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  • Protest History of the United States - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

    Protest History of the United States - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
    Apr 22 2025
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    Title: Protest History of the United States
    Author: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 04-22-2025
    Publisher: Beacon Press
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, History & Culture

    Summary:
    Exploring 400 years of protest and resistance in US history—and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world In this timely new book in Beacon’s successful ReVisioning History series, professor Gloria Browne-Marshall delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States. Beginning with Indigenous peoples’ resistance to European colonization and continuing through to today’s climate change demonstrations, Browne-Marshall expands how to think about protest through sharing select historical moments and revealing the role of key players involved in those efforts. Drawing upon legal documents, archival material, government documents and secondary sources, A Protest History of the United States gives voice to those who pushed back against the mistreatment of others, themselves, and in some instances planet Earth. Browne-Marshall highlights stories of individuals from all walks of life, backgrounds, and time periods who helped bring strong attention to their causes. Those stories include those of Wahunsenacock, more commonly known to history as Chief Powhatan, who took on English invaders in pre-colonial America in 1607; legendary boxer Muhammad Ali who refused to be inducted into the US military during the Vietnam era and appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court; and David Buckel, LGBTQ+ rights lawyer and environmental activist who protested against fossil fuels by committing self-immolation in 2018. Regardless of whether these protests accomplished their end goals, Browne-Marshall reminds us that not only is dissent meaningful and impactful but is an essential tool for eliciting long lasting change.
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    5 mins
  • After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion - Carole Joffe

    After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion - Carole Joffe
    Mar 25 2025
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    Title: After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion
    Author: Carole Joffe
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 03-25-2025
    Publisher: Beacon Press
    Genres: Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Science & Technology, Medicine

    Summary:
    How hard-working individuals have kept abortion afloat in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s destruction, and the continued help needed if we want to sustain it When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, many feared it meant the end of abortion access in the United States. Yet the courageous work of people on the ground has allowed abortion to survive post-Dobbs in ways that no one predicted. In After Dobbs, law professor David S. Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe interview 24 people across all different fields in abortion and in different state political environments to uncover how the abortion providing community and its allies prepared for, and then responded to this momentous event. Taking place across three intervals throughout 2022—pre-Dobbs in early 2022, right after Dobbs, and then six months later—these interviews showcase how nimble thinking on the part of providers, growth and new delivery models of abortion pills, and the never-ending work of those who help with abortion travel and funding have ensured most people who want them are still getting abortions, even without Roe. But, as much as this is cause for celebration, the work required to make abortion possible is difficult and costly—in time, money, and emotion. There may soon come a time when the overturning of Roe means a much more severe decline in the number of people able to obtain the abortions they seek. But because of the work of the people in this book and those like them, even though Roe is dead, abortion is not . . . yet.
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    5 mins
  • Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America - David Pakman

    Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America - David Pakman
    Mar 25 2025
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    Title: Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America
    Author: David Pakman
    Narrator: David Pakman
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 03-25-2025
    Publisher: Beacon Press
    Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

    Summary:
    How right-wing extremism has led to the fall of critical thinking and rise of reactionary politics—and what we can do about it to save our democracy Known for providing incisive progressive political analysis without being dogmatic, popular radio and podcast host David Pakman delves into the vicious cycle of reactionary political ideology. It's no secret how the right-wing has benefited and capitalized off disinformation and polarization of US politics. Critical thinking and media literacy are on a rapid decline, and our republic is unable to agree upon a shared set of facts. Pakman challenges the right-wing head-on and encourages readers to understand how the status quo became the status quo. Deeply researched and accessibly written, readers will learn: - The underlying issues with political discourse in America today. - How these issues have led to the intellectual race to the bottom. - Practical ways to improve discourse through improving critical thinking, media literacy, and public education. - Examples from real-world debates and discussions to better understand the impact of these issues on our democracy and why leftism is the best path forward. The Echo Machine is not just a critique nor an instruction manual, but an invitation to think, question, and understand. Pakman equips readers with the knowledge to be inspired to break out of our toxic political echo chamber and ultimately save our democracy.
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    5 mins
  • Ambush - Colleen Coble

    Ambush - Colleen Coble
    Mar 4 2025
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    Title: Ambush
    Author: Colleen Coble
    Narrator: Karen Peakes
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9:27:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 03-04-2025
    Publisher: Thomas Nelson
    Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Religious & Inspirational, Detective Stories

    Summary:
    She'll do anything to uncover the truth of her parents' murder--even work alongside the man who once broke her heart. Paradise Alden's childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love's betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust--in men, in God, and maybe in even in herself. After fifteen years, returning to her hometown is a last resort to finding her life again. She's hoping the wildlife refuge where she's accepted a veterinarian job will be the perfect place to heal from her recent traumas and unlock her memories about the night her parents died. But on the day she arrives at The Sanctuary, a body is discovered on the grounds. And soon, a series of deadly events threatens not only her future but the man who, despite all odds, still makes her pulse stutter. Arson, a shooting, a break-in, and multiple instances of animals being freed from their enclosures all point back to him, but Paradise knows Blake Lawson isn't responsible. Not the man who has been helping his mother manage The Sanctuary these past six months and care for his stepbrothers in the wake of their father's death . . . even if his betrayal years ago cost her everything. Someone dangerous is lurking beneath the town's moss-draped trees, and Paradise refuses to let another murderer disappear into the shadows.
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    5 mins
  • Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle Against the CIA to Bring the Nazis to Justice - Jack Fairweather

    Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle Against the CIA to Bring the Nazis to Justice - Jack Fairweather
    Feb 27 2025
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    Title: Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle Against the CIA to Bring the Nazis to Justice
    Author: Jack Fairweather
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-27-2025
    Publisher: PGRH UK
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, History & Culture

    Summary:
    Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEER How do you rebuild a nation that wanted you dead? Returning to Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, Fritz Bauer – a gay Jewish lawyer and outspoken critic of Hitler – was determined to reclaim the Germany he had once loved. But he soon saw that the perpetrators of the Holocaust had largely got away with their crimes. Top Nazi officers – mass-murders and cruel sadists – had been given plum jobs at major German companies; held prestigious offices in top universities; were in positions of power as lawyers, judges and political advisors. The war was over and many were keen to forget and move on. Thus began Bauer’s dogged fight for justice and a reckoning with the past. Drawing on recently released CIA files, unpublished family papers and secret diaries, this is the story of one man’s battle to bring down the perpetrators of the greatest crime in human history, and to make sure the world never forgets what happened. © Jack Fairweather 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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    5 mins
  • Bird in the House - Margaret Laurence

    Bird in the House - Margaret Laurence
    Feb 25 2025
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    Title: Bird in the House
    Author: Margaret Laurence
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-25-2025
    Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
    Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Coming of Age, Family Life

    Summary:
    One of Canada’s most accomplished authors combines the best qualities of both the short story and the novel to create a lyrical evocation of the beauty, pain, and wonder of growing up. In eight interconnected, finely wrought stories, Margaret Laurence recreates the world of Vanessa MacLeod – a world of scrub-oak, willow, and chokecherry bushes; of family love and conflict; and of a girl’s growing awareness of and passage into womanhood. The stories blend into one masterly and moving whole: poignant, compassionate, and profound in emotional impact. In this fourth book of the five-volume Manawaka series, Vanessa MacLeod takes her rightful place alongside the other unforgettable heroines of Manawaka: Hagar Shipley in The Stone Angel, Rachel Cameron in A Jest of God, Stacey MacAindra in The Fire-Dwellers, and Morag Gunn in The Diviners.
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    5 mins
  • Fire-Dwellers - Margaret Laurence

    Fire-Dwellers - Margaret Laurence
    Feb 25 2025
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    Title: Fire-Dwellers
    Author: Margaret Laurence
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-25-2025
    Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
    Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics, Contemporary Women, Family Life

    Summary:
    Stacey MacAindra burns – to burst through the shadows of her existence to a richer life, to recover some of the passion she can only dimly remember from her past. The Fire-Dwellers is an extraordinary novel about a woman who has four children, a hard-working but uncommunicative husband, a spinster sister, and an abiding conviction that life has more to offer her than the tedious routine of her days. Margaret Laurence has given us another unforgettable heroine – human, compelling, full of poetry, irony and humour. In the telling of her life, Stacey rediscovers for us all the richness of the commonplace, the pain and beauty in being alive, and the secret music that dances in everyone’s soul.
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    5 mins
  • Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence - Meg Stone

    Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence - Meg Stone
    Feb 25 2025
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    Title: Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence
    Author: Meg Stone
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-25-2025
    Publisher: Beacon Press
    Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Instructional & How To, Marriage & Family, Social Science

    Summary:
    A self-defense expert helps women and other targets of gender-based violence discern fact from fiction, improve their personal safety, and support social change Personal safety shouldn’t mean avoiding danger or living in fear There are two kinds of safety choices: those that disrupt power structures and those that leave them unquestioned. Gender-based violence is a social and political problem, but it’s often enacted in the most intimate spheres of our lives. In this book, nationally recognized leader in abuse prevention Meg Stone debunks baseless advice we get about personal safety. Tips like “don’t go shopping alone” and “don’t wear a ponytail” are not based on any evidence, but that doesn’t stop police officers and other men in authority from telling women to restrict our lives. Sharing stories from a Black transgender woman building a grassroots group to defend her community, to a would-be Taekwondo Olympian fighting back in the courts, to a pharmaceutical scientist fighting back in the lab, Stone argues there are two opposing philosophies of how to make people safer, one of which exacerbates victim-blame (safety through compliance) and the other challenges it (safety through resistance). Stone gives readers practical strategies for keeping themselves and their loved ones safer in ways that that affirm their right to be full participants in social, political and professional life.
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    5 mins