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Contesting Publics

Feminism, Activism, Ethnography

by Lynne Phillips, Sally Cole ...

Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
Through ethnographic case studies and activists' narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyse how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities have emerged alongside these new spaces of participation. They re-examine the relationship ... Read more

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Through ethnographic case studies and activists' narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyse how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities have emerged alongside these new spaces of participation. They re-examine the relationship
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The Best Part of Us

A Novel

by Sally Cole-Misch ...

**2021 15th Annual Indie Excellence Juror's Choice Award Winner“The Best Part of Us by Sally Cole-Misch is a lush debut novel which explores nature, family, and land with nuance and patience.” —Affinity Magazine**Beth cherished her childhood summers on a pristine northern Canadian lake, where she reveled in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons’ evening trills across the lake’s ... Read more

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**2021 15th Annual Indie Excellence Juror's Choice Award Winner“The Best Part of Us by Sally Cole-Misch is a lush debut novel which explores nature, family, and land with nuance and patience.” —Affinity Magazine**Beth cherished her childhood summers on a pristine northern Canadian lake, where she reveled in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons’ evening trills across the lake’s
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Best Part of Us, The

A Novel

by Sally Cole-Misch ...

Narrated by Jane Weatherstone ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

Beth Llyndee cherishes her family's summers on a pristine Canadian lake, where she revels in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons' evening trills across the lake's many bays, and an unshakable bond with family, friends, and nature on their island of granite and pines.When that bond is threatened and then torn apart, first as her family's rights to the island are questioned and ... Read more

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Beth Llyndee cherishes her family's summers on a pristine Canadian lake, where she revels in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons' evening trills across the lake's many bays, and an unshakable bond with family, friends, and nature on their island of granite and pines.When that bond is threatened and then torn apart, first as her family's rights to the island are questioned and
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Chasing North Star

A Novel

by Heidi McCrary ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Germany, 1940. While struggling to survive at an orphanage, young Didi crosses paths with a rebellious, quirky girl who will either help her escape a life of abuse and uncertainty or lead her down an even darker path.Fast-forward to 1970. With help from a worn leather journal, another young girl learns the story of Didi, who escaped war-torn Germany for a better life in America—except her life ... Read more

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Germany, 1940. While struggling to survive at an orphanage, young Didi crosses paths with a rebellious, quirky girl who will either help her escape a life of abuse and uncertainty or lead her down an even darker path.Fast-forward to 1970. With help from a worn leather journal, another young girl learns the story of Didi, who escaped war-torn Germany for a better life in America—except her life
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Competitive Grieving

A Novel

by Nora Zelevansky ...

Narrated by Katie Schorr ...

Unabridged

11 hours 8 min

An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer’s Best New BooksWren’s closest friend, her anchor since childhood, is dead. Stewart Beasley. Gone. She can’t quite believe it and she definitely can’t bring herself to google what causes an aneurysm. Instead of weeping or facing reality, Wren has been dreaming up the perfect funeral plans, memorial buffets, and processional songs for everyone from the corner ... Read more

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An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer’s Best New BooksWren’s closest friend, her anchor since childhood, is dead. Stewart Beasley. Gone. She can’t quite believe it and she definitely can’t bring herself to google what causes an aneurysm. Instead of weeping or facing reality, Wren has been dreaming up the perfect funeral plans, memorial buffets, and processional songs for everyone from the corner
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All That Was

by Tanya E Williams ...

Narrated by Hannah Schooner, Giancarlo Herrera ...

Unabridged

20 hours 19 min

Separated by a century. Bonded by loss. Will examining all that was invoke comfort or calamity?Seattle, 2015. Emily Reed refuses to dwell on her emotions. When the first-year attorney is assigned a church archival project, she dives into the records to hide from her own heartache. But when she discovers her parents were married in this very chapel, she is forced to confront the grief she buried a ... Read more

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Separated by a century. Bonded by loss. Will examining all that was invoke comfort or calamity?Seattle, 2015. Emily Reed refuses to dwell on her emotions. When the first-year attorney is assigned a church archival project, she dives into the records to hide from her own heartache. But when she discovers her parents were married in this very chapel, she is forced to confront the grief she buried a
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Home Truths

A Novel

by Susan Lewis ...

Narrated by Antonia Beamish ...

Unabridged

13 hours 19 min

International bestselling author Susan Lewis’s riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children—at all costs.A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality…Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would ... Read more

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International bestselling author Susan Lewis’s riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children—at all costs.A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality…Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would
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The Operator

A Novel

by Gretchen Berg ...

Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

""What if you could listen in on any phone conversation in town? With great humor and insight, The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. Think 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' in the suburbswith delicious turns of jealousy, infidelity, bigotry, and ... Read more

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""What if you could listen in on any phone conversation in town? With great humor and insight, The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. Think 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' in the suburbswith delicious turns of jealousy, infidelity, bigotry, and
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To Dance With the White Dog

by Terry Kay ...

Narrated by Terry Kay ...

Unabridged

3 hours 9 min

A moving story of love, grief, and coming to terms with death. The story of elderly Sam Peek, who is still mourning the death of his beloved wife when a mysterious white dog appears, seen only by him.Real dog or phantom, White Dog soothes Sam's grief, brings him closer to his family and reconciles him with his own mortality.A Peachtree Publishers audio production. ... Read more

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A moving story of love, grief, and coming to terms with death. The story of elderly Sam Peek, who is still mourning the death of his beloved wife when a mysterious white dog appears, seen only by him.Real dog or phantom, White Dog soothes Sam's grief, brings him closer to his family and reconciles him with his own mortality.A Peachtree Publishers audio production.
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How To Make A Life

A Novel

by Florence Reiss Kraut ...

Narrated by Justine Reiss ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

“An engaging and heartfelt portrayal of intergenerational trauma and hope.” -Kirkus ReviewsHow to Make a Life: A Novel is a spellbinding family saga with strong shades of history; it is engrossing and fast-paced.” — Romuald Dzemo, Readers' FavoriteWhen Ida and her daughter Bessie flee a catastrophic pogrom in Ukraine for America in 1905, they believe their emigration will ensure that their ... Read more

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“An engaging and heartfelt portrayal of intergenerational trauma and hope.” -Kirkus ReviewsHow to Make a Life: A Novel is a spellbinding family saga with strong shades of history; it is engrossing and fast-paced.” — Romuald Dzemo, Readers' FavoriteWhen Ida and her daughter Bessie flee a catastrophic pogrom in Ukraine for America in 1905, they believe their emigration will ensure that their
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The Queen’s Spy

by Clare Marchant ...

Narrated by Alex Hogg, Russell Bentley ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never ... Read more

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A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never
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Daddy Was a Number Runner

A Novel

by Louise Meriwether ...

Narrated by Karen Murray ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed ... Read more

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This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed
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