Marylandia: Update

Marylandia Collection: Update

Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian

June is National Audiobook Month.To celebrate, we are highlighting fan favorites- two of the most popular titles that we have recorded and that come recommended by our patrons.

Mystery & Detective Fiction

DBC 12517 – Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles, by A. L. Herbert

Narrated by Sabrina Dames

Welcome to Mahalia's Sweet Tea – the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George's County, Maryland. Owner Halia Watkins has her hands full cooking, hosting, and keeping her boisterous young cousin, Wavonne, from getting too sassy with customers. Having fast-talking entrepreneur Marcus Rand turn up in her kitchen is annoying enough when he's alive – but finding his dead body face-down on her ceramic tile after hours is much worse.

Biography

DBC 12493 – The Longest Fight, by William Gildea

Narrated by Ray Sachs

In September 1906, spectators from around the country, including dozens of reporters and a film crew, came to watch what would become the longest boxing match of the twentieth century between Joe Gans, the first African American boxing champion, and "Battling" Nelson, a vicious and dirty brawler. It was a match billed as the battle of the races. This book also recounts the longer battle that Gans fought against prejudice as the premier black athlete of his time. Gans was smart, witty, trim and handsome, with one-punch knockout power and groundbreaking defensive skills, and his courage despite discrimination prefigured the strife faced by many of America's finest athletes. Inside the ring and out, Gans took the first steps for the African American athletes who would follow.