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That Librarian
- The Fight Against Book Banning in America
- By: Amanda Jones
- Narrated by: Amanda Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person’s sense of self. So in 2022, when she heard of a local public hearing that would discuss “book content,” she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out that night at the meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that still persists.
By: Amanda Jones
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Mayor of the Tenderloin
- Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco
- By: Alison Owings
- Narrated by: Kevin Jasper
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour—whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping, and drug dealing. Once sober, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours and later Code Tenderloin, the remarkable organization teaching homeless, recovering addicts, sex workers, dealers, ex-felons, and other marginalized people how to get and keep a job.
By: Alison Owings
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Stolen Family
- Captive in Saudi Arabia
- By: Johanne Durocher, J. C. Sutcliffe - translator
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Canadian Nathalie Morin's four children cannot leave Saudi Arabia without exit visas signed by Nathalie's abusive husband. Her mother chronicles her decades-long struggle to bring her daughter and four grandchildren home to safety in Montreal.
By: Johanne Durocher, and others
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Persia, Politics & Prison
- A Life in Three Parts
- By: Hassan Nemazee
- Narrated by: Hassan Nemazee
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Hassan Nemazee was born in 1950 in Washington D.C. He attended Harvard College, graduating with honors in 1972. He moved to Iran, forging joint ventures with many prestigious American and British companies. In 1978, during the Islamist Revolution, he was forced to leave the country. The new regime confiscated the Nemazee family’s assets, homes, businesses, and charities. Returning to the United States, he rebuilt his life. His new businesses flourished, and he welcomed three children.
By: Hassan Nemazee
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Six Women in a Cell
- A Story of Sisterhood and Survival After Police Assault
- By: Diana Tokaji
- Narrated by: Laura Rose Civilikas
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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1 Night. 6 Women. 1 Jail cell. In this lyrical masterpiece by 2020 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes award- winner Diana Tokaji, we hear the intimate stories of strangers, locked together for one long night. Meet: Baby, Alexa, Richmond, The Social Worker, Mudd - a teen, a divorcee, a sex worker, a social worker, a pregnant mom - and our grey-haired narrator who was just assaulted by the police.
By: Diana Tokaji
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The Journey
- A Memoir
- By: John Dearman
- Narrated by: Arthur Dent
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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John Dearman recalls his unlikely and lucky journey from poverty in segregated and hostile central Texas to law school in Michigan and a prestigious judgeship in San Francisco. With unassuming prose and humility, the author gives not just his own experience, but the context of the time through his knowledge of the law.
By: John Dearman
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That Librarian
- The Fight Against Book Banning in America
- By: Amanda Jones
- Narrated by: Amanda Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person’s sense of self. So in 2022, when she heard of a local public hearing that would discuss “book content,” she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out that night at the meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that still persists.
By: Amanda Jones
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Mayor of the Tenderloin
- Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco
- By: Alison Owings
- Narrated by: Kevin Jasper
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour—whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping, and drug dealing. Once sober, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours and later Code Tenderloin, the remarkable organization teaching homeless, recovering addicts, sex workers, dealers, ex-felons, and other marginalized people how to get and keep a job.
By: Alison Owings
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Stolen Family
- Captive in Saudi Arabia
- By: Johanne Durocher, J. C. Sutcliffe - translator
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Canadian Nathalie Morin's four children cannot leave Saudi Arabia without exit visas signed by Nathalie's abusive husband. Her mother chronicles her decades-long struggle to bring her daughter and four grandchildren home to safety in Montreal.
By: Johanne Durocher, and others
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Persia, Politics & Prison
- A Life in Three Parts
- By: Hassan Nemazee
- Narrated by: Hassan Nemazee
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Hassan Nemazee was born in 1950 in Washington D.C. He attended Harvard College, graduating with honors in 1972. He moved to Iran, forging joint ventures with many prestigious American and British companies. In 1978, during the Islamist Revolution, he was forced to leave the country. The new regime confiscated the Nemazee family’s assets, homes, businesses, and charities. Returning to the United States, he rebuilt his life. His new businesses flourished, and he welcomed three children.
By: Hassan Nemazee
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Six Women in a Cell
- A Story of Sisterhood and Survival After Police Assault
- By: Diana Tokaji
- Narrated by: Laura Rose Civilikas
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1 Night. 6 Women. 1 Jail cell. In this lyrical masterpiece by 2020 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes award- winner Diana Tokaji, we hear the intimate stories of strangers, locked together for one long night. Meet: Baby, Alexa, Richmond, The Social Worker, Mudd - a teen, a divorcee, a sex worker, a social worker, a pregnant mom - and our grey-haired narrator who was just assaulted by the police.
By: Diana Tokaji
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The Journey
- A Memoir
- By: John Dearman
- Narrated by: Arthur Dent
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John Dearman recalls his unlikely and lucky journey from poverty in segregated and hostile central Texas to law school in Michigan and a prestigious judgeship in San Francisco. With unassuming prose and humility, the author gives not just his own experience, but the context of the time through his knowledge of the law.
By: John Dearman