- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense (5,144)
Bestsellers
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
- The Definitive Edition
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Selma Blair
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit....
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First review I've written - Had to write it
- By Cynthianna on 12-21-10
By: Anne Frank
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Mental Toughness for Young Athletes
- Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports
- By: Troy Horne, Moses Horne
- Narrated by: Moses Horne
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety....
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Great for the young elite athlete
- By Rhonda Connally on 04-22-21
By: Troy Horne, and others
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Courage to Soar
- A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
- By: Simone Biles
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts....
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A little thin
- By Rachel2450 on 11-24-16
By: Simone Biles
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All Boys Aren't Blue
- A Memoir-Manifesto
- By: George M. Johnson
- Narrated by: George M. Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.
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This book is everything!
- By Anonymous User on 06-24-20
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The Truths We Hold (Young Readers Edition)
- An American Journey
- By: Kamala Harris
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Now adapted for young listeners, Vice President Kamala Harris' empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life....
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Good to hear about her and her life, but
- By J. Pack on 12-24-21
By: Kamala Harris
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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)
- An Olympian's Journey From Airman to Castaway to Captive
- By: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In this captivating young adult edition of her award-winning number one New York Times best seller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory....
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Great Audio Book for Parents & Kids In The Car
- By Auroramyst on 04-10-15
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
- The Definitive Edition
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Selma Blair
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit....
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First review I've written - Had to write it
- By Cynthianna on 12-21-10
By: Anne Frank
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Mental Toughness for Young Athletes
- Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports
- By: Troy Horne, Moses Horne
- Narrated by: Moses Horne
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety....
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Great for the young elite athlete
- By Rhonda Connally on 04-22-21
By: Troy Horne, and others
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Courage to Soar
- A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
- By: Simone Biles
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance against tremendous odds made her one of the top athletes and record-breaking gymnasts....
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A little thin
- By Rachel2450 on 11-24-16
By: Simone Biles
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All Boys Aren't Blue
- A Memoir-Manifesto
- By: George M. Johnson
- Narrated by: George M. Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.
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This book is everything!
- By Anonymous User on 06-24-20
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The Truths We Hold (Young Readers Edition)
- An American Journey
- By: Kamala Harris
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Now adapted for young listeners, Vice President Kamala Harris' empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life....
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Good to hear about her and her life, but
- By J. Pack on 12-24-21
By: Kamala Harris
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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)
- An Olympian's Journey From Airman to Castaway to Captive
- By: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In this captivating young adult edition of her award-winning number one New York Times best seller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory....
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Great Audio Book for Parents & Kids In The Car
- By Auroramyst on 04-10-15
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Hurdles in the Dark
- My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph
- By: Elvira K. Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Elvira K. Gonzalez
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Educated meets Athlete A in this YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and violence by becoming one of the top U.S. athletes.
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Hitting home
- By Celeste Guerra on 09-24-24
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
- A True Story of the Fight for Justice
- By: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this very personal work, adapted from the original number one best seller, acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom....
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Amazing!!
- By Kat_Favela on 04-04-19
By: Bryan Stevenson
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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
- Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass....
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The content and messages
- By Fasavi on 09-22-24
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, and others
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Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School
- By: Tiffany Jewell
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian, Caroline Sorunke, James Fouhey
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States....
By: Tiffany Jewell
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- By: James L. Swanson
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This fast-paced thriller tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices....
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Superb in Every Way
- By Lanna S. Seuret on 11-26-13
By: James L. Swanson
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The Freedom Writers Diary
- How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
- By: The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Straight from the front line of urban America comes the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students....
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Excellent Book
- By Anonymous User on 02-03-08
By: The Freedom Writers, and others
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
- By: Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong - contributor
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Irene Gut was just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it....
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Gripping Memoir
- By Simone on 10-04-16
By: Irene Gut Opdyke, and others
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Laughing at My Nightmare
- By: Shane Burcaw
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's Laughing at My Nightmare describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinalmuscular atrophy....
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Insightful and unflinchingly honest
- By Abby Goldsmith on 11-09-14
By: Shane Burcaw
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Impossible Escape
- A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolf (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape....
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Wow!
- By Kristen Bible on 12-06-23
By: Steve Sheinkin
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Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)
- First-Person Stories for Today
- By: Alice Wong - editor
- Narrated by: Sarah Ann Masse, Anthony Michael Lopez, Alice Wong
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century....
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Flamboyants
- The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
- By: George M. Johnson, Charly Palmer - illustrator
- Narrated by: George M. Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance.
By: George M. Johnson, and others
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Failing Up
- How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
- By: Leslie Odom Jr.
- Narrated by: Leslie Odom Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Leslie Odom Jr. burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton....
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When you take one step, the universe takes two
- By Amy Aguilar on 04-11-18
By: Leslie Odom Jr.
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Soul Surfer
- A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
- By: Bethany Hamilton
- Narrated by: Eleni Pappageorge
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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She lost her arm in a shark attack and nearly died, but she never lost her faith....
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Totally absorbing.
- By Ms. Carrie S. Rostollan on 06-18-14
By: Bethany Hamilton
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Girl on Pointe
- Chloe's Guide to Taking on the World
- By: Chloe Lukasiak
- Narrated by: Chloe Lukasiak
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Chloe Lukasiak believes that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues - but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things....
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Loved it!
- By VL Garcia on 09-24-21
By: Chloe Lukasiak
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold
- A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Packed with gripping first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and shocking betrayals, this accessible biography proves that there's more than one side to every good story....
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Fascinating History!
- By Richard on 08-12-12
By: Steve Sheinkin
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The Ballerina of Auschwitz
- Young Adult Edition of The Choice
- By: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
- Narrated by: Gilli Messer, Tovah Feldshuh
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In this young adult edition of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eger shares her harrowing experiences and gives listeners the gift of hope and strength.
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Unfiltered
- No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me
- By: Lily Collins
- Narrated by: Lily Collins
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily shares her life and her own deepest secrets, underlining that every single one of us experiences pain and heartbreak. We all understand what it’s like to live in the light and in the dark. For Lily, it’s about making it through to the other side, where you love what you see in the mirror and where you embrace yourself just as you are....
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Celebrity gossip, but with an uplifting and inspiring twist
- By M. Bynum on 03-07-17
By: Lily Collins
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Of Beetles and Angels
- A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
- By: Mawi Asgedom
- Narrated by: Mawi Asgedom
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Now in an audio edition, this acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare....
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woke crap from an ingrate self serving racist
- By White Dog on 08-26-23
By: Mawi Asgedom
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Bad Boy
- By: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrated by: Joe Morton
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s....
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Tough times
- By Megan on 01-30-12
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Almost Adulting
- All You Need to Know to Get It Together (Sort Of)
- By: Arden Rose
- Narrated by: Arden Rose
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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For fans of Grace Helbig and Alexa Chung comes a fresh, hilarious guide to growing up your way from social media influencer and lifestyle vlogger Arden Rose....
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Pretty good
- By Amazon Customer on 07-25-17
By: Arden Rose
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Breaking Through
- By: Francisco Jiménez
- Narrated by: Adrian Vargas
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth....
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Continues The Life Of The Author
- By Wade Lancaster on 11-02-17
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- By: Candace Fleming
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Eugene Alper, Mark Deakins, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs - at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing....
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terrible narration
- By michael on 09-09-14
By: Candace Fleming
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The Mystery
- Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers
- By: Lacey Sturm
- Narrated by: Lacey Sturm
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Rock princess Lacey Sturm wants to share her journey from heartbreak to wholeness with young women. In The Mystery, Sturm helps listeners understand that any loving relationship begins with knowing your own identity in Christ....
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Wow! Incredibly moving.
- By Mae on 12-30-19
By: Lacey Sturm
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Beyond the Gender Binary
- Pocket Change Collective
- By: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary....
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Logical fallacy throughout and very poorly argued.
- By Daniel Deych on 08-03-21
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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Beyond the Bright Sea
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Lauren Wolk
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar.
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Depth
- By Cherie N on 12-03-17
By: Lauren Wolk
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Dead End in Norvelt
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town.
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Can't believe it won the Newberry...
- By Jan on 02-06-12
By: Jack Gantos
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Finding Langston
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.
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I loved it so much
- By Jessica Roman on 08-31-20
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One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecil, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecil gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance.
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Great family road trip book!
- By Iris J. Scott Love on 03-16-16
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The Green Glass Sea
- By: Ellen Klages
- Narrated by: Julie Dretzin
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This first novel from Nebula Award-winning short story writer Ellen Klages was picked as a Junior Library Guild selection and named a Book Sense Number-One Children's Pick. It follows a young girl named Dewey, whose father is part of a super-secret project in 1943 Los Alamos. Dewey, a gifted scientist herself, slowly realizes the implications of "the gadget" her father is working on. She and Suze, another Los Alamos child, find comfort in each other's friendship.
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Wonderful!
- By Rita on 12-08-08
By: Ellen Klages
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The Hired Girl
- By: Laura Amy Schlitz
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14-year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their farm just outside of Lancaster, forever cooking, cleaning, and attending to the many demands of the home. But she has little freedom and less support from her family for her love of reading and blossoming interest in education.
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I loved this book! Recommend it to everyone!
- By Gail Hayes on 07-19-16
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Beyond the Bright Sea
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Lauren Wolk
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar.
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Depth
- By Cherie N on 12-03-17
By: Lauren Wolk
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Dead End in Norvelt
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town.
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Can't believe it won the Newberry...
- By Jan on 02-06-12
By: Jack Gantos
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Finding Langston
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.
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I loved it so much
- By Jessica Roman on 08-31-20
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One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecil, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecil gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance.
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Great family road trip book!
- By Iris J. Scott Love on 03-16-16
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The Green Glass Sea
- By: Ellen Klages
- Narrated by: Julie Dretzin
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This first novel from Nebula Award-winning short story writer Ellen Klages was picked as a Junior Library Guild selection and named a Book Sense Number-One Children's Pick. It follows a young girl named Dewey, whose father is part of a super-secret project in 1943 Los Alamos. Dewey, a gifted scientist herself, slowly realizes the implications of "the gadget" her father is working on. She and Suze, another Los Alamos child, find comfort in each other's friendship.
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Wonderful!
- By Rita on 12-08-08
By: Ellen Klages
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The Hired Girl
- By: Laura Amy Schlitz
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14-year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their farm just outside of Lancaster, forever cooking, cleaning, and attending to the many demands of the home. But she has little freedom and less support from her family for her love of reading and blossoming interest in education.
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I loved this book! Recommend it to everyone!
- By Gail Hayes on 07-19-16
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Morning Girl
- By: Michael Dorris
- Narrated by: Eliza, Reilly Duggan
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Abridged
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Through the alternating voices of 12-year-old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinarily rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492, just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape.
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thoughtful and reflective
- By Laura H on 04-06-06
By: Michael Dorris
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Dash (Dogs of World War II)
- By: Kirby Larson
- Narrated by: Kathy Hsieh
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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New from Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson, the moving story of a Japanese American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects to lose her home - or her beloved dog, Dash. But, as World War II rages and people of Japanese descent are forced into incarceration camps, Mitsi is separated from Dash, her classmates, and life as she knows it.
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everything
- By Andrew Zetterman on 03-13-24
By: Kirby Larson
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Full of Beans
- By: Jennifer L. Holm
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Jennifer L. Holm
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Grown-ups lie. That's one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means "locals") in all of Key West. Not that Beans really minds. It's 1934, the middle of the Great Depression. With no jobs on the island and no money anywhere, who can really blame the grown-ups for telling a few tales? Besides, Beans isn't anyone's fool. In fact he has plans. Big plans. And the consequences might surprise even Beans himself.
By: Jennifer L. Holm
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The Game of Silence
- By: Louise Erdrich
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows.
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Beautiful book
- By Winona Nelson on 05-03-17
By: Louise Erdrich
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Jip, His Story
- By: Katherine Paterson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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They tell Jip he tumbled off the back of a wagon when he was small, and no one ever came back for him. He never had a reason to question this tale - but then a stranger shows up and begins asking about him around town. Who is this man, and could he possibly know something about Jip's past?
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Out of the Dust
- By: Karen Hesse
- Narrated by: Marika Mashburn
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive: Her father for causing the accident that killed her mother; her mother for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most; and herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help her, and there's no one else to care. So at 14, Billie Jo must heal herself - even if it means tearing up her roots and leaving behind everything she's ever known.
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Excellent story! Fast read!
- By Rebecca on 10-08-12
By: Karen Hesse
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Under the Blood-Red Sun
- Under the Blood-Red Sun, Book 1
- By: Graham Salisbury
- Narrated by: Greg Watanabe
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested. It’s a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn’t change: the loyalty of Tomi’s buddies, the Rats.
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Great younger YA historical fiction
- By Jan on 09-12-14
By: Graham Salisbury
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The Art of Keeping Cool
- By: Janet Taylor Lisle
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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As Robert watches the townspeople's hostility toward the German Artist Hoffman build, he worries about his sensitive cousin Elliot's friendship with the artist. And he wonders more and more about the family secret everyone seems to be keeping from him - a secret involving Robert's father, a bomber pilot in Europe. Will Elliot's ability to detach himself from the turmoil around him be enough to sustain him when prejudice and suspicions erupt into violence? And can Robert find a way to deal with the truth about his family's past?
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Wonderful!
- By Carolynn on 03-11-13
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The Bomb
- By: Theodore Taylor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The winner of the Scott O’Dell Award, The Bomb is a powerful history lesson and a gripping tale of suspense that no listener will ever forget. In 1946, 16-year-old Sorry Rinamu watches as U.S. Navy warships appear off the coast of Bikini Island. The U.S. Government wants to test the deadly power of the atomic bomb—and Sorry’s island has been chosen as the test site. The young man knows he must stop the Americans from dropping the bomb—even if it means defying orders from the U.S. Government and risking his own life.
By: Theodore Taylor
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The Fighting Ground
- By: Avi
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Jonathan’s older brother is away fighting with General Washington in Pennsylvania. But at 13, Jonathan is too young to fight. Still too young. Then one morning, April 3, 1778, the tavern bell sounds, calling men to arms. Eager to prove his mettle, with blood pounding in his ears, Jonathan joins the gathering men at the tavern to hear the news. With a 12-pound, six-foot-long flintlock musket loaned to him by the tavern keeper, Jonathan finds a place in with the other men, marching to battle.
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Unbelievable events, dangerous ideas, ant-war
- By Susan M. "Suzy" Oliver on 09-11-14
By: Avi
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
- By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
- Narrated by: Andrea Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Pascal can hardly believe his ears. His older, run-away brother has returned to the plantation with an amazing story: President Lincoln has freed the slaves. Not only that, each newly-freed family can have 40 acres of land and maybe a mule, just for the asking. Now all Pascal and his brother have to do is sneak away from their angry master - and find out where the government is giving away farmland.
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Great book!
- By LM on 09-09-23
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Bull Run
- By: Paul Fleischman
- Narrated by: Paul Fleischman
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Bull Run was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. This book creates an intimate tapestry of stories from blacks and whites, adults and children, leaders and families from the North and South. Broken dreams and bloodshed take you back to the front lines of the Battle of Bull Run.
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Great book!
- By LaShanda on 07-04-16
By: Paul Fleischman
New releases
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Flamboyants
- The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
- By: George M. Johnson, Charly Palmer - illustrator
- Narrated by: George M. Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer–and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety.
By: George M. Johnson, and others
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The Salt Thief
- Gandhi's Heroic March to Freedom
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1930, the Indian people, long ruled by their British occupiers, were at a breaking point. No more could many stand the terrible demands of colonial rule. At this pivotal moment, Mohandas Gandhi, who had suffered firsthand for decades the cruelty of his oppressors, saw an opportunity to win his people's freedom. And so, Gandhi led a small band of his followers on a grueling march from his ashram in western India to the Arabian Sea. After 24 days and 241 miles under a withering sun, the marchers arrived on the Dandi seashore.
By: Neal Bascomb
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Icons of Sports Legends Versus Rising Stars (Who’s Better?)
- Inspirational Life Lessons and Trivia for Young Athletes
- By: Zach Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Alden Schoeneberg
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Who's Better? The Legend or the Rising Star? kid will love these stories of excellence.
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entertaining and informative
- By Doc on 09-24-24
By: Zach Rosenthal
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No Way, They Were Gay?
- Hidden Lives and Secret Loves (Queer History Project)
- By: Lee Wind
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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"History" sounds really official. Like it's all fact. Like it's definitely what happened. But that's not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn't see, or couldn't even imagine anyone different from themselves. That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries.
By: Lee Wind
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Half a Century Ago
- By: Angela Arias
- Narrated by: Tasha Guevera
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Half a Century Ago offers a vivid recollection of memories about coming of age in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s. This engaging story is an empowering listen about how family love provided the foundation to overcome the challenges faced by language and cultural barriers, poverty and social inequities while remaining steadfast focused on positive outcomes. Dr. Arias told these stories to her students over the years in the classroom. She now wishes to share those tales to a larger audience of young immigrants who struggle to overcome adversity and hope for a brighter future.
By: Angela Arias
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The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie
- Infinite Identities Around the World (Queer History Project)
- By: Lee Wind
- Narrated by: Diontae Black
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second book of the Queer History Project, The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World, author Lee Wind uses historical evidence and primary sources—poetry, ancient burial sites, firsthand accounts, and news stories—to explore gender roles and identities.
By: Lee Wind
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Flamboyants
- The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
- By: George M. Johnson, Charly Palmer - illustrator
- Narrated by: George M. Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer–and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety.
By: George M. Johnson, and others
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The Salt Thief
- Gandhi's Heroic March to Freedom
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In 1930, the Indian people, long ruled by their British occupiers, were at a breaking point. No more could many stand the terrible demands of colonial rule. At this pivotal moment, Mohandas Gandhi, who had suffered firsthand for decades the cruelty of his oppressors, saw an opportunity to win his people's freedom. And so, Gandhi led a small band of his followers on a grueling march from his ashram in western India to the Arabian Sea. After 24 days and 241 miles under a withering sun, the marchers arrived on the Dandi seashore.
By: Neal Bascomb
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Icons of Sports Legends Versus Rising Stars (Who’s Better?)
- Inspirational Life Lessons and Trivia for Young Athletes
- By: Zach Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Alden Schoeneberg
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Who's Better? The Legend or the Rising Star? kid will love these stories of excellence.
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entertaining and informative
- By Doc on 09-24-24
By: Zach Rosenthal
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No Way, They Were Gay?
- Hidden Lives and Secret Loves (Queer History Project)
- By: Lee Wind
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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"History" sounds really official. Like it's all fact. Like it's definitely what happened. But that's not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those historians were biased against, didn't see, or couldn't even imagine anyone different from themselves. That means that history has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people: men who loved men, women who loved women, people who loved without regard to gender, and people who lived outside gender boundaries.
By: Lee Wind
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Half a Century Ago
- By: Angela Arias
- Narrated by: Tasha Guevera
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Half a Century Ago offers a vivid recollection of memories about coming of age in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s. This engaging story is an empowering listen about how family love provided the foundation to overcome the challenges faced by language and cultural barriers, poverty and social inequities while remaining steadfast focused on positive outcomes. Dr. Arias told these stories to her students over the years in the classroom. She now wishes to share those tales to a larger audience of young immigrants who struggle to overcome adversity and hope for a brighter future.
By: Angela Arias
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The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie
- Infinite Identities Around the World (Queer History Project)
- By: Lee Wind
- Narrated by: Diontae Black
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second book of the Queer History Project, The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World, author Lee Wind uses historical evidence and primary sources—poetry, ancient burial sites, firsthand accounts, and news stories—to explore gender roles and identities.
By: Lee Wind
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