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- By Jo on 09-29-10
By: Ntozake Shange, and others
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Standing at the Scratch Line
- By: Guy Johnson
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 641
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 552
Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally one worth more than a credit
- By Richard on 03-19-10
By: Guy Johnson
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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 11,436
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,825
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,801
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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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 46,527
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41,313
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41,164
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A gift to be treasured
- By David Shear on 07-09-14
By: Harper Lee
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Copper Sun
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Fifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. She endures countless humiliations as she is beaten, branded, and forced to board a slave ship. The atrocities continue as she struggles through endless days of backbreaking work and daily degradation on a plantation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Story
- By Gabrielle on 04-05-11
By: Sharon M. Draper
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Cold Sassy Tree
- By: Olive Ann Burns
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,888
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,883
The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around fast. If the preacher's wife's petticoat shows, the ladies will make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things take a scandalous turn. That is the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, elopes with Miss Love Simpson, a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee!
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Feel-Good Story
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By: Olive Ann Burns
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Just Desserts
- Savannah Reid, Book 1
- By: G. A. McKevett
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Tennessee Bride
- By: Rosanne Bittner
- Narrated by: Loretta Rawlins
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Raised in the hills of Tennessee, Emma Simms dreams of the day she’ll escape her life of poverty to start over in the excitement of Knoxville. But when her mother dies and she’s left with no one but her stepfather, Luke Simms, her dream abruptly becomes a nightmare. Luke plans to send Emma to Knoxville all right - straight to a notorious brothel. River Joe, the mysterious Cherokee-raised frontiersman, knew from the first time he set eyes on the beautiful Emma that he had to have her as his own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not for me!
- By Anonymous User on 07-09-21
By: Rosanne Bittner
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Mudbound
- By: Hillary Jordan
- Narrated by: Ezra Knight, Kate Forbes, Joseph Collins, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 966
Hillary Jordan's mesmerizing debut novel won the Bellwether Prize for fiction. A powerful piece of Southern literature, Mudbound takes on prejudice in its myriad forms on a Mississippi Delta farm in 1946. City girl Laura McAllen attempts to raise her family despite questionable decisions made by her husband. Tensions continue to rise when her brother-in-law and the son of a family of sharecroppers both return from WWII as changed men bearing the scars of combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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May this South never rise again.
- By Betty on 03-25-12
By: Hillary Jordan
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May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
- A Novel
- By: Peter Troy
- Narrated by: John Keating, Allyson Johnson, Marrie Kreinik, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 89
Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five Points at the height of its urban destitution; he is among the first to join the famed Irish Brigade and becomes a celebrated war photographer. Marcella, a society girl from Spain, defies her father to become a passionate abolitionist. Mary and Micah are slaves of varying circumstances, who form an instant connection and embark on a tumultuous path to freedom. All four lives unfold in two beautiful love stories, which eventually collide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Four passionate performances give wings to story
- By Cheimon on 04-26-12
By: Peter Troy
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Dessa Rose
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- By: Sherley Anne Williams
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story5 out of 5 stars 32
This is the story of an extraordinary friendship between two remarkable women, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped black slave under sentence of death; the other is white, yet committed to end the horrors her neighbors accept as a matter of course. Ruby Dee's passionate and sensitive readings gives a poignant sense of reality to this magnificent novel of courage, daring and love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One Star from Perfect
- By Marty on 01-26-18
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Finding Amos
- By: J. D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Bernice L. McFadden
- Narrated by: Kevin Free
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Three daughters, connected only through their relationship to Amos, a now elderly ex-musician struggling with Alzheimer's disease, find their lives intertwining as a car accident reunites them at Amos' bedside - bringing some long-buried issues to light.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Soulful
- By D. Stokes on 11-11-15
By: J. D. Mason, and others
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A Death in the Family
- By: James Agee
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Story4 out of 5 stars 292
Decades after its original publication, James Agee’s last novel seems, more than ever, an American classic. For in his lyrical, sorrowful account of a man’s death and its impact on his family, Agee painstakingly created a small world of domestic happiness and then showed how quickly and casually it could be destroyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It just has to be lived through...
- By Darwin8u on 01-15-20
By: James Agee
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Once Were Warriors
- By: Alan Duff
- Narrated by: Jay Laga'aia
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story5 out of 5 stars 51
Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Beth Heke, a Maori woman struggling to keep her family from falling apart, despite the squalor and violence of the housing projects in which they live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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4000X better then the movie
- By Amazon Customer on 02-15-18
By: Alan Duff
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The Witch of Little Italy
- By: Suzanne Palmieri
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 126
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When young Eleanor Amore gets pregnant, she returns to her estranged family in the Bronx, called by the "Sight" they share. It is the first time she has been back since she was 10, and while everyone else remembers that summer, Eleanor can’t recall anything earlier than the moment she left. With her past coming back to her in flashes, she becomes obsessed with recapturing those memories. Aided by her childhood sweetheart, she learns the secrets still haunting her magical family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kept me entertained......
- By Barbara on 05-25-13
By: Suzanne Palmieri
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- Ivy Pate
- 10-14-19
Beautiful!
This book was a beautiful reminder for people to come together as one to affect change.
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- wennifer smith
- 05-03-18
fabulous book
I throughly enjoy this entire book, top to bottom
it's soul soothing,. informative, enlightening and part of black history
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- cheryl james
- 01-23-19
Sumnary
I enjoyed this story and the history behind it. This reminds me of all the pain and sorrow that my ancestors had to endure.
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- Gregory Seaton
- 04-01-23
Exceptional read!
Simply brilliant….start to finish. This book was like going home and somewhere new all at once.
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- Kathy Davis
- 02-28-22
Spiritually uplifting
Never in my life have a book of spoken words touched my soul so deeply it brought up new conversations and for this I thank you
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- Joycerenea
- 07-12-23
I finished it too fast!
My god! I was hooked from the sample! I was beyond captivated by this story. I just could not wrap my mind on how things escalated. The past and the south is so much to swallow but D.B.’s way of storytelling made it digestible enough to keep going. Five stars!
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- BearBearWolf
- 02-22-19
learning experience
there was so much that I learned. about the struggle and how it changed the face of history. but there was one character that I hated. and there was no reason for the portrayal of insanity that followed. it made me sick to think that the best of us is portrayed as stupid crazy to the point of delusion.
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- Alicia Clark
- 09-25-18
Another treasure all around
Daniel Black is one of my favorite authors on the planet, and to couple his story with Kevin R. Free's unmatched narration made for one hell of an enjoyable listen. The story and performance brought me to tears; definitely a must-listen for everyone!
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- Nikki Baker-Mason
- 09-05-17
Very Interesting
Even though this story took place in the 50's it's very sad to know that things are slightly different but very much still the same today 😑.
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- showed
- 02-21-21
Sacred place is a release
The writing and performance were stellar. The effort to have each character’s voice match the description helped me to love and feel like I could’ve reached out and hugged them. The overall theme hurt my soul but the individual stories was food for my soul.
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