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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,108
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,164
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,133

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,525
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,751
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,798

    Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Many stories in one

    • By Ryan on 04-14-12
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    Around the Way Girl Audiobook By Taraji P. Henson cover art
    • Around the Way Girl

    • A Memoir
    • By: Taraji P. Henson
    • Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,155
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 7,104
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 7,058

    Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Taraji P HENSONS Story Around the way Girl:

    • By auntduke on 10-15-16
    Around the Way Girl

    By: Taraji P. Henson

    The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
    • The Fire Next Time

    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
    • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,093
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 6,984
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 6,941

    James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • My Brother Man

    • By J.B. on 03-24-18
    The Fire Next Time

    By: James Baldwin

    Every Little Step Audiobook By Bobby Brown cover art
    • Every Little Step

    • My Story
    • By: Bobby Brown
    • Narrated by: Bobby Brown, Lisa Renee Pitts, T. J. Storm
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,887
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 1,631
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,632

    In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Bobby's Reading Voice

    • By Amazon Customer on 03-17-17
    Every Little Step

    By: Bobby Brown

    Letter to My Daughter Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • Letter to My Daughter

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,883
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,556
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,545

    .

    Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wisdom that not only experience can give...

    • By Theodore on 09-17-11
    Letter to My Daughter

    By: Maya Angelou

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,108
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,164
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,133

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,525
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,751
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,798

    Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Many stories in one

    • By Ryan on 04-14-12
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    Around the Way Girl Audiobook By Taraji P. Henson cover art
    • Around the Way Girl

    • A Memoir
    • By: Taraji P. Henson
    • Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,155
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 7,104
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 7,058

    Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Taraji P HENSONS Story Around the way Girl:

    • By auntduke on 10-15-16
    Around the Way Girl

    By: Taraji P. Henson

    The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
    • The Fire Next Time

    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
    • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,093
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 6,984
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 6,941

    James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • My Brother Man

    • By J.B. on 03-24-18
    The Fire Next Time

    By: James Baldwin

    Every Little Step Audiobook By Bobby Brown cover art
    • Every Little Step

    • My Story
    • By: Bobby Brown
    • Narrated by: Bobby Brown, Lisa Renee Pitts, T. J. Storm
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,887
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 1,631
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,632

    In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Bobby's Reading Voice

    • By Amazon Customer on 03-17-17
    Every Little Step

    By: Bobby Brown

    Letter to My Daughter Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • Letter to My Daughter

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,883
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,556
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,545

    .

    Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wisdom that not only experience can give...

    • By Theodore on 09-17-11
    Letter to My Daughter

    By: Maya Angelou

    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Audiobook By Issa Rae cover art
    • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    • By: Issa Rae
    • Narrated by: Issa Rae
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,381
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,308
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,268

    "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Good comedy book

    • By Bella on 03-10-17
    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    By: Issa Rae

    The Journey of Crazy Horse Audiobook By Joseph M. Marshall III cover art
    • The Journey of Crazy Horse

    • A Lakota History
    • By: Joseph M. Marshall III
    • Narrated by: Joseph M. Marshall III
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,092
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,659

    Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • excellent

    • By William on 05-31-05
    The Journey of Crazy Horse

    By: Joseph M. Marshall III

    Hidden Figures Audiobook By Margot Lee Shetterly cover art
    • Hidden Figures

    • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • By: Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,212
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,238
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,264

    The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Interesting Subject

    • By Jami on 02-05-18
    Hidden Figures

    By: Margot Lee Shetterly

    The Girl with Seven Names Audiobook By Hyeonseo Lee, David John cover art
    • The Girl with Seven Names

    • A North Korean Defector’s Story
    • By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
    • Narrated by: Josie Dunn
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,904
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,686
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,670

    An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Did not like narrator

    • By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19
    The Girl with Seven Names

    By: Hyeonseo Lee, and others

    Rabbit Audiobook By Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber cover art
    • Rabbit

    • The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
    • By: Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
    • Narrated by: Patricia Williams
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 6,254
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,622
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 5,626

    Rabbit is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor that offers a rare glimpse into the harrowing reality of life on America's margins....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Skeptical at first...glad I purchased it

    • By URAL M. OWENS on 05-27-18
    Rabbit

    By: Patricia Williams, and others

    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire Audiobook By Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor cover art
    • Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

    • The Journals of Alice Walker
    • By: Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor
    • Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis, Alice Walker, Janina Edwards
    • Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 27
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 26
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 26

    From National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker’s 50 years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her development over five decades as an artist, human rights and women’s activist, and intellectual....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A must-read for any creative artist!!

    • By amazonluver on 04-30-22
    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

    By: Alice Walker, and others

    How to American Audiobook By Jimmy O. Yang, Mike Judge - foreword cover art
    • How to American

    • An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
    • By: Jimmy O. Yang, Mike Judge - foreword
    • Narrated by: Jimmy O. Yang
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,856
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,569
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,556

    Jimmy O. Yang is a stand-up comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Had to pull over I was laughing so hard

    • By Amazon Customer on 03-23-18
    How to American

    By: Jimmy O. Yang, and others

    The Color of Water Audiobook By James McBride cover art
    • The Color of Water

    • A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    • By: James McBride
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,214
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,939
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,937

    The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Awesome

    • By Michael on 05-30-17
    The Color of Water

    By: James McBride

    E.A.R.L. Audiobook By DMX cover art
    • E.A.R.L.

    • The Autobiography of DMX
    • By: DMX
    • Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 132
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 117
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 118

    Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive number one hip-hop albums in a row...this is the life and times of the darkest and most dangerously introspective hip-hop artist ever....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Not a good listen

    • By Ty on 03-24-22
    E.A.R.L.

    By: DMX

    Miles Audiobook By Miles Davis cover art
    • Miles

    • The Autobiography
    • By: Miles Davis
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,174
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,039

    Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • A conversation with Miles

    • By Rebecca on 11-16-13
    Miles

    By: Miles Davis

    Frederick Douglass Audiobook By David W. Blight cover art
    • Frederick Douglass

    • Prophet of Freedom
    • By: David W. Blight
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,189
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,961
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,948

    The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent work

    • By S.E.B. on 03-04-19
    Frederick Douglass

    By: David W. Blight

    My Beloved World Audiobook By Sonia Sotomayor cover art
    • My Beloved World

    • By: Sonia Sotomayor
    • Narrated by: Rita Moreno
    • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,268
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,975
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,972

    The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Inspiring story but choppy editing

    • By Erika Shaffer on 05-05-14
    My Beloved World

    By: Sonia Sotomayor

    The Other Wes Moore Audiobook By Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword cover art
    • The Other Wes Moore

    • One Name, Two Fates
    • By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
    • Narrated by: Wes Moore
    • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,774
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,334
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,347

    The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Compare and Contrast with Te-Nehisi Coates

    • By papa k on 08-29-18
    The Other Wes Moore

    By: Wes Moore, and others

    Minor Feelings Audiobook By Cathy Park Hong cover art
    • Minor Feelings

    • An Asian American Reckoning
    • By: Cathy Park Hong
    • Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,014
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 852
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 848

    A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian-American consciousness and the struggle to be human....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Essential

    • By Realness on 03-04-20
    Minor Feelings

    By: Cathy Park Hong

    A Piece of Cake Audiobook By Cupcake Brown cover art
    • A Piece of Cake

    • A Memoir
    • By: Cupcake Brown
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,215
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,906
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,903

    Before she turned 20, Cupcake Brown survived the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, and much more....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Still Listening !!!!!!!!

    • By RaShaunda Allen on 10-19-09
    A Piece of Cake

    By: Cupcake Brown

    King of the World Audiobook By David Remnick cover art
    • King of the World

    • By: David Remnick
    • Narrated by: Dick Hill
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 123
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 113
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 113

    There had been mythic sports figures before Cassius Clay, but when he burst upon the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mold....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Doesn’t follow book

    • By Christine Gabel on 03-14-19
    King of the World

    By: David Remnick

    My Infamous Life Audiobook By Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Laura Checkoway cover art
    • My Infamous Life

    • The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
    • By: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Laura Checkoway
    • Narrated by: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 490
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 409
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 409

    From one of the greatest rappers of all time, the memoir of a life cut short, a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop’s Golden Era....  

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • "P" is forever...

    • By Anonymous User on 09-22-19
    My Infamous Life

    By: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, and others

    The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Audiobook By Clayborne Carson - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cover art
    • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • By: Clayborne Carson - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Narrated by: Levar Burton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,713
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,396
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,390

    He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Read this to understand King

    • By serine on 04-10-16
    The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    By: Clayborne Carson - editor, and others

    Heavy Audiobook By Kiese Laymon cover art
    • Heavy

    • By: Kiese Laymon
    • Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,563
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 5,051
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,029

    A personal narrative that illuminates national failures, Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A must read

    • By Lois Sumser on 02-03-19
    Heavy

    By: Kiese Laymon

    Notes of a Native Son Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
    • Notes of a Native Son

    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Ron Butler
    • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,161
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,004

    Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the 20th century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Masterful Essayist

    • By Andre on 09-30-16
    Notes of a Native Son

    By: James Baldwin

    We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It Audiobook By Tom Phelan cover art
    • We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It

    • A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood
    • By: Tom Phelan
    • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 70
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 60
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 60

    In the tradition of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and Alice Taylor’s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelan’s We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Warning: you'll laugh and cry

    • By danielle on 12-13-19
    We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It

    By: Tom Phelan

    Pryor Convictions Audiobook By Richard Pryor cover art
    • Pryor Convictions

    • And Other Life Sentences
    • By: Richard Pryor
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 817
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 721
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 725

    Richard Pryor journeys from his childhood in a family that worked in whore-houses and bars, through to his years in Hollywood - the money, the women, the drugs - and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Powerful and painful

    • By Fritz Mason on 04-19-18
    Pryor Convictions

    By: Richard Pryor

    Across That Bridge Audiobook By John Lewis cover art
    • Across That Bridge

    • A Vision for Change and the Future of America
    • By: John Lewis
    • Narrated by: Keith David
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,360
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,185
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,178

    As we confront questions of social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s and no better leader to learn from than Congressman John Lewis....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Lessons From A True Hero

    • By Jeremy on 04-19-19
    Across That Bridge

    By: John Lewis

    Will in the World Audiobook By Stephen Greenblatt cover art
    • Will in the World

    • How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
    • By: Stephen Greenblatt
    • Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
    • Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 497
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 310
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 310

    Award-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
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    • The Life and Loves of an Asian Babe
    • By: Sadia Azmat
    • Narrated by: Sadia Azmat
    • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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    Sadia Azmat has many different sides to her, she is the good Muslim sister and the loud and proud comedian, she is the quiet and loving friend and the horny and outspoken one. So why does everyone put her in a box and expect her to choose between one or the other? In a life of ups and downs, swings and roundabouts, Sadia has learnt the hard way that she can embrace her sexuality and be a proud British-Indian Muslim.

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    Miss Chloe Audiobook By A. J. Verdelle cover art
    • Miss Chloe

    • A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
    • By: A. J. Verdelle
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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    Toni Morrison, born Chloe A Wofford, was a towering figure in the world of literature when she entered A.J. Verdelle’s life. Their literary friendship was a young writer’s dream—simultaneously exhilarating, intimidating, fulfilling, and challenging. The relationship crossed generations, spanned several cycles in life, exhibited high and low notes, reached and dipped and found its way. Like many women friends, these two writers imagined and built a relationship that was responsive, inventive, and engaged. 

    Miss Chloe

    By: A. J. Verdelle

    Black Moses Audiobook By Mark Ribowsky cover art
    • Black Moses

    • The Hot-Buttered Life and Soul of Isaac Hayes
    • By: Mark Ribowsky
    • Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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    Within the stoned soul picnic of Black music icons in the ’60s and ’70s, only one could bill himself without a blush as Moses, demanding liberation for Black men with his notions of life and self—Isaac Lee Hayes Jr., the beautifully sheen, shaded, and chain-spangled acolyte of cool, whose high-toned “lounge music” and proto-rap was soul’s highest order—heard on twenty-two albums and selling millions of records. 

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    Becoming Dr. Q Audiobook By Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas cover art
    • Becoming Dr. Q

    • My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon
    • By: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas
    • Narrated by: Henry Levya
    • Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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    Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a 19-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the fields of Central California. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story - from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. 

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    By: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, and others

    I Too Am America Audiobook By Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles cover art
    • I Too Am America

    • On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys
    • By: Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles
    • Narrated by: Cary Hite
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
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    I Too Am America examines the promise and peril of Black men and boys in America by exploring the lives of two talented young men, one in Detroit and one in Oakland, who at once embody all that we want our boys to be while also illuminating the many uncertainties they face. The book delves into the story of CBMA founder Shawn Dove, who had to navigate similar waters of promise and peril decades ago as a Black boy in New York City. 

    I Too Am America

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    Mixed Bloodline Audiobook By Octavia Yvonne Webb cover art
    • Mixed Bloodline

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    Dad was many things. He was a business owner, a brick mason, a husband, and a father. He was also illiterate. My dad grew up biracial in the Jim Crow South during the early 1930s, where he struggled to find his identity in a world where he was too Black to be White and too White to be Black. In Mixed Bloodlines, Octavia Yvonne Webb picks up the mantle of her father’s story, exploring the seemingly insurmountable injustices he suffered as a child of mixed race growing up in a racially separated world.

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    Sex Bomb Audiobook By Sadia Azmat cover art
    • Sex Bomb

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    • Narrated by: Sadia Azmat
    • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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    Sadia Azmat has many different sides to her, she is the good Muslim sister and the loud and proud comedian, she is the quiet and loving friend and the horny and outspoken one. So why does everyone put her in a box and expect her to choose between one or the other? In a life of ups and downs, swings and roundabouts, Sadia has learnt the hard way that she can embrace her sexuality and be a proud British-Indian Muslim.

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    Miss Chloe Audiobook By A. J. Verdelle cover art
    • Miss Chloe

    • A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
    • By: A. J. Verdelle
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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    Toni Morrison, born Chloe A Wofford, was a towering figure in the world of literature when she entered A.J. Verdelle’s life. Their literary friendship was a young writer’s dream—simultaneously exhilarating, intimidating, fulfilling, and challenging. The relationship crossed generations, spanned several cycles in life, exhibited high and low notes, reached and dipped and found its way. Like many women friends, these two writers imagined and built a relationship that was responsive, inventive, and engaged. 

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    By: A. J. Verdelle

    Black Moses Audiobook By Mark Ribowsky cover art
    • Black Moses

    • The Hot-Buttered Life and Soul of Isaac Hayes
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    • Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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    Within the stoned soul picnic of Black music icons in the ’60s and ’70s, only one could bill himself without a blush as Moses, demanding liberation for Black men with his notions of life and self—Isaac Lee Hayes Jr., the beautifully sheen, shaded, and chain-spangled acolyte of cool, whose high-toned “lounge music” and proto-rap was soul’s highest order—heard on twenty-two albums and selling millions of records. 

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    Becoming Dr. Q Audiobook By Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas cover art
    • Becoming Dr. Q

    • My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon
    • By: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas
    • Narrated by: Henry Levya
    • Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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    Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a 19-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the fields of Central California. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story - from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. 

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    I Too Am America Audiobook By Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles cover art
    • I Too Am America

    • On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys
    • By: Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles
    • Narrated by: Cary Hite
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
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    I Too Am America examines the promise and peril of Black men and boys in America by exploring the lives of two talented young men, one in Detroit and one in Oakland, who at once embody all that we want our boys to be while also illuminating the many uncertainties they face. The book delves into the story of CBMA founder Shawn Dove, who had to navigate similar waters of promise and peril decades ago as a Black boy in New York City. 

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    By: Shawn Dove, and others

    Mixed Bloodline Audiobook By Octavia Yvonne Webb cover art
    • Mixed Bloodline

    • The Story of a Young Biracial Boy Overcoming Racism Growing Up in the South During the 1930’s Jim Crow Era
    • By: Octavia Yvonne Webb
    • Narrated by: Arischa Conner
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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    Dad was many things. He was a business owner, a brick mason, a husband, and a father. He was also illiterate. My dad grew up biracial in the Jim Crow South during the early 1930s, where he struggled to find his identity in a world where he was too Black to be White and too White to be Black. In Mixed Bloodlines, Octavia Yvonne Webb picks up the mantle of her father’s story, exploring the seemingly insurmountable injustices he suffered as a child of mixed race growing up in a racially separated world.

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    Dreamer at the End of the Universe Audiobook By Gordon Harrison cover art
    • Dreamer at the End of the Universe

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    • By: Gordon Harrison
    • Narrated by: David Piper
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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    Together with My Cousin & Me: And Other Animals plus Wolves: Ryders in the Whirlwind, this book comprises a trilogy, I call The Land. They tell the epic story of four generations of a Celtic family battling the elements and the animals to scrape a living from a land with no fat and little lean. Ours was a wilderness farm in Central Ontario populated by animals, insects, and rocks. The early generations killed the animals and fought the land.

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    By: Gordon Harrison

    Soar Audiobook By Simon Woolley cover art
    • Soar

    • My Journey from Council Estate to House of Lords
    • By: Simon Woolley
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Andrew Hume
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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    Simon Woolley is a member of the House of Lords, the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college and a policy changemaker who has the ear of prime ministers and the future king. But this is a lord who wants to shake up the establishment, an outsider who knows how important it is to bring underrepresented voices to the table. Raised by loving white foster parents on the impoverished St Matthew's Estate in Leicester, young Simon soon learnt about politics while in line at the barber's and about racism as one of the few Black children in the neighbourhood. 

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    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire Audiobook By Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor cover art
    • Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

    • The Journals of Alice Walker
    • By: Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd - editor
    • Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis, Alice Walker, Janina Edwards
    • Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
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    From National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker’s 50 years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her development over five decades as an artist, human rights and women’s activist, and intellectual.

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    Brazen Audiobook By Julia Haart cover art
    • Brazen

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    • By: Julia Haart
    • Narrated by: Julia Haart
    • Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
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    Ever since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart's life—what she wore, what she ate, what she thought—was controlled by the orders of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. At 19, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she was married off to a man she barely knew. For the next 24 years, he would rule her life. Eventually, when her youngest daughter, Miriam, started to question why she wasn't allowed to sing, run or ride a bike, Julia reached her breaking point. 

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    By: Julia Haart

    Leaving Aberdeen Audiobook By Estell Sims Halliburton cover art
    • Leaving Aberdeen

    • Memoir of a Southern Girl
    • By: Estell Sims Halliburton
    • Narrated by: Estell Sims Halliburton
    • Length: 6 hrs
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     Leaving Aberdeen is the story of a young Southern girl's awakening during a turbulent time of racial reckoning, from reading torn textbooks in a one-room schoolhouse to attending a premier HBCU, from professional modeling to motherhood, and from accepting her "place" to supporting her husband's membership as a Black Panther.  

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    The Tears of a Man Flow Inward Audiobook By Pacifique Irankunda cover art
    • The Tears of a Man Flow Inward

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    • By: Pacifique Irankunda
    • Narrated by: Pacifique Irankunda
    • Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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    Pacifique Irankunda’s childhood in Burundi was marked by a 13-year civil war - a grueling struggle that destroyed his home, upended his family, and devastated his country’s beautiful culture. As young boys, Paci and his brother slept in the woods on nights when the shooting and violence grew too intense; they hid in tall grass and watched as military units rolled in and leveled their village.

    The Tears of a Man Flow Inward

    By: Pacifique Irankunda

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