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Invitation

by Bill Myers, Angela Hunt, Alton Gansky, Frank Peretti ...

Narrated by Bill Myers, Ali Ahn, Cherise Boothe, Jeff Brick ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Harbingers
Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

FOUR STRANGERS WITH GIFTS THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND.A WORLD FALLING INTO DARKNESS.THIS IS HARBINGERS.You’re invited on a journey of suspense and the supernatural as four of your favorite bestselling authors team up for a unique series.From the minds of Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, and Alton Gansky, Invitation compiles the first four episodes of Harbingers, each following a different ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

FOUR STRANGERS WITH GIFTS THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND.A WORLD FALLING INTO DARKNESS.THIS IS HARBINGERS.You’re invited on a journey of suspense and the supernatural as four of your favorite bestselling authors team up for a unique series.From the minds of Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, and Alton Gansky, Invitation compiles the first four episodes of Harbingers, each following a different
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Rise!

From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou

by Bethany Hegedus ...

Series series Live Oak Media eReadalong
This glorious biography of Maya Angelou's life—from her traumatic childhood through her work as a freedom fighter and her triumphant rise as a poet—is a powerful tribute to a phenomenal woman. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

This glorious biography of Maya Angelou's life—from her traumatic childhood through her work as a freedom fighter and her triumphant rise as a poet—is a powerful tribute to a phenomenal woman.
... Read more
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The Homework Machine

by Dan Gutman ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe, Julia Gibson, Norm Lee, Andy Paris, Nicole Poole, Robert Ramirez, Cecelia Riddett, Angela Rogers ...

Series series Homework Machine
Unabridged

3 hours 9 min

Dan Gutman, the prolific author of over 60 popular books for children and young adults, vividly imagines what is surely every put-upon school kid's dream: a machine that does homework for them-error free!When four unlikely friends become dependent on this marvelous device, they'll soon learn that cheating always has its consequences-including legal trouble. No matter what happens, their best bet ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dan Gutman, the prolific author of over 60 popular books for children and young adults, vividly imagines what is surely every put-upon school kid's dream: a machine that does homework for them-error free!When four unlikely friends become dependent on this marvelous device, they'll soon learn that cheating always has its consequences-including legal trouble. No matter what happens, their best bet
... Read more
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An Unkindness of Ghosts

by Rivers Solomon ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For ... Read more

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Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For
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The Preacher's Son

by Carl Weber ...

Narrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor, Lizan Mitchell, Cherise Boothe, Peter Jay Fernandez, Nyambi Nyambi, JD Jackson ...

Series series Church
Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

Carl Weber is an Essence best-selling author and recipient of the African-American Bookseller of the Year Award. His stories are intoxicating dramas with smart, sexy characters. The Preacher's Son captivates with all the intensity expected of a Weber novel. Bishop T.K. Wilson is a pillar of the community, pastor of the largest African- American church in Queens, NY, and has always tended to the ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Carl Weber is an Essence best-selling author and recipient of the African-American Bookseller of the Year Award. His stories are intoxicating dramas with smart, sexy characters. The Preacher's Son captivates with all the intensity expected of a Weber novel. Bishop T.K. Wilson is a pillar of the community, pastor of the largest African- American church in Queens, NY, and has always tended to the
... Read more

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Bronx Masquerade

by Nikki Grimes ...

Narrated by Jessica Almasy, Cherise Boothe, Kevin R. Free, Marc Damon Johnson, Sisi Aisha Johnson, Melanie Martinez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

Acclaimed poet, novelist, journalist, and educator Nikki Grimes was born and raised in New York City. Each of the 18 kids in Mr. Ward's inner city classroom has something important to say, but some don't even realize it. Then Mr. Ward begins to have "open mic" poetry slams once a month on Fridays. Young adult listeners will identify with the characters in Bronx Masquerade as they explore questions ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Acclaimed poet, novelist, journalist, and educator Nikki Grimes was born and raised in New York City. Each of the 18 kids in Mr. Ward's inner city classroom has something important to say, but some don't even realize it. Then Mr. Ward begins to have "open mic" poetry slams once a month on Fridays. Young adult listeners will identify with the characters in Bronx Masquerade as they explore questions
... Read more

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The Fire This Time

A New Generation Speaks about Race

by Jesmyn Ward ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe, Michael Early, Kevin R. Free, Korey Jackson, Susan Spain ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most
... Read more

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The Love Playbook

Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness

by La La Anthony, Karen Hunter ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe ...

Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

Star of VH1' s La La' s Full Court Life, actress, entrepreneur, and wife of New York Knick' s star Carmelo Anthony - La La Anthony found love and success on her own terms. But before La La was a strong woman balancing a growing career, a high-profile marriage, and motherhood, she suffered through bad dates, tumultuous relationships, and backstabbing friends. She learned the hard way how to rise ... Read more

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Star of VH1' s La La' s Full Court Life, actress, entrepreneur, and wife of New York Knick' s star Carmelo Anthony - La La Anthony found love and success on her own terms. But before La La was a strong woman balancing a growing career, a high-profile marriage, and motherhood, she suffered through bad dates, tumultuous relationships, and backstabbing friends. She learned the hard way how to rise
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The Good Braider

by Terry Farish ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe ...

Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

The Good Braider was selected as the 2013 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year and a book of Outstanding Merit. In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola's strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family's journey from war-torn Sudan, to Cairo, and finally to Portland, Maine. Here, in the sometimes too close embrace of the local Southern Sudanese ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Good Braider was selected as the 2013 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year and a book of Outstanding Merit. In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola's strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family's journey from war-torn Sudan, to Cairo, and finally to Portland, Maine. Here, in the sometimes too close embrace of the local Southern Sudanese
... Read more
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Accidental Diva

by Tia Williams ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Beauty Director of TeenPeople magazine, Tia Williams has also contributed to YM, Elle, Glamour, and Lucky. She makes her debut as an author with the hilarious and poignant novel The Accidental Diva. Intelligent and gorgeous, Billie Burke is a workaholic who hasn't paused since she set her sights on the top editor position at a premier beauty magazine. So far, her ambition has effectively curtailed ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Beauty Director of TeenPeople magazine, Tia Williams has also contributed to YM, Elle, Glamour, and Lucky. She makes her debut as an author with the hilarious and poignant novel The Accidental Diva. Intelligent and gorgeous, Billie Burke is a workaholic who hasn't paused since she set her sights on the top editor position at a premier beauty magazine. So far, her ambition has effectively curtailed
... Read more

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Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality

by Celeste Watkins-Hayes ...

Narrated by Cherise Boothe ...

Unabridged

12 hours 52 min

In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens to understand how women generate radical improvements in their social well being in the face of social stigma and economic disadvantage. Drawing on interviews with nationally recognized AIDS activists as well as over one hundred Chicago ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens to understand how women generate radical improvements in their social well being in the face of social stigma and economic disadvantage. Drawing on interviews with nationally recognized AIDS activists as well as over one hundred Chicago
... Read more
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A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James ...

Narrated by Ryan Anderson, Dwight Bacquie, Cherise Boothe, Robertson Dean, Robert Younis, Johnathan McClain ...

Unabridged

26 hours

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert, gunmen stormed his house, machine guns blazing. The attack nearly killed the Reggae superstar, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Marley would go on to perform at the free concert on December 5, but he left the country the next day, not to return ... Read more

$39.99 USD

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert, gunmen stormed his house, machine guns blazing. The attack nearly killed the Reggae superstar, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Marley would go on to perform at the free concert on December 5, but he left the country the next day, not to return
... Read more