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All Boys Aren't Blue

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5 hours 12 min

This program is read by the author.In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.A New York Times Bestseller!Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature storiesFrom the memories of getting his tee... ... Read more

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7 hours 22 min

How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century."In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: ... Read more

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Guerrière apache ou sirène hollywoodienne, gardienne de phare ou créatrice de trolls, gynécologue ou impératrice, les Culottées ont fait voler en éclats les préjugés. Marina Rollman et 18 comédien·nes nous emportent dans la vie de ces femmes à la détermination incroyable. Grâce à un habillage sonore riche, l’univers illustré de Pénélope Bagieu prend tout son sens à l’audio. Un régal ! © Editions ... Read more

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Series series Great Hispanic and Latino Americans
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Series series Star Biographies
Unabridged

24 min

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by 周锐 ...

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Series Audiobook 6 - 有意思的京剧
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1 hour 44 min

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Suzanne Collins

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by Melissa Ferguson ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Famous Female Authors
Unabridged

24 min

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The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison

by Raymond Arroyo ...

Narrated by Raymond Arroyo ...

Series series Turnabout Tales
Unabridged

27 min

From New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes the first book in the Turnabout Tales series—a picture book biography of one of America’s most famous inventors, Thomas Alva Edison, and a story about never giving up.No one thought much of young Thomas Alva Edison. He couldn’t focus at school and caused trouble around the house. But where others saw a distracted and ... Read more

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Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature

by Margriet Ruurs ...

Narrated by Christian Down ...

Unabridged

6 min

Celebrated artist Robert Bateman is renowned internationally for bringing the natural world to life on the canvas. A naturalist and painter from his youth, Robert has for decades used his recognition to shed light on environmental issues and advocate for animal welfare.Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature is the story of how a young child achieved his dream of painting the world around him ... Read more

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Sister, Brother, Family

An American Childhood in Music

by Willie Nelson, Bobbie Nelson, Chris Barton ...

Narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant, Kimberly Farr ...

Unabridged

13 min

The first ever children's book by music legend Willie Nelson and his sister and bandmate Bobbie Nelson!"We had so little money, but so much love."He was a boy with a guitar. She was a girl with a piano. Raised by loving grandparents in Depression-era rural Texas, their humble beginnings playing local shows to put food on the table started Willie and Bobbie Nelson on a remarkable path to global ... Read more

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Grady Goes

Outside

by Paula Joy ...

Narrated by Paula Joy ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Grady Goes
Unabridged

2 min

Grady Goes on many adventures. Today he is going "Outside" where he encounters a bird, a frog and a lovely summer breeze.This book encourages children to explore their surroundings and learn about their senses.Read by the author, Paula Joy, this book is sure to spark an outdoor curiosity in your little one.Grady Goes Outside is the first in a series of many adventures for Grady. ... Read more

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Adams Family, The: The History of Colonial Boston's Most Important Political Family

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Michelle Humphries ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

he American Revolution had no shortage of compelling characters with seemingly larger than life traits, including men like the multi-talented Benjamin Franklin, the wise Thomas Jefferson, the mercurial John Adams and the stoic George Washington. But no Revolutionary leader has been as controversial as Samuel Adams, who has been widely portrayed over the last two centuries as America’s most radical ... Read more

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Rachel Carson

by Emily James ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Great Scientists and Inventors
Unabridged

3 min

Explore the life and achievements of Rachel Carson. Photographs, a timeline, and easy-to-read text tell the story of this ground-breaking scientist who worked to protect the Earth. ... Read more

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I Am Anne Frank

by Brad Meltzer ...

Narrated by Jade Wheeler, Brett Boles, Michael Braun, Danny Campbell, Jonathan Davis, Robin Miles, Natasha Soudek, Oliver Wyman ...

Series series Ordinary People Change the World
Unabridged

19 min

The 22nd book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes tells the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her life while hiding from the Nazis during World War II.This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon ... Read more

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Outback Heart

by Joanne van Os ...

Narrated by Joanne van Os ...

Unabridged

13 hours 5 min

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I Will Always Write Back

How One Letter Changed Two Lives

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8 hours 51 min

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place.Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so ... Read more

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Justin Bieber

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Narrated by Noah Luce ...

Series series Big Buddy Biographies Set I
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Paul Brand

Helping Hands

by Janet Benge, Geoff Benge ...

Narrated by Tim Gregory ...

Series series Christian Heroes: Then & Now
Unabridged

5 hours

Watching his father perform medical procedures back in India had convinced Paul that medicine was about blood and guts and ulcers. To his amazement, he found that it was really about causes and cures, alleviating pain, and treating ill people with dignity.The son of missionary parents, Paul Brand did not plan on becoming a doctor. After training as a builder, he was called by God into medicine and ... Read more

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Watching his father perform medical procedures back in India had convinced Paul that medicine was about blood and guts and ulcers. To his amazement, he found that it was really about causes and cures, alleviating pain, and treating ill people with dignity.The son of missionary parents, Paul Brand did not plan on becoming a doctor. After training as a builder, he was called by God into medicine and
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by Ben Brooks ...

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¿Quién es Lin-Manuel Miranda? (Who Is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Spanish Edition)

by Elijah Rey-David Matos, Who HQ ...

Series series ¿Quién fue?
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1 hour

Entra en escena con Lin-Manuel Miranda en esta adición a la serie número uno en ventas del New York Times que explica cómo la leyenda de Broadway comenzó antes de Hamilton y Encanto. ¡Ahora en español!Lin-Manuel Miranda, nacido en Nueva York de padres puertorriqueños, fue un apasionado de las artes y la creatividad desde muy temprana edad. Se involucró en el teatro desde niño y escribió su primer ... Read more

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The Extraordinary Life of Fighting Shirley Chisholm

by Tonya Bolden ...

Narrated by Marcella Cox ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes a biography of the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party: Shirley Chisholm. Before there was Barack Obama, before there was Kamala Harris, there was Fighting Shirley Chisholm. A daughter of Barbadian immigrants, Chisholm developed her political chops in ... Read more

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From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes a biography of the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party: Shirley Chisholm. Before there was Barack Obama, before there was Kamala Harris, there was Fighting Shirley Chisholm. A daughter of Barbadian immigrants, Chisholm developed her political chops in
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You, Me, and Anxiety: Take Action Over Anxiety To Enjoy Being You - Teen Edition

by Dr. Robyn Reu Graham ...

Narrated by Jill Monaco ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

Do you ever wonder what it might be like to not feel anxious all the time?The good news is you no longer have to feel alone and isolated.You, Me, and Anxiety helps you identify anxiety, recognize its symptoms, and take intentional action to manage and navigate it so that it no longer has a negative grip on your life. this book is perfect for anyone who ever:Struggles to get out of bed in the ... Read more

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The Seed of Compassion

Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

by His Holiness The Dalai Lama ...

Narrated by Francois Chau ...

Unabridged

14 min

For the first time ever, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses children directly, sharing lessons of peace and compassion, told through stories of his own childhood.One of today's most inspiring world leaders was once an ordinary child named Lhamo Thondup. In a small village in Tibet, his mother was his first great teacher of compassion. In everyday moments from his ... Read more

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