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“yousef bashir”

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  • The Words of My Father

    Love and Pain in Palestine

    by Yousef Bashir ...
    A Palestinian American recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada and how he made a commitment to peace in this transformative memoir.In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, fourteen-year-old Yousef Bashir was preoccupied with soccer, school pranks, and meeting his father's impossibly high standards. Dignified and empathetic, kind yet strict, Yousef ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Words of My Father

    A Memoir

    by Yousef Bashir ...
    In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, eleven-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father’s impossibly high standards. Everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home. Yousef’s father refuses to flee and risk losing the house forever, so the army keeps the family in a state of virtual ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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    The Words of My Father

    Love and Pain in Palestine

    by Yousef Bashir ...
    Narrated by Yousef Bashir ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 29 min

    A Palestinian-American activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he made a strong commitment to peace in the face of devastating brutality in this moving, candid, and transformative memoir that reminds us of the importance of looking beyond prejudice, anger, and fear.Yousef Bashir’s story begins in Gaza, on a verdant ten-acre farm beside an Israeli settlement and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Beneath the Tamarind Tree

    A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

    by Isha Sesay ...
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    Unabridged

    12 hours 17 min

    The first definitive account of Boko Haram’s abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters - by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay.The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014 made global headlines. From poor Nigerian families, these girls had defied the odds and pursued an education, but daring to dream resulted in one of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Don't You Ever

    My Mother and Her Secret Son

    by Mary Carter Bishop ...
    Narrated by Janet Metzger ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    From a prizewinning journalist, Mary Carter Bishop, a moving and beautifully rendered memoir about the half-brother she didn’t know existed that hauntingly explores family, class, secrets, and fate.Applying for a passport as an adult, Mary Carter Bishop made a shocking discovery. She had a secret half-brother. Her mother, a farm manager’s wife on a country estate, told Mary Carter the abandoned ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Goodbye, Sweet Girl

    A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival

    by Kelly Sundberg ...
    Narrated by Andi Arndt ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 18 min

    In this brave and beautiful memoir, written with the raw honesty and devastating openness of The Glass Castle and The Liar’s Club, a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love story into a shocking tale of abuse—examining the tenderness and violence entwined in the relationship, why she endured years of physical and emotional pain, and how she eventually broke free."You made me hit you ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Prisoner

    My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out

    by Jason Rezaian ...
    Narrated by Jason Rezaian ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 34 min

    The dramatic memoir of the journalist who was held hostage in a high-security prison in Tehran for eighteen months and whose release—which almost didn’t happen—became a part of the Iran nuclear deal.In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. Rezaian’s reporting was a mix of human interest ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    BRAVE

    by Rose McGowan ...
    Narrated by Rose McGowan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    "My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same." -Rose McGowanA revealing memoir and empowering manifesto – A voice for generationsRose McGowan was born in one cult and came of age in another, more visible cult: Hollywood.In a strange world where she was ... Read more

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    The Desert and the Sea

    977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

    by Michael Scott Moore ...
    Narrated by Corey Snow ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 7 min

    Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates—a riveting, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival.In January 2012, having covered a Somali ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Beneath the Tamarind Tree

    A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

    by Isha Sesay ...
    "Sesay has given us a gift in this account of the Stolen Chibok Girls of Nigeria . . . it is equal parts memoir, thriller, and inspirational call to arms." —Meryl StreepIn the early morning of April fourteen, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram violently burst into the small town of Chibok, Nigeria, and abducted 276 girls from their school dorm rooms. From poor families, these girls were ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Goodbye, Sweet Girl

    A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival

    by Kelly Sundberg ...
    "Stunning . . . . This is an immensely courageous story that will break your heart, leave you in tears, and, finally, offer hope and redemption. Brava, Kelly Sundberg." —Rene Denfeld, author of The Child FinderIn this brave and beautiful memoir, written with the raw honesty and devastating openness of The Glass Castle and The Liar’s Club, a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • How to Forget

    A Daughter’s Memoir

    by Kate Mulgrew ...
    “This is a masterfully crafted memoir, an elegant tour deforce that firmly establishes Mulgrew as a writer of significant literaryendowment. The soulmate to Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, How to Forget, despite the promise of its title, cannot beforgotten or ignored.” —Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and Toil& TroubleIn this profoundly honest and examined memoir about retur... ... Read more

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