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Four Hundred Souls
By: Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
Narrated by: Various
Length: 14 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of historyâs great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the presentâedited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on Fire.
The story begins in 1619âa year before the Mayflowerâwhen the White Lion... Read more
Evicted
By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ⢠NAMED ONE OF TIMEâS TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ⢠One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic âhas set a new standard for reporting on povertyâ (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur âGeniusâ... Read more
How to Know a Person
By: David Brooks
Narrated by: David Brooks
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our livesâfrom the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain
As David Brooks observes, âThere is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family,... Read more
Hunt, Gather, Parent
By: Michaeleen Doucleff
Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them?
âHunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas that I immediately wanted to force on my own kids.â âPamela Druckerman, The New York Times Book Review
When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother,... Read more
Stay True
By: Hua Hsu
Narrated by: Hua Hsu
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER ⢠NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu
âThis book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.â âRachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling... Read more
Jesus and John Wayne
By: Kristin Kobes du Mez
Narrated by: Suzie Althens
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
How did a libertine who lacks even the most basic knowledge of the Christian faith win 81 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016? And why have white evangelicals become a presidential reprobate's staunchest supporters? These are among the questions acclaimed historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez asks in Jesus and John Wayne, which explains how... Read more
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Burn Book
By: Kara Swisher
Narrated by: Kara Swisher
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant New York Times Bestseller
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.
âSwisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon ValleyâŚtakes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution... Read more
Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
Narrated by: Judith Butler
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Time, Elle, Kirkus, Literary Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and them.
"A profoundly urgent intervention.â âNaomi Klein
"A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.â âClaudia Rankine
From a global icon, a bold, essential... Read more
Kindred
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably... Read more
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Mating in Captivity
By: Esther Perel
Narrated by: Esther Perel
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.One of the worldâs most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union... Read more
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Wordslut
By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
âAs funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.â âCamille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met CassidyA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images for... Read more
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Mutual Aid
By: Dean Spade
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Around the globe, people are faced with a spiraling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond toâor... Read more
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Opinions
By: Roxane Gay
Narrated by: Roxane Gay
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, âa strikingly fresh cultural criticâ (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling... Read more
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 24 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.
In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the... Read more
Under the Banner of Heaven
By: Jon Krakauer
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside Americaâs isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. ⢠Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.
âFantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executionerâs Song.â âSan... Read more
Viral Justice
By: Ruha Benjamin
Narrated by: Ruha Benjamin
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
This audiobook narrated by Ruha Benjamin offers an inspiring and uniquely personal vision of how we can build a more just world one small change at a time
âA book as urgent as the moment that produced it.ââJelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism School
Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and... Read more
Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â˘Â NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ⢠NAMED ONE OF TIMEâS TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE â˘Â PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST ⢠NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST â˘Â ONE OF OPRAHâS âBOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGHâ â˘Â NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT
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Hailed by Toni Morrison as ârequired reading,â a bold and personal... Read more
Shit, Actually
By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched**
New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from... Read more
Emergent Strategy
By: adrienne maree brown
Narrated by: adrienne maree brown
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, here is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want. Change is constant. The world, our bodies, and our minds are in a constant state of flux. They are a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. Rather than steel ourselves against such change, Emergent Strategy teaches us... Read more
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Among the Bros
By: Max Marshall
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
âAmong the Bros is a harrowing and disturbing book. I have read about fraternity life but nothing like this. This book will blow your mind, each page digging deeper into the unimaginable. Except every word is true.ââBuzz Bissinger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito Bowl and Friday Night LightsA brilliant young investigative... Read more
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Get the Picture
By: Bianca Bosker
Narrated by: Bianca Bosker
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
âGet the Picture is one of the funniest books Iâve read . . . Brilliant.â âThe Washington Post
âA gripping and often hilarious investigation into the art world. . . . Bosker goes full Tom Wolfe.â âTIME
âFunny, whip-smart, and gorgeously written, Get the Picture will forever transform the way you see. . . . I... Read more
Sitting Pretty
By: Rebekah Taussig
Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted... Read more
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A Hacker's Mind
By: Bruce Schneier
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Itâs not just computersâhacking is everywhere.
A hack is any means of subverting a systemâs rules in unintended ways. The tax code isnât computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them âloopholes.â We call exploits âtax avoidance strategies.â And there is an entire industry of âblack hatâ hackers
intent on... Read more
The Deepest Well
By: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle.
Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness. Even though these events may have occured long ago,... Read more