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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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All That Was

by Tanya E Williams ...

Narrated by Hannah Schooner, Giancarlo Herrera ...

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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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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 ...

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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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Everything Happens for a Reason

by Katie Allen ...

Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

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11 hours 29 min

Mum-to-be Rachel did everything right, but it all went wrong. Her son, Luke, was stillborn and she finds herself on maternity leave without a baby, trying to make sense of her loss. When a misguided well-wisher tells her that 'everything happens for a reason', she becomes obsessed with finding that reason. She remembers that on the day she discovered her pregnancy, she'd stopped a man from jumping ... Read more

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Mum-to-be Rachel did everything right, but it all went wrong. Her son, Luke, was stillborn and she finds herself on maternity leave without a baby, trying to make sense of her loss. When a misguided well-wisher tells her that 'everything happens for a reason', she becomes obsessed with finding that reason. She remembers that on the day she discovered her pregnancy, she'd stopped a man from jumping
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The Nesting Dolls

A Novel

by Alina Adams ...

Narrated by Nancy Peterson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family—each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment—and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, ... Read more

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Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family—each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment—and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon,
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Life's What You Make It

A wonderful heartwarming Irish story about family, hope and dreams

by Sian O'Gorman ...

Narrated by Caroline Lennon ...

Series series The Sandycove Collection
Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

Welcome to Ireland, Sandycove and Sian O'Gorman's wonderful warm and heartwarming stories of love, family and dreams...Dreams can come true, you just have to believe...After 10 years in London, working in a stressful City firm, Liv O’Neill returns home to Sandycove, a picturesque seaside village, just outside Dublin to care for her mother after a fall.Whilst Liv reconnects with friends and family, ... Read more

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Welcome to Ireland, Sandycove and Sian O'Gorman's wonderful warm and heartwarming stories of love, family and dreams...Dreams can come true, you just have to believe...After 10 years in London, working in a stressful City firm, Liv O’Neill returns home to Sandycove, a picturesque seaside village, just outside Dublin to care for her mother after a fall.Whilst Liv reconnects with friends and family,
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The Vatican Connection

The True Story of a Billion-Dollar Conspiracy Between the Catholic Church and the Mafia

by Richard Hammer ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

With a round, open face and a penchant for tall tales, Matteo de Lorenzo resembled everyone's kindly uncle. But Uncle Marty, as he was known throughout the Genovese crime family, was one of the New York mob's top earners throughout the 1960s and '70s, the mastermind of a billion-dollar trade in stolen and counterfeit securities.In the spring of 1972, de Lorenzo and his business partner, Vincent ... Read more

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With a round, open face and a penchant for tall tales, Matteo de Lorenzo resembled everyone's kindly uncle. But Uncle Marty, as he was known throughout the Genovese crime family, was one of the New York mob's top earners throughout the 1960s and '70s, the mastermind of a billion-dollar trade in stolen and counterfeit securities.In the spring of 1972, de Lorenzo and his business partner, Vincent
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