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I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying

Essays

by Bassey Ikpi ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life—as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist—through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own truths and ... Read more

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life—as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist—through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own truths and
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I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying

Essays

by Bassey Ikpi ...

Narrated by Bassey Ikpi ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

2020 Audie Finalist – Short Stories/CollectionsIn I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life—as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist—through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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2020 Audie Finalist – Short Stories/CollectionsIn I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life—as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist—through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own
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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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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
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Gray Areas

How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It

by Adia Harvey Wingfield ...

Narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite today’s multi-billion-dollar diversity industry—and provides actional solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future.Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of work—from getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobility—ignored and ... Read more

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A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite today’s multi-billion-dollar diversity industry—and provides actional solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future.Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of work—from getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobility—ignored and
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His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa ...

Narrated by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa, Dion Graham ...

Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s
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Think Black

A Memoir

by Clyde W. Ford ...

Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

“Powerful memoir. . .Ford’s thought-provoking narrative tells the story of African-American pride and perseverance.”–Publisher’s Weekly (Starred)“A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements unfolding at that time, providing a revealing insider’s view of the tech industry. . . simultaneously informative and entertaining. . . A powerful, ... Read more

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“Powerful memoir. . .Ford’s thought-provoking narrative tells the story of African-American pride and perseverance.”–Publisher’s Weekly (Starred)“A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements unfolding at that time, providing a revealing insider’s view of the tech industry. . . simultaneously informative and entertaining. . . A powerful,
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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

by Nichole Perkins ...

Narrated by Nichole Perkins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily).Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire ... Read more

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In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily).Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire
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I Finally Bought Some Jordans

Essays

by Michael Arceneaux ...

Narrated by Michael Arceneaux ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

**"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new book. It's like he's crawling around inside your head opening file cabinets and telling you what the gibberish you've scribbled on each page in each file ... Read more

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**"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new book. It's like he's crawling around inside your head opening file cabinets and telling you what the gibberish you've scribbled on each page in each file
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Misfits

A Personal Manifesto

by Michaela Coel ...

Narrated by Michaela Coel ...

Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

**This program is read by the author"Coel's background as an actor helps her shine in this intimate portrayal of an admirable person who, one senses, is just getting started." - AudioFile MagazineFrom the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of** I May Destroy You and Chewing Gu**m and a Royal Society of Literature fellow, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author"Coel's background as an actor helps her shine in this intimate portrayal of an admirable person who, one senses, is just getting started." - AudioFile MagazineFrom the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of** I May Destroy You and Chewing Gu**m and a Royal Society of Literature fellow, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in
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Little Panic

Dispatches from an Anxious Life

by Amanda Stern ...

Narrated by Brittany Pressley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 20 min

In the vein of bestselling memoirs about mental illness like Andrew Solomon's Noonday Demon, Sarah Hepola's Blackout, and Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind comes a gorgeously immersive, immediately relatable, and brilliantly funny memoir about living life on the razor's edge of panic.The world never made any sense to Amanda Stern--how could she trust time to keep flowing, the sun to rise, gravity to hold ... Read more

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In the vein of bestselling memoirs about mental illness like Andrew Solomon's Noonday Demon, Sarah Hepola's Blackout, and Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind comes a gorgeously immersive, immediately relatable, and brilliantly funny memoir about living life on the razor's edge of panic.The world never made any sense to Amanda Stern--how could she trust time to keep flowing, the sun to rise, gravity to hold
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Neon Girls

A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power

by Jennifer Worley ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

6 hours 40 min

A riveting true story of a young woman’s days stripping in grunge-era San Francisco where a radical group of dancers banded together to unionize and run the club on their own terms.When graduate student Jenny Worley needed a fast way to earn more money, she found herself at the door of the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, auditioning on a stage surrounded by mirrors, in platform heels, and not ... Read more

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A riveting true story of a young woman’s days stripping in grunge-era San Francisco where a radical group of dancers banded together to unionize and run the club on their own terms.When graduate student Jenny Worley needed a fast way to earn more money, she found herself at the door of the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, auditioning on a stage surrounded by mirrors, in platform heels, and not
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Fairest

A Memoir

by Meredith Talusan ...

Narrated by Meredith Talusan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review"A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousA love story with the heart of Austen classics and a reflective journey of becoming that sh... ... Read more

$17.50 USD

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Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review"A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousA love story with the heart of Austen classics and a reflective journey of becoming that sh...
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