Bestsellers
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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Sea People
- The Puzzle of Polynesia
- By: Christina Thompson
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know....
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Long Lost History
- By Than on 04-19-19
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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Emotional & Powerful
- By Miss Toni on 06-30-13
By: Maya Angelou
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- By Cynthia on 08-10-13
By: Rebecca Skloot
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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- By: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon....
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Beautifully written. Powerful story.
- By Brenda Barbour on 10-22-23
By: Safiya Sinclair
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....
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Awesome
- By Michael on 05-30-17
By: James McBride
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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Sea People
- The Puzzle of Polynesia
- By: Christina Thompson
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know....
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Long Lost History
- By Than on 04-19-19
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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Emotional & Powerful
- By Miss Toni on 06-30-13
By: Maya Angelou
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- By Cynthia on 08-10-13
By: Rebecca Skloot
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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- By: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon....
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Beautifully written. Powerful story.
- By Brenda Barbour on 10-22-23
By: Safiya Sinclair
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....
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Awesome
- By Michael on 05-30-17
By: James McBride
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Walk Through Fire
- A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph
- By: Sheila Johnson
- Narrated by: Sheila Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph—an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life....
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I am The Salamander
- By Dee Burton on 09-27-23
By: Sheila Johnson
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship....
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
By: Wes Moore, and others
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Around the Way Girl
- A Memoir
- By: Taraji P. Henson
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....
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Around My way, Your Way & Every Woman's way
- By Yolanda on 10-26-16
By: Taraji P. Henson
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The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....
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Did not like narrator
- By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19
By: Hyeonseo Lee, and others
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The House of Yan
- A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
- By: Lan Yan
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th century to present day....
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An Incredible Saga of Yan’s Family
- By Mei Karras on 02-17-20
By: Lan Yan
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....
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Loved
- By Jamila on 02-25-15
By: Issa Rae
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An Invisible Thread
- The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
- By: Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This inspirational New York Times best seller chronicles the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness....
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2 People Show How to Get Where they Hope to Go!
- By Mary Burnight on 07-06-21
By: Laura Schroff, and others
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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Michael Jordan
- The Life
- By: Roland Lazenby
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball - hitting nothing but net....
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horrible naration
- By Hiro on 03-27-18
By: Roland Lazenby
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Heavy
- By: Kiese Laymon
- Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A personal narrative that illuminates national failures, Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family....
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Be prepared
- By Amy Eberle on 10-30-18
By: Kiese Laymon
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
- By: Maurice White, Herb Powell
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir....
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Maurice--Earth, Wind and Fire
- By Linda Ealey on 02-28-17
By: Maurice White, and others
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- By: DMX
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive number one hip-hop albums in a row...this is the life and times of the darkest and most dangerously introspective hip-hop artist ever....
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Not a good listen
- By Ty on 03-24-22
By: DMX
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A Piece of Cake
- A Memoir
- By: Cupcake Brown
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Before she turned 20, Cupcake Brown survived the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, and much more....
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Religious
- By Nancy on 02-16-13
By: Cupcake Brown
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The Mango Tree
- A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
- By: Annabelle Tometich
- Narrated by: Annabelle Tometich
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn’t expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail. And when she accepts, she certainly isn’t prepared to hear her mother’s voice on the other end of the line.
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Sweet and messy, love this story of family and becoming
- By Mom 2 Prince on 04-20-24
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Letter to My Daughter
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....
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Wisdom that not only experience can give...
- By Theodore on 09-17-11
By: Maya Angelou
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The Salt Path
- A Memoir
- By: Raynor Winn
- Narrated by: Raynor Winn
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England, The Salt Path is ultimately a portrayal of home - how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways....
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Not happy…..
- By Debbie Frizzell on 09-12-21
By: Raynor Winn
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Frederick Douglass
- Prophet of Freedom
- By: David W. Blight
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....
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The sound of rollerskating in sand
- By Rico X Ludovici on 02-06-19
By: David W. Blight
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Green Hills of Africa
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Josh Lucas
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal....
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The Pleasures of Place, People, and Persuit
- By Darwin8u on 10-25-16
By: Ernest Hemingway
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....
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the fight for civil rights
- By Jean on 01-17-14
By: Gilbert King
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Funny in Farsi
- A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- By: Firoozeh Dumas
- Narrated by: Firoozeh Dumas
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country..
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The melting pot, next generation
- By Jerry on 02-15-08
By: Firoozeh Dumas
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Of Water and Spirit
- Ritual Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
- By: Malidoma Patrice Somé
- Narrated by: Malidoma Patrice Somé
- Length: 3 hrs
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Born in West Africa in the early 1950s, Somé was kidnapped at age four by a French Jesuit missionary to be trained as a priest....
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ABRIDGED VERSION
- By Nick on 04-06-17
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Black Boy
- By: Richard Wright
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Wright's powerful and eloquent memoir of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. At once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, Black Boy is a poignant record of struggle and endurance - a seminal literary work....
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Outstanding
- By Trevin Harvey on 11-11-20
By: Richard Wright
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Notes of a Native Son
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the 20th century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic....
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Masterful Essayist
- By Andre on 09-30-16
By: James Baldwin
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Quiet Strength
- The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
- By: Tony Dungy
- Narrated by: Tony Dungy
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived for God and family—and challenges us all to redefine our ideas of what it means to succeed....
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Love it!
- By Jessica Cochran on 01-12-21
By: Tony Dungy
New releases
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I Just Keep Talking
- A Life in Essays
- By: Nell Irvin Painter
- Narrated by: Nell Irvin Painter
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it. These essays resist easy answers in favor of complexity, the inescapable sense of our country’s potential thwarted by its failures. This collection will surely solidify Painter’s place among the finest critics and writers of the last half century.
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Mountain Girl
- From Barefoot to Boardroom
- By: Marilyn Moss Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Kristen Aiken Salada
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Mountain Girl is an inspiring and poignant story that shows how grit and soul can take a person from barefoot in Appalachia to the boardrooms of industry without losing that special something or selling out. In her own words, Rockefeller writes about a fascinating life that has been well-lived and a hoot to boot.
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We Don't Do Orphans
- The Story of Otino Waa Children's Village in Northern Uganda
- By: Robert Higgins
- Narrated by: Bob Higgins
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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At an age when most are aiming for retirement, Bob Higgins moved to Uganda with his wife Carol. Over the course of fourteen years, they trained church leaders with the International School of Ministry video curriculum, provided clean water to rural communities, and ran a mobile clinic while establishing a home for children orphaned by rebel warfare in Northern Uganda.
By: Robert Higgins
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Take the Leap in Your Desert
- Making Faith Moves during Transitions
- By: Loretta Sanders
- Narrated by: Lisa Quesada
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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As an educator, Dr. Loretta Sanders headed to the United Arab Emirates for what she thought was a journey to make a difference in the lives of children. She did not know that she was on a journey that would make a difference in her own life and the lives of many who sought refuge from the storms of life by establishing the first and only African American church in the UAE.
By: Loretta Sanders
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Before I Get Shot...
- The Confidential Dreams of King Stargazed
- By: Zak Standridge
- Narrated by: Jools King
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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KingStargazed contemplates his past, his present, and his lack of a future through prose and digital visuals.
By: Zak Standridge
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The Prisoner
- Behind Bars in Putin's Russia
- By: Vladimir Pereverzin, Anna Gunin - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held.
By: Vladimir Pereverzin, and others
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I Just Keep Talking
- A Life in Essays
- By: Nell Irvin Painter
- Narrated by: Nell Irvin Painter
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it. These essays resist easy answers in favor of complexity, the inescapable sense of our country’s potential thwarted by its failures. This collection will surely solidify Painter’s place among the finest critics and writers of the last half century.
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Mountain Girl
- From Barefoot to Boardroom
- By: Marilyn Moss Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Kristen Aiken Salada
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Mountain Girl is an inspiring and poignant story that shows how grit and soul can take a person from barefoot in Appalachia to the boardrooms of industry without losing that special something or selling out. In her own words, Rockefeller writes about a fascinating life that has been well-lived and a hoot to boot.
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We Don't Do Orphans
- The Story of Otino Waa Children's Village in Northern Uganda
- By: Robert Higgins
- Narrated by: Bob Higgins
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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At an age when most are aiming for retirement, Bob Higgins moved to Uganda with his wife Carol. Over the course of fourteen years, they trained church leaders with the International School of Ministry video curriculum, provided clean water to rural communities, and ran a mobile clinic while establishing a home for children orphaned by rebel warfare in Northern Uganda.
By: Robert Higgins
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Take the Leap in Your Desert
- Making Faith Moves during Transitions
- By: Loretta Sanders
- Narrated by: Lisa Quesada
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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As an educator, Dr. Loretta Sanders headed to the United Arab Emirates for what she thought was a journey to make a difference in the lives of children. She did not know that she was on a journey that would make a difference in her own life and the lives of many who sought refuge from the storms of life by establishing the first and only African American church in the UAE.
By: Loretta Sanders
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Before I Get Shot...
- The Confidential Dreams of King Stargazed
- By: Zak Standridge
- Narrated by: Jools King
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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KingStargazed contemplates his past, his present, and his lack of a future through prose and digital visuals.
By: Zak Standridge
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The Prisoner
- Behind Bars in Putin's Russia
- By: Vladimir Pereverzin, Anna Gunin - translator
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held.
By: Vladimir Pereverzin, and others
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Won’t Be Silent
- Embracing My Superpowers of Humor and Optimism to Survive Being Second-Generation Holocaust, Coming Out, Addiction, and Endless Unbelievable Obstacles
- By: Abe Gurko
- Narrated by: Abe Gurko
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In his debut memoir, Won’t Be Silent, Abe Gurko invites you to join him in celebrating a life that he calls “finally worth living.” It’s an honest, rollicking ride filled with joyous and life-affirming as well as challenging, daunting, and heartbreaking situations that he navigates with aplomb, though not always.
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Won’t Be Silent - A Wonderful Reminder
- By AJD on 04-20-24
By: Abe Gurko
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A Place Called Home
- Quilting a Life of Joy on the Colorado Plateau
- By: Janet Ross
- Narrated by: Terry Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A Place Called Home: Quilting a Life of Joy on the Colorado Plateau is a place-based creative non-fiction memoir at its heart. It is a collection of stories about how finding my “place” was essential to finding my happiness. It is a template for others to find their own happiness within natural and human communities, inspired by a love of a place that calls them home.
By: Janet Ross
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Even More Necessary Chances
- By: Norman Duchesneau
- Narrated by: Norman Duchesneau
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The Smartass rides again. After retiring from police work, Norman Duchesneau returns to continue his story.
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Undetectable
- By: Casey Charles
- Narrated by: Justin Hay
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In his fight for drugs, friends, and support, Charles learns the power of linking self to other as he confronts stigma, heartbreak, and fear with a visceral resilience. By discovering the power of community, Undetectable explores a generation of long-term HIV survivors who have lived to tell the story of an AIDS pandemic now in its fifth decade without a cure or vaccine.
By: Casey Charles
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Searching for Love in All the Wrong Places
- By: Darrell Roberts
- Narrated by: Darrell Roberts
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Searching for Love in All the Wrong Places is about a small-town boy whose feelings of emptiness inside, due to missing the love of his father, led him into some unsavory places trying to fill the void that he felt inside. Lost, confused, and many times alone, he was not so far gone that true love couldn’t reach him and deliver him from the grasp of an alternative lifestyle.
By: Darrell Roberts
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Black Egg
- A Chinese Woman’s Journey
- By: Xianhua Ma
- Narrated by: Winnie Hsu
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Driven by strong family culture, author Xianhua Ma passes on the life lessons she learned through serving in the Korean War and surviving China’s Cultural Revolution. Even though she endured cruel hardships, she managed to raise a family and create a career for herself in enterprise culture.
By: Xianhua Ma
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The Mango Tree
- A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
- By: Annabelle Tometich
- Narrated by: Annabelle Tometich
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn’t expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail. And when she accepts, she certainly isn’t prepared to hear her mother’s voice on the other end of the line. However, explaining the situation to her younger siblings afterwards was easy; all she had to say was, “Mom shot at some guy. He was messing with her mangoes.” They immediately understood.
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Sweet and messy, love this story of family and becoming
- By Mom 2 Prince on 04-20-24
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Pleasant Valley Lost
- By: Joseph J. Swope
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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John E. Weaver Excellent Reads Book Award for Historical Non-Fiction 2017 Maxy Awards Winner 2016 - Best Nonfiction Set amid the turbulent times of the late 1960s, Pleasant Valley Lost chronicles the last days of a family dairy farm condemned to destruction by a federal dam project. As the family struggles to find a new home and build their future, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moves into Pleasant Valley, ruthlessly destroying a community and its history. Pleasant Valley Lost is based on the true story surrounding the author's childhood farm. Originally part of the estate of ...
By: Joseph J. Swope
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A Father's Daughter: Revised 2nd Edition
- A Father's Daughter, Book 1
- By: Stephen Bradley-Waters
- Narrated by: Stephen Bradley-Waters
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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In this heartbreaking true story, the abduction of his daughter has a father on an emotional and difficult journey through Family Court in pursuit of justice. The battle is bitter and brutal, with the child stuck in the middle of a heartless and inept UK legal system. Constant and baseless accusations from the mother further derail proceedings, causing delays and torment for their daughter. This story is about courage, angst, perseverance, selfishness, love, and pain.
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Indian Legends of the Cuyamaca Mountains
- By: Mary Elizabeth Johnson
- Narrated by: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 41 mins
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Indian lore of the Cuyamaca Mountains and surrounding region in San Diego County, California, abounds in myths and legends handed down from generation to generation by tribal song and squaw-tale. Yet so swiftly has the hand of civilization wiped out the old traditions and customs, that but few Indians remain who remember them, and fewer still are those willing to divulge them. Only when one comes into intimate contact with them is one accorded the privilege and honor of hearing the tales of their ancestors.
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Camel from Kyzylkum
- A Memoir of My Life Journey
- By: Lara Gelya
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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Camel from Kyzylkum is an award-winning memoir about the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey of immigrating from the Soviet Union in the late twentieth century. It touches on the themes of hope, struggle, family, and loss, while highlighting the compelling desire for people to focus on freedom and self-determination. Readers will gain a better understanding of how much work and risk people will endure reaching for a better life. Travel from Ukraine to the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan, from the Soviet Union to Austria, then Italy, and eventually America, all while following the ...
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Incredible story that changes your own life for good..
- By Anonymous User on 04-20-24
By: Lara Gelya
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Discovery of Yellowstone
- Yellowstone is the Majestic Land That Inspired the National Park System, and Became America's First National Park. The Awe inspiring Account of its Discovery
- By: Doug Richardson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure into the wilds of America's great outdoors? Look no further than "Discovery of Yellowstone" by Doug Richardson, the gripping tale of the discovery of one of the world's most stunning natural landscapes, and inspiration for America's first National Park. In 1870, the renowned explorer Nathaniel Pitt Langford set out on a mission to explore the vast wilderness of the Yellowstone region. His experiences during this journey led him to become one of the most important figures in the history of Yellowstone National Park. In this thrilling account of ...
By: Doug Richardson