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Birth of a Culture

by Grandmaster Flash, Robert "Scoop" Jackson ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

Step into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement began. Birth of a Culture gives you a front-row seat to the origins of hip-hop, told through the firsthand experiences of Grandmaster Flash—one of the founding pioneers who helped build the culture from the ground up.When you read this book, you feel the pulse of the neighborhood parks, hear the scratch ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Step into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement began. Birth of a Culture gives you a front-row seat to the origins of hip-hop, told through the firsthand experiences of Grandmaster Flash—one of the founding pioneers who helped build the culture from the ground up.When you read this book, you feel the pulse of the neighborhood parks, hear the scratch
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Keep It Beautiful

Inside the Funkyverse of Shock G and Digital Underground

by Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, Gregory E. Jacobs, Shock G2 ...

Narrated by Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, Andre Blake, Money-B, George Clinton, Janina Edwards, Atron Gregory, JD Jackson, Nzazi (Master Zi) Malonga0, Kent Racker1, DJ Fuze3 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

Visionary rapper of the groundbreaking "The Humpty Dance," producer of Tupac Shakur's iconic "I Get Around," and driving force of legendary hip-hop group Digital Underground, Shock G shares his story in Keep It Beautiful.This illustrated memoir by Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs, as told to Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, captures the eternal vibrance of his style—playful, soulful, colorful, and profound. In Keep ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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Visionary rapper of the groundbreaking "The Humpty Dance," producer of Tupac Shakur's iconic "I Get Around," and driving force of legendary hip-hop group Digital Underground, Shock G shares his story in Keep It Beautiful.This illustrated memoir by Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs, as told to Alexis Wolfe Mbassa, captures the eternal vibrance of his style—playful, soulful, colorful, and profound. In Keep
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The Black Hole Whisky Gang

An Alternate History of Modern Detroit

by Christian Klaver ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Nightwalker Series
Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

The Black Hole Whisky Gang is an action-packed sci-fi western by acclaimed author Christian Klaver. Perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Isaac Asimov.One last mission, on an alien-occupied earth …Ten years after humans lost their war against superior alien forces, Earth belongs to the Nightwalkers, masters of a vast interstellar empire. To pacify humanity, the Nightwalkers have introduced ... Read more

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The Black Hole Whisky Gang is an action-packed sci-fi western by acclaimed author Christian Klaver. Perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Isaac Asimov.One last mission, on an alien-occupied earth …Ten years after humans lost their war against superior alien forces, Earth belongs to the Nightwalkers, masters of a vast interstellar empire. To pacify humanity, the Nightwalkers have introduced
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The Occidental Book of the Dead

A Novel

by T. Geronimo Johnson ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

28 hours 40 min

"No one is having more fun with language than T. Geronimo Johnson. The way his mind works is endlessly entertaining, inviting us into a fantasia. Of men behaving badly in a world behaving worse." — Attica Locke, New York Times bestselling author of Bluebird, Bluebird“T. Geronimo Johnson plays cultural criticism like it’s acid jazz.”— Ron Charles, The Washington PostFrom the PEN/Faulkner finalist ... Read more

$52.99 USD

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"No one is having more fun with language than T. Geronimo Johnson. The way his mind works is endlessly entertaining, inviting us into a fantasia. Of men behaving badly in a world behaving worse." — Attica Locke, New York Times bestselling author of Bluebird, Bluebird“T. Geronimo Johnson plays cultural criticism like it’s acid jazz.”— Ron Charles, The Washington PostFrom the PEN/Faulkner finalist
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J Dilla's Donuts

by Jordan Ferguson ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Series series 33 1/3
Unabridged

3 hours 39 min

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James “J Dilla” Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as “hip hop music” is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the ... Read more

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From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James “J Dilla” Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as “hip hop music” is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the
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Adulthood Rites

by Octavia E. Butler ...

Narrated by J.D Jackson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future ... or is doomed to self-destruction.In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future ... or is doomed to self-destruction.In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain
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Beowulf: A New Translation

by Maria Dahvana Headley ...

Narrated by Maria Dahvana Headley, JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 8 min

"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerA new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerA new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much
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Dangerous Visions

by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, various authors, Poul Anderson, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, J. G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny0, Larry Niven1, Samuel R. Delany2 ...

Narrated by JD Jackson3, P. J. Ochlan4, Dion Graham5, Natalie Naudus6, Vikas Adam7, Scott Aiello8, Grover Gardner9, Joe Hempel0, Steve West1, Robert Fass2, James Patrick Cronin3, Joel Froomkin4, Neil Shah5, John Pirhalla6, Heath Miller7, Scott Brick8, Shiromi Arserio9, various narrators0, Thom Rivera1, Bradford Hastings2, Feodor Chin3, Suzanne Toren4, Stefan Rudnicki5, Mara Wilson6, Bronson Pinchot7, Mark Sanderlin8, Tim Campbell9, Simon Vance0, Steven Jay Cohen1, Johnny Heller2, Edoardo Ballerini3, Ramiz Monsef4, Neil Hellegers5, Jim Meskimen6 ...

Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
Unabridged

24 hours 34 min

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALTDubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike.A landmark ... Read more

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WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALTDubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike.A landmark
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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

A Novel

by Colson Whitehead ...

Narrated by Colson Whitehead, JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPRNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD® FOR BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTED BY ... Read more

$17.50 USD

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**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPRNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD® FOR BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTED BY
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Why We Can't Wait

by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing,
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The Best American Short Stories 2021

by Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Pitlor ...

Narrated by LIsa Flanagan, Robin Eller, Tre Hall, Katy Tang, Emily Ellet, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Alex Meraz, Adan Rocha, Piper Goodeve, Frankie Maria Corzo, Sterling Sulieman, JD Jackson, Brittany Pressley, Robert Fass, Bahni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Priya Ayyar, Graham Halstead, Michael Crouch, Catherine Ho ...

Series series Best American
Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn WardIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a “sense of repair.”The stories in this year’s collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn WardIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a “sense of repair.”The stories in this year’s collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring
... Read more

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The Weight of Blood

by Tiffany D. Jackson ...

Narrated by JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar, Karen Malina White ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK *NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK *NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first
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