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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
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Giovanni's Room
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dan Butler
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,224
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,119
Set in the 1950’s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Baldwin: sensational. Butler: great. One caveat.
- By Music Man on 06-28-14
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Another Country
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 489
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way. Another Country is a work that is as powerful today as it was 40 years ago - and expertly narrated by Dion Graham.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't Expect Sweetness and Light
- By Barbara on 10-02-10
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,002
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,539
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,509
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with this eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant and Sadly Relevant
- By Steve M on 03-20-16
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James Baldwin
- A Biography
- By: David Leeming
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
This is a biography of James Baldwin, author, one-time preacher, and civil rights activist. He chose David Leeming, a close friend and colleague, to write his biography and granted him access to his correspondence. Leeming traces his life from his birth in Harlem in 1924 to his self-imposed exile in Europe, his later years as political activist, and his public funeral in 1987.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great biography of a great man
- By Megarian on 10-16-16
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Notes of a Native Son
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 634
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 571
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 572
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Essayist
- By Andre on 09-30-16
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James Baldwin, an Original
- By: Gloria Steinem
- Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
A portrait of the singular author at 40, Gloria Steinem's James Baldwin, an Original finds Baldwin between rehearsals for his Broadway play, Blues for Mister Charlie, a tragedy loosely based on the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, as he attempts to get his vision from page to stage uncompromised - and wrestles with his growing fame as a writer and activist.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written and insightful..
- By Oliver Pookrum on 02-23-17
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Giovanni's Room
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dan Butler
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,224
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,119
Set in the 1950’s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Baldwin: sensational. Butler: great. One caveat.
- By Music Man on 06-28-14
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Another Country
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 489
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 405
Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way. Another Country is a work that is as powerful today as it was 40 years ago - and expertly narrated by Dion Graham.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't Expect Sweetness and Light
- By Barbara on 10-02-10
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,002
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,539
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,509
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with this eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant and Sadly Relevant
- By Steve M on 03-20-16
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James Baldwin
- A Biography
- By: David Leeming
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
This is a biography of James Baldwin, author, one-time preacher, and civil rights activist. He chose David Leeming, a close friend and colleague, to write his biography and granted him access to his correspondence. Leeming traces his life from his birth in Harlem in 1924 to his self-imposed exile in Europe, his later years as political activist, and his public funeral in 1987.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great biography of a great man
- By Megarian on 10-16-16
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Notes of a Native Son
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 634
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 571
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 572
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Essayist
- By Andre on 09-30-16
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James Baldwin, an Original
- By: Gloria Steinem
- Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
A portrait of the singular author at 40, Gloria Steinem's James Baldwin, an Original finds Baldwin between rehearsals for his Broadway play, Blues for Mister Charlie, a tragedy loosely based on the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, as he attempts to get his vision from page to stage uncompromised - and wrestles with his growing fame as a writer and activist.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written and insightful..
- By Oliver Pookrum on 02-23-17
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Go Tell It On the Mountain
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,179
James Baldwin’s stunning first novel is now an American classic. With startling realism that brings Harlem and the black experience vividly to life, this is a work that touches the heart with emotion while it stimulates the mind with its narrative style, symbolism, and excoriating vision of racism in America. Moving through time from the rural South to the northern ghetto, Baldwin chronicles a 14-year-old boy’s discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful First Novel
- By Andre on 05-08-16
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And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections)
- A Book of Poems
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 638
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 560
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Story5 out of 5 stars 546
The beloved and best-selling author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings reads aloud from her third book of verse. She not only gives life to many of her most cherished poems, but she also presents personal introductions to several favorites, including "One More Round", "Woman Work", and "Life Doesn't Frighten Me".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nothing compares to hearing the actual author read
- By Barry White on 05-28-14
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Going to Meet the Man
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as told by James Baldwin, detail the ingenious and often desperate ways in which they try to keep their heads above water.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Punch in the gut
- By Rebecca on 05-08-17
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No Name in the Street
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story5 out of 5 stars 58
This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent '60s and early '70s displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works. In vivid detail he remembers the Harlem childhood that shaped his early consciousness, the later events that scored his heart with pain - the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his return to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a moving ,Soul crushing ,inspiring work of art
- By Andrew Spackman on 05-04-17
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Nobody Knows My Name
- More Notes of a Native Son
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name records the last months of this famed American writer's 10-year self-exile in Europe, his return to America and to Harlem, and his first trip south at the time of the school integration battles. It contains Baldwin's controversial and intimate profiles of Norman Mailer, Richard Wright, and Ingmar Bergman. And it explores such varied themes as the relations between blacks and whites, the role of blacks in America and in Europe, and the question of sexual identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent on all counts!
- By Stephen York on 12-03-17
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Novel
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,344
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,093
Told through the eyes of Tish, a 19-year-old girl in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions - affection, despair, and hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exquisite Narration
- By Laurel Futures on 06-08-18
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Just Above My Head
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 164
The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this novel with a stunning, unforgettable experience. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the homosexual passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that inflames his nonfiction work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful poignant story
- By Africa on 12-02-18
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Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
- A Novel
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A masterpiece!!! A naked truth.
- By Eric Coker on 01-05-16
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Four Great Americans
- Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, and George Washington
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
Essential learning for any young student of American History, biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster and Abraham Lincoln. These stories help us get to know the gentleman as people and then take us through their great accomplishments that make us appreciate their place in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good!!! 👍🏼 but
- By Mario on 04-03-16
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Olio Live
- By: Tyehimba Jess
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Kayla White, Jaylene Clark Owens, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,728
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,577
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,576
The word "olio" means a hodgepodge, or a miscellaneous collection of literary or musical selections. In Olio Live - a very special one-night performance recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theater in February 2019 - poet Tyehimba Jess introduces listeners to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Olio. He is joined on stage by writer, editor, and Literaryswag founder Yahdon Israel, as well as a stellar cast of actors interpreting a selection of the poems from the collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEAUTIFUL
- By Jackie GREEN on 06-09-19
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- Great 20th-Century Authors Read from Their Works
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin, William Styron, and others
- Narrated by: Mr. James Baldwin, Mr. William Styron, Mr. James Jones, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
James Baldwin reading from Another Country and Giovanni's Room; WIlliam Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones reading from From Here to Eternity; and Philip Roth reading from Letting Go.
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Here are 50 famous stories of long-ago times, retold in a short form for all young people. These are tales of valor, bravery, and kindness, as well as high adventure. Included are "The Story of William Tell", "Damon and Pythias", "Androclus and the Lion", "The Story of Robin Hood" and many more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Buyer Beware - Great Content but tracks messed up
- By SpunkyMama on 01-06-13
Publisher's Summary
James Baldwin gives an electrifying reading about a young gay American in Paris recalling a dramatic and transforming incident from his boyhood, as he struggles to accept his sexual identity.
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- Schwep Fizz
- 08-07-16
Heart-achingly beautiful
This text alone and this reading show so clearly the inhumanity, the destructiveness of our general, casual homophobia. I am moved to the core of my being and I wish I heard more.
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