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“ossie davis”

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  • My One Good Nerve

    by Ruby Dee ...
    Intimate reflections on loving and living from an American treasure."My One Good Nerve draws me back into my sweetest past . . . a work of memory and art."--Maya Angelou.My One Good Nerve is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human spirit, Ruby Dee. Married for 50 years to fellow actor Ossie Davis, Dee has led an astonishingly full life. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life Lit by Some Large Vision

    Selected Speeches and Writings

    by Ossie Davis ...
    Star actor of stage, film**,** and television, civil rights activist, screenwriter, and director, Ossie Davis was among the most beloved and respected men in Hollywood and American society as a whole, whose brilliant oratory style was among his most inspiring and celebrated gifts**—and all of his written essays, tributes, letters, and more have been collected for this book.**This book represents ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    I Never Had It Made

    by Jackie Robinson ...
    Narrated by Ossie Davis ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 59 min

    The bestselling autobiography of American baseball and civil rights legend Jackie RobinsonBefore Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and changing the world of sports forever. I Never Had It Made is Robinson's own ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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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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    With Ossie and Ruby

    In This Life Together

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

    Unabridged

    18 hours 8 min

    This captivating and inspiring autobiography tells the story of a Hollywood power couple that dominated the screen and championed civil rights issues for decades.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 ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    47

    by Walter Mosley ...
    Narrated by Ossie Davis ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 18 min

    47 is the first young adult novel to be written by bestselling author Walter Mosley. A master storyteller, Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring novel. Set in a plantation, 47 (a young slave boy) is growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed, until he meets the mysterious Tall John who not only introduces him to an unimaginable ... Read more

    $15.99 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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    Bayou Magic

    by Jewell Parker Rhodes ...
    Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...
    Series series Louisiana Girls Trilogy

    Unabridged

    4 hours 46 min

    A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids—plus an environmental twist.It’s city-girl Maddy’s first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings—the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only she ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Christmas at The New Yorker

    Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

    by E. B. White, Sally Benson, S.J. Perelman ...
    From the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the occasional comical coal in the stocking—in one incomparable collection. Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists.Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The 50 Funniest American Writers

    An Anthology from Mark Twain to The Onion

    Edited by Andy Borowitz ...
    **New York Times BestsellerThe creator of The New Yorker’s long running satirical column, and “one of the funniest people in America,” pays tribute to comedic geniuses both past and present, including Mark Twain, George Saunders, Nora Ephron, and more (CBS Sunday Morning).**Library of America’s collection of hilarious stories, essays, and articles is an exclusive Who’s Who of the very best ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

    by Maya Angelou ...
    Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic.This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to be treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power of spirituality to move and shape your ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Fool in Love

    One Man's Search for Romance . . . or Something Like It

    by Steven Ivory ...
    The delirious pursuit of love is a search that inevitably takes us all both down the well-beaten path and into new, uncharted territory. In this collection of thirty-three heart-tugging and hilarious essays, celebrated Electronic Urban Report columnist Steven Ivory chronicles his lifelong quest for that thing we all crave: The Meaningful Relationship.The journey begins with his first love -- his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD