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So Good to Be Bad

A Really Bad Middle-Grade Reader for Really Good Kids; or, A Really Good Middle-Grade Reader for Really Bad Kids

by Mathew Klickstein ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

Harkening back to nostalgic nuggets such as Matilda and The Goonies, but with a twist of modern storytelling a la Captain Underpants, So Good to Be Bad presents a very unique audio story for young listeners.Moishe “Mushy” Luftmensch, age ten and a half, has a big problem: he’s a very good kid … in a very bad world (and we mean very, very bad! We’re talking “tangerine peanut butter and garlic ... Read more

$20.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Harkening back to nostalgic nuggets such as Matilda and The Goonies, but with a twist of modern storytelling a la Captain Underpants, So Good to Be Bad presents a very unique audio story for young listeners.Moishe “Mushy” Luftmensch, age ten and a half, has a big problem: he’s a very good kid … in a very bad world (and we mean very, very bad! We’re talking “tangerine peanut butter and garlic
... Read more
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Swing

by Miasha ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Lyssa and Jacob, owners of the swingers' club Puss and Boots, have been living an active swinger's lifestyle ever since their two children moved out of the house. Every couple of months they hire a "live-in," a girl who, in exchange for room, board, and a paycheck, provides sex on demand.Danielle and Stewart met each other at a swingers' club eight years ago. They fell in love and married, soon ... Read more

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Lyssa and Jacob, owners of the swingers' club Puss and Boots, have been living an active swinger's lifestyle ever since their two children moved out of the house. Every couple of months they hire a "live-in," a girl who, in exchange for room, board, and a paycheck, provides sex on demand.Danielle and Stewart met each other at a swingers' club eight years ago. They fell in love and married, soon
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Animal 2

The Omen

by K’wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Animal Series
Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen, and bodies are dropped—it's on!After being thought dead, Animal resurfaces on the streets of New York to keep true to his promise and make it rain blood over Harlem. All those who had wronged him would feel his wrath, including Shai Clark, boss of the New York underworld. But touching a man like Shai Clark proves easier said than done. Using Animal's soul ... Read more

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Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen, and bodies are dropped—it's on!After being thought dead, Animal resurfaces on the streets of New York to keep true to his promise and make it rain blood over Harlem. All those who had wronged him would feel his wrath, including Shai Clark, boss of the New York underworld. But touching a man like Shai Clark proves easier said than done. Using Animal's soul
... Read more

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Murderville

The First of a Trilogy

by Ashley & JaQuavis ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Murderville Trilogy
Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A’shai, are brought together by chance, only to be forced apart by the most inevitable and tragic fate. Ashley & JaQuavis bring us this classic love story set against modern life’s most horrifying realities.Liberty is dying of a fatal heart condition, though she desperately wants to survive until her twenty-fifth birthday, when her sister has promised to ... Read more

$27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A’shai, are brought together by chance, only to be forced apart by the most inevitable and tragic fate. Ashley & JaQuavis bring us this classic love story set against modern life’s most horrifying realities.Liberty is dying of a fatal heart condition, though she desperately wants to survive until her twenty-fifth birthday, when her sister has promised to
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Eve

by K’wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

From the bestselling author of Hoodlum comes a novel about one of the deadliest women to ever grace the streets of Harlem—Eve.The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age seventeen she had spent two years in prison. But now Eve is eighteen, back on the streets of Harlem with her gang, and up ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Hoodlum comes a novel about one of the deadliest women to ever grace the streets of Harlem—Eve.The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age seventeen she had spent two years in prison. But now Eve is eighteen, back on the streets of Harlem with her gang, and up
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The Cartel

by Ashley & JaQuavis ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Cartel Series
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret—his illegitimate son, Carter Jones. When young ... Read more

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The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret—his illegitimate son, Carter Jones. When young
... Read more
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Animal 3

Revelations

by K’wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Animal Series
Unabridged

6 hours 32 min

After making a promise to leave the street life behind, a shocking revelation forces Animal back into the game to face his greatest opponent yet.When Animal's former lover, Red Sonja, shows up on his doorstep with a little girl, claiming Animal is the father, he and Gucci immediately fear it's a ploy for money. But Red Sonja has come to collect a debt of a different kind, one that can only be paid ... Read more

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After making a promise to leave the street life behind, a shocking revelation forces Animal back into the game to face his greatest opponent yet.When Animal's former lover, Red Sonja, shows up on his doorstep with a little girl, claiming Animal is the father, he and Gucci immediately fear it's a ploy for money. But Red Sonja has come to collect a debt of a different kind, one that can only be paid
... Read more

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Pimp

The Story of My Life

by Iceberg Slim ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

A blueprint. A bible. What Sun Tzu’s Art of War was to ancient China, Pimp is to the streets. As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of Iceberg Slim’s life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. It is a trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale—the dangers of jail, addiction, and death that are still all too familiar for today’s black community. By telling ... Read more

$29.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A blueprint. A bible. What Sun Tzu’s Art of War was to ancient China, Pimp is to the streets. As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of Iceberg Slim’s life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. It is a trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale—the dangers of jail, addiction, and death that are still all too familiar for today’s black community. By telling
... Read more
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Troubleman

A Novel

by K'wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

The legendary urban lit author returns with a new character, a new city, a new series, as AUWA Books makes its first foray into fiction.Toussaint Batiste is returning home to the City of Brotherly Love hoping he can, for once in his life, outrun his nickname: Trouble.Toussaint has been in prison, but before that he was a Philadelphia police officer. He’s returning home with few friends on either ... Read more

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The legendary urban lit author returns with a new character, a new city, a new series, as AUWA Books makes its first foray into fiction.Toussaint Batiste is returning home to the City of Brotherly Love hoping he can, for once in his life, outrun his nickname: Trouble.Toussaint has been in prison, but before that he was a Philadelphia police officer. He’s returning home with few friends on either
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Animal

by K’wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Animal Series
Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

K'wan delivers his bloodiest story yet."One bullet changed everything."Three years after narrowly escaping a one-way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime: Harlem.Throughout his entire time in exile, the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soul mate, Gucci—but one bullet ... Read more

$32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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K'wan delivers his bloodiest story yet."One bullet changed everything."Three years after narrowly escaping a one-way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime: Harlem.Throughout his entire time in exile, the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soul mate, Gucci—but one bullet
... Read more

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Hood Rat

by K’wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Hood Rat Novels
Unabridged

13 hours 25 min

Hood rat: a woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to “get around” in the ‘hoodYoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men’s hearts as well as their pockets. But she learns the hard way that all that glitters isn’t gold.Billy, a former high school basketball star, is at the end of her rope with the opposite sex. To her, all men are dogs, so she secretly ... Read more

$32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hood rat: a woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to “get around” in the ‘hoodYoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men’s hearts as well as their pockets. But she learns the hard way that all that glitters isn’t gold.Billy, a former high school basketball star, is at the end of her rope with the opposite sex. To her, all men are dogs, so she secretly
... Read more
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Passion for the Heist

by K'wan ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Desperados
Unabridged

13 hours 39 min

A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous.Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a legend. His trajectory changed on the night he had made the mistake of accepting a ride from a friend, and ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous.Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a legend. His trajectory changed on the night he had made the mistake of accepting a ride from a friend, and
... Read more

Also available as: eBook