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The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

by Saket Soni ...

**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian ... Read more

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**A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore PrizeThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).**In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian
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The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

by Saket Soni ...

Narrated by Saket Soni ...

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12 hours 37 min

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker ... Read more

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The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker
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Requiem for the Massacre

A Black History on the Conflict, Hope and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by R.J. Young ...

Narrated by R.J. Young ...

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14 hours 30 min

With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American historyMore than one hundred years ago, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, perpetrated a massacre against its Black residents. For generations, the true story was ignored, covered up, and diminished by those in power ... Read more

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With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American historyMore than one hundred years ago, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, perpetrated a massacre against its Black residents. For generations, the true story was ignored, covered up, and diminished by those in power
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#MeToo in the Corporate World

Power, Privilege, and the Path Forward

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett ...

Narrated by Jane Copland ...

Unabridged

6 hours 17 min

Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees.While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual ... Read more

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Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees.While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual
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Raising Lazarus

Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis

by Beth Macy ...

Narrated by Beth Macy ...

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10 hours 31 min

**An important account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Factory Man.“Deeply reported, deeply moving” —Patrick Radden Keefe**Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's overdose crisis, pharmaceutical companies have yet to answer for the harms they created. As pending court battles against opioid ... Read more

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**An important account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Factory Man.“Deeply reported, deeply moving” —Patrick Radden Keefe**Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's overdose crisis, pharmaceutical companies have yet to answer for the harms they created. As pending court battles against opioid
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American Resistance

The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation

by David Rothkopf ...

Narrated by David Rothkopf ...

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8 hours 15 min

It could have been so much worse: a deeply reported, insider story of how a handful of Washington officials staged a daring resistance to an unprecedented presidency and prevented chaos overwhelming the government and the nation.Each federal employee takes an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic,” but none had imagined that ... Read more

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It could have been so much worse: a deeply reported, insider story of how a handful of Washington officials staged a daring resistance to an unprecedented presidency and prevented chaos overwhelming the government and the nation.Each federal employee takes an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic,” but none had imagined that
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The Fighter

by Michael Farris Smith ...

Unabridged

6 hours 13 min

Now a major motion picture and titled for the screen as RUMBLE THROUGH THE DARK; a blistering tale of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta.The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family ... Read more

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Now a major motion picture and titled for the screen as RUMBLE THROUGH THE DARK; a blistering tale of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta.The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family
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Cold Warriors

Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War

by Duncan White ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

24 hours 48 min

A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could ... Read more

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A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could
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Little and Often

A Memoir

by Trent Preszler ...

Narrated by Matt Bomer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

“Little and Often is a beautiful memoir of grief, love, the shattered bond between a father and son, and the resurrection of a broken heart. Trent Preszler tells his story with the same level of art and craftsmanship that he brings to his boat making, and he reminds us of creativity’s power to transform and heal our lives. This is a powerful and deeply moving book. I won’t soon forget it.” ... Read more

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“Little and Often is a beautiful memoir of grief, love, the shattered bond between a father and son, and the resurrection of a broken heart. Trent Preszler tells his story with the same level of art and craftsmanship that he brings to his boat making, and he reminds us of creativity’s power to transform and heal our lives. This is a powerful and deeply moving book. I won’t soon forget it.”
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Ghosts of the Orphanage

A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice

by Christine Kenneally ...

Narrated by Jodie Harris ...

Unabridged

13 hours 18 min

**The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls."Tenacious and jaw-dropping." —Jessica Garrison, author of The Devil's Harvest**For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell ... Read more

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**The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls."Tenacious and jaw-dropping." —Jessica Garrison, author of The Devil's Harvest**For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell
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Redeeming Justice

From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System

by Jarrett Adams ...

Narrated by Jarrett Adams ...

Unabridged

11 hours 32 min

**“A moving and beautifully crafted memoir.”—SCOTT TUROW“A daring act of justified defiance.”—SHAKA SENGHOR“Nothing less than heroic.”—JOHN GRISHAMHe was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now a pioneering lawyer, he recalls the journey that led to his exoneration—and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal ... Read more

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**“A moving and beautifully crafted memoir.”—SCOTT TUROW“A daring act of justified defiance.”—SHAKA SENGHOR“Nothing less than heroic.”—JOHN GRISHAMHe was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now a pioneering lawyer, he recalls the journey that led to his exoneration—and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal
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Rikers

An Oral History

by Graham Rayman, Reuven Blau ...

Narrated by Nathan Agin, Jonathan Beville, Nancy Bober, Gisela Chipe, James Fouhey, Philip Hernandez, Cary Hite, Eric Jason Martin, Kamali Minter, Karen Murray, Jose T. Nateras, Kiiri Sandy, Nicky Endres ...

Unabridged

15 hours 37 min

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it“This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it“This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious
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