Women & Persons of Color
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The Twice-Born
by Aatish Taseer; read by Neil Shah
In The Twice-Born, Aatish Taseer embarks on a journey of self-discovery in an intoxicating, unsettling personal reckoning with modern India, where ancient customs collide with the contemporary politics of revivalism and revenge. Learn More
Troublemaker
by Lisa Cornwell; with Tucker Booth; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton; read by Lisa Cornwell
In this authentic and unreserved memoir, which includes a powerful foreword from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lisa Cornwell takes listeners inside the boys' club of sports media and reveals the way powerful corporations cover up wrongdoings. Learn More
Too Hot
by George Brown; read by Midnite Michael
In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of Kool & The Gang, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew. Learn More
To Hell with All That
Caitlin Flanagan; read by Julia Fletcher
Presented as a series of essays, it follows the natural course of women’s lives. Learn More
Three Ordinary Girls
by Tim Brady; read by David de Vries
Three Ordinary Girls is an astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Learn More
This Story Will Change
by Elizabeth Crane; read by Elizabeth Crane
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Rachel Cusk meets Nora Ephron in this intimate and evolving portrait about the end of a marriage and how life can fall apart and be rebuilt in wonderful and surprising ways. Learn More
This Is My Story; This Is My Song
by Dr. Willie H. Clemons; read by Mirron Willis
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Dr. Willie H. Clemons's inspiring book, This Is My Story: This Is My Song: One Man's Journey To Turning Oppositions Into Opportunities And Fulfilling His Unique Gifts, shares his personal experiences and insights on growing up in Alabama. Along the way, the author weaves a beautiful and inspiring story of his journey to fulfilling his childhood dreams of a life of service. Learn More
This Is How I Save My Life
by Amy B. Scher; read by Amy B. Scher
This Is How I Save My Life is a powerful and uplifting story of sheer determination for anyone who believes in—or doubts—the existence of miracles and the infinite power of self-healing when it seems like all hope is lost. Learn More
Thinking Again
by Jan Morris; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
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Jan Morris, one of "Britain's greatest living writers" (Times, UK), returns with this whimsical yet deeply affecting volume on life as a redoubtable nonagenarian. Learn More
Things That Helped
by Jessica Friedmann; read by Shiromi Arserio
In Things That Helped Jessica Friedmann navigates her recovery from postpartum depression in a wide-ranging collection of personal essays. Learn More
Things I Don't Want to Know
by Deborah Levy; read by Henrietta Meire
A shimmering jewel of a book about writing from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy.
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There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say
Paula Poundstone; read by Paula Poundstone
There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant To Say is self-awareness and honesty at its most hilarious. Learn More
There Is No Me Without You
Melissa Fay Greene; read by Julie Fain Lawrence
The National Book award finalist puts a human face on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Learn More
The Atlas of Reds and Blues
by Devi S. Laskar; read by Jeed Saddy
The Atlas of Reds and Blues grapples with the complexities of the second-generation American experience, what it means to be a woman of color in the workplace, and a sister, a wife, and a mother to daughters in today's America. Learn More
Ten Bridges I've Burnt
by Brontez Purnell; read by Brontez Purnell
From the beloved author of 100 Boyfriends, a wrenching, sexy, and exhilaratingly energetic memoir in verse. Learn More
Stubborn Archivist
by Yara Rodrigues Fowler; read by Carolina Santos Read
For fans of Chemistry and Conversations with Friends: A mesmerizing and witty debut novel about a young woman growing up between two disparate cultures, and the singular identity she finds along the way. Learn More
Storming the Heavens
by Gerald Horne; read by Bill Quinn
The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. Learn More
Stand Up Straight and Sing!
by Jessye Norman; read by Mia Ellis
In Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman recalls in rich detail the strong women who were her role models, from her ancestors to family friends, relatives, and teachers. Learn More
Square Haunting
by Francesca Wade; read by Corrie James
Nestled in the heart of Bloomsbury, Mecklenburgh Square has borne witness to the lives of some of the century's most revolutionary cultural figures—many of whom were extraordinary women. Square Haunting is a glorious portrait of five of the square's inhabitants: Hilda Doolittle, Dorothy Sayers, Jane Harrison, Eileen Power, and Virginia Woolf. Learn More
Spirit Run
by Noe Alvarez; read by Ramon de Ocampo
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The electrifying debut memoir of a son of working-class Mexican immigrants who fled a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in an Indigenous marathon from Canada to Guatemala, reimagining North America and his place in it. Learn More
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