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A renowned midwife, doula trainer, and Master of Public Health celebrates the lost art of African American postnatal healing practices in this practical, essential guide to maternal health. As a mother, grandmother, and traditional midwife, Shafia M. Monroe intimately knows about childbirth and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the first step toward freedom were learning the power of a single word? In *Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave*, Frederick Douglass gives one of the most important first-person testimonies in American literature...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the Unitarian Universalist Retired Ministers and Partners Association launched what would become the UU Rainbow History Project, convening two groundbreaking conferences and creating a digital archive to preserve LGBTQIA+ Unitarian Universalist history. Defiantly Joyful grows out of that important effort to honor and reckon with that history.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the jungle were not merely a place to cross, but a world that could overturn every European certainty? In *My Friends the Savages*, Giovanni Battista Cerruti records his encounters, travels, and observations as a settler in Perak on the Malay...

Trace the urgent civil rights battle for LGBTQ+ equality from criminalized silence to powerful global liberation protests. Perfect for your daily commute or a session of focused self-education, this inspiring history grounds complex legal milestones in the deeply personal lived experiences of...

From criminalized silence to defiant political power, explore the resilient queer history of the fight for human rights. Whether you're seeking a deeper understanding of your own identity or expanding your allyship during your commute, this empowering narrative offers a profoundly moving journey...

Plunge into a gripping survival memoir detailing ten harrowing true stories of escape from a relentless dictatorship. Perfect for an intense commute or listeners seeking stories of profound human resilience, these dramatized narratives follow everyday citizens pushed to the absolute brink. When...

Overcome intimacy anxiety and reclaim authentic pleasure with this empowering self-help guide to sexual wellness. Whether navigating mismatched desire in a relationship or seeking a calm, shame-free space to explore your body, this audio journey offers a compassionate reset. It strips away...

Break free from chronic people-pleasing and burnout with this empowering self-help guide to reclaiming your energy. Whether you are navigating toxic family dynamics, surviving workplace stress, or simply exhausted by putting everyone else first, this compassionate audio experience offers a...

Uncover the sweeping Indigenous history of North America, from ancient tribal sovereignty to modern cultural resistance. Move beyond dates and battles to experience the vibrant societies of the first peoples as diplomatic strategists, artists, and innovators. Perfect for your daily commute or...

Uncover the inspiring LGBTQ+ history of fierce global protests that transformed hidden love into a civil rights triumph. Whether you are searching for community roots or seeking a deeply emotional political awakening on your daily commute, this urgent narrative delivers. Witness the profound...

Reclaim the African American history missing from your education with this empowering journey of resilience and truth. Perfect for your daily commute, this eye-opening narrative goes beyond the textbooks to explore vibrant pre-colonial African civilizations, the harrowing realities of the...

Reclaim your power and redefine modern manhood through the triumphant ancestral heritage of global Black culture. Whether you are navigating fatherhood or seeking identity on your daily commute, this reflective journey offers a blueprint for inner strength. Step beyond textbooks to uncover how...

A parenting guide that speaks directly to Latinx families with language, history, and lived experience that honors and celebrates our cultura—while helping readers unlearn violence and shame as tools of discipline. For many in the Latinx community, “la Chancla”—what we learn to see as...

How the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker exposes the power of race in Australia, from Walkley Award-winning journalist Kate Wild. A young Aboriginal man and a white police officer face each other in a house in the desert. The violence that passes between them carries the pain and anger of...

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first sight...

A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation. When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934 – the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokununna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and...

Lunar New Year, or the first new moon of the lunar calendar, is celebrated by people around the world and across different cultures. Within Chinese culture, the ushering in of a new year is celebrated through one of 12 distinct zodiac animals, each of which is known for its power to map a person’s behavior, character, and fate. In The Chinese Zodiac in Cultures and Traditions, you’ll gain insights into how cultures make sense of the passing of time and our relationship to it.

In this startling group memoir, four friends - Black and White, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born - use Toni Morrison’s novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling everything from first love and Soul Train to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the authors take up what it means to read challenging literature collaboratively and to learn in public as an act of individual reckoning and social resistance.

The term killjoy has been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes misery. But by naming ourselves feminist killjoys, we recover a feminist history, turning it into a source of strength as well as an inspiration. Drawing on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers, Sara Ahmed combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime.