Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America
This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.
The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... Read more
All Boys Aren't Blue
By: George M. Johnson
Narrated by: George M. Johnson
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.
A New York Times Bestseller!
Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories
... Read more
Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course
By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. This course covers European and Latin American Spanish. Take a... Read more
View audiobookLearn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course
By: Paul Noble & Kai-Ti Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble & Kai-Ti Noble
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more
View audiobookUFO of GOD
By: Chris Bledsoe
Narrated by: Daniel Roueche
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
* * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * *The case began 16 years ago and the government was the only one that listened. Why is that? “The Invisible College took notice…and so should you.” —Jim Semivan, CIAChris Bledsoe, a deeply religious family man and successful business owner from North Carolina was on the verge of the unthinkable after... Read more
View audiobookTen Days in a Mad-House
By: Nellie Bly
Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1887, Nellie Bly had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. While there, Bly experienced firsthand the shocking abuse and neglect of its inmates, from inedible food to horrifyingly unsanitary conditions. Ten Days in a Mad-House is... Read more
View audiobookThe Lady and the Octopus
By: Danna Staaf
Narrated by: Suzie Althens
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
"Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how the argonaut octopus gets its shell. In an era when... Read more
View audiobookEverything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask
By: Dr. Anton Treuer
Narrated by: Dr. Anton Treuer
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young listeners alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?," "What's it like for... Read more
View audiobookSHOUT
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Narrated by: Laurie Halse Anderson
Length: 3 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!
Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by... Read more
Don't Look Back
By: Achut Deng & Keely Hutton
Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.
I want life.
After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in... Read more
What the Fact?
By: Seema Yasmin
Narrated by: Seema Yasmin
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.
What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make... Read more
The Redhead of Auschwitz
By: Nechama Birnbaum
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz.Upon arrival, Rosie’s head is shaved... Read more
View audiobookHow the Boogeyman Became a Poet
By: Tony Keith, Jr.
Narrated by: Tony Keith, Jr.
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson,... Read more
View audiobookThe Quince Project
By: Jessica Parra
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 10 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister’s quinceañera and her mother's unexpected passing, all of Cas’s plans are crumbling. So when a local lifestyle-guru-slash-party-planner opens up applications for the internship of her dreams, Cas sees it... Read more
View audiobookWeed
By: Caitlin Donohue
Narrated by: Angela Juarez
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Humans have used cannabis for thousands of years, since Neolithic peoples sought out its medicinal benefits.
But for the past century, its use has been largely criminalized. Stigma around cannabis has made it difficult for people of all ages to get straightforward answers about how to minimize health risks related to cannabis consumption or to... Read more
Hurdles in the Dark
By: Elvira K. Gonzalez
Narrated by: Elvira K. Gonzalez
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author and includes music written by Ernesto Villalobos, Alberto Villalobos, Luis Villalobos and Humberto Flores, and performed by the Villalobos Brothers.
Educated meets Athlete A in this YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and... Read more
The Unboxing of a Black Girl
By: Angela Shanté
Narrated by: Angela Shanté
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A LOVE LETTER TO BLACK GIRLSSet in New York City in the ’90s, Angela Shanté’s poems and stories paint a mosaic of childhood that is shaped by the past and reverberates into the present. As Shanté navigates the city through memory, this timeless book illuminates the places where Black girls are nurtured or boxed in, through stories and poems... Read more
View audiobookThe Media and Me
By: Project Censored & the Media Revolution Collective
Narrated by: Julienne Irons
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
During the recent presidential election, "media literacy" became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that eight to eighteen year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into each day by "media multitasking." Young people are not only... Read more
View audiobookFrench Conversation with Paul Noble
By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday French speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues. Ideal preparation for travelling to France and French-speaking countries. You... Read more
View audiobookSpanish Conversation with Paul Noble
By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday Spanish speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues. Ideal preparation for travelling to Spain and Latin America. This course... Read more
View audiobookPlaying the Field
By: Ivy Bailey
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A football inspired YA rom-com, perfect for fans of Ted Lasso and Icebreaker
Durham University have the best women’s football team in the League and their star striker Sadie McGrath hopes that winning this year might lead her to being picked up by one of the National Teams. The male team is much less impressive – they’ve never won the league... Read more
Deborah Meaden Talks Money
By: Deborah Meaden
Narrated by: Deborah Meaden
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
THE empowering intro to money and finance that EVERY young person needs right now, from Dragons’ Den investor and entrepreneur DEBORAH MEADEN. Finance made fun? YES, REALLY! Dragons' Den investor and entrepreneur, Deborah Meaden, makes finance exciting, relatable and personal –... Read more
View audiobookLook What You Made Me Do
By: Kat McKenna
Narrated by: Jade Ewen
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
What does it mean to be a FAN?
If you're a Swiftie, you know that it takes commitment and dedication to be in a fandom. And there's nothing more rewarding than sourcing news and updates, anticipating new music and meeting fellow fans. But fan culture today is more intense than ever, from trolling to stalkers to online warfare.
So how did we get... Read more
Diary of a Dying Girl
By: Mallory Smith
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 14 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This collection of one girl's real, unflinching diary entries about slowly dying of a terminal illness is an unparalleled exploration of the human spirit and what it means to truly live.
Many of the feelings I write about are too difficult to share while I'm alive, so I'm keeping everything in my journal password-protected until the end.
Mallory... Read more