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Black Out Loud

The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms

by Geoff Bennett ...

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for Black comedy, highlighted by the surge of iconic sitcoms that redefined television and left a lasting cultural imprint. Shows like In Living ... Read more

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The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for Black comedy, highlighted by the surge of iconic sitcoms that redefined television and left a lasting cultural imprint. Shows like In Living
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Black Out Loud

The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms

by Geoff Bennett ...

Narrated by Geoff Bennett ...

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9 hours 56 min

Narrated by the author, Geoff BennettThe award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for Black comedy, highlighted by the surge of iconic sitcoms that redefined television and left a lasting ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Narrated by the author, Geoff BennettThe award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden era for Black comedy, highlighted by the surge of iconic sitcoms that redefined television and left a lasting
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Surgery of Exotic Animals

by R. Avery Bennett, Geoff W. Pye ...

The first book to provide veterinarians with in-depth guidance on exotic animal surgical principles and techniquesAs the popularity of exotic animals continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important for veterinarians to be knowledgeable and skilled in common surgical procedures for a wide range of exotic species. Written for practitioners and board-certified surgeons with a working ... Read more

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The first book to provide veterinarians with in-depth guidance on exotic animal surgical principles and techniquesAs the popularity of exotic animals continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important for veterinarians to be knowledgeable and skilled in common surgical procedures for a wide range of exotic species. Written for practitioners and board-certified surgeons with a working
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Without Children

The Long History of Not Being a Mother

by Peggy O'Donnell Heffington ...

Narrated by Marguerite Gavin ...

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8 hours 2 min

A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhoodIn an era of falling births, it’s often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others who wanted children but never had them, and still others—the vast majority, then and now—who fell somewhere in between. ... Read more

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A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhoodIn an era of falling births, it’s often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others who wanted children but never had them, and still others—the vast majority, then and now—who fell somewhere in between.
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Belonging

One Woman's Search for Truth and Justice for the Tuam Babies

by Catherine Corless ...

Narrated by Caitriona Hinds ...

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12 hours 27 min

ONE WOMAN, THE SECRETS OF A SMALL TOWN, AND A QUEST FOR JUSTICE THAT ROCKED A NATION.Catherine Corless could not have known where her interest in local history would lead her, as she began researching the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Galway in 2010. Uncovering no less than 796 missing burial records of children born there, the stark truth of their place of rest became clear: a disused sewage tank ... Read more

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ONE WOMAN, THE SECRETS OF A SMALL TOWN, AND A QUEST FOR JUSTICE THAT ROCKED A NATION.Catherine Corless could not have known where her interest in local history would lead her, as she began researching the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Galway in 2010. Uncovering no less than 796 missing burial records of children born there, the stark truth of their place of rest became clear: a disused sewage tank
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The Stolen Wealth of Slavery

A Case for Reparations

by David Montero ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

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14 hours 10 min

This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated ... Read more

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This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated
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Triumph of the Yuppies

America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation

by Tom McGrath ...

Narrated by Stacy Carolan ...

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10 hours 15 min

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s,
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The Power and the Glory

Life in the English Country House Before the Great War

by Adrian Tinniswood ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

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13 hours 5 min

A spirited history of the English country house in its golden ageFor generations, the great palaces of Britain were home to living histories, noble families that had reigned for centuries. But by the end of the nineteenth century, members of elite society found themselves, for the first time, in the company of arrivistes. Their new neighbors—from chorus girls to millionaire greengrocers to guano ... Read more

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A spirited history of the English country house in its golden ageFor generations, the great palaces of Britain were home to living histories, noble families that had reigned for centuries. But by the end of the nineteenth century, members of elite society found themselves, for the first time, in the company of arrivistes. Their new neighbors—from chorus girls to millionaire greengrocers to guano
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Troublemaker

The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford

by Carla Kaplan ...

Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

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16 hours 58 min

Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism.Who could predict that a ... Read more

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Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism.Who could predict that a
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The Fall of the House of Dixie

The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

by Bruce Levine ...

Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez ...

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13 hours 57 min

The J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois and associate editor of North and South magazine, Bruce Levine presents a gripping chronicle of the cultural and economic upheaval the South experienced during and after the Civil War. Drawing upon a treasure trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and government documents, Levine offers a unique perspective ... Read more

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The J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois and associate editor of North and South magazine, Bruce Levine presents a gripping chronicle of the cultural and economic upheaval the South experienced during and after the Civil War. Drawing upon a treasure trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and government documents, Levine offers a unique perspective
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American Struggle

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham ...

Narrated by Jon Meacham, Fred Sanders, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson0, JD Jackson1, Tavia Gilbert2, Keith Szarabajka3, Full Cast4 ...

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20 hours 22 min

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes—from ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes—from
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The Story of Stories

The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art

by Kevin Ashton ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

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11 hours 12 min

A KIRKUS EARPHONES AWARD WINNERAn irresistible and enchanting journey through human history—from mankind’s earliest fires to the latest smart phones—that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling.Joan Didion told us, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” And yet, the story of stories has never been told until now. MIT technology pioneer Kevin Ashton was at the forefront of the ... Read more

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A KIRKUS EARPHONES AWARD WINNERAn irresistible and enchanting journey through human history—from mankind’s earliest fires to the latest smart phones—that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling.Joan Didion told us, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” And yet, the story of stories has never been told until now. MIT technology pioneer Kevin Ashton was at the forefront of the
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