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Returning the Bones

by Gin Hammond ...

Bebe, a bookworm with an outlandish imagination, lives a peculiarly privileged life for a Black girl during the Great Depression. Her fearless father owns a hospital and an array of businesses, making him a keen target of the KKK. Her home life is filled with a panoply of distinctive family members, including a psychic mother, a terrifying "spinster" aunt who's having a secret affair with the ... Read more

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Bebe, a bookworm with an outlandish imagination, lives a peculiarly privileged life for a Black girl during the Great Depression. Her fearless father owns a hospital and an array of businesses, making him a keen target of the KKK. Her home life is filled with a panoply of distinctive family members, including a psychic mother, a terrifying "spinster" aunt who's having a secret affair with the
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The Bungalow

by Sarah Jio ...

Narrated by Gin Hammond ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fiancé, she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island. Under ... Read more

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In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fiancé, she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island. Under
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Black Powerful

by Natasha Marin ...

Narrated by Gin Hammond, Chinua Hawk ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Award-winning viral curator and poet Natasha Marin follows up her acclaimed Black Imagination with a brilliant new collection of sharply rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than one hundred Black voices.- When do you feel most indigenous?- What does it sound like when you claim yourself?- When do you feel most powerful?Black Powerful explores the monumental resilience, joy, and triumph of ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Award-winning viral curator and poet Natasha Marin follows up her acclaimed Black Imagination with a brilliant new collection of sharply rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than one hundred Black voices.- When do you feel most indigenous?- What does it sound like when you claim yourself?- When do you feel most powerful?Black Powerful explores the monumental resilience, joy, and triumph of
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The New Moon’s Arms

by Nalo Hopkinson ...

Narrated by Gin Hammond ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

What's in a name? A lot, according to Caribbean-born Chastity, who has adopted the more fitting moniker Calamity. Now in her fifties, true to her name, Calamity is confronting two big life transitions: her beloved father has just died, and she is starting menopause, a physical shift that has rekindled her special gift for finding lost things. Suddenly she is getting hot flashes that seem to forge ... Read more

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What's in a name? A lot, according to Caribbean-born Chastity, who has adopted the more fitting moniker Calamity. Now in her fifties, true to her name, Calamity is confronting two big life transitions: her beloved father has just died, and she is starting menopause, a physical shift that has rekindled her special gift for finding lost things. Suddenly she is getting hot flashes that seem to forge
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Blackberry Winter

A Novel

by Sarah Jio ...

Narrated by Tara Sands ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

***THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***From the New York Times bestselling author of Always and The Violets of March comes an emotional story of a dreadful storm, a missing child cold case, and a determined reporter who just may have a stronger connection with the past than she realizes.Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night... ... Read more

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***THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***From the New York Times bestselling author of Always and The Violets of March comes an emotional story of a dreadful storm, a missing child cold case, and a determined reporter who just may have a stronger connection with the past than she realizes.Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night...
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Last Camellia, The

A Novel

by Sarah Jio ...

Narrated by Justine Eyre ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

“Terrific...compelling...an intoxicating blend of mystery, history, and romance, this book is hard to put down.” —Real SimpleOn the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the Middlebury Pink lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the ... Read more

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“Terrific...compelling...an intoxicating blend of mystery, history, and romance, this book is hard to put down.” —Real SimpleOn the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the Middlebury Pink lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the
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Goodnight June

A Novel

by Sarah Jio ...

Narrated by Katherine Kellgren ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight MoonGoodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be.June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight MoonGoodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be.June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by
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The Look of Love

A Novel

by Sarah Jio ...

Narrated by Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday—or face grave consequences. When ... Read more

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Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday—or face grave consequences. When
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Fierce Ambition

The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins

by Jennet Conant ...

Narrated by EJ Lavery ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a woman ... Read more

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Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a woman
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Where the False Gods Dwell

by Denny S. Bryce ...

Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kaci Hamilton, Khaya Fraites ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

Inspired by real-life legendary choreographer Katherine Dunham’s groundbreaking expedition into the heart of Caribbean dance culture, this uniquely captivating novel imagines the experiences of three very different women who accompany her, hoping to find their destinies—yet find themselves forced to survive a historic event …Chicago, 1935. Othella is an orphaned con artist who needs to escape the ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Inspired by real-life legendary choreographer Katherine Dunham’s groundbreaking expedition into the heart of Caribbean dance culture, this uniquely captivating novel imagines the experiences of three very different women who accompany her, hoping to find their destinies—yet find themselves forced to survive a historic event …Chicago, 1935. Othella is an orphaned con artist who needs to escape the
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Truth Has a Power of Its Own

Conversations About A People’s History

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

Truth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of never-before-published conversations with Howard Zinn, conducted by the distinguished broadcast journalist Ray Suarez in 2007, that covers the course of American history from Columbus to the War on Terror from the perspective of ordinary people—including slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans.Viewed through the lens of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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Truth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of never-before-published conversations with Howard Zinn, conducted by the distinguished broadcast journalist Ray Suarez in 2007, that covers the course of American history from Columbus to the War on Terror from the perspective of ordinary people—including slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans.Viewed through the lens of
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The Lost Hours

by Karen White ...

Narrated by Beth Devries ...

Unabridged

13 hours 6 min

When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched. Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper’s dreams of Olympic glory. After her grandfather’s death, she inherits the house and all its secrets, including a key to a room that doesn’t exist—or does it? And after her grandmother is ... Read more

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When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched. Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper’s dreams of Olympic glory. After her grandfather’s death, she inherits the house and all its secrets, including a key to a room that doesn’t exist—or does it? And after her grandmother is
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