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  • The Home That Was Our Country

    A Memoir of Syria

    by Alia Malek ...
    At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Country Called Amreeka

    Arab Roots, American Stories

    by Alia Malek ...
    Among the surfeit of narratives about Arabs that have been published in recent years, surprisingly little has been reported on Arabs in America -- an increasingly relevant issue. This book is the most powerful approach imaginable: it is the story of the last forty-plus years of American history, told through the eyes of Arab Americans. It begins in 1963, before major federal legislative changes ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Patriot Acts

    Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice

    Edited by Alia Malek ...
    Series series Voice of Witness
    In today’s political climate, where threats of mass deportations and a Muslim registry are making the headlines, the issues of civil rights, identity, and belonging explored inside Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice are perhaps more urgent than ever before.A groundbreaking collection of oral histories, Patriot Acts tells the stories of people who were needlessly swept up in the War on ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Home That Was Our Country

    A Memoir of Syria

    by Alia Malek ...
    Narrated by Alia Malek ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 28 min

    At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Delicious Foods

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    by James Hannaham ...
    Narrated by James Hannaham ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 6 min

    Held captive by her employers -- and by her own demons -- on a mysterious farm, a widow struggles to reunite with her young son in this uniquely American story of freedom, perseverance, and survival.Darlene, once an exemplary wife and a loving mother to her young son, Eddie, finds herself devastated by the unforeseen death of her husband. Unable to cope with her grief, she turns to drugs, and ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching

    A Young Black Man's Education

    by Mychal Denzel Smith ...
    Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 52 min

    An unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one of the most fascinating periods of American history.How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    The Fishermen

    A Novel

    by Chigozie Obioma ...
    Narrated by Chukwudi Iwuji ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    In this striking novel about an unforgettable childhood, four Nigerian brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit familyTold by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their father has to travel to a distant city for ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Light of the World

    A Memoir

    by Elizabeth Alexander ...
    Narrated by Elizabeth Alexander ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 45 min

    A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid price, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    No One Cares About Crazy People

    The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

    by Ron Powers ...
    Narrated by Ron Powers ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 49 min

    New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia.From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too ... Read more

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    The Last Days of Café Leila

    A Novel

    by Donia Bijan ...
    Narrated by Deepti Gupta ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Café Leila, the restaurant her family has been running ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Beneath the Sands of Egypt

    Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist

    by Donald P. Ryan ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 16 min

    A real-life "Indiana Jones," Donald P. Ryan, PhD, offers a breathtaking personal account of his adventures in archaeology in Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Fans of The Lost City of Z will thrill to the exploits of this "unconventional archaeologist" as he retrieves the remains of Egypt's past—including his breakthrough discovery in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt's famous female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Darling Days

    A Memoir

    by iO Tillett Wright ...
    Narrated by iO Tillett Wright ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iOs mothers. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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