there was a more sinister story. For the Ramsays, the supernatural wasn’t just stuck to the screens and camera – it creeped into their lives, too.
Alisha Kirpalani, the granddaughter of FU Ramsay, has grown up on stories that question reality and bring a chill to the bone. In time, she, too, followed her family’s footsteps and saw through the veil that separates this world and the Other.
From the woman on the highway that Shyam Ramsay met to an eerie and persistent knocking that came from every house that Tanuja Ramsay lived in to Amit Ramsay’s unwelcome dead visitor at Lamington House, the original home of the Ramsays, this book has the improbable, bizarre and spine-chilling all parading through its chapters.
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The Nation’s Homeopath
- By: Dr Mukesh Batra
- Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperBusiness
- Publish date: March 23, 2022
- Language: English
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3.78(9 ratings)
3.78(9 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDTHE STORY OF A HEALER AND THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHAIN OF HOMEOPATHY CLINICS If you think of homeopathy in India, one name springs to mind-Dr Batra’s(R). From humble beginnings with a clinic in Chowpatty, Bombay in 1982, Dr Mukesh BatraTHE STORY OF A HEALER AND THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHAIN OF HOMEOPATHY CLINICS
If you think of homeopathy in India, one name springs to mind-Dr Batra’s(R). From humble beginnings with a clinic in Chowpatty, Bombay in 1982, Dr Mukesh Batra put homeopathy on the world map by starting over 200 clinics in seven countries and in 150 cities of India in the next four decades.
The Nation’s Homeopath is an unusual tale of entrepreneurship, risk appetite, resilience and self-belief. In the early eighties when India was still a decade away from liberalization, and loans were not readily available, Dr Batra borrowed money at a staggering interest rate of 36 per cent per annum. All based on the strong conviction that his business would work out. Not only did the business succeed, Dr Batra’s(R) became a household name.
Dr Batra’s life has been eventful. For decades, he has treated celebrities, including presidents, prime ministers, actors, sportsmen, artists, among others, as well as the common man without discrimination. Along the way, he has defied death on multiple occasions, has known love and heartache and has experienced failure in some business ventures. Part memoir, part guidebook for entrepreneurs, Dr Batra’s life has lessons that would benefit readers from any sphere of activity.
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The Dragon’s Son
- By: Margaret Weis
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: July 01, 2004
- Language: English
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3.71(1239 ratings)
3.71(1239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDThe second volume in Margaret Weis’s Dragonvald trilogy– she is truly the Mistress of Dragons In Mistress Of Dragons, we were introduced to a world where political deception and greed have lead to a violation of the “handsThe second volume in Margaret Weis’s Dragonvald trilogy– she is truly the Mistress of Dragons
In Mistress Of Dragons, we were introduced to a world where political deception and greed have lead to a violation of the “hands off” policy of the Parliament of Dragons concerning the affairs of men. Indeed that violation threatens more than policy and order–it threatens the freedom of the human race.
In The Dragon’s Son, there is a new hope in the form of a special offspring who might be able to bridge the anarchy that is disrupting the delicate and unseen order that the Parliament has tried to protect. The twin offspring of a high priestess and a dragon hold the key to man’s future but their identity must be held secret, even from each other, until they have matured. One is raised in a human court, the other in hiding. But the link that exists between the twins will not be broken by mere distance, and the duality of their origin will unlock the new hope for a return to peace and safety as long as they live to maturity. It is up to Draconas, the special emissary of the Parliament, to make it happen for the sake of both Dragonkind and mankind alike despite the evil forces that are still gaining strength around them.
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Hollywood Park
- By: Mikel Jollett
- Narrator: Mikel Jollett
- Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: May 26, 2020
- Language: English
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4.28(10641 ratings)
4.28(10641 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDThis program is read by the author, and includes original music from the Airborne Toxic Event album, Hollywood Park Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamousThis program is read by the author, and includes original music from the Airborne Toxic Event album, Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer.
We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or what we were or where all our parents went. They would arrive like ghosts, visiting us for a morning, an afternoon. They would sit with us or walk around the grounds, to laugh or cry or toss us in the air while we screamed. Then they’d disappear again, for weeks, for months, for years, leaving us alone with our memories and dreams, our questions and confusion. …
So begins Hollywood Park, Mikel Jollett’s remarkable memoir. His story opens in an experimental commune in California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the country’s most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader’s mandate, all children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult’s “School.” After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic.
In his raw, poetic and powerful voice, Jollett portrays a childhood filled with abject poverty, trauma, emotional abuse, delinquency and the lure of drugs and alcohol. Raised by a clinically depressed mother, tormented by his angry older brother, subjected to the unpredictability of troubled step-fathers and longing for contact with his father, a former heroin addict and ex-con, Jollett slowly, often painfully, builds a life that leads him to Stanford University and, eventually, to finding his voice as a writer and musician.
Hollywood Park is told at first through the limited perspective of a child, and then broadens as Jollett begins to understand the world around him. Although Mikel Jollett’s story is filled with heartbreak, it is ultimately an unforgettable portrayal of love at its fiercest and most loyal.
A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books
Praise for Hollywood Park:
“Musician Mikel Jollett is the tender voice of this harrowing memoir of a tumultuous coming-of-age…Listeners will hang on every word, especially in the early chapters, which take place during his childhood. Jollett is very giving as he presses on in a raspy voice, sharing details of poverty, deprivation and drugs. Fans of his music will appreciate the short bursts at the beginnings and ends of chapters. The musical interludes soften the harsh realities he recounts as listeners celebrate his resilience.” — Audiofile Magazine
“Mikel Jollett, the front man of indie band Airborne Toxic Event, chronicles his tumultuous life…What comes through the pages is a story of fierce love and family loyalty. This moving and profound memoir is for anyone who loves a good redemption story.”— Good Morning America, 20 Books We’re Excited for in 2020
“The frontman of rock band Airborne Toxic Event chronicles, in gorgeous and exacting lyricism, his harrowing coming-of-age within (and eventual escape from) the Church of Synanon, a violent religious cult.” — O, The Oprah Magazine, The 30 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 (so Far)
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Eyes to the Wind
- By: Ady Barkan
- Narrator: Bradley Whitford
- Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.27(1049 ratings)
4.27(1049 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDIn this “gripping story of resistance and the triumph of human will” (Senator Elizabeth Warren), activist and subject of the new documentary Not Going Quietly Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him aIn this “gripping story of resistance and the triumph of human will” (Senator Elizabeth Warren), activist and subject of the new documentary Not Going Quietly Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all.
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Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon runs on the California coast and holding his newborn son, Carl. But one day, he noticed a troubling weakness in his hand. At first, he brushed it off as carpal tunnel syndrome, but after a week of neurological exams and two MRIs, he learned the cause of the problem: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. At age thirty-two, Ady was given just three to four years to live. Yet despite the devastating diagnosis, he refused to let his remaining days go to waste.
Eyes to the Wind is a rousing memoir featuring intertwining storylines about determination, perseverance, and how to live a life filled with purpose and intention. The first traces Ady’s battle with ALS: how he turned the initial shock and panic from his diagnosis into a renewed commitment to social justice–not despite his disability but because of it. The second, told in flashbacks, illustrates Ady’s journey from a goofy political nerd to a prominent figure in the enduring fight for equity and justice whose “selfless activism fighting to make health care a right should be an inspiration to us all” (Senator Bernie Sanders).
From one of today’s most vocal advocates for social justice, Eyes to the Wind‘s “primary question is existential: how to live when you are dying? Barkan’s answer is to share, open up, act, and capital-R Resist, and his memoir, clearly and candidly written, establishes a legacy” (Booklist).
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A Wolf at the Table
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrator: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 29, 2008
- Language: English
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3.74(26743 ratings)
3.74(26743 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDNominated for the 2009 Audiobook of the Year “As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we’d ever done togetherNominated for the 2009 Audiobook of the Year
“As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we’d ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes…I wasn’t altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?”
When Augusten Burroughs was small, his father was a shadowy presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father began to unfurl. Something dark and secretive that could not be named.
Betrayal after shocking betrayal ensued, and Augusten’s childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn’t exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested…
And then the “games” began.
With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Though harrowing and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately leave you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It’s a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.
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The First World War Adventures Of Nariman Karkaria
- By: Nariman Karkaria
- Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: June 29, 2022
- Language: English
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4.12(24 ratings)
4.12(24 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAmazing! An astonishing find! – AMITAV GHOSH Nariman Karkaria, a young Parsi from Gujarat, had always wanted to see the world. So he left home as a teenager with fifty rupees in his pocket to do just that. After working in Hong Kong and PekingAmazing! An astonishing find! – AMITAV GHOSH
Nariman Karkaria, a young Parsi from Gujarat, had always wanted to see the world. So he left home as a teenager with fifty rupees in his pocket to do just that. After working in Hong Kong and Peking for a few years, in 1914, when war was in the air, he decided to volunteer for the British Army. Passing through China, Manchuria, Siberia, Russia and Scandinavia, he reached London early in 1915 and managed to register as a private with the 24th Middlesex Regiment. He was now a Tommy.
Incredibly, Karkaria saw action on three major fronts in the next three years. In 1916, he was in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme. After convalescing from an injury, he was sent off to the Middle Eastern Front where he fought in the Battle of Jerusalem in 1917. He was then transferred to the Balkan Front in 1918, where he served in Salonika. After being discharged, he returned to India and wrote a book in Gujarati about his years of travel and adventure, which was published in 1922.
Karkaria’s war memoir is truly one of a kind. And in Murali Ranganathan’s brilliant translation, this astonishing story comes alive with rare immediacy and vigour.
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The Storyteller
- By: Aaron Starmer
- Narrator: Aaron Starmer
- Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 15, 2016
- Language: English
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3.93(460 ratings)
3.93(460 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDKeri Cleary is worried about her brother, Alistair. “Everyone” is worried about Alistair. As the one witness to a shooting, he has been shocked into silence. But everyone needs to know three things: Who shot Kyle Dwyer? Where is CharlieKeri Cleary is worried about her brother, Alistair. “Everyone” is worried about Alistair. As the one witness to a shooting, he has been shocked into silence. But everyone needs to know three things: Who shot Kyle Dwyer? Where is Charlie Dwyer? What does this all have to do with the disappearance of Fiona Loomis? Perhaps the answers lie in stories. As Alistair makes strange confessions to his sister, Keri becomes inspired. She tells stories, tales that may reveal hidden truths, fiction that may cause real things to happen. In the concluding volume of the Riverman Trilogy, readers are asked to consider the source of inspiration, the borders of reality and the power of storytelling. They are asked to forgive monsters, to imagine alternate dimensions, and to believe in a phosphorescent wombat who assures us that gone for now is not necessarily gone for good.
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The Path of Anger
- By: Antoine Rouaud
- Narrator: Michael Kramer
- Length: 17 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: August 25, 2015
- Language: English
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3.55(443 ratings)
3.55(443 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USDThere will be blood. There will be death. This is the path of anger… Year 10 of the new Republic, in the remote port city of Masalia. Dun-Cadal, once the greatest general of the Empire, has been drinking his life away for years. Betrayed byThere will be blood. There will be death. This is the path of anger…
Year 10 of the new Republic, in the remote port city of Masalia. Dun-Cadal, once the greatest general of the Empire, has been drinking his life away for years. Betrayed by his friends and grief-stricken at the loss of his apprentice, he’s done with politics, with adventure, and with people. But people aren’t finished with him – not yet.
Viola is a young historian looking for the last Emperor’s sword, said to have been taken by Dun-Cadal during the Empire’s final, chaotic hours. Her search not only leads her to the former general, but embroils them both in a series of assassinations. Dun-Cadal’s turncoat friends are being murdered, one by one, in the unmistakable style of an Imperial assassin…
But as Dun-Cadal comes to realize, none of these developments – not even the surprise of meeting his supposedly deceased apprentice – has been the result of chance. An intrigue transcending the fates of the individual characters has been put into motion, and its secrets are revealed one by one as the story unfolds.
In this debut novel, Antoine Rouaud displays an astonishing virtuosity, sustaining a high level of suspense seldom seen in a work of Fantasy. Depicting mortal characters thrown into the maelstrom of History and who ultimately become figures of legend, The Path of Anger proves to be one of the most hotly anticipated fantasy debuts of this year.
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At the End of Babel
- By: Michael Livingston
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 51 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: May 06, 2015
- Language: English
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3.36(103 ratings)
3.36(103 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.99 USDAt the right time, in the right place, words have the power to change the world. -
Anthem
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrator: Christopher Lane
- Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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3.62(128390 ratings)
3.62(128390 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDHe lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes forHe lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: he had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone.
Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a future dark age of the great “We,” in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values, anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
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Friday Black
- By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 23, 2018
- Language: English
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4.06(11977 ratings)
4.06(11977 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America. From the start of thisA piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America. From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country. These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In “The Finkelstein Five,” Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system. In “Zimmer Land,” we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And “Friday Black” and “How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King” show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. Entirely fresh in its style and perspective, and sure to appeal to fans of Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, and George Saunders, Friday Black confronts readers with a complicated, insistent, wrenching chorus of emotions, the final note of which, remarkably, is hope.
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You Better Not Cry
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrator: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 27, 2009
- Language: English
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3.7(10327 ratings)
3.7(10327 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDYou’ve eaten too much candy at Christmas…but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You’ve seen gingerbread houses…but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You’ve woken up with aYou’ve eaten too much candy at Christmas…but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You’ve seen gingerbread houses…but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You’ve woken up with a hangover…but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present–as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.
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Method in the Madness
- By: Parameswaran Iyer
- Narrator: Nikhil Sangha
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: April 21, 2021
- Language: English
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4.13(70 ratings)
4.13(70 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDParameswaran Iyer, former Secretary to the Government of India, is best known for leading the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme, which became the world’s largestParameswaran Iyer, former Secretary to the Government of India, is best known for leading the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme, which became the world’s largest sanitation revolution.
But Iyer is not your typical bureaucrat. With a far-from-usual career combining two distinguished tenures in the government and an eventful stint outside it, he likes to describe himself as an uncommon ‘Insider-Outsider-Insider’.
In Method in the Madness, he reflects on the unique path he chose – from cracking the IAS to becoming a globe-trotting World Bank technocrat, to playing the role of a coach to his professional tennis-playing children, to finally returning to India and implementing the SBM.
Written with humour and wisdom, this is an inspiring read full of key management insights, practical career advice, and valuable life lessons that will resonate with readers across age groups and professions.
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The Little Red Book of Selling
- By: Jeffrey Gitomer
- Narrator: Jeffrey Gitomer
- Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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3.92(8700 ratings)
3.92(8700 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDWinner of the 2009 Audie Award for Business/Educational AudiobookNew York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Gitomer shares his crucial sales principles featuring strategies and techniques on how to efficiently sell anything.With a lifetime of salesWinner of the 2009 Audie Award for Business/Educational Audiobook
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New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Gitomer shares his crucial sales principles featuring strategies and techniques on how to efficiently sell anything.
With a lifetime of sales experience New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Gitomer shares his 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness so you can understand why sales happen—and how you can improve your skills.
Packed with the information you’ve been looking for, The Little Red Book of Selling delivers strategies for success that will last a lifetime. Gitomer provides his long-term, relationship-driven, and referral-oriented advice that has nothing to do with manipulation or other old-world sales tactics and everything to do with understanding buying motives and taking ethical, relationship-building actions. With these tried and tested principles you will learn the ins and outs of the field and master the fundamentals of selling success. -
A Hundred Flowers
- By: Gail Tsukiyama
- Narrator: Jane Carr
- Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: August 07, 2012
- Language: English
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3.77(3528 ratings)
3.77(3528 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDGail Tsukiyama’s A Hundred Flowers is powerful novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: “Let a hundredGail Tsukiyama’s A Hundred Flowers is powerful novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.” Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for “reeducation.”
A year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg.
As Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband’s absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.
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Out of the Pocket
- By: Kirk Herbstreit
- Narrator: Kirk Herbstreit
- Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.31(804 ratings)
4.31(804 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThis powerfully intimate, plain-spoken memoir about fathers and sons, fortitude, and football from the face and voice of college football–Kirk Herbstreit–is not just “a window into the game, but also a peek into what makes himThis powerfully intimate, plain-spoken memoir about fathers and sons, fortitude, and football from the face and voice of college football–Kirk Herbstreit–is not just “a window into the game, but also a peek into what makes him special: his heart” (David Shaw, head coach, Stanford University).
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Kirk Herbstreit is a reflection of the sport he loves, a reflection of his football-crazed home state of Ohio, where he was a high school star and Ohio State captain, and a reflection of another Ohio State football captain thirty-two years earlier: his dad Jim, who battled Alzheimer’s disease until his death in 2016.
In Out of the Pocket, Herbstreit does what his father did for him: takes you inside the locker rooms, to the practice fields, to the meeting rooms, to the stadiums. Herbstreit describes how a combination of hard work, perseverance, and a little luck landed him on the set of ESPN’s iconic College GameDay show, surrounded by tens of thousands of fans who treat their Saturdays like a football Mardi Gras.
He takes you into the television production meetings, on to the GameDay set, and into the broadcast booth. You’ll live his life during a football season, see the things he sees, experience every chaotic twist and turn as the year unfolds. Not to mention the relationships he’s established and the insights he’s learned from the likes of coaches and players such as Nick Saban, Tim Tebow, Dabo Swinney, and Peyton Manning, as well as his colleagues, including Chris Fowler, Rece Davis, and his “second dad,” the beloved Coach Lee Corso.
Yes, Kirk Herbstreit is the undeniable face and voice of college football–but he’s also a survivor. He’s the quiet kid who withstood the collapse of his parents’ marriage. The boy who endured too many overbearing stepdads and stepmoms. The painfully shy student who always chose the last desk in the last row of the classroom. The young man who persevered through a frustrating Ohio State playing career. The new college graduate who turned down a lucrative sales job after college to pursue a “no way you’ll make it” dream career in broadcasting.
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The Ambuja Story
- By: Narotam Sekhsaria
- Narrator: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 13 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperBusiness
- Publish date: April 13, 2022
- Language: English
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4.49(170 ratings)
4.49(170 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD‘I had never seen a cement plant in my life. I had no idea about limestone deposits or the cement industry in Gujarat. And I had never negotiated an industrial agreement. Yet, in the next few weeks, I would need to be ready for a substantive‘I had never seen a cement plant in my life. I had no idea about limestone deposits or the cement industry in Gujarat. And I had never negotiated an industrial agreement. Yet, in the next few weeks, I would need to be ready for a substantive meeting with Gujarat government officials.’
The year was 1983. A cotton trader, still in his early thirties, began to dream big. His aspiration was to become an ‘industrialist’. The venture he was about to embark on was uncharted territory for him. He knew nothing about cement, limestone or anything remotely associated with it.
In the era of Licence Raj, where everything from production to consumption was controlled by the government, Narotam Sekhsaria saw the huge potential in cement and its role in a growing nation. Trusting his instinct, he started Ambuja Cement and went on to create one of the most successful cement companies in the world.
Told by the man himself, The Ambuja Story is a tale of grit, determination, honesty and integrity. For a cement company, it’s a unique case study that broke many stereotypes, such as cement production can’t be an environmental friendly activity, good cement can’t be cheaper and it’s difficult to market a product as boring as cement.
Narotam Sekhsaria’s vision for Ambuja wasn’t just limited to financial success; he undertook community development around all Ambuja plants to a whole new level. Ambuja’s work in women empowerment, skill development, health and education created new benchmarks for the industry long before corporate social responsibility became mandatory in India.
The Ambuja Story provides a new perspective on business and life, inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs to scale greater heights.
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