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James Keene had it all: cars, girls, houses up and down the Gold Coast. But behind his well-connected star athlete façade was a money-obsessed drug dealer desperate to make the big score to get him out of the business. When he was sentenced to prison, it seemed the only lessons he would learn would be about navigating convict society. Instead, he was offered a chance to regain his freedom in return for going undercover in the nation’s highest security prison for the criminally insane.

Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration.In this first...

Abandoned by their parents, Maya and her older brother, Bailey, are sent to live with their grandmother and uncle in the small Southern town of Stamps in Arkansas. Struggling with rejection, they endure the prejudice of their white neighbours and suffer several racist incidents. One day, their father unexpectedly returns and takes the children to live with their mother in St Louis, Missouri. Aged only eight, Maya is abused by her mother's boyfriend, an experience that haunts her for a lifetime.

Exploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events, this is the third book in Ken Carey's trilogy.

Flightless Bird follows journalist David Farrier as he learns about what makes America special from his unique perspective as a Kiwi accidentally marooned in the Land of the Free. Infinitely curious but never judgmental, each week, David (along with cohost and American Rob) seeks to understand what makes America so unique, strange, and wonderful.

A heroine for our times, Etta Lemon campaigned for 50 years against the worldwide slaughter of birds for extravagantly feathered hats. Her legacy is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (the RSPB), grown from an all-female pressure group of 1889 with the splendidly simple pledge: Wear No Feathers. Etta’s long battle against ‘murderous millinery’ triumphed with the Plumage Act of 1921 - but her legacy has been eclipsed by the more glamorous campaign for the vote, led by the elegantly plumed Emmeline Pankhurst.

Captivatingly read by the author, Jaspreet Kaur. You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece. Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women...

WTF Am I? Conversations Inside My Head. Every day there is a conversation going on inside my head. Sometimes it's with myself. Sometimes it's with God. Sometimes it's with people who aren't even in the room. "This podcast is that conversation." The thoughts, questions, worries, frustrations, memories, and observations that follow me through life. I know I can't be the only one. If you've ever had a full conversation inside your own head, welcome. You're in the right place.

Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a "cognitive revolution" (c. 50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our species, Homo sapiens. As a result of this revolution our species spread and eventually replaced all existing archaic Homo species, ultimately leading...

This program is read by the authors. The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history—and how to fight back. Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven’t, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be everywhere. You couldn’t walk out of your front door in New York...

'A timely bridge for our divided world' - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take Open your mind, heal your relationships, and connect across divides with this groundbreaking guide to deep curiosity from internationally-recognized curiosity expert, Scott Shigeoka. At a time when tensions...

The true story of the greatest conspiracy in U.S. history - and how to fight back. Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven't, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be everywhere. That's because they come out of the factory as adults. In the 1970s, the United States...

Bird is about creating community through diversity, showcasing stories of real women doing really cool things and inspiring us along the way.

"For The Birds" is a show that calls out different types of negative and toxic behavior, how destructive it is for those that participate in that behavior, and the steps people could take to better themselves and put a stop to that behavior.

Two Friends. Two Wheels. One Wild Ride Through Vietnam's Mountains.What happens when a 2-month long adventure goes off-script? Flat tires, government visa policies, and charging water buffalo stand in the way. Only to find mountain passes that don't exist on any map, movie-quality views, and friendly locals with "happy water."Join Jim and Jimmy for Season 1 of the Whole Bird, as they navigate the journey through northern Vietnam's legendary Ha Giang loop - where every breakdown becomes a breakthrough. Between the road mishaps and the hospitality of strangers, something unexpected happens to ...

The Wordy Birds is a comedy podcast with mad and irreverent chatter between two friends who, at the end of long and diverse careers in social services and public relations, have stories to share and fearless opinions to pass!

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it—an urgent work of literary journalism. “I don’t know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow...

Jeri Russell is elbow deep in Thanksgiving dinner preparation when she receives and email that will have a profound effect on her life. A former stewardess with Pan American airlines, Jeri is no stranger to travel. Soon after responding to the email, she is in the clouds again, flying toward a tiny town in Botswana, having agreed to volunteer there as a homeopathic clinician, teacher, and mentor.

Birdwatching Podcast is a podcast created to better understand the behaviors of women. We're here to break down dating advice and tips, how to talk to girls, and how to stand out in the crowd. Episodes will be uploaded each week, on Mondays at 10:00 am MST. Let's see if we can learn a thing or two about relationships.

The Strange Bird Coffee Podcast is hosted by coffee professional, and founder, Stephen James Davidson. A talk show covering a broad spectrum of topics, with a focus on specialty coffee, sustainability, and featuring guests from all walks of life.