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Books narrated by Ruby Rees

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    Poetry of Wales, The

    by Dylan Thomas, George Herbert, Ann Griffiths, Wilfred Owen ...
    Narrated by Sian Phillips, Angharad Rees, Glyn Houston, Richard Mitchley ...

    Abridged

    54 min

    This proud nation with it’s long history; sometimes rough, hewn from bleak landscapes, sometimes gently soft from its comforting voices has produced a long succession of artists and poets. In the latter category Louis MacNeice most probably stands pre-eminent, his words and phrasing are on a plane few can equal and most are in awe of. But in this volume we do put forward others who have their own ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Dessa Rose

    by Sherley Anne Williams ...
    Narrated by Ruby Dee ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 56 min

    In 1829, a pregnant woman is condemned to die for a murderous act of rebellion. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a woman is accused of giving sanctuary to runaway slaves. Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped Black slave ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mules and Men

    by Zora Neale Hurston ...
    Narrated by Ruby Dee ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 57 min

    ""Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read."" --Roger D. AbrahamsMules and Men is the first great collection of black America's folk world. In the 1930's, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her ""native village"" of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of slavery, which she remembered hearing as a child. In her ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    by Zora Neale Hurston ...
    Narrated by Ruby Dee ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 45 min

    “A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    With Ossie and Ruby

    In This Life Together

    by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee ...
    Narrated by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 15 min

    Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, a beloved and revered couple cherished not just for their acting artistry but also for their lifelong commitment to civil rights, family values, and the black community. Now they look back on a half- century of their personal and political struggles to maintain a healthy marriage and to create the record of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights

    by Faye Kellerman ...
    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris, Nancy McKeon, John Rubinstein, Roger Rees, Lindsay Crouse, Theodore Bikel ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 1 min

    New York Times bestselling author Kellerman delivers a riveting collection of 14 crime and mystery short stories--plus four bonus tales--compiled for the first time in one volume.THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS marks the highly anticipated return of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus in three neverbefore- published short mysteries, including "The Garden of Eden," where Peter and Rina ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Maggie's American Dream

    The Life and Times of a Black Family

    by James P. Comer ...
    Narrated by Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 46 min

    The true story of Maggie Comer, an illiterate Southern Black woman who moves North to escape poverty and sexual and physical abuse. Unable to get the educuation she desperately desires, Maggie vows that her children will be educated. Working as a domestic, she raises five children who end up earning a total of thirteen college degrees between them.Told first in Maggie's own moving words, and then ... Read more

    $9.00 USD

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    Pop Goes the Weasel

    by James Patterson ...
    Narrated by Keith David, Roger Rees ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - Alex Cross

    Abridged

    5 hours 34 min

    **In this heart-pounding thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation—threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together.Inspiration for the thrilling Prime Video show, Cross.**Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Ghost

    A Novel

    by Robert Harris ...
    Narrated by Roger Rees ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 33 min

    From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Imperium comes The Ghost Writer, an extraordinarily auspicious thriller of power, politics, corruption, and murder—now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.The role of a ghostwriter is to make his client look good, not to uncover the truth. But what happens when the client is a major political figure, and the truth could ... Read more

    $17.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Ruby Holler

    by Sharon Creech ...
    Narrated by Donna Murphy ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 8 min

    From Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming adventure about finding family, and a home, when you least expect it.Ruby Holler is a Carnegie Medal-winning novel, and with its quirky protagonists and exciting journey, captures the imaginations of readers of all ages.Brother and sister Dallas and Florida are the “trouble twins.” In their short thirteen ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    Narrated by Roger Rees ...

    Abridged

    1 hour 7 min

    The world's greatest adventure story is now the source of the epic film from Christopher Nolan.Long considered the world's greatest adventure story, The Odyssey recounts the arduous struggles of a man who seeks to reunite with his family in ancient Greece. After the ten-year Trojan war, the heroic King Odysseus begins his ten-year journey home to Ithaca, where his wife, Penelope, and son, ... Read more

    $14.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Purloined Ruby

    The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Episode #18

    by Anthony Boucher, Denis Green ...
    Narrated by Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce ...

    Abridged

    1 hour 8 min

    From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD