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Sonita

My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom

by Sonita Alizada ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

Nearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag—and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,000. The money her family received for selling her would pay for her brother’s wife.The first time Sonita was put up for sale, she was 10 years old and she thought that she was participating in a dress ... Read more

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Nearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag—and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,000. The money her family received for selling her would pay for her brother’s wife.The first time Sonita was put up for sale, she was 10 years old and she thought that she was participating in a dress
... Read more

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The Bird Tattoo

by Dunya Mikhail ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

Helen is a young Yazidi woman, living with her family in a mountain village in Sinjar, northern Iraq. One day she finds a local bird caught in a trap and frees it, just as the trapper, Elias, returns. At first angry, he soon sees the error of his ways and vows never to keep a bird captive again. Helen and Elias fall deeply in love, marry and start a family in Sinjar. The village has seemed to ... Read more

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Helen is a young Yazidi woman, living with her family in a mountain village in Sinjar, northern Iraq. One day she finds a local bird caught in a trap and frees it, just as the trapper, Elias, returns. At first angry, he soon sees the error of his ways and vows never to keep a bird captive again. Helen and Elias fall deeply in love, marry and start a family in Sinjar. The village has seemed to
... Read more
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From Miniskirt to Hijab

A Girl in Revolutionary Iran

by Jacqueline Saper ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Jacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. At eighteen she witnessed the civil unrest of the 1979 Iranian revolution and continued to live in the Islamic Republic during its most volatile times, including the Iran-Iraq War. In a deeply intimate and personal story, Saper recounts her privileged childhood in prerevolutionary Iran and how she ... Read more

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Jacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. At eighteen she witnessed the civil unrest of the 1979 Iranian revolution and continued to live in the Islamic Republic during its most volatile times, including the Iran-Iraq War. In a deeply intimate and personal story, Saper recounts her privileged childhood in prerevolutionary Iran and how she
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A Guide to the Dark

by Meriam Metoui ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian, Ariana Delawari, Ramiz Monsef ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

Something is building, simmering just out of reach.THE ROOM IS WATCHING. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When they are stranded on their College Tour Spring Break Best Friend Road Trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the Middle of Nowhere, Indiana.Mira can’t shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she’s haunted by ... Read more

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Something is building, simmering just out of reach.THE ROOM IS WATCHING. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When they are stranded on their College Tour Spring Break Best Friend Road Trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the Middle of Nowhere, Indiana.Mira can’t shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she’s haunted by
... Read more

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Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming
... Read more
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I Hid My Voice

by Parinoush Saniee ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian, Reza Nasooti ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

From the international bestselling author of The Book of Fate comes the story, based on real events, of a four-year-old boy who cannot speak and the shame it brings upon his family in modern-day Iran.Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him “dumb.” In his innocent and deeply ... Read more

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From the international bestselling author of The Book of Fate comes the story, based on real events, of a four-year-old boy who cannot speak and the shame it brings upon his family in modern-day Iran.Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him “dumb.” In his innocent and deeply
... Read more

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Daughters of Smoke and Fire

A Novel

by Ava Homa ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother—the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer.Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. ... Read more

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The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother—the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer.Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up.
... Read more

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Pillars of Light

by Jane Johnson ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian, Andrew Fallaize ...

Unabridged

16 hours 23 min

Diana Gabaldon meets Ken Follett in this epic story of love, war, and redemption.In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love, unaware that Jerusalem has just been taken by Saladin’s army and that their city will soon be engulfed by war.Meanwhile in England, John Savage, a foundling boy, runs away from his cruel life in a ... Read more

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Diana Gabaldon meets Ken Follett in this epic story of love, war, and redemption.In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love, unaware that Jerusalem has just been taken by Saladin’s army and that their city will soon be engulfed by war.Meanwhile in England, John Savage, a foundling boy, runs away from his cruel life in a
... Read more

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Evil Eye

A Novel

by Etaf Rum ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian, Gail Shalan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

“A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and Community BoardThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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“A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and Community BoardThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration
... Read more

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In Feast or Famine

A Novel

by Mesu Andrews ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian, Mark Deakins, Philip Hernandez, Jade Wheeler ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Egyptian Chronicles
Unabridged

14 hours 52 min

Thrust into an arranged marriage, the daughter of ancient Egypt’s high priest plays a pivotal role in Joseph’s biblical narrative in this powerful novel from the award-winning author of Potiphar’s Wife.After four-year-old Asenath’s mother is murdered by Egypt’s foreign rulers, the child is raised to be a priestess by her overprotective father—high priest of Egypt’s sun god. For fifteen years, ... Read more

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Thrust into an arranged marriage, the daughter of ancient Egypt’s high priest plays a pivotal role in Joseph’s biblical narrative in this powerful novel from the award-winning author of Potiphar’s Wife.After four-year-old Asenath’s mother is murdered by Egypt’s foreign rulers, the child is raised to be a priestess by her overprotective father—high priest of Egypt’s sun god. For fifteen years,
... Read more

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A Heroine Called Rahab

by Kenneth Winter ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Series series The Called
Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

Yes, it’s true – Rahab was a prostitute – until the day God redeemed her. But gratefully, once we have been redeemed, God doesn’t see any of us through the lens of our sin; rather, He sees us through the lens of His Son.It was by faith, this woman of courage and strength did not die with all the others in her city. And it was by faith, she became a part of the ancestral line that led to the advent ... Read more

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Yes, it’s true – Rahab was a prostitute – until the day God redeemed her. But gratefully, once we have been redeemed, God doesn’t see any of us through the lens of our sin; rather, He sees us through the lens of His Son.It was by faith, this woman of courage and strength did not die with all the others in her city. And it was by faith, she became a part of the ancestral line that led to the advent
... Read more
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Son of the Salt Chaser

by A. S. Thornton ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Salt Chasers
Unabridged

14 hours 28 min

The gift of magic may be a curse.After her desert-transforming wish, Emel follows Saalim to Madinat Almulihi to reclaim all she has lost. But the seaside city is not what she expected. When she is tasked with assisting the palace healer, she is faced daily with the reminder that Saalim—focused only on seeking the revenge of those who killed his family—does not remember her at all.Cursing the magic ... Read more

$37.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The gift of magic may be a curse.After her desert-transforming wish, Emel follows Saalim to Madinat Almulihi to reclaim all she has lost. But the seaside city is not what she expected. When she is tasked with assisting the palace healer, she is faced daily with the reminder that Saalim—focused only on seeking the revenge of those who killed his family—does not remember her at all.Cursing the magic
... Read more