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The American Way of Killing

The Invention of an Epidemic

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing ... Read more

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Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing
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The Snakehead

An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 58 min

**In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of London Falling investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.“Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and ... Read more

$23.00 CAD

**In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of London Falling investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.“Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and
... Read more
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Brit(ish)

On Race, Identity and Belonging

by Afua Hirsch ...

Narrated by Afua Hirsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 27 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Brit(ish): Why We Need to Talk About Race written and read by Afua Hirsch.Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Brit(ish): Why We Need to Talk About Race written and read by Afua Hirsch.Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of
... Read more
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The Yahoo Boys

Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers

by Carlos Barragán ...

Narrated by Nathan Luwa ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026"I have found few books lately as immediately compelling as Barragán's, and as a reader, I could not put it down . . . The Yahoo Boys is a tour-de-force." —Jon Lee Anderson"[Carlos] Barragán's writing is as personal as it is informative, and narrator Nathan Luwa is phenomenal, especially with dialogue. Listeners will be riveted." — BookPage ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026"I have found few books lately as immediately compelling as Barragán's, and as a reader, I could not put it down . . . The Yahoo Boys is a tour-de-force." —Jon Lee Anderson"[Carlos] Barragán's writing is as personal as it is informative, and narrator Nathan Luwa is phenomenal, especially with dialogue. Listeners will be riveted." — BookPage
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African and Caribbean People in Britain

A History

by Hakim Adi ...

Narrated by Brenda Iyalla ...

Unabridged

22 hours 43 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's pastDespite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's pastDespite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues
... Read more
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Rest Is Resistance

A Manifesto

by Tricia Hersey ...

Narrated by Tricia Hersey ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Rest Is Resistance
Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDisrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy as Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDisrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy as Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by
... Read more
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Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell ...

Narrated by Hugh Mann ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

Black Rednecks and White Liberals is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell.This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans and Nazis, slavery, and education. Through a series of essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, ... Read more

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell.This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans and Nazis, slavery, and education. Through a series of essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions,
... Read more
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

by Angela Y. Davis ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo, Angela Y. Davis ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation ... Read more

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In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation
... Read more
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Sister Outsider

Essays and Speeches

by Audre Lorde ...

Narrated by Robin Eller ...

Series series Crossing Press Feminist
Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and ... Read more

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Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and
... Read more
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Becoming Kin

An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

by Patty Krawec ...

Narrated by Patty Krawec ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all "home."Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps listeners see settler ... Read more

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The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all "home."Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps listeners see settler
... Read more
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White Tears/Brown Scars

How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

by Ruby Hamad ...

Narrated by Mozhan Marnò ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Called "powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Called "powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep
... Read more
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The World Record Book of Racist Stories

by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar ...

Narrated by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar ...

Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

A hilarious collection of intergenerational anecdotes full of absurd detail about everyday experiences of racism from the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey—comedian Amber Ruffin and her sister, Lacey.Families may not always see eye to eye; we get on each other’s nerves, have different perspectives and lives—especially when we consider how we've grown ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A hilarious collection of intergenerational anecdotes full of absurd detail about everyday experiences of racism from the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey—comedian Amber Ruffin and her sister, Lacey.Families may not always see eye to eye; we get on each other’s nerves, have different perspectives and lives—especially when we consider how we've grown
... Read more
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Ain't I a Woman

Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition

by Bell Hooks ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must–read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism, Hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. The ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must–read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism, Hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. The
... Read more
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Abolition. Feminism. Now.

by Erica Meiners, Gina Dent, Angela Y. Davis, Beth Richie, Jesse Bickford ...

Narrated by Gina Dent ...

Series series The Abolitionist Papers
Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment—halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape are not only the central histories of feminist—usually queer, anticapitalist, grassroots, and women of color—organizing that continue to cultivate abolition but a recognition of a stark reality: ... Read more

$20.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment—halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape are not only the central histories of feminist—usually queer, anticapitalist, grassroots, and women of color—organizing that continue to cultivate abolition but a recognition of a stark reality:
... Read more
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Spanish in 60 Days

3 Books in 1 Bundle: Complete 101 Course for Beginners with Short Stories, Common Conversational Phrases, Verbs & Vocabulary. Learn How to Speak Mexican Espanol While Sleeping or in Your Car – Simple Methods for Children, Adults & Dummies

by Damián Carabello ...

Narrated by Sebastian Romero ...

Series series Spanish Audio Lessons
Unabridged

15 hours 49 min

¡Hola, future Spanish speaker! Ready to rocket from zero to hero in just 60 días? Buckle up for "Spanish in 60 Days" - your turbo-charged ticket to Spanish mastery! This power-packed trio of audiobooks is your secret weapon to linguistic domination. "Spanish Language Lessons For Beginners" lets you crush the basics while you sleep or zoom down the highway. "Conversational Spanish for Beginners" ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

¡Hola, future Spanish speaker! Ready to rocket from zero to hero in just 60 días? Buckle up for "Spanish in 60 Days" - your turbo-charged ticket to Spanish mastery! This power-packed trio of audiobooks is your secret weapon to linguistic domination. "Spanish Language Lessons For Beginners" lets you crush the basics while you sleep or zoom down the highway. "Conversational Spanish for Beginners"
... Read more
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The Comanche Empire

by Pekka Hamalainen ...

Narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer ...

Unabridged

19 hours 51 min

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now,
... Read more
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The Humanity Archive

Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth

by Jermaine Fowler ...

Narrated by Jermaine Fowler ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

New York Times BestsellerThis sweeping survey of Black history shows how Black humanity has been erased and how its recovery can save the humanity of us all."An innovative reading of Black history, gracefully joining it to the larger history of all humankind." — Kirkus Starred ReviewUsing history as a foundation, The Humanity Archive uses storytelling techniques to make history com... ... Read more

$35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

New York Times BestsellerThis sweeping survey of Black history shows how Black humanity has been erased and how its recovery can save the humanity of us all."An innovative reading of Black history, gracefully joining it to the larger history of all humankind." — Kirkus Starred ReviewUsing history as a foundation, The Humanity Archive uses storytelling techniques to make history com...
... Read more
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Born in Blackness

Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

by Howard W. French ...

Narrated by James Fouhey ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the "New World." Still others point to the development of the scientific method, or the spread of Judeo-Christian beliefs; and so on, ad ... Read more

$43.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the "New World." Still others point to the development of the scientific method, or the spread of Judeo-Christian beliefs; and so on, ad
... Read more
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Native

Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering God

by Kaitlin B. Curtice ...

Narrated by Kaitlin B. Curtice ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith.Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery, and ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith.Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery, and
... Read more
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Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody

The Making of a Black Theologian

by James H. Cone ...

Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

James H. Cone is widely recognized as the founder of Black Liberation Theology—a synthesis of the Gospel message embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the spirit of Black pride embodied by Malcolm X. Prompted by the Detroit riots and the death of King, Cone, a young theology professor, was impelled to write his first book, Black Theology and Black Power, followed by A Black Theology of ... Read more

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James H. Cone is widely recognized as the founder of Black Liberation Theology—a synthesis of the Gospel message embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the spirit of Black pride embodied by Malcolm X. Prompted by the Detroit riots and the death of King, Cone, a young theology professor, was impelled to write his first book, Black Theology and Black Power, followed by A Black Theology of
... Read more
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Pushout

The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

by Monique W. Morris ...

Narrated by Kristyl Dawn Tift ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.Just sixteen percent of female students, black girls make up ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.Just sixteen percent of female students, black girls make up
... Read more
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The Origin of Others

by Toni Morrison ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for ... Read more

$20.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for
... Read more
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On Being Included

Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

by Sara Ahmed ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as
... Read more
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

by William C. Rhoden ...

Narrated by William C. Rhoden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says former New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says former New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry
... Read more

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