N Word, The: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
Play Windows Media Sample  Play Real Sample

N Word, The: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why

Jabari Asim
Narrated By : Mirron Willis
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 9 hours 30 minutes
Type : Personal Growth
American
Download Price : $19.95
Purchase...

"...clear, engaging writing...."--Publishers Weekly

"Informed, sensible and impassioned."--Kirkus Reviews

"He is most eloquent when relating how African Americans have been characterized in our
culture; how the word nigger has been employed to oppress, belittle, dismiss, humiliate,
and ridicule black people; and how they themselves have increasingly used it to satirize
and oppose that oppression."--Library Journal

In The N Word, a renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of
racism through its most volatile word.

In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the use and implications
of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how
the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America.

Asim claims that, even when uttered by hipsters and hip-hop icons, the slur helps keep blacks
at the bottom of America's socioeconomic ladder. But he also proves there is a place for this
word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history--from
Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle to Mos Def. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen this
slur's grip on our national psyche.

Other titles you may be interested in

Success Formula, The

Success Formula, The

Mike Le Put
Narrated By : Mike Le Put
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 52 minutes
Type : Training and Development
Leadership
Success
Personal Growth
Download Price : $7.49
Mike Le Put tells you exactly how you can apply the Success Formula to become an outstanding achiever in your chosen field. More...
Bo's Lasting Lessons

Bo's Lasting Lessons

Bo Schembechler and John U. Bacon
Narrated By : John H. Mayer
Published By : Hachette Audio
Length : 5 hours
Type : Interpersonal Skills
Success
Motivation
Personal Growth
Knowledge & Learning
Download Price : $24.98 $17.49
With pithy language, Bo explains that true leadership requires the compassion to actively listen to your people, and then to have the courage to do what is right every time More...
Yearnings

Yearnings

Irwin Kula with Linda Loewenthal
Narrated By : Irwin Kula
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Type : Personal Growth
Judaism
Inspiration & Devotion
Self Help
Download Price : $29.95 $17.95
The host of PBS's Simple Wisdom and The Wisdom of Our Yearnings explores life's most defining human experiences. More...
Fear and Other Uninvited Guests

Fear and Other Uninvited Guests

Harriet Lerner
Narrated By : Harriet Lerner
Published By : Harper Collins US
Length : 3 hours
Type : Self Help
Personal Growth
Stress Management
Health & Fitness
Download Price : $22.00 $12.95
With stories that are sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking, Lerner takes us from "fear-lite" to the most difficult lessons the universe sends us. More...

 

 

McCarthy's Bar
Play Windows Media Sample  Play Real Sample

McCarthy's Bar

Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
Buy Now...

The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.

McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.

Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.