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Ghetto cowboy [sound recording] / by Neri, Greg.(CARDINAL)701444; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154;
Read by JD Jackson.Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, who soon has Cole involved with a group of "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; African Americans; Audiobooks.; City and town life; Conduct of life; Fathers and sons; Horses; Moving, Household;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Invisibles, The [sound recording] / by Holland, Jesse.; Jackson, J. D.nrt; Tantor Audio.; TEI Landmark Audio.;
Read by J. D. Jackson.Jesse J. Holland's The Invisibles is the first book to tell the story of the executive mansion's most unexpected residents, the African American slaves who lived with the U.S. presidents who owned them. Interest in African Americans and the White House are at an all time high due to the historic presidency of Barack Obama and the soon to be opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American Culture and History.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biography & Autobiography - General.; History - African American.; History - United States/General.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Come August, come freedom [sound recording] the bellows, the gallows, and the black general Gabriel / by Amateau, Gigi,1964-; Jackson, J. D.nrt;
Performed by JD Jackson.Imagines the childhood and youth of "Prosser's Gabriel," a courageous and intelligent blacksmith in post-Revolutionary Richmond, Virginia, who roused thousands of African-Americans slaves like himself to rebel.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Young adult fiction.; Prosser, Gabriel, approximately 1775-1800; African Americans; Slavery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The hoopster [sound recording] by Sitomer, Alan Lawrence.(CARDINAL)688459; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154;
Narrated by JD Jackson.Andre Anderson is a black teenager who loves to play basketball, hang out with his friends and laugh. He's got skills, brains and heart. He also has a dream. Then he gets viciously attacked. Now, everything he ever believed about the world has been called into question. Even his deadly jump shot. How does a man get up when he has been unjustly beaten down? Andre is about to find out. Andre is The Hoopster.15 years and up.
Subjects: African American teenagers; Audiobooks.; Basketball stories; Hate crimes; Teenage boys; Violence; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Drama city [sound recording] / by Pelecanos, George P.(CARDINAL)357224; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154;
Performed by JD Jackson.Fresh from an eight-year stint in jail for selling narcotics, Lorenzo Brown is happy to have his freedom and a good job protecting dogs for the Humane Society. His parole officer, Rachel Lopez, relieves her everyday frustrations by cruising hotel bars and luring strangers to her bed. When a neighborhood turf war flares up, Lorenzo struggles to keep his hands clean. Now more than ever, he need's Rachel's help. But with her life crumbling around her, Rachel may be the one who needs rescuing.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Animal welfare; Audiobooks.; Drug traffic; Ex-convicts; Parole officers; Revenge;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Doc [sound recording] : a memoir / by Gooden, Dwight.; Henican, Ellis.(CARDINAL)342732; Jackson, J. D.nrt;
Read by JD Jackson.One of the bad boys of the 1986 World Series-winning Mets discusses his life, from his Atlanta childhood with his alcoholic womanizing father, through his baseball career, self-destructive drug binges, and experience on Celebrity Rehab.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Gooden, Dwight.; Baseball players; Baseball players;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sunrise over Fallujah [sound recording] by Myers, Walter Dean,1937-; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154;
Narrated by JD Jackson.Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.11 years and up.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; African Americans; Iraq War, 2003-2011-; War;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lockdown [sound recording] by Myers, Walter Dean,1937-; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154; Recorded Books, LLC.(CARDINAL)561790;
Narrated by JD Jackson.Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.12 years and up.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Young adult fiction.; African Americans; Conduct of life; Friendship; Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile detention homes; Old age; Self-perception;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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One rough man [sound recording] / by Taylor, Brad,1965-(CARDINAL)502667; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154; Kaplan, Neil,1967-nrt(CARDINAL)591770; Recorded Books, LLC.(CARDINAL)561790;
Narrated by JD Jackson and Neil Kaplan.A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they've just crossed Pike's path.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military science);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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A woman's worth [sound recording] / by Price-Thompson, Tracy,1963-(CARDINAL)663755; Graham, Dion.nrt(CARDINAL)270848; Jackson, J. D.nrt(CARDINAL)544154; Taylor, Myra Lucretia.nrt(CARDINAL)544174;
Narrated by Myria Lucretia Taylor, Dion Graham, and JD Jackson.Raised in a whorehouse in rural Alabama, Bishop Johnson has been a boxer, a convict, and is now a Peace Corps worker in Kenya. Abeni Omorru is the daughter of a wealthy African chief. Although raised in luxury, she was submitted to a tribal ritual that left her physically and emotionally scarred. Despite their backgrounds, when Bishop and Abeni meet, their attraction is strong. But tradition will soon put their union to the supreme test.
Subjects: African American men; Americans; Audiobooks.; Female genital mutilation; Mothers and daughters; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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