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Scholars of US and transatlantic slavery have largely ignored or dismissed accusations that Black Americans were cannibalized. Vincent Woodard takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. This program is read by Dion Graham and Mikel Mwalimu-Banks with introductions written and read by Questlove, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Henry Louis Gates...

Plunge into a gripping survival memoir detailing ten harrowing true stories of escape from a relentless dictatorship. Perfect for an intense commute or listeners seeking stories of profound human resilience, these dramatized narratives follow everyday citizens pushed to the absolute brink. When...

A practical guide to foster healthy masculinity, Better Man is the book parents, educators and boys, need – from the CEO of The Man Cave. ‘Ben is a man who deeply understands the challenges that boys face. This book cuts through all the noise, and pierces straight to the core of what they...

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize In November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants...

Do you have low vision? Do you know someone with low vision? One out of every five people who live into their eighties will encounter vision loss. Some may grow up with healthy vision and then experience vision loss from macular degeneration, glaucoma, or some other eye disease later in life. Others may be born with an inherited or congenital condition that results in low vision such as albinism or retinopathy of prematurity. Most people with vision loss have useful remaining vision; we call it low vision. But what can they see? What is the impact of low vision on their daily lives?

“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.”—Los Angeles Times “A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all...

We like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with Germany in 1939, but there is one part of the story that has never been told. It features a group of MPs who repeatedly spoke out against their party and their government's policy of appeasing Hitler and Mussolini. Remarkably...

From the director, executive producer, and star of IT ENDS WITH US Justin Baldoni, a gripping, deeply honest, fearless personal and societal exploration of masculinity and what it means to be a man. The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social...

"Required reading for every woman who longs to step into her power and live with pleasure and purpose." — Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author Author, educator, and School of Womanly Arts founder Regena Thomashauer has been working with women for the past 25 years, and what began as...

Reclaim your ancestral intuition and transform tarot divination into a radical, empowering self-love practice. Perfect for grounding morning rituals or reflective commutes, this intimate audio journey centers Black femmes within a spiritual language historically designed to exclude them. Turn...

Muchas personas no llegan a vivir su sexualidad en congruencia con su identidad por haber sufrido traumas sexuales, traumas de relación y traumas de amor. Confunden su identidad con la identificación con otros, en muchos casos con el autor de su trauma. Su sexualidad está marcada por esa identificación. En esta obra el autor, al cual avala una experiencia de veinticinco años como terapeuta, expone que hay muchos más traumas sexuales de los que creemos, puesto que muchas veces los abusos sexuales tienen lugar en el propio seno de la familia.

This Very Short Introduction brings together a wide range of narratives of slavery across a broad historical period to understand how Black people—enslaved and not-enslaved—have experienced and imagined slavery. It also investigates how slavery's long reach and afterlife has continued to...

La storia di Mahmoud Traoré è quella di migliaia di giovani africani che, attratti dal mondo globalizzato, si lanciano sulle strade dell'esilio a piedi o a bordo di taxi-collettivi, camion da bestiame, piroghe, lasciandosi alle spalle il Sahel, il Sahara, la Libia e il Maghreb. Mahmoud ha impiegato tre anni e mezzo per percorrere la distanza che separa Dakar da Siviglia, mentre a un turista europeo sarebbero bastate poco più di tre ore di volo.

Explore the resilient history of deaf culture and the linguistic battles that shaped vibrant visual languages. Perfect for your daily commute or an afternoon of mindful learning, this inspiring narrative travels from ancient civilizations to the digital age. Discover how marginalized communities...

¿Qué es la identidad? ¿Cómo surge la sensación de ser quiénes somos? Un libro claro y riguroso para entender cómo el cerebro construye la identidad de género. En Lo que somos bajo la piel, la neurocientífica Dra. Emilia Redolar explora estas preguntas desde una perspectiva científica y...

Moved to honour a form of relation often subordinated to romantic and familial ties, and to explore a part of her own history, Hélène Giannecchini pieces together an alternative genealogy of queer ancestors. In searching and sensitive prose, she sifts the past to bring existences deemed 'marginal' into communion with each other, traces of which may remain only in memory and archival fragments.

A deaf writer’s exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate—and her journey to reclaim her voice Rachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Gentleman Jack by Anne Lister, Anne Choma and Sally Wainwright, read by Eva Pope and Erin Shanagher. 'There are more ways than one of being happy… I am living proof of this.' Anne Lister was remarkable. Fearless, charismatic and determined to...

Shares the spiritual wisdom of Rastafari through the stories, teachings, and traditions of practicing Rastas in Jamaica Includes the author’s interviews with bush doctors, healers, and Rastafarians gathered during his 15 years of living in Jamaica Reveals the old ways of the...