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Voice of a Century

The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson

by Anthony Tommasini, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Series series Significations
Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

From the New York Times’s former chief classical music critic, a tribute to one of the great singers of modern times and a national treasure who broke racial barriersThe night before Marian Anderson performed her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial, she called her manager with grave doubts. What had started as a plan to sing a recital in Washington’s largest concert hall had turned, she ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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From the New York Times’s former chief classical music critic, a tribute to one of the great singers of modern times and a national treasure who broke racial barriersThe night before Marian Anderson performed her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial, she called her manager with grave doubts. What had started as a plan to sing a recital in Washington’s largest concert hall had turned, she
... Read more

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Triage

by Claudia Rankine ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

3 hours 53 min

A groundbreaking new direction for Claudia Rankine, the bestselling author of Citizen and Just UsClaudia Rankine has widened contemporary literature with her consciousness-raising, genre-defying works. In her first book after her celebrated American trilogy, Rankine shifts into new registers of sustained narrative, memory, art criticism, and lyric essay to offer her most personal and emotionally ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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A groundbreaking new direction for Claudia Rankine, the bestselling author of Citizen and Just UsClaudia Rankine has widened contemporary literature with her consciousness-raising, genre-defying works. In her first book after her celebrated American trilogy, Rankine shifts into new registers of sustained narrative, memory, art criticism, and lyric essay to offer her most personal and emotionally
... Read more

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Nola and Baldwin

A Novel

by Donna Hill ...

Narrated by Robin Miles, Aaron Goodson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

Their Eyes Were Watching God for a new generation craving a romantic finale—a sweeping historical tale that is a journey of the heart and of the times.Dual narration by Robin Miles and Aaron Goodson.If it wasn’t for Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Nola Denny didn’t know how she would have survived her father’s tragic death or her mother’s descent into mental illness. Inspired by ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Their Eyes Were Watching God for a new generation craving a romantic finale—a sweeping historical tale that is a journey of the heart and of the times.Dual narration by Robin Miles and Aaron Goodson.If it wasn’t for Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Nola Denny didn’t know how she would have survived her father’s tragic death or her mother’s descent into mental illness. Inspired by
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The Origin of Others

by Toni Morrison ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for ... Read more

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“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for
... Read more

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Hell Hath No Fury

True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq

by Rosalind Miles, Robin Cross ...

An engaging collection that uncovers injustices in history and overturns misconceptions about the role of women in warWhen you think of war, you think of men, right? Not so fast. In Hell Hath No Fury, Rosalind Miles and Robin Cross prove that although many of their stories have been erased or forgotten, women have played an integral role in wars throughout history.In witty and compelling ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An engaging collection that uncovers injustices in history and overturns misconceptions about the role of women in warWhen you think of war, you think of men, right? Not so fast. In Hell Hath No Fury, Rosalind Miles and Robin Cross prove that although many of their stories have been erased or forgotten, women have played an integral role in wars throughout history.In witty and compelling
... Read more
Warrior Women

3000 Years of Courage and Heroism

by Robin Cross, Rosalind Miles ...

From earliest times, women gained access to leadership in times of conflict and proved themselves equal to the challenge of commanding during war. Women leaders abounded in the ancient world from Ireland to Israel, sometimes through the accident of birth, but often rising to power through naked opportunism and raw courage in the ranks - and it is no accident that women war leaders, like men, are ... Read more

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From earliest times, women gained access to leadership in times of conflict and proved themselves equal to the challenge of commanding during war. Women leaders abounded in the ancient world from Ireland to Israel, sometimes through the accident of birth, but often rising to power through naked opportunism and raw courage in the ranks - and it is no accident that women war leaders, like men, are
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Wild Seed

by Octavia E. Butler ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Series series Patternist
Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

DDoro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one—until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She ... Read more

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DDoro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one—until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She
... Read more

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The 57 Bus

A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, ... Read more

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The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland,
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The Montessori Baby

A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding

by Simone Davies, Junnifa Uzodike ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

It’s time to change the way we see babies.Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the bestselling The Montessori Toddler, and Junnifa Uzodike, it’s a book filled with hundreds of practical ideas for ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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It’s time to change the way we see babies.Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the bestselling The Montessori Toddler, and Junnifa Uzodike, it’s a book filled with hundreds of practical ideas for
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Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her.What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and ... Read more

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At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her.What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and
... Read more

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Under the Udala Trees

by Chinelo Okparanta ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

Inspired by Nigeria’s folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from ... Read more

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Inspired by Nigeria’s folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from
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The Last Dangerous Visions

by J. Michael Straczynski, J. Michael Straczynski, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, Dan Simmons, Cecil Castellucci, Richard Peck, Max Brooks0, various authors1, Adrian Tchaikovsky2, Cory Doctorow3, James S. A. Corey0 ...

Narrated by J. Michael Straczynski, Jennifer Pickens4, Robin Miles5, Lisa Flanagan6, Mark Sanderlin7, Robert Fass8, Charlie Albers9, Bronson Pinchot0, Alison McKenna1, Natalie Naudus2, various narrators3, Tim Campbell4, Neil Hellegers5, Josh Innerst6, Dion Graham7, Emily Woo Zeller8, James Anderson Foster9, Feodor Chin0, Paul Bellantoni1, Marc Vietor2, John Pirhalla3, Scott Brick4, Steven Jay Cohen5, Jim Meskimen6, P. J. Ochlan7, Gary Bennett8, Noah Michael Levine9 ...

Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
Unabridged

14 hours 32 min

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed ... Read more

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An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed
... Read more

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