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  • The Speech

    The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream

    by Gary Younge ...
    In this "slim but powerful book," the award-winning journalist shares the dramatic story surrounding MLK's most famous speech and its importance today ( Boston Globe).On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he delivered the most iconic speech of the civil rights movement. In The Speech, Gary Younge explains why King's "I Have ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Staying Power

    The History of Black People in Britain

    by Peter Fryer ...
    Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain.First published in the '80s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Another Day in the Death of America

    A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

    by Gary Younge ...
    Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas PrizeShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation AwardFinalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism****Longlisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non FictionOn an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pigeonholed

    Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance

    by Gary Younge ...
    'Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but not proscriptive: there's not an awful lot of wiggle room there, but it's the space in which I feel I need to both operate and expand.'In this incisive, moving and personal essay, one of the nation's leading political voices, explores the 'burden of representation'.Gary Younge analyses ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Who Are We -- And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?

    by Gary Younge ...
    From those who insist that Barack Obama is Muslim to the European legislators who go to extraordinary lengths to ban items of clothing worn by a tiny percentage of their populations, Gary Younge shows, in this fascinating, witty, and provocative examination of the enduring legacy and obsession with identity in politics and everyday life, that how we define ourselves informs every aspect of our ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Une journée dans la mort de l'Amérique

    by Gary Younge ...
    Chaque jour, ce sont près de sept enfants ou adolescents qui meurent par balle aux États-Unis. Cette statistique glaçante ne peut rendre compte à elle seule des vies détruites par les armes à feu, Gary Younge a donc décidé de raconter le destin des jeunes gens tués au cours d’une journée choisie au hasard. Ils sont dix à être abattus le 23 novembre 2013, dix enfants et adolescents âgés de 9 à 19 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Thinking in Colour

    A BBC documentary collection

    by Gary Younge ...
    Narrated by Gary Younge, Robin Miles, Amaka Okafor, Full Cast, Ricky Fearon ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 37 min

    Gary Younge explores race, society and Black history in these five fascinating documentariesAuthor, broadcaster and sociology professor Gary Younge has won several awards for his books and journalism covering topics such as the civil rights movement, inequality and immigration. In this documentary collection, the former Guardian US correspondent turns his attention to current American political ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Another Day in the Death of America

    A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

    by Gary Younge ...
    Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 28 min

    On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day, but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. From Jaiden Dixon (9), shot point-blank by his mother’s ex ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Boys in the Bunkhouse

    Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

    by Dan Barry ...
    Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

    Unabridged

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    With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual ... Read more

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    The Frangipani Hotel

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    by Violet Kupersmith ...
    Narrated by Elyse Dinh, VyVy Nguyen, David Lee Huynh, Carolina Do, Trieu Tran, Quyen Ngo ...

    Unabridged

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    An extraordinarily compelling debut—ghost stories that grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam WarA beautiful young woman appears fully dressed in an overflowing bathtub at the Frangipani Hotel in Hanoi. A jaded teenage girl in Houston befriends an older Vietnamese gentleman she discovers naked behind a dumpster. A trucker in Saigon is asked to drive a dying young man home to his village. A plump ... Read more

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    Sycamore

    A Novel

    by Bryn Chancellor ...
    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Sara Morsey, Xe Sands, Teri Schnaubelt, Steven Jay Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 52 min

    In this masterful performance, Bryn Chancellor explores the loss around which an entire community has calcified with humanity and wisdom. Chancellor digs deep in these pages, unearthing broken hearts, secrets, betrayals, passion and-most impressively-grace. What a joy to find a book that is both propulsive and perfectly composed.-Cynthia DAprix Sweeney, author of The NestAn award-winning writer ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    The Man They Wanted Me to Be

    Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making

    by Jared Yates Sexton ...
    Narrated by Jared Yates Sexton ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 42 min

    Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed, The Man They Wanted Me to Be is both memoir and cultural analysis. Jared Yates Sexton alternates between an examination of his working class upbringing and historical, psychological, and sociological sources that examine the genesis of toxic masculinity and its consequences for society.As progressivism changes American society, and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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