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A Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri
A Prayer for the Living
Ben Okri
A Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri

A Prayer for the Living

By: Ben Okri

Narrated by: Ben Okri

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Playful, frightening, shockingā€”these stories from a writer at the height of his power will make you think, or make you laugh. Sometimes theyā€™ll make you want to look away, but they will always hold your gaze. These are stories set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, and in a printerā€™s shop in Lagos. Characters include a... Read more

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Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition) by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe & Jabari Asim
Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition)
Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe & Jabari ...
Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition) by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe & Jabari Asim

Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition)

By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe & Jabari ...

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A young reader's adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.

Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the... Read more

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Black Futures by Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
Black Futures
Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham

Black Futures

By: Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham

Narrated by: Kimberly Drew, Kevin R. Free, Dominic Hoffman, ...

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An archive of collective memory and exuberant testimony
A luminous map to navigateĀ an opaqueĀ and disorienting present
An infinite geography of possibleĀ futures

What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?

Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of workā€”essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and... Read more

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Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper
Fire from the Rock
Sharon Draper
Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper

Fire from the Rock

By: Sharon Draper

Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly... Read more

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Confessions in B-Flat by Donna Hill
Confessions in B-Flat
Donna Hill
Confessions in B-Flat by Donna Hill

Confessions in B-Flat

By: Donna Hill

Narrated by: Aria Addison & Earl Sewell

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Jason Tanner, protĆ©gĆ© of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been by his mentorā€™s side in New York to spread the message of passive resistance. In Harlem, the epicenter of black culture, poet Anita Hopkins tries to capture the message of Malcolm X, which she believes with all her heart: the time is now; enough is enough. When Jason goes to the... Read more

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Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money by Bola Sokunbi
Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money
Bola Sokunbi
Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money by Bola Sokunbi

Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money

By: Bola Sokunbi

Narrated by: Bola Sokunbi

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn the basics of investing with this approachable guide to the world of finance



Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money is the leading guide for women who seek to learn the basic foundations of personal investing. In a no-nonsense and straightforward style, this book teaches listeners: exactly how investing works and... Read more

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Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi
Rebel Sisters
Tochi Onyebuchi
Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi

Rebel Sisters

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

Narrated by: Nkeki Obi-Melekwe

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In the epic, action-packed sequel to the "brilliant" (Booklist, starred review) novel War Girls, the battles are over, but the fight for justice has just begun.

It's been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she's always dreamed--the Space Colonies. She is a respected, high-ranking medical officer and has... Read more

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White Fright by Jane Dailey
White Fright
Jane Dailey
White Fright by Jane Dailey

White Fright

By: Jane Dailey

Narrated by: Kylah Frye

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A major new history of the fight for racial equality in America, arguing that fear of black sexuality has undergirded white supremacy from the start.
In White Fright, historian Jane Dailey brilliantly reframes our understanding of the long struggle for African American rights. Those fighting against equality were not motivated only by a sense of... Read more

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This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell
This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

This Book Is Anti-Racist

By: Tiffany Jewell

Narrated by: Tiffany Jewell

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

What is racism?
What is anti-racism?Ā 
How can you stand up and take action?

In this engaging audio version of the New York Times best-selling This Book is Anti-Racist, young people will learn how to take action against racism and injustice.Ā  The audiobook exploresĀ identity, history, and the language surrounding racism as each chapter naturally... Read more

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Concrete Kids by Amyra LeĆ³n
Concrete Kids
Amyra LeĆ³n
Concrete Kids by Amyra LeĆ³n

Concrete Kids

By: Amyra LeĆ³n

Narrated by: Amyra LeĆ³n

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A Goddard CBC's Social Justice Prize NomineeĀ ā€¢Ā AĀ YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults

"I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many years to come."--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest)

"Amyra's wondrous awe for life in all its terror and splendor... Read more

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The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza
The Purpose of Power
Alicia Garza
The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza

The Purpose of Power

By: Alicia Garza

Narrated by: Alicia Garza

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challengesĀ ofĀ our time, from oneĀ ofĀ theĀ countryā€™s leading organizers and a co-creatorĀ ofĀ Black Lives Matter
Ā 
ā€œExcellent and provocative . . . a gateway [to] urgent debates.ā€ā€”Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Time ā€¢ Marie Claire ā€¢... Read more

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When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten
When Life Gives You Mangos
Kereen Getten
When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten

When Life Gives You Mangos

By: Kereen Getten

Narrated by: N'Jameh Camara

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Named to Oprah Magazine'sĀ Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in theĀ most talked about middle grade debut of the year!Ā Ā 
Ā 
A small village on a Jamaican island.Ā 
A girl who doesn't remember the previous summer.Ā 
A best friend who is no longer acting like one; aĀ new girl who fills that hole in her... Read more

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Snapped by Alexa Martin
Snapped
Alexa Martin
Snapped by Alexa Martin

Snapped

By: Alexa Martin

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Cary Hite

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

One of PopSugar's Best Romances of October

With the stakes this high, itā€™s no longer just a game for the Mustangā€™s quarterback in this
Ā romance by the author of Blitzed.


Elliot Reed is living her best lifeā€”or pretending to. She owes it to her dadā€™s memory to be happy and make the most of her new job as Strategic Communications Manager for the... Read more

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The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne & Tamara Payne
The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne & Tamara Payne
The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne & Tamara Payne

The Dead Are Arising

By: Les Payne & Tamara Payne

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prizeā€“winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known MalcolmXā€”all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders... Read more

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Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 by Brenda Salter McNeil
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
Brenda Salter McNeil
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 by Brenda Salter McNeil

Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0

By: Brenda Salter McNeil

Narrated by: Brenda Salter McNeil

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

We can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world.Ā We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one reconcile? What we need is a clear sense of direction. Based on her extensive consulting experience with churches, colleges and organizations, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil has created a roadmap to show us... Read more

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The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore
The Butterfly Effect
Marcus J. Moore
The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore

The Butterfly Effect

By: Marcus J. Moore

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This ā€œsmart, confident, and necessaryā€ (Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author) first cultural biography of rap superstar and ā€œmaster of storytellingā€ (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound impact on a racially fraught AmericaĀ­ā€”perfect for fans of Zack Oā€™Malley Greenburgā€™s Empire State of... Read more

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The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness by Gucci Mane
The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness
Gucci Mane
The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness by Gucci Mane

The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness

By: Gucci Mane

Narrated by: Guy Lockard

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

GUCCI MANE READS THE INTRODUCTION!

From the platinum selling recording artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane comes THE GUCCI MANE GUIDE TO GREATNESSā€”an unprecedented look at Gucci Maneā€™s secrets to success, health, wealth, and self-improvement.

From Gucci: ā€œI live by the principles in this book. I wanted... Read more

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August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
August Snow
Stephen Mack Jones
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones

August Snow

By: Stephen Mack Jones

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

August Snow, an ex-police detective who was fired from the Detroit PD, brought down the entire corrupt department and the mayor with a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. The son of an AfricanAmerican cop and a Mexican-American painter, August Snow is
most at home in Detroitā€™s Mexicantown neighborhood, where he grew upā€”the neighborhood heā€™s now returned... Read more

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Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2) by Kwame Mbalia
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
Kwame Mbalia
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2) by Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)

By: Kwame Mbalia

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in theĀ New York TimesĀ best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia. Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there's no rest for the weary when his grandmother... Read more

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Heart Talk: Reflections by Cleo Wade
Heart Talk: Reflections
Cleo Wade
Heart Talk: Reflections by Cleo Wade

Heart Talk: Reflections

By: Cleo Wade

Narrated by: Cleo Wade

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on Cleo Wadeā€™s bestselling book, Heart Talk, these pages string together gentle prompts, words of encouragement, and inquiries into the body, mind, and soul.

Inspired by her conversations with the thousands of fans she has met on her nationwide sold-out tours, Heart Talk: The Journal is a space to share your own truths alongside hers.

As... Read more

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Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Dear Justyce
Nic Stone
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce

By: Nic Stone

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Nic Stone

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed,Ā  #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.

An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile... Read more

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Bunheads by Misty Copeland
Bunheads
Misty Copeland
Bunheads by Misty Copeland

Bunheads

By: Misty Copeland

Narrated by: Misty Copeland

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The first in a series of books inspired by premier ballerina and author Misty Copeland's own early experiences in ballet.

From prima ballerina andĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young Misty, who discovers her love of dance through the balletĀ CoppĆ©lia--a story about a toymaker who devises a villainous plan to... Read more

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Rise Up by Al Sharpton
Rise Up
Al Sharpton
Rise Up by Al Sharpton

Rise Up

By: Al Sharpton

Narrated by: Al Sharpton & Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

ā€œThis man is a gift from God to the world. This book is a gift from Al Sharpton to us. Letā€™s appreciate them both.ā€ā€”Michael Eric Dyson

Beginning with a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson,Ā 
Rise UpĀ is a rousing call to action for our nation, drawing on lessons learned from Reverend Al Sharptonā€™s unique experience as a... Read more

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A Little Bit of Karma by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
A Little Bit of Karma
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
A Little Bit of Karma by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

A Little Bit of Karma

By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The secrets and lies that exist within a seemingly perfect marriage are explored in this ā€œsecond-chance tale of romantic suspenseā€ (Booklist) from the nationally bestselling and award-winning author of The Stolen Daughter.

Meet Shannon and Jay Lovejoyā€”the rich and successful power couple who, to the millions of fans of their call-in radio show,... Read more

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