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Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler ...

Narrated by CCH Pounder ...

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11 hours 23 min

Experience a new audio version of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking, genre-redefining masterpiece, selected by The Atlantic as one of the "most consequential novels of the past 100 years."In 1976, on her 26th birthday, Dana Franklin is pulled through time and space from her Los Angeles home to a slave plantation in Maryland, 160 years in the past. There, she discovers she is intimately linked to ... Read more

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Experience a new audio version of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking, genre-redefining masterpiece, selected by The Atlantic as one of the "most consequential novels of the past 100 years."In 1976, on her 26th birthday, Dana Franklin is pulled through time and space from her Los Angeles home to a slave plantation in Maryland, 160 years in the past. There, she discovers she is intimately linked to
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The Memory Quilt

A Christmas Story for Our Times

by T.D. Jakes ...

Narrated by CCH Pounder ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

Bishop Jakes weaves inspirational life lessons into this tender and touching Christmas tale, a thoughtful reflection on our actions throughout the giving season and all year-round.Lela Edwards wants nothing more than to spend the holidays with her family. But her husband of fifty years passed away recently, her daughters live far from their old Chicago neighborhood, and her granddaughter, Darcie, ... Read more

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Bishop Jakes weaves inspirational life lessons into this tender and touching Christmas tale, a thoughtful reflection on our actions throughout the giving season and all year-round.Lela Edwards wants nothing more than to spend the holidays with her family. But her husband of fifty years passed away recently, her daughters live far from their old Chicago neighborhood, and her granddaughter, Darcie,
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Parting the Waters

America in the King Years, Part I - 1954-63

by Taylor Branch ...

Narrated by CCH Pounder, Joe Morton ...

Abridged

6 hours 39 min

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations
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Pillar of Fire

America in the King Years, Part II - 1963-64

by Taylor Branch ...

Narrated by CCH Pounder, Joe Morton ...

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6 hours 46 min

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, ... Read more

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith,
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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

by Nelson Mandela ...

Narrated by Desmond Tutu, Alan Rickman, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Parminder Nagra, Forest Whitaker, Sean Hayes, Charlize Theron, Benjamin Bratt, Scarlett Johansson, Ricardo Chavira, Debra Messing, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Hugh Jackman, Gillian Anderson, CCH Pounder, Blair Underwood, LeVar Burton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Sophie Okonedo, Helen Mirren, Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard ...

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3 hours 42 min

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize
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Inspired By … The Bible Experience Audio Bible - Today's New International Version, TNIV: New Testament

by Zondervan ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Yolanda Adams, Erika Alexander, Tatyana Ali, Tichina Arnold, Essence Atkins, James Avery, Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, A.R. Bernard, Charles Blake, John Boyd, James Brown, Wren Brown, LeVar Burton, Juanita Bynum, Shirley Caesar, Vanessa Calloway, Common Common, Terry Crews, Billy Davis, Loretta Devine, Gary Dourdan, Charles Dutton, Idris Elba, Faith Evans, Kim Fields, Kirk Franklin, Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Anthony Hamilton, Hill Harper, Taraji Henson, Dule Hill, Donald Hilliard, Billy Ingram, Samuel Jackson, T. D. Jakes, Cheryl James, Star Jones, Boris Kodjoe, Nikki Kodjoe, Eriq LaSalle, Harry Lennix, Dawnn Lewis, Tommy Lister, Victor Love, Derek Luke, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Greg Mathis, Clarence McClendon, Donnie McClurkin, MC Lyte, Mo'nique Mo'nique, Garrett Morris, Phil Morris, Mya Mya, Dwight Myers, Keke Palmer, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Powell, Daphne Reid, Tim Reid, Latanya Richardson, Richie Righteous, Wendy Robinson, John Salley, Kenneth Ulmer, Blair Underwood, Iyanla Vanzant, Joseph Walker, Denzel Washington, Marvin Winans, Alfre Woodard, Charlayne Woodard, Jeffrey Wright ...

Unabridged

20 hours 29 min

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios.
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Parting the Waters

America in the King Years 1954-63

by Taylor Branch ...

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations ... Read more

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In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations
... Read more

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Pillar of Fire

America in the King Years 1963-65

by Taylor Branch ...

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith,
... Read more

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Dawn

by Octavia E. Butler ...

One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity ... Read more

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One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity
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Let It Go

Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven

by T.D. Jakes ...

T.D. Jakes, New York Times bestselling author of Reposition Yourself, Making Great Decisions, and more than a dozen other titles, presents this book on forgiveness, demonstrating once again why he is called “a spiritual genius,” a “master of meeting mankind eye to eye,” and one of America’s best preachers.Jakes understands that he and fellow Christians share spiritual truths “that transcend time ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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T.D. Jakes, New York Times bestselling author of Reposition Yourself, Making Great Decisions, and more than a dozen other titles, presents this book on forgiveness, demonstrating once again why he is called “a spiritual genius,” a “master of meeting mankind eye to eye,” and one of America’s best preachers.Jakes understands that he and fellow Christians share spiritual truths “that transcend time
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At Canaan's Edge

America in the King Years, 1965-68

by Taylor Branch ...

At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic place in the nation's history.The final volume of Taylor Branch's monumental, much honored, and definitive ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic place in the nation's history.The final volume of Taylor Branch's monumental, much honored, and definitive
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The King Years

Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

by Taylor Branch ...

“Right out of the pages of our lives…Compelling portraits placed in the excitement of a period when oppressed and powerless people moving together changed themselves and their country profoundly and permanently.” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the magisterial America in the King ... Read more

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“Right out of the pages of our lives…Compelling portraits placed in the excitement of a period when oppressed and powerless people moving together changed themselves and their country profoundly and permanently.” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the magisterial America in the King
... Read more

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