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My First Thirty Years

A Memoir

by Gertrude Beasley ...

Banned in 1925. Rediscovered nearly a century later. One woman's fearless truth still demands to be heard.In My First Thirty Years, Gertrude Beasley lays bare what others only dared to whisper. Raised in poverty and violence in early 20th-century Texas, Beasley refused silence. Her memoir—blunt, bold, and decades ahead of its time—was banned shortly after publication for its searing depictions of ... Read more

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Banned in 1925. Rediscovered nearly a century later. One woman's fearless truth still demands to be heard.In My First Thirty Years, Gertrude Beasley lays bare what others only dared to whisper. Raised in poverty and violence in early 20th-century Texas, Beasley refused silence. Her memoir—blunt, bold, and decades ahead of its time—was banned shortly after publication for its searing depictions of
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My First Thirty Years

A Memoir

by Gertrude Beasley ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

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9 hours 42 min

Shortly after its 1925 publication, Gertrude Beasley's ferociously eloquent feminist memoir was banned and she herself disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Though British Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell called My First Thirty Years "truthful, which is illegal" and Larry McMurtry pronounced it the finest Texas book of its era, Beasley's words have been all but inaccessible for almost a ... Read more

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Shortly after its 1925 publication, Gertrude Beasley's ferociously eloquent feminist memoir was banned and she herself disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Though British Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell called My First Thirty Years "truthful, which is illegal" and Larry McMurtry pronounced it the finest Texas book of its era, Beasley's words have been all but inaccessible for almost a
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The Big Fat Surprise

Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz ...

Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

Unabridged

13 hours 26 min

A New York Times bestsellerNamed one of The Economist’s Books of the Year 2014Named one of The Wall Street Journal’s Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Forbes’s Most Memorable Healthcare Book of 2014In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. She ... Read more

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A New York Times bestsellerNamed one of The Economist’s Books of the Year 2014Named one of The Wall Street Journal’s Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Forbes’s Most Memorable Healthcare Book of 2014In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. She
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They Were Still Born

Personal Stories about Stillbirth

by Amy L. Abbey, Marion Flores, Ruth Fretts, Alan Goldenbach, Rachel Graham, David Hlavsa, Sherokee Ilse, Monica Murphy LeMoi, Candy McVicar, Kelley Krahling, Kara L.C. Jones, Joanne Cacciatore, Nina Bennett ...

Stillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own sobs. Eighty stillborn babies a day means heartbroken families mourn the death of children who will ... Read more

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Stillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own sobs. Eighty stillborn babies a day means heartbroken families mourn the death of children who will
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Learn French While You…

Walk • Drive • Exercise • Commute • Cook • Clean • Relax: 20-Lesson Beginner Audiobook Course with Listen-and-Repeat Practice: Essential Travel Phrases, Everyday Vocabulary & Basic Conversations

by Bennett Ashford ...

Narrated by Nina Fairchild ...

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Unabridged

12 hours 4 min

Learn French while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner French audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of French ... Read more

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Learn French while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner French audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of French
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Learn Spanish While You…

Walk • Drive • Exercise • Commute • Cook • Clean • Relax: 20-Lesson Beginner Audiobook Course with Listen-and-Repeat Practice: Essential Travel Phrases, Everyday Vocabulary & Basic Conversations

by Bennett Ashford ...

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11 hours 29 min

Learn Spanish while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner Spanish audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of Spanish ... Read more

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Learn Spanish while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner Spanish audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of Spanish
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Learn Italian While You…

Walk • Drive • Exercise • Commute • Cook • Clean • Relax: 20-Lesson Beginner Audiobook Course with Listen-and-Repeat Practice: Essential Travel Phrases, Everyday Vocabulary & Basic Conversations

by Bennett Ashford ...

Narrated by Nina Fairchild ...

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Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

Learn Italian while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner Italian audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of Italian ... Read more

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Learn Italian while you walk, drive, exercise, commute, or simply go about your day.This beginner Italian audio course is designed to fit language learning into the time you’re already spending on other things. Each lesson is approximately 30 minutes long and focuses on a practical topic, allowing you to learn without sitting down with a textbook or screen.The course focuses on the kind of Italian
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Just Fall

A Novel

by Nina Sadowsky ...

Narrated by Johnathan McClain, Beresford Bennett, Emily Rankin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

Perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn, this sexy and seductive debut novel asks: How can you find out that the person you love is a killer . . . and continue to love him anyway?THENEllie Larrabee’s life is perfect. She’s thriving at work, living in a fabulous apartment, and engaged to the man of her dreams. To all appearances, Ellie and Rob Beauman are a golden couple—blessed ... Read more

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Perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn, this sexy and seductive debut novel asks: How can you find out that the person you love is a killer . . . and continue to love him anyway?THENEllie Larrabee’s life is perfect. She’s thriving at work, living in a fabulous apartment, and engaged to the man of her dreams. To all appearances, Ellie and Rob Beauman are a golden couple—blessed
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African Americans in the Human Sciences

Challenges and Opportunities

by Vanessa P. Jackson, Jacqueline M. Holland, Julia R. Miller Arline, Debra Mayfield, Nina Lyon Bennett, Ethel G. Jones, Quantanise M. Williams, Alma Hobbs0, Alice F. Joyner1, Ahlishia J. Shipley2, Brenda A. Martin3, LaTonya J. Dixon4, Cynthia M. Smith5, Juanita Mendenhall6, Joanne Pearson7, Bettye P. Smith8, Wenting Yang9, Amber N. Smith0, Penny A. Ralston1, Kenneth Gruber2, Lacey J. Hilliard3, Danielle C. Stacey4, AnneMarie McClain5, Milena Batanova6, Richard M. Lerner7, Maggie A. Caples8, Nadine Smith9, Dana D. Legette-Traylor0, Shirley Hymon-Parker1, William H. Whittaker2 ...

This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and ... Read more

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This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and
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Brink: Volumes 1-3

The Classic 2000 AD Graphic Novel, in Full-Cast Audio for the First Time

by Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard ...

Narrated by David Warner, Indira Varma, Nina Sosanya, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Richard Armitage, William Hope ...

Unabridged

3 hours 33 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Late 21st century and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or 'Habitats'. A hotbed for crime and strange new religious sects, the Habitat Security Division has no shortage of work.No-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis soon finds herself embroiled in a life or death struggle with a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Late 21st century and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or 'Habitats'. A hotbed for crime and strange new religious sects, the Habitat Security Division has no shortage of work.No-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis soon finds herself embroiled in a life or death struggle with a
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The Other Widow

A Novel

by Susan Crawford ...

Narrated by Madeleine Maby ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.Everybody’s luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .It isn’t safe. That’s what Joe tells her when he ends their affair—moments before their car skids off an icy road in a blinding snowstorm and hits a tree. Desperate to keep her life intact—her job, her ... Read more

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The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.Everybody’s luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .It isn’t safe. That’s what Joe tells her when he ends their affair—moments before their car skids off an icy road in a blinding snowstorm and hits a tree. Desperate to keep her life intact—her job, her
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Girls on Fire

A Novel

by Robin Wasserman ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Simone Lewis, Allyson Ryan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region.In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah ... Read more

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On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region.In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah
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