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- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 37
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The anti-busing riots of 1974 forever changed Southie, Boston's working-class Irish community, branding it as a violent, racist enclave. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in Southie's Old Colony housing project. He describes the way this world within a world felt to the troubled yet keenly gifted observer he was even as a child. But the threats - poverty, drugs, a shadowy gangster world - were real. All Souls is heartbreaking testimony to lives lost too early, and the story of how a place so filled with pain could still be "the best place in the world".
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5 out of 5 stars
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this book broke me in the best way
- De anon en 02-14-23
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How to Survive a Summer
- A Novel
- De: Nick White
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Grad student Will Dillard has largely buried memories of the summer he spent at a camp intended to "cure" homosexuality. But when he finds out a horror movie based on the camp is hitting theaters, he's forced to face his past - and his role in another camper's death. As he recounts the events surrounding his "failed rehabilitation", Will strikes out on an impromptu road trip back home to Mississippi, eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A story full of heart and healing
- De ZippyBippy en 05-06-18
De: Nick White
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How It Went Down
- De: Kekla Magoon
- Narrado por: Cherise Boothe, Shari Peele, Kevin R. Free, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
When 16-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short.
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5 out of 5 stars
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gives perspective on race.
- De J. Carey en 08-17-17
De: Kekla Magoon
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Loving Day
- De: Mat Johnson
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 165
On his first night in his new home, Warren spies two figures in the grass outside; when he screws up the nerve to confront them, they disappear. The next day he encounters ghosts of a different kind: In the face of the teenage girl he meets at a comics convention, he sees the mingled features of his white father and his black mother, both now dead. The girl is his daughter, and she thinks she's white.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Teen lit with heavy erotic imagery
- De Itinerant T en 08-26-15
De: Mat Johnson
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Darling Days
- A Memoir
- De: iO Tillett Wright
- Narrado por: iO Tillett Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 405
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 369
Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO's mother's. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic glamazon. She was iO's fiercest defender and only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can’t wait for more from this Author!
- De Team Hobson en 07-24-19
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All We Have Left
- De: Wendy Mills
- Narrado por: Shiromi Arserio, Amy Melissa Bentley
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 40
Now: Sixteen-year-old Jesse is used to living with the echoes of the past. Her older brother died in the September 11th attacks, and her dad since has filled their home with anger and grief. When Jesse gets caught up with the wrong crowd, one momentary hate-fueled decision turns her life upside down. The only way to make amends is to face the past, starting Jesse on a journey that will reveal the truth about how her brother died. Then: In 2001, 16-year-old Alia is proud to be Muslim....it's being a teenager that she finds difficult.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful!
- De Amazon Customer en 08-11-21
De: Wendy Mills
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X
- A Novel
- De: Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Ilyasah Shabazz
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's nothing but a pack of lies - after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well written
- De jeff en 06-29-15
De: Ilyasah Shabazz, y otros
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Born Bright
- A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America
- De: C. Nicole Mason
- Narrado por: Robin Eller
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Born Bright, C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, is a story of reconciliation, constrained choices, and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid Book
- De Daryl en 11-06-16
De: C. Nicole Mason
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Rabbit
- The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
- De: Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
- Narrado por: Patricia Williams
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,476
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,479
One of five children, Pat watched as her alcoholic mother struggled to get by on charity, cons, and petty crimes. At age seven, Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At 12, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior; by 13, she was pregnant. By 15, Pat was a mother of two. Alone at 16, Pat was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story but dry reading
- De SpazzyMaggee en 11-03-17
De: Patricia Williams, y otros
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Dear Zoe
- A Novel
- De: Philip Beard
- Narrado por: Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Beard's stunning debut is an epistolary novel written from 15-year-old Tess DeNunzio to her little sister Zoe. After Zoe's accidental death on September 11, 2001, a day so many others died, Tess' family is numbed by their personal tragedy. Already acutely aware of her odd place in a home where her mother and stepfather now have children of their own, Tess begins her letter as a means of figuring out her own life, from her two-hour-a-day hair and makeup ritual to her complicity in Zoe's death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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keeps you listening.
- De nas en 10-18-09
De: Philip Beard
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Breaking Night
- A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
- De: Liz Murray
- Narrado por: Liz Murray
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 900
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 803
Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age 15, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. Then, when Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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unbelievably inspiring
- De Amazon Customer en 03-17-12
De: Liz Murray
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Always Running
- La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
- De: Luis J. Rodriguez
- Narrado por: Luis J. Rodriguez
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 423
By age 12, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as that culture claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Book for all educators
- De Heather M. Vitz en 03-15-15
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The Turner House
- De: Angela Flournoy
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 664
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 594
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 596
The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over 50 years. Their house has seen 13 children grown and gone - and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a 10th of its mortgage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narrator's performance made the difference.
- De KT en 06-11-15
De: Angela Flournoy
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Vivian Apple at the End of the World
- De: Katie Coyle
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed 'Rapture,' all that's left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian embarks on a desperate cross-country road trip through a paranoid and panic-stricken America to find answers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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juvenile
- De emily en 12-16-19
De: Katie Coyle
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Burn Baby Burn
- De: Meg Medina
- Narrado por: Marisol Ramirez
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
Nora Lopez is 17 during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora's family life isn't going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn 17 and be on her own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't finish listening to this book.
- De Mathis en 12-03-17
De: Meg Medina
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The Secret Side of Empty
- De: Maria E. Andreu
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
What's it like to be undocumented? High school senior M.T. knows all too well. With graduation and an uncertain future looming, she must figure out how to grow up in the only country she's ever called home... a country in which she's "illegal". M.T. was born in Argentina and brought to America as a baby without any official papers. And as questions of college, work, and the future arise, M.T. will have to decide what exactly she wants for herself, knowing someone she loves will unavoidably pay the price for it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heavy topics handled well but just fell short 4 me
- De AudioBookHoe en 07-30-17
De: Maria E. Andreu