Audiobooks Narrated by Jamie Lincoln Smith

Before Their Crimes: What We're Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing

"Juvenile crime doesn’t just happen—there is always a story behind it. Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing is a ground-breaking audiobook that sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. Wendy Smith uses the framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to explain how the toxic stress of early childhood trauma can make children vulnerable to committing criminal acts. Smith draws from interviews with twenty men and women from across the racial and social divide who spent years in prison after committing serious crimes as children. Smith not only reveals the pernicious mechanisms that link early trauma to later crime, but also illuminates the potential for healing among even the most egregious offenders. New England Book Festival: winner, Wild Card - runner-up, General Nonfiction Southern California Book Festival: winner, Wild Card - winner, General Nonfiction Los Angeles Book Festival: winner, Wild Card - runner-up, General Nonfiction"

Wendy Smith (Author), Adenrele Ojo, Alex Boyles, Hillary Huber, Jamie Lincoln Smith, Kenneth Fuentes, Kirsten Potter, Kyla Garcia, Nicole Cash, Stacy Gonzalez, Tim Lounibos, Zac Aleman (Narrator)

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Island Man

"A grieving Hector Peterson and his estranged father Winston Telemacque arrive on the lush island of Dominica in 2017 to spread his mother’s ashes when Hurricane Maria strikes. Amid the devastation, the fragile peace between father and son is tested as long-buried family secrets at the heart of Hector’s identity are unearthed. Hector faces down his failed marriage, shipwrecked career, and his own failures as a father, while Winston, after three decades of striving as an immigrant in Boston, seeks to reclaim the losses from a painful childhood and the bloody betrayal by his one true love. In Island Man, the ruins of past and present are reconciled and shattered generational bonds are restored."

Joanne Skerrett (Author), Jamie Lincoln Smith (Narrator)

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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

"From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers queries a supercomputer containing the minds of the country’s ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendant of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother’s ability to change her appearance—and perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and AfroDiasporic science fiction and fantasy and reaffirms that Africa is not rising—it’s already here."

Sheree Renee Thomas (Author), Amin El Gamal, Dele Ogundiran, Jamie Lincoln Smith, Kim Staunton, Tamika Katon-Donegal, Tony Tambi (Narrator)

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I and I Bob Marley

"Uniquely perceptive poems follow the life from boyhood to icon of this celebrated poet and prophet of reggae culture, set against a backdrop of original music that echoes the Jamaican countryside where he was born and the world beyond that continues to embrace his legacy today."

Tony Medina (Author), Jamie Lincoln Smith, Tony Medina (Narrator)

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