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“kaila yu”

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  • Fetishized

    A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

    by Kaila Yu ...
    A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.AN NPR AND DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNo one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Fetishized

    A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

    by Kaila Yu ...
    Narrated by Kaila Yu ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 57 min

    A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    Friends with Words

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    With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the airMartha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.” ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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    The Silenced

    by Diana Rodriguez Wallach ...
    Narrated by Brenda Arteaga-Walsh ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 19 min

    **WINNER of the International Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel!A thoughtful and gripping exposé of the troubled teen industry, this supernatural thriller explores how a haunted past collides with a traumatized presentto reveal truths that were meant to stay hidden.Welcome to The Farm.**Hazel Perez thinks her school project on the abandoned Oakwell Farms School for Girls—the Farm, as it’s ... Read more

    $34.00 CAD

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    The Grand Paloma Resort

    A Novel

    by Cleyvis Natera ...
    Narrated by Sixta Morel, EJ Lavery, Diana Bustelo ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 29 min

    AN ELLE AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The Grand Paloma Resort is a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where the guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink.Laura is a local Dominican woman who, through sheer hard work, has risen through the ranks to become manager at the Grand Paloma Resort. Her idea to pair a ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    I Want to Burn this Place Down

    Essays

    by Maris Kreizman ...
    Narrated by Maris Kreizman ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    A TIME Must-Read of 2025 A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political leftAt the heart of this funny, acerbic, and bravely honest book of essays is Maris Kreizman, a former rule follower and ambition monster who once believed the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Nowhere Girl

    Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

    by Carla Ciccone ...
    Narrated by Carla Ciccone ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 19 min

    Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Writing Creativity and Soul

    by Sue Monk Kidd ...
    Narrated by Ann Kidd Taylor, Jane Oppenheimer ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 47 min

    INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings: an intimate work on the mysteries, frustrations, and triumphs of being a writer, and an instructive guide to awakening the soul.When Sue Monk Kidd was in high school, a home economics teacher wrote a list of potential occupations for women on the blackboard: teacher, nurse, librarian, ... Read more

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    Ex Marks the Spot

    by Gloria Chao ...
    Narrated by Yu-Li Alice Shen ...

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    **A swoony rivals-to-lovers romance . . .Family secrets that can't stay buried . . .A globe-spanning treasure hunt with puzzles to solve . . .This latest YA novel by acclaimed writer Gloria Chao takes readers on a soaring adventure through love, loss, and the lively streets of Taiwan.**For Gemma's whole life, it has always been her and her mom against the world. As far as she knew, all her ... Read more

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    Over Work

    Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life

    by Brigid Schulte ...
    Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 37 min

    “Brigid Schulte is a vital voice on the future of work, and her carefully researched book lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning.” ―Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast WorkLifeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Overwhelmed, a deeply reported exploration of why American work isn’t working and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    The Genius Myth

    A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea

    by Helen Lewis ...
    Narrated by Helen Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 6 min

    **From acclaimed Atlantic staff writer and host of BBC’s podcast “The New Gurus” Helen Lewis comes a timely and provocative interrogation of the myth of genius, exploring the surprising inventions, inspirations and distortions by which some lives are elevated to 'greatness' - and others are not*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025***You can tell what a society values by ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    The Book-Makers

    A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives

    by Adam Smyth ...
    Narrated by Adam Smyth ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 12 min

    An Economist Book of the YearA five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Almost every page—almost every paragraph—fizzes with facts, allusions, speculations, tidbits of etymology and gems of historical interest.” —**Wall Street JournalBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought... ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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