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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
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-04-11
- Language: English
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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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
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Around the Way Girl
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-11-16
- Language: English
- 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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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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a really great listen
- By Booklover on 09-11-24
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The Mango Tree
- A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
- Narrated by: Annabelle Tometich
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-02-24
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-25-14
- Language: English
- 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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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
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The Fire Next Time
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-16-08
- Language: English
- James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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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
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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
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-02-10
- Language: English
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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 Worlds I See
- Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
- By: Fei-Fei Li
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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The Worlds I See is the moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.
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Excellent
- By J McC on 02-10-24
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The Worlds I See
- Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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The Worlds I See is the moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.
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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
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Letter to My Daughter
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-13-08
- Language: English
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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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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-27-10
- Language: English
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From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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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
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-10-15
- Language: English
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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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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- By: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.
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Beautifully written. Powerful story.
- By Brenda Barbour on 10-22-23
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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.
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The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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From New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor comes this riveting chronicle of a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era....
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Our History
- By Deidre Jackson on 02-23-19
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The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-25-18
- Language: English
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From New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor comes this riveting chronicle of a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era....
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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
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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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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-06-16
- Language: English
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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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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
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Notes of a Native Son
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-22-15
- Language: English
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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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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
- By: Sean Dietrich
- Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken? is the story of what happens after the unthinkable, and the journey we all must make in finding the courage to stop the cycles of the past from laying claim to our future....
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Best I’ve heard in long time!
- By Pam H on 03-12-20
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
- Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-10-20
- Language: English
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken? is the story of what happens after the unthinkable, and the journey we all must make in finding the courage to stop the cycles of the past from laying claim to our future....
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Narrated by: Mia Ellis
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery....
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Will not finish it....
- By Karen M. Curry on 11-17-20
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Narrated by: Mia Ellis
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-26-18
- Language: English
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Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery....
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Rain of Gold
- By: Victor Villaseñor
- Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
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Rain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California....
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Thank you Victor again!
- By cynthia g on 09-24-20
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Rain of Gold
- Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-15-20
- Language: English
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Rain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California....
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- By: DMX
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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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
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-09-22
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 08-08-19
- Language: English
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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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My Beloved World
- By: Sonia Sotomayor
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon....
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Overcoming proverty via education
- By Jean on 01-17-13
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My Beloved World
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-15-13
- Language: English
- The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon....
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