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Arts
Books
Performing Arts
1226
THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, read by Julia...
Powerful storytelling and a brilliant narrator
5 min
1227
DUSK, NIGHT, DAWN by Anne Lamott, read by Anne ...
Exploring life, faith, and her own humanity
4 min
1228
NEVER FAR AWAY by Michael Koryta, read by Rober...
A highly charged standalone thriller
6 min
1229
SMOKE by Joe Ide, read by Zeno Robinson
Jump back into the IQ crime fiction series
4 min
1230
SUMMERWATER by Sarah Moss, read by Morven Christie
Remarkable fiction and an outstanding performance
5 min
1231
GIRL A by Abigail Dean, read by Ell Potter
A novel with a ripped-from-the-headlines feel
5 min
1232
YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO LACEY by ...
Wild stories about racism
6 min
1233
JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford,...
Honoring the indomitable force that was Cicely Tyson
6 min
1234
PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER by Katherine Anne Porter...
Collected novellas from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author
5 min
1235
CONCRETE ROSE by Angie Thomas, read by Dion Graham
The stunning prequel to THE HATE U GIVE
5 min
1236
A PHO LOVE STORY by Loan Le, read by Ryan Do, V...
A delicious and sweet romance for teens
7 min
1237
ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS...
A memorable intertribal powwow comes to life
6 min
1238
SHE PERSISTED: CLAUDETTE COLVIN by Lesa Cline-R...
Inspire kids with Claudette’s story
6 min
1239
AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS By B.B. Alston, re...
A brilliant new fantasy for kids
5 min
1240
WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller, read by Gr...
Hear the Newbery Medal winner on audio
6 min
1241
In conversation with narrator Nicholas Boulton
On narrating classics, historical romances, and more
28 min
1242
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read b...
Revisit the classic
4 min
1243
FEVERS, FEUDS, AND DIAMONDS by Paul Farmer, rea...
A close look at the Ebola epidemic
5 min
1244
RESILIENCE by Harvard Business Review, read by ...
Six timely articles from HBR
4 min
1245
THE NEW MAP by Daniel Yergin, read by Robert Pe...
A wide-ranging look at energy from a Pulitzer Prize winner
5 min
1246
THE JOURNEYS OF TREES by Zach St. George, read ...
On the future of trees
5 min
1247
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN: EGYPTIAN NIGHTS AND OTHER TA...
Explore classic stories of Russian literature
7 min
1248
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame, Din...
A new twist on the classic
5 min
1249
THE SURVIVORS by Jane Harper, read by Stephen S...
Small-town secrets in this Australian thriller
6 min
1250
THE HAPPY PRINCE & OTHER STORIES by Oscar Wilde...
Fairy tales from Oscar Wilde
6 min