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I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

A Memoir

by Youngmi Mayer ...

**Elle's Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 | The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2024 | San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Books of Fall 2024From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her ... Read more

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**Elle's Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 | The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2024 | San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Books of Fall 2024From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her
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I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

A Memoir

by Youngmi Mayer ...

Narrated by Youngmi Mayer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings (Michelle Zauner).“Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole.” It was a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings (Michelle Zauner).“Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole.” It was a
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Without Consent

A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

by Sarah Weinman ...

Narrated by Sarah Weinman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

From Sarah Weinman, author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, comes an eye-opening story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and urgent questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades.In 1978, Greta Rideout was the first woman in United States history to accuse her husband of rape, at a time when the idea of “marital rape” seemed ludicrous to many ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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From Sarah Weinman, author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, comes an eye-opening story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and urgent questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades.In 1978, Greta Rideout was the first woman in United States history to accuse her husband of rape, at a time when the idea of “marital rape” seemed ludicrous to many
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Seeing Ghosts

A Memoir

by Kat Chow ...

Narrated by Kat Chow ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially ... Read more

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This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially
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You Sound Like a White Girl

The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

by Julissa Arce ...

Narrated by Julissa Arce ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation with the author and Paola Ramos, a Vice News journalist, MSNBC Contributor, and author of Finding Latinx.“A love letter to our people—full of fury and passion."— José Olivarez, award-winning poet and author of Citizen Illegal"If you could take Rodolfo Gonzales epic poem 'I Am Joaquin' and explain it through compelli... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation with the author and Paola Ramos, a Vice News journalist, MSNBC Contributor, and author of Finding Latinx.“A love letter to our people—full of fury and passion."— José Olivarez, award-winning poet and author of Citizen Illegal"If you could take Rodolfo Gonzales epic poem 'I Am Joaquin' and explain it through compelli...
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Aggregated Discontent

Confessions of the Last Normal Woman

by Harron Walker ...

Narrated by Harron Walker ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

A searing journey through the highs and lows of twenty-first century womanhood from an award-winning journalist beloved for her unflinchingly honest and often comedic appraisals of pop culture, identity, and disillusionment“A delicious reading experience—like hearing your smartest friend eviscerate the worst person you know.”—Sabrina Imbler, author of How Far the Light Reaches“Such a brilliant ... Read more

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A searing journey through the highs and lows of twenty-first century womanhood from an award-winning journalist beloved for her unflinchingly honest and often comedic appraisals of pop culture, identity, and disillusionment“A delicious reading experience—like hearing your smartest friend eviscerate the worst person you know.”—Sabrina Imbler, author of How Far the Light Reaches“Such a brilliant
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The Blueprint

A Novel

by Rae Giana Rashad ...

Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

**“The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice.”**—Ashley Audrain, New York ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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**“The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice.”**—Ashley Audrain, New York
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The Stolen Wealth of Slavery

A Case for Reparations

by David Montero ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

14 hours 10 min

This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated
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A Thousand Times Before

A Novel

by Asha Thanki ...

Narrated by Priya Ayyar ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

**“A rich family saga about art and memory's power to inform the present, make peace with the past, and maybe even alter the future.” — Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts“[Asha] Thanki reinvents generational memory, conjuring inheritance as a tapestry of love, trauma, and choices that echo through blood. A profoundly tender and complex debut that I didn't want to ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**“A rich family saga about art and memory's power to inform the present, make peace with the past, and maybe even alter the future.” — Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts“[Asha] Thanki reinvents generational memory, conjuring inheritance as a tapestry of love, trauma, and choices that echo through blood. A profoundly tender and complex debut that I didn't want to
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Ten Incarnations of Rebellion

A Novel

by Vaishnavi Patel ...

Narrated by Mayuri Bhandari ...

Unabridged

11 hours 42 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman’s struggle to change the tides of history.“This is the kind of fiction we need more of.”—R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of BabelA WASHINGTON POST AND ELLE BEST BOOK OF... ... Read more

$22.00 USD

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman’s struggle to change the tides of history.“This is the kind of fiction we need more of.”—R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of BabelA WASHINGTON POST AND ELLE BEST BOOK OF...
... Read more

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The Blueprint

A Novel

by Rae Giana Rashad ...

“The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice.”—Ashley Audrain, New York Times ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

“The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice.”—Ashley Audrain, New York Times
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Is There No Place on Earth for Me

by Susan Sheehan ...

**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The renowned journalist's classic investigation of schizophrenia that follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness.“The classic case study of schizophrenia that set the stage for reform. . . . Its insight, compassion, and humanity have much to teach us." —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of ... Read more

$4.99 USD

**PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The renowned journalist's classic investigation of schizophrenia that follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness.“The classic case study of schizophrenia that set the stage for reform. . . . Its insight, compassion, and humanity have much to teach us." —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of
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