Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Audiobook

One House Over

by Mary Monroe ...

Narrated by James Shippy, Kentra Lynn ...

Series series Neighbors
Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose fast friendship is no match for shattering betrayal …A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community—Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings.Their marriage has ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose fast friendship is no match for shattering betrayal …A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community—Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings.Their marriage has
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Outraged

by Brian Copeland ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Series series Topher Davis Thriller
Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

A TV investigative reporter and his sister, a San Francisco PD homicide detective, look into the slayings of Bay Area cops who have shot unarmed African Americans yet faced no repercussions in this debut crime thriller.When San Francisco Police Officer Mickey Driscoll is gunned down in the driveway of his suburban Bay Area home in broad daylight, the suspects are numerous. Was the murder committed ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

A TV investigative reporter and his sister, a San Francisco PD homicide detective, look into the slayings of Bay Area cops who have shot unarmed African Americans yet faced no repercussions in this debut crime thriller.When San Francisco Police Officer Mickey Driscoll is gunned down in the driveway of his suburban Bay Area home in broad daylight, the suspects are numerous. Was the murder committed
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

Solomon Northup was born and thrived as a free man – until he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery by criminals who captured runaway slaves and free blacks alike. Once a dedicated father, labourer and talented violinist, Northup’s twelve years in slavery were defined by powerlessness, violence, and exploitation. Later adapted into a film which won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture, ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBooks

Solomon Northup was born and thrived as a free man – until he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery by criminals who captured runaway slaves and free blacks alike. Once a dedicated father, labourer and talented violinist, Northup’s twelve years in slavery were defined by powerlessness, violence, and exploitation. Later adapted into a film which won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture,
... Read more

Also available as: eBooks
Audiobook

Black Cloud Rising

by David Wright Faladé ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks.Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild—a one-armed ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks.Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild—a one-armed
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Capital City

by Omar Tyree ...

Narrated by Ryan Anderson, Daxton Edwards, James Shippy ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

Life is supposed to be easy and carefree when you are young, but if you live in Washington D.C., that's not always the case. Flashing back to the 1990s, readers enter the lives of four black men looking to gain money, power, and respect. These four brothas come from different walks of life, but they have one thing in common: they are trying to make fast money in the harsh inner city. However, when ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Life is supposed to be easy and carefree when you are young, but if you live in Washington D.C., that's not always the case. Flashing back to the 1990s, readers enter the lives of four black men looking to gain money, power, and respect. These four brothas come from different walks of life, but they have one thing in common: they are trying to make fast money in the harsh inner city. However, when
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

All Blood Runs Red

The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy

by Tom Clavin, Phil Keith ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

The incredible story of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneerEugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his ... Read more

$28.99 USD

The incredible story of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneerEugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his
... Read more
Audiobook

The Exclusive

Booker Johnson Thrillers, Book 1

by Mel Taylor, Brian Shea ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Booker Johnson Thrillers
Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

A gruesome discovery leads to a deadly conspiracy.Booker Johnson, an Emmy-winning TV reporter on the brink of losing everything, stumbles upon a horrific crime scene in South Florida. Teaming up with no-nonsense police detective Brielle Jensen, they dive into the case, unraveling a web of deception, manipulation, and murder that reaches the highest echelons of power.As Booker uncovers the sinister ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A gruesome discovery leads to a deadly conspiracy.Booker Johnson, an Emmy-winning TV reporter on the brink of losing everything, stumbles upon a horrific crime scene in South Florida. Teaming up with no-nonsense police detective Brielle Jensen, they dive into the case, unraveling a web of deception, manipulation, and murder that reaches the highest echelons of power.As Booker uncovers the sinister
... Read more
Audiobook

Only God Can Judge Me

The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

by Jeff Pearlman ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

16 hours 48 min

Spotify Best Audiobooks of the Year • Boston Globe Best Books of the Year • Guardian Best Music Books of the Year • Mother Jones Best Books of the Year • Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year“Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac’s life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of greatness.”—Chuck D“Pearlman ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Spotify Best Audiobooks of the Year • Boston Globe Best Books of the Year • Guardian Best Music Books of the Year • Mother Jones Best Books of the Year • Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year“Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac’s life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of greatness.”—Chuck D“Pearlman
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Striving for Justice

A Black Sheriff in the Deep South

by Nathaniel Glover ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

On a sweltering day in August 1960, in the segregated Deep South city of Jacksonville, Florida, a seventeen-year-old Black boy finished his dishwashing job at Morrison’s Cafeteria, walked out the back door, and found himself in the middle of a nightmare.Hundreds of white men with ax handles and baseball bats were attacking Black sit-in protestors in Hemming Park. Suddenly surrounded, the young man ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

On a sweltering day in August 1960, in the segregated Deep South city of Jacksonville, Florida, a seventeen-year-old Black boy finished his dishwashing job at Morrison’s Cafeteria, walked out the back door, and found himself in the middle of a nightmare.Hundreds of white men with ax handles and baseball bats were attacking Black sit-in protestors in Hemming Park. Suddenly surrounded, the young man
... Read more
Audiobook

Sing and Shout

The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson

by Susan Goldman Rubin ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

Paul Robeson’s resounding bass-baritone voice captivated audiences, especially when singing the spirituals he had heard at church and folk songs he had gathered from many countries. But Robeson was more than an interpreter of song. He was passionate about the injustices found in the United States and throughout the world and refused to keep quiet. As a stage and film actor, he fought against ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Paul Robeson’s resounding bass-baritone voice captivated audiences, especially when singing the spirituals he had heard at church and folk songs he had gathered from many countries. But Robeson was more than an interpreter of song. He was passionate about the injustices found in the United States and throughout the world and refused to keep quiet. As a stage and film actor, he fought against
... Read more
Audiobook

Carver

A Life in Poems

by Marilyn Nelson ...

Narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman, James Shippy ...

Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Something says find outwhy rain falls, what makes corn proudand squash so humble, the questionscall like a train whistle …George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born enslaved in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master’s degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural departmentat the all-Black-staffed ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Something says find outwhy rain falls, what makes corn proudand squash so humble, the questionscall like a train whistle …George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born enslaved in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master’s degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural departmentat the all-Black-staffed
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Race Against Time

The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men

by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace ...

Narrated by James Shippy ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside.Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre.Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death.Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who’d been born ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside.Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre.Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death.Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who’d been born
... Read more

Also available as: eBook