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I Live a Life Like Yours

A Memoir

by Jan Grue ...

* A New York Times Editors' Choice * Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 *I am not talking about surviving. I am not talking about becoming human, but about how I came to realize that I had always already been human. I am writing about all that I wanted to have, and how I got it. I am writing about what it cost, and how I was able to afford it.Jan Grue was diagnosed with spinal ... Read more

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* A New York Times Editors' Choice * Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 *I am not talking about surviving. I am not talking about becoming human, but about how I came to realize that I had always already been human. I am writing about all that I wanted to have, and how I got it. I am writing about what it cost, and how I was able to afford it.Jan Grue was diagnosed with spinal
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Disability and Discourse Analysis

by Jan Grue ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Disability studies has engaged with discourse analysis in key works both from the UK and the USA. While the perspectives and analyses of discourse analysis have proved well suited for exploring disability, however, its methods have not been sufficiently developed in a disability studies context. Conversely, discourse analysts have traditionally been concerned with social issues and fields in which ... Read more

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Disability studies has engaged with discourse analysis in key works both from the UK and the USA. While the perspectives and analyses of discourse analysis have proved well suited for exploring disability, however, its methods have not been sufficiently developed in a disability studies context. Conversely, discourse analysts have traditionally been concerned with social issues and fields in which
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Owning It

Our disabled childhoods in our own words

Illustrated by Sophie Kamlish ...

by Elle McNicoll, Rebekah Taussig, Nina Tame, M. Leona Godin, Christa Couture, Carly Findlay, Alex Wegman, Daniel Sluman, Ashley Harris Whaley, Jan Grue, Ilya Kaminsky, Imani Barbarin, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini, Kendra Winchester, Steven Verdile, Eugene Grant, Sora J. Kasuga, Ali Abbas, Polly Atkin, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard ...

Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

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Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand
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Owning It

Our disabled childhoods in our own words

by Sophie Kamlish, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman1, Ashley Harris Whaley4, Sora J. Kasuga6, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini8, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard0, Rebekah Taussig2, Kendra Winchester4, Carly Findlay6, Nina Tame8, Polly Atkin0, Elle McNicoll2, M. Leona Godin3, Daniel Sluman4, Jan Grue5, Ilya Kaminsky6, Imani Barbarin7, Steven Verdile8, Eugene Grant9, Ali Abbas0 ...

Narrated by James Catchpole, Lucy Catchpole, Jen Campbell, Christa Couture, Alex Wegman0, Ama Badu2, Ashley Harris Whaley3, Sora J. Kasuga5, Matilda Feyisayo Ibini7, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard9, Rebekah Taussig1, Kendra Winchester3, Carly Findlay5, Nina Tame7, Polly Atkin9, Fawad Afa1 ...

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Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand ... Read more

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Growing up disabled can be an isolating experience. As much as you might be surrounded by loving and well-meaning friends and family, chances are no one close to you is going through this alongside you . . . until now!From navigating sports at school, to facing the confusion of getting given free stuff all the time, to juggling hospital trips alongside your social life, this anthology of firsthand
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I Live a Life Like Yours

A Memoir

by Jan Grue ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

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5 hours 6 min

Jan Grue was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at the age of three. Shifting between specific periods of his life—his youth with his parents and sister in Norway; his years of study in Berkeley, St. Petersburg, and Amsterdam; and his current life as a professor, husband, and father—he intersperses these histories with elegant, astonishingly wise reflections on the world, social structures, ... Read more

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Jan Grue was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at the age of three. Shifting between specific periods of his life—his youth with his parents and sister in Norway; his years of study in Berkeley, St. Petersburg, and Amsterdam; and his current life as a professor, husband, and father—he intersperses these histories with elegant, astonishingly wise reflections on the world, social structures,
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The Futilitarians

Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading

by Anne Gisleson ...

Narrated by Anne Gisleson ...

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8 hours 27 min

A memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of grief.Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and had witnessed cancer take her beloved father. Before she met her husband, Brad, he had suffered his own trauma, losing his partner and the mother of his son to ... Read more

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A memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of grief.Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and had witnessed cancer take her beloved father. Before she met her husband, Brad, he had suffered his own trauma, losing his partner and the mother of his son to
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From Broken Glass

My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler's Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation

by Steve Ross ...

Narrated by Robert Blumenfeld, Ray Flynn, Michael Ross ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair.On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a group of anti-Fascist protestors, killing one and injuring nineteen, the New England Holocaust Memorial ... Read more

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From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair.On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a group of anti-Fascist protestors, killing one and injuring nineteen, the New England Holocaust Memorial
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Resurface

A Guide to Navigating Life's Biggest Transitions

by Cassidy Krug ...

Narrated by Cassidy Krug ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

**“An illuminating and inspiring read for anyone navigating change.” —Adam Grant“Resurface goes beyond the simple answers and, instead, offers honest space to navigate life’s transitions.” —Morgan Harper NicholsA toolkit for navigating all of life’s transitions, from a former Olympic diver**Life is nothing other than a series of transitions. Whether you’re graduating from college and trying to ... Read more

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**“An illuminating and inspiring read for anyone navigating change.” —Adam Grant“Resurface goes beyond the simple answers and, instead, offers honest space to navigate life’s transitions.” —Morgan Harper NicholsA toolkit for navigating all of life’s transitions, from a former Olympic diver**Life is nothing other than a series of transitions. Whether you’re graduating from college and trying to
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Your Every Wish

by Stacy Finz ...

Narrated by Natalie Duke ...

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10 hours 17 min

In this heartwarming and whimsical novel, two very different half-sisters discover they have one thing in common: they’re both in hot water. To get out of it, they may have to learn that life’s hidden treasures aren’t always so hidden—and that dreams can come true even when wishes don’t . . .Scrappy, worldly Kennedy Jenkins and soft-hearted Emma Keil barely know each other, but when life throws ... Read more

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In this heartwarming and whimsical novel, two very different half-sisters discover they have one thing in common: they’re both in hot water. To get out of it, they may have to learn that life’s hidden treasures aren’t always so hidden—and that dreams can come true even when wishes don’t . . .Scrappy, worldly Kennedy Jenkins and soft-hearted Emma Keil barely know each other, but when life throws
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Treeborne

A Novel

by Caleb Johnson ...

Narrated by Courtney Patterson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

"I can’t remember the last time I read a book I wish so much I’d written. Treeborne is beautiful, and mythic in ways I would never have been able to imagine...I can’t say enough about this book."—Daniel Wallace, national bestselling author of Extraordinary Adventures and Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic ProportionsFrom Caleb Johnson comes a debut audiobook about an unusual family who have made their ... Read more

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"I can’t remember the last time I read a book I wish so much I’d written. Treeborne is beautiful, and mythic in ways I would never have been able to imagine...I can’t say enough about this book."—Daniel Wallace, national bestselling author of Extraordinary Adventures and Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic ProportionsFrom Caleb Johnson comes a debut audiobook about an unusual family who have made their
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Culture in Nazi Germany

by Michael H. Kater ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

16 hours 39 min

A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the ... Read more

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A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the
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My Beautiful Sisters

A Memoir of Courage, Hope, and the Afghan Women's Soccer Team

by Khalida Popal ...

Narrated by Lara Sawalha ...

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7 hours 28 min

Argo meets The Bookseller of Kabul in this incredible memoir from the Afghan women’s soccer pioneer turned activist and feminist icon who has helped save more than 350 female soccer players from the dangerous rule of the Taliban.“Riveting, heart-wrenching and incredibly important . . . an inspirational story for girls and women everywhere.” - MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Peace Prize laureate</s... ... Read more

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Argo meets The Bookseller of Kabul in this incredible memoir from the Afghan women’s soccer pioneer turned activist and feminist icon who has helped save more than 350 female soccer players from the dangerous rule of the Taliban.“Riveting, heart-wrenching and incredibly important . . . an inspirational story for girls and women everywhere.” - MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Peace Prize laureate</s...
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