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Samurai Rising
- The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
- Written by: Pamela S. Turner
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family - and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai.
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Engaging treatment of historical material
- By Angela R. Gottfred on 2024-02-23
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Samurai Rising
- The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-17
- Language: English
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Facing the Lion
- Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
- Written by: Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, Herman Viola
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton is a Maasai tribesman of Kenya. In this fascinating autobiography, he shares stories about growing up in his nomadic tribe - from licking sweat off cows’ noses to survive a drought, to facing down a lion at age 14, to playing soccer for the president of Kenya. The only member of his family to receive a formal education, Joseph sometimes lived as much as 40 miles away from school. While at school, he learned about Western culture and traditions.
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Facing the Lion
- Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-27
- Language: English
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The Burn Journals
- Written by: Brent Runyon
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Brent Runyon's account of his attempted suicide has garnered critical accolades for its glimpse into adolescent depression and rare insight into the human condition. Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a match. Suffering horrific burns, Brent faces a long, painful recovery - both mentally and physically.
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Interesting read
- By Jani P. on 2023-12-12
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The Burn Journals
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2008-10-31
- Language: English
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Malcolm X
- By Any Means Necessary
- Written by: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrated by: Corey Allen
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
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As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At 16, he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem, he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator. At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X, and there he developed his beliefs about what being Black means in America: beliefs that shook America then and still shake America today.
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Malcolm X
- By Any Means Necessary
- Narrated by: Corey Allen
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-11
- Language: English
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
- Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
- Written by: Phillip Hoose
- Narrated by: Phillip Hoose, Michael Braun
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, 15-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain.
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Excellent
- By Susan Busch on 2023-10-25
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
- Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
- Narrated by: Phillip Hoose, Michael Braun
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2015-05-13
- Language: English
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Standing Like a Stone Wall
- The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson
- Written by: James Robertson
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Jackson fought poverty and sadness, rising to become one of the most extraordinary figures in American military history. His clever Civil War strategies were unmatched. While holding the line during one battle, he earned the nickname "Stonewall", and became a legend. From the world's most acclaimed Civil War historian, this is the complete story of Jackson's life.
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Standing Like a Stone Wall
- The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2009-05-07
- Language: English
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When Elephants Fight
- The Lives of Children in Conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, And Uganda
- Written by: Eric Walters, Adrian Bradbury
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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When Elephants Fight presents the stories of five children - Annu, Jimmy, Nadja, Farooq and Toma - from five very different and distinct conflicts - Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan, and the Sudan. Along with these very personal accounts, the book also offers brief analyses of the history and geopolitical issues that are the canvas on which these conflicts are cast. When Elephants Fight is about increasing awareness.
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When Elephants Fight
- The Lives of Children in Conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, And Uganda
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2013-03-20
- Language: English
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A Face for Picasso
- Written by: Ariel Henley
- Narrated by: Ariel Henley
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan Henley were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome — a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it. Growing up, Ariel and her sister endured numerous medical procedures to keep them alive. Doctors expanded the twins’ skulls and broke bones to make room for their growing organs. After each surgery, the sisters felt like strangers to each other, unable to recognize themselves in the mirror.
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A Face for Picasso
- Narrated by: Ariel Henley
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-04
- Language: English
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Chinese Cinderella
- The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
- Written by: Adeline Yen Mah
- Narrated by: Felice Yeh
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Publishers Weekly Best Book, Chinese Cinderella is the story of author Adeline Yen Mah’s childhood. Adeline is just three days old when her mother dies. She is blamed for the death and considered bad luck. For years, she tries to please her family, wanting only acceptance and love, but often facing rejection. Finally, after discovering literature, she is given the chance to succeed.
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Chinese Cinderella
- The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
- Narrated by: Felice Yeh
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2011-04-15
- Language: English
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Punching Bag
- Written by: Rex Ogle
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister.
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Punching Bag
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-16
- Language: English
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No Choirboy
- Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
- Written by: Susan Kuklin
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren, Nyambi Nyambi, Steve Boyer, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Imagine having everything taken away from you - permanently - with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles.
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No Choirboy
- Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren, Nyambi Nyambi, Steve Boyer, Ty Jones, Ezra Knight, Lizan Mitchell, Ali Ahn, Chris Sorensen, Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2013-05-14
- Language: English
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The Greatest
- Muhammad Ali
- Written by: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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Rising from poverty-stricken Louisville in the 1950s, Ali became one of the world's greatest athletes. Beginning life as Cassius Clay, Ali would struggle against opponents both in and out of the ring. Segregation and racism stood as obstacles in his path, but as he climbed the boxing ranks, his social conscience grew. He refused to be pigeonholed as a stereotypical black athlete in the 1960s and changed his name to Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam.
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The Greatest
- Muhammad Ali
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2009-04-13
- Language: English
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Sojourner Truth
- Written by: Peter Krass
- Narrated by: Caroline Clay
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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From Chelsea House’s Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti-slavery activist.
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Sojourner Truth
- Narrated by: Caroline Clay
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-12
- Language: English
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Dear Miss Breed
- True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration during World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
- Written by: Joanne Oppenheim
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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After Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes. The government was afraid that because they looked like “the enemy,” they might be spies. One American, librarian Clara Breed, was heartbroken and outraged. As the San Diego Public Library’s Children’s Librarian, Miss Breed was close to many of the children who were evacuated. She went to the train station the day they left, handing out postcards and telling them to send her letters.
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Dear Miss Breed
- True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration during World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2014-04-22
- Language: English
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Road Home
- Written by: Rex Ogle
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Here, Rex tells the story of his coming out and his father’s rejection of his identity, navigating abuse and survival on the streets. Road Home is a devastating and incandescent reflection on Rex’s hunger for food, for love, and for a place to call home, completing the trilogy of memoirs that began with the award-winning Free Lunch.
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Road Home
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2024-06-25
- Language: English
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Ordinary Hazards
- A Memoir
- Written by: Nikki Grimes
- Narrated by: Nikki Grimes
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring memoir, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life.
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Ordinary Hazards
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Nikki Grimes
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-13
- Language: English
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The March Against Fear
- The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
- Written by: Ann Bausum
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely alliance that resulted in the Black Power movement, which ushered in a new era in the fight for equality. The retelling of Meredith's story opens on the day of his assassination attempt and goes back in time to recount the moments leading up to that event and its aftermath.
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Short, but impactful and very effective.
- By Schvenn on 2023-11-04
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The March Against Fear
- The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-12
- Language: English
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Votes for Women!
- American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
- Written by: Winifred Conkling
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost 80-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only the suffragists' achievements and politics but also the private journeys that fueled their passion and led them to become women's champions.
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Votes for Women!
- American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-13
- Language: English
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On My Own
- The Journey Continues
- Written by: Sally Hobart Alexander
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Sally Hobart Alexander continues the story of her journey into blindness in this uplifting tale of a life rebuilt and love renewed. Suzanne Toren’s perceptive narration perfectly expresses the emotions of Sally’s sometimes fun, often arduous, and always interesting journey. Also available is Taking Hold, My Journey Into Blindness, which tells the first half of Sally’s story.
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On My Own
- The Journey Continues
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-25
- Language: English
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Grace in the Wilderness
- After the Liberation 1945-1948
- Written by: Aranka Siegal
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Because she is Jewish, 14 year-old Piri has been held prisoner in Nazi concentration camps for two years. She is freed when Bergen-Belsen is liberated, but she is very ill and has deep psychological scars. In a voice full of innocence and courage, Piri tells how she got through the first years after the Holocaust.
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Grace in the Wilderness
- After the Liberation 1945-1948
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2012-11-20
- Language: English
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