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Audiobooks featuring Cake for National Dessert Day

5 Sweet Audiobook Treats Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on October 8, 2018

One of our favorite things about listening to stories that feature bakers or delectable-sounding cakes is that our hands are free to bake so we can enjoy tasty treats, too! Read more

Tagged: A Long Line of Cakes, Adenrele Ojo, Adjoa Andoh, Aimee Bender, Alexander McCall Smith, Baking Cakes in Kigali, Deborah Wiles, Gaile Parkin, gardener-cook, Jenna Lamia, jorjeana marie, Louise Miller, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living, The Great Cake Mystery, the particular sadness of lemon cake

Books on Screen: Fall 2018 Adaptations Not to Miss Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on September 27, 2018

There’s never a shortage of new TV shows and movies releasing that are based on books. To keep up with the slew of adaptations coming this fall, listen to the audiobook as you go about your day. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Ann Marie Lee, Annie Barrows, Bird Box, bookclub, Boy Erased, Christina Ricci, Crazy Rich Asians, DAVID LAGERCRANTZ, dr.seuss, Garrard Conley, George R.R. Martin, gillian flynn, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, John le Carré, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Ann Shaffer, Michael Crouch, Michael Jayston, Nightflyers, Sarah Waters, Sharp Objects, Simon Vance, The Girl in the Spider's Web, the guernsey literary and potato peel society, The Little Drummer Girl, the little stranger, Walter Matthau

Debut Authors to Listen to in July Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 16, 2018

From contemplative fiction to laugh-out-loud memoirs, your summer reading list is about to get a whole lot richer with these fantastic audiobooks from new authors.
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Tagged: Abby Craden, Adenrele Ojo, Alex Dahl, Alexia Arthurs, Almarie Guerra, Ashleigh Young, beck dorey-stein, bookclub, Can You Tolerate This, Caoilinn Hughes, Dominic Hoffman, from the corner of the oval, fruit of the drunken tree, How to Love a Jamaican, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, James Fouhey, Janina Edwards, Jenna Lamia, Katharine Kilalea, Katherine J. Chen, Keong Sim, Marisa Calin, Marisol Ramirez, Mary B, Mary B: A Novel, Miriam Parker, Mozhan Marno, Nicholas Guy Smith, OK Mr. Field, Orchid & the Wasp, R. O. Kwon, Saskia Maarleveld, Sophie Amoss, The Boy at the Door, The Incendiaries, The Shortest Way Home

Founding Fathers themed audiobooks for young listeners

Make History Engaging with These Audiobooks Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 2, 2018

History is fun—especially when middle-grade and young adult authors get their hands on it. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Alex & Eliza, Ben Franklin’s in My Bathroom!, Candace Fleming, Cassandra Campbell, David Potter, family travel, Jefferson’s Sons, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Kirby Heyborne, Malcolm Campbell, Marc Cashman, Melissa de la Cruz, Michael C. Harris, The Left Behinds, What Is the Declaration of Independence?, Who HQ

Kenneth Davis on the Value of Hearing Stories Submitted by PRHA Contributor on May 11, 2018

“Tell me a story.”

It is a universal request that every child makes. Telling stories—and listening to them—are part of our human DNA, what makes people tick. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, family travel, Guest Post, kenneth davis, Macleod Andrews, more deadly than war

5 Audiobooks About Life-Changing Teachers Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on May 9, 2018

Teachers and educators are some of the most important figures in our lives. Some leave lifelong impressions and change the way we see the world. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Azar Nafisi, Drama High, Erin Gruwell, Mark Deakins, Michael Sokolove, Mitch Albom, Nadia Lopez, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Rebecca Paley, The Bridge to Brilliance, The Freedom Writers Diary, Tuesdays with Morrie

6 Audiobooks That Illuminate Race Relations in America Submitted by Natalie Coleman on March 26, 2018

It’s without a doubt that the topics of race and equality in America are at the forefront of our conversation. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Beresford Bennett, between the world and me, Blood at the Root, business, current events, Dominic Hoffman, I Can't Breathe, In the Shadow of Statues, Kaleo Griffith, Matt Taibbi, Mitch Landrieu, Patrick Phillips, race, Radical Hope, ta-nehisi coates, We Were Eight Years in Power

The Voices of The Mothers Submitted by Louise Quayle on October 13, 2016

The Mothers is a brilliantly imagined story about two friends in a black community in Southern California and the impact on their lives of the choices they made when they were seventeen.

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Brit Bennett, fiction, literary

Hear History IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY by Kenneth C. Davis, read by a Full Cast (Audiobook Trailer) Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on October 2, 2016

Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners?

Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this audiobook helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. Read more

Tagged: Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, Black History Month, Civil Rights, civil war, Dion Graham, Frankie Faison, Full Cast Recording, history, IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY, JD Jackson, Keith David, Kenneth C. Davis, Mark Bramhall, presidents, social studies