Bestsellers
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: Volume One
- On Wisdom and Virtues
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines - editor
- Narrated by: Charity Spencer
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From helping others in times of need, to keeping and maintaining friendships, to having a positive attitude, Laura's words of wisdom in Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom and Virtues are applicable even in today's world....
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It’s like a diary
- By Placeholder on 09-15-23
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder, and others
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Gladys Aylward, a housemaid from England, dared to trust God in the face of dire and seemingly hopeless circumstances. Her amazing adventure of faith and determination is one of the truly great missionary stories of our era....
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Good book for youth
- By Jackie O. on 01-05-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Excellent for everyone to read
- By R. Robinson on 06-25-19
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Betty Greene
- Wings to Serve (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Betty Greene coaxed her Grumman seaplane to two thousand feet..... Suddenly, silence—total silence. The plane engine had stopped! Her passengers gasped, but Betty knew she must remain calm. They had only a slim chance for survival: the twisting jungle river below them....
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A Soaring Story
- By Irene Turner on 01-22-23
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Who Was Helen Keller?
- By: Gare Thompson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things....
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it suck butt
- By Kendra Maas on 05-20-21
By: Gare Thompson
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: Volume One
- On Wisdom and Virtues
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines - editor
- Narrated by: Charity Spencer
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From helping others in times of need, to keeping and maintaining friendships, to having a positive attitude, Laura's words of wisdom in Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom and Virtues are applicable even in today's world....
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It’s like a diary
- By Placeholder on 09-15-23
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder, and others
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Gladys Aylward, a housemaid from England, dared to trust God in the face of dire and seemingly hopeless circumstances. Her amazing adventure of faith and determination is one of the truly great missionary stories of our era....
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Good book for youth
- By Jackie O. on 01-05-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Excellent for everyone to read
- By R. Robinson on 06-25-19
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Betty Greene
- Wings to Serve (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Betty Greene coaxed her Grumman seaplane to two thousand feet..... Suddenly, silence—total silence. The plane engine had stopped! Her passengers gasped, but Betty knew she must remain calm. They had only a slim chance for survival: the twisting jungle river below them....
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A Soaring Story
- By Irene Turner on 01-22-23
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Who Was Helen Keller?
- By: Gare Thompson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things....
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it suck butt
- By Kendra Maas on 05-20-21
By: Gare Thompson
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Who Was Marie Curie?
- Who Was...?
- By: Megan Stine
- Narrated by: Sarah Scott
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics....
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wonderful series for children and tweens
- By EmilyK on 07-21-17
By: Megan Stine
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Notorious RBG: Young Readers' Edition
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- By: Irin Carmon
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling biography Notorious RBG - whose concept originated with a Tumblr page of the same name - is now available in a vibrant young listeners' edition....
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Enjoyed by whole family
- By Amy McCarthy on 11-07-18
By: Irin Carmon
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Who Was Amelia Earhart?
- By: Kate Boehm Jerome
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, listeners will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story....
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Who was Amelia
- By A. M. on 04-13-23
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Who Is Dolly Parton?
- By: True Kelley
- Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star....
By: True Kelley
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The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition
- The Scary But True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the unbelievable true story of America's glowing girls and their fight for justice in the young readers edition of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Radium Girls....
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The reality of true history and the victory that came after such a tragedy.
- By stephen perez on 12-14-23
By: Kate Moore
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Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached tribes of Africa's Calabar region for thirty-nine years (1848-1915)....
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Inspiring Story
- By Ann Marie Moore on 12-27-18
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
- Who HQ Now
- By: Shelia P. Moses, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover how a young girl who was the star of her school's debate team became a federal jurist and the first Black woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court....
By: Shelia P. Moses, and others
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Who Was Anne Frank?
- By: Ann Abramson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex and much more....
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My thoughts
- By Melina on 01-19-22
By: Ann Abramson
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
- By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kathleen Van Cleve
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life....
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Meh
- By Kindle Customer on 03-22-21
By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, and others
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Who Is Simone Biles?
- Who HQ Now
- By: Stefanie Loh, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2021, Simone Biles shocked the world when she pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic Games after experiencing the "twisties" -- a scary feeling during which gymnasts lose control of their bodies while mid-air....
By: Stefanie Loh, and others
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Harriet Tubman: Freedombound
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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At age six the sharp bite of a whip taught Harriet Tubman what it meant to be a slave. The other slaves scoffed when Harriet resolved to escape north someday. Little did they know that this girl would one day lead hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad....
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Powerful, must-listen book
- By Stacy Barrett on 07-24-16
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains, new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility, Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West....
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A must have for any little house fan.
- By YHWHsHesed on 05-08-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes
- 100 mujeres migrantes que cambiaron el mundo
- By: Elena Favilli
- Narrated by: Mariana Linares Cruz, Gina Jaramillo
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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¡La tercera entrega de este inspirador bestseller ya está aquí! Esta vez con cien biografías de mujeres migrantes que dejaron su país de origen por miles de razones: algunas buscando nuevas oportunidades, otras porque no tuvieron más opción....
By: Elena Favilli
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Susan B. Anthony
- By: Teri Kanefield
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Teri Kanefield examines the life of America’s famous suffragette, Susan B. Anthony, who began her public career as a radical abolitionist, and after the Civil War, became an international figurehead of the women’s suffrage movement....
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So Inspirational and Informative
- By LA770 on 03-18-20
By: Teri Kanefield
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Who Was Rosa Parks?
- Who Was...?
- By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America....
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Who Was Rosa Parks?
- By shoeaddict on 03-04-19
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Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
- By: Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Barbara Heller
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker always spoke her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did....
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Fabulous biography for kids
- By Mo Song on 02-01-23
By: Patricia Brennan Demuth, and others
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Forward: My Story
- Young Readers' Edition
- By: Abby Wambach
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart....
By: Abby Wambach
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I Am Amelia Earhart
- Ordinary People Change the World
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Various
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for an answer; she dared to do what no one had ever done before and became the first woman to fly a plane all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. This audiobook follows her from childhood to her first flying lessons and onward....
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Great Biography book for kids
- By Diana Aragon on 11-16-22
By: Brad Meltzer
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Elisabeth Elliot: Joyful Surrender
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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s love. With a passion to translate the Bible into new languages, she followed God's call to work among tribes in Ecuador, including the Waorani (Auca), who had killed her husband and four others....
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Love these books
- By Cindy Koonce on 10-28-24
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Who Is Malala Yousafzai?
- Who Was?
- By: Dinah Brown, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change....
By: Dinah Brown, and others
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Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
- Little Golden Book
- By: Wendy Loggia
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate global superstar Taylor Swift with this collectible Little Golden Book, which tells her inspiring life story!
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Cute
- By Sarah Ritter Hamilton on 04-28-24
By: Wendy Loggia
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She Persisted: Sally Ride
- She Persisted
- By: Atia Abawi, Chelsea Clinton - introduction, Alexandra Boiger - contributor
- Narrated by: Carolyn Kang, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Atia Abawi, listeners learn about the amazing life of Sally Ride - and how she persisted....
By: Atia Abawi, and others
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Who Is Taylor Swift?
- Who Was?
- By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series.
By: Kirsten Anderson, and others
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Roses and Radicals
- The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote
- By: Susan Zimet, Todd Hasak-Lowy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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The riveting story of the brave and passionate women (and men) who risked everything to gain the women's right to vote and change history in America....
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I Never Learned This in School
- By David Larson on 01-22-18
By: Susan Zimet, and others
New releases
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¿Quién es Taylor Swift? (Who Is Taylor Swift? Spanish Edition)
- By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ, Yanitzia Canetti - traductor
- Narrated by: Ana Osorio
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Taylor Swift siempre supo que quería ser cantante de música country, y a los trece años convenció a sus padres para mudarse con la familia de Pensilvania a Nashville. Como cantante, compositora y guitarrista, Taylor escribió canciones sobre el desamor adolescente y sobre cómo ser aceptada por sus compañeros, e interpretó estas y otras melodías en noches de micrófono abierto y eventos de karaoke.
By: Kirsten Anderson, and others
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America's First Woman Soldier
- By: Richard Bauman
- Narrated by: Rebecca Taylor
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Did you know that a woman fought in the Revolutionary War? Learn about Deborah Sampson, the first woman soldier to officially serve and fight in battles for the United States' military. To gain entry she disguised herself as a man which was discovered later during the war. She overcame many obstacles in order to fight in the Continental Army for America's freedom.
By: Richard Bauman
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Behind the Scenes
- By: Charles Fulco
- Narrated by: David Armstrong
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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"Houston, We have a problem"! During the Apollo 11 moon landing, as many as 400,000 people had jobs that were essential to the successful mission. Learn about aeronautics and the different jobs in the field that helped man take the first steps on the moon and expand our understanding of the solar system. Who was one of the first women to work at NASA and what role did she have?
By: Charles Fulco
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Annette the Mermaid
- By: Beverly J. Letchworth
- Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The idea that physical exercise is good for men and women alike is something we take for granted today, but people didn’t always believe this was true. There was a time when exercise was not considered proper or healthy for women. Thanks to athletes like Annette Kellerman, women have come a long way since then.
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Maria: The Woman Who Sold Time
- By: Lorna Elliott
- Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
- Length: 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the Internet, there was only one place where you could always find the exact time—the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, where people calculated the time by studying astronomy. This was a long distance away from London, though, so someone had to go there and collect the time for the shopkeepers who sold clocks. Learn about Maria Bellville, the woman who sold time!
By: Lorna Elliott
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Swinging into History
- Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player
- By: Karen L. Swanson, Laura Freeman - illustrator
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing could stop Toni “Tomboy” Stone from playing baseball—not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at his summer baseball school. With Coach Street’s training—and the cleats he gifted her—Toni managed to earn a spot in the minor leagues. Though teams were hesitant to sign a woman, she pitched the idea that fans would pay to see a woman play—and it worked
By: Karen L. Swanson, and others
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¿Quién es Taylor Swift? (Who Is Taylor Swift? Spanish Edition)
- By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ, Yanitzia Canetti - traductor
- Narrated by: Ana Osorio
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Taylor Swift siempre supo que quería ser cantante de música country, y a los trece años convenció a sus padres para mudarse con la familia de Pensilvania a Nashville. Como cantante, compositora y guitarrista, Taylor escribió canciones sobre el desamor adolescente y sobre cómo ser aceptada por sus compañeros, e interpretó estas y otras melodías en noches de micrófono abierto y eventos de karaoke.
By: Kirsten Anderson, and others
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America's First Woman Soldier
- By: Richard Bauman
- Narrated by: Rebecca Taylor
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Did you know that a woman fought in the Revolutionary War? Learn about Deborah Sampson, the first woman soldier to officially serve and fight in battles for the United States' military. To gain entry she disguised herself as a man which was discovered later during the war. She overcame many obstacles in order to fight in the Continental Army for America's freedom.
By: Richard Bauman
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Behind the Scenes
- By: Charles Fulco
- Narrated by: David Armstrong
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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"Houston, We have a problem"! During the Apollo 11 moon landing, as many as 400,000 people had jobs that were essential to the successful mission. Learn about aeronautics and the different jobs in the field that helped man take the first steps on the moon and expand our understanding of the solar system. Who was one of the first women to work at NASA and what role did she have?
By: Charles Fulco
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Annette the Mermaid
- By: Beverly J. Letchworth
- Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The idea that physical exercise is good for men and women alike is something we take for granted today, but people didn’t always believe this was true. There was a time when exercise was not considered proper or healthy for women. Thanks to athletes like Annette Kellerman, women have come a long way since then.
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Maria: The Woman Who Sold Time
- By: Lorna Elliott
- Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
- Length: 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the Internet, there was only one place where you could always find the exact time—the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, where people calculated the time by studying astronomy. This was a long distance away from London, though, so someone had to go there and collect the time for the shopkeepers who sold clocks. Learn about Maria Bellville, the woman who sold time!
By: Lorna Elliott
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Swinging into History
- Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player
- By: Karen L. Swanson, Laura Freeman - illustrator
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing could stop Toni “Tomboy” Stone from playing baseball—not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at his summer baseball school. With Coach Street’s training—and the cleats he gifted her—Toni managed to earn a spot in the minor leagues. Though teams were hesitant to sign a woman, she pitched the idea that fans would pay to see a woman play—and it worked
By: Karen L. Swanson, and others