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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In colonial Quito, a young girl observing the world from a narrow window will become Manuela Espejo, guardian of the memory of her brother Eugenio, the enlightened physician who dreamed of a continent's freedom. Many years later, across the ocean in...

This book is a selected collection of the memories I have gathered throughout my life. Every moment helped me grow, learn, and become the person I am today. Each experience taught me something important. Sometimes I wonder if everything happened because of fate or because of the choices we make that affect our future. We may never know the real answer. What I do know is that every memory matters and becomes a part of who we are.

Digging Up Bones is a nonfiction true-crime/investigative book centered on the controversial funeral and burial of Bobby Wilks in Robertson County, Tennessee. The book investigates the circumstances surrounding Wilks’ death, funeral, and burial, drawing on historical records, interviews, newspaper reports, and other documented sources. It examines conflicting accounts and unanswered questions surrounding the case while presenting the author’s research and findings.

From sharecropper's son in Depression-era South Carolina to hearing coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bowman shares his inspiring life story. Born in Summerton, S.C., in 1931, young Bertie was raised by his stepmother and strict father to do his share of the farm work, in...

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

In 2018, on his way to a family holiday in Cairo, Australian-Egyptian citizen Hazem Hamouda disappears without warning, going missing somewhere between landing and customs. His eldest daughter, Lamisse, has recently moved to Egypt armed with a scholarship to the American University of Cairo, and overnight her world is turned upside down. With little Arabic and even less legal knowledge, she finds out her father has been arbitrarily arrested.

Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of true stories from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza. In early 2024, writer and activist susan abulhawa managed to enter Gaza twice through the Rafah crossing. There, at...

L'historienne médiéviste Claude Gauvard nous invite à découvrir Christine de Pizan, une figure méconnue mais essentielle de la France médiévale. Écrivaine novatrice des xive et xve siècles, elle s'impose comme l'une des premières femmes de lettres professionnelles, excellant dans l'écriture poétique, l'analyse politique et la polémique. À travers son oeuvre foisonnante, écrite en langue vernaculaire, Christine de Pizan défend avec force la place des femmes dans la société.

From one of China’s most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak. On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history and what it means to be Romani in Europe today. It is a history that is not widely known and understood, and that invisibility has created a space...

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and THE INVENTION OF WINGS and her daughter comes a touching and perceptive memoir about mothers and daughters that will resonate with women of all ages. Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann chronicle their travels together at a...

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It’s a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early life, where circumstances sometimes dictated that things be slightly different from how they might seem–including what is meant by her dad being away for ‘work’ and why her legal last name differs from her family’s.

Ve své druhé knize se laureát ceny Magnesia Litera vyznává z hluboké náklonnosti k Izraeli, Palestině a jejich obyvatelům. Skrze výrazné životní příběhy a vlastní čtvrtstoletí trvající orientální zkušenost usiluje o nabourání leckdy schematického vnímání neklidného regionu. Audiokniha v podání Vasila Fridricha odhaluje autorovo vlastní hluboké pouto k Blízkému východu, k exotické, a přece blízké oblasti, jejím lidem, historii, kultuře a přírodě.

Ervarings wat hulself met woorde begin vorm en dan in sinne begin stap met die skrywer se hartsnare wat die leisels hou, gun ongetwyfeld 'n storie die lewe. Hierdie bundel bevat stories en vertellings oor die skrywer se liefde, ervarings en verhoudings in die Boesmanland, die Karoo en Namibië. Dis vars skryfsels vol energie wat die prag van die omgewing waarbinne sy haar bevind eerlik en op so 'n wyse beskryf, dat luisteraars 'n dieper sielsheid ervaar. Daar's sand in my are, kom uit die murg en dis stories wat jou sal laat lag, soms sal laat huil en dalk sal laat dink.

In PILGRIMAGE OF THE SPIRIT, Puja A. J. Thomson questions her beliefs and finds the courage to follow her inner guidance as it sweeps her across continents, cultures and faiths. Not merely a tourist seeking entertainment, she grows beyond the limitations of her upbringing in Scotland. In her teens, she connects with Christians behind the Iron Curtain in Communist East Germany; as a young woman, she meets her spiritual teacher in India, becomes a follower, and is given a new name.

In 1953, the Greek island of Zakynthos suffered a series of earthquakes, later known as the Great Ionian Earthquake. Villages were decimated, many people lost their homes, their loved ones, and their ways of life. Seven years old at the time, Eleni Marinos grew up in the rubble.

A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics impact our psyches and divide our communities. “A timely and engagingly written account by an...

Who was Anaïs Nin? To some, she was a towering literary figure, whose late-life fame following the publication of her diaries changed the reading habits of a generation. To others, she was a failed novelist, better known for her affair with Henry Miller. Readers might know her best for her...

"What should I bring to Africa?" The answer I got to that question at 31 years old was "Whatever makes you feel at home." Having lived in the southern United States, I had no idea what to pack. Once I arrived in Africa, I adjusted quickly to the various places I lived. "Home" became more of a state of mind than a physical location or set of things. Some of my most unique experiences happened because I said yes to adventuring half-way around the globe...

"Hu Anyan’s I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, translated by Jack Hargreaves, offers an unvarnished dispatch from the front lines of the gig economy, written by a guy who’s held nearly every low-wage, low-reward job on the market (delivery driver, security guard, convenience store clerk, bicycle...