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Unprotected

A Memoir

by Billy Porter ...

From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing.“Bold, hilarious, honest, and singular . . . Unprotected is a record of survival, commitment to authenticity, and healing; a road map out of hell.”—Leslie Odom Jr.It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But ... Read more

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From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing.“Bold, hilarious, honest, and singular . . . Unprotected is a record of survival, commitment to authenticity, and healing; a road map out of hell.”—Leslie Odom Jr.It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But
... Read more

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Songbird in the Light

A Picture Book

by Billy Porter ...

Illustrated by Charly Palmer ...

From beloved Broadway icon Billy Porter, rising-star author Chris Clarkson, and award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer comes a beautiful picture book about the power of finding your voice.Mama says her little boy is a songbird with a voice bigger than his whole body. But at school, his classmates make fun of the way he walks and the way he talks—which makes him feel like a songbird too shy to ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From beloved Broadway icon Billy Porter, rising-star author Chris Clarkson, and award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer comes a beautiful picture book about the power of finding your voice.Mama says her little boy is a songbird with a voice bigger than his whole body. But at school, his classmates make fun of the way he walks and the way he talks—which makes him feel like a songbird too shy to
... Read more
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Unprotected

A Memoir

by Billy Porter ...

Narrated by Billy Porter ...

Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

“This is not a coming-out story. It’s not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I’d wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie.”From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healingIt’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

“This is not a coming-out story. It’s not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I’d wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie.”From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healingIt’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up
... Read more

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Songbird in the Light

by Billy Porter ...

Narrated by Billy Porter ...

Unabridged

3 min

Mama says her little boy is a songbird with a voice bigger than his whole body. But at school, his classmates make fun of the way he walks and the way he talks—which makes him feel like a songbird too shy to sing.With the encouragement of his choir teacher, he embraces his talent, realizing that his voice is unique and distinct. When it’s time for the school showcase, he’s finally ready to embrace ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Mama says her little boy is a songbird with a voice bigger than his whole body. But at school, his classmates make fun of the way he walks and the way he talks—which makes him feel like a songbird too shy to sing.With the encouragement of his choir teacher, he embraces his talent, realizing that his voice is unique and distinct. When it’s time for the school showcase, he’s finally ready to embrace
... Read more
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The Forest on the Edge of Time

by Jasmin Kirkbride ...

Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Frankie Porter, Shakira Shute ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

"Three narrators clarify a complex timeline, imbuing an ambitious tale of ecological disaster with emotional resonance." — KirkusThe Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"Three narrators clarify a complex timeline, imbuing an ambitious tale of ecological disaster with emotional resonance." — KirkusThe Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite
... Read more

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It's Going To Be A Bright New Day

Would You Rather with Bonnie Prince Billy

by Max Porter, Bonnie Prince Billy ...

Series Book 35 - Rough Trade Edition
It's Going to be a Bright New Day: Would You Rather, with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is Max Porter asking Will Oldham questions. Will Oldham has to say whether he would rather one thing, or another. Many topics are covered, including music, sex, cuisine, literature and travel. Some people believe that the Would You Rather format is better suited to a long car journey than a pamphlet, but we disagree. ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

It's Going to be a Bright New Day: Would You Rather, with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is Max Porter asking Will Oldham questions. Will Oldham has to say whether he would rather one thing, or another. Many topics are covered, including music, sex, cuisine, literature and travel. Some people believe that the Would You Rather format is better suited to a long car journey than a pamphlet, but we disagree.
... Read more
Your Friends Will Never Allow You To Fail

by William Porter "Billy" Payne ...

In February of 1987, William Porter “Billy” Payne was a young, relatively unknown, real estate attorney in Atlanta when he decided that he wanted to bring the Olympic Games to Atlanta.For the next ten years, Payne, along with a group of friends known as the “Atlanta Nine,” and Andrew Young astonishingly were awarded the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, then hosted the largest and most attended ... Read more

$4.99 USD

In February of 1987, William Porter “Billy” Payne was a young, relatively unknown, real estate attorney in Atlanta when he decided that he wanted to bring the Olympic Games to Atlanta.For the next ten years, Payne, along with a group of friends known as the “Atlanta Nine,” and Andrew Young astonishingly were awarded the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, then hosted the largest and most attended
... Read more
Audiobook

Those People

by Louise Candlish ...

Narrated by Katharine Lee McEwan, Jonathan Cowley, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Paul Fox, Billie JD Porter, Moira Quirk ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?”Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together on weekends.But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they donʼt follow the rules. They blast music at ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?”Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together on weekends.But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they donʼt follow the rules. They blast music at
... Read more

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Audiobook

The Centaur (Unabridged)

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by Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrated by Emmett Leclair, Barbara Bennett, Magdalena Porter, Billie Tang ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

The Centaur deals with the concept of higher order of consciousness - earth consciousness and that all other living beings are emanations of this supreme consciousness through the protagonist O'Malley, Dr Stahl and the narrator. It is at once subtle and powerful in laying bare the paranormal - or is it the abnormal? ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The Centaur deals with the concept of higher order of consciousness - earth consciousness and that all other living beings are emanations of this supreme consciousness through the protagonist O'Malley, Dr Stahl and the narrator. It is at once subtle and powerful in laying bare the paranormal - or is it the abnormal?
... Read more
The Heights

by Louise Candlish ...

**“The queen of the sucker-punch twist.” —**Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10The bestselling author of the “masterfully plotted, compulsive page-turner” (The Guardian) Our House takes you on a haunting and nail-biting journey of tragedy and revenge.The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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**“The queen of the sucker-punch twist.” —**Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10The bestselling author of the “masterfully plotted, compulsive page-turner” (The Guardian) Our House takes you on a haunting and nail-biting journey of tragedy and revenge.The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Forest on the Edge of Time

by Jasmin Kirkbride ...

The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

A Novel

by Max Porter ...

Soon to be adapted as the major motion picture THE THING WITH FEATHERS, starring Benedict CumberbatchHere he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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Soon to be adapted as the major motion picture THE THING WITH FEATHERS, starring Benedict CumberbatchHere he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook