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I Am a Bacha Posh
- My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan
- By: Ukmina Manoori, Stephanie Lebrun, Peter E. Chianchiano - translator
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop and work - and in some cases, it saves them from the disgrace of not having a male heir. But in adolescence, religion restores the natural law.
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very interesting
- By Ian jones on 27-02-24
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I Am a Bacha Posh
- My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-10-14
- Language: English
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Threading My Prayer Rug
- One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
- By: Sabeeha Rehman
- Narrated by: Sabeeha Rehman
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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Beginning with a sweetly funny, moving account of her arranged marriage, the author undercuts stereotypes and offers the refreshing view of an American life through Muslim eyes. In chapters leavened with humor, hope, and insight, she recounts an immigrant's daily struggles balancing assimilation with preserving heritage, overcoming religious barriers from within and distortions of Islam from without, and confronting issues of raising her children as Muslims - while they lobby for a Christmas tree!
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A captivating muslim woman’s memoir
- By Anonymous User on 14-10-23
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Threading My Prayer Rug
- One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
- Narrated by: Sabeeha Rehman
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 30-08-16
- Language: English
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- By: Christina Sharpe
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual, cinematic, and quotidian representations of Black life that comprise what she calls the "orthography of the wake". Activating multiple registers of "wake" - the path behind a ship, keeping watch with the dead, coming to consciousness - Sharpe illustrates how Black lives are swept up and animated by the afterlives of slavery, and she delineates what survives despite such insistent violence and negation.
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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From Holocaust to Harvard
- A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
- By: John G. Stoessinger
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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When John Stoessinger was ten years old, Adolf Hitler annexed his homeland of Austria, ripping the boy from his home and his friends in Vienna. His grandparents encouraged his mother and stepfather to take young John somewhere safe. "You must have a future," his grandfather told him before he and his parents boarded the train and waved goodbye. As they trekked across the country, from Vienna to Prague and then finally settling in Shanghai, there was never a single moment Stoessinger was not afraid.
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From Holocaust to Harvard
- A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-09-14
- Language: English
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Tell Me Again
- A Memoir
- By: Amy Thunig
- Narrated by: Amy Thunig, Clementine Ford
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It’s a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early life, where circumstances sometimes dictated that things be slightly different from how they might seem–including what is meant by her dad being away for ‘work’ and why her legal last name differs from her family’s.
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Poetic, heartfelt and evocative.
- By Susan. on 25-06-23
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Tell Me Again
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Amy Thunig, Clementine Ford
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- By: Vic Shayne, Martin Small
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. Through the eyes of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.
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A fascinating story and insight into Jewish life
- By fifitrixabelled on 29-08-21
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 25-01-13
- Language: English
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Funny in Farsi
- A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- By: Firoozeh Dumas
- Narrated by: Firoozeh Dumas
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here.
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Loved it
- By Abby K on 29-06-20
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Funny in Farsi
- A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- Narrated by: Firoozeh Dumas
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 24-03-04
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Token Black Girl
- By: Danielle Small
- Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 42 mins
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Confessions of a Token Black Girl is a snappy comedic tale framing Danielle's first-hand experiences in Wisconsin and other places as the perpetual "token Black girl", fraught with dark moments and hate crimes. It's a coming-of-age-story but instead of finding herself during a road trip, Danielle found herself through the effects of racism. This book humorously chronicles Danielle's quest for understanding what Black identity means to her - instead of what it means to everyone else.
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Honest
- By boe on 27-11-23
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Confessions of a Token Black Girl
- Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 42 mins
- Release date: 01-07-14
- Language: English
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We'll Always Have Paris
- Trying and Failing to Be French
- By: Emma Beddington
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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As a bored, moody teenager, Emma Beddington came across a copy of French ELLE in the library of her austere Yorkshire school. As she turned the pages, full of philosophy, sex and lipstick, she realized that her life had one purpose and one purpose only: she needed to be French. Instead of skulking in her bedroom listening to The Smiths or trudging to Betty's Tea Room to buy fondant fancies, she would be free and solitary, sitting outside the Cafe de Flore with a Scottie dog at her feet....
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Boring
- By Paul Burnett on 20-05-16
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We'll Always Have Paris
- Trying and Failing to Be French
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 21-04-16
- Language: English
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Laughing Without an Accent
- Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
- By: Firoozeh Dumas
- Narrated by: Firoozeh Dumas
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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In the best-selling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas recounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persian heritage in Laughing Without an Accent, sharing stories both tender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on her well-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums, all told with insights into the universality of the human condition. (Hint: It may have to do with brushing and flossing daily.)
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really deep and funny
- By saima on 18-10-22
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Laughing Without an Accent
- Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
- Narrated by: Firoozeh Dumas
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 31-10-08
- Language: English
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Princess, Secrets to Share
- By: Jean Sasson
- Narrated by: Catherine Byers
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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As the world's attention traces the reluctant social advances in the Middle East, Princess Sultana and her female friends and family have stepped forward to rescue young women in the region who are cruelly mistreated by their husbands, their fathers, and the brutish ISIS soldiers who kidnap them. But inside the Princess' lavish Saudi Arabian palace, sparks of anger and bolts of fear crackle because of the secrets kept to forward her efforts to help women and children.
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okay but not as good as the others in series
- By Amazon Customer on 26-02-16
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Princess, Secrets to Share
- Narrated by: Catherine Byers
- Series: Princess (Sasson), Book 5
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-01-16
- Language: English
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A Home from Home
- From Immigrant Boy to English Man
- By: George Alagiah
- Narrated by: George Alagiah, Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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When George Alagiah was dropped off at a Hampshire boarding school as a child back in 1967, he was confronted with an extreme version of the private struggle faced by all immigrants: the battle to leave the past behind and fit into a new culture. His arrival in Britain coincided with the unhappy intrusion of race into politics. A key part of the ensuing fight against racism was the concept of multiculturalism. But in a closely argued and forthright chapter, Alagiah suggests that far from improving the prospects for some immigrants, multiculturalism may be an impediment to integration.
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Exploring the immigrant experience
- By Rachel Redford on 04-10-20
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A Home from Home
- From Immigrant Boy to English Man
- Narrated by: George Alagiah, Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 23-09-20
- Language: English
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
- By: Thomas Brothers
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
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The definitive account of Louis Armstrong - his life and legacy - during the most creative period of his career. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone.
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absolutely brilliant
- By Andy Bigwood on 11-02-16
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-03-14
- Language: English
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The Man Called Brown Condor
- The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot
- By: Thomas E. Simmons
- Narrated by: DeMario Clarke
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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How did a Black child, growing up in segregationist Mississippi during the early 1900s, become the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps during the brutal Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935? In this gripping, never-before-told tale, biographer Thomas E. Simmons brings to life Robinson’s outstanding success in becoming a pilot, his expertise in building and assembling his own working aircraft, his influence on the establishment of a school of aviation at Tuskegee Institute, and his wartime service.
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Learn English
- By Peter Moore on 19-06-23
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The Man Called Brown Condor
- The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot
- Narrated by: DeMario Clarke
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 23-02-13
- Language: English
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Michelle Obama
- A Life
- By: Peter Slevin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas she faced in Chicago.
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An inspiring story of a amazing woman
- By Kirstine on 14-12-17
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Michelle Obama
- A Life
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 18-08-15
- Language: English
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In the Country We Love
- My Family Divided
- By: Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford
- Narrated by: Diane Guerrero
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just 14 years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the US, Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family.
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A very moving and powerful true story
- By Jacqueline on 08-10-23
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In the Country We Love
- My Family Divided
- Narrated by: Diane Guerrero
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-05-16
- Language: English
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The Last Englishmen
- Love, War and the End of the Empire
- By: Deborah Baker
- Narrated by: Cameron James Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to survey the northern approach to the summit of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers - W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain’s efforts to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine each man’s wartime loyalties.
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The Last Englishmen
- Love, War and the End of the Empire
- Narrated by: Cameron James Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-10-18
- Language: English
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Orangutan
- By: Colin Broderick
- Narrated by: Colin Broderick
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Few people who have been slave to an addiction as vicious, as destructive, and as unrelenting as Colin Broderick's have lived to tell their tale. Fewer still have emerged from the darkest depths of alcoholism - from the perpetual fistfights and muggings, car crashes and blackouts - to tell the harrowing truth about the modern Irish immigrant experience.
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Incredible!
- By P on 10-05-23
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Orangutan
- Narrated by: Colin Broderick
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 22-11-10
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
- By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Narrated by: Jean Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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One of the first personal narratives written by an ex-slave, this is also one of the few written by a woman. Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) was enslaved, along with her family, in North Carolina under a ruthless master who sexually harassed her. After several failed escape attempts, and several years of hiding, she finally made her way North to freedom, where she was eventually reunited with her children. The book was published in 1861.
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Informative and brave.
- By Sarah C on 19-10-22
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
- Narrated by: Jean Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-02-12
- Language: English
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A Place to Stand
- The Making of a Poet
- By: Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Narrated by: Jackson Gutierrez
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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A Place to Stand is Jimmy Santiago Baca's memoir of childhood on the small farms of New Mexico, his adolescence spent in orphanages and detention centers, his years as a drug dealer in San Diego and Arizona, and his extraordinary personal transformation under the harrowing conditions behind bars. Life in prison was often brutal, and Baca describes the extreme measures he had to take to survive, which endowed him with an indomitable will to resist the dehumanization of prison life. The act of writing offered a powerful means of transcending his surroundings.
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A Place to Stand
- The Making of a Poet
- Narrated by: Jackson Gutierrez
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-11-14
- Language: English
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