Baratunde Thurston
Baratunde Thurston is the director of digital at The Onion, the cofounder of Jack & Jill Politics, a stand-up comedian, and a globe-trotting speaker. He was named one of the 100 most influential African-Americans of 2011 by The Root and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company magazine. Baratunde resides in Brooklyn and lives on Twitter (@baratunde).
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How to Be Black
- By: Baratunde Thurston
- Narrator: Baratunde Thurston
- Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 31, 2012
- Language: English
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The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History... Read more
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A daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics
Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else, from elementary particles and basic forces to the behavior of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science: it has been plagued by intense ...
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Alice Takes Back Wonderland
After ten years of being told she can’t tell the difference between real life and a fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she’s going crazy. Only when the White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical land she visited as a child is real. But all is not well in Wonderland.The Ace ...
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree
“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time…Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende…Listen to this new author’s voice — she has something powerful to say.”—Entertainment WeeklyA mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height ...
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Sin lluvia no hay arcoiris (Without Rain There is No Rainbow)
Ah, Hawai…
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Sin embargo, si te acercas al resort Lanikai beach y echas un vistazo, te daras cuenta de que todo paraiso tiene su tormenta.
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Shining in the Dark
From the founder of the #1 Stephen King news website Lilja’s Library comes a terrifying and deliciously creepy anthology of horror stories, including a rare story from Stephen King himself, classics by Clive Barker and Edgar Allan Poe, and a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In). Celebrating twenty years of the expansive Stephen King fan site Lilja’s Library, this creepy ...
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The Age-Defying Diet
Age slowing down your metabolism? Not anymore! Internationally renowned weight-loss expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Caroline Apovian has developed an innovative program that outsmarts the body’s aging processes and reverses the metabolic clock. By combining the metabolism-boosting effects of her unique take on intermittent fasting-an innovative approach that will leave readers ...
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A Murder in Time
Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teammates.While fleeing from ...
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The Day the Screens Went Blank
‘So funny’ Noel Fielding‘Brilliantly funny’ Shappi Khorsandi‘Hilarious’ Tim Minchin‘Warm and funny’ Frank Cottrell-Boyce Can you imagine a world with no screens? Don’t miss the hilarious new ‘what-if’ adventure from bestselling author, comedian, and presenter Danny Wallace.When ten-year-old Stella wakes up to discover a world full of BLANK screens, her family, town, and in ...
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Keep This to Yourself
It’s been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Like everyone else in town, eighteen-year-old Mac Bell is trying to put that horrible summer behind him–easier said than done since Mac’s best friend Connor was the murderer’s final victim. But when he finds a cryptic message from Connor, ...
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The Loop
A pack of wolves makes a sudden savage return to the Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana, where a century earlier they were slaughtered by the thousands. Now shielded by law as an endangered species, they reawaken an ancient hatred that will tear a family, and ultimately the town, apart.
At the center of the storm is Helen Ross, a twenty-nine-year-old wolf biologist sent alone into this ...
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