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Two Years Before the Mast
By: Richard Henry Dana Jr
Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
Length: 17 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana Jrās captivating account of life as a common sailor on board a merchant ship in the early 1830s. Initially an attempt to remedy the authorās eye fatigue, the two-year voyage from Boston to California had a transformative effect on Dana, whose diary gives a fascinating snapshot of pre-Gold Rush... Read more
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The Quintessential Good Samaritan
By: Thomas Huening
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
John Joseph Kellyāthe quintessential Good Samaritanāchanged the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates.
Kelly was a spiritual superstar... Read more
Red Lip Theology
By: Candice Marie Benbow
Narrated by: Candice Marie Benbow & Karen Chilton
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies
āCandice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into... Read more
Letters to the Sons of Society
By: Shaka Senghor
Narrated by: Shaka Senghor
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sonsāone whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor's nineteen-year incarceration.
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āA visceral and visual journey for the ages . . . the perfect road... Read more
Mark Twain
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Mark Twain is arguably one of the most famous authors in the United States, with his books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. His characters were a typical and yet deviant episode of the time period in which he lived, depicting the circumstances under which many people lived. The paradox lies in the fact that many people were shocked and impressed... Read more
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Blood in the Garden
By: Chris Herring
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SELECTION ON BARACK OBAMAāS SUMMER READING LIST
The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrating how Pat Riley, Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, and Anthony Mason resurrected the iconic franchise through oppressive physicality and unmatched grit.
For nearly an entire generation, the... Read more
Live the Impossible
By: Jenny Smith
Narrated by: Jenny Smith
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
When a tragic accident crushes her dreams, can a young woman fight to thrive once again? As a teen growing up in the 80's, Jenny Smith loved life. But when a spinal cord injury paralyzed her from the chest down, her days of gymnastics and playing music came to an agonizing end. Completely reliant on others for her most basic needs, privacy and... Read more
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Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect
By: Victoria Kastner
Narrated by: Victoria Kastner & Cindy Kay
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
This new biographyāfeaturing over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughoutāintroduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual.
Julia Morgan was a lifelong trailblazer. She was the first woman admitted to study architecture at the Ćcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first licensed to... Read more
Things I Should Have Said
By: Jamie Lynn Spears
Narrated by: Jamie Lynn Spears
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In this intimate national bestselling memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears opens up for the first time, telling her unfiltered story on her own terms. Youāve read the headlines, but you donāt know Jamie Lynn Spears. The world first met Jamie Lynn as a child star, when it was her job to perform, both on set and for the press. She spent... Read more
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100,000 First Bosses
By: Will Haskell
Narrated by: Will Haskell
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The underdog story of Will Haskell, who became a Democratic state Senator in 2018 at age twenty-twoātaking on an incumbent who had been undefeated for Haskellās entire life and earning an endorsement from President Obamaāis āan inspiring and wise blueprint for how you can change the world...get engaged and fight for the future you wantā (Tammy... Read more
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The Buddha Sat Right Here
By: Dena Moes
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Dena was a busy midwife trapped on the hamster wheel of working motherhood. Adam was an eccentric Buddhist yogi passing as a hard-working dad. Bella was fourteen and wanted to be normal. Sophia was up for anything that involved skipping school. Together, they shouldered backpacks, walked away from their California life of all-night births,... Read more
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Ball of Fire
By: Stefan Kanfer
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, "queen of the B-pluses." But on the small screen she was a superstarāarguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy's genius and places it in the context of her conflicted and sometimes bitter personal... Read more
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William Shakespeare
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Abridged: No
William Shakespeare is the celebrated script writer of the most popular plays in the English language. By writing both tragedies, romances, and comedies in the 16th century, he made a name for himself and became successful in the art of drama.Shakespeareās life and decisions led to his acclaim, and in this book, we will lay out some of the most... Read more
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More Stories from Langley
By: Edward Mickolus
Narrated by: Steve Menasche & Teri Schnaubelt
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Who knew the CIA needed librarians? More Stories from Langley reveals the lesser-known operations of one of the most mysterious government agencies in the United States.
Edward Mickolus is back with more stories to answer the question, "What does a career in the CIA look like?" Advice and anecdotes from both current and former CIA officers... Read more
Admissions
By: Kendra James
Narrated by: Mela Lee
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A sharp-witted and deeply insightful look into the storied world of elite prep schools from the first African-American legacy student to graduate from The Taft School.
Early on in Kendra Jamesā professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep... Read more
Enough Already
By: Valerie Bertinelli
Narrated by: Valerie Bertinelli
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBeloved actress, Food Network personality, andĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond.Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelliās life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war... Read more
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Marilyn Monroe
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Marilyn Monroe has been part of the sexual revolution during the mid-20th century. Her influence in the movie industry, as an icon for attractiveness and femininity, have been noticed by hundreds of millions, even after her death.Did Marilyn Monroe have success? Yes. Was her life easy? Not by far. Her failed marriages, early childhood trauma,... Read more
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Persephone's Children
By: Rowan McCandless
Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
After years of secrecy and silence, Rowan McCandless leaves an abusive relationship and rediscovers her voice and identity through writing.
She was never to lie to him. She was never to leave him; and she was never supposed to tell.
Persephone's Children chronicles Rowan McCandless's odyssey as a Black, biracial woman escaping the stranglehold... Read more
Mozart
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Many people have had the pleasure to listen to Mozartās music. His legacy has lived on for more than two centuries. And although he only lived to be 35 years old, he has had a major impact on the classical music genre. From simple rebel to sheer genius, this intelligent composer has shown the world that despite all the odds, masterpieces and... Read more
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Mozart
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Many people have had the pleasure to listen to Mozartās music. His legacy has lived on for more than two centuries. And although he only lived to be 35 years old, he has had a major impact on the classical music genre. From simple rebel to sheer genius, this intelligent composer has shown the world that despite all the odds, masterpieces and... Read more
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Walk with Me
By: Kate Clifford Larson
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
She was born the 20th child in a family that had lived in the Mississippi Delta for generations, first as enslaved people and then as sharecroppers. She left school at 12 to pick cotton, as those before her had done, in a world in which white supremacy was an unassailable citadel. She was subjected without her consent to an operation that... Read more
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Jump
By: Larry Miller & Laila Lacy
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
IN THE MARGINS 2023 TOP TITLE FOR NONFICTIONOne of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nikeās Jordan Brand from aĀ $200MĀ sneakerĀ company to a $4BĀ global apparelĀ juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violenceĀ to the pinnacles ofĀ internationalĀ business.Jump tells Larry Millerās journey from... Read more
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Manifesto
By: Bernardine Evaristo
Narrated by: Bernardine Evaristo
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling and Booker Prizeāwinning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristoās memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activismBernardine Evaristoās 2019 Booker Prize win was a historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British... Read more
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The Hag
By: Marc Eliot
Narrated by: Marc Eliot
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive biography of country legend Merle Haggard by the New York Times bestselling biographer of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, The Eagles, and more.Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the second half of the 20th Century and into the first two... Read more
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