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It was 1947 in Celina, Ohio, when Dr. Ralph Beare and his wife, Lou, childless and in their early forties, adopted a four-and-a-half-month-old orphan. “Janice” knew she was adopted, because her mommy read her a book about how the Beare's chose her out of a Home. "We chose you, but we love you as if you were our own." However, her mother never seemed to forget she was adopted, especially on Mother’s Day, when she couldn’t look at Janice without crying.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the UK's most spirited advocates for women's rights, and a leading chartered psychologist helping women and...

Accepting Me: Growing from Promise to Purpose is a powerful and deeply personal journey of resilience, faith, and self-discovery. Through a collection of heartfelt reflections and life experiences, Dr. Marilyn Bailey invites listeners to walk alongside her as she navigates childhood hardships, family bonds, loss, perseverance, and spiritual growth. From being the first in her family to graduate and pursue higher education, to surviving homelessness, emotional wounds, and societal challenges, this book reveals how purpose can emerge from pain.

“Quacks” delights listeners with a series of hilarious and bizarre stories from Dr Ahmed Handy’s early years working in the NHS. When British Arab and ‘Southerner’ Dr Ahmed Handy suddenly found himself working as a junior doctor in the Midlands, a part of the country with which he was wholly unfamiliar (and which was equally unfamiliar with people like him), he was faced with something of a culture shock. But that was only the beginning of his bizarre junior doctor experience.

How Will the Emirates Sound in 2090? What will music sound like when artificial intelligence composes symphonies, cities become instruments, and technology changes not only how we listen—but why we listen? The Sound Beyond Tomorrow is an audio essay that explores one fascinating question: How...

Explore the remarkable life and heartfelt verse of the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr., the first Black senior minister at Riverside Church in New York City, one of the largest multicultural congregations in the US. As the first Black senior minister at Riverside Church in New York City, James A. Forbes Jr. shattered barriers of Black leadership in mainline Christian denominations. Through his powerful sermons, Forbes brought the rich preaching styles of the African American church to white pulpits, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of progressive Christianity.

Seen through the eyes of a native son Maurice M. Martinez, PhD, in this firsthand account of survival on a deep-South landscape speaks to the elan vital of a multiethnic, multicultural American. Once upon a time, in the Land of Epidermis, in a place called the 7th Ward in New Orleans, there lived a group of marginalized Americans known as gens de couleur libres (free persons of color).

In the heart of a small Jamaican community in Kingston, a majestic mango tree stands as a silent witness to generations of whispered secrets and haunting tales. “Whisper in the Wind: The Silent Haunting of the Mango Tree” weaves together a tapestry of stories, blending the mystical with the real. Through the eyes of the author, her siblings, and the elders, listeners are drawn into a world where the line between fiction and reality blurs.

BELONGING is not merely a modern-day Book of Genesis listing “so-and-so begat so-and-so.” Instead, it delves deeply into what it means, from a profoundly human perspective, to belong. The author reflects on the famous words: “No man is an island, entire unto himself.” He likens his emotions to those of visitors to the great monuments of Washington, D.C., who caress the names of individuals who gave their lives as the ultimate price for freedom. Through genealogical tracing, the author finds the greatest testimony to his humble background.

In The Dalaly Way: Conquering Crisis, listeners get a self-directed workbook crafted by John Dalaly. He is a man of faith, family, and an entrepreneur who launched many businesses that employed more than 1,000 people. One wrong decision influenced federal authorities to bring criminal charges against him for bribing a public official. Wanting to make amends, John Dalaly accepted responsibility and pleaded guilty for the crime he committed

What does it take to overcome the most difficult challenges in life? How can one find the strength to pursue one's dreams despite the odds? How can one heal from the wounds of the past and move forward with hope and joy? These are some of the questions that this memoir seeks to answer, through the personal and inspiring story of a woman who faced many trials and tribulations in her life, and who emerged victorious with the help of God and therapy.

This is an odyssey about failure, rejection, redemption, and triumph where I had to rise above religion and embrace God's true gift, a relationship. My path might be different than yours, but our barriers are all the same. I chased successes that were based off of manmade ideals, so I sought money, fame, acceptance, love, and respect from others, instead of probing inward and seeing my hidden self.

After 30 years as a professor in the field of communication studies, Dr. Smith reminisces about some of his experiences and how his race and differently abled intersectionality have influenced documented encounters. As a Black and totally blind individual, he muses about how this distinction has both colored and shed light on what might have been innocuous or unremarkable encounters otherwise. 

Exploring the use of privilege and power by people who identify as White or Black to address the perennial challenge of our time, this book challenges listeners to do the deep introspective work to examine privilege and harness power to fight back against white supremacy. As people from different backgrounds seek to discover ways to eradicate racism while understanding their own biases, When White Supremacy Knocks, Fight Back provides practical guidance that everyone can use to make their voices and actions create the change that they want to see.

Dr. Fernando Kuehnel went from a deprived boyhood in an orphanage to life on the streets of Manila, searching the trash for food and scrap metal before being adopted along with his two brothers by an American couple. Culture shock, heartbreak, isolation, and grief await the boys in their new home. It was not a dream come true, and the three boys found themselves abandoned again before being adopted a second time. Mercifully, their third set of parents is sensitive and prepared.

Before Martin Luther King Jr shared his dream with the nation and the world, he was preaching it from the pulpit of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Known throughout the world as a leader and a visionary in the civil rights movement, Dr King was first and foremost a preacher.

Funny, smart, and just a little dangerous. This is not another leadership audiobook decorated with empowerment slogans and predictable success stories. The Future Wears High Heels enters the world of Emirati women who do not ask for a place at the table. They change the table, the conversation...

Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist, John Carlos.

Urdu edition: Ye Hay Zindagi is an audiobook of true life events. Ye Hay Zindagi is written by Dr Shershah Syed. Ye Hay Zindagi contains nine stories.

"You don't look like a German." One sentence. Hundreds of conversations. And a lifetime of unexpected stories. After hearing this remark for years in airports, boardrooms, cafés and business meetings around the world, Dr. Birgit Maria Kemphues decided it was time to tell the stories behind it...