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Overall4 out of 5 stars 598
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 525
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Story4 out of 5 stars 524
Finding herself in over her head with a case involving a politician's infidelities, Memphis-born karate expert Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid is told that she must turn in her badge because she is overweight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Confusing title for a great book
- By Austin gal on 11-26-12
By: G. A. McKevett
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Lighthouse
- By: Eugenia Price
- Narrated by: Tessa Richards
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Raised in post-Revolution Granville, Massachusetts, James Gould could only imagine the beauty and warmth of the lands to the south. It was there that he longed to build bridges and lighthouses from his very own designs and plans. His gripping story unfolds as Gould follows his dream to the raw settlement of Bangor on the Penobscot River, St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia, lawless Spanish East Florida, and back - at last and finally - to St. Simons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Local history come to life!
- By the Island on 05-07-21
By: Eugenia Price
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Redemption Song
- A Novel
- By: Bertice Berry
- Narrated by: E. Kane
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 35
Owner of a small African American bookshop, Miss Cozy has an unique gift: Customers who walk through her door rarely leave without a book that speaks directly to their life. But when Josephine - "Fina" - and Ross arrive in search of an obscure, unpublished manuscript written by a slave woman, Miss Cozy knows that all her visions have been leading her to this magical day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- By Amazon Customer on 12-18-19
By: Bertice Berry
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Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
- By: Ann B. Ross
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 833
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 731
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 732
Miss Julia, a recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a youngster in tow and unceremoniously announces that the child is the bastard son of Miss Julia's late husband. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal - and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Miss Julia is 60+ yrs old.. reader is too young
- By jennifer on 07-13-12
By: Ann B. Ross
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Sittin' in the Front Pew
- By: Parry Brown
- Narrated by: Patricia R Floyd
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
This spirited tale of love, family, and honoring loved ones is filled with sharp insights. As four sisters prepare for their father's funeral, they examine what he meant to them. But they are all thrown off balance when they discover the secret their father carried to his grave.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Amateur, at best
- By N. Hall on 11-18-06
By: Parry Brown
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The Sacred Place
- By: Daniel Black
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Visiting from Chicago, 14-year-old Clement is unfamiliar with the social customs of the tiny town of Money. Striding into a general store, he offends the white store clerk by not placing his nickel in her hand. This seemingly innocuous act leads to a horrific murder and a conflict drawn along racial lines.
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4 out of 5 stars
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learning experience
- By BearBearWolf on 02-22-19
By: Daniel Black
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Jim and Louella's Homemade Heart-Fix Remedy
- By: Bertice Berry
- Narrated by: Lizan Mitchell
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Blackboard best-selling author Bertice Berry breaks all the rules of romantic comedy with this funny, sexy novel about an older couple rediscovering their passion for living and loving. Jim and Louella's love life has gone a bit chilly after 26 years of marriage. But then Louella's ancestors visit her dreams, and a sexual reawakening quickly follows. Soon after, Jim and Louella realize they can read the thoughts of other people, so they begin a quest to heal the community around them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, Timely, Inspiring!
- By Penny Meacham on 11-09-20
By: Bertice Berry
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Perfect Peace
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Black
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,886
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,676
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,666
When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother, Emma Jean, tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great book!
- By JoJo on 09-03-16
By: Daniel Black
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,457
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,843
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,819
Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
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The Homeplace
- Singing River, Book 1
- By: Gilbert Morris
- Narrated by: Judith West
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
As the year 1928 begins, 14-year-old Lanie Belle Freeman of Fairhope, Arkansas, has bright hopes for the future. Her father has launched a new business, and her mother is expecting her fifth baby. Lanie has dreams of going to college and being a writer. Then tragedy strikes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow to start. But hang in there. It’s worth it
- By paula wright on 02-24-19
By: Gilbert Morris
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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
- Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 613
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 527
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African-American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston’s "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Writer - Great Reader
- By Avid Listener on 09-09-20
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The Sweet By and By
- A Novel
- By: Todd Johnson
- Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker, Adriane Lenox, Robin Miles, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Among the longleaf pines and family farms of eastern North Carolina, days seem to pass without incident for Margaret Clayton and Bernice Stokes until they discover each other in a friendship that will take them on the most important journey of their lives. Margaret, droll and whip smart, has a will of iron that never fails her even when her body does, while Bernice, an avid country-music fan, is rarely lucid.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great 2/3 of a book.
- By Tracy on 07-09-12
By: Todd Johnson
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A Family for Gracie
- By: Amy Lillard
- Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she’s longing for a home and family of her own, it’s time to help herself. With few eligible men in Pontotoc, Gracie’s choices, and her time, are limited. So she takes a bold leap of faith: She proposes to Matthew Byler, a handsome, recently widowed, father of five. It’s not until after they’re married that Gracie learns Matthew doesn’t want more children.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not great
- By Kindle Customer on 11-14-22
By: Amy Lillard
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What Once Was True
- By: Jean Grainger
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 896
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 795
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 788
Robinswood, Co. Waterford, 1939. The once grand house is home to two very different families. Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a large house and grounds ever dwindles. Meanwhile, the Murphy family, Dermot, Isabella and their three almost grown-up girls, live and work on the estate and do their best to keep everything running smoothly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I throughly enjoyed every minute of this book
- By paula wright on 09-16-20
By: Jean Grainger
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Miranda Trilogy
- By: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 29 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Grace Livingston Hill’s three novels about nineteenth-century small-town America remain relevant a century after they were first published. The timeless themes include the powerful influence of gossip, the importance of faith, and the precious gift of true friendship.