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The Book of Rosy

A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo ...

"Offers hope in the face of desperate odds" – ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020"[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border." – Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life." - Kirkus ... Read more

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"Offers hope in the face of desperate odds" – ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020"[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border." – Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life." - Kirkus
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The Book of Rosy \ El libro de Rosy

La historia de una madre separada de sus hijos en la frontera

by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo ...

Narrated by Gabriela Guraieb ...

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6 hours 16 min

«Una autobiografía perturbadora e inolvidable [...] Esta desgarradora historia narra la lucha a la que se enfrentan muchas familias que son separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México». —Publisher's Weekly«La inquietante y elocuente historia de una guatemalteca en búsqueda de una vida mejor». —Kirkus«Un libro profundamente conmovedor e importante […] que debería ser leído por todo aquel ... Read more

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«Una autobiografía perturbadora e inolvidable [...] Esta desgarradora historia narra la lucha a la que se enfrentan muchas familias que son separadas en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México». —Publisher's Weekly«La inquietante y elocuente historia de una guatemalteca en búsqueda de una vida mejor». —Kirkus«Un libro profundamente conmovedor e importante […] que debería ser leído por todo aquel
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The Book of Rosy

A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border

by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo ...

Narrated by Almarie Guerra, Jayme Mattler ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

“Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” – ELLE Magazine, ELLE’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020“[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” – Publisher’s Weekly, STARRED REVIEW“[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life."" -Kirkus ... Read more

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“Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” – ELLE Magazine, ELLE’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020“[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” – Publisher’s Weekly, STARRED REVIEW“[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life."" -Kirkus
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Alien Nation

36 True Tales of Immigration

by Sofija Stefanovic ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, Feodor Chin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanning comedy and tragedy, Alien Nation brilliantly illuminates what it’s like to be an immigrant in America.America would not be America without its immigrants. This anthology, adapted from storytelling event “This Alien Nation,” captures firsthand the ... Read more

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A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanning comedy and tragedy, Alien Nation brilliantly illuminates what it’s like to be an immigrant in America.America would not be America without its immigrants. This anthology, adapted from storytelling event “This Alien Nation,” captures firsthand the
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The Flower Shop on Foxley Street

by Rachel Dove ...

Narrated by Sarah Borges ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

A new love could be about to bloom for Lily in this bright, warm women’s fiction title that fans of Holly Hepburn and Cathy Bramley will love.Lily Rose Baxter loves her little flower shop on Foxley Street and the freedom and independence from her family that it represents.Lily can't help but feel that something is missing from her life…, but when mysterious stranger Will Singer comes into her shop ... Read more

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A new love could be about to bloom for Lily in this bright, warm women’s fiction title that fans of Holly Hepburn and Cathy Bramley will love.Lily Rose Baxter loves her little flower shop on Foxley Street and the freedom and independence from her family that it represents.Lily can't help but feel that something is missing from her life…, but when mysterious stranger Will Singer comes into her shop
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Wandering in Strange Lands

A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

by Morgan Jerkins ...

Narrated by Morgan Jerkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

One of Buzzfeed's 24 New Books We Couldn’t Put Down“One of the smartest young writers of her generation.”—Book RiotFrom the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing—a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as “a force to be reckoned with”—comes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the ... Read more

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One of Buzzfeed's 24 New Books We Couldn’t Put Down“One of the smartest young writers of her generation.”—Book RiotFrom the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing—a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as “a force to be reckoned with”—comes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the
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Africaville

A Novel

by Jeffrey Colvin ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

**A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.Vogue : Best Books to Read This Winter**Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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**A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.Vogue : Best Books to Read This Winter**Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family
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The South Side

A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

by Natalie Y. Moore ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have touted and promoted Chicago as a "world-class city." The skyscrapers kissing the clouds, the billion-dollar Millennium Park, Michelin-rated restaurants, pristine lake views, fabulous shopping, vibrant theater scene, downtown flower beds, and stellar architecture tell one story. Yet, swept under the rug is the stench of segregation that compromises ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have touted and promoted Chicago as a "world-class city." The skyscrapers kissing the clouds, the billion-dollar Millennium Park, Michelin-rated restaurants, pristine lake views, fabulous shopping, vibrant theater scene, downtown flower beds, and stellar architecture tell one story. Yet, swept under the rug is the stench of segregation that compromises
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Ali's Well That Ends Well

Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration

by Ali Wentworth ...

Narrated by Ali Wentworth ...

Unabridged

4 hours 1 min

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friendship, and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in her new collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary amount of chocolate cake. Between binging every tv show in existence to conquering TikTok to becoming ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friendship, and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in her new collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary amount of chocolate cake. Between binging every tv show in existence to conquering TikTok to becoming
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They Called Us ""Lucky""

The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit

by Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice ...

Narrated by Ruben Gallego, Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

From Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, a ""powerful"" and ""searing"" memoir of his journey from childhood poverty to Harvard to the Marine Corps, where served in the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations ... Read more

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From Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, a ""powerful"" and ""searing"" memoir of his journey from childhood poverty to Harvard to the Marine Corps, where served in the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations
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Dragons, the Giant, the Women, The

A Memoir

by Wayétu Moore ...

Narrated by Tovah Ott ...

Unabridged

7 hours 48 min

FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHYAn engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United StatesWhen Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying ... Read more

$35.99 USD

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FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHYAn engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United StatesWhen Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying
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The Last Negroes at Harvard

The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever

by Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth ...

Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez ...

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10 hours 44 min

The untold story of the Harvard class of '63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited eighteen "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, ... Read more

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The untold story of the Harvard class of '63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited eighteen "Negro" boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett,
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