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In the first-ever history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: the Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside - and sometimes in command of - their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom.

So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people, it's gender euphoria that pushes forward their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by their new chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself.

Ever asked your kid, “how was school today” and they answer you with “not much”, or “I can’t remember”? You’ll know exactly what projects they’ve been working on when you listen to High School Stories: Broadcasting Student Brilliance. Students in the Gifted and Talented program at London Senior High School are hosting their very own podcast! Each student has recorded a podcast episode within the genre of “History of English”. They’ve completed their own research and written and recorded the content themselves. London Senior High School is devoted to keeping its ...

She was a successful ad sales rep in Manhattan. He was a homeless 11-year-old panhandler on the street. He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But then something stopped her in her tracks, and she went back. And she continued to go back, again and again. They met up nearly every week for years and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.

Held against her will and raped by her 38-year-old boss, 19-year-old Anna tries to make sense of her unbelievable situation. How did an innocent friendship with her boss turn into weeks of forced sex and the inability to leave her oppressor's side? Furthermore, what happens when weeks of rape result in a pregnancy? This true-life novel depicts a graphic and raw recounting of the unimaginable horrors of the Summer of 2010.

Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just 12 years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years being trailed by the Secret Service and chased by the paparazzi, with every teenage mistake making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story of these two young women forging their own identities under extraordinary circumstances.

Grandparents (not just Laura) read stories about their childhoods that they want their grandchildren, and the world, to hear.

The Imperiled Ocean by ocean journalist Laura Trethewey is a deeply reported work of narrative journalism that follows people as they head out to sea. What they discover holds inspiring and dire implications for the life of the ocean - and for all of us back on land.

Why are creativity, art and culture so good for our health and wellbeing? What kinds of creative practice are good for us? What specific health issues can creativity help? How does creativity support our general health and wellbeing? How can people be creative in their everyday lives and at home? These are the kinds of questions that Laura Bailey explores in each episode with creative or health professionals, academics or people with lived experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Share the experiences of a small group of three experienced Ghost Hunters. Listen as they describe the locations they visit, the things they discovered and performance of the equipment they used. We describe a short history of each location for a thorough background. Next, we share the experience itself in a discussion format. We move on to our favorite tool for the current location. Finally we wrap up with our opinion of the quality and safety of the location.

Laura Schofield, founder of large-size shoe brand Otto + Ivy, chats to inspirational tall people about how their height has shaped their lives.

Colombian journalist Laura Dulce Romero was burnt out and considering quitting the trade. But a new style of reporting, Solutions Journalism, caught her attention: this method seeks to report news in a constructive way. In this six-part series, Laura puts the SoJo methodology – which can be summarised by the acronym WHOLE – to the test by interviewing practitioners about what SoJo offers by way of a solution to journalistic burnout, how it works, observations from those who use it, the limitations of the approach, and evidence that support its claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Diaspo is a podcast hosted by Henri, an immigrant and author of New Immigrant Playbook, and Laura, a first-generation American. On Diaspo, Henri and Laura have in-depth conversations with successful immigrants and first-generation citizens, who share their personal and professional stories on striving to fulfill their dreams and visions of success. Diaspo guests are from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America; and have various professional backgrounds from lawyer to artist; working for companies and organizations in the private and public sectors.

Ghosts, stories, legends and unsolved mysteries. Join us in search of forgotten tales, lost souls, scary presences and benevolent creatures.Sometimes even familiar places can hide deep and obscure secrets.

A community of rock quarry miners in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, gave their tiny cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. But it hasn't always been identified by that auspicious moniker. The miners renamed their village in 2000, after they staged a revolt that overthrew the profit-driven landowners who held their families in debt bondage for generations. But the complex story of Freedomville, the murder that these revolutionaries nearly got away with, and the short-lived freedom its inhabitants created has never before been told until now.

Nineteen-year-old Jovan Mosley, a good kid from one of Chicago's very bad neighborhoods, was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit. Charged with murder, he spent five years and eight months in a prison for violent criminals. Without a trial. Jovan grew up on the rough streets of Chicago's Southeast Side. With one brother dead of HIV complications, another in jail for arson and murder, and most kids his age in gangs, Jovan struggled to be different. Until his arrest, he was.

When the winter ice melted in April 1850, residents of Saco, Maine, made a gruesome discovery: the body of a young girl submerged in a stream. Thanks to evidence left at the scene, a local physician was arrested and tried for the death of Mary Bean, the name given to the unidentified young girl; the cause of death was failed abortion. Garnering extensive newspaper coverage, the trial revealed many secrets: a poorly trained doctor, connections to an unsolved murder in New Hampshire, and the true identity of "Mary Bean" - a young Canadian mill worker named Berengera Caswell, missing since the previous winter. The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories examines the series of events that led Caswell to become Mary Bean and the intense curiosity and anxiety stimulated by this heavily watched trial.

Here’s a little-kept secret: liberals, independents, and conservatives all own firearms. Gun ownership is one of the few issues that crosses all sides of the aisle. In their book, Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearms, Robert A. Waters and Sim Waters describe exciting true stories in which a cross-section of Americans used guns to fend off violent assailants.