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The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- De: Matt Haig
- Narrado por: Carey Mulligan
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66,277
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58,320
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58,070
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional.
- De Richard B. en 10-05-20
- The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- De: Matt Haig
- Narrado por: Carey Mulligan
Life-saving, Life-affirming work.
Revisado: 11-10-24
While it definitely needs a suicide trigger-warning, I'm so glad it didn't have one. I think this will be a book I gift regularly. I don't even have other words to describe how perfect this book is right now. Just read it.
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Africa Is Not a Country
- Notes on a Bright Continent
- De: Dipo Faloyin
- Narrado por: Dipo Faloyin
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 181
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 157
So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories that bring to life Africa's rich diversity, communities, and histories. Starting with an immersive description of the lively and complex urban life of Lagos, Faloyin unearths surprising truths about many African countries' colonial heritage and tells the story of the continent's struggles with democracy through seven dictatorships.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
- De Jane en 01-26-23
- Africa Is Not a Country
- Notes on a Bright Continent
- De: Dipo Faloyin
- Narrado por: Dipo Faloyin
Mind-blowing! Necessary!
Revisado: 03-15-24
Gives a primer on historical and modern context for African countries. Also contextualizes the western world's place in the past, present, and future of African development. Should be required reading. Can't wait to go down all the rabbit holes this opened for me about the histories of so many countries and peoples.
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Seaborn
- The Seaborn Cycle, Book 1
- De: Michael Livingston
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Evans
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 820
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 723
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 721
The seven houses of the matriarchal Seaborn have plied the seas of the Fair Isles for centuries, trading among the islands and fending off the attacks by the fearsome Bone Pirate. But suddenly, out of the night sky, a common enemy appears - the Windborn, who come without warning to raid, burn, and kill.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Editor could have done better
- De dog lover in seattle en 08-16-22
- Seaborn
- The Seaborn Cycle, Book 1
- De: Michael Livingston
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Evans
(Spoilers) Author follows Lesbian Death Trope
Revisado: 07-08-23
It was great until the author decided to follow tired tropes for zero discernable added narrative value. Queer ppl don't need this. Super unqualified to write gender/queer narratives with this mess. Wasted read.
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Nubia: The Awakening
- De: Omar Epps, Clarence A. Haynes
- Narrado por: Amir Abdullah, Emana Rachelle, Jeorge Bennett Watson
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
For Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho, Nubia is a mystery. Before they were born, a massive storm destroyed their ancestral homeland, forcing their families to flee across the ocean to New York City. Nubia, a utopic island nation off the coast of West Africa, was no more, and their parents’ sorrow was too deep for them to share much of their history beyond the folklore. But New York, ravaged by climate change and class division, is far from a safe haven for refugees, and Nubians live as outcasts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much cursing
- De Maxine en 01-24-23
- Nubia: The Awakening
- De: Omar Epps, Clarence A. Haynes
- Narrado por: Amir Abdullah, Emana Rachelle, Jeorge Bennett Watson
WOW!
Revisado: 12-17-22
I am a lover of epic fantasy, spec fic, and Afrofuturism. I've read it all. THIS is the Afrofuturism we've been waiting for. If you liked Children of Blood and Bone, you will LOVE this!!!!!!!!
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The Wrong One
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers, Michael Crouch
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 17,681
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16,243
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16,194
In this new novella from the number one internationally best-selling author of The Sisters and The Murder Rule, Dervla McTiernan, a mother and son fighting to prove her innocence are reunited with an estranged friend—a detective who may hold the key to her freedom—as they’re forced to put their differences aside to uncover the shocking truth behind the crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Mary Loo en 04-01-22
- The Wrong One
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers, Michael Crouch
Plot twist!
Revisado: 12-12-22
It was so good I had to listen again to hear it from a different perspective after I knew the ending. Unexpected plot twist! Got me!
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Supreme Clientele
- Dirty Money, Book 3
- De: Ashley & JaQuavis
- Narrado por: iiKane
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,789
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,494
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,477
Every hustler's reign ends in one of two ways: prison or death. Refusing to let that prediction become a reality, Julius "Jules" Carter creates new rules to an old game. Strategically, he forms one of the most notorious drug operations Harlem has ever seen. Jules thinks the game is his biggest challenge - until he meets Tish. Young and ambitious, Tish is determined to escape from Harlem's allure, but her love for Jules has her rooted. It isn't long before she's tangled in Julius' web of lies and deceit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story is great but the narration is HORRIBLE!!!
- De GrowWithYoLo en 05-16-17
- Supreme Clientele
- Dirty Money, Book 3
- De: Ashley & JaQuavis
- Narrado por: iiKane
Compelling story, but bad for the culture.
Revisado: 09-02-22
The story moves fast and keeps the attention, but the writing perpetuates tired tropes that perpetuate homophobia, internalized racism, and sexism. Could be way better.
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- De: Dawnie Walton
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 923
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 915
Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can’t imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job—despite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a bar’s amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together for the fledgling Rivington Records.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding and timely
- De Darrell HANSCHEN en 04-26-21
WOW. Black Girl Magic x10
Revisado: 05-13-21
Brilliant and Beautiful. I kept wishing Opal was real. This is the kind of historical fiction we need. What a lovely way to expose the ugly of then and now. Cannot say enough about how great this book is. A mew Favorite.
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How to Be an Antiracist
- De: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrado por: Ibram X. Kendi
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,649
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,679
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,558
From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.
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3 out of 5 stars
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80% of the useful content is in the first 1-2 chapters
- De Anonymous User en 03-09-20
- How to Be an Antiracist
- De: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrado por: Ibram X. Kendi
Would be Harmful if It Were Readable
Revisado: 07-06-20
This book feels like a far less engaging attempt to rewrite Coates's Between The World And Me, but with neither Coates's storytelling ability nor his respect he had for the established scholarship on racism. But I am grateful that it isn't remotely compelling. if it were easier to read, it would require a lot more unteaching for those of us engaged in the work of teaching against racism.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- De: Sam Greenlee, Natiki Hope Pressley
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Natiki Hope Pressley
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,478
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,132
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,130
Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s. With its focus on the “militancy” that characterized the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the story of one man’s reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Book that Threatened the White Establishment
- De Kerr en 06-22-20
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- De: Sam Greenlee, Natiki Hope Pressley
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Natiki Hope Pressley
WOW
Revisado: 06-12-20
I can't believe I'm only just now learning of this book. It's sad how relevant every single aspect of this book still is. I am without words except for 3: read this now.
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Such a Fun Age
- De: Kiley Reid
- Narrado por: Nicole Lewis
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,700
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,948
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11,904
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young Black woman out late with a White child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This is embarrassing!
- De Anonymous User en 01-31-20
- Such a Fun Age
- De: Kiley Reid
- Narrado por: Nicole Lewis
Perfection from start to finish.
Revisado: 01-14-20
The writing was utter perfection. So well crafted and told. Such full and authentic characters. And the narration could NOT have been more fitting.
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