Marti Dumas has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Science of Black Hair.
The Science of Black Hair
Summary
The Science of Black Hair is the ultimate consumer textbook on black hair care. Technically oriented and detailed throughout, this book was written with the serious hair-care consumer in mind. Hair science, research and testimony combine in this carefully written text designed to examine black hair on a deeper level. With its light academic style, it is truly the last hair book you'll ever need. Listeners will learn how to: Maintain chemically-treated or natural hair in optimal health Stop hair breakage with a novel, protein/moisture balancing method Regulate product pH balance for shinier, more manageable hair Grow their hair longer, stronger, and healthier for life! Additional Features: Regimen Builder with extensive product listings Ingredients glossary Interviews
©2012 Audrey Davis-Sivasothy (P)2012 Audrey Davis-Sivasothy/ SAJA Publishing Company
Jupiter Storm
Summary
10-year-old Jackie excels at being in charge. Her skills keep everything from gardens to five unruly brothers in line. So when a curious chrysalis appears in Jackie's front yard, Jackie naturally decides to take charge of it. The creature that emerges is not like anything she has ever seen, and Jackie soon realizes that she must protect it at all costs, even from her own family.
©2017 Marti Dumas (P)2017 Yes, MAM Creations
Darkness and the Devil Behind Me
Summary
In December 1923, Esther Todd was a lovely young pianist and a rising star. One month later, she was on the Most Wanted List. She vanished from the snowy streets of Harlem, while thieves hit the home of her society patron, pulling off a million-dollar heist. Were the disappearance and the robbery a coincidence or a conspiracy? Somebody knew, but nobody was talking. Three years later, the mystery remained unsolved. As a crime reporter, Lanie Price covered the initial case. Now a frustrated society columnist, she's ready for a change. It comes in the form of Esther's sister, Ruth, who, desperate for closure, begs Lanie to dedicate her Christmas column to the case. Maybe someone, somewhere will remember something. Seeking fresh material, Lanie starts asking hard questions, dangerous questions, the kind just about guaranteed to get her killed...
©2008 Persia Walker (P)2013 Persia Walker
Black Orchid Blues
Summary
Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. Then, a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, and the questions change. Just what does this kidnapper want - and how many people is he willing to kill in order to get it? Evil hides behind the genteel facades of affluent Strivers' Row and stalks the ballroom of one of Harlem's most famous gay parties. In a complex plot that keeps you mesmerized, Black Orchid Blues explores the depths of human depravity and the desperation of its victims.
©2011 Persia Walker (P)2013 Persia Walker
The Stardrake Effect
Summary
A tale of a woman and her stardrake.... Kayla’s parents had always told her that they would get her a stardrake when she was older.... They died and never did. Now on the verge of graduating from StarCorps Academy with her PhD, Kayla decides the time is right and volunteers for a service drake raising program. It lasts one year. At the end, she must return the stardrake so it can be trained and paired with an owner who needs it. Expecting it to be all cuddles and cuteness, Kayla is unprepared when she is given Barnabus, a bundle of trouble. He turns her life upside down, putting her whole academic career in jeopardy. Will she even last the year? If she does, how can she give up something she has started to love? Inspired by a true story, The Stardrake Effect is an emotionally resonant tale stuffed with laughter, friendship, spaceships, and heartbreak.
©2019 Scott King (P)2019 Scott King