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Brit(ish)

On Race, Identity and Belonging

by Afua Hirsch ...

Narrated by Afua Hirsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 27 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Brit(ish): Why We Need to Talk About Race written and read by Afua Hirsch.Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of ... Read more

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Brit(ish): Why We Need to Talk About Race written and read by Afua Hirsch.Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of
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Fearing the Black Body

The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

by Sabrina Strings ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye ... Read more

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How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye
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Black on Both Sides

A Racial History of Trans Identity

by C. Riley Snorton ...

Narrated by C. Riley Snorton ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

The story of Christine Jorgensen, America's first prominent transsexual, narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives. Their erasure from trans history masks the ways race has figured prominently in the construction and representation of transgender subjects. In Black on Both Sides, C. Riley Snorton identifies multiple ... Read more

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The story of Christine Jorgensen, America's first prominent transsexual, narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives. Their erasure from trans history masks the ways race has figured prominently in the construction and representation of transgender subjects. In Black on Both Sides, C. Riley Snorton identifies multiple
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ...

Narrated by Mia Ellis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists.In this stirring and insightful ... Read more

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The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists.In this stirring and insightful
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Black against Empire

The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

by Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin, Jr. ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

18 hours 11 min

In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle ... Read more

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In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle
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Birthright Citizens

A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America

by Martha S. Jones ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans.Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and ... Read more

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Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans.Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and
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The Power of Women

by June Sarpong ...

Narrated by June Sarpong ...

Unabridged

2 hours 40 min

Feminism is often presented as a women’s movement, but the truth is that harnessing women’s untapped potential will make everyone better off… including men!Looking to our personal relationships, social and cultural climate and business and economic potential, The Power of Women debunks the myths around feminism, and proves why an intersectional approach to bringing women to the table is key to ... Read more

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Feminism is often presented as a women’s movement, but the truth is that harnessing women’s untapped potential will make everyone better off… including men!Looking to our personal relationships, social and cultural climate and business and economic potential, The Power of Women debunks the myths around feminism, and proves why an intersectional approach to bringing women to the table is key to
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Rien Création de Tout

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 79 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

7 hours 28 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et s’il n’y avait jamais eu « rien » ?Et si ce vide que nous craignons tant était en réalité la matrice de toutes choses ?De la cosmologie moderne aux traditions mystiques, de la philosophie antique aux arts contemporains, « Rien : Création de Tout » explore le paradoxe fascinant de l’absence et de la plénitude. Le vide n’y apparaît plus comme un ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et s’il n’y avait jamais eu « rien » ?Et si ce vide que nous craignons tant était en réalité la matrice de toutes choses ?De la cosmologie moderne aux traditions mystiques, de la philosophie antique aux arts contemporains, « Rien : Création de Tout » explore le paradoxe fascinant de l’absence et de la plénitude. Le vide n’y apparaît plus comme un
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Silenced Voice, The

by Dr. Marcia Morgan ...

Narrated by Dr. Marcia Morgan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 4 min

JUSTICE. PEACE. POETRY.Black women face challenges because of the intersectionality of gender and race, but yet many of them are able to achieve academic success and career progression. Marcia Morgan captures the emotional turmoil, as well as what it ‘feels’ like to bean intersectional subject in two white male dominated institutions: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, UK and Higher ... Read more

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JUSTICE. PEACE. POETRY.Black women face challenges because of the intersectionality of gender and race, but yet many of them are able to achieve academic success and career progression. Marcia Morgan captures the emotional turmoil, as well as what it ‘feels’ like to bean intersectional subject in two white male dominated institutions: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, UK and Higher
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Conversations in Black

On Power, Politics, and Leadership

by Ed Gordon ...

Narrated by Ed Gordon, Tracey Leigh, Zeno Robinson, Kamali Minter, Norm Johnson, Phil Morris, Toya Turner, Kyle Chapple, Latisha Divento, Leon Nixon0 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

An award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill).Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America, and, with help from his mighty team of black intelligentsia, veteran journalist Ed Gordon ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

An award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill).Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America, and, with help from his mighty team of black intelligentsia, veteran journalist Ed Gordon
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Mi nombre es nosotros

Poemas

by Amanda Gorman ...

Narrated by Amanda Alcántara ...

Unabridged

3 hours 52 min

El primer poemario de Amanda Gorman, la voz que encarna la esperanza del cambio social: aclamado por la crítica y número uno en las listas de más vendidos de The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal y USA Today.«Un himno inspirador para la generación que viene: un debut poético impresionante».Kirkus ReviewsEdición bilingüeCon la lectura de su poema «La colina que ascendemos» en ... ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

El primer poemario de Amanda Gorman, la voz que encarna la esperanza del cambio social: aclamado por la crítica y número uno en las listas de más vendidos de The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal y USA Today.«Un himno inspirador para la generación que viene: un debut poético impresionante».Kirkus ReviewsEdición bilingüeCon la lectura de su poema «La colina que ascendemos» en ...
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Brun mands byrde

by Hassan Preisler ...

Narrated by Hassan Preisler ...

Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

Den sofistikerede, demokratiserede, avanceret orienterede, superfremmelige Hassan bor i New York City og Berlin og Beirut og London og København. Overalt falder han ind og forsvinder i mængden af hyperglobaliserede mennesker. Overalt hører han hjemme uden nogensinde at føle sig hjemme, og overalt føler han sig omklamret, når han bliver modtaget med åbne arme.BRUN MANDS BYRDE er en debutroman af ... Read more

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Den sofistikerede, demokratiserede, avanceret orienterede, superfremmelige Hassan bor i New York City og Berlin og Beirut og London og København. Overalt falder han ind og forsvinder i mængden af hyperglobaliserede mennesker. Overalt hører han hjemme uden nogensinde at føle sig hjemme, og overalt føler han sig omklamret, når han bliver modtaget med åbne arme.BRUN MANDS BYRDE er en debutroman af
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Calculating Race

Racial Discrimination in Risk Assessment

by Benjamin Wiggins ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized ... Read more

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In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized
... Read more
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Revolutionary Mothering

Love on the Front Lines

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

An anthology that gives access to the voices of mothers of color and marginalized mothers.Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines is an anthology that centers mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices—women who are in a world of necessary transformation. The challenges faced by movements working for antiviolence, anti-imperialist, and queer liberation, as well as racial, economic, ... Read more

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An anthology that gives access to the voices of mothers of color and marginalized mothers.Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines is an anthology that centers mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices—women who are in a world of necessary transformation. The challenges faced by movements working for antiviolence, anti-imperialist, and queer liberation, as well as racial, economic,
... Read more
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Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence

Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race

by Derald Wing Sue ...

Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

Rather than endure the conflict of racial realities, many people choose instead to avoid the topic altogether, or remain silent when it is raised. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race puts an end to that dynamic by sharing strategies for smoothing conversations about race in a productive manner.A guide for facilitating and ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Rather than endure the conflict of racial realities, many people choose instead to avoid the topic altogether, or remain silent when it is raised. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race puts an end to that dynamic by sharing strategies for smoothing conversations about race in a productive manner.A guide for facilitating and
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The Children

by David Halberstam ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

32 hours 10 min

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The “compelling and intimate” (Chicago Tribune) true story of the early days of the civil rights movement and the young people who led the revolution, including John Lewis, Diane Nash, and Bernard Lafayette“A remarkable and rewarding testament to the bravery and idealism of people who forever changed relations between blacks and whites in America.”—PeopleMagisterial ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The “compelling and intimate” (Chicago Tribune) true story of the early days of the civil rights movement and the young people who led the revolution, including John Lewis, Diane Nash, and Bernard Lafayette“A remarkable and rewarding testament to the bravery and idealism of people who forever changed relations between blacks and whites in America.”—PeopleMagisterial
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I Belong Here

A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain: WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

by Anita Sethi ...

Narrated by Anita Sethi ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Bloomsbury presents I Belong Here written and read by Anita Sethi.WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE"I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had to report what had happened, not only for myself but to help stop anyone else having to go through what I did. I knew I could not remain silent, or still, ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents I Belong Here written and read by Anita Sethi.WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE"I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had to report what had happened, not only for myself but to help stop anyone else having to go through what I did. I knew I could not remain silent, or still,
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Racismo en Estados Unidos

Una visión histórica

by Federico Samaniego Lapuente ...

Narrated by Yotzmit Ramírez ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

Racismo en Estados Unidos. Una visión histórica ofrece una mirada lúcida y profunda sobre uno de los problemas más persistentes y dolorosos de la nación norteamericana. Este libro revela cómo el racismo se ha tejido desde el origen mismo de la república en sus estructuras políticas, económicas y sociales.La aguda y sensible pluma de Samaniego adentra al lector en pasajes y personajes históricos ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Racismo en Estados Unidos. Una visión histórica ofrece una mirada lúcida y profunda sobre uno de los problemas más persistentes y dolorosos de la nación norteamericana. Este libro revela cómo el racismo se ha tejido desde el origen mismo de la república en sus estructuras políticas, económicas y sociales.La aguda y sensible pluma de Samaniego adentra al lector en pasajes y personajes históricos
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Adverse Events

Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals

by Jill A. Fisher ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

13 hours

Imagine that you volunteer for the clinical trial of an experimental drug. The only direct benefit of participating is that you will receive up to $5,175. You must spend twenty nights literally locked in a research facility. You will be told what to eat, when to eat, and when to sleep. You will share a bedroom with several strangers. Who are you, and why would you choose to take part in this kind ... Read more

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Imagine that you volunteer for the clinical trial of an experimental drug. The only direct benefit of participating is that you will receive up to $5,175. You must spend twenty nights literally locked in a research facility. You will be told what to eat, when to eat, and when to sleep. You will share a bedroom with several strangers. Who are you, and why would you choose to take part in this kind
... Read more
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The Tuvaluans of Kioa

by Robert William Smith ...

Narrated by Elevenlabs AI ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Tales from Fiji
Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

Vaitupu is a sleepy island in the Pacific, part of the tiny country of Tuvalu.In the days after the end of World War II, their leaders decide to buy a remote island in Fiji, sight unseen, after a meeting with the former headmaster of their school, who was passing by the island in a ship.The British Colonial authorities in Fiji let them buy it and populate it with their own natives.This true story ... Read more

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Vaitupu is a sleepy island in the Pacific, part of the tiny country of Tuvalu.In the days after the end of World War II, their leaders decide to buy a remote island in Fiji, sight unseen, after a meeting with the former headmaster of their school, who was passing by the island in a ship.The British Colonial authorities in Fiji let them buy it and populate it with their own natives.This true story
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Thinking in Colour

A BBC documentary collection

by Gary Younge ...

Narrated by Gary Younge, Robin Miles, Amaka Okafor, Full Cast, Ricky Fearon ...

Unabridged

2 hours 37 min

Gary Younge explores race, society and Black history in these five fascinating documentariesAuthor, broadcaster and sociology professor Gary Younge has won several awards for his books and journalism covering topics such as the civil rights movement, inequality and immigration. In this documentary collection, the former Guardian US correspondent turns his attention to current American political ... Read more

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Gary Younge explores race, society and Black history in these five fascinating documentariesAuthor, broadcaster and sociology professor Gary Younge has won several awards for his books and journalism covering topics such as the civil rights movement, inequality and immigration. In this documentary collection, the former Guardian US correspondent turns his attention to current American political
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Black Again

Losing and Reclaiming My Racial Identity

by LaTonya Summers ...

Narrated by LaTonya Summers ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

A memoir exploring the psychological impact of cultural assimilation and internalized racism"I was driven by the belief that if I wanted to go somewhere I'd need to be something other than Black."LaTonya Summers was only six years old the first time she unconsciously tried to be "more white". Recollecting experiences from her childhood in foster care through to her life today as an Assistant ... Read more

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A memoir exploring the psychological impact of cultural assimilation and internalized racism"I was driven by the belief that if I wanted to go somewhere I'd need to be something other than Black."LaTonya Summers was only six years old the first time she unconsciously tried to be "more white". Recollecting experiences from her childhood in foster care through to her life today as an Assistant
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Rebels, Traitors, Peacemakers: True stories of Love and Conflict in Indian-Chinese Relationships

by Shivaji Das, Yolanda Yu ...

Narrated by Andrew Hoffland ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

‘You shouldn't be with a Chinese girl…that should be my girl,’ a man in Singapore allegedly said this to a Chinese-Indian couple as he spat towards them. In a world brimming with such prejudice and cultural tensions, a remarkable phenomenon emerges: nearly one in five marriages in the USA and Singapore are now interracial. "Rebels, Traitors, Peacemakers," explores this phenomenon through real ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

‘You shouldn't be with a Chinese girl…that should be my girl,’ a man in Singapore allegedly said this to a Chinese-Indian couple as he spat towards them. In a world brimming with such prejudice and cultural tensions, a remarkable phenomenon emerges: nearly one in five marriages in the USA and Singapore are now interracial. "Rebels, Traitors, Peacemakers," explores this phenomenon through real
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Hvorfor hader han dig mor?

by Özlem Cekic ...

Narrated by Maria Garde ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

Özlem er bekymret for, at frygt og had mellem befolkningsgrupper vokser i takt med øget terror, krig og indvandring. Hun undersøger, hvor vreden, frustrationen og hadet kommer fra. Kan samtale nedbryde fordomme og skabe forståelse mellem mennesker? Kan vi samtale om alt, og kan samtale ændre holdninger? Eller er det naivt at tro, at man kan have noget til fælles med ekstremister? Og hvad sker der, ... Read more

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Özlem er bekymret for, at frygt og had mellem befolkningsgrupper vokser i takt med øget terror, krig og indvandring. Hun undersøger, hvor vreden, frustrationen og hadet kommer fra. Kan samtale nedbryde fordomme og skabe forståelse mellem mennesker? Kan vi samtale om alt, og kan samtale ændre holdninger? Eller er det naivt at tro, at man kan have noget til fælles med ekstremister? Og hvad sker der,
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