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Radiant Child
- By: Javaka Steptoe
- Narrator: Ron Butler
- Length: 19 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 25, 2017
- Language: English
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Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But... Read more
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Hard to Be Human
We are oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy while creating our own suffering. We replay past anguish, anticipate future distress, and stew in self-righteous anger. In Hard to Be Human, Ted Cadsby focuses on five cognitive design flaws that foster underthinking and overreacting, and reveals powerful strategies to overcome them.
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Daisies For Innocence
Elliana Allbright’s life has blossomed in Poppyville, California, since she opened Scents Nonsense, a custom-made-perfume store. Her skills with aromas and botanical essences-some from her very own garden-seem almost supernatural. Her perfumes can evoke emotions, bring about change, or simply make people happy. Customers are flocking to the store to buy her wares or just to sit in her ...
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Andantino–Giuliani
This level one Guitar by Ear lesson will teach you how to play “Andantino” by Mauro Giuliani completely “by ear.” The lesson includes a full demonstration of this classical guitar piece followed by a detailed lesson teaching every phrase, with correct fingering, for the entire song. This is a fast and easy way to learn and memorize classical guitar pieces without having to struggle with ...
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Sudden Fury
Entries in the Last Gunfighter series blast their way up best-seller lists and win new fans with each riveting adventure. In Sudden Fury, something monstrous is terrorizing loggers in the Redwoods. So when a timber baron puts a bounty on its head, all manner of miscreants come out of the woodwork, guns blazing, to score a quick buck. But Frank Morgan doesn’t cotton to local superstition or ...
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The Last Secret
Mary McGarry Morris has been hailed by the New York Times as “one of the most skillful writers at work in America today.” In The Last Secret, she tells the riveting story of Nora Hammond, a woman blessed with the perfect life: a charming husband, two bright teenage children, a successful career in the family’s newspaper business, and an esteemed role in the charity work of her New England ...
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The Gangster (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
“The ongoing battle between star quarterback Quentin Barnes and team owner Gredok the Splithead is coming to a head. Endless threats and promises of ultraviolence hang on their every word. With sentients of several groups trying to manipulate or kill him, Quentin must chart a new course if he is to survive and overcome his injury to once again lead his beloved Krakens into battle.Set against ...
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Shadow Man
A novel of psychological suspense about an idyllic community rocked by a serial killer—and a dark secret.
“A stellar achievement, a book that unspools like a dark-toned movie in the reader’s mind.”—The Wall Street Journal (One of the Best Mysteries of the Year)
Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown of Rancho Santa Elena in search of a quieter life and to try to save his ...
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A Writer’s Life
The inner workings of a writer’s life, the interplay between experience and writing, are brilliantly recounted by a master of the art. Gay Talese now focuses on his own life—the zeal for the truth, the narrative edge, the sometimes startling precision, that won accolades for his journalism and best-sellerdom and acclaim for his revelatory books about The New York Times (The Kingdom and the ...
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Gladiator
Hugo Danner–a man with strength unparalleled. A man to physically rival any human, any beast, any machine, and maybe even the gods themselves. But will the world accept his existence?
Hugo didn’t ask for this gift that his father, brilliant biologist Abednego Danner, bestowed upon him; a “gift” that promises a life of greatness. From being a baby that can launch himself from a ...
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Make Something Up
For years Chuck Palahniuk has reserved his best storytelling for his readings, often choosing to read a new short story instead of whatever novel he is supposed to be promoting. MAKE SOMETHING UP compiles these previously unpublished tails for the very first time, plus the Byliner social media insta-classic “Phoenix” and Palahniuk’s most notable pieces from Playboy.
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