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Bloomsbury presents The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami, read by Frankie Corzo and Barton Caplan ‘A gripping, Kafkaesque foray into an all-too-plausible future’ JENNIFER EGAN ‘Extraordinary’ RUMAAN ALAM ‘Absolutely unputdownable’ SANDRA NEWMAN Sara is returning home from a conference...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gripping, true story of one woman’s battle to expose and shut down a criminal online porn empire. Pornhub was the 10th most visited site on the Internet, often praised as a progressive champion of women. Then one day, an activist discovered a secret they had been...

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Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling’s parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband’s first wife - a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she’s met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe.

1915. May and Naomi are extended family, their grandmothers’ lives inseparably entwined on a Virginia plantation in the volatile time leading up to the Civil War. For both women, the twentieth century promises social transformation and equal opportunity. May, a young white woman, is on the brink of achieving the independent life she’s dreamed of since childhood. Naomi, a nurse, mother, and leader of the NAACP, has fulfilled her own dearest desire: buying a home for her family. But they both are about to learn that dreams can be destroyed in an instant.

Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Though Lisbeth leads a life of privilege, she finds nothing but loneliness in the company of her overwhelmed mother and her distant, slave-owning father.

It's 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagner appear to have little in common. Jordan, a middle-aged black teacher, lives in segregated Chicago. Two thousand miles away, Sadie, the white wife of an ambitious German businessman, lives in more tolerant Oakland, California. But years ago, their families intertwined on a plantation in Virginia. There, Jordan's and Sadie's mothers developed a bond stronger than blood, despite the fact that one was enslaved and the other was the privileged daughter of the plantation’s owner.

Bloomsbury presents The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami, read by Neil Shah. * Winner of the American Book Award * Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 * A Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * 'An absorbing story' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Rich, vivid and gripping' GUARDIAN 'Feels at once...

Jenn Henderson is proud of the church-centered life she's created for her family. She prays each morning, attends worship every Sunday, and confidently takes up the struggle to defend traditional marriage when she learns marriage licenses are being issued to gays and lesbians in nearby San Francisco. But the certainty that she is living right falters after her teenage son, Josh, swallows a bottle of sleeping pills. Her fear deepens when she discovers that Josh struggles with same-sex attraction. If she's living right, how can Josh be gay? 

Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth's beloved nurse. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship. Three years after the Civil War, Lisbeth and Mattie are tending their homes and families while Jordan, an aspiring suffragette, teaches at an integrated school. When Lisbeth discovers that her father is dying, she's summoned back to the Virginia plantation where she grew up.

Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; his widow Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country....

Ce que le productivisme a fait de nous.L'académie du vivant propose ce podcast pour explorer ce fléau moderne qu’est le Burn-out, ce qu’il dit de nous en tant qu’humains mais aussi en tant que société et comment s’en servir comme d’un tremplin pour l’expansion de chacun. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

YOUR GATEWAY TO INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS! Join Dr. Proença, the visionary CEO and founder of VETAHEAD, on an enriching journey with the VetaheadPod, our dedicated Podcast Hub where you refuel your professional brain and nourish your human soul. At Vetahead Pod, we offer two different programs, the “15 Minutes with Dr. Proença”, with bite-sized, thought-provoking, evidence based ZooMed content (exotic animal medicine), and The Honest, by Vetahead, with insightful conversations and unique perspectives connecting us through shared narratives and the messy, beautiful journey of life.

This podcast goes in depth on your favorite movies and TV with a wide variety of 90s classics and Netflix originals, to iconic superhero movies. I give my Gen Z perspective and detailed opinions on a large range of cinema, television classics as well as new and fresh shows come to the forefront. You will hear me gush, rip apart and fangirl over everyone's favorite forms of entertainment.

Junte-se a nós neste plano de leitura da Bíblia inteira em 1 ano na voz de Laila Sykes. 365 dias.

Aliya's grandfather is her only family, but lately he has been acting strangely. He's forgotten her birthday and keeps disappearing. So when a mysterious gift arrives that seems to grant her wishes, Aliya uncovers a secret - she's from a long line of illustrious time travellers. Whisked off by flying carpet to the Infinite City in a parallel Egypt, Aliya enrols at an extraordinary academy where she makes new friends at last. But the threat of magic is looming - rumours of the return of Dorian Dark, a devious master of time. And with Aliya's special skills, he can twist history forever.

In a rapidly evolving world and business landscape, harnessing the true potential of knowledge is the key to holistic success. In Knowledge Mindfulness, acclaimed author and leader Prof. Laila Marouf fuses insights from business, psychology, neuroscience, and social sciences to create a transformative framework for leaders to elevate their knowledge processes and cultivate resilient, innovative organizations.

Host: Laila Jatti Guest: Abeera Khan Work: Laila Jatti Team online Permotion: Endless Production Edit & Post: Qaiser Kandara

Episode 01 Woh Kaunsi Aisi Cheez Hai Jo Aurat Pehanti Bhi Hain Aur Khati Bhi Hain? Laila Jatti Host: Laila Jatti Guest: Haji Sab Dop/ Director: Qaiser Kandara Sound: Qaiser Kandara Producer: Laila Jatti

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