audiobooks

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

Former first lady Michelle Obama reflects on her childhood, path to becoming a lawyer, her relationship with former president Barack, her time in the White House, and life after the presidency. She looks back at the struggles of being a woman of color in white male-dominated professions, and how she overcame to succeed alongside her husband. Mrs. Obama discusses her personal initiatives as first lady, including a focus on health, physical activity, and nutrition, while also looking at her dual roles as a professional mom. She finally reflects on her husband's political career, from the early arguments about his desire to run for president to the campaign trail, and finally to his swearing in as the forty-fourth president. Includes a selection of candid photographs.

Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television producer.

Fourteen-year-old John Grimes finds a spiritual awakening during an evening night service at a Harlem storefront Pentecostal church while his parents reflect on their sins and despairs.

After Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is found shot on a Louisiana plantation, the claimants to the killing form a wall of protection around the real murderer.

A collection of reminiscences offers the poet's thoughts on aging, sensuality and sexuality, rage and violence, Africa, and the home.

Barack Obama's memoir of growing up as the son of a white American mother and a black African father whom he hardly knew. Describes how, upon hearing of his father's death, he reexamined his life's meaning by tracing his mother's family's migration from Kansas to Hawaii and then visited Kenya and met the African side of his family.

The family and friends of a Haitian immigrant living in New York City describe his tortured past.

Nigerian Ifemelu leaves her country to study in America while the man she loves back home, Obinze, is denied entrance to America due to 9/11. After struggling in London, Obinze is sent back to Nigeria but becomes a wealthy man with family. Meanwhile Ifemelu explores racism in America and becomes a successful blogger about race. When Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, she reunites with Obinze, but now the couple faces new decisions about their future.

"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--Provided by publisher.