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The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin

Rent: $8.46

At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min
Narrator: Jesse L. Martin
Published: 02/19/2008
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

Rent: $7.88

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her lif...

Abridged: 3 hr
Narrator: Maya Angelou
Published: 11/29/2005
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Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now, Maya Angelou

Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Jour...

by Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable...

Abridged: 1 hr 24 min
Narrator: Maya Angelou
Published: 11/29/2005
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederic...

by Frederick Douglass

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Uncertain of his date of birth or the identity of his father, Frederick Douglass came int...

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min
Narrator: Charles Turner
Published: 12/16/1999
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Dallas 1963 Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK, Bill Minutaglio

Dallas 1963

by Bill Minutaglio

Rent: $6.18

Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research NonfictionNamed one of the Top ...

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min
Narrator: Authors
Published: 10/08/2013
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome, Maya Angelou

Even the Stars Look Lonesome

by Maya Angelou

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See the difference, read Maya Angelou in Large Print* About Large PrintAll Random House L...

Abridged: 1 hr 20 min
Narrator: Maya Angelou
Published: 11/29/2005
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Maggie's American Dream, James P. Comer

Maggie's American Dream

by James P. Comer

Rent: $6.39

The true story of Maggie Comer, an illiterate Southern Black woman who moves North to esc...

Abridged: 2 hr 46 min
Narrator: Ruby Dee
Published: 09/17/2008
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth A Biography of a Slave Woman, Olive Gilbert

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

by Olive Gilbert

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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is a poignant biography as told to Olive Gilbert by Isab...

Unabridged: 3 hr 49 min
Narrator: Bobbie Frohman
Published: 02/20/2014
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Believing, Sandra Brown

Believing

by Sandra Brown

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Sandra Brown revisits two pivotal Christmases from her own past in this heartfelt and i...

Unabridged: 20 min
Narrator: Sandra Brown
Published: 11/21/2017
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano With a foreword by David Olusoga, Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the ...

by Olaudah Equiano

Rent: $7.24

The classic memoir of an 18th-century British former slave, and leading figure in the ab...

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min
Narrator: David Olusoga
Published: 09/30/2021
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The Life of Andrew Jackson, My Ebook Publishing House

The Life of Andrew Jackson

by My Ebook Publishing Hou...

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The United States of America has had many presidents that Americans agree were either gre...

Unabridged: 45 min
Narrator: Matt Montanez
Published: 10/03/2017
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Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House, Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes

by Elizabeth Keckley

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Born in Virginia in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley grew up enslaved until she was able to purcha...

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
Published: 03/08/2022
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Self-Love Workbook for Black Women An Unconventional Self-Love Guide Designed for Black  Women to Find Inner Strength, Discover One’s  Profound Nature, and Improve Life Without Feeling  Alone, Dolores Maaike

Self-Love Workbook for Black Wome...

by Dolores Maaike

Rent: $4.99

How many times do you feel alone every single day? How many times do you feel like you ar...

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min
Narrator: Jacqueline Greer
Published: 03/12/2021
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Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity, The A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan, Amy Alznauer

Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity, The

by Amy Alznauer

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A mango...is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep...

Unabridged: 24 min
Narrator: Soneela Nankani
Published: 04/14/2020
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Child A Memoir, Judy Goldman

Child

by Judy Goldman

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A personal meditation on love in the shadow of white privilege and racism Child is the s...

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min
Narrator: Tiffany Morgan
Published: 08/16/2022
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Living in Kyoto My Early Life with  Japanese Traditions, Hidemi Woods

Living in Kyoto

by Hidemi Woods

Rent: $3.43

The house was built when I was nine years old at the place where our old house was torn d...

Unabridged: 1 hr 8 min
Kyoto #2
Narrator: Hidemi Woods
Published: 09/27/2023
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12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup

12 Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup

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Solomon Northup was born in the early 1800s in New York, and was born as a free man. He l...

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min
Narrator: Mirron Willis
Published: 02/23/2021
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Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore Chapter 11 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH, Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore

by Andrew Zimmern

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Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an e...

Unabridged: 42 min
Narrator: Andrew Zimmern
Published: 09/08/2009
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Andrew Zimmern visits China and Andrew Zimmern, Nature's Candy (Foreign Fruits) Chapters 12 and 16 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH, Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern visits China and A...

by Andrew Zimmern

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Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an e...

Unabridged: 29 min
Narrator: Andrew Zimmern
Published: 09/08/2009
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Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surprises Chapter 17 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH, Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surpris...

by Andrew Zimmern

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Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an e...

Unabridged: 48 min
Narrator: Andrew Zimmern
Published: 09/08/2009
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Southern Boy: Growing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Growing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the 1920-30s, Armiger Jay Jagoe

Southern Boy: Growing up on the M...

by Armiger Jay Jagoe

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This book is a love story, as much like poetry as prose. It is filled with Jay Jagoe's lo...

Unabridged: 4 hr 59 min
Narrator: Armiger Jagoe
Published: 08/28/2019
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Otis and the Tornado, Loren Long

Otis and the Tornado

by Loren Long

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A recipient of two Golden Kite Awards for excellence in children's literature, Loren Long...

Unabridged: 9 min
Otis #2
Narrator: Chris Sorensen
Published: 05/09/2014
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Rompiendo El Silenci, Various

Rompiendo El Silenci

by Various

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No hay escritoras jOvenes en Colombia? SOlo tenemos muchas y buenas poetas? Las preguntas...

Unabridged: 4 hr 20 min
Narrator: Irma Bello
Published: 07/15/2011
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Mama Used to Say, Hannibal B. Johnson

Mama Used to Say

by Hannibal B. Johnson

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In Mama Used to Say, Hannibal Johnson flawlessly captures the collective wisdom pass...

Unabridged: 1 hr 33 min
Narrator: Hannibal B. Johnso...
Published: 10/06/2020
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electricnick, Nick Butt

electricnick

by Nick Butt

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Richard met Nick while they were working as contractors at British Sky Broadcasting. Nick...

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min
Narrator: Nick Butt
Published: 12/18/2020
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Listen Mama, M.S.P. Williams

Listen Mama

by M.S.P. Williams

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"As dramatic as it is heartbreaking." --Kirkus Reviews"Even though the book has heartbrea...

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min
Narrator: JD Jackson
Published: 06/15/2021
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God Doesn't Write with a Pen Marked for Death, Seperated by War, Overcoming Tragedies through Undaunted Faith and Mighty Miracles, Christy Lynn Pauline

God Doesn't Write with a Pen

by Christy Lynn Pauline

Rent: $5.32

With his country on the brink of civil war, Blema Fangamou fears for the lives of his fam...

Unabridged: 4 hr 39 min
Narrator: Troy Cunningham
Published: 11/16/2016
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Echoes from the Farm, Jonathan T Jefferson

Echoes from the Farm

by Jonathan T Jefferson

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In the early 1970s, when author Dr. Jonathan T. Jefferson (a.k.a. "John-John") was a youn...

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min
Narrator: Eric L Williams
Published: 11/23/2021
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Living Up There, Jane Wodening

Living Up There

by Jane Wodening

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"What I find so rare and immediate in this journal is the self-grown quality of the knowl...

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min
Narrator: Jane Wodening
Published: 11/26/2013
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Our Truth Is Not A Lie Our Vision, Voice, and Black are all powerful, Chanel Spencer

Our Truth Is Not A Lie

by Chanel Spencer

Rent: $5.99

”Our Truth Is Not A Lie” is an audio and e-book with 18 compelling stories ab...

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min
Our Truth #1
Narrator: Chanel Spencer
Published: 08/31/2020
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Malcolm X The African American Muslim minister and human rights activist, Kelly Mass

Malcolm X

by Kelly Mass

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Malcolm X was a widely known African American Muslim minister and civil liberties leader ...

Unabridged: 51 min
Narrator: Chris Newman
Published: 04/03/2022
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Political Heroes American Activists Like Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, Kelly Mass

Political Heroes

by Kelly Mass

Rent: $4.49

This book contains the following subjects:1: Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and polit...

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min
Narrator: Doug Greene
Published: 04/03/2022
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Black Activists The Lives and Missions of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Kelly Mass

Black Activists

by Kelly Mass

Rent: $3.49

This 2-book bundle contains the following topics:1 - Malcolm X was a widely known African...

Unabridged: 1 hr 56 min
Narrator: Chris Newman
Published: 04/03/2022
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BUDDY BOY  A True Story of THE American Family, SIXDIMENSIONS

BUDDY BOY A True Story of THE Am...

by SIXDIMENSIONS

Rent: $4.12

I wrote this book in a short amount of time. I wasn’t pressured. I enjoyed writing ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 41 min
Legacy #1
Narrator: SIXDIMENSIONS
Published: 08/19/2021
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The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor...

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in Feb...

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min
Narrator: Randolph Hogan
Published: 10/19/2021
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The Family in Kyoto One Japanese Girl Got Freedom, Hidemi Woods

The Family in Kyoto

by Hidemi Woods

Rent: $3.43

A long time ago, when Japan had the feudal system, my family was a landlord of the area. ...

Unabridged: 44 min
Kyoto #1
Narrator: Hidemi Woods
Published: 01/26/2022
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Country Boy, City Boy, James Cooley Jr.

Country Boy, City Boy

by James Cooley Jr.

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James Cooley's mother had 10 children by six different fathers. She knew she could not ca...

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min
Narrator: James Cooley Jr.
Published: 01/04/2021
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Slap It On!, Sally Cook

Slap It On!

by Sally Cook

Rent: $3.74

Slap It On! tells the story of living among mud brick houses in an artists belt in Eltham...

Unabridged: 15 min
Narrator: Sally Cook
Published: 09/20/2021
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When the Red Gates Opened A Memoir of China's Reawakening, Dori Jones Yang

When the Red Gates Opened

by Dori Jones Yang

Rent: $7.46

A Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in HistoryWhen China open...

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min
Narrator: Dori Jones Yang
Published: 10/01/2020
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The Confessions of Nat Turner THE LEADER OF THE LATE INSURRECTIONS IN SOUTHAMPTON, VA. As fully and voluntarily made to THOMAS R. GRAY, Thomas R. Gray

The Confessions of Nat Turner

by Thomas R. Gray

Rent: $4.88

The late insurrection in Southampton has greatly excited the public mind, and led to...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Narrator: Leighton Harris
Published: 02/12/2021
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Cuscus Fur, Stilton Cheese And A Three Toed Sloth, Sally Cook

Cuscus Fur, Stilton Cheese And A ...

by Sally Cook

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I have survived a plane which caught on fire over the Tasman, have lived with a tribe in ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 9 min
Narrator: Sally Cook
Published: 07/18/2019
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Counting the Stars The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician, Lesa Cline-Ransome

Counting the Stars

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Rent: $5.99

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicate...

Unabridged: 20 min
Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Published: 10/08/2019
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Bi-Cultural: Living and Leaving The World of Illusions, Mus Zoser Ankh Hat

Bi-Cultural: Living and Leaving T...

by Mus Zoser Ankh Hat

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Bi Cultural Living And Living The Word of Illusion is a story about an African-American ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min
Narrator: Mus Zoser Ankh Hat...
Published: 05/07/2020
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We Go High Inspirational Women of Color, Nicole Ellis

We Go High

by Nicole Ellis

Rent: $6.39

Pour paint onto a canvas with Jackson Pollock, laugh along with the pranks of Hokusai, an...

Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min
Narrator: Nicole Ellis
Published: 09/06/2022
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The Peoples of Europe, H. J. Fleure

The Peoples of Europe

by H. J. Fleure

Rent: $4.49

Herbert John Fleure (1877-1969) was a British zoologist and geographer. He was secretary ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 12 min
Narrator: Brittney Wash
Published: 08/31/2022
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Rosa Parks Trained for Life Full of Activism, PBS NewsHour

Rosa Parks Trained for Life Full ...

by PBS NewsHour

Rent: $1.49

Gwen Ifill talks with biographer Jeanne Theoharis, whose book The Rebellious Life of Mrs....

Unabridged: 9 min
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Published: 02/07/2013
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A Brown Girl's Epiphany Reclaim Your Intuition and Step into Your Power, Aurelia Davila Pratt

A Brown Girl's Epiphany

by Aurelia Davila Pratt

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A Brown Girl's Epiphany is a love letter to all of us in need of guidance on our journey....

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min
Narrator: Aurelia Davila Pra...
Published: 09/13/2022
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Ashkii-Bijei-Tso Navajo Dreamer, Vera Lesley

Ashkii-Bijei-Tso

by Vera Lesley

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"Oh, the dreamer that I am!"Based on a true story about a remarkable Navajo man who grows...

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min
Narrator: Fred Rogert
Published: 12/08/2022
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SPIRITUAL SELF CARE for BLACK WOMEN A Spiritual Guide with Self Reflection Activities for Self-Discovery. Self-Care for Black Women Who Give All of Themselves, Maya Morrison

SPIRITUAL SELF CARE for BLACK WOM...

by Maya Morrison

Rent: $4.12

? LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS AND SAY “YES” TO YOURSELF ?Do you find...

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min
Narrator: Dr. Michelle Carab...
Published: 05/04/2023
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365 BLACK GIRLS POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS + SPIRITUAL SELF CARE + EMOTIONAL SELF CARE For Black Women 3 in 1 Stress Relief for Powerful Women Positive Thoughts to Create Success & Self-Esteem, Maya Morrison

365 BLACK GIRLS POSITIVE AFFIRMAT...

by Maya Morrison

Rent: $6.21

? LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS AND SAY “YES” TO YOURSELF ?Do you find...

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min
Narrator: Dr. Michelle Carab...
Published: 05/08/2023