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70+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays

Passing, The Goophered Grapevine, The Weary Blues, Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and others

by Frederick Douglass, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jean Toomer, Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, William Still, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

Narrated by Mark Bowen, Shawna Wolf, Rick Walz, Jowanna Lewis, Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

50 hours 19 min

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were
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The Hollow Dead

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Gravekeeper
Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

When Keira first woke alone in a strange forest, she remembered only two things: that she could speak with the dead, helping them move on from the mortal world, and that sinister mask-wearing men were hunting her. She had no idea what she'd done to earn their hatred or what dangerous secrets she may have uncovered.Until now.Peeling back layer upon layer of the mystery surrounding her origins, ... Read more

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When Keira first woke alone in a strange forest, she remembered only two things: that she could speak with the dead, helping them move on from the mortal world, and that sinister mask-wearing men were hunting her. She had no idea what she'd done to earn their hatred or what dangerous secrets she may have uncovered.Until now.Peeling back layer upon layer of the mystery surrounding her origins,
... Read more
The Rhine

Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps

by Ben Coates ...

From rowing the canals of Amsterdam to riding a cow through the Alps, via Cold War nuclear bunkers, raucous Gay Pride parades, tranquil Lake Constance and snowy mountain climbs, The Rhine blends travelogue and offbeat history to tell the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent.SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Rhine is one of the world's ... Read more

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From rowing the canals of Amsterdam to riding a cow through the Alps, via Cold War nuclear bunkers, raucous Gay Pride parades, tranquil Lake Constance and snowy mountain climbs, The Rhine blends travelogue and offbeat history to tell the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent.SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Rhine is one of the world's
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From Below

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Abby Craden ...

Unabridged

12 hours 34 min

No light. No air. No escape.Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a ... Read more

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No light. No air. No escape.Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a
... Read more

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The Vengeful Dead

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Gravekeeper
Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

How far will she go to save the damned?Keira is caught in a deadly battle. Her ability to help ghosts move on from the mortal world has made her a threat to Artec, a powerful corporation intent on trapping the tortured dead for profit. They've been tracking her for years and now, finally, there's nowhere left for her to run.Artec fears Keira and everything she's capable of. They will stop at ... Read more

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How far will she go to save the damned?Keira is caught in a deadly battle. Her ability to help ghosts move on from the mortal world has made her a threat to Artec, a powerful corporation intent on trapping the tortured dead for profit. They've been tracking her for years and now, finally, there's nowhere left for her to run.Artec fears Keira and everything she's capable of. They will stop at
... Read more
Just Pursuit

A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness

by Laura Coates ...

This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this “compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates’s] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice” (The New ... Read more

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This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this “compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates’s] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice” (The New
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The Twisted Dead

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Gravekeeper
Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

Keira must decide if she should use her ability to contact ghosts to help the man who once tried to kill her.Hunted and haunted, all she wants is to put her mysterious past behind her and move forward with her new friends as Blighty Graveyard's groundskeeper. But then she receives an invitation to dinner at the local recluse's crumbling ancestral estate. The mansion is steeped in history that is ... Read more

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Keira must decide if she should use her ability to contact ghosts to help the man who once tried to kill her.Hunted and haunted, all she wants is to put her mysterious past behind her and move forward with her new friends as Blighty Graveyard's groundskeeper. But then she receives an invitation to dinner at the local recluse's crumbling ancestral estate. The mansion is steeped in history that is
... Read more
Why the Dutch are Different

A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands

by Ben Coates ...

Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good.In the first book to consider the hidden heart and history of the Netherlands from a modern perspective, the author explores the length and breadth of his adopted homeland and discovers why one of the world's smallest countries is also so ... Read more

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Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good.In the first book to consider the hidden heart and history of the Netherlands from a modern perspective, the author explores the length and breadth of his adopted homeland and discovers why one of the world's smallest countries is also so
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Quarter to Midnight

Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Shane Emmett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life.- You discover a door behind your bedroom's wallpaper. It's probably just a small crawlspace. There's nothing unusual ... Read more

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Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life.- You discover a door behind your bedroom's wallpaper. It's probably just a small crawlspace. There's nothing unusual
... Read more
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The Whispering Dead

by Darcy Coates ...

Narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Gravekeeper
Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

Homeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper's cottage. Her new home is tucked away at the edge of a cemetery, surrounded on all sides by gravestones: some recent, some hundreds of years old, all suffering from neglect.And in the darkness, she can hear the unquiet dead whispering.The cemetery is alive with faint, spectral shapes, led by ... Read more

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Homeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper's cottage. Her new home is tucked away at the edge of a cemetery, surrounded on all sides by gravestones: some recent, some hundreds of years old, all suffering from neglect.And in the darkness, she can hear the unquiet dead whispering.The cemetery is alive with faint, spectral shapes, led by
... Read more
Dead of Winter

by Darcy Coates ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTIONEight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run."A fast-paced thriller aimed at readers who enjoy a hunt." ―Kirkus ReviewsWhen Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, ... Read more

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USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTIONEight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run."A fast-paced thriller aimed at readers who enjoy a hunt." ―Kirkus ReviewsWhen Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region,
... Read more
From Below

by Darcy Coates ...

No light. No air. No escape.Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a ... Read more

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No light. No air. No escape.Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a
... Read more

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70+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays

The Hollow Dead

The Rhine

From Below

The Vengeful Dead

Just Pursuit

The Twisted Dead

Why the Dutch are Different

Quarter to Midnight

The Whispering Dead

Dead of Winter

From Below

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Top Series in United States

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Gravekeeper

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Gravekeeper

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