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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
- A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
- By: Jeff Hobbs
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,909
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,620
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,618
A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets....
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2 out of 5 stars
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I've Heard This Before
- By Jami on 07-27-16
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1. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
- A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-23-14
- Language: English
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,490
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,353
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,320
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional & Powerful
- By Miss Toni on 06-30-13
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2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-04-11
- Language: English
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- By: DMX
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 458
Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive number one hip-hop albums in a row...this is the life and times of the darkest and most dangerously introspective hip-hop artist ever....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a good listen
- By Ty on 03-24-22
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3. E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-09-22
- Language: English
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,698
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,692
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,733
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- By Cynthia on 08-10-13
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4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-02-10
- Language: English
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,986
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,785
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,742
"My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved
- By Jamila on 02-25-15
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5. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-10-15
- Language: English
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8,809
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,581
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,531
James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
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6. The Fire Next Time
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-16-08
- Language: English
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Rita Moreno
- A Memoir
- By: Rita Moreno
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 400
In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a beauty!
- By MaAj on 08-08-13
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7. Rita Moreno
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Rita Moreno
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
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Around the Way Girl
- A Memoir
- By: Taraji P. Henson
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,442
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,252
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,205
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Around My way, Your Way & Every Woman's way
- By Yolanda on 10-26-16
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8. Around the Way Girl
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-11-16
- Language: English
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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- By: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 447
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 432
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Story5 out of 5 stars 432
With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written. Powerful story.
- By Brenda Barbour on 10-22-23
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9. How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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This American Woman
- A One-in-a-Billion Memoir
- By: Zarna Garg
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir—from narrowly escaping an arranged marriage in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife.
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10. This American Woman
- A One-in-a-Billion Memoir
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 04-29-25
- Language: English
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The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 186
From New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor comes this riveting chronicle of a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Our History
- By Deidre Jackson on 02-23-19
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11. The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-25-18
- Language: English
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Problem Child
- By: Terrell Carter, Stacy Thunes
- Narrated by: Terrell Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 233
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story5 out of 5 stars 208
Problem Child is the unbelievably true story of Terrell Carter, an American musician and actor who grew up in Buffalo, New York, in a dysfunctional family, each member crazier than the next....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth the wait . . .
- By JPALJ on 12-07-22
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12. Problem Child
- Narrated by: Terrell Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,596
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,545
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,569
The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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13. Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-06-16
- Language: English
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After the Dance
- My Life with Marvin Gaye
- By: Jan Gaye
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 589
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 504
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
Dear Cary meets Confessions of a Video Vixen in this searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Answered A Lot of questions and raised even more
- By T. Brunson on 07-22-15
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14. After the Dance
- My Life with Marvin Gaye
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-19-15
- Language: English
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,862
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,502
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,499
The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Michael on 05-30-17
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15. The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-25-14
- Language: English
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The Worlds I See
- Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
- By: Fei-Fei Li
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
The Worlds I See is the moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By J McC on 02-10-24
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16. The Worlds I See
- Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Raising Wrenns: A Memoir
- By: Mal Wrenn Corbin
- Narrated by: Jocelyn Duford
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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The only way people get out of Worcester is in a body bag, people used to say when Mal was growing up in the Main South neighborhood—crash-landing in house after house like true wrens, her family’s nutty avian namesake.
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17. Raising Wrenns: A Memoir
- Narrated by: Jocelyn Duford
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-21-24
- Language: English
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Notes of a Native Son
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,134
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the 20th century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Essayist
- By Andre on 09-30-16
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18. Notes of a Native Son
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-22-15
- Language: English
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,732
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,744
From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
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19. The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-27-10
- Language: English
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The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,514
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,221
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,206
An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Did not like narrator
- By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19
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20. The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 08-08-19
- Language: English
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