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Elijah of Buxton

by Christopher Paul Curtis ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks ... Read more

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Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks
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The Art and Business of Songwriting

by Larry D. Batiste ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

In this valuable resource guide for both beginners and professionals, veteran songwriter, producer, arranger, vocalist, music director, and educator Larry D. Batiste shares practical advice and tips from his decades of experience in ways that are bound to help all listeners improve their songwriting skills. Through this book, listeners will learn the craft of professional songwriting, including ... Read more

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In this valuable resource guide for both beginners and professionals, veteran songwriter, producer, arranger, vocalist, music director, and educator Larry D. Batiste shares practical advice and tips from his decades of experience in ways that are bound to help all listeners improve their songwriting skills. Through this book, listeners will learn the craft of professional songwriting, including
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Kingdom Marriage

Connecting God's Purpose with Your Pleasure

by Tony Evans ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

What happens when a kingdom man marries a kingdom woman? Kingdom Marriage: Connecting God’s Purpose with Your Pleasure helps couples grow together as a kingdom couple to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. Through practical insights and powerful stories, Dr. Tony Evans inspires and instructs so couples will discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their ... Read more

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What happens when a kingdom man marries a kingdom woman? Kingdom Marriage: Connecting God’s Purpose with Your Pleasure helps couples grow together as a kingdom couple to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. Through practical insights and powerful stories, Dr. Tony Evans inspires and instructs so couples will discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their
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If We Don't Get It

A People's History of Ferguson

by Stefan M. Bradley ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

Stefan M. Bradley was a young professor in Saint Louis University when Black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a local white police officer. Bradley quickly became a key media activist during the protests that ensued, giving on-the-ground interviews to Chris Hayes, CNN, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and others.In If We Don't Get It, Bradley, now a named professor of Black ... Read more

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Stefan M. Bradley was a young professor in Saint Louis University when Black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a local white police officer. Bradley quickly became a key media activist during the protests that ensued, giving on-the-ground interviews to Chris Hayes, CNN, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and others.In If We Don't Get It, Bradley, now a named professor of Black
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Magic Street

by Orson Scott Card ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 24 min

In a peaceful, prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles lives Mack Street, a mystery child. Abandoned by his birth mother and raised by a blunt-speaking single woman, Mack passes from family to family, a boy surrounded by people yet deeply alone.Mack realizes how different he is from others the day he sees, in a thin slice of space, a narrow house. Passing through the magic house ... Read more

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In a peaceful, prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles lives Mack Street, a mystery child. Abandoned by his birth mother and raised by a blunt-speaking single woman, Mack passes from family to family, a boy surrounded by people yet deeply alone.Mack realizes how different he is from others the day he sees, in a thin slice of space, a narrow house. Passing through the magic house
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The Condemnation of Blackness

Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

by Khalil Gibran Muhammad ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

12 hours 43 min

Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society.Following the 1890 census—the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery—crime statistics, new migration and immigration trends, and symbolic ... Read more

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Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society.Following the 1890 census—the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery—crime statistics, new migration and immigration trends, and symbolic
... Read more
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All Souls Lost

by Dan Moren ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

Say hello to Mike Lucifer, Spiritual Consultant. He’s back in town to take care of business. Unfortunately, when business is good, things must be very, very bad.After two years trying to run away from his past, Mike Lucifer’s back in his office less than ten minutes when a persistent young woman shows up asking for help: her boyfriend’s been possessed by a demon.That’s exactly the kind of mess ... Read more

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Say hello to Mike Lucifer, Spiritual Consultant. He’s back in town to take care of business. Unfortunately, when business is good, things must be very, very bad.After two years trying to run away from his past, Mike Lucifer’s back in his office less than ten minutes when a persistent young woman shows up asking for help: her boyfriend’s been possessed by a demon.That’s exactly the kind of mess
... Read more
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12 Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Solomon Northup was born in the early 1800s in New York, and was born as a free man. He lived as a free man for over 30 years, until he was tricked into moving to Washington, D.C. by men offering him a job as a musician. Once he made it to D.C., he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana, where he was forced to work on a plantation until he could make his escape. His family had no way of ... Read more

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Solomon Northup was born in the early 1800s in New York, and was born as a free man. He lived as a free man for over 30 years, until he was tricked into moving to Washington, D.C. by men offering him a job as a musician. Once he made it to D.C., he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana, where he was forced to work on a plantation until he could make his escape. His family had no way of
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Island on Fire

The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire

by Tom Zoellner ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 20 min

From a New York Times bestselling author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses in smoking ruins. By the ... Read more

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From a New York Times bestselling author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses in smoking ruins. By the
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Roomie, Lover, Friend

by Shon ...

Narrated by Morae Brehon, Mirron Willis ...

Series series the New Hope
Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

BLAIR BELLAMY's luck for the past year has been tenuous, at best. Nothing is going right. She lost her job, her relationship and now, her housing.She needs something—just one thing—to go right. And when she downloads the Roomie app, she thinks she's headed in the right direction. That's until . . .ELIJAH CUNNINGHAM's life is simple. He has a job that doesn't drain him, a workout routine he's ... Read more

$20.99 USD

BLAIR BELLAMY's luck for the past year has been tenuous, at best. Nothing is going right. She lost her job, her relationship and now, her housing.She needs something—just one thing—to go right. And when she downloads the Roomie app, she thinks she's headed in the right direction. That's until . . .ELIJAH CUNNINGHAM's life is simple. He has a job that doesn't drain him, a workout routine he's
... Read more
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The Pluto Files

The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it’s a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind this extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it’s a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind this extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto
... Read more
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8 Seconds to Love

by Monica Walters ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis, Mari ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

Having her own successful baking business literally fell into Harper Richardson's lap. She's strong, smart, independent, and well-rounded. Her life has already been figured out, and she is living it to the best of her abilities, along with her year-long boyfriend, Zaire.Harper is given some news that stuns her, leaving her angry with herself for being so naïve. Zaire isn't the man she thought he ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Having her own successful baking business literally fell into Harper Richardson's lap. She's strong, smart, independent, and well-rounded. Her life has already been figured out, and she is living it to the best of her abilities, along with her year-long boyfriend, Zaire.Harper is given some news that stuns her, leaving her angry with herself for being so naïve. Zaire isn't the man she thought he
... Read more

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