Nothing but the Truth (2024)

• The Outsiders

• By: S. E. Hinton
• Narrated by: Jim Fyfe
• Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect, until the night someone takes things too far.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• The Outsiders

• By Carol on 01-25-06

• Monster

• By: Walter Dean Myers
• Narrated by: full cast
• Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• A wonderful book -- weak audio cast

• By Cari on 05-20-11

• Freak the Mighty

• By: Rodman Philbrick
• Narrated by: Elden Henson
• Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
• Unabridged

Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He's a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door, Max's life changes forever. The two outcasts form the "normal" world team up to become "Freak the Mighty".

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Mighty book for fifth graders

• By the teach on 01-16-13

• The Giver

• By: Lois Lowry
• Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
• Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man, the man called only the Giver, he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• This guy's mouth makes some serious noises...

• By Nikki Cole on 07-09-12

• Ragweed

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: John McDonough
• Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends … and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Great story

• By Gaga's, Püppi's and Tini's Mama on 03-16-23

• Dark Skin American

• By: David Spencer
• Narrated by: David Spencer
• Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
• Unabridged

Dark Skin American, is a thought-provoking, insightful, and deeply inspiring memoir. It is a liberating resource for black youth who want to break free from the molds placed on them because of the complexion of their skin. Journey with me, as I provide a glimpse of the experiences that shaped who I became. I reveal the struggles, unfair treatment, and abuse faced because of my darker complexion. But this isn't a one-sided story. I also share my triumphs.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Well Done David

• By Scotty Golden on 07-13-19

• The Outsiders

• By: S. E. Hinton
• Narrated by: Jim Fyfe
• Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect, until the night someone takes things too far.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• The Outsiders

• By Carol on 01-25-06

• Monster

• By: Walter Dean Myers
• Narrated by: full cast
• Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• A wonderful book -- weak audio cast

• By Cari on 05-20-11

• Freak the Mighty

• By: Rodman Philbrick
• Narrated by: Elden Henson
• Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
• Unabridged

Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He's a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door, Max's life changes forever. The two outcasts form the "normal" world team up to become "Freak the Mighty".

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Mighty book for fifth graders

• By the teach on 01-16-13

• The Giver

• By: Lois Lowry
• Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
• Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man, the man called only the Giver, he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• This guy's mouth makes some serious noises...

• By Nikki Cole on 07-09-12

• Ragweed

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: John McDonough
• Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends … and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Great story

• By Gaga's, Püppi's and Tini's Mama on 03-16-23

• Dark Skin American

• By: David Spencer
• Narrated by: David Spencer
• Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
• Unabridged

Dark Skin American, is a thought-provoking, insightful, and deeply inspiring memoir. It is a liberating resource for black youth who want to break free from the molds placed on them because of the complexion of their skin. Journey with me, as I provide a glimpse of the experiences that shaped who I became. I reveal the struggles, unfair treatment, and abuse faced because of my darker complexion. But this isn't a one-sided story. I also share my triumphs.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Well Done David

• By Scotty Golden on 07-13-19

• The Wednesday Wars

• By: Gary D. Schmidt
• Narrated by: Joel Johnstone
• Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
• Unabridged

Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Happy Book

• By David Tousey on 11-01-20

• Refugee

• By: Alan Gratz
• Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
• Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Intended for 5-8th graders, but it is good for adults too

• By LJK on 12-21-17

• Chains

• The Seeds of America Trilogy, Book 1
• By: Laurie Halse Anderson
• Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
• Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

As the Revolutionary War begins, 13-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate, become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Fabulous!!!

• By Myrisha Goodson on 06-12-22

• Resistance (Scholastic Gold)

• By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
• Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
• Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
• Unabridged

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people. Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies. But after a mission goes terribly wrong, Chaya's network shatters.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Master storyteller

• By Sarah on 05-03-19

• The Westing Game

• By: Ellen Raskin
• Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
• Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
• Unabridged

A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger - and a possible murderer - to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

• 5 out of 5 stars

• I love this story

• By Alex on 12-17-18

• The Book Thief

• By: Markus Zusak
• Narrated by: Allan Corduner
• Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
• Unabridged

It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Glad I took a chance.

• By Robert on 08-20-11

• Fever 1793

• By: Laurie Halse Anderson
• Narrated by: Bailey Carr
• Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
• Unabridged

During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city frantic with disease.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Good book, unbearable narration

• By Maura on 07-29-18

• The Misfits

• By: James Howe
• Narrated by: Spencer Murphy, the Full Cast Family
• Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
• Unabridged

A little too smart, a little too fat, Bobby Goodspeed has always been a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. But when his friend Addie decides to tackle the student council elections, Bobby finds himself changing in ways he never could have imagined in this tender, touching, utterly hilarious novel of life as a middle school misfit.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• WELL DONE! The Misfits by James Howe

• By PARE on 01-09-12

• The House of the Scorpion

• By: Nancy Farmer
• Narrated by: Raul Esparza
• Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
• Unabridged

Matt is a clone of El Patrón, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and deeply religious servant woman who is charged with his care and safety. He knows little about his existence until he is discovered by a group of children playing in the fields and wonders why he isn't like them.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Don't let the back dissuade you!

• By Allison on 04-21-10

• Out of the Dust

• By: Karen Hesse
• Narrated by: Marika Mashburn
• Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive: Her father for causing the accident that killed her mother; her mother for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most; and herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help her, and there's no one else to care. So at 14, Billie Jo must heal herself - even if it means tearing up her roots and leaving behind everything she's ever known.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Excellent story! Fast read!

• By Rebecca on 10-08-12

• The Trump Tapes

• Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump
• By: Bob Woodward
• Narrated by: Donald J. Trump, Bob Woodward
• Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

The Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of Trump’s performance as president—in his own words as he is questioned, even interrogated by Woodward, on the president’s key responsibilities from managing foreign relations to crisis management of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the job Trump seeks again. How did he do the first time? This is the authentic answer, laying bare his repeated failures, obsessions, and grievances.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• The Trump Tapes

• By Melvin on 10-27-22

• The Crucible

• By: Arthur Miller
• Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
• Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
• Original Recording

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic—with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor—The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Abridged Version

• By Michael G. Stoffel on 05-07-12

• Up the Down Staircase

• By: Bel Kaufman
• Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
• Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
• Unabridged

Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents – anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Amazing how much and how little some things change

• By Runner Gal on 12-23-16

• Created Equal

• Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
• By: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
• Narrated by: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
• Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
• Unabridged

Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!

• By the walton's on 06-23-22

• To Obama

• A Diary of a Nation
• By: Jeanne Marie Laskas
• Narrated by: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Sullivan Jones, MacLeod Andrews, and others
• Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
• Unabridged

Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given 10 handpicked letters written by ordinary American citizens - the unfiltered voice of a nation - from his Office of Presidential Correspondence. He was the first president to interact daily with constituent mail and to archive it in its entirety. In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter writers themselves, and the White House staff who sifted through the powerful, moving, and incredibly intimate narrative of America during the Obama years:

• 5 out of 5 stars

• a must have audible book or print, it will amaze u

• By 1mercedeb8 on 11-08-18

• Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

• By: anonymous
• Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Lyle Lovett, J. Smith-Cameron
• Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
• Unabridged

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt is two stories: that of the reclusive real-life writer who created a fictional character out of loneliness and thin air, and that of the magical Duchess Goldblatt herself, a bright light in the darkness of social media. Fans around the world are drawn to Her Grace's voice, her wit, her life-affirming love for all humanity, and the fun and friendship of the community that's sprung up around her.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Oh Dear Duchess!

• By Rebecca Lindroos on 07-20-20

• The Misfits

• By: James Howe
• Narrated by: Spencer Murphy, the Full Cast Family
• Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
• Unabridged

A little too smart, a little too fat, Bobby Goodspeed has always been a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. But when his friend Addie decides to tackle the student council elections, Bobby finds himself changing in ways he never could have imagined in this tender, touching, utterly hilarious novel of life as a middle school misfit.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• WELL DONE! The Misfits by James Howe

• By PARE on 01-09-12

• Plain Speaking

• An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman
• By: Merle Miller
• Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
• Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

Plain Speaking is a book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman’s feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• One of my favorites, so far!

• By johnsoneliza on 07-23-20

• Up the Down Staircase

• By: Bel Kaufman
• Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
• Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
• Unabridged

Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents – anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Amazing how much and how little some things change

• By Runner Gal on 12-23-16

• Created Equal

• Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
• By: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
• Narrated by: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
• Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
• Unabridged

Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!

• By the walton's on 06-23-22

• To Obama

• A Diary of a Nation
• By: Jeanne Marie Laskas
• Narrated by: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Sullivan Jones, MacLeod Andrews, and others
• Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
• Unabridged

Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given 10 handpicked letters written by ordinary American citizens - the unfiltered voice of a nation - from his Office of Presidential Correspondence. He was the first president to interact daily with constituent mail and to archive it in its entirety. In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter writers themselves, and the White House staff who sifted through the powerful, moving, and incredibly intimate narrative of America during the Obama years:

• 5 out of 5 stars

• a must have audible book or print, it will amaze u

• By 1mercedeb8 on 11-08-18

• Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

• By: anonymous
• Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Lyle Lovett, J. Smith-Cameron
• Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
• Unabridged

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt is two stories: that of the reclusive real-life writer who created a fictional character out of loneliness and thin air, and that of the magical Duchess Goldblatt herself, a bright light in the darkness of social media. Fans around the world are drawn to Her Grace's voice, her wit, her life-affirming love for all humanity, and the fun and friendship of the community that's sprung up around her.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Oh Dear Duchess!

• By Rebecca Lindroos on 07-20-20

• The Misfits

• By: James Howe
• Narrated by: Spencer Murphy, the Full Cast Family
• Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
• Unabridged

A little too smart, a little too fat, Bobby Goodspeed has always been a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. But when his friend Addie decides to tackle the student council elections, Bobby finds himself changing in ways he never could have imagined in this tender, touching, utterly hilarious novel of life as a middle school misfit.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• WELL DONE! The Misfits by James Howe

• By PARE on 01-09-12

• Plain Speaking

• An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman
• By: Merle Miller
• Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
• Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

Plain Speaking is a book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman’s feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• One of my favorites, so far!

• By johnsoneliza on 07-23-20

• The Black Friend

• On Being a Better White Person
• By: Frederick Joseph
• Narrated by: Miebaka Yohannes
• Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs - creating an essential listen for white people who are committed anti-racists and those newly come to the cause of racial justice.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Not really a friend and not friendly

• By emax on 06-01-21

• Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor

• A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating and Making It Work!
• By: Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun
• Narrated by: Tim Gunn
• Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
• Unabridged

Tim Gunn, America's favorite reality TV cohost, is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Having begun his fashion career as a teacher at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim knows more than a thing or two about mentorship and how to convey invaluable pearls of wisdom in an approachable, accessible manner.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Life lessons for All

• By Trendy on 03-11-16

• BAKEMONOGATARI, Part 1

• By: NISIOISIN
• Narrated by: Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee, Erica Mendez, and others
• Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
• Unabridged

There's a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn't show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She's pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she's a cloistered princess. As the self-described worst loser in her class soon finds out, they just don't know what a monster she is.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Been loving these since 2016. Hope they do more.

• By Bernard Kazlab on 04-22-20

• Uprising

• Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch? - The Awakening of Diamond and Silk
• By: Diamond and Silk
• Narrated by: Diamond and Silk
• Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
• Unabridged

Who are Diamond and Silk? Donald Trump’s biggest fans. A national treasure. A force of nature. A political awakening that can’t be stopped. And a natural antidepressant. Diamond and Silk are all that and more. The very sight and sound of these insightful and ebullient ladies lifts spirits and opens minds. Diamond and Silk are a unique phenomenon impossible to pigeonhole - or to control. And now they tell their own story for the first time.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Great American Story! ** GET THIS BOOK**

• By kathy on 11-06-20

• The Speechwriter

• A Brief Education in Politics
• By: Barton Swaim
• Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
• Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
• Unabridged

Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Using his experience as a speechwriter, Barton Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• A well-written complainers guide

• By Kindle Customer on 08-03-15

• The Invisible Heart

• An Economic Romance
• By: Russell D. Roberts
• Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
• Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of Sam Gordon and Laura Silver, teachers at the exclusive Edwards School in Washington, D.C. Sam lives and breathes capitalism. He thinks that most government regulation is unnecessary or even harmful. He believes that success in business is a virtue. He believes that our humanity flourishes under economic freedom. Laura prefers Wordsworth to the Wall Street Journal.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• One of Susie Bright's Misses

• By Anne in State College on 10-27-15

• A Skeleton in the Family

• Family Skeleton Mysteries, Book 1
• By: Leigh Perry
• Narrated by: Katina Kalin
• Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

Moving back into her parents’ house with her teenage daughter had not been Georgia Thackery’s “Plan A”. But when she got a job at the local college, it seemed the sensible thing to do. So she settled in and began reconnecting with old friends. Including Sid. Sid is the Thackery family’s skeleton. He’s lived in the house as long as Georgia can remember, although no one, including Sid, knows exactly where he came from and how he came to be a skeleton.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Did

• By springfield40 on 07-10-24

• Watch Us Rise

• By: Renée Watson, Ellen Hagan
• Narrated by: Angela Lewis, Em Eldridge
• Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
• Unabridged

Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission - they’re sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their work online - poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial microaggressions she experiences - and soon go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate, the principal shuts the club down. Not willing to be silenced, Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices to be heard.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Girls Coming of Age Story for Generation Y

• By Amazon Customer on 02-07-21

• What It Takes

• The Way to the White House
• By: Richard Ben Cramer
• Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
• Length: 54 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Great political book

• By Hebern on 09-11-20

• Game Changer

• By: Tommy Greenwald
• Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Carly Robins
• Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
• Unabridged

Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery - and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day?

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Review

• By Anonymous User on 07-28-23

• Lost at School

• Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them
• By: Ross W. Greene PhD
• Narrated by: Nick Podehl
• Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
• Unabridged

School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help, and are often the recipients of our most ineffective, most punitive interventions. These students - and their parents, teachers, and administrators - are frustrated and desperate for answers. Dr. Ross W. Greene, author of the acclaimed book The Explosive Child, offers educators and parents a different framework for understanding challenging behavior.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Interesting insights

• By AGrady on 07-11-16

• Ginger Kid

• Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd
• By: Steve Hofstetter
• Narrated by: Steve Hofstetter
• Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
• Unabridged

In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade...when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his listeners through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds. This YA nonfiction is sure to be the beloved next volume for the first generation of Wimpy Kid fans who are all grown up and ready for a new misfit hero.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Loved it.

• By Justin on 06-28-18

• By Way of Sorrow

• By: Robyn Gigl
• Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
• Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
• Unabridged

Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, William E. Townsend, Jr., son of a New Jersey state senator, was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a 19-year-old transgender prostitute, is in custody, and given the evidence against her, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict. Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open, and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet as a trans woman, she feels uniquely qualified to help Sharise.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Fantastic narration of terrific story

• By TCDave on 10-03-24

• Ragweed

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: John McDonough
• Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends … and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Great story

• By Gaga's, Püppi's and Tini's Mama on 03-16-23

• Crispin

• The Cross of Lead
• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Ron Keith
• Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

In the small 14th-century English village where he has lived his entire life, the boy has grown up with no name of his own, known only as "Asta's son". But when his mother dies, the boy receives both his rightful name, Crispin, and a lead cross, inscribed with a secret that soon has him fleeing for his life.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• 6th Grade Class Review

• By Rebecca on 05-09-08

• The Fighting Ground

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: George Guidall
• Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
• Unabridged

Jonathan’s older brother is away fighting with General Washington in Pennsylvania. But at 13, Jonathan is too young to fight. Still too young. Then one morning, April 3, 1778, the tavern bell sounds, calling men to arms. Eager to prove his mettle, with blood pounding in his ears, Jonathan joins the gathering men at the tavern to hear the news. With a 12-pound, six-foot-long flintlock musket loaned to him by the tavern keeper, Jonathan finds a place in with the other men, marching to battle.

• 1 out of 5 stars

• Unbelievable events, dangerous ideas, ant-war

• By Susan M. "Suzy" Oliver on 09-11-14

• Loyalty

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Jonathan Myles
• Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts, the hypocrisy of men who demand freedom while enslaving others, and the human connections that bind people together regardless of stated allegiances.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• the book itself

• By monique eckles on 03-22-24

• Touching Spirit Bear

• By: Ben Mikaelsen
• Narrated by: Lee Tergesen
• Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
• Unabridged

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Peter may have permanent brain damage - and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life. He receives a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. There, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear of Native American legend. But it is the attack of the Spirit Bear that may save his soul.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• My 6th grader is reading this with her class...

• By monica serrato-aguirre on 11-30-18

• By Way of Sorrow

• By: Robyn Gigl
• Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
• Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
• Unabridged

Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, William E. Townsend, Jr., son of a New Jersey state senator, was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a 19-year-old transgender prostitute, is in custody, and given the evidence against her, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict. Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open, and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet as a trans woman, she feels uniquely qualified to help Sharise.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Fantastic narration of terrific story

• By TCDave on 10-03-24

• Ragweed

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: John McDonough
• Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends … and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Great story

• By Gaga's, Püppi's and Tini's Mama on 03-16-23

• Crispin

• The Cross of Lead
• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Ron Keith
• Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

In the small 14th-century English village where he has lived his entire life, the boy has grown up with no name of his own, known only as "Asta's son". But when his mother dies, the boy receives both his rightful name, Crispin, and a lead cross, inscribed with a secret that soon has him fleeing for his life.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• 6th Grade Class Review

• By Rebecca on 05-09-08

• The Fighting Ground

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: George Guidall
• Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
• Unabridged

Jonathan’s older brother is away fighting with General Washington in Pennsylvania. But at 13, Jonathan is too young to fight. Still too young. Then one morning, April 3, 1778, the tavern bell sounds, calling men to arms. Eager to prove his mettle, with blood pounding in his ears, Jonathan joins the gathering men at the tavern to hear the news. With a 12-pound, six-foot-long flintlock musket loaned to him by the tavern keeper, Jonathan finds a place in with the other men, marching to battle.

• 1 out of 5 stars

• Unbelievable events, dangerous ideas, ant-war

• By Susan M. "Suzy" Oliver on 09-11-14

• Loyalty

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Jonathan Myles
• Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts, the hypocrisy of men who demand freedom while enslaving others, and the human connections that bind people together regardless of stated allegiances.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• the book itself

• By monique eckles on 03-22-24

• Touching Spirit Bear

• By: Ben Mikaelsen
• Narrated by: Lee Tergesen
• Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
• Unabridged

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Peter may have permanent brain damage - and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life. He receives a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. There, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear of Native American legend. But it is the attack of the Spirit Bear that may save his soul.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• My 6th grader is reading this with her class...

• By monica serrato-aguirre on 11-30-18

• City of Orphans

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
• Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

Newbery Medal-winning author Avi has penned over 50 novels for children and young adults. His historical fiction, in particular, is often singled out for glowing praise thanks to his engaging characters and carefully researched period details. In City of Orphans, Avi transports listeners to the streets of 1893 New York City for an adventure starring young newsboy Maks Geless.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• awesome

• By Nathan T on 05-04-18

• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Alexandra O’Karma
• Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
• Unabridged

Avi’s swashbuckling tale of murder and mutiny on the high seas has a fascinating twist: the heroine is a 13-year-old girl. In 1832, Charlotte Doyle boards a ship bound for America and is caught in a battle between a mad captain and his ruthless crew. If you’re looking for an action-packed adventure story for girls, you’ll find it in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• oldie but a goodie

• By Natasha on 09-07-19

• Crispin: The End of Time

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Ron Keith
• Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
• Unabridged

Newbery Medal-winning author Avi completes the Crispin saga with this third installment of the riveting trilogy. In 14th-century England, Crispin has embarked on one adventure after another since discovering that he, once known only as “Asta’s son,” has a much grander future than he ever could have imagined. Encountering such trustworthy souls as Bear during the course of his travels, Crispin teeters on the brink of fulfilling his destiny in this stunning tale of the Middle Ages.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• DO NOT READ THISSSSS

• By C. Smith on 02-25-20

• Crispin, at the Edge of the World

• By: Avi
• Narrated by: Ron Keith
• Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
• Unabridged

The young orphan Crispin and his gentle, red-bearded protector Bear continue their adventures in 14th-century England. Crispin and Bear are finally free to live their lives as they choose. But they soon find that they are being hunted by members of a secret society who believe Bear is a spy. When Bear is severely wounded, Crispin must make some tough decisions, such as deciding who else to trust to help them escape their pursuers. The two make a perilous journey to Brittany - surely the edge of the world!

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Good but Depressing

• By Carl on 09-08-09

• Out of the Dust

• By: Karen Hesse
• Narrated by: Marika Mashburn
• Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive: Her father for causing the accident that killed her mother; her mother for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most; and herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help her, and there's no one else to care. So at 14, Billie Jo must heal herself - even if it means tearing up her roots and leaving behind everything she's ever known.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Excellent story! Fast read!

• By Rebecca on 10-08-12

• A Wish in the Dark

• By: Christina Soontornvat
• Narrated by: Greta Jung
• Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
• Unabridged

All light in Chattana is created by one man - the Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. For Pong, who was born in Namwon Prison, the magical lights represent freedom, and he dreams of the day he will be able to walk among them. But when Pong escapes from prison, he realizes that the world outside is no fairer than the one behind bars. The wealthy dine and dance under bright orb light, while the poor toil away in darkness. Worst of all, Pong’s prison tattoo marks him as a fugitive who can never be truly free.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• Amazing story brought down by narration

• By Kim on 05-20-21

• Fever 1793

• By: Laurie Halse Anderson
• Narrated by: Bailey Carr
• Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
• Unabridged

During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city frantic with disease.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Good book, unbearable narration

• By Maura on 07-29-18

• Before We Were Free

• By: Julia Alvarez
• Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
• Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
• Unabridged

Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Talented Author Left Much To Be Expected Narrating

• By Lily on 01-08-18

• Chains

• The Seeds of America Trilogy, Book 1
• By: Laurie Halse Anderson
• Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
• Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

As the Revolutionary War begins, 13-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate, become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Fabulous!!!

• By Myrisha Goodson on 06-12-22

• The Bitter Side of Sweet

• By: Tara Sullivan
• Narrated by: JD Jackson
• Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
• Unabridged

Fifteen-year-old Amadou counts the things that matter. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day. This number is very important. The higher the number, the safer they are, because the bosses won't beat them. The higher the number, the closer they are to paying off their debt and returning home to Moke and Auntie. Maybe. The problem is, Amadou doesn't know how much he and Seydou owe, and the bosses won't tell him.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Sweetness and bitterness...

• By Daryl on 04-21-16

• Blood on the River

• James Town, 1607
• By: Elisa Carbone
• Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
• Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
• Unabridged

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe his good fortune. He’s heard that gold washes ashore with every tide. But beginning with the stormy journey and his first contact with the native people, he realizes that the New World is nothing like he imagined. The lush Virginia shore where they establish the colony of James Town is both beautiful and forbidding, and it’s hard to know who’s a friend or foe.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• School Book

• By Chelsie Varga on 04-04-23

• The Westing Game

• By: Ellen Raskin
• Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
• Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
• Unabridged

A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger - and a possible murderer - to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

• 5 out of 5 stars

• I love this story

• By Alex on 12-17-18