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James
- A Novel
- De: Percival Everett
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,407
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,781
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,781
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can we ever be free
- De J. Stirling en 04-04-24
- James
- A Novel
- De: Percival Everett
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
POWERFUL NARRATIVE! The power of self-definition and agency!
Revisado: 10-29-24
I love Everett’s RETELLING of the enslaved “Jim” from Mark Twain’s the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In Everett’s story, “Jim” (his name given to him by the enslaver) uses his agency to rename himself “James.” James clearly understood the horrors of US slavery and part of that horror was being named by the oppressor, the enslaver. By renaming and rearticulating himself (as well as teaching his children to do so also), it gave James the self confidence and determination to resist his enslavement in nonviolent and violent ways of struggle.
The ending was POWERFUL! The narration was excellent! Dominic Hoffman is one of my favorite narrators. I highly recommend this book!
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What You Leave Behind
- A Novel
- De: Wanda M. Morris
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Lynnette R. Freeman
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 287
Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United States today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The suspense!
- De Tenishia Unique en 09-07-24
- What You Leave Behind
- A Novel
- De: Wanda M. Morris
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Lynnette R. Freeman
Entertaining and Informative!
Revisado: 10-19-24
This book was excellent! It provided a great thriller suspense. It is a fast and easy read. I learned a lot about heir’s property, the ongoing loss of Black Americans/Gullah Geechee land due to corporate greed and realtor development! I would love to see this book made into a movie. I highly recommend it! Finally, the narration was excellent!
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How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- De: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrado por: Safiya Sinclair
- Duración: 16 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 537
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 514
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 514
Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and a militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, was obsessed with the ever-present threat of the corrupting evils of the Western world outside their home, and worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure. For him, a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The ability of Safia to both tell a gut wrenching story while making beautiful art with her words.
- De Grandchampion en 07-21-24
- How to Say Babylon
- A Memoir
- De: Safiya Sinclair
- Narrado por: Safiya Sinclair
A Must Read/Audio Listen!
Revisado: 09-09-24
I LOVED this memoir! It is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve read as well as listened to in decades. It is so powerful! It is a great coming-of-age memoir that taps into the intersecting themes of the Rastafarian culture, poverty, and girlhood lived experiences in Jamaica.
When this book debut in 2023, it received so many accolades. Indeed, it is well-deserving of all of the accolades! I highly recommend this book!!!
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Transcendent Kingdom
- A novel
- De: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,595
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,245
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,238
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Would have benefited from a different narrator
- De Richard Stewart en 09-11-20
- Transcendent Kingdom
- A novel
- De: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
Excellent story! Great narration!
Revisado: 06-05-21
I loved Gyasi’s story! It’s very creative and thoughtful provoking! It’s definitely worth the read/narration. I highly recommend!
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At Night All Blood Is Black
- A Novel
- De: David Diop, Anna Moschovakis - translator
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 2 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called “Chocolat” soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man’s Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa’s mind as he comes to see this refusal as a cruel moment of cowardice.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story, poor narration
- De Shauna en 07-10-21
- At Night All Blood Is Black
- A Novel
- De: David Diop, Anna Moschovakis - translator
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
Powerful story!!!
Revisado: 06-01-21
Diop has written a powerful story about the impact of war on soldiers. Highly recommend!
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