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    • The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
    • By: Keith O'Brien
    • Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
    • Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
    • From the New York Times best-selling journalist, the staggering, hidden story of an unlikely band of mothers who discovered the deadly secret of Love Canal, and exposed one of America’s most devastating environmental disasters....

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    • By: Francisco Jiménez
    • Narrated by: Adrian Vargas
    • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-13-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
    • Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Duke Holm
    • Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Born during the Industrial Revolution on different continents but connected by similar interests, two men indelibly marked their generation and those that followed with their genius and foresight. This audiobook covers the war of currents and the individual lives of Tesla and Edison.

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    • The Making of America's Fury
    • By: Evan Osnos
    • Narrated by: Evan Osnos
    • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 382 ratings
    • After a decade abroad, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States - Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL - to illuminate the origins of America’s political fury....

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    • Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
    • By: Karen Blumenthal
    • Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
    • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • From award-winning author Karen Blumenthal comes a deep and passionate look at the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States....

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    • By: Jason Reynolds
    • Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
    • Length: 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • This stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds' rallying cry to the dreamers of the world....

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    • A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
    • By: Michael Booth
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 186 ratings
    • There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....

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    • Amphibious Assault in History and Current Affairs
    • By: Eric Engle
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In the treacherous waters of the Taiwan Strait, the fate of freedom and trade hangs in the balance. As the world watches with bated breath, one ...

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    • The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
    • By: Paula Yoo
    • Narrated by: Catherine Ho
    • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian-American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed....

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    • The Story of the Black Panther Party
    • By: Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr., Jetta Grace Martin
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 01-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • There is a saying: knowledge is power. The secret is this. Knowledge, applied at the right time and place, is more than power. It’s magic. That’s what the Black Panther Party did. They called up this magic and launched a revolution.

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    • A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
    • By: Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
    • Narrated by: Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi - introduction
    • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,624 ratings
    • The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America....

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    • The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
    • By: Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 248 ratings
    • Every Falling Star is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age 12 to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang....

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    • Understanding Our Racial Divide
    • By: Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Carol Anderson's White Rage took the world by storm, landing on the New York Times best-seller list and best book of the year lists from New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Chicago Review of Books. This compelling young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience....

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    • Late 18th Century Nautical Adventure in the Atlantic Ocean
    • By: Larry Harlow
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A nautical adventure novel set in the Atlantic Ocean near Sable Island during the late 18th century. In "The Secrets of Sable Isle," join Captain ...

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    • A Journey Through the Currents of Human History
    • By: Vanessa Taylor
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 08-14-25
    • Language: English
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    • Rivers are the great natural arteries that run through our lives. We have navigated them, dammed them and worshipped at them. From the ancient ecosystems of Egypt to the sinking cities of Shanghai and London, what we do with our rivers tells us about who has power and what we value.

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    • The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
    • By: Brandy Colbert
    • Narrated by: Brandy Colbert, Kristyl Dawn Tift
    • Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 319 ratings
    • Award-winning author Brandy Colbert presents a searing new work of nonfiction about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre....

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    • The Unfinished Fight for the Vote
    • By: Michael Eric Dyson, Marc Favreau
    • Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • Learn about the electrifying and continuing fight for voting rights—and discover your place in it—in this dramatic exploration of American democracy, from renowned thought leader Michael Eric Dyson and widely celebrated author Marc Favreau.

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    • From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization
    • By: Rebecca Stefoff, Charles Mann
    • Narrated by: James Fouhey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • 1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the 15th century to the present....

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